# New Music Friday: The best albums out Oct. 9

An episode of [NPR Music](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/79687345), 9 Oct 2026, 43 min.

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Cameron Winter. Troye Sivan. Remi Wolf. Host Stephen Thompson breaks down the best albums out Friday, Oct. 9 with DJs from around the NPR Music network: Tshego Letsoalo from KALW in San Francisco, Aurora McGuckin from MVYRADIO in Massachusetts and Jewly Hight from WPLN in Nashville. Plus, a handful of NPR Music writers and critics offer their personal picks in the lightning round. The Starting 5 (00:39) Album No. 1 - Cameron Winter, 'Live at Carnegie Hall' (07:30) Album No. 2 - Troye Sivan, 'She's the Best' (14:45) Album No. 3 - Remi Wolf, 'Mud' (21:11) Album No. 4 - Jess Williamson, 'A Mile South of Heaven' (27:20) Album No. 5 - Danielle Ponder, 'Everything Has Changed' (34:40) The Lightning Round - Dawn Richard, 'creole culture' - Margo Cilker, 'Little White Cross' - Imperial Teen, 'All Over You' - heavensouls, 'cantu of the sower' - Joyce Wrice, 'Machiko' Sample the albums via our New Music Friday playlist. Credits: Host: Stephen Thompson Guests: Tshego Letsoalo, Aurora McGuckin, Jewly Hight Audio Producer: Noah Caldwell Digital Producer: Dora Levite Editors: Elle Mannion, Otis Hart Executive Producer: Suraya Mohamed Special thanks to Ann Powers and Sheldon Pearce Support public media with NPR+ and enjoy perks for over 25 podcasts like this one. This show’s perks include bonus episodes and sponsor-free listening. Learn more at plus.npr.org. 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

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