{"id":1998491,"date":"2025-09-05T04:40:17","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T04:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1998491"},"modified":"2025-09-05T04:40:17","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T04:40:17","slug":"big-thief-david-byrne-el-michels-affair-all-songs-considered-npr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/big-thief-david-byrne-el-michels-affair-all-songs-considered-npr\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Thief, David Byrne, El Michels Affair : All Songs Considered : NPR"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It’s Friday, and while the sun may have set across the Labor Day skies, over here in the land of new music we’re still technically working through our list of summer releases both\u00a0highly anticipated<\/a>\u00a0and completely unexpected (hello, Justin Bieber’s\u00a0SWAG II<\/em>). When we’re done with those, there will be a fresh batch of\u00a0fall releases<\/a>\u00a0waiting for us.<\/p>\n

On Double Infinity<\/em>, a highlight of this first release week in September, the spiritually-minded indie rock band Big Thief wrestles with questions like: “How do we age when time is infinite?” and “Who are we sitting with when we’re alone?” Contrary to its title, icon-in-many-genres David Byrne asks a series of significantly more mundane questions across his latest album, Who is The Sky?,<\/em> like, “Is it possible to moisturize too much?” and “Does my apartment think about me when I’m not around?” <\/p>\n

Stephen Thompson is joined by Alisa Ali<\/u><\/a> of New York City’s WFUV to take on these artists’ existential puzzles, while also diving into El Michels Affair’s love letter to the sports theme song, Curtis Harding’s newest concept album and a few more favorites.<\/p>\n

Listen to the show wherever you get your podcasts and then scroll down for this week’s long list of the very best in new music.<\/p>\n