New Music Friday: The best releases out Oct. 7
b'WILLOW\'s first single, "Whip My Hair," came out just shy of the singer\'s 10th birthday. Now 21, she\'s returned with her fifth full-length album, titled . The record has big arena-rock vibes to go with its spiky pop-punk songcraft, and it effectively captures WILLOW\'s gift for conveying deeply felt emotions and the thrum of anxiety. We\'ve also got new albums from genre-smashing singer, rapper and multi-instrumentalist NNAMD\\xcf, arty rapper Open Mike Eagle, dance-music producer TSHA and the venerated space-jazz ensemble Sun Ra Arkestra.
Featured Albums:
1. WILLOW \\u2014
Featured Songs: "WHY?," "ur a "
2. NNAMD\\xcf \\u2014 Please Have a Seat
Featured Songs: "Armoire," "ANXIOUS EATER," "Careful"
3. Open Mike Eagle \\u2014 Component System With the Auto Reverse
Featured Songs: "79th and Stony Island," "I Retired Then I Changed My Mind," "Peak Lockdown Raps"
4. TSHA \\u2014 Capricorn Sun
Featured Songs: "OnlyL (feat. Nimmo)," "Giving Up (feat. Mafro)," "Running," "Sister," "Anxious Mind (feat. Clementine Douglas)"
5. Sun Ra Arkestra \\u2014 Living Sky
Featured Songs: "Somebody Else\'s Idea," "Marshall\'s Groove," "Night of the Living Sky," "Firefly"
Lightning Round:
Quavo & Takeoff \\u2014 Only Built for Infinity Links
Fatnice \\u2014 Vanglorious
Say She She \\u2014 Prism
Collapsing Stars \\u2014 Chapter
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