Bjork, Mavis Staples & Jeff Tweedy, Rostam, Chelsea Wolfe, More

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New Mix: Billy Corgan, Mavis Staples And Jeff Tweedy, Wolf Alice, More Billy Corgan, as frontman for The Smashing Pumpkins, made twisted, abrasive rock. But within that project he always had a soft side, expressed in quieter, acoustic songs sprinkled throughout the Pumpkins' catalog. Now the singer is back with a new solo album of beautiful ballads made entirely of piano, acoustic guitar and strings. He's calling it Ogilala and releasing it under the name William Patrick Corgan later this fall. We've got the first single from the album - and a lot more - on this week's show. Hear The Discussion And Songs Tiny Desk L.A. Salami: Tiny Desk Concert Lookman Adekunle Salami, who writes and records as L.A. Salami, is a storyteller and a poet. His songs are deliberate meanderings on the mundane and the poignancy in everyday life. And in the way Bob Dylan took his guitar and harmonica to accompany his rarely repeating ramblings, L.A Salami embraces a similar aesthetic, albeit as a black Englishman instead of a white Minnesotan. See The Tiny Desk Performance All Songs Considered Rostam Lifts The Curtain On His Stunning New Album Half-Light, the debut solo release from former Vampire Weekend producer and multi-instrumentalist Rostam Batmanglij, is one of the year's most arresting albums. Its breathtaking choral and string arrangements, idiosyncratic beats and intricate wordplay make it practically impossible to hear without giving it your undivided attention. Read Rostam's Track By Track Break Down Of 'Half-Light' All Songs Considered Hear Björk's Alluring New Song, 'The Gate' Björk's latest song, like much of the Icelandic singer's work, is strangely seductive. "The Gate" heaves and sighs with spare arrangements of strings and woodwinds before expanding magnificently in a bloom of warped electronics that sound a lot like the work of dubstep artist Burial. Hear The New Song First Listen First Listen: Chelsea Wolfe, 'Hiss Spun' If Chelsea Wolfe's 2015 album Abyss dipped its toes in metallic waters, then Hiss Spun is the Gothic singer-songwriter's dark baptism. It's been a long time coming: Ever since 2011's head-turning Apokalypsis, Wolfe's stylistically diverse discography has grown increasingly heavier, but unlike the metal-leaning songs from Abyss that played with crushing textures via depth-defying electronics and sweeping noise, the heft is now explicit. Hear The Full Album

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