Friday, January 23, 2026

HAIM, Karol G, Benson Boone : All Songs Thought-about : NPR

Sister trio and pop-rock archetypes HAIM released I quit on Friday.

Sister trio and pop-rock archetypes HAIM launched I give up on Friday.

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It is Friday, which implies its time to stave off your existential dread with a bumper crop of wonderful new releases, together with (in case you ask us) a few of the best albums to come back out this yr.

Raina Douris, host of the general public radio program World Cafe, joins Stephen Thompson on our New Music Friday podcast to debate pop-rock perfectionists HAIM, a guitar band known as Hotline TNT whose distorted hooks carry again reminiscences of 120 Minutes, an excellent and unpredictable melting pot of dance, jazz, rap and R&B by Yaya Bey, and far more.

Hold scrolling to see our lengthy checklist of albums out June 20 and take heed to the present starting at 3 a.m. ET wherever you get your podcasts.

The Beginning 5

S.G. Goodman.

S.G. Goodman.

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Our hosts share the backstories and finest songs from the next albums:

💿 HAIM, I give up

  • Really helpful If You Like: Fleetwood Mac, Vampire Weekend

💿 Hotline TNT, Raspberry Moon

  • RIYL: Dinosaur Jr., My Bloody Valentine

💿 Yaya Bey, do it afraid

  • RIYL: SAULT, Digable Planets

💿 Kelsey Waldon, Each Ghost

  • RIYL: Sierra Ferrell, John Prine

💿 S.G. Goodman, Planting by the Indicators

  • RIYL: Late Waxahatchee, early Cat Energy

New Music Friday is a characteristic of NPR’s All Songs Thought-about podcast. Hear the dialogue on the NPR App, Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts starting at 3 a.m. ET.

The Lightning Spherical

Seven Davis Jr.

Seven Davis Jr.

Secret Angels


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Secret Angels

5 extra albums we want we had time to debate on the podcast:

💿 Seven Davis Jr., Do not Crash Out Problem

💿 U.S. Ladies, Scratch It

💿 Matthew Shipp, The Cosmic Piano

💿 Tropical F*** Storm, Fairyland Codex

💿 Nathan Salsburg, Ipsa Corpora

Hear to every album’s finest songs on our New Music Friday playlists on Spotify and Apple, or wherever you stream music.

The Lengthy Listing

Karol G.

Karol G.

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For many who wish to dig even deeper, listed below are the week’s new albums sorted by style:

Pop

  • Karol G, Tropicoqueta
  • Benson Boone, American Coronary heart
  • YUNGBLUD, Idols
  • Sam Austins, The woods, vol. 1

Jazz

  • Jeremiah Chiu & Marta Sofia Honer, Totally different Rooms
  • Joshua Redman, Phrases Fall Brief
  • V/A, Gilles Peterson presents Worldwide Anthem

Rock/Alt/Indie

  • The B-52’s, The Warner and Reprise Years (Field Set)
  • The Gregg Allman Band, One Night time In DC, Might 15, 1984
  • Gilla Band, The Early Years (tenth Anniversary Reissue)
  • The Feelies, Rewind
  • Little Mazarn, Mustang Island
  • UNIVERSITY, McCartney, It will Be OK
  • Benét, Make ‘Em Giggle
  • Dying Capsule, Sologamy
  • Elijah Johnston, Silly Soul
  • Minais B, And i do know i can really feel dangerous when i get in a nasty temper
  • The Sick Man of Europe, s/t
  • Water Machine, God Park
  • Yuuf, Alma’s Cove EP

R&B/Soul

  • Georgie Candy, I Swear To You
  • Keke Palmer, Simply Keke
  • Nyah Grace, Divinely Devoted
  • PAMÉ, Static Blush EP

Rap/Hip-Hop

  • Samara Cyn, Backroads EP
  • Loyle Carner, Hopefully !
  • Isaiah Hull, POCOMANIA
  • Ok-Lure, When The Mud Settles EP
  • Maxo, Mars Is Electrical
  • Bas & The Hics, Melanchronica
  • Che Noir, The Colour Chocolate 2
  • Aitch, 4
  • midwxst, archangel
  • Nick Grant, I Took It Private
  • Pluto, Each Methods

Digital/Out There

  • SOPHIE, PRODUCT (Reissue)
  • Carl Craig, Need: The Carl Craig Story (OST)
  • Neggy Gemmy, She Comes From Nowhere
  • Biosphere, The Manner of Time
  • Matmos, Metallic Life Overview
  • Félicia Atkinson, Promenades
  • Simo Cell, FL Louis EP
  • BAMBII, INFINITY CLUB II
  • CAIN, Lineage
  • Krystal Klear, Pancake EP
  • Nightmares On Wax, Nonetheless Smokin.III.
  • Mount Kimbie, The Sundown Violent (Dwell In Heidelberg)
  • Surusinghe, i am unable to keep in mind the identify of this, however that is okay EP
  • Florentino, Programs of Reflection EP
  • Automotive Tradition, Nothingburger EP
  • Nikki Nair, Violence Is The Reply EP
  • Elkka, Xpressions EP
  • Facta, GULP
  • Ric Wilson, AMERICA RUNS ON DISCO
  • Feiertag, Empers EP
  • GoGo Penguin, Needed Fictions
  • Julien Mier, Regularly
  • L’Eclair, CLOUD DRIFTER
  • Sontag Shogun x Lau Nau, Päiväkahvit
  • Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Curse EP
  • Fields Of Mist, Secrets and techniques Of The Nebula EP
  • OSMIUM, s/t

International

  • Olamidé, s/t
  • V/A, Edna Martinez Presents Picó: Sound System Tradition From The Colombian Caribbean

Nation/Folks/Americana

  • Sally Anne Morgan, Second Circle The Horizon
  • James McMurtry, The Black Canine and the Wandering Boy
  • Brett Younger, 2.0
  • Brian Kelley, Sunshine State of Thoughts Season Two, Chapter One
  • Lukas Nelson, American Romance
  • Mason Jennings, Magnifier
  • The Jack Wharff Band, Richmond’s Most Needed
  • William Beckmann, Whiskey Lies & Alibis

Credit

  • Host: Stephen Thompson
  • Visitor: Raina Douris, WXPN
  • Producer: Simon Rentner
  • Editor: Otis Hart
  • Govt Producer: Suraya Mohamed

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