Daily Newsletter, August 23, 2025

From a surprise FKA twigs album to an uncanny Justin Bieber club set, this is what The FADER editors are talking about.

This week's Notable Releases include TWIABP, Deftones, Greg Freeman, Earl Sweatshirt, Hot Mulligan, Wolf Alice, and more.

Ambient country, Texas blues, and more.

Stream new releases from Earl Sweatshirt, Mac DeMarco, Nourished by Time, Deftones, Ghostface Killah, Water From Your Eyes, Wolf Alice, Kathleen Edwards, Ami Taf Ra, Superchunk, Hunx and His Punx, Scree, and Greg Freeman

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

Atwood's staff share the music they've been listening to: This week's roundup includes Laufey, Dijon, Luna Li, Hope Tala, Luke Marzec, Bre Kennedy, I'll show you magic, Shiner, Casey Dienel, Diana Pilquist, Dance Lessons, Lexie, Avery Cochrane, Jessey Adams, My Mom Is Here, Birds Flying Backwards, & Angel T33th!

A weekly post highlighting but a few of our favorite new releases in splendid alphabetical order, brief and (hopefully) informative. There’s a lot of great music out every week and these are but some of the many we think you should check out.

Further Listening: 5. Tigerblind And Me Are Just Meant To Be Most stuff that pops up in my inbox comes with a press release, some images maybe, some clues as to who is making the music they’r…

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

Sometimes the way some people compare Billy Woods to this or that dead novelist can grate on the nerves, carrying as it does a whiff of the bad old days of high society rags like The New Yorker needing to assure its readers that hip hop was, like, street poetry. Because if Cam’ron wasn’t essentially […]

The FADER picks the best new albums to stream on New Music Friday, including Nourished By Time's 'The Beautiful Ones,' Earl Sweatshirt's 'Live Laugh Love,' Wolf Alice's 'The Clearing,' and more.

Plus: Tullycraft, Jim Bob (Carter USM), Hunx and His Punx, Winter, Adrian Sherwood, Blake Mills & Pino Palladino, more

Every week the Stereogum staff chooses the five best new songs of the week. The eligibility period begins and ends Thursdays right before midnight. You can hear this week’s picks below and on Stereogum’s Favorite New Music Spotify playlist, which is updated weekly. (An expanded playlist of our new music picks is available to members on Spotify and Apple Music, updated throughout the week.)

Nourished By Time. Mac Demarco. Earl Sweatshirt. Stephen Thompson and Vermont Public's Tad Cautious discuss the best new albums out this new music Friday.The Starting 5:• Nourished By Time, The Passionate Ones (Stream)• Pino Palladino & Blake Mills, That Wasn't a Dream (Stream)• Greg Freeman, Burnover (Stream)• Kathleen Edwards, Billionaire (Stream)• Mac DeMarco, Guitar (Stream)The Lightning Round:• Laufey, A Matter of Time• Sombr, I Barely Know Her• Ami Taf Ra, The Prophet and the Madman• Deftones, private music• BigXthaPlug, I Hope You're Happy• Teyana Taylor, Escape Room• Night Owls, Versions II• Kid Cudi, Free• Earl Sweatshirt, Live Laugh Love• Ghostface Killah, Supreme Clientele 2See our long list of albums out Aug. 22 and sample dozens of them via our New Music Friday playlist on npr.org.CreditsHost: Stephen ThompsonGuest: Tad Cautious, Vermont PublicAudio Producer: Noah CaldwellDigital Producer: Elle MannionEditor: Otis HartProduction Assistant: Dora LeviteExecutive Producer: Suraya Mohamed