All Songs Considered

Kanye West's long-awaited (and much-hyped), DONDA tops our list of the best albums out this week, along with new ones from Leon Bridges, Christone "Kingfish" Ingram, Ledisi and more.

Featured Albums:
1. Kanye — DONDA
2. Leon Bridges — Gold Diggers Sound
Featured Song: "Motorbike"
3. Chiiild — Hope For Sale
Featured Song: "Wasting Time"
4. Samia — Scout
Featured Song: "As You Are"
5. Christone "Kingfish" Ingram — 662
Featured Song: "Too Young To Remember"
6. Bardo — Everywhere Reminds Me Of Space
Featured Song: "Neon Light"
7. Emma-Jean Thackray — Yellow
Featured Song: "Venus"
8. Ledisi — Ledisi Sings Nina
Featured Song: "Feeling Good"

Other notable releases for July 23: Brittany Howard — Jaime Re-imagined; Dave — We're All Alone In This Together; Mega Bog — Life, And Another.

All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen's favorite tracks of the week include a classic murder ballad reimagined by Bonnie "Prince" Billy, a new collaboration with Nils Frahm and F.S. Blumm, Soccer Mommy and more.

Featured Tracks And Artists:
1. Soccer Mommy: "rom com 2004" (Single)
2. My Idea: "Stay Away Still," from That's My Idea EP
3. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy & Nathan Salzburg: "Stagger Lee" (Single)
4. Hana Vu: "Maker" (Single)
5. Devendra Banhart & Noah Georgeson: "In A Cistern," from Refuge
6. F.S. Blumm & Nils Frahm: "Desert Mule," from 2X1=4

NPR Music's picks for the best albums out this week include Willow's Lately I Feel Everything, new ones from Clairo and John Mayer, a posthumous release from Alice Coltrane and more.

Featured Albums:
1. Willow — Lately I Feel Everything
Featured Songs: "Breakout" and "Xtra"
2. Clairo — Sling
Featured Song: "Zinnias"
3. Rodrigo Amarante — Drama
Featured Song: "Tao"
4. John Mayer — Sob Rock
Featured Song: "Guess I Just Feel Like"
5. Cakes da Killa — MUVALAND Vol. 2
Featured Song: "Lite Werk"
6. Alice Coltrane — Kirtan: Turiya Sings
Featured Song: "Jagadishwar"
7. John Vanderslice — I Can't Believe Civilization Is Still Going Here In 2021! Congratulations To All Of Us, Love DCB
Featured Song: "I Get A Strange Kind Of Pleasure From Just Hanging On"
8. John Vanderslice — Ethical Jute Mouse: Lost Songs from Tiny Telephone 2001-2021
Featured Song: "Advancing Army Clip"

Other notable releases for July 16: Charlie Worsham — Sugarcane; Ida Mae — Click Click Domino; Jodi — Blue Heron; Karen Black — Dreaming Of You: 1971-1976; Pop Smoke — FAITH.

All Songs host Bob Boilen shares his favorite songs of the week, including a long-overdue celebration of Sparks, a Ben Gibbard collaboration with Tycho, the return of Courtney Barnett and more.

Featured Songs And Artists:
1. Sparks, Adam Driver & Marion Cotillard: "So May We Start (feat. Simon Helberg)," From Annette
2. Courtney Barnett: "Rae Street," From Things Take Time, Take Time
3. Indigo De Souza: "Kill Me," From Any Shape You Take
4. Tycho & Benjamin Gibbard: "Only Love" (Single)
5. Lala Lala: "DIVER," From I Want The Door To Open
6. Mega Bog: "Station to Station," From Life, And Another

The best albums out this week include a revealing, self-titled release from rapper Vince Staples, Snoh Aalegra's Temporary Highs in the Violet Skies, Half Waif's Mythopoetics and more.

Featured Albums:
1. Vince Staples — Vince Staples
Featured Song: "Are You With That?"
2. Attacca Quartet — Real Life
Featured Songs: "Real Life" and "Drifting Circles"
3. Snoh Aalegra — Temporary Highs in the Violet Skies
Featured Songs: "Tangerine Dream" and "Indecisive"
4. Half Waif — Mythopoetics
Featured Song: "Horse Racing"
5. The Goon Sax — Mirror II
Featured Song: "In The Stone"
6. Les Filles de Illighadad — At Pioneer Works
Featured Song: "Eghaas Malan"

Other notable releases out on July 9: The Alchemist — Rapper's Best Friend 6; Rejjie Snow — Baw Baw Black Sheep; Royal Canoe — Sidelining; The Wallflowers — Exit Wounds.