NPR Music's Daoud Tyler-Ameen and Ann Powers take you on a tour of the most exciting albums out Friday, Sept. 6 Featured albums: • LL Cool J, 'The FORCE' • MJ Lenderman, 'Manning Fireworks' • Nala Sinephro, 'Endlessness' • The Dare, 'What's Wrong with New York?' • Toro Y Moi, 'Hole Erth' For the complete list of new albums out this week and to stream our New Music Friday playlist, visit <a href="https://npr.org/music">https://npr.org/music</a>. Learn more about sponsor message choices: <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a> <a href="https://www.npr.org/about-npr/179878450/privacy-policy">NPR Privacy Policy</a>

The Contenders, Vol. 16: The songs we can't stop playing this week

Since launching in 2000, All Songs Considered has been NPR's flagship program for music discovery, artist interviews and conversations with friends and fellow music lovers about the really big questions, like what was the best decade for music, are there albums everyone can agree on, and what do you put on when you need a good cry? Weekly, with host Robin Hilton and the NPR Music family.