New Music Friday: The Top Ten Albums Out On March 13 – NPR

March 13, 2020

New Music Friday: The Top Ten Albums Out On March 13 : All Songs Considered : NPR

New Music Friday: The Top Ten Albums Out On March 13 : All Songs Considered One Direction singer Niall Horan is back with a new solo album, Big Freedia gets ‘Louder’ and The Flaming Lips team up with Deap Valley for a gritty new psych-rock project.

Featured Albums:
1. Niall Horan — Heartbreak Weather
Featured Song: “Nice to Meet Ya”
2. Big Freedia — Louder
Featured Song: “Chasing Rainbows”
3. JFDR — New Dreams
Featured Song: “Think Too Fast”
4. Dogleg — Melee
Featured Song: “Fox”
5. Caitlyn Smith — Supernova
Featured Song: “I Don’t Want To Love You Anymore”
6. Porridge Radio — Every Bad
Featured Songs: “Sweet” and “Lilac”
7. Deap Lips — Deap Lips
Featured Song: “Hope Hell High”
8. Hilary Woods — Birthmarks
Featured Songs: “Through the Dark, Love” and “Mud and Stones”
9. Shabaka and the Ancestors — We Are Sent Here by History
Featured Song: “You’ve Been Called”
10. Code Orange — Underneath
Featured Song: “The Easy Way”

Other notable albums out on March 13: The Bombpops — Death in Venice Beach; The Boomtown Rats — Citizens of Boomtown; The Districts — You Know I’m Not Going Anywhere; Four Tet — Sixteen Oceans; Grouplove — Healer; Honeycutt — Coasting; Peter Bjorn and John — Endless Dream; Sam Doores — Sam Doores; Ultraista — Sister; Yumi Zouma — Truth or Consequence.

All Songs Considered

Big Freedia. Her latest, Louder, is on our list of the best new releases out on March 13. Noam Galai/Getty Images

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We kick off this week’s show with the sophomore solo album from former One Direction singer Niall Horan who’s back with a collection of songs that document the lows – and highs – of breaking up. We’ve also got a big, colorful burst of joy from Big Freedia called Chasing Rainbows, a gritty, psych-rock collaboration between The Flaming Lips and Deap Valley and a momentous new jazz project on the inevitable end of everything from Shabaka & The Ancestors. It’s called We Are Sent Here By History. Host Robin Hilton is joined by NPR Music’s Ann Powers, Lars Gotrich, Lyndsey McKenna and Stephen Thompson, along with Nate Chinen of WBGO and Jazz Night In America to share their picks for the best new albums out on March 13.

Featured Albums:

  1. Niall Horan — Heartbreak Weather
    Featured Song: “Nice to Meet Ya”
  2. Big Freedia — Louder
    Featured Song: “Chasing Rainbows”
  3. JFDR — New Dreams
    Featured Song: “Think Too Fast”
  4. Dogleg — Melee
    Featured Song: “Fox”
  5. Caitlyn Smith — Supernova
    Featured Song: “I Don’t Want To Love You Anymore”
  6. Porridge Radio — Every Bad
    Featured Songs: “Sweet” and “Lilac”
  7. Deap Lips — Deap Lips
    Featured Song: “Hope Hell High”
  8. Hilary Woods — Birthmarks
    Featured Songs: “Through the Dark, Love” and “Mud and Stones”
  9. Shabaka and the Ancestors — We Are Sent Here by History
    Featured Song: “You’ve Been Called”
  10. Code Orange — Underneath
    Featured Song: “The Easy Way”

Other notable albums out on March 13: The Bombpops — Death in Venice Beach; The Boomtown Rats — Citizens of Boomtown; The Districts — You Know I’m Not Going Anywhere; Four Tet — Sixteen Oceans; Grouplove — Healer; Honeycutt — Coasting; Peter Bjorn and John — Endless Dream; Sam Doores — Sam Doores; Ultraista — Sister; Yumi Zouma — Truth or Consequence.