About this episode
August Ponthier. Brent Faiyaz. Jill Scott's first album in more than a decade. NPR Music's Stephen Thompson is joined by Nastia Voynovskaya from KQED in San Francisco to chat about their favorite albums out Friday, Feb. 13. The Starting 5 (00:00) Introduction & Charli xcx, 'Wuthering Heights' (03:06) August Ponthier, 'Everywhere Isn't Texas' (09:38) Brent Faiyaz, 'Icon' (15:29) Jill Scott, 'To Whom This May Concern' (21:09) STAYC, 'Stay Alive' (25:57) The Paranoid Style, 'Known Associates' (32:01) The Lightning Round: - The Olympians, 'In Search of a Revival' - Hemlocke Springs, 'the apple tree under the sea' - Neba Solo & Benego Diakité, 'A Djinn and a Hunter Went Walking (The Complete Sessions)' - Aaron Shaw, 'And So It Is' - Ásgeir, 'Julia' Sample the albums via our New Music Friday playlist on NPR.org/allsongs Credits: Host: Stephen Thompson Guest: Nastia Voynovskaya, KQED Audio Producer: Noah Caldwell Digital Producer: Dora Levite Editors: Otis Hart, Elle Mannion Executive Producer: Suraya Mohamed Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy