New Music Friday: Our Top 10 Albums Out On Jan. 31

Torres, Kesha, Drive-By Truckers, the British folk singer Sam Lee and more make our shortlist for this week's best new albums.

Featured Albums:
1. Drive-By Truckers — The Unraveling
Featured Songs: "Armageddon's Back In Town" and "21st Century USA"
2. Kesha — High Road
Featured Song: "The Potato Song (Cuz I Want To)"
3. Torres — Silver Tongue
Featured Songs: "Good Grief" and "Last Forrest"
4. Frances Quinlan — LIkewise
Featured Song: "A Secret"
5. Rafiq Bhatia — Standars Vol. 1
Featured Song: "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"
6. Poliça — When We Stay Alive
Featured Song: "Fold Up"
7. Sam Lee — Old Wow
Featured Song: "Lay This Body Down"
8. Son Little — Aloha
Featured Song: "O Clever One"
9. Squirrel Flower — I Was Born Swimming
Featured Song: "Streetlight Blues"
10. Walter Martin — The World At Night
Featured Song: "Hey Joe"

Other notable releases for Jan. 31: Andras — Joyful; Ben Watt — Storm Damage; Dan Deacon — Mystic Familiar; Destroyer — Have We Met?; Freddie Gibbs and Madlib — Bandana Beats; Jose Feliciano — Behind This Guitar; Lil Wayne — Funeral; Meghan Trainor — Treat Myself; Neneh Cherry — Raw Like Sushi (30th Anniversary Edition); Squarepusher — Be Up A Hello; Tall Tall Trees — A Wave Of Golden Things; Tre Burt — Caught it From the Rye.

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