New Music Friday: The best albums out March 21

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21 March 2025

Japanese Breakfast. My Morning Jacket. Greentea Peng. NPR Music's Stephen Thompson welcomes Izzi Bavis from Baltimore public radio station WTMD to run through their favorite albums out today. Featured albums: • Japanese Breakfast, 'For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women)' (Stream) • Greentea Peng, 'TELL DEM IT'S SUNNY' (Stream) • Tamino, 'Every Dawn's a Mountain' (Stream) • My Morning Jacket, 'is' (Stream) • YHWH Nailgun, '45 Pounds' (Stream) Read our long list of albums out March 21 and stream our New Music Friday playlist at npr.org/music. Credits:• Host: Stephen Thompson• Guest: Izzi Bavis, WTMD• Producer: Simon Rentner• Editor: Otis Hart• Executive Producer: Suraya Mohamed• Vice President, Music and Visuals: Keith Jenkins To manage podcast ad preferences, review the links below: 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