New Music Friday: The best albums out Sept. 26

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🗓️ 26 September 2025

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Neko Case. Jeff Tweedy. Amanda Shires' divorce album. Evan Miller from member station WYSO in Ohio joins Lars Gotrich to talk about their favorite albums out Sept. 26.

The Starting 5
- Neko Case, 'Neon Grey Midnight Green'
- Jeff Tweedy, 'Twilight Override'
- Robert Plant, 'Saving Grace'
- Amanda Shires, 'Nobody's Girl'
- Cate Le Bon, 'Michelangelo Dying'

The Lightning Round
- Geese, 'Getting Killed'
- Josie, 'A Life of Sweets Alone'
- Bitchin Bajas, 'Inland See'
- M. Sage, 'Tender / Wading'
- Lady Wray, 'Cover Girl'

Credits
Host: Lars Gotrich
Guest: Evan Miller, WYSO
Audio Producer: Noah Caldwell
Digital Producer: Elle Mannion
Editor: Otis Hart
Production Assistant: Dora Levite
Executive Producer: Suraya Mohamed

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0:31.2	It's New Music Friday.
0:32.6	I'm Lars Gottrich, subbing in for an under-the-weather-weather Stephen Thompson,
0:56.7	which means this is an old metal show now, so I apologize in advance. I'm just kidding. I'm just kidding. I'm here today with Evan Miller of W-Y-S-O-N-O-Hio. Welcome to the show, Evan. Thank you so much for having me. Happy to be here. So you're in Ohio. Has fall hit where you live yet? Uh, yes. We, we came off a, like a week of high temps, like almost hitting 90 degrees after our fake fall period.
1:04.7	Mm-hmm. Now it's in the 70s and raining about every day. So we've just crash landed
1:09.6	directly into what fall looks like now.
1:13.4	You know, I'm already thinking about what kind of music I want to be playing. Do you have a
1:19.0	go-to fall record? Ooh, right now, maybe one of the earlier grizzly bear ones, which is great
1:25.4	timing because they're touring for the first time in six,
1:28.7	seven years. I'm finally going to catch them after never seeing them in their original run.
1:33.4	Wonderful. I love that for you. Mine is personally, love is overtaking me by Arthur Russell.
1:39.5	Beautiful. Absolutely. Fall Classic. So we're here for New Music Friday,
1:43.5	and before we get into a lot of the music,
1:46.5	we do want to mention two big pop records
1:49.3	that we haven't heard this week.
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