New Music Friday: The best albums out Oct. 10

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🗓️ 10 October 2025

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Summary

Madi Diaz. Madison Cunningham. The return of Mobb Deep. Guest host Rodney Carmichael chats with Celia Gregory from WNXP in Nashville about their favorite albums out Friday, Oct. 10.

Intro:

- Patti Smith, 'Horses (50th Anniversary)'

The Starting 5:

- Madi Diaz, 'Fatal Optimist' (Stream)

- Princess Nokia, 'Girls' (Stream)

- Madison Cunningham, 'Ace' (Stream)

- Makaya McCraven, 'Off The Record' (Stream the singles)

- Mobb Deep, 'Infinite' (Stream)

The Lightning Round:

- NoSo, 'When Are You Leaving?'

- Jay Som, 'Belong'

- Amber Mark, 'Pretty Idea'

- Black Eyes, 'Hostile Design'

- Gabriel Kahane, 'Heirloom'

See the long list of albums out Oct. 10 and sample dozens of them via our New Music Friday playlist on npr.org.

Credits:

Host: Rodney Carmichael

Guest: Celia Gregory, WNXP

Audio Producer: Noah Caldwell

Digital Producer: Elle Mannion

Editor: Otis Hart

Executive Producer: Suraya Mohamed

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0:00.0	A quick note before the show, this podcast contains explicit language.
0:04.3	Jesus died for somebody's sins, but not mine.
0:10.9	Happy Friday, y'all.
0:12.5	Rodney Carmichael here, writer and correspondent at NPR Music, filling in for host
0:17.7	Stephen Thompson this week.
0:18.9	Now, each week on New Music Friday, we speak to a member of the NPR Music Network.
0:24.1	And for today, October 10th, we're welcoming Celia Gregory from WNXP in Nashville. What up, Celia.
0:31.8	Hi, Rodney. It's so good to do this show with you. I hope to meet you IRL sometime soon.
0:37.0	Yeah, you know, I almost feel like we're
0:39.3	playing like some weird game of musical chairs
0:41.7	because you were obviously the pro at this
0:44.5	and somehow I'm the one that's sitting in the guest
0:46.7	seat. Our powers combine, right?
0:50.6	All right, so this week, we are celebrating
0:52.6	the 50th anniversary of Patty Smith's 1975 LP Horses.
0:58.4	You got a favorite song from this album, Celia?
1:01.1	It's got to be Gloria.
1:02.0	Oh, she looks so good.
1:06.0	Oh, she looks so fine.
1:10.0	Like I grew up listening to the Van, the Man version of that
1:13.5	and then had to come around to the Patty Smith version later in life
1:16.2	and had such an appreciation for it because of the extra verses
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