Alex G., Lord Huron, Paramores Zac Farro: Consider all songs: NPR

It is Friday and, boy, we are ready to be behind us this week. Fortunately, there are numerous distraction, since today a number of excited new albums await streaming services.

The indie culture Alex G gives its large label debut in RCA Records. Jim Legxacy, one of the most creative mixed fire of British music, published his first record in full length for the label for the label for the XL recording TastenAking. The paramore drummer ZAC Farro rises to the microphone for his solo debut. Lord Huron – The atmospheric rock band behind one of the most streamed songs of all time of Spotify – reveals her new album. And the duo of Rachika Nayar and Nina Keith published one of our most popular albums of the year of the year under the nickname Desiniblud (and gave us in the process of one of the best press photos of the year 👇).

Scroll on to see our long list of albums on July 18 and listen to our new music on Friday with the guest Chelsea o from Buffalo/Toronto Public Media, wherever you get your podcasts.

The start five

Desiniblud (pronounced “diz-knee-Blood”).

Allegra Messina/Domino

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Our hosts share the background stories and the best songs from the following albums:

💿 Alex G., Headlight (Electricity)

• Recommended if you want: Animal Collective, Mac Demarco

💿 Jim Legxacy, Black British music (2025) (Electricity)

• Riyl: a $ ap rocky, fred again ..

💿 Zac Farro (from Paramore), operator (Electricity)

💿 Lord Huron, The cosmic selector vol. 1 (Electricity)

• Riyl: The Lumineer, Hozier

💿 Desiniblud (Rachika Nayar and Nina Keith), S/T (Electricity)

• Riyl: Julianna Barwick, Sigur Rós

New Music Friday is a feature of NPRS all -songs podcast. Listen to the discussion about the NPR appPresent ApplePresent Spotify or Wherever you get your podcasts.

The lightning round

Two mussels.

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Five other albums that we wish we have time to discuss the podcast:

💿 Cam, Everything bright

💿 Forth hiker, The longer that goes on

💿 Jess Ribeiro, Mixtape

💿 Billie Marten, Dog's ear

💿 Two shells, Iicons

Listen to the best songs of every album on our new Music Friday playlist Spotify And Appleor Wherever you stream music.

The long list

Jessie Murph.

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For those who want to dig even deeper, the new albums of the week are to Genre:

pop

• Jessie Murph, Sex hysteria
• Samora Pinderhughes, Black spring
• Alex Warren, You will be fine, child
• Fletcher, Would you still love me if you really know me?
• Avalon, Permanent Californian EP
• Elijah Waters, Force!
• Jackson Wang, Magicman 2
• John K, Salt + light

Land/Folk/Americana

• Jade Bird, Who wants to talk about love
• Dylan Gossett, West
• Dooke, Fowler and Veale, Deadwood guitar sessions: Volume 1
• Trisha Yearwood, The mirror
• Koko Taylor, Crown jewels
• Dominique Adams, To keep
• Alex Williams, Space Brain
• Niko Moon, American palm
• The Maes, Reflect

Electronic/out there

• Slikback, attrition
• rroxymore, Juggle duality
• Håvard Volden, Little life
• OVEN, Lemon
• DJ Haram, Next to me
• Jamie Lidell, Places without knowledge
• Vines, I'll be here
• Beyond & beyond Bigger than all of us
• Element, Vocal paralysis
• Hannah Holland, Last exit to Bethnal
• Khaled Kurbeh, Likulli Fadāin Eqāéh
• Sofie Birch & Antonina Nowacka, Hiraeth
• Terence Fixmer, Magnetic north EP
• V/a ,, Tectonic sound
• Romy, Middle air transcendence remixes EP

Global

• Hamid al-Saadi, Maqam al-Iq
• J Balvin, Mixer
• Myke Towers, Island Boyz
• Wolfgang Pérez, Só ouço

jazz

• Nat Birchall, Free noises

Classic

• Niklas Paschburg, Mexican Alps
• Signum quartet, A dark flacking: works for string quartet from South Africa
• Gustavo Dudamel & the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Yanga

R&B/soul

• Sly & The Family Stone, The first family: Live in Winchester Cathedral 1967
• Kanii, #BLUE
• Ruby Francis, Pages of philosophy
• Nectarwood, It's like I have never left EP
• Sofia Ly, Are you already bored? EP

Rap/hip-hop

• Raekwon, The new clothing of the emperor
• Benny the butcher, Summer time butch 2
• $ ilkmoney, Who grows the wild that gives the tree as soon as the leaves dry and no longer carry fruits?
• Che, che, Quiet in bass
• Gelo, League own
• hard life, Onion
• Joyner Lucas, ADHD 2
• Loe Shimmy, Rockstar Junkie
• Young deji, when will you come back to Houston

Rock/old/indie

• Laura Jane Grace, Adventure club
• Madeline Kenney, Kiss out of the balcony
• Natalie Bergman, My home is not in this world
• Cleo Reed, Cry
• Kitty craft, Bits + bob from the flower stain vol. II
• Coral number, Air between us
• Don't worry idealism
• Border, Cryisis
• Bush, I did loneliness
• Dead tooth, tooth S/T
• Dream, ivory, When you come back, I have so much to tell you
• Message to bear, Tired eyes, watchful hearts
• Another satellite, S/T
• Panic hut, S/T
• Rio Romeo, Good grief!
• We are scientists Qualification miles
• Grabbed the ankle, Dancing in Transit: Live 2025

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