New Music Friday: The best albums out Oct. 30

Sampa The Great. Moses Boyd. Kaitlin Butts. Guest host Lars Gotrich breaks down the best new albums out Friday, Oct. 30 with DJs from around the NPR Music network: Jewly Hight from WPLN in Nashville, Matt Byars from WUOT in Knoxville and Raina Douris from World Cafe in Philadelphia. Plus, a handful of NPR Music writers and critics offer their personal picks in the lightning round.

The Starting 5

(02:00) Album No. 1

- Kaitlin Butts, 'Hello, Honky Tonk'

(08:52) Album No. 2

- Sampa The Great, 'Nu Zamrock'

(16:48) Album No. 3

- Kali Malone, 'Burning Song'

(22:42) Album No. 4

- Moses Boyd, 'Songs For Sinners'

(29:34) Album No. 5

- P***, 'you made me / skin on linen'