New Music Friday: The best albums out July 18

Alex G. Paramore's Zac Farro. Lord Huron. It's a packed release week, and we've got Chelsea O from Buffalo/Toronto Public Media on the show to unpack all the greatness.

Intro:

• Sly & The Family Stone, 'The First Family: Live at Winchester Cathedral 1967'

The Starting 5:

• Alex G, 'Headlights' (Stream)

• Jim Legxacy, 'black british music (2025)' (Stream)

• Zac Farro, 'Operator' (Stream)

• Lord Huron, 'The Cosmic Selector Vol. 1' (Stream)

• Disiniblud, s/t (Stream)

The Lightning Round:

• Cam, 'All Things Light'

• Forth Wanderers, 'The Longer This Goes On'

• Jess Ribeiro, 'Mixtape'

• Billie Marten, 'Dog Eared'

• Two Shell, 'Iicons'

See our long list of albums out July 18 and sample more than 50 of them via our New Music Friday playlists on npr.org.

Credits:

Host: Stephen Thompson
Guest: Chelsea O (BTPM)
Producer: Simon Rentner
Editor: Otis Hart
Executive Producer: Suraya Mohamed

This episode incorrectly says that Cassandra Croft, a musician who collaborated with the band Disiniblud, is the daughter of Elwood Norris, the inventor of hypersonic sound. Croft is the daughter of James Croft, who worked with Norris on the invention of hypersonic sound.


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