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 Friday, Oct. 11. As NPR Music's Daoud Tyler-Ameen and WRTI's Nate Chinen discuss, his new record Beautifully Broken is a powerful (and sometimes overwhelming) portrait of recovery and empathy for those grappling with addiction.
Also on the show this week: The second album from punk teens The Linda Lindas feels like confirmation of a promising career; Samara Joy and Immanuel Wilkins put two different approaches to the modern jazz vocal album on display; indie rapper E L U C I D combines influences from Miles Davis to Public Enemy into something harrowing and new; and Charli XCX's remix album leads us to consider the tradition of artists reworking their own songs.
Featured albums
- Jelly Roll, Beautifully Broken
- The Linda Lindas, No Obligation
- Samara Joy, Portrait
- Immanuel Wilkins, Blues Blood
- E L U C I D, REVELATOR
Other notable albums out Oct. 11
Rock/Alternative/Indie
- Ben Howard, How Are You Feeling?
- Black Ends, Psychotic Spew
- Caroline Says, The Lucky One
- Chat Pile, Cool World
- Current Joys, East My Love
- envy, Eunoia
- Faux Real, Faux Ever
- Field Music, Limits of Language
- Goat, Goat
- Gut Health, Stiletto
- Holly Macve, Wonderland
- Klô Pelgag, Abracadabra
- La Femme, Rock Machine
- Liela Moss, Transparent Eyeball
- Smoke Bellow, Structurally Sound
- The Chameleons, Tomorrow Remember Yesterday
- The Hidden Cameras, Mississauga Goddam (20th Anniversary Edition)
- The Offspring, SUPERCHARGED
- Touché Amoré, Spiral in a Straight Line
- W.H. Lung, Every Inch of Earth Pulsates
- Warm Human, Hamartia
Jazz
- Delta Rain Dance / Glenn Astro, Music For Autumn
- Jenny Scheinman, All Species Parade
- Laurie Torres, Correspondances EP
- Tyshawn Sorey, The Susceptible Now
Hip-Hop
- BigXthaPlug, Take Care
- Dom Kennedy, Class of 95
- GloRilla, GLORIOUS
- Popstar Benny, Oasis
- Rich The Kid, Rich Forever 5
- Sneakbo, 4Better 4Worse 4Life
- Zoomo, Absolution
Country/Americana/Folk
- Andrew Tuttle / Michael Chapman, Another Tide, Another Fish
- Brett Dennen, If It Takes Forever
- Carter Faith, The Aftermath
- Cory Marks, Sorry For Nothing
- Dawes, Oh Brother
- Erin Kinsey, Gettin' Away With It
- Justin Moore, This is My Dirt
- Madeline Merlo, One House Down (From the Girl Next Door)
- Meghan Patrick, Golden Child
- Shovel Dance Collective, The Shovel Dance
- Steve Earle, Alone Again ... Live
- Stick in the Wheel, A Thousand Pokes
- Teddy & The Rough Riders, Down Home
- Tucker Zimmerman, Dance of Love
- Woody Platt, Far Away With You
Pop
- Alessia Cara, Love & Hyperbole
- Ashnikko, Halloweenie I-VI
- Charli xcx, brat and it's completely different but also still brat
- Paul Heaton (The Housemartins), The Mighty Several
- Pharrell Williams, Piece by Piece
- Rod Wave, Last Lap
- Tyla, Tyla +
- Xavi, NEXT
R&B/Soul
- Amaria, Free Fallin'
- Dua Saleh, I Should Call Them
- LeVelle, Love Story
- October London, October Nights
- Tshegue, ARGENT
Classical
- Benji Bower & The Terra Collective Orchestra, Terra Coda
- ChromaDuo, What I Saw in the Water
- Gautier Capuçon / Antonio Pappano / London Symphony Orchestra, Elgar & Walton: Cello Concertos
- Yuuko Shiokawa & András Schiff, Brahms & Schumann
Electronic/Out There
- Agoria, Unshadow
- Anton Lukoszevieze, Le Jardin des Plantes
- Arborra, s/t
- BABii, DareDevil2000
- Cassius, Best Of 1996-2019
- Christopher Rau, Better Times
- DJ Znobia, Inventor Vol. 2
- Hawksmoor, Oneironautics
- Jamison Field Murphy, It Has To End
- Meemo Comma, Decimation Of I
- Mzss, Tales of an Astral Voyager EP
- Propaganda, s/t
- Olive T, flowZone EP
- Rinôçérôs, Psychôanalysis
- Rüfüs Du Sol, Inhale / Exhale
- The Blessed Madonna, Godspeed
- The Necks, Bleed
- Tourist & Gold Panda, Us Two EP
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