New Music Friday: The top 6 albums out on Nov. 12

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11/12/21 • 27 min

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The Bruno Mars-Anderson .Paak collab as Silk Sonic tops NPR Music's shortlist of the best albums out this week, along with new ones from Courtney Barnett, Aesop Rock, Jon Hopkins and more.
Featured Albums:
1. Silk Sonic — An Evening with Silk Sonic
Featured Songs: "Fly As Me" and "Blast Off"
2. Atarashii Gakko — Snacktime!
Featured Song: "Free Your Mind"
3. Jon Hopkins — Music for Psychedelic Therapy
Featured Songs: "Love Flows over Us in Prismatic Waves" and "Sit Around the Fire"
4. Courtney Barnett — Things Take Time, Take Time
Featured Song: "Turning Green"
5. Aesop Rock & Blockhead — Garbology
Featured Song: "The Sea"
6. Joell Ortiz — Autograph
Featured Songs: "Uncle Chris Car" and "OG"
Other notable releases for Nov. 12: Bill Charlap — Street of Dreams; IDLES — Crawler; Nirvana — Nevermind (30th Anniversary Super Deluxe); Taylor Swift — Red (Taylor's Version); They Might Be Giants — Book.
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