New Music Friday: The best releases out Sept. 22
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🗓️ 22 September 2023
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Summary
Featured Albums:
1. Doja Cat — Scarlet
Featured Songs: "Demons," "97," "Go Off," "Often"
2. Mykki Blanco — Postcards From Italia
Featured Songs: "Tequila Casino Royale," "Holidays In The Sun," "Love Fell Down Around Me," "Magic On My Back"
3. yeule — softscars
Featured Songs: "4ui12," "software update," "x w x," "dazies," "fish in the pool"
4. Kylie Minogue — Tension
Featured Songs: "You Still Get Me High," "Padam Padam," "10 Out Of 10," "Story"
5. Loraine James — Gentle Confrontation
Featured Songs: "Let U Go (ft. keiyaA)," "Gentle Confrontation," "Glitch the System (Glitch Bitch 2)," "I DM U," "One Way Ticket To the Midwest (Emo) [feat. Corey Mastrangelo]"
Lightning Round:
Doechii — "Pacer" (single)
DUFFY x UHLMANN — Doubles
Moemaw Naedon and C. Scott — Yinztroducing...
The National — Laugh Track
Other notable releases for Sept. 22:
Bakar — Halo
Bibio — Sunbursting (EP)
The Breeders — Last Splash (30th Anniversary Edition)
Brent Cobb — Southern Star
CHAI — CHAI
Chappell Roan — The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess
Devendra Banhart — Flying Wig
Grails — Anches En Maat
Grrrl Gang — Spunky!
Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids — Afro Futuristic Dreams
KEN mode — VOID
Lydia Loveless — Nothing's Gonna Stand In My Way Again
Pkew Pkew Pkew — Siiick Days
Roosevelt — Embrace
Teenage Fanclub — Nothing Lasts Forever
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| 0:15.6 | This podcast contains explicit language. |
| 0:18.6 | Hey, everybody from NPR Music, I'm Robin Hilton. |
| 0:21.6 | It's September 22nd, New Music Friday, |
| 0:23.8 | and I'm here with Critic and Reporters Serena Turos. |
| 0:26.4 | Hey, Robin. |
| 0:27.8 | From WXPN and the host of the podcast series, rap shit, John Morrison. |
| 0:31.8 | Yo, yo, yo. |
| 0:32.8 | Also here is writer and critic, Latisha Harris. |
| 0:35.2 | What's up, everybody? |
| 0:36.6 | It's a pretty bonkers release day, even with the Drake record being pushed to October. |
| 0:41.2 | Kylie Minogue, you will try the National Mickey Blanco. |
| 0:44.2 | Lorraine James, so many more. |
| 0:45.6 | They all have new albums out this week. |
| 0:47.6 | Let's start with one of the year's most anticipated releases from Doja Cat. |
| 0:51.2 | Her new album Scarlet is out now. |
| 0:53.2 | This is the song Demons. |
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