New Music Friday: The best releases out on Sept. 8

Published: Sept. 8, 2023, 9 a.m.

b'The best albums out this week include Olivia Rodrigo\'s GUTS, James Blake\'s Playing Robots Into Heaven, Yussef Dayes\' Black Classical Music and more.

Featured Albums:
1. Olivia Rodrigo \\u2014 GUTS
Featured Songs: "get him back!" "all-american bitch," "ballad of a homeschooled girl," "the grudge"
2. Jalen Ngonda \\u2014 Come Around and Love Me
Featured Songs: "Come Around and Love Me," "It Takes a Fool," "Give Me Another Day"
3. Anjimile \\u2014 The King
Featured Songs: "Mother," "Genesis," "Black Hole," "The King"
4. James Blake \\u2014 Playing Robots Into Heaven
Featured Songs: "Big Hammer," "If You Can Hear Me," "Fall Back," "Fire The Editor," "I Want You to Know"
5. Yussef Dayes \\u2014 Black Classical Music
Featured Songs: "Afro Cubanism," "Marching Band (feat. Masego)," "Birds of Paradise," "Black Classical Music (feat. Venna & Charlie Stacey)," "Early Dayes," "Cowrie Charms (feat. Leon Thomas & Barbara Hicks)"

Lightning Round:
Allison Russell \\u2014 The Returner
Romy \\u2014 Mid Air
Sparklehorse \\u2014 Bird Machine
Sylvester \\u2014 Private Recordings, August 1970

Other notable releases for Sept. 8:
Apollo Brown & Planet Asia \\u2014 Sardines
Ashley McBryde \\u2014 The Devil I Know
Blind Boys of Alabama \\u2014 Echoes Of The South
The Chemical Brothers \\u2014 For That Beautiful Feeling
Courtney Barnett \\u2014 End of the Day
Gaika \\u2014 Drift
Irreversible Entanglements \\u2014 Protect Your Light
Laufey \\u2014 Bewitched
R\\xf3is\\xedn Murphy \\u2014 Hit Parade
Teezo Touchdown \\u2014 How Do You Sleep At Night?
Tinashe \\u2014 BB/ANG3L
Tyler Childers \\u2014 Rustin\' in the Rain
V \\u2014 Layover
ZZ Ward \\u2014 Dirty Shine

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