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New Music Friday: The best albums out Aug. 14
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Phoebe Bridgers. Jungle. Hovvdy. It's a surprisingly stacked Summer Friday this week, and you can hear all about it with New Music Friday host Stephen Thompson and guest Samantha Hval from WMNF in Tampa, Fla. Plus, a handful of NPR Music writers and critics offer their personal picks in the lightning round. The Starting 5 (00:00) Phoebe Bridgers 'Lost Weekend' (Dead Oceans) (10:25) Jungle 'Sunshine' (AWAL) (19:38) Hovvdy 'Big World' (Arts & Crafts) (27:08) Sweeping Promises 'You Say I Romanticize' (Sub Pop) (32:59) L'Rain 'fata morgana' (Mexican Summer) (37:54) The Lightning Round • The Womack Sisters, s/t • Channel Tres 'Enigma POV' • Ayra Starr, 'Starr Girl' • Nina Winder-Lind, 'Wild Love' • Open Mike Eagle & Kenny Segal, 'DOOMED!' Sample the albums via our New Music Friday playlist and see our Long List of notable releases on NPR.org . Credits: Host: Stephen Thompson Guest: Samantha Hval, WMNF Audio Producer: Suraya Mohamed Digital Producer: Dora Levite Editors: Elle Mannion, Otis Hart Executive Producer: Suraya Mohamed Special thanks to Sheldon Pearce, Ann Powers and Rodney Carmichael 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
View originalPhoebe Bridgers. Jungle. Hovvdy. It's a surprisingly stacked Summer Friday this week, and you can hear all about it with New Music Friday host Stephen Thompson and guest Samantha Hval from WMNF in Tampa, Fla. Plus, a handful of NPR Music writers and critics offer their personal picks in the lightning round. The Starting 5 (00:00) Phoebe Bridgers 'Lost Weekend' (Dead Oceans) (10:25) Jungle 'Sunshine' (AWAL) (19:38) Hovvdy 'Big World' (Arts & Crafts) (27:08) Sweeping Promises 'You Say I Romanticize' (Sub Pop) (32:59) L'Rain 'fata morgana' (Mexican Summer) (37:54) The Lightning Round • The Womack Sisters, s/t • Channel Tres 'Enigma POV' • Ayra Starr, 'Starr Girl' • Nina Winder-Lind, 'Wild Love' • Open Mike Eagle & Kenny Segal, 'DOOMED!' Sample the albums via our New Music Friday playlist and see our Long List of notable releases on NPR.org . Credits: Host: Stephen Thompson Guest: Samantha Hval, WMNF Audio Producer: Suraya Mohamed Digital Producer: Dora Levite Editors: Elle Mannion, Otis Hart Executive Producer: Suraya Mohamed Special thanks to Sheldon Pearce, Ann Powers and Rodney Carmichael 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
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- August 14, 2026
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