NPR Music's roundup of the week's best new albums includes a surprise solo release from Paramore's Hayley Williams, the 20th anniversary edition of J Dilla's Welcome 2 Detroit, Foo Fighters and more.
Featured Albums:
1. Foo Fighters — Medicine at Midnight
Featured Song: "Shame Shame"
2. Odette — Herald
Featured Song: "Trial By Fire"
3. Black Coffee — Subconsciously
Song: "Wish You Were Here"
4. John Carpenter — Lost Themes III
Featured song: "Alive After Death"
5. The Staves — Good Woman
Featured Song: "Careful Kid"
6. Editrix — Tell Me I'm Bad
Featured Song: "Tell Me I'm Bad"
7. Hayley Williams — Flowers for Vases - descanos
Featured Songs: "Just A Lover" and "How You Doin?"
8. J Dilla — Welcome 2 Detroit (20th Anniversary Edition)
Featured Song: "Think Twice" and "Give it Up (acapella version)"
9. Femi and Made Kuti — Legacy +
Featured Songs: "As We Struggle Every Day" and "Hymn"
10. Archie Shepp & Jason Moran — Let My People Go
Featured Song: "Wise One"
Other notable releases for Feb. 5: Aaron Lee Tasjan — Tasjan! Tasjan! Tasjan!; Black Country, New Road — For the First Time; Jane Birkin — Oh! Pardo Tu Dormais; Miss Grit — Impostor; Psychedelic Porn Crumpets — Shyga! The Sunlight Mound; Puma Blu — In Praise of Shadows; Sun June — Somewhere; The Weather Station — Ignorance.