beabadoobee, The Rolling Stones, Four Tet, more
About this episode
The episode features new music highlights including beabadoobee's 'Switchblade' and The Rolling Stones' latest album.
On her stellar new single, “Switchblade,” beabadoobee shreds ‘90s style. The Rolling Stones have still got it on their latest album, Foreign Tongues . And Four Tet surprises us with a new “wingdings” project. We’ve got all that and more as we share our picks for the best new songs of the week. NPR Music’s Sheldon Pearce joins host Robin Hilton. Featured artists and songs: (00:00) Intro (01:20) beabadoobee: “Switchblade” (08:31) Bonobo & Arooj Aftab: “Fire on the Water” (15:09) The Rolling Stones: “Ringing Hollow” (25:31) L’rain: “borderline” (33:02) Four Tet: "track 3" (40:35) Ela Minus and Nick León: “espiral” Support the show with a review on Apple or Spotify wherever you listen to podcasts. Questions, comments, suggestions or feedback of any kind always welcome: allsongs@npr.org . See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences. NPR Privacy Policy
People in this episode
Host: Robin Hilton
Guest: Sheldon Pearce
Topics covered
- new music
- song recommendations
- artist highlights
- music reviews
- weekly music picks
Keywords
- beabadoobee
- The Rolling Stones
- Four Tet
- new songs
- music review
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: NPR, Four Tet
Books & works: Switchblade, Foreign Tongues, Fire on the Water, Ringing Hollow, borderline, track 3, espiral
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