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New Music Friday: The best releases out on Sept. 1

Speedy Ortiz's Rabbit Rabbit tops this week's shortlist of the best albums out on Sept. 1. Chris Carreon/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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New Music Friday: The best releases out on Sept. 1

September 1, 2023 • NPR Music's picks for the best albums out this week include the jagged indie-rock of Rabbit Rabbit from Speedy Ortiz, hip-hop royalty Illa J's No Traffic and more.

New Music Friday: The best releases out on Sept. 1

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Slowdive, 'kisses'

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Slowdive, 'kisses'

June 21, 2023 • Slowdive's new song begs to score some cathartic afternoon drive down a mossy coastline.

Slowdive On World Cafe

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January 30, 2018 • The 90s shoegaze band is back. But why did they split up 20 years ago in the first place?

Slowdive On World Cafe

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Slowdive Fills A Shuffleboard Parlor With Shimmering Sound

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Slowdive Fills A Shuffleboard Parlor With Shimmering Sound

June 13, 2017 • Fresh off its first album in 22 years, the U.K. shoegaze band performs the dream-pop ballad "Sugar For The Pill" at a Brooklyn shuffleboard parlor.

Slowdive Announces First Album In 22 Years, Shares The Twinkling 'Sugar For The Pill'

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Slowdive Announces First Album In 22 Years, Shares The Twinkling 'Sugar For The Pill'

March 28, 2017 • Now Slowdive's first album in two decades has a name: Slowdive. Watch shapes uncoil in a video for the gracefully subdued new single.

Hear Slowdive's First New Song In 22 Years

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Hear Slowdive's First New Song In 22 Years

January 12, 2017 • With its rippling guitars, hushed vocals, cooed oh-ohs and beds of synths, "Star Roving" looks to the way Slowdive's first two albums surfed the celestial skyways.

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