Remi Wolf
Zachary Gray/Island
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Zachary Gray/Island
Welcome to New Music Friday, NPR Music’s podcast dedicated to sharing the best albums out each week. We listen to dozens of new releases in advance, identify the ones we think you need to hear and highlight our favorite five in a brisk mix of clips, context and commentary.
The podcast is hosted by NPR Music’s Stephen Thompson, and each episode features members of the NPR Music Network of public radio stations. This week, our guests are Tshego Letsoalo of KALW in San Francisco, Aurora McGuckin of MVYRadio in Massachusetts and Jewly Hight of WPLN in Nashville.
Scroll down to see which albums we discussed this week and links to our New Music Friday playlists, where you can hear singles from each album.
The Starting 5
🎵 Cameron Winter, Live at Carnegie Hall (Partisan)
🎵 Troye Sivan, She’s The Best (Interscope)
🎵 Remi Wolf, Mud (Island)
🎵 Jess Williamson, A Mile South of Heaven (New West)
🎵 Danielle Ponder, Everything Has Changed (Dead Oceans)
New Music Friday is part of the NPR Music podcast. Hear the discussion on the NPR App, Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.
The Lightning Round
Five more albums we wish we could have discussed on the podcast, recommended by NPR Music’s staff:
âš¡ Dawn Richard, creole culture (Merge)
âš¡ Margo Cilker, Little White Cross (Fossil)
âš¡ Imperial Teen, Overdrive (Merge)
âš¡ heavensouls, cantu of the sower (NTS)
âš¡ Joyce Wrice, MACHIKO (BMG)
Listen to each album’s best songs on our New Music Friday playlists on Spotify and Apple, or wherever you stream music.
Credits
Host: Stephen Thompson • Guests: Tshego Letsoalo (KALW), Aurora McGuckin (MVYRadio), Jewly Hight (Nashville Public Radio) • Audio: Noah Caldwell • Producer: Elle Mannion • Production Assistant: Dora Levite • Editor: Otis Hart • Executive Producer: Suraya Mohamed • Executive Director: Sonali Mehta
