The Songs We Can’t Stop Playing This Week: All Songs Considered: NPR

Lake Street Dive’s latest album is Good together.

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This week’s update of our list of the best songs of the year swings wildly between frenetic rock and quiet reflections. It’s a mix full of “presses and worries,” as Alkaline Trio puts it, nostalgic reflections on the lost youth of Lake Street Dive, a sprawling double album from Cindy Lee and more.

NPR Music Editor Daoud Tyler-Ameen joins host Robin Hilton to think about how music can amplify feelings we didn’t even know we had, push us in surprising directions, and leave us in a state of confusion. ‘wonder.

Featured Artists and Songs:

1. Alkaline trio: “Teenage Heart”, by Blood, hair and eyeballs
2. Lake Street Dive: “Twenty-Five,” from Good together
3. The Savy Fav: “Void Moon”, by YES, LSF
4. La Luz: “Poppies”, from News from the Universe
5. Cindy Lee: “Wild Rose,” from diamond wedding
6. Four Tet: “Liked” by Three