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New Music Friday: The best albums out Jan. 10

By Stephen Thompson,
Travis Holcombe
Published January 10, 2025 at 11:05 AM CST
Ethel Cain's Perverts is a challenging, but rewarding listen.
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Ethel Cain's Perverts is a challenging, but rewarding listen.

NPR Music's Stephen Thompson is joined by KCRW's Travis Holcombe to run down their four favorite albums out today, as well as the revamped version of SZA's 'LANA' project.

Featured albums

  • SZA, SOS Deluxe: LANA
  • Franz Ferdinand, The Human Fear
  • Ethel Cain, Perverts
  • zzzahara, Spiral Your Way Out
  • Moonchild Sanelly, Full Moon

Other notable albums out Jan. 10

  • Starflyer 59, Dejame Dormir
  • Ringo Starr, Look Up
  • William Basinski and Richard Chartier, Aurora Terminalis
  • Lambrini Girls, Who Let The Dogs Out
  • Skiifall (prod. by Kenny Beats), Lovers Til I'm Gone EP
  • Early James, Medium Raw
  • Lil Baby, WHAM (Extended Version)
  • Bridget Hayden and The Apparitions, Cold Blows the Rain
  • Nate Wooley, Henry House
  • Rio Da Yung Og, RIO FREE

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Stephen Thompson
Stephen Thompson is a host, writer and reviewer for NPR Music, where he speaks into any microphone that will have him and appears as a frequent panelist and guest host on All Songs Considered. Thompson also co-hosts the daily NPR roundtable podcast Pop Culture Happy Hour, which he created with NPR's Linda Holmes in 2010. In 2008, he and Bob Boilen created the NPR Music video series Tiny Desk concerts, in which musicians perform at Boilen's desk. (To be more specific, Thompson had the idea, which took seconds, while Boilen created the series, which took years. Thompson will insist upon equal billing until the day he dies.)
Travis Holcombe