New Music Friday: The best releases out on Sept. 8

The best albums out this week include Olivia Rodrigo's GUTS, James Blake's Playing Robots Into Heaven, Yussef Dayes' Black Classical Music and more.

Featured Albums:

1. Olivia Rodrigo — GUTS

Featured Songs: "get him back!" "all-american bitch," "ballad of a homeschooled girl," "the grudge"

2. Jalen Ngonda — Come Around and Love Me

Featured Songs: "Come Around and Love Me," "It Takes a Fool," "Give Me Another Day"

3. Anjimile — The King

Featured Songs: "Mother," "Genesis," "Black Hole," "The King"

4. James Blake — Playing Robots Into Heaven

Featured Songs: "Big Hammer," "If You Can Hear Me," "Fall Back," "Fire The Editor," "I Want You to Know"

5. Yussef Dayes — Black Classical Music

Featured Songs: "Afro Cubanism," "Marching Band (feat. Masego)," "Birds of Paradise," "Black Classical Music (feat. Venna & Charlie Stacey)," "Early Dayes," "Cowrie Charms (feat. Leon Thomas & Barbara Hicks)"

Lightning Round:

Allison Russell — The Returner

Romy — Mid Air

Sparklehorse — Bird Machine

Sylvester — Private Recordings, August 1970

Other notable releases for Sept. 8:

Apollo Brown & Planet Asia — Sardines

Ashley McBryde — The Devil I Know

Blind Boys of Alabama — Echoes Of The South

The Chemical Brothers — For That Beautiful Feeling

Courtney Barnett — End of the Day

Gaika — Drift

Irreversible Entanglements — Protect Your Light

Laufey — Bewitched

Róisín Murphy — Hit Parade

Teezo Touchdown — How Do You Sleep At Night?

Tinashe — BB/ANG3L

Tyler Childers — Rustin' in the Rain

V — Layover

ZZ Ward — Dirty Shine

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