New Music Friday: March 13

One Direction singer Niall Horan is back with a new solo album, Big Freedia gets 'Louder' and The Flaming Lips team up with Deap Valley for a gritty new psych-rock project.

Featured Albums:
1. Niall Horan — Heartbreak Weather
Featured Song: "Nice to Meet Ya"
2. Big Freedia — Louder
Featured Song: "Chasing Rainbows"
3. JFDR — New Dreams
Featured Song: "Think Too Fast"
4. Dogleg — Melee
Featured Song: "Fox"
5. Caitlyn Smith — Supernova
Featured Song: "I Don't Want To Love You Anymore"
6. Porridge Radio — Every Bad
Featured Songs: "Sweet" and "Lilac"
7. Deap Lips — Deap Lips
Featured Song: "Hope Hell High"
8. Hilary Woods — Birthmarks
Featured Songs: "Through the Dark, Love" and "Mud and Stones"
9. Shabaka and the Ancestors — We Are Sent Here by History
Featured Song: "You've Been Called"
10. Code Orange — Underneath
Featured Song: "The Easy Way"

Other notable albums out on March 13: The Bombpops — Death in Venice Beach; The Boomtown Rats — Citizens of Boomtown; The Districts — You Know I'm Not Going Anywhere; Four Tet — Sixteen Oceans; Grouplove — Healer; Honeycutt — Coasting; Peter Bjorn and John — Endless Dream; Sam Doores — Sam Doores; Ultraista — Sister; Yumi Zouma — Truth or Consequence.

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