It's Friday, but for some of you, your new music wishes were granted earlier this week when pop-punk princess Hayley Williams leaked her latest album to her devoted hair salon patrons. (Don't worry, it's on streaming services today for the rest of you.)
This week, we crack open THE FUTURE IS HERE AND EVERYTHING NEEDS TO BE DESTROYED, the newest release from Detroit's ever-elusive, loud and existential band, The Armed. We also reacquaint ourselves with Mal Devisa and her four-disc Palimpsesa, and get to know the soft and wandering New Days by Emily Hines.
Stephen Thompson welcomes Liz Warner from NPR Member station WDET to the show to discuss these albums and two more favorites out this week.
The Starting Five
- Emily Hines, These Days (RIYL: Big Thief, Laura Marling; stream)
- Mal Devisa, Palimpsesa (RIYL: Noname, billy woods; stream)
- The Armed, THE FUTURE IS HERE AND EVERYTHING NEEDS TO BE DESTROYED (RIYL: Turnstile, Refused; stream)
- Caimin Gilmore, BlackGate (RIYL: Rachel's, caroline; stream)
- Susumu Yokota, Skintone Edition, Vol. 1 (RIYL: Brian Eno, Aphex Twin; box set)
The Lightning Round
- Buddy Guy, Ain't Done With The Blues
- Heatmiser, Mic City Sons (30th Anniversary Remaster)
- René Najera, Painted Life
- Hieroglyphic Being, The Sound Of Something Ending
- Spafford Campbell, Tomorrow Held
The Long List
Rock/Alt/Indie
- Debby Friday, The Starrr Of The Queen of Life
- The New Eves, The New Eve Is Rising
- Nadeem Din-Gabisi, OFFSHORE
- Rosali, Slow Pain: Live and Solo from Drop of Sun
- Anthony Family, Live From An Ordinary Place
- Everything Else, Another One Making Clouds
- Ex Agent, New Assumptions… EP
- Flowers For The Dead, First Place EP
- Fortitude Valley, Part Of The Problem, Baby
- Freezing Cold, Treasure Pool
- Kayo Dot, Every Rock, Every Half-Truth Under Reason
- Kyle Hollingsworth, All We Are
- Laura Groves, Yes EP
- OK Cool, Chit Chat
- QWAM, girls aren't afraid of blood
- Return to Dust, Speak Like the Dead EP
- Sex Week, Upper Mezzanine EP
- V/A, Maybe I'm Dreaming
- Wisp, If Not Winter
Pop
- Between Friends, WOW!
- Reneé Rapp, Bite Me
Country/Folk/Americana
- Sunny Sweeney, Rhinestone Requiem
- Josh Halper, Schlemiel
- Kalie Shorr, My Type EP
- Morgan Wade, The Party Is Over (recovered)
- The Wood Brothers, Puff of Smoke
- Travis Roberts, Rebel Rose
- Ethan Regan, honey honey honey EP
Rap/Hip-Hop
- araabMuzik, Electronic Dream 2
- Metro Boomin, A Futuristic Summa
- Saweetie, Hella Pressure EP
- Xaviersobased, Once More EP
- $UICIDEBOY$, Thy Kingdom Come
- Babytron, Luka Troncic 2
- Lil Poppa, Almost Normal Again
- Montana 700, The Greatest of All Traps
R&B/Soul
- Pink Butter, Can We Go Back
Classical
- Maya Beiser, Salt
Global
- Danny Ocean, Babylon Club
- Ali Sethi, Love Language
- Julian Kytasty, Songs of Truth: Music and Song from the Kobzar Tradition of Ukraine
Jazz
- Greg Foat, Opening Time
- Rachael & Vilray, West of Broadway
Electronic/Out There
- Peterparker69, yo,
- Burial, Comafields / Imaginary Festival EP
- Sofia Kourtesis, Volver EP
- Mansur Brown, Rihla
- Memotone, smallest things
- Brad Rose, A Live We Once Lived
- Davd Boulter, Whitby
- Lauren Maria, You're Beautiful
- Ma Sha, Hydrofall EP
Credits
- Host: Stephen Thompson
- Guest: Liz Warner, WDET
- Audio producer: Noah Caldwell
- Show producers: Otis Hart and Elle Mannion
- Production assistant: Dora Levite
- Executive producer: Suraya Mohamed
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