New Music Friday: The top 6 albums out on Oct. 15 : All Songs Considered
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New Music Friday: The top 6 albums out on Oct. 15 : All Songs Considered

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New Music Friday: The top 6 albums out on Oct. 15 toggle caption Brandon Lee/Courtesy of the artist The Atlanta rapper Young Thug has always been one of hip-hop's more colorful outsider artists, pushing boundaries and challenging expectations for much of the past decade. Sponsor Message We've also got debut solo albums from Billie Eilish producer and brother, Finneas, singers Remi Wolf, Joy Crookes, Pinkpantheress and more. Contributor Christina Lee joins Radio Milwaukee's Tarik Moody, NPR Music's Ann Powers and host Robin Hilton as they share their picks for the best new albums out on Oct. 15. Featured Albums: Remi Wolf — Juno Featured Song: "Anthony Kiedis" Coldplay — Music of the Spheres Featured Song: "People of the Pride" Young Thug — Punk Featured Song: "Tick Tock" Joy Crookes — Skin Song: "Poison" Finneas — Optimist Featured Song: "The Kids Are All Dying" Pinkpantheress — to hell with it Featured Song: "Noticed I cried" Other notable releases for Oct. 15: The Beatles — Let It Be ; Dos Santos — City of Mirrors; Le Ren — Leftovers; Pokey LaFarge — In the Blossom of Their Shade; Xenia Rubinos — Una Rosa.

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New Music Friday: The best albums you missed from December : All Songs Considered
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New Music Friday: The best albums you missed from December : All Songs Considered

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New Music Friday: The best albums out Nov. 8 Enlarge this image toggle caption Karl Walter/Getty Images for Coachella Karl Walter/Getty Images for Coachella NPR Music's Ann Powers and Daoud Tyler-Ameen are your guides to today's most compelling new releases, including a mixtape by rapper Ab-Soul and a celebration of Margo Guryan. Featured albums • Ab-Soul, Soul Burger • Jamey …

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New Music Friday: The best albums out Nov. 1 Enlarge this image toggle caption Courtesy of the artist Courtesy of the artist NPR Music's Ann Powers and Daoud Tyler-Ameen are your guides to the most compelling new releases of the week, including the first new album in 16 years by The Cure and a surprise release by Tyler, the Creator. …

New Music Friday: The best albums out Oct. 25 : All Songs Considered
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New Music Friday: The best albums out Oct. 25 Enlarge this image toggle caption Courtesy of Partisan Records Courtesy of Partisan Records NPR Music's Ann Powers and Hazel Cills are your guides to the week's most compelling new releases. A new album by the mysterious British duo Two Shell is out widely this week but was made available months ago, …

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New Music Friday: The best albums out Oct. 18 Enlarge this image toggle caption Rachel Deeb/Courtesy of the artist Rachel Deeb/Courtesy of the artist NPR Music's Ann Powers and Sheldon Pearce are your guides to this week's most compelling new musical offerings. Featured Albums • Joy Oladokun, Observations From a Crowded Room • CKay, EMOTIONS • Kelly Lee Owens, Dreamstate …

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New Music Friday: The best albums out Oct. 11 Enlarge this image toggle caption Courtesy of the artist Courtesy of the artist The rapper-turned-country star Jelly Roll, who has had a major breakthrough in Nashville in the last couple of years, leads the pack of the most exciting albums out on Friday, October 11. Sponsor Message Featured albums • Jelly …

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New Music Friday: The best albums out Sept. 13 Enlarge this image toggle caption James Macari/Courtesy of the artist James Macari/Courtesy of the artist NPR Music's Ann Powers and Hazel Cills are your guides to the best music out this Friday, Sept. 13, including the 10th studio album by Miranda Lambert. Postcards From Texas is a new chapter for the …

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New Music Friday: The best albums out Sept. 6 Enlarge this image toggle caption Chris Parsons/Courtesy of the artist Chris Parsons/Courtesy of the artist NPR Music's Daoud Tyler-Ameen and Ann Powers take you on a tour of the most exciting albums out Friday, Sept. 6, including a album-length collaboration between rapper LL Cool J and producer Q-Tip. Among the week's …

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New Music Friday: The best albums out Aug. 30 Enlarge this image toggle caption Megan Cullen/Courtesy of the artist Megan Cullen/Courtesy of the artist You know that mind-expanding feeling when an album — even one that fits solidly in a familiar genre — gives you something that feels brand new? This week on New Music Friday from All Songs Considered, …

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New Music Friday: The best albums out Aug. 16 Enlarge this image toggle caption Nice Life Recording Company Nice Life Recording Company NPR Music's Daoud Tyler-Ameen and Hazel Cills give you a quick rundown of the most notable albums out Friday, Aug. 16, including Post Malone's country project, F-1 Trillion, Tinashe's seventh LP Quantum Baby, and Charly Bliss's first new …

New Music Friday: The best albums out June 28 : All Songs Considered
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New Music Friday: The best albums out June 28 : All Songs Considered NPR Music's Stephen Thompson and Anamaria Sayre give you the lowdown on Omar Apollo's new LP, Lil Yachty's collaboration with James Blake, and the fourth album by Hiatus Kaiyote. Featured albums: - Omar Apollo, 'God Said No' - Lil Yachty & James Blake, 'Bad Cameo' - Hiatus …

New Music Friday: The best albums out June 7 : All Songs Considered
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New Music Friday: The best albums out June 7 : All Songs Considered NPR Music's Daoud Tyler-Ameen and Hazel Cills shepherd you through the many huge albums out today, including new records by Kaytranada, Charli XCX and so much more. Featured albums: - Kaytranada, 'Timeless' - Charli XCX, 'brat' - Pedro the Lion, 'Santa Cruz' Other notable albums: - Tems, …

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New Music Friday: The best albums out April 26 Enlarge this image toggle caption Alex Da Corte/Courtesy of the artist Alex Da Corte/Courtesy of the artist NPR Music's Daoud Tyler-Ameen and Sheldon Pearce discuss new albums from St. Vincent, Charley Crockett, Iron & Wine and more. Feature Albums: • St. Vincent, All Born Screaming • Charley Crockett, $10 Cowboy • …

New Music Friday: The best albums out March 22 : All Songs Considered
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New Music Friday: The best albums out March 15 : All Songs Considered
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New Music Friday: The best albums out March 15 Enlarge this image toggle caption Kelly Christine Sutton/Courtesy of the artist Kelly Christine Sutton/Courtesy of the artist It feels like the first major springtime release week of 2024. On this week's episode of New Music Friday, NPR Music's Ann Powers and Daoud Tyler-Ameen discuss the hotly awaited album by the wry-country-storyteller-turned-Grammy-winning-vibes-purveyor-turned. …

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New Music Friday: The best releases out on Nov. 18 toggle caption Courtesy of the artist The rapper Roddy Ricch returns this week with the third installment in his Feed Tha Streets series, an emotional and potent collection of stories about fame, fatherhood and growing up in Compton. We give Feed Tha Streets III a listen on this week's show …

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New Music Friday: The best releases out on Aug. 5 toggle caption Chris Parsons/Courtesy of the artist Doechii's latest release, she / her / black bitch is both provocative and alluring, with explicit take-downs, fearless swagger and, by the end of the record, a feel-good chillout at the club. Hear The Songs NPR Music's Ann Powers joins Alt.Latino's Felix Contreras …

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New Music Friday: The best releases out on July 29 toggle caption Mason Poole/Parkwood Entertainment After years of speculation, a flurry of prerelease rumors and reported leaks, Beyoncé's Renaissance is finally here. We've also got a monstrously good album from Maggie Rogers today, a head-spinning, jazz-adjacent debut from DOMI & JD Beck, a gorgeous, self-titled release from the Brooklyn band …

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New Music Friday: The best releases out on July 8 toggle caption Darren Xu/Courtesy of the artist R&B singer Brent Faiyaz has always cared deeply about the gulf between the haves and the have-nots. Hear The Songs We've also got an epic, stirring new album from Metric this week called Formentera, named after the island the band members dreamed of …

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New Music Friday: The Top 8 Albums Out On July 16 : All Songs Considered
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New Music Friday: The Top 8 Albums Out On July 16 : All Songs Considered

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New Music Friday: The Top 6 Albums Out On May 21 : All Songs Considered
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New Music Friday: The Top 6 Albums Out On May 21 Enlarge this image toggle caption Francesca Cepero/Courtesy of the artist Francesca Cepero/Courtesy of the artist We open this week's show with Olivia Rodrigo, the actress-turned-pop star whose debut single "Drivers License" topped the Billboard Hot 100 for eight weeks earlier this year. Joined by Alt.Latino's Anamaria Sayre, NPR Music …

New Music Friday: The Top 7 Albums Out On May 7 : All Songs Considered
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New Music Friday: The Top 7 Albums Out On May 7 : All Songs Considered

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New Music Friday: The Top 7 Albums Out On May 7 toggle caption Parri Thomas/Courtesy of the artist The songs of Essex singer Dodie Clark are both delicate and intricately detailed, with gossamer voices that levitate over fluttering sonic wonders and sudden, often breathtaking shifts. We've also got a posthumous release from the legendary Nigerian drummer Tony Allen, a mind-blowing …

New Music Friday: The Top 10 Albums Out On Feb. 5 : All Songs Considered
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New Music Friday: The Top 10 Albums Out On Feb. 5 : All Songs Considered

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New Music Friday: The Top 9 Albums Out On Sept. 18 : All Songs Considered
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Why Young Thug is the 21st Century’s most influential rapper
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Why Young Thug is the 21st Century’s most influential rapper Getty Images Young Thug in concert The Atlanta star has become his own genre; he is the sun king at the centre of rap’s solar system If you haven't heard of Young Thug, the chances are you've heard someone who sounds like Young Thug. The old rap line held that …

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New Music Friday: Our Top 7 Albums Out July 26

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New Music Friday: Our Top 6 Albums Out April 19
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New Music Friday: Our Top 6 Albums Out April 19

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New Music Friday: Our Top 6 Albums Out April 19 toggle caption Luke Gilford/Courtesy of the artist We've been anxiously waiting for Lizzo to drop her debut full-length album ever since she dominated our South by Southwest showcase in 2017. We open this week's New Music Friday with just one of the standout cuts, "Juice." Sponsor Message Featured Albums: Lizzo, …

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