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All Songs Considered

New Music Friday: Oct. 16

All Songs Considered

NPR

Music

4.4 β€’ 3.2K Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 16 October 2020

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

NPR Music's picks for the best new albums out this week include rapper Black Thought's stunning Streams of Thought Vol. 3, a solo debut from The National's Matt Berninger, Beabadoobee and more.

Featured Albums:
1. Black Thought β€” Streams Of Thought Vol. 3: Cane & Abel
Featured Song: "State Prisoner"
2. Autechre β€” Sign
Featured Song: "M4 Lema"
3. SPAZA β€” Uprize!
Featured Song: "Bantu Education"
4. Beabadoobee β€” Fake It Flowers
Featured Song: "Care"
5. Matt Berninger β€” Serpentine Prison
Featured Song: "Distant Axis"
6. Open Mike Eagle β€” Anime, Trauma And Divorce
Featured Song: "Asa's Bop"
7. Good Sad Happy Bad β€” Shade
Featured Song: "Blessed"
8. Deep Sea Diver β€” Impossible Weight
Featured Song: "Impossible Weight"
9. Helena Deland β€” Someone New
Featured Song: "Dog"
10. Mipso β€” Mipso
Featured Song: "Big Star"
Bonus Album: Sturgill Simpson β€” Cuttin' Grass - Vol. 1: (Butcher Shoppe Sessions)
Featured Song: "I Don't Mind"

Other notable Oct. 16 releases: Annie β€” Dark Hearts; Cordovas β€” Destiny Hotel; Growing Concerns Poetery Collective β€” Big Dark Bright Futures; Gulfer β€” Gulfer; Goldmund β€” The Time It Takes; Homeboy Sandman & Quelle Chris β€” Don't Feed the Monster; Jennifer Castle β€” Monarch Season; James Blake β€” Before; Kevin Morby β€” Sundowner; Low Cut Connie β€” Private Lives; Manu Grace β€” No Room for Error; Mr. Gnome β€” The Day You Flew Away... Visit www.npr.org/allsongs for more

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0:00.0

I'm Rodney Carmichael.

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And on this episode of Loudr than a Riot,

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it bias against rap lyrics,

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seal the fate of no limits, Macfibs.

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This guy should be incarcerated,

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and I know that his music got him incarcerated,

0:15.0

but they got the wrong guy.

0:17.0

Listen now to the Loudr than a Riot podcast,

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from NPR Music.

0:25.0

Happy Friday everyone,

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from NPR Music and All Songs Considered

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I'm Robin Hilton.

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I'm joined this week by Ann Powers.

0:31.0

Hey Robin.

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And WXPN's John Morrison.

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Hey, what's up Robin?

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It's new music Friday.

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We're doing a quick run through the best new albums out on October 16th.

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It's another packed release week.

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We start with Black Thought.

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His new one is called Streams of Thought Volume 3,

0:47.0

Kane and Abel.

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