New Music Friday: The best albums out Jan. 17

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🗓️ 17 January 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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NPR Music's Stephen Thompson welcomes aboard Kara Manning of New York City public radio station WFUV to discuss the best new albums hitting streaming services on Friday, Jan. 17.

Featured Albums

• Mac Miller, 'Balloonerism'

• The Weather Station, 'Humanhood'

• jasmine.4.t, 'You are the Morning'

• Victoria Canal, 'Slowly, It Dawns'

• Blue Lake, 'Weft'

Check out our long list of albums out today and stream our New Music Friday playlist at npr.org/music.

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0:00.0	A quick note before the show, this podcast contains explicit language.
0:04.9	All right, let's make some magic.
0:08.7	It's New Music Friday from NPR Music.
0:11.3	I'm here with Kara Manning from WFUV in New York City.
0:14.1	Hey, Kara.
0:14.5	Hi, Stephen.
0:15.4	Thank you so much.
0:16.9	It is a pleasure to have you.
0:18.6	Tell me about the show you do on WFUV. Well, I'm the host of UKNY on
0:24.4	WFUV in New York. It airs Sunday nights from 11 p.m. to midnight. It is a free format, free for all,
0:30.9	which focuses primarily on new releases from Britain and beyond, all genres, and has live sessions too with bands and artists over the last few years from English teacher, self-esteem, hot wax porridge, little Sims, dry cleaning, many others.
0:47.4	And that's what I focus on. I'm sort of a little obsessed about what's happening on, the UK side of things.
0:55.0	Love it. Well, we're going to be talking about music from all over the world.
0:58.0	Today, we've got a ton of great stuff, including new music from the Weather Station,
1:03.0	Jasmine Forty and more.
1:05.0	But first up, we've got a new record called balloonerism from the late rapper Mac Miller.
1:10.0	Vibration. Okay, I went sleep faded and I woke up invisible. called balloonerism from the late rapper Mac Miller.
1:14.7	Okay, I went to sleep faded and I woke up invisible.
1:17.9	I keep the ingredients, but I got the kitchen full.
1:19.0	Thoughts is cynical.
1:20.4	Actions unpredictable.
1:23.5	Supermodel bitches hold auditions in my swimming pool.
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