NPR: All Songs Considered

Tame Impala, the K-pop band Monsta X and a new solo album from Nathaniel Rateliff top our shortlist for this week's best new releases. Featured Albums: 1. Tame Impala — 'The Slow Rush' Featured Song: "Is It True?" 2. Monsta X — 'All About Luv' Featured Song: "Someone's Someone" 3. The Ballroom Thieves — 'Unlovely' Featured Song: "Unlovely" 4. Carly Pearce — 'Carly Pearce' Featured Song: "Call Me" 5. The Heliocentrics — 'Infinity of Now' Featured Song: "People Wake Up!" 6. Nathaniel Rateliff — 'And It's Still Alright' Featured Song: "Mavis" 7. Moses Boyd — 'Dark Matter' Featured Songs: "Dancing in the Dark" and "Shades of You" 8. Beach Bunny — Honeymoon Featured Song: "Colorblind" Other notable releases for Feb 14 : Bambara — Stray; Cindy Lee — What's Tonight to Eternity?; DRAMA — Dance Without Me; EDEN — No Future; Habibi — Anywhere But Here; Huey Lewis and the News — Weather; Justin Bieber — Changes; Katie Gately — Loom; Noah Gundersen — A Raven and a Dove; Puss N Boots — Sister; Tami Neilson — Chickaboom!; Tennis — Swimmer; yMusic — Ecstatic Science.

As we barrel toward Valentine's Day, M. Ward, Phoebe Bridgers, Perfume Genius, Raveena and more musicians share the love songs they wish they'd written. 1. Torres' Pick: "Hounds of Love" by Kate Bush 2. Matt Berninger's Pick: "Don't Know How to Keep Loving You" by Julia Jacklin 3. Perfume Genius' Pick: "Consummation" by Nina Simone 4. Amelia Meath's Pick: "Romeo and Juliet" by Dire Straits 5. Raveena's Pick: "Drunk" by Dijon 6. Phoebe Bridgers' Pick: "First Day of My Life" by Bright Eyes 7. Conor Oberst's Pick: "Lovesong" by The Cure 8. M. Ward's Pick: "Baby, I Love You" by The Ramones 9. Waxahatchee's: "Not Given Lightly" by Chris Knox

Our list of the best new albums out this week includes the "garage country" of Aubrie Sellers, former Belle and Sebastian singer Isobel Campbell's first solo album in 14 years, Frazey Ford and more. Featured Albums: 1. Nada Surf — Never Not Together Featured Song: "Come Get Me" 2. Aubrie Sellers — Far From Home Featured Song: "Glad" 3. Elkhorn — The Storm Sessions 4. Envy — The Fallen Crimson Featured Song: "Swaying Leaves and Scattering Breath" 5. Frazey Ford — U Kin Be The Sun Featured Song: "Azad" 6. Hamerkop — Remote Featured Song: "The Splendor That Was Rome" 7. Isobel Campbell — There is No Other Featured Song: "Below Zero" 8. Steve Spacek — Houses Featured Song: "Higher Place" 9. Spanish Love Songs — Brave Faces Everyone Featured Song: "Routine Pain" 10. William Prince — Reliever Featured Song: "Wasted" Other notable releases for Febl 7: Antibalas — Fu Chronicles; Ásgeir -- Bury the Moon; Boldy James and The Alchemist — The Price of Tea in China; Cheerleader — Almost Forever; The Cadillac Three — Country Fuzz; Christopher Paul Stelling — Best of Luck; Darling West — We'll Never Know Unless We Try; Gil Scott-Heron & Makaya McCraven — We're New Again; Green Day — Father of All; Iyla — Other Ways to Vent; Kat Edmonson — Dreamers Do; Khruangbin & Leon Bridges — Texas Sun; La Roux — Supervision; The Lone Bellow — Half Moon Light; Oh Wonder — No One Can Wear Your Crown; Sepultura — Quadra; Shopping — All or Nothing.

This week's mix of essential new songs includes sonic adventures from the Dutch artists Sevdaliza and The Homesick, the folk singer Tré Burt, hazy, loud guitars from Deserta and more. Playlist: 1. Sevdaliza: "Oh My God" (Single) 2. Down Time: "Not a Complicated Person" (Single) 3. Deserta: "Hide" from 'Black Aura My Sun' 4. Tré Burt: "Real You" from 'Caught It from the Rye' 5. Disq: "Daily Routine" from 'Collector' 6. The Homesick: "Male Bonding" from 'The Big Exercise' 7. Gang of Four: "At Home He's A Tourist" from 'Entertainment!'

Torres, Kesha, Drive-By Truckers, the British folk singer Sam Lee and more make our shortlist for this week's best new albums. Featured Albums: 1. Drive-By Truckers — The Unraveling Featured Songs: "Armageddon's Back In Town" and "21st Century USA" 2. Kesha — High Road Featured Song: "The Potato Song (Cuz I Want To)" 3. Torres — Silver Tongue Featured Songs: "Good Grief" and "Last Forrest" 4. Frances Quinlan — LIkewise Featured Song: "A Secret" 5. Rafiq Bhatia — Standars Vol. 1 Featured Song: "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" 6. Poliça — When We Stay Alive Featured Song: "Fold Up" 7. Sam Lee — Old Wow Featured Song: "Lay This Body Down" 8. Son Little — Aloha Featured Song: "O Clever One" 9. Squirrel Flower — I Was Born Swimming Featured Song: "Streetlight Blues" 10. Walter Martin — The World At Night Featured Song: "Hey Joe" Other notable releases for Jan. 31: Andras — Joyful ; Ben Watt — Storm Damage ; Dan Deacon — Mystic Familiar ; Destroyer — Have We Met? ; Freddie Gibbs and Madlib — Bandana Beats ; Jose Feliciano — Behind This Guitar ; Lil Wayne — Funeral ; Meghan Trainor — Treat Myself ; Neneh Cherry — Raw Like Sushi (30th Anniversary Edition) ; Squarepusher — Be Up A Hello ; Tall Tall Trees — A Wave Of Golden Things ; Tre Burt — Caught it From the Rye.