Flying Lotus.
Parker Day/Brainfeeder
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Parker Day/Brainfeeder
Welcome to New Music Friday, NPR Music’s podcast dedicated to sharing the best albums out each week. We listen to dozens of new releases in advance, identify the ones we think you need to hear, and highlight our favorite five in a brisk mix of clips, context and commentary.
The podcast is hosted by NPR Music’s Stephen Thompson, and each episode features a member of the NPR Music Network of public radio stations. This week, our guest is Nate Chinen, editorial director of WRTI in Philadelphia.
Scroll down to see which albums we discussed this week and links to our New Music Friday playlists, where you can hear singles from each album. Then scroll down to see the long list and Dora’s Corner, where NPR Music production assistant Dora Levite shares her favorite albums that didn’t make the podcast.
The Starting 5
The Scythe
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🎵 Flying Lotus, BIG MAMA EP (Brainfeeder)
Recommended If You Like: J Dilla, Madlib
🎵 waterbaby, Memory Be A Blade (Sub Pop)
RIYL: Arlo Parks, Charlotte Day Wilson
🎵 Shabaka, Of the Earth (Shabaka Records)
RIYL: Fabiano do Nascimento, Alice Coltrane
🎵 Joshua Idehen, I Know You’re Hurting, Everyone Is Hurting, Everyone Is Trying, You Have Got To Try (Heavenly)
RIYL: Daphni, Sofia Kourtesis
🎵 The Scythe, Strictly 4 the Scythe (Loma Vista)
RIYL: Denzel Curry, BKTHERULA
New Music Friday is a feature of NPR’s All Songs Considered podcast. Hear the discussion on the NPR App, Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.
The Lightning Round
Alice Sara Ott
Jonatan Gretarsson
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Jonatan Gretarsson
Five more albums we wish we could have discussed on the podcast, recommended by NPR Music’s staff:
⚡ Cece Coakley, Pleasant Attack EP (Tone Tree) —Stephen Thompson
⚡ Terrace Martin, Purpose (Sounds of Chrenshaw) —Nate Chinen
⚡ V/A, HELP(2) (War Child Records) —Ann Powers
⚡Alice Sara Ott, Jóhann Jóhannsson: Piano Works (Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin) —Tom Huizenga
âš¡Macha & Bedhead, Macha Loved Bedhead – Bedhead Loved Macha (Numero Group) —Lars Gotrich
Listen to each album’s best songs on our New Music Friday playlists on Spotify and Apple, or wherever you stream music.
Dora’s Corner
Dutch Interior
Kyle Berger
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Kyle Berger
Dora Levite is New Music Friday’s production assistant, an occasional All Songs Considered guest, and 17 years old according to her Spotify wrapped. Below are her picks for the best albums not featured on the show.
💿 Dutch Interior, It’s Glass EP (Fat Possum)
💿 OHYUNG, IOWA (DIY)
💿 Tanya Tagaq, Saputjiji (Six Shooter)
The Long List
Cobrah
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Pop
Arima Ederra, A Rush To Nowhere (RCA)Cobrah, Torn (Atlantic)Elly Kace, The Seventh Gate (DIY)Endearments, An Always Open Door (Trash Casual)Human Potential, Eel Sparkles (What Delicate)Charlie Puth, Whatever’s Clever (Atlantic)Katelyn Tarver, Tell Me How You Really Feel (Nettwerk)
Country/Folk/Americana
Austin Michael, Lonestar (DIY)Jesper Lindell, 3614 Jackson Highway (Yep Roc)Nathalie Jane Hill, Hopeful Woman (Dear Life)Ted Lucas, Images of Life (Third Man)The Delines, The Set Up (Decor)Travis Bolt, Burning Bridges (Gravel Road)Deloyd Elze, Nellene (Concord)
Electronic/Out There
Andrew Wasylyk, Irreparable Parables (Clay Pipe)Aukai, Chambers (Apapachoa Records)Daniel Avery, Tremor (Midnight Versions) (Domino)Francesca Bono & Vittoria Burattini Ora Sono Un Lago Maple Death RecordsFred again.., USB002 REMIXES (Atlantic)Mark Mothersbaugh, Hoppers OST (Disney/Pixar)New Age Doom, Angels Against Angels (We Are Busy Bodies)Sun Angels, OPUS (Cascine)Third Angle, New Music 1000 Airplanes on the Roof (Orange Mountain Music)Those Who Walk Away, Afterlife Requiem (DIY)Tomu DJ, Antagonist (sound as language)Aaron Hibell, SYNCHRONICITY (Astralwerks/Capitol)CVCHE, Get Fluffy (DIY)
Global
Lloyiso, Never Thought I Could EP (Empire)Pupillo, Pupillo (Amor in Sound)
Jazz
Amalie Dahl, Live at Moldejazz (Sonic Transmissions)Okkyung Lee & Explore Ensemble, Signals (Flung)Walter Smith III, Twio, Vol. 2 (Blue Note)Gregory Uhlmann, Extra Stars (International Anthem)
R&B/Soul
Emeline Emotional Virgin United MastersPat Kelly Hook Glamour GownsYebba Jean RCA
Rap/Hip-Hop
Deltron 3030, Making Deltron 3030 (Deltron Projects/RBM Records)Joey Cool, Time Will Tell (Virgin)Paul Russell, Miracle Mile (Arista)Gnarls Barkley, Atlanta (Atlantic)Nettspend, early life crisis (Grade A/Interscope)Ty Dolla $ign, girl music vol. 1 EP (Atlantic)
Rock/Alt/Indie
Ages and Ages, Fine Thanks and You (Needle and Thread)Arima Ederra, A Rush To Nowhere (LAB/RCA)Bitter Branches, Let’s Give The Land Back To The Animals (Equal Vision)Black Lung, Forever Beyond (Magnetic Eye)Bonnie “Prince” Billy, We Are Together Again (No Quarter)Bory, Never Turns To Night (Bleak Enterprise)Bosse-de-Nage, Hidden Fires Burn Hottest (The Flenser)ERRA, silence outlives the earth (UNFD)Field Commander Ali, The Next From Field Commander (World of Echo)Hater, Mosquito (Fire)Katherine Priddy, These Frightening Machines (Cooking Vinyl)Marlon Magnéem Dark Star (Disque Pointu)Matt Corby, Tragic Magic (Island Australia)Melodi Ghazal, Idol Melodies (Anyines)Morrissey, Make-Up Is a Lie (Sire)Mute Swan, Skin Slip (Hit The North)Nova One, How To Kiss (Community)Pacific Avenue, Lovesick Sentimental (BMG)Scout Gillett, Tough Touch (Slouch Records)SLAG, Losing (Big Scary Monsters)Solya, Queen of Texas (Version III)Squeeze, Trixies (BMG)Status/Non-Status, Big Changes (You’ve Changed Records)Surfbort, Reality Star (DIY)Swell Maps, C21 (Tiny Global)Talking Heads, Tentative Decisions: Demos & Live (Rhino)The Notwist, News from Planet Zombie (Morr Music)The S.E.T., Self Evident Truth (Flatspot)Void, Live – 1982 (Outer Battery Records)Savage Beat, Bright Lights, Tall Shadows (Wap Shoo Wap)V/A, Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man (Sony)
Credits
Host: Stephen Thompson • Guest: Nate Chinen, WRTI • Audio: Noah Caldwell • Producer: Elle Mannion • Production Assistant: Dora Levite • Editor: Otis Hart • Executive Producer: Suraya Mohamed • Executive Director: Sonali Mehta