It's Friday, which means dozens of new albums, EPs and mixtapes hit streaming services last night. The NPR Music team listened to almost 80 albums to prepare for this week's New Music Friday, and the two records that stood out the most both came from Nashville. So we had to have Celia Gregory, the incredible morning host at public radio station WNXP, on the podcast.
Celia introduced us to Annie DiRusso, whose Super Pedestrian might be our favorite album of the bunch, and explained the significance of Jason Isbell's first acoustic solo album.
The Starting Five
- Annie DiRusso, Super Pedestrian (Stream)
- Jason Isbell, Foxes in the Snow (Stream)
- SASAMI, Blood on the Silver Screen (Stream)
- Divorce, Drive To Goldenhammer (Stream)
- ASTROPICAL (Bomba Estéreo + Rawayana), s/t (Stream)
The Lightning Round
- Lady Gaga, Mayhem
- JENNIE, RUBY
- Vundabar, Surgery and Pleasure
- Bob Mould, Here We Go Crazy
- Swervedriver, The World's Fair EP
- Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, Fantasie
The Long List
Rock/Alt/Indie
- Arny Margret, I Miss You, I Do
- Ben Edge, Children of Albion
- Esme Emerson, Applesauce EP
- Franc Moody, Chewing the Fat
- Fust, Big Ugly
- Hamilton Leithauser, This Side Of The Island
- HOUSE Of ALL SOULS, s/t
- HotWax, Hot Shock
- Jad Fair & Samuel Locke, Ward Pure Candy
- Jethro Tull, Curious Ruminant
- Kinski, Stumbledown Terrace
- LAKE, Bucolic
- Marina Zispin, Now You See Me, Now You Don't
- Michael Cera Palin, We Could Be Brave
- Moreish Idols, All In The Game
- Orchid, The Skull Sessions
- Pale Blue Eyes, New Place
- SIYAHKAL, Days Of Smoke And Ash
- SKLOSS, The Pattern Speaks
- Snails, Just Look Around
- Spiritbox, Tsunami Sea
- The Tubs, Cotton Crown
- Will Stratton, Points of Origin
Country/Folk/Americana
- Benmont Tench, The Melancholy Season
- Caylee Hammack, Bed of Roses
- Clara Mann, Rift
- Gabrielle Pietrangelo, Back to the Heart
- Lisa Knapp & Gerry Diver, Hinterland
- Mackenzie Carpenter, Hey Country Queen
- Mike Farris, The Sound of Muscle Shoals
- Rose Betts, There Is No Ship
- Sierra Hull, A Tip Toe High Wire
- The Wiggles, Wiggle Up, Giddy Up!
- Tobacco City, Horses
Rap/Hip-Hop
- 6ix, Homebody
- Apollo Brown, Elevator Music
- Big Zuu & Capo Lee, Signed & Delivered
- Doodlebug and 80 Empire, A Galactic Love Supreme
- Evilgiane and Harto Falion, The Hurtless
- Icewear Vezzo, UNDEFEATED EP
- Lord Finesse, The SP 1200 Project: Sounds & Frequencies in Technicolor
- Mg Lil Bubba, Bub's Burgers
- V/A, Benny the Butcher Presents: The Outcome
Global
- CA7RIEL & Paco Amoroso, PAPOTA
- Lagartijeando, 7 Caminos
- Los Pirañas, Una Oportunidad más de triunfar en la vida
- Mohammad Mostafa Heydarian, Noor-e Vojood
Electronic/Out There
- Alabaster DePlume, A Blade Because A Blade Is Whole
- EARTH BALL, Actual Earth Music Vol 1 & 2
- Eats Everything, We Lost Ourselves and Found a Family
- Flutter Ridder, s/t
- Forest Swords, Bolted (Deconstructed)
- Haroula Rose & oliver hill, Cycles
- Hundred Waters, Re: Communicating
- Jimi Tenor & Freestyle Man, Sinus Amoris (Songs from the Bay of Love)
- JJULIUS, Vol. 3
- Joseph Schiano di Lombo, Le tact
- Kedr Livanskiy, Myrtus Myth
- Kraftwerk, Autobahn - 50th Anniversary Edition
- Lust For Youth & Croatian Amor, All Worlds
- Machinedrum, 3RMX82
- Megabasse, Flamenca
- Monde UFO, Flamingo Tower
- Raisa K, Affectionately
- SoFTT, NEW HaRDD EP
- Sunju Hargun, The Golden Triangle
- Tokimonsta, Eternal Reverie
- Upsammy, Open Catalyst EP
- Zombie Zombie, Funk Kraut
Credits
- Host: Stephen Thompson
- Guest: Celia Gregory, WNXP
- Producer: Simon Rentner
- Editor: Otis Hart
- Executive Producer: Suraya Mohamed
- Vice President, Music and Visuals: Keith Jenkins
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