NPR: All Songs Considered

It's another super-packed release week, with stellar new albums from Pearl Jam, Sufjan Stevens, the producer Knxwledge, Little Dragon and more. Featured Albums: 1. Pearl Jam — Gigaton Featured Song: "Quick Escape" 2. Clem Snide — Forever Just Beyond Featured Song: "Roger Ebert" 3. Little Dragon — New Me, Same Us Featured Song: "Are You Feeling Sad?" 4. Sufjan Stevens and Lowell Brams — Aporia Featured Songs: "Ousia," "Agathon" and "Misology" 5. Somni — Home Featured Song: "Home" 6. Lilly Hiatt — Walking Proof Featured Song: "P-Town" 7. Knxwledge — 1988 Featured Song: "Don't Be Afraid" 8. Orion Sun — Hold Space for Me Featured Song: "Grim Reaper" 9. Jacaszek — Music for Film Featured Song: "The Iron Bridge" Other notable releases for March 27: 5 Seconds of Summer — Calm; Basia Bulat — Are You In Love?; Bon Iver — Blood Bank 10th Anniversary Edition; Brian Fallon — Local Honey; Brooklyn Rider — Healing Modes; Cable Ties — Far Enough; Catholic Action — Celebrated by Strangers; Gold Cage — Social Crutch; Half Waif — The Caretaker; In this Moment — Mother; Jim Lauderdale — When Carolina Comes Home Again; Jessie Reyez — Before Love Came to Kill Us; Joyner Lucas — ADHD, Lakecia Benjamin — Pursuance: The Coltranes; Margaret Glaspy — Devotion; The Orb — Abolition of the Royal Familia; San Fermin — The Cormorant I & II; Vanessa Carlton — Love is an Art; Vikingur Olafsson — Debussy - Rameau; Waxahatchee — Saint Cloud.

The two brothers describe their first-ever album together as a kind of art project — Roger composed the music and Brian added all the color. "Roger is a landscape painter," says Brian, "and I'm an abstract expressionist."

Finally, some good news! J Balvin's Colores is here , along with The Weeknd's mysterious After Hours, dance therapy from TOKiMONSTA and more, all on our shortlist of the week's best new albums. Featured Albums: 1. J Balvin — Colores Featured Song: "Amarillo" 2. The Weeknd — After Hours Featured Song: "After Hours" 3. TOKiMONSTA — Oasis Nocturno Featured Song: "Get Me Some" 4. Ian William Craig — Red Sun Through Smoke Featured Songs: "Weight" and "Condx QRN" 5. Becca Stevens — Wonderbloom Featured Song: "I Wish" 6. Yael Naim — nightsongs 7. Kelsea Ballerini — Kelsea Featured Song: "Half of my Hometown" Other notable releases for March 20: Adam Lambert — Velvet; Brian and Roger Eno — Mixing Colours; Conan Gray — Kid Krow; Delta Rae — The Light; Gordon Lightfoot — SOLO; The Legendary Ingramettes — Take a Look in the Book; Låpsley — Through Water; Mapache — From Liberty Street; Moaning -- Uneasy Laughter; Sea Wolf — Through a Dark Wood; Tower of Power — Step Up.

For the first time in more than 30 years ago, SXSW isn't happening. But we still listened to hundreds of bands that were supposed to play in Austin this week and made some great discoveries. On this episode of All Songs Considered we share just a fraction of our favorite discoveries, including the German electro-pop band, Cosby, the UK singer-songwriter Luke De-Sciscio and the Nigerian singer and rapper known as Rema. Playlist: 1. Cosby: "Follow the Leader" 2. Luke De-Sciscio: "I'm A Dream Fighting Out Of A Man" 3. Katie Malco: "Creatures" 4. Akineymi: "Seaworld" 5. Höröyá: "Dogon" 6. Black Country, New Road: "Sunglasses" 7. S.G. Goodman: "The Way I Talk" 8. Totemo: "Origami" 9. Chelsea Williams: "Red Flag" 10. Boyo: "Backseat Driver" 11. Shards: "Summer Sickness" 12. Rema: "Lady"

One Direction singer Niall Horan is back with a new solo album, Big Freedia gets 'Louder' and The Flaming Lips team up with Deap Valley for a gritty new psych-rock project. Featured Albums: 1. Niall Horan — Heartbreak Weather Featured Song: "Nice to Meet Ya" 2. Big Freedia — Louder Featured Song: "Chasing Rainbows" 3. JFDR — New Dreams Featured Song: "Think Too Fast" 4. Dogleg — Melee Featured Song: "Fox" 5. Caitlyn Smith — Supernova Featured Song: "I Don't Want To Love You Anymore" 6. Porridge Radio — Every Bad Featured Songs: "Sweet" and "Lilac" 7. Deap Lips — Deap Lips Featured Song: "Hope Hell High" 8. Hilary Woods — Birthmarks Featured Songs: "Through the Dark, Love" and "Mud and Stones" 9. Shabaka and the Ancestors — We Are Sent Here by History Featured Song: "You've Been Called" 10. Code Orange — Underneath Featured Song: "The Easy Way" Other notable albums out on March 13: The Bombpops — Death in Venice Beach; The Boomtown Rats — Citizens of Boomtown; The Districts — You Know I'm Not Going Anywhere; Four Tet — Sixteen Oceans; Grouplove — Healer; Honeycutt — Coasting; Peter Bjorn and John — Endless Dream; Sam Doores — Sam Doores; Ultraista — Sister; Yumi Zouma — Truth or Consequence.