It is Friday, which suggests dozens of albums hit streaming providers when you have been snoozing final evening. That will help you make sense of the week’s new releases, NPR Music’s Stephen Thompson and nation music star Kathy Mattea — who additionally occurs to host the long-running NPR radio program Mountain Stage — summarize one of the best New Music Friday has to supply. (Mountain Stage airs on nearly 300 stations throughout the nation, so search for it in your native NPR station.)
The Beginning 5
Sam Fender.
Polydor/UMG
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Stephen and Kathy provide the backstory and greatest songs on the next albums:
- Sam Fender, Folks Watching
- Patterson Hood (of The Drive-By Truckers), Exploding Bushes & Airplane Scream
- Jesse Welles, Center
- Sunny Warfare, Armageddon In A Summer time Costume
- Saya Grey, SAYA
Hear the dialogue on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.
The Lightning Spherical
Tate McRae.
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5 extra albums we simply needed to point out:
- Tate McRae, So Shut To What
- Cristina Vane, Hear My Name
- Youth Lagoon, Not often Do I Dream
- Paul Thorn, Life is Only a Vapor
- Nao, Jupiter
The Lengthy Checklist
Here is an exhaustive record of latest albums out on Feb. 21, organized by style:
Nation/Folks/Americana
- Jim Ghedi, Wasteland
- Hannah McFarland, Damaged Hearts
- Invoice Medley (of The Righteous Brothers), Straight from the Coronary heart
- Chase Matthew, CHASE
- Kameron Marlowe, Unhappy Songs for the Soul
- Liam Grant, Prodigal Son
- Mike Gangloff, April is Passing
- Souled American, Rise Above It: A Souled American Anthology
- The Reverend Peyton’s Huge Rattling Band, Honeysuckle
Pop
- Think about Dragons, Reflections (From the Vault of Smoke + Mirrors)
- Mike Posner, The Starting
- Isabel Pless, Workhorse
Rock/Alt/Indie
- Anxious, Bambi
- Basia Bulat, Basia’s Place
- Baths, Intestine
- Califone, The Villager’s Companion
- Chalk, Situations III EP
- David Lee Roth, The Warner Recordings (1985-1994)
- Ffa Coffi Pawb, Dalec Peilon
- IDER, Late to the World
- Luke Sital-Singh, Idiot’s Spring
- Maruja, Tir na nÓg
- Fairly Lightning, Evening Wobble
- Porridge Radio, The Machine Begins To Sing EP
- Puma Blue, antichamber
- Q Lazzarus, Goodbye Horses: The Many Lives of Q Lazzarus (Music From The Movement Image)
- Ray Bull, Little Acts Of Violence
- Silverstein, Antibloom
- SPY, Seen Sufficient
- The Limiñanas, Pale
- The Homicide Capital, Blindness
- Trupa Trupa, Mourners EP
Rap/Hip-Hop
- BlocBoy JB, The Purple M&M 2
- Blockhead, It is Solely A Midlife Disaster If Your Life Is Mid EP
- Dave East & Ransom, The Remaining Name
- Smif-N-Wessun, Infinity
R&B/Soul
- SAINt JHN, FESTIVAL SEASON
Jazz
- Jon Irabagon, Server Farm
Digital/Out There
- Masma Dream World, PLEASE COME TO ME
- Amulets, Not Round However By
- Apta, The Pool
- Bianca Oblivion, Web Work EP
- Cici Arthur, Method By
- Colin Self, respite ∞ levity for the anonymous ghost in disaster
- Ikue Mori, Of Ghosts and Goblins
- Jules Reidy, Ghost Spirit
- Keiichiro Shibuya, Android Opera Mirror
- Laurie Torres, Aprés coup
- Mandrake Handshake, Earth Sized Worlds
- Motorpsycho, Motorpsycho
- Nina Garcia, Bye Bye Chook
- Oren Ambarchi & Eric Thielemans, Variety Regards
- Rafiq Bhatia, Every Dream, A Melting Door EP
- Ralph Heidel, anyhow.onto higher issues
- Tim Hecker, Shards
- TSHA, Unhappy Lady Remixes
- Unsuitable Method Up, Completely Proper
Credit
• Host: Stephen Thompson
• Visitor: Kathy Mattea, Mountain Stage
• Producer: Simon Rentner
• Editor: Otis Hart
• Govt Producer: Suraya Mohamed
• Vice President, Music and Visuals: Keith Jenkins
