The Contenders, Vol. 5: The songs we can't stop playing this week

All Songs Considered

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🗓️ 25 February 2025

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

We update our running list of the year's best songs with the cinematic pop of Oklou, Icelandic composer Anna Thorvaldsdottir, the experimental hip-hop group clipping. and more.

Featured artists and songs:
1. Oklou: "family and friends," from 'choke enough'
2. Anna Thorvaldsdottir: "Part V" and "Part VIII," from 'UBIQUE'
3. clipping.: "Keep Pushing," from 'Dead Channel Sky'
4. Sandbox Percussion: "Don't Look Down," from 'Cerrone: Don't Look Down'
5. Lucrecia Dalt: "cosa rara (feat. David Sylvian)" (single)
6. Anouar Brahem: "The Eternal Olive Tree," from 'After the Last Sky'

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0:00.0	Well, Tom Hisinga, welcome to all songs considered the world's greatest podcast.
0:05.8	I've decided I'm going to manifest. I'm going to say it enough that it's just going to become true.
0:12.0	It is the world's greatest podcast. Well, Robin, thank you for having me as a guest on the world's
0:18.8	greatest podcast. I'm so honored to be on the greatest podcast in the world.
0:25.6	It's been a minute since you've been on the show. We should just do a wellness check here.
0:29.3	Sure. Go ahead. How are you doing? How are you holding up?
0:31.9	Poorly, I would say. Not enough wine in the world to soothe the nerves at this point.
0:37.7	I know that you love your wine, and you did a dry January, too, so you've got a lot of catching up.
0:42.7	Moist January.
0:43.8	Oh, it was a moist.
0:44.6	It was a damp January.
0:45.8	It wasn't entirely dry.
0:46.9	And February is now a deluge.
0:50.2	The floodgates are open.
0:52.6	Right.
0:52.9	Wine is just sloshing down.
0:55.4	Me and my good friends, Chardonnay and Cabernet.
0:59.3	No, but Robin, how about you?
1:00.9	I'm doing all right.
1:02.0	You know, I've been spending a lot of time with family and friends, which I'm not always
1:06.9	very good at.
1:07.8	I find I can go an extraordinarily long time without speaking to another soul
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