New Music Friday: The best releases out on April 21
NPR Music
NPR
4.3 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 21 April 2023
⏱️ 32 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Featured Albums:
1. Everything But the Girl — Fuse
Featured Songs: "Nothing Left to Lose," "When You Mess Up"
2. Alfa Mist — Variables
Featured Songs: "Borderline," "Foreword," "Aged Eyes"
3. Agust D — D-Day
Featured Songs: "Haegum," "D-Day"
4. Rodrigo y Gabriela — In Between Thoughts... A New World
Featured Songs: "True Nature," "The Ride of the Mind," "The Eye That Catches The Dream"
5. Easy Star All-Stars — Ziggy Stardub
Featured Songs: "Ziggy Stardust (feat. The Skints)," "Hang On To Yourself (feat. Fishbone and JohnnyGo Figure)"
Lightning Round Picks:
Lael Neale — Star Eaters
St. Paul & The Broken Bones — Angels in Science Fiction
Worldtown Sound System — House of Love
Zombie Juice — Love Without Conditions
Other notable releases for April 21:
Esther Rose — Safe To Run
The Heavy — AMEN
Hunter Hayes — Red Sky
Peal & The Oysters — Coast 2 Coast
The Smashing Pumpkins — Atum
Tïesto — DRIVE
YoungBoy Never Broke Again — Don't Try This At Home
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Hey everyone, happy Friday. |
| 0:01.1 | I'm Robin Hilton from NPR Music. |
| 0:02.6 | I'm here with Contributors Serena Turos. |
| 0:04.6 | Hey, Robin. |
| 0:05.6 | WXPN's John Morrison. |
| 0:07.6 | Hey, what's up, Robin? |
| 0:08.8 | And WBGO's Nicole Sweeney. |
| 0:10.8 | Hi there, Robin. |
| 0:12.1 | It's new music Friday, which means that all |
| 0:14.1 | a whole bunch of albums and EPs are out today. |
| 0:16.2 | It's April 21st, and we're going to flag |
| 0:18.2 | some of the best releases out for you now, |
| 0:19.8 | starting with everything but the girl. |
| 0:21.5 | The band is back with its first new album in 24 years. |
| 0:25.1 | It's called Fuse. |
| 0:26.5 | This is the song Nothing Left To Lose. |
| 0:28.9 | I need a thicker skin. |
| 0:32.6 | This pain keeps getting in. |
| 0:35.6 | Tell me what to do, as I've always listened to you. |
| 0:44.0 | I'm here at your door, and I've been here before. |
| 0:50.6 | Tell me what to do, because nothing works without you. |
| 1:29.0 | I know the hours lay. |
... |
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.