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New Music Friday: The Top 8 Albums Out On Feb. 19

SG Lewis. His latest album, times, made our shortlist of the best new releases out on Feb. 19. Jack Bridgland/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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New Music Friday: The Top 8 Albums Out On Feb. 19

NPR Music's picks for the best new albums out on Feb. 19 include the disco euphoria of SG Lewis, soaring, instrumental rock from Mogwai, the Somali supergroup 4 Mars, Tash Sultana and more.

New Music Friday: The Top 8 Albums Out On Feb. 19

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New Mix: St. Vincent, Mogwai, Benjamin Clementine, My Bubba And More

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New Mix: St. Vincent, Mogwai, Benjamin Clementine, My Bubba And More

This week's essential mix includes new music from the Scottish rock group Mogwai, a piano ballad from St. Vincent, an epic and emotional cut from British singer Benjamin Clementine and more.

New Mix: St. Vincent, Mogwai, Benjamin Clementine, My Bubba And More

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What's Composer Max Richter Listening To? Pretty Much Everything

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Deceptive Cadence

What's Composer Max Richter Listening To? Pretty Much Everything

The genre-busting composer, who believes in classical music's "multi-dimensional space," brings a strikingly diverse playlist with him for a relaxed session of spinning tunes and talking music.

What's Composer Max Richter Listening To? Pretty Much Everything

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Songs We Love: Mogwai, 'Bitterness Centrifuge'

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Songs We Love: Mogwai, 'Bitterness Centrifuge'

New music from the Scottish rock instrumentalists is familiarly cinematic, full of mountainous waves that build momentum more through patience than velocity.

Bitterness Centrifuge

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