The best new albums out Sept. 12

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🗓️ 12 September 2025

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Guerilla Toss. Die Spitz. The return of Spinal Tap. Raina Douris from WXPN's World Cafe joins Stephen Thompson to discuss their favorite albums out Friday, Sept. 12.

The Starting 5:

- Spinal Tap, 'The End Continues' (Stream)

- Guerilla Toss, 'You're Weird Now' (Stream)

- Die Spitz, 'Something to Consume' (Stream)

- Frost Children, 'Sister' (Stream)

- Mark William Lewis, 'Mark William Lewis' (Stream)

The Lightning Round:

- Sophie Ellis-Bextor, 'Perimenopop'

- Asher White, '8 tips for full catastrophe living'

- Jade, 'THAT'S SHOWBIZ BABY!'

- Fruit Bats, 'Baby Man'

- Kassa Overall, 'CREAM'

See the long list of albums out Sept 12 and sample dozens of them via our New Music Friday playlist on npr.org.

Credits

Host: Stephen Thompson

Guest: Raina Douris, WXPN

Audio Producer: Noah Caldwell

Digital Producer: Elle Mannion

Editor: Otis Hart

Production Assistant: Dora Levite

Executive Producer: Suraya Mohamed

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0:00.0	A quick note before the show, this podcast contains explicit language.
0:12.9	Happy Friday, everyone, from NPR Music. It's New Music Friday. I'm Stephen Thompson here with Raina Duras from World Cafe and WXPN in Philadelphia.
0:22.2	Welcome to the show, Raina.
0:23.2	Hey, great to be here.
0:24.5	It is such a pleasure to have you.
0:26.5	You are hearing over our voices.
0:28.7	You are hearing the sounds, of course, of Led Zeppelin.
0:31.6	Led Zeppelin is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its landmark album physical graffiti
0:36.3	and releasing a live EP titled Live EP.
0:41.2	Creative.
0:41.8	Four classic Led Zeppelin songs live in My Time of Dying, Trampled Underfoot, Sick Again,
0:46.8	Kashmir, 35 minutes of Led Zeppelin at its Led Zeppelinist.
0:52.7	I love Led Zeppelin. I've loved Led Zeppelin since I was in high school
0:55.8	when I got a Led Zeppelin Best of compilation CD
0:58.7	that I promptly lost two weeks later at a party.
1:01.0	But just hearing people in a giant crowd react to a song like Kashmir.
1:05.8	Oh, my God.
1:06.3	It's so fun.
1:21.4	Oh! so fun. I will say, though, that
1:22.7	every single proper noun in the press release for this sounds like a British parody.
1:26.8	Like, they're in Nevworth and Earl's Court. That's where they're playing. The Nebworth Festival. But yeah, it's so much fun. I feel like I'll listen to whatever Led Zeppelin puts out. Oh, absolutely. And I feel like this is where we should shout out the classic rock radio stations where we first heard Led Zeppelin.
1:49.6	For me, it was the Rock and Apple, WAPL in Appleton, Wisconsin, still around, still playing Led Zeppelin.
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