The best new albums out Feb. 6 : All Songs Considered : NPR

Welcome to New Music Friday, NPR Music’s podcast dedicated to sharing the best albums out each week. We listen to dozens of new releases in advance, identify the ones we think you need to hear, and highlight our favorite five in a brisk mix of clips, context and commentary.

The podcast is hosted by NPR Music’s Stephen Thompson, and each episode features a member of the NPR Music Network of public radio stations. This week, our guest is Erin Wolf from Radio Milwaukee’s 88Nine, where she hosts What’s All This: Adventures In New Music.

Scroll down to see which albums we discussed this week and links to our New Music Friday playlists, where you can hear singles from each album. Then scroll down to a new list, Dora’s Corner, where NPR Music production assistant Dora Levite shares her favorite albums that didn’t make the podcast.

The Starting 5

Beverly Glenn-Copeland (right) and Elizabeth Copeland.

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🎵 Ratboys, Singin’ To An Empty Chair (New West)

• Recommended If You Like: Wednesday, Waxahatchee

🎵 Beverly Glenn-Copeland, Laughter in Summer (Transgressive)

• RIYL: Laraaji, Mary Lattimore

🎵 Daphni, Butterfly, (Jiaolong)

🎵 Charlotte Day Wilson, Patchwork (XL)

🎵 John Craigie, I Swam Here (Zabriskie Point)

• RIYL: Nathaniel Rateliff, Hiss Golden Messenger

New Music Friday is a feature of NPR’s All Songs Considered podcast. Hear the discussion on the NPR App, Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.

The Lightning Round

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Five more albums we wish we could have discussed on the podcast:

⚡ Melissa Carper & Theo Lawrence, Havin’ a Talk (Warner)

⚡ Alice Costelloe, Move On With The Year (Moshi Moshi)

⚡ vegas water taxi, long time caller, first time listener (PNKSLM)

⚡ Ulrika Spacek, EXPO (Full Time Hobby)

⚡ Music City, Welcome to Music City (Redundant Span)

Listen to each album’s best songs on our New Music Friday playlists on Spotify and Apple, or wherever you stream music.

Dora’s Corner

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Dora Levite is New Music Friday’s production assistant, an occasional All Songs Considered guest, and 17 years old according to her Spotify wrapped. Below are her picks for the best albums not featured on the show.

💿 Mandy, Indiana, URGH (Sacred Bones Records)

💿 Asher White, Jessica Pratt (Joyful Noise)

💿 Joshua Chuquimia Crampton, Anata (Puro Fantasía)

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Host: Stephen Thompson • Guest: Erin Wolf, Radio Milwaukee • Audio: Noah Caldwell • Producer: Elle Mannion • Production Assistant: Dora Levite • Editor: Otis Hart • Executive Producer: Suraya Mohamed • Executive Director: Sonali Mehta}