New Music Friday: The best albums out Sept. 25

2026-09-25 · 41 min · 10 entities

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Leon Bridges. Blondshell. Joy Oladokun. Host Stephen Thompson breaks down the best albums out Friday, Sept. 18 with DJs from around the NPR Music network: Erin Wolf from Radio Milwaukee, Jewly Hight from WPLN in Nashville and Liz Warner from WDET in Detroit. Plus, a handful of NPR Music writers and critics offer their personal picks in the lightning round. The Starting 5 (00:53) Album No. 1 - Blondshell, 'Violins' (07:43) Album No. 2 - Julia Jacklin, 'The Gem' (15:13) Album No. 3 - Joy Oladokun, 'Hope Is A Heavy Thing' (22:33) Album No. 4 - Leon Bridges, 'Happiness Anytime' (28:52) Album No. 5 - Protomartyr, 'Hotel Usona' (34:04) The Lightning Round - Space Afrika, 'Quiet Storm' - claire rousay & Martyna Basta, 'hotel room' - Tinashe, 'Popstar' - Mary Gauthier, 'Reckoning' - Axel Boman & Superpitcher, 'Tell It To The Mountain' Sample the albums via our New Music Friday playlist. Credits: Host: Stephen Thompson Guests: Erin Wolf, Jewly Hight, Liz Warner Audio Producer: Noah Caldwell Digital Producer: Dora Levite Editors: Elle Mannion, Otis Hart Executive Producer: Suraya Mohamed Special thanks to Sheldon Pearce and Ann Powers Support public media with NPR+ and enjoy perks for over 25 podcasts like this one. This show’s perks include bonus episodes and sponsor-free listening. Learn more at plus.npr.org . See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences. NPR Privacy Policy