Saturday, May 3, 2025

All Songs Thought-about : NPR


Automotive Seat Headrest.

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It is Friday, and you could go the time till catching the most recent (and apparently good!) Marvel film. How about counterbalancing these monoculture tendencies with some nice unbiased rock albums?

Julie Bee, host of Amplified on Marfa Public Radio joins NPR Music’s Stephen Thompson to speak by Automotive Seat Headrest’s return, the most recent albums from Samantha Crain, PUP, Jenny Hval and extra on our newest New Music Friday episode.

Hearken to the present beneath and scroll all the way down to see our lengthy record of albums out Might 2.

The Beginning 5

Samantha Crain.

Samantha Crain.

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

  • Automotive Seat Headrest, The Students (Stream)
  • Samantha Crain, Gumshoe (Stream)
  • PUP, Who Will Look After The Canines? (Stream)
  • Jenny Hval, Iris Silver Mist (Stream)
  • Jolie Laide, Creatures (Stream)

New Music Friday is a characteristic 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

Cole Haden, Jack Wetmore, Aaron Shapiro and Ruben Radlauer of the band Model/Actriz.

Cole Haden, Jack Wetmore, Aaron Shapiro and Ruben Radlauer of the band Mannequin/Actriz.

Kane Ocean/True Panther


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Kane Ocean/True Panther

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

  • Lucius, Lucius
  • Milkweed, Remscéla
  • Mannequin/Actriz, Pirouette
  • Souleance, Kebab Discothèque
  • Clem Snide, Oh, Smokey

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

The Lengthy Record

Yuja Wang.

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For individuals who need to dig even deeper, listed here are the week’s new albums sorted by style:

Classical

  • Yuja Wang, Shostakovich: The Piano Concertos | Solo Works
  • Black Violin, Full Circle
  • Chloe Flower, I Love Me Extra
  • Seong-Jin Cho, Ravel: The Full Solo Piano Works and Concertos

Nation/People/Americana

  • Esther Rose, Need
  • Eric Church, Evangeline vs. The Machine
  • Hardy, Nation!
  • Maddie & Tae, Love & Gentle
  • Peggy Seeger, Teleology
  • Rebecca Lynn Howard, I am Not Who You Assume I Am

Digital/Out There

  • Eli Keszler, Eli Keszler
  • Loscil, Lake Hearth
  • Surgeon, Shell~Wave
  • Alex Marsh, Trellis
  • Anthony Naples, Scanners
  • Anthony Pateras, Reise der Schatten
  • Anysia Kym & Loraine James, Clandestine EP
  • Asterisk, No Faculty
  • Charlotte Plank, ClubLiminal
  • Colombian Drone Mafia + Gibrana Cervantes, Memoria
  • Gryofield, Akin/Mom EP
  • Imryll, Obscure Blood & Love
  • James Krivchenia, Performing Perception
  • Messenger Ladies Trio, Genius Loop Duos
  • Omid Geadizadeh, Like The Sea Is aware of Blue (مثل دریا که آبی را می شناسد)
  • Peverelist, Pulse Decay EP
  • Schiela, Who We Are EP
  • Shine Grooves, Sequences For Fluttering
  • The Balloonist, Dreamland
  • Torn Hawk, Watching Warmth on Mute
  • Flume & JPEGMAFIA, We Stay In A Society EP

World

  • Ding Dong, From Ding Dong to World Ding
  • Fuerza Regida, 111XPANTIA
  • Meiko Kaji, Yadokari + Shura No Hana
  • Sami Galbi, Ylh Bye Bye

Jazz

  • Enji, Sonor
  • Angel Bat Dawid and Naima Nefertari, Journey to Nabta Playa
  • Arve Henriksen, Trygve Seim, Anders Jormin, Markku Ounaskari, Arcanum
  • Deborah Silver with the Rely Basie Orchestra, Basie Rocks!
  • Julia Úlehla and Dálava, Understories
  • Kurt Rosenwinkel & Jean-Paul Brodbeck, The Brahms Undertaking

Pop

  • Aly & AJ, Silver Deliverer
  • Briston Maroney, Jimmy
  • Låpsley, I’M A HURRICANE I’M A WOMAN IN LOVE

R&B/Soul

  • Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, Naturally (twentieth Anniversary Version)
  • Xavier Omär, HunnyMoon Mountain

Rap/Hip-Hop

  • Wretch, 32 Residence?
  • Youngs Teflon, Preserve The Change
  • Benny The Butcher, Excelsior
  • Boldy James & Actual Dangerous Man, Conversational Items
  • Diuragga, 77th
  • Key Glock, Glockaveli
  • Yung Lean, Jonatan
  • Teether and Kuya Neil, YEARN IV

Rock/Alt/Indie

Blondeshell

Blondshell

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  • Blondshell, If You Requested For A Image
  • Actual Property, The Wee Small Hours: B-Sides and Different Detritus 2011 – 2025
  • John Cale, MiXology (quantity 1)
  • Monnone Alone, Right here Comes the Afternoon
  • Eli Winter, A Trick of the Gentle
  • Press Membership, To All The Ones That I Love
  • Propagandhi, At Peace
  • Suzanne Vega, Flying With Angels
  • Kassi Valazza, From Newman Avenue
  • Bleed, Bleed
  • Carriers, Each Time I Really feel Afraid
  • Membership Evening, Pleasure Coming Down
  • Dope Lemon, Golden Wolf
  • Ember Knight, Embers Sings the Dr Bronner Cleaning soap Label EP
  • Gringo Star, Sweethearts
  • KiNG MALA, And You Who Drowned In The Grief Of A Golden Factor
  • Lael Neale, Altogether Stranger
  • Laura Hickli, darkish secrets and techniques
  • Litronix, One A Day Retains The Physician Away
  • Louis Philippe and The Evening Mail, The Highway To The Sea
  • NewDad, Protected EP
  • Paco Cathcart, Down on Them
  • Panik Flowers, rearview EP
  • Pet Symmetry, Huge Symmetry
  • Pink Floyd, Pink Floyd at Pompeii – MCMLXXII
  • Punchbag, I am Not Your Punchbag EP
  • Pyramids, Pythagoras
  • Wet Miller, Joseph, What Have You Accomplished?
  • Sally Potter, Anatomy
  • SENTRIES, Gem of the West
  • Sextile, Sure, Please
  • Thanya Iyer, Tide/Tied
  • The Supernaturals, Present Tunes

Credit

  • Host: Stephen Thompson
  • Visitor: Julie Bee, Marfa Public Radio
  • Producer: Simon Rentner
  • Editors: Otis Hart and Elle Mannion
  • Govt Producer: Suraya Mohamed
  • Vice President, Music and Visuals: Keith Jenkins

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