Rebecca Black. Paris Paloma. Button Masher. Host Stephen Thompson breaks down the best albums out Friday, Sept. 4 with DJs from around the NPR Music network: <a href="https://www.kqed.org/author/nvoynovskaya"target="_blank" >Nastia Voynovskaya from KQED</a> in San Francisco, <a href="https://www.marfapublicradio.org/people/julie-bee"target="_blank" >Julie Bee from Marfa Public Radio</a> in west Texas, and <a href="https://www.wjsu.org/people/deshun-m-nance"target="_blank" >DeShun Nance from WJSU</a> in Jackson, Miss. Plus, a handful of NPR Music writers and critics offer their personal picks in the lightning round. The Starting 5 (01:55) Album No. 1- Rebecca Black, 'Age of the Exhibitionist' (08:26) Album No. 2- Paris Paloma, 'The Fatal Flaw' (16:40) Album No. 3- Sharp Pins, 'Mod Mayday 23' (23:06) Album No.4- 1-800-Mikey, 'In Yun' (29:25) Album No. 5- Button Masher, 'Super Button Masher' (36:20) The Lightning Round - Senri Oe, 'Homework'- Madi Diaz, 'Fatal Optimist UN-unplugged'- Medium Build, 'King of Having Fun'- Chat Pile, 'Who Loves The Sun'- Steven R. Smith, 'Half Light Unfolding' Sample the albums via our New Music Friday playlist and see our Long List of notable releases on NPR.org Credits:Host: Stephen ThompsonGuests: Nastia Voynovskaya, Julie Bee, DeShun NanceAudio Producer: Noah CaldwellAudio Engineer: Cena LoffredoDigital Producer: Dora LeviteEditors: Elle Mannion, Otis HartExecutive Producer: Suraya MohamedSpecial thanks to Lars Gotrich 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 <a href="http://plus.npr.org/"target="_blank" >plus.npr.org</a>. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences. <a href="https://www.npr.org/about-npr/179878450/privacy-policy">NPR Privacy Policy</a>

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