New Music Friday: The best albums out Oct. 18 : All Songs Considered NPR Music's Ann Powers and Sheldon Pearce are your guides to this week's most compelling new musical offerings.

The best albums out April 18. Updated April 21, 2025 12:59 PM ET Originally published April 18, ... Listen to each album's best songs on our New Music Friday playlists on Spotify and Apple.

Apple Music costs the same, and has a similarly sized music library for the same $10.99 per month price. The hi-res streaming isn't quite as good as Tidal's, and you can't get those top-quality ...