On this week's edition of New Music Friday, NPR Music's Ann Powers and Daoud Tyler-Ameen discuss Hurray for the Riff Raff's career-defining new album, The Past Is Still Alive, along with a trio of other thrilling releases out this week, each of which reveal the strengths of the musicians behind them in distinct ways.
Featured albums
- Hurray for the Riff Raff, The Past Is Still Alive
- Erika de Casier, Still (released Wednesday, Feb. 21)
- Real Estate, Daniel
- Mary Timony, Untame The Tiger
Other notable releases out Feb. 23
- Daymé Arocena, Alkemi
- glaive, a bit of a mad one
- Glitterer, Rationale
- Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru, Souvenirs
- Corb Lund, El Viejo
- Mama Zu, Quilt Floor
- MGMT, Loss of Life
- Laetitia Sadier, Rooting for Love
- Nadine Shah, Filthy Underneath
- Rafael Toral, Spectral Evolution
- TWICE, With YOU-th