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We look ahead to the final big push of releases for 2024, with fall albums from Mount Eerie, SOPHIE, Soccer Mommy, a newly discovered Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan recording and more.Featured albums:1. SOPHIE: SOPHIE2. Mount Eerie: Night Palace3. Dua Saleh: I Should Call Them4. Kim Deal: Nobody Loves You More5. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan: Chain Of Light6. Soccer Mommy: Evergreen7. Katie Gavin: What A Relief8. Oliver Coates: Throb, shiver, arrow of time9. Nubya Garcia: OdysseyOther most-anticipated releases for fall 2024:Bright Eyes: Five Dice, All ThreesJamie xx: In WavesThurston Moore: Flow Critical LucidityAlan Sparhawk: White Roses, My GodBilly Strings: Highway PrayersChristian Lee Hutson: Paradise Pop. 10Mickey Guyton: House On FireBroadcast: Distant Call - Collected Demos 2000-2006Dawn Richard, Spencer Zahn: Quiet in a World Full of NoiseOrla Gartland: Everybody Needs a HeroYasmin Williams: AcadiaThe Linda Lindas: No ObligationJapandroids: Fate & AlcoholLaura Marling: Patterns in RepeatPixies: The Night the Zombies CameCharley Crockett: Visions of Dallas

As we near the end of summer and barrel toward fall each year, we get a deluge of new albums. On this episode, we look ahead to some of the ones we're most excited about, including a posthumous release from SOPHIE, a stunning double album from Mount Eerie, a recently discovered Nustrat Fateh Ali Khan recording made over 30 years ago, and more.

NPR Music's Ann Powers and Hazel Cills are your guides to the best music out this Friday, Sept. 13, including the 10th studio album by Miranda Lambert. Postcards From Texas is a new chapter for the onetime Nashville Star contestant who has become one of that industry town's most reliable songwriters and stars — and also a return to her home state.There's more, including a album by Robyn Hitchcock made up mostly of covers of songs from 1967, a year he describes as "a portal between childhood and the adult world." Plus: three ambitious albums by indie faves stretching their sounds, and a consideration of the way the classic "outlaw" label applies to the careers of women who break the rules.Featured albums:• Miranda Lambert, Postcards from Texas• Nilüfer Yanya, My Method Actor• Foxing, Foxing• Robyn Hitchcock, 1967: Vacations in the Past• My Brightest Diamond, Fight the Real TerrorFor the complete list of albums out Sept. 13 and to stream our New Music Friday playlist, visit https://npr.org/music.

This week’s mix of music out today starts with an homage to the home state of country star Miranda Lambert.

One of the rising stars of electronic music, SOPHIE died suddenly in 2021 at the age of 34. A new posthumous album highlights what might have been.

Following her death, SOPHIE's family says she left behind a collection of hundreds of unreleased songs, as well as a follow-up album to her debut. But the album wasn’t finished.

Several years ago, when the artist SOPHIE was on tour, she found herself locked outside of a warehouse that she was meant to be rehearsing in.

Reflections on regret from beabadoobee and Bon Iver, deep sonic meditations from Nala Sinephro and Jill Fraser, and more updates to our running list of the year's best songs.Featured songs and artists:1. beabadoobee: "California," from This is How Tomorrow Moves2. Bon Iver: "S P E Y S I D E," from SABLE3. Mabe Fratti: "Kravitz," from Sentir que no sabe4. Jem: "Come On Closer," from Finally Woken (20th Anniversary Remastered Edition)5. Nala Sinephro: "Continuum 3," from Endlessness6. Jill Fraser: "Beautiful Summer," from Earthly PleasuresEnjoy the show? Tell a friend and leave us a review wherever you listen to podcasts.Questions, comments, suggestions or feedback of any kind always welcome: [email protected]

We celebrate spooky season with an unnerving mix of songs from our favorite horror movie scores, including The Shining, Under The Skin, Hereditary and more.Enjoy the show? Tell a friend and leave us a review wherever you listen to podcasts. Questions, comments, suggestions or feedback of any kind always welcome: [email protected] songs and films:1. Wendy Carlos and Rachel Elkind: "Main Title" and "Clockworks (Bloody Elevators)," from The Shining2. Mark Korven: "The Goat & The Mayhem," from The Witch3. Goblin: "Sighs," from Suspiria4. Hildur Guǒnadóttir: "The Door," from Chernobyl5. John Carpenter: "Main Title," from Halloween6. Colin Stetson: "Mothers & Daughters," from Hereditary7. Mica Levi: "Lipstick To Void," from Under the Skin8. Cristobal Tapia De Veer: "Laura Smile," from Smile9. Ben Salisbury and Geoff Barrow: "The Alien," from Annihilation10. Bobby Krlic: "Gassed," from Midsommar

NPR Music's Ann Powers and Hazel Cills are your guides to the week's most compelling new releases.