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It is Friday, and we’re blissful to report {that a} handful of actually nice albums had been launched at midnight. Los Angeles singer-songwriter Annahstasia — who you could have seen as Kendrick Lamar’s love curiosity within the video for his No.1 hit “luther” — blew us away along with her mix of gravity and charm. Celebrated jazz guitarist Mary Halvorson — who gained a MacArthur “genius” grant in 2019 — has a brand new album produced by Deerhoof’s John Dieterich. Jazz harpist Brandee Youthful may need hit a brand new profession excessive along with her new album, on which she performs Alice Coltrane’s harp.
We get into these three and some extra on the June 13 episode of New Music Friday. Nate Chinen of Philadelphia public radio station WRTI joins host Stephen Thompson to share their favourite information of the week.
The Beginning 5
Mary Halvorson.
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Our hosts share the backstories and finest songs from the next albums:
💿 Annahstasia, Tether (Stream)
Beneficial If You Like: Tracey Chapman, Nick Drake
💿 Mary Halvorson, About Ghosts (Stream)
RIYL: Invoice Frisell, Peter Bernstein
💿 Brandee Youthful, Gadabout Season (Stream)
Riyl: Alice Coltrane, Shabaka Hutchings
💿 Joe Armon-Jones, All The Quiet (Half II) (Stream)
Riyl: ezra collective, makaya mcccraven
💿 The Treatment, Mixes for a Misplaced World (Stream)
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The Lightning Spherical
Terri Lyne Carrington & Christie Dashiell.
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5 extra albums we want we had time to debate on the podcast:
💿 AJ Tracey, Do not Die Earlier than You are Lifeless
💿 Theo Croker, dream manifest
💿 Cosey Fanni ALL, 2T2
💿 Terri Lyne Carrington & Christie Dashiell, We Insist 2025!
💿 Ella Hanshaw, Ella Hanshaw’s Black Guide
Hear to every album’s finest songs on our New Music Friday playlists on Spotify and Appleor wherever you stream music.
The Lengthy Listing
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
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For many who need to dig even deeper, listed below are the week’s new albums sorted by style:
Rock/Alt/Indie
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Phantom IslandQueens of the Stone Age, Alive within the Catacombs EPGrateful Lifeless, Gratest HitsNeil Younger and the Chrome Hearts, Talkin to the TreesBloodshot Invoice, So Fed Up!Widespread Holly, Something glassGuy Blackman, Out of SightJahnah Camille, My sunny oath! EPLipsticism, Needed To Present YouPatrick Wolf, Crying The NeckPuffer, Road HassleSelf Enchancment, SyndromeSteve Queralt (of Experience), SwallowWPTR, Redness and Swelling on the Injection Website
Nation/Folks/Americana
Mister Romantic (John C. Reiilly), What’s Not To Love?Dierks Bentley, Damaged BranchesJoseph Allred, Previous Time Fantasias
Digital/Out There
Lyra Pramuk, HymnalAdrian Sherwood, The Grand Designer EPDummy, Bubbelibrium DLCGabriel Brady, Day-blindPolygonia, Dream Horizonsgyrofield, Suspension of Perception EPHolden & Zimpel, The Universe Will Take Care Of YouKate NV, Room for the Moon (Reside)LSDXOXO, DGTL ANML
International
Balthvs, Flesh and Soul Epbuscabulla, SEA ASIV/A, Pōpologen: Songs of Resilience and Joywitch, Sogolo
Jazz
Dee Dee Bridgewater & Invoice Charlap, Elemental Brittany Davis, Black Thunder
Pop
Calum Hood, ORDER chaos ORDERMikayla Pasterfield, Heritage Listed EPsalem ilese, rising downV/A, Smurfs (Unique Movement Image Soundtrack)Van Morrison, Remembering Now
R&B/Soul
Maiya Blaney, A Room With A Door That ClosesNatanya, Feline’s Return
Rap/Hip-Hop
Leikeli47, Lei keli ft 47 / For Promotional Use OnlyEST Gee, My Worldonefour, Look At Me NowLil Tecca, DopamineCymarshall Legislation & Slimline Mutha, The Peaceable Warrior 2: Uncooked Self ExpressionYamê, ÉBĒM
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Credit
Host: Stephen ThompsonGuest: Nate Chinen, WRTIProducer: Simon RentnerEditor: Otis HartExecutive Producer: Suraya MohamedVice President, Music and Visuals: Keith Jenkins
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