Daily Newsletter, August 2, 2025

It's the week in classic indie, alternative & college rock

Stream new releases from the Armed, Reneé Rapp, Ali Sethi, Demahjiae, Debby Friday, Haru Nemuri, AraabMuzik, and Wolfacejoeyy

From Tyler, The Creator’s perfectionism to Hayley Williams novel music drop, here are the five news stories The FADER editors are talking about this week.

The new albums from Why Bonnie and Enumclaw should be at the top of your queue today. Tap in and find a new obsession.

Death metal, avant-garde folk, hip-hop, and more.

AllMusic provides comprehensive music info including reviews and biographies. Get recommendations for new music to listen to, stream or own.

This week's Notable Releases include Hayley Williams' 17-song drop, one of The Armed's heaviest albums yet, and rising major label shoegazer Wisp's debut LP.

The FADER picks the best new albums to stream on New Music Friday, including xaviersobased's 'Once More' EP, Sex Week's 'Upper Mezzanine,' Sofia Kourtesis' 'Volver' EP, and more.

It was never about the gimmicks. The spectacle, maybe — it’s hard to imagine seeing the Armed in concert and not being blown away by the overwhelming audacity of their live show, in which an army of wild-looking people team up to bombard you with sonic violence. But before I’d witnessed a performance by the band, before I’d wrapped my head about their reality-blurring lore, the first thing that drew me to the Detroit experimental hardcore collective was the sheer blitzkrieg of their records.

Newcomer Emily Hines. Hardcore collective The Armed. A Susumu Yokota boxset. WDET's Liz Warner joins NPR Music's Stephen Thompson to dive into their favorite albums out this week.The Starting 5:• Emily Hines, 'These Days'• The Armed, 'THE FUTURE IS HERE AND EVERYTHING NEEDS TO BE DESTROYED'• Mal Devisa, 'Palimpsesa'• Caimin Gilmore, 'BlackGate'• Susumu Yokota, 'Skintone Edition Volume 1' (box set)The Lightning Round:• Buddy Guy, 'Ain't Done With The Blues'• René Najera, 'Painted Life'• Hieroglyphic Being, 'The Sound Of Something Ending'• Spafford Campbell, 'Tomorrow Held'See our long list of albums out August 1 and sample dozens of new records via our New Music Friday playlist on npr.org.Credits:Host: Stephen ThompsonGuest: Liz Warner, WDETAudio producer: Noah CaldwellEditor: Otis HartExecutive producer: Suraya Mohamed

A new Mixtape featuring John Francis Flynn, The Deadlians, Lankum, AJ Woods, Joshua Idehen, Adrian Sherwood, Ana Lua Caiano, Cyril Cyril, RíRá, Joshua Burnside & Laura Quirke and lots more.