Wednesday, April 22, 2026

Reneé Rapp, The Armed, Buddy Man : All Songs Thought-about : NPR


Detroit punk band The Armed plumb the void between society’s goals and realities.

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It is Friday, however for a few of you, your new music needs have been granted earlier this week when pop-punk princess Hayley Williams leaked her newest album to her devoted hair salon patrons. (Don’t be concerned, it is on streaming companies right now for the remainder of you.)

This week, we crack open THE FUTURE IS HERE AND EVERYTHING NEEDS TO BE DESTROYED, the most recent launch from Detroit’s ever-elusive, loud and existential band, The Armed. We additionally reacquaint ourselves with Mal Devisa and her four-disc Palimpsesa, and get to know the delicate and wandering New Days by Emily Hines.

Stephen Thompson welcomes Liz Warner from NPR Member station WDET to the present to debate these albums and two extra favorites out this week. Hearken to the present starting at 3 a.m. ET wherever you get your podcasts.

The Beginning 5

Emily Hines.

Emily Hines.

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Our hosts share the backstories and finest songs from the next albums:

💿 Emily Hines, These Days

  • Advisable If You Like: Huge Thief, Laura Marling

💿 Mal Devisa, Palimpsesa

  • RIYL: Noname, billy woods

💿 The Armed, THE FUTURE IS HERE AND EVERYTHING NEEDS TO BE DESTROYED

💿 Caimin Gilmore, BlackGate

💿 Susumu Yokota, Skintone Version, Vol. 1 (field set)

  • RIYL: Brian Eno, Aphex Twin

New Music Friday is a function of NPR’s All Songs Thought-about podcast. Hear the dialogue on the NPR App, Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.

The Lightning Spherical

Buddy Guy.

Buddy Man.

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5 extra albums we want we had time to debate on the podcast:

💿 Buddy Man, Ain’t Completed With The Blues

💿 Heatmiser, Mic Metropolis Sons (thirtieth Anniversary Remaster)

💿 René Najera, Painted Life

💿 Hieroglyphic Being, The Sound Of One thing Ending

💿 Spafford Campbell, Tomorrow Held

Hear to every album’s finest songs on our New Music Friday playlists on Spotify and Apple, or wherever you stream music.

The Lengthy Listing

Y ohtrixpointnever and Jeter of the Japanese duo Peterparker69.

Y ohtrixpointnever and Jeter of the Japanese duo Peterparker69.

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For many who wish to dig even deeper, listed below are the week’s new albums sorted by style:

Digital/Out There

  • Peterparker69, yo,
  • Sofia Kourtesis, Volver EP
  • Mansur Brown, Rihla
  • Memotone, smallest issues
  • Brad Rose, A Reside We As soon as Lived
  • Davd Boulter, Whitby
  • Lauren Maria, You are Stunning
  • Ma Sha, Hydrofall EP

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, Gradual Ache: Reside and Solo from Drop of Solar
  • Anthony Household, Reside From An Abnormal Place
  • All the pieces Else, One other One Making Clouds
  • Ex Agent, New Assumptions… EP
  • Flowers For The Lifeless, First Place EP
  • Fortitude Valley, Half Of The Downside, Child
  • Freezing Chilly, Treasure Pool
  • Kayo Dot, Each Rock, Each Half-Reality Underneath Cause
  • Kyle Hollingsworth, All We Are
  • Laura Groves, Sure EP
  • OK Cool, Chit Chat
  • QWAM, women aren’t afraid of blood
  • Return to Mud, Communicate Just like the Lifeless EP
  • Intercourse Week, Higher Mezzanine EP
  • V/A, Perhaps I am Dreaming
  • Wisp, If Not Winter

Classical

Sunny Sweeney.

Nash Nouveau/Thirty Tigers


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Nash Nouveau/Thirty Tigers

Nation/People/Americana

  • Sunny Sweeney, Rhinestone Requiem
  • Josh Halper, Schlemiel
  • Kalie Shorr, My Sort EP
  • Morgan Wade, The Occasion Is Over (recovered)
  • The Wooden Brothers, Puff of Smoke
  • Travis Roberts, Insurgent Rose
  • Ethan Regan, honey honey honey EP

International

  • Danny Ocean, Babylon Membership
  • Ali Sethi, Love Language
  • Julian Kytasty, Songs of Reality: Music and Tune from the Kobzar Custom of Ukraine

Jazz

  • Greg Foat, Opening Time
  • Rachael & Vilray, West of Broadway

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D Productions

Rap/Hip-Hop

  • araabMuzik, Digital Dream 2
  • Xaviersobased, As soon as Extra EP
  • $UICIDEBOY$, Thy Kingdom Come
  • Babytron, Luka Troncic 2
  • Lil Poppa, Virtually Regular Once more
  • Montana 700, The Biggest of All Traps

Pop

  • Between Pals, WOW!
  • Reneé Rapp, Chew Me

R&B/Soul

  • Pink Butter, Can We Go Again

Credit

  • Host: Stephen Thompson
  • Visitor: Liz Warner, WDET
  • Audio producer: Noah Caldwell
  • Present producers: Otis Hart and Elle Mannion
  • Manufacturing assistant: Dora Levite
  • Govt producer: Suraya Mohamed

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