New Music Friday: The best albums out Oct. 23

Sampa The Great. Moses Boyd. Kaitlin Butts. Guest host Lars Gotrich breaks down the best new albums out Friday, Oct. 30 with DJs from around the NPR Music network: Jewly Hight from WPLN in Nashville, Matt Byars from WUOT in Knoxville and Raina Douris from World Cafe in Philadelph ...  Show more

As we poured ourselves into the El Tiny takeover of the Tiny Desk, a month's worth of new music piled up in our inboxes. So, this week, we dig in and bring the long-awaited debut album from Puerto Rico's Benito-approved ensemble Chuwi, the rap-electronica of Monterrey's alternati ...  Show more

In today's episode, we're discussing songs and albums that we’ve been listening to in 2025 so far. This music could have been released in any year, it’s just what we’ve been listening to as of late.-List of Songs Discussed •Understand by Tory Lanez•Summer by Brockhampton•Valentin ...  Show more

In this episode, we’re speaking about our top 10 rap songs of 2025 so far. Some of our picks include tracks from The Clipse, Mac Miller’s Balloonerism, Little Simz’ Lotus & more.-LIVE ALBUM REACTIONS https://go.nfrpodcast.com/Patreon 

In today’s episode we’re recommending the best hip-hop songs of the year so far. This list includes songs from Tyler, The Creator’s Estate Sale, Larry June & The Alchemist’s The Great Escape and more.

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