New Music Friday: The best albums out Oct. 30

Sampa The Great. Moses Boyd. Kaitlin Butts. Guest host Lars Gotrich breaks down the best new albums out Friday, Oct. 30 with DJs from around the NPR Music network: Jewly Hight from WPLN in Nashville, Matt Byars from WUOT in Knoxville and Raina Douris from World Cafe in Philadelphia. Plus, a handful of NPR Music writers and critics offer their personal picks in the lightning round.  The Starting 5 (02:00) Album No. 1 - Kaitlin Butts, 'Hello, Honky Tonk' (08:52) Album No. 2 - Sampa The Great, 'Nu Zamrock' (16:48) Album No. 3 - Kali Malone, 'Burning Song' (22:42) Album No. 4 - Moses Boyd, 'Songs For Sinners' (29:34) Album No. 5 - P***, 'you made me / skin on linen' (37:52) The Lightning Round - 2nd Grade, 'Girls and Boys' - NØ MAN, 'Between the Sword and the Neck' - DIIV, 'ZIRP!' - Takuya Nakamura, 'Shape The Future' - Joyce Moreno, 'Never Too Soon' Sample the albums via our New Music Friday playlist. Credits: Host: Lars Gotrich Guests: Jewly Hight, Matt Byars, Raina Douris Audio Producer: Noah Caldwell Digital Producer: Dora Levite Editors: Elle Mannion, Otis Hart Executive Producer: Suraya Mohamed Special thanks to Sheldon Pearce and Felix Contreras Support public media with NPR+ and enjoy perks for over 25 podcasts like this one. This show’s perks include bonus episodes and sponsor-free listening. Learn more at plus.npr.org. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences. NPR Privacy Policy