NPR Music's Daoud Tyler-Ameen and Ann Powers are your guides to the last big New Music Friday of 2024, including the first solo album released by Kim Deal, who was a member of Pixies, the leader of The Breeders and an all-around alt-rock legend for more than three decades.
Plus, there's an in-depth discussion about the new Red Hot compilation, TRAИƧA, a benefit album highlighting trans and non-binary musicians working today.
Featured albums
- Kim Deal, Nobody Loves You More
- Father John Misty, Mahashmashana
- Say Lou Lou, Dust
- Michael Kiwanuka, Small Changes
- Various Artists, TRAИƧA (Red Hot)
Other notable albums out Nov. 22
Pop
- Kendall Peña, ¿Y Qué Si Todo Acaba Mal?
- Manuel Turizo, 201
- Natalie Imbruglia, London - Live
- Various Artists, Moana 2 OST
- Various Artists, Wicked OST
Rock/Alt/Indie
- Alice Ivy, DO WHAT MAKES YOU HAPPY
- Black Pumas, Live From Brooklyn Paramount
- Body Count, Merciless
- Daryl Johns, Daryl Johns
- Dean & Britta and Sonic Boom, A Peace of Us
- Heavy Moss, Dead Slow
- Ichiko Aoba, Luminescent Creatures
- Jack Kays, DEADBEAT!
- Moaning Lisa, fainter
- My Morning Jacket, MMJ Live Vol. 4: Terminal 5 – NYC – The Tennessee Fire 10/18/10
- Opeth, The Last Will And Testament
- Papa M, Ballads of Harry Houdini
- Rogê, Curyman II
- Smog, The Holy Grail: Bill Callahan's "Smog" Dec. 10, 2001 Peel Session
- Soap&Skin, TORSO
Americana/Folk/Country
- Bella Mackenzie, WILD THING
- The Staves, Happy New Year EP
Hip-Hop
- Babyfxce E, Real Striker Music
- Blockhead, Mortality is Lit!
- Boldy James & Harry Fraud, The Bricktionary
- Ice Cube, Man Down
Jazz
- Damu The Fudgemunk, Peace of Action
- Duck Baker, Breakdown Lane: Free Solos & Duos 1976 - 1998 (feat. Eugene Chadbourne)
- Jamie Saft Trio, Plays Monk
- Jeff Parker ETA IVtet, The Way Out of Easy
- Miles Davis, Miles '54: The Prestige Recordings (Remastered 2024)
Electronic/Out There
- Bergsonist, Maghreb
- Bibio, Phantom Brickworks
- BZDB, Duncan Bellamy and MA.MOYO, Jump Ship, Sit Lean, Be Still, Stand Tall
- Chizawa Q, Xenoverse
- Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith & Joe Goddard, Neptunes
- Kingpin Cartel, Long Dark Soul Of The Night EP
- Lifted, Trellis
- Mr. Mitch, The Lost Boy
- Nilüfer Yanya, My Method Actor - The Remixes
- Roman Flügel, No Solutions EP
- Steven Julien, DJ-Kicks
- Tarwater, Nuts of Ay
- Tashi Dorji, we will be wherever the fires are lit
- TOKiMONSTA, Eternal Reverie
- U, Life Isn't A Fountain
- Various Artists, 10 Years of Rhythm Section International
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