New Music Friday: The best albums out Oct. 24

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🗓️ 24 October 2025

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Summary

Brandi Carlile. Miguel. Tortoise. Host Stephen Thompson chats with Ayana Contreras from KUVO in Denver about their favorite albums out Friday, Oct. 24.

The Starting 5:

- Brandi Carlile, 'Returning To Myself'
- Miguel, 'Caos'
- Tortoise, 'Touch'
- Daniel Caesar, 'Son Of Spergy'
- Yazmin Lacey, 'Teal Dreams

The Lightning Round:

- iLe, 'Como Las Canto Yo'
- Natural Information Society, 'Perseverance Flow'
- Hannah Jadagu, 'Describe'
- Hether, 'Holy Water'
- Joyer, 'On the Other End of the Line'

See the long list of albums out Oct. 24 and sample dozens of them via our New Music Friday playlist on NPR.org.

Credits:

Host: Stephen Thompson
Guest: Ayana Contreras, KUVO
Audio Producer: Noah Caldwell
Digital Producer: Elle Mannion
Editor: Otis Hart
Executive Producer: Suraya Mohamed

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0:00.0	This message comes from the podcast, Phela Kuti, Fear No Man.
0:04.2	In a world that's on fire, what can music do?
0:07.8	Radio Labs, Jad Abamrod, tells the story of the Nigerian musician who created a new musical language of resistance called Afrobeat.
0:17.0	Listen wherever you get podcasts.
0:19.8	A quick note before the show, this podcast contains explicit language.
0:40.6	Happy Friday, everyone from NPR Music.
0:41.8	It's New Music Friday.
0:46.5	I'm Stephen Thompson here with Ayanna Contreras of KUVO in Denver.
0:47.7	Welcome back to the show, Ayanna.
0:48.7	Oh, thanks so much.
0:49.3	Glad to be here.
0:50.6	It is a pleasure.
0:56.3	So the music you are hearing at the top of this show is from Nebraska 82,
1:03.7	an extended edition of Bruce Springsteen's classic 1982 album, Nebraska, released kind of to coincide with the new Bruce Springsteen biopic, Springsteen, Deliver Me from Nowhere.
1:10.1	Ayanna, are you a biopic person? You know what? I do. I like
1:14.6	them. When they're good, they're great and when they're bad. They're horrible, but they're almost
1:18.3	always entertaining. Yeah, and if nothing else, you certainly get a celebration of some, some classic
1:23.7	music. I happen to have actually seen Springsteen delivered me from nowhere, which is out
1:28.7	today. And I have to say, as someone who has watched a lot of lousy music biopics, this one is
1:35.2	actually quite good, led by a very, very strong performance from Jeremy Allen White, from
1:40.8	the Bear, who's kind of embodying the spirit of Springsteen here.
1:45.2	I think what this movie really gets right is the importance of having a good team around you.
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