New Music Friday: The best releases out on Sept. 8 : All Songs Considered

📆 9/8/2023 6:52 AM
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The best albums out this week include Olivia Rodrigo's GUTS, James Blake's Playing Robots Into Heaven, Yussef Dayes' Black Classical Music and more. Featured Albums:1. Olivia Rodrigo — GUTSFeatured Songs: 'get him back!' 'all-american bitch,' 'ballad of a homeschooled girl,' 'the grudge'2. Jalen Ngonda — Come Around and Love MeFeatured Songs: 'Come Around and Love Me,' 'It Takes a Fool,' 'Give Me Another Day'3. Anjimile — The KingFeatured Songs: 'Mother,' 'Genesis,' 'Black Hole,' 'The King'4. James Blake — Playing Robots Into HeavenFeatured Songs: 'Big Hammer,' 'If You Can Hear Me,' 'Fall Back,' 'Fire The Editor,' 'I Want You to Know'5. Yussef Dayes — Black Classical MusicFeatured Songs: 'Afro Cubanism,' 'Marching Band (feat. Masego),' 'Birds of Paradise,' 'Black Classical Music (feat. Venna & Charlie Stacey),' 'Early Dayes,' 'Cowrie Charms (feat. Leon Thomas & Barbara Hicks)'Lightning Round: Allison Russell — The ReturnerRomy — Mid AirSparklehorse — Bird MachineSylvester — Private Recordings, August 1970Other notable releases for Sept. 8:Apollo Brown & Planet Asia — SardinesAshley McBryde — The Devil I KnowThe Chemical Brothers — For That Beautiful FeelingChristoph 'Kingfish' Ingram — Live In LondonCourtney Barnett — End of the DayGaika — DriftIrreversible Entanglements — Protect Your LightLaufey — BewitchedRóisín Murphy — Hit ParadeTeezo Touchdown — How Do You Sleep At Night?Tinashe — BB/ANG3LTyler Childers — Rustin' in the RainV — LayoverZZ Ward — Dirty Shine

Nick Walker/Courtesy of the artistsdives deep into comical wordplay, deadpan lyricism and a whole lot of guitar noise.

We kick this week's show off with a listen, talk about the ways Rodrigo deftly walks the line between intimate beauty and gut-punch rock — with a bonkers amount of hooks — and all the ways the album sinks its claws in.

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