New Music Friday: The best releases out Sept. 23
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🗓️ 23 September 2022
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Featured Albums:
1. Peter Matthew Bauer — Flowers
Featured Songs: "Chiyoda, Arkansas, Manila," "Flowers"
2. Beth Orton — Weather Alive
Featured Songs: "Lonely," "Fractals"
3. Vieux Farka Touré & Khruangbin — Ali
Featured Songs: "Mahine Me," "Savanne"
4. Caroline Shaw & Attacca Quartet — Evergreen
Featured Songs: "Other Song," "The Evergreen Stem"
5. Makaya McCraven — In These Times
Featured Songs: "Dream Another," "The Title"
Lightning Round:
The Comet Is Coming — Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam
Young RJ — World Tour
Angelica Sanchez Trio — Sparkle Beings
Alex G — God Save the Animals
Nils Frahm — Music for Animals
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Happy Friday everyone from NPR Music and All Songs Considered. |
| 0:03.5 | I'm Steven Thompson. |
| 0:04.6 | I'm here with NPR Music contributor, Nate Chinn. |
| 0:07.2 | Hey, Steven. |
| 0:08.2 | Writer and host of Sirius Rappshit and Culture Cypher Radio, John Morrison. |
| 0:12.4 | Hey, what's up, Steven. |
| 0:13.7 | And also the Music Director and Director of Content at Vocalo Radio 91 in Chicago, |
| 0:18.2 | Ayanna Contreras. Welcome, Ayanna. |
| 0:20.1 | Thank you. I appreciate that extra little role. |
| 0:23.6 | That's NPR, baby. |
| 0:26.0 | We are talking about the best new albums out today, |
| 0:28.4 | starting with Peter Matthew Bauer and his album Flowers. |
| 0:31.6 | This song is called Chioda, Arkansas, Mandela. |
| 1:01.6 | I just don't understand. |
| 1:20.1 | Everything comes in un-known parts. |
| 1:23.8 | Everything comes in un-known parts. |
| 1:26.8 | Keep wasting your hair. |
| 1:30.4 | Flowers is the latest album from Peter Matthew Bauer of The Walkman. |
| 1:38.1 | It's his first solo record in about five years. |
| 1:40.9 | It was partially recorded here. |
| 1:43.2 | And Philly, I love it. |
| 1:45.0 | It is this grand sweeping record with these big bright celebratory moments, |
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