Lucrecia Dalt’s “cosa rara” is among the songs we will not cease enjoying this week.
Camille Mandoki
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Camille Mandoki
Each different week or so we replace a operating checklist we hold of the 12 months’s finest songs — tracks we love a lot, they’re contenders for a spot on our Finest Of 2025 lists. On our newest episode, we have got the cinematic pop of Oklou, Icelandic composer Anna Thorvaldsdottir, the experimental hip-hop group clipping. and extra.
NPR Music’s Tom Huizenga joins host Robin Hilton.
Featured artists and songs:
1. Oklou: “household and buddies,” from ‘choke sufficient’
2. Anna Thorvaldsdottir: “Half V” and “Half VIII,” from ‘UBIQUE’
3. clipping.: “Preserve Pushing,” from ‘Useless Channel Sky’
4. Sandbox Percussion: “Do not Look Down,” from ‘Cerrone: Do not Look Down’
5. Lucrecia Dalt: “cosa rara” (feat. David Sylvian) (single)
6. Anouar Brahem: “The Everlasting Olive Tree,” from ‘After the Final Sky’
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Hear the songs within the All Songs Thought of playlists in Apple Music and Spotify.