Sampa The Great. Moses Boyd. Kaitlin Butts. Guest host Lars Gotrich breaks down the best new albums out Friday, Oct. 30 with DJs from around the NPR Music network:
Jewly Hight from WPLN in Nashville,
Matt Byars from WUOT in Knoxville and
Raina Douris from World Cafe in Philadelphia. Plus, a handful of NPR Music writers and critics offer their personal picks in the lightning round.
The Starting 5
(02:00) Album No. 1
- Kaitlin Butts, 'Hello, Honky Tonk'
(08:52) Album No. 2
- Sampa The Great, 'Nu Zamrock'
(16:48) Album No. 3
- Kali Malone, 'Burning Song'
(22:42) Album No. 4
- Moses Boyd, 'Songs For Sinners'
(29:34) Album No. 5
- P***, 'you made me / skin on linen'
(37:52) The Lightning Round
- 2nd Grade, 'Girls and Boys'
- NØ MAN, 'Between the Sword and the Neck'
- DIIV, 'ZIRP!'
- Takuya Nakamura, 'Shape The Future'
- Joyce Moreno, 'Never Too Soon'
Sample the albums via our
New Music Friday playlist.
Credits:
Host: Lars Gotrich
Guests: Jewly Hight, Matt Byars, Raina Douris
Audio Producer: Noah Caldwell
Digital Producer: Dora Levite
Editors: Elle Mannion, Otis Hart
Executive Producer: Suraya Mohamed
Special thanks to Sheldon Pearce and Felix Contreras
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