New Music Friday: The best albums out July 12
NPR Music
NPR
4.3 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 12 July 2024
⏱️ 49 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Visit npr.org for the long list of albums out July 12 and playlists of their top songs.
Read Ann Powers' review of Zach Bryan's The Great American Bar Scene here.
See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.
NPR Privacy Policy
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Christian Nationalists want to turn America into a theocracy, a government under biblical rule. |
| 0:08.0 | If they gain more power, it could mean fewer rights for you. |
| 0:12.0 | I'm Heath Drusen and on the new season of Extremely American, |
| 0:16.0 | I'll take you inside the movement. |
| 0:18.0 | Listen to Extremely American, from Boise State Public Radio, |
| 0:22.0 | part of the NPR Network. |
| 0:25.0 | You know, Anne, you try to take a week off. |
| 0:28.0 | You look at the release calendar, you say, |
| 0:30.0 | you know what, July 4th is on a Thursday this year, that Friday is going to be dead. |
| 0:35.3 | People are going to be at the beach, they're going to be grilling in their backyards. |
| 0:38.9 | Nobody would be bold enough to drop a major release into the middle of this media desert. |
| 0:45.0 | I think it's safe to look away from my screen for a minute. |
| 0:49.0 | And then this guy... |
| 0:51.0 | The nerve of him. Oh, Zach Brian, what do you think you are? |
| 0:56.6 | Just the most popular troubadour in the nation at this moment? |
| 1:00.0 | Well, I guess that's true. |
| 1:02.0 | Look, Diode, it was absolutely necessary for Zach Brian to release his new album, The Great American |
| 1:08.4 | Bar Scene, on Independence Day, because he's that dude, you know? I mean, he's that dude you know I mean he's he's that guy standing up for |
| 1:17.0 | somewhat traditional a countryish focus trador-ish sing-alongs and glorious rock-rooted authenticity and |
| 1:29.2 | he even has the man. |
| 1:34.7 | Bruce Springsteen, Mr. Born in the USA, |
| 1:37.0 | is on this record, who I will note does have a song |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from NPR, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of NPR and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.