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 ThompsonGuests: Erin Wolf, Jewly Hight, Liz WarnerAudio Producer: Noah CaldwellDigital Producer: Dora LeviteEditors: Elle Mannion, Otis HartExecutive Producer: Suraya MohamedSpecial 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 <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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