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New Music Friday: The best albums out March 20<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

The podcast is normally hosted by NPR Music’s Stephen Thompson, but this week NPR Music editor and critic Hazel Cills steps in to steer the ship alongside our guest, Francesca Harding<\/a> of KCRW where she’s on air Tuesday evenings from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. PT.<\/p>\n

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 see the long list and Dora’s Corner, where NPR Music production assistant Dora Levite shares her favorite albums that didn’t make the podcast.<\/p>\n

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