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New Music Friday: The best releases out Sept. 9

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πŸ—“οΈ 9 September 2022

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

NPR Music's picks for the best albums out this week include genre-straddling polymaths Santigold and Sudan Archives, R&B sensation Ari Lennox and more.

Featured Albums:

Ari Lennox β€” age/sex/location
Featured Songs: "Queen Space (feat. Summer Walker)," "Hoodie"
Sudan Archives β€” Natural Brown Prom Queen
Featured Songs: "Copycat (Broken Notions)," "Chevy S10," "Yellow Brick Road, TDLY (Homegrown Land)"
The Paranoyds β€” Talk Talk Talk
Featured Songs: "Freak Out," "Single Origin Experience," "Sunburn"
Sampa the Great β€” As Above, So Below
Featured Songs: "Lane (feat. Denzel Curry)," "Can I Live"
Santigold β€” Spirituals
Featured Songs: "High Priestess," "Ain't Ready," "My Horror," "Shake"

Lightning Round:

Son Little β€” Like Neptune
Jackson Wang β€” Magic Man
Oliver Sim β€” Hideous Bastard
Built To Spill β€” When the Wind Forgets Your Name
Madison Cunningham β€” Revealer

Transcript

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0:00.0

Happy Friday everyone from NPR Music and All Songs Considered. I'm Stephen Thompson. I'm here with NPR Music contributor Christina Lee.

0:07.3

Hey Stephen.

0:08.3

From Radio Milwaukee to Reek Moody.

0:10.6

Hey Stephen.

0:11.6

And finally we've got NPR Music contributor Serena Toros.

0:15.6

Hey Stephen.

0:16.8

It is great to have you all. We are talking about some of the best new albums out today.

0:21.2

Starting with the singer Ari Lennox and her new album Age Sex Location, this song is called Queen Space.

0:27.6

There's one thing we should speak on. This one you'll see you'll see good.

0:34.6

Don't ever problem even.

0:38.6

No, no, no.

0:41.6

There's something I am sure of.

0:45.6

I deserve something for your rights.

0:49.6

I love his privilege.

0:53.6

I guess you can't take confrontation. Well, I ain't got time.

1:03.6

It's all good when everything going away.

1:06.6

What about mine?

1:10.6

Don't waste my queen space.

1:14.6

True end, not patient. When I let you taste. Let it bring your rage.

1:19.6

No way, no day, no.

1:23.6

This is off Ari Lennox's sophomore album Age Sex Location.

1:26.6

And while we didn't get to hear the entire album prior to the taping of this episode,

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