The 5 albums you need to take a look at as we speak : All Songs Thought-about : NPR

Atlanta rapper J.I.D has loved big success, each as a member of the collective Spillage Village and as a solo artist on J. Cole’s Dreamville label. He is even loved an ubiquitous hit with “Enemy,” his collaboration with the band Think about Dragons. However he nonetheless looks as if a rising star — and his new album, The Eternally Story, nonetheless looks like an try and introduce him to an even-wider viewers. That new LP kicks off this week’s dialogue, because the panel enthuses over his thorny and evocative lyricism.

We have additionally obtained new albums from the sharp Australian singer-songwriter Stella Donnelly, adorned saxophonist and bandleader Miguel Zenón and wildly experimental digital musician Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, in addition to a brand new field set protecting Blondie’s unique 1974-82 run. On this week’s New Music Friday, Keanna Faircloth (host of the Artimacy podcast), contributor Christina Lee (co-host of the Backside of the Map podcast) and NPR Music’s Hazel Cills be part of visitor host Stephen Thompson.

Featured Albums:

1. J.I.D — The Eternally Story
   Featured Songs: “Dance Now,” “Higher Days,” “Raydar”
2. Stella Donnelly — Flood
   Featured Songs: “Lungs,” “Morning Silence,” “How Was Your Day?”
3. Miguel Zenón — Müsica De Las Americas
   Featured Songs: “Opresion Y Revolucion,” “Tainos Y Caribes”
4. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith — Let’s Flip It Into Sound
   Featured Songs: “Find,” “Have You Felt These days?”
5. Blondie — In opposition to the Odds: 1974-1982
   Featured Songs: “Rapture” “The Tide Is Excessive (Demo Model),” “Coronary heart of Glass”

Lightning Spherical:

Meechy Darko — Gothic Luxurious

• Carolyn Malachi — Counter Narratives EP
• Julia Jacklin — Pre Pleasure
• Regina Spektor — 11:11 + Papa’s Bootlegs
• Valerie June — Beneath Cowl

Different notable releases for Aug. 26:

• blackbear — In Loving Reminiscence
• Bret McKenzie — Songs With out Jokes
• Calypso Rose — Eternally
• Chris Forsyth — Evolution Right here We Come
• Diamanda Galás — Damaged Gargoyles
• Embrace — How To Be a Individual Like Different Folks
• Eyedress — Full Time Lover
• Ezra Furman — All of Us Flames
• Ingrid Andress — Good Individual
• Marcus King — Younger Blood
• Muse — Will of the Folks
• Pantha du Prince — Backyard Gaia
• Pianos Turn into the Tooth — Drift
• Sélébéyone — Xaybu: The Unseen
• William Orbit — The Painter
• Yellowjackets — Parallel Movement