New Music Friday For Nov. 9: The 8 Albums You Need To Hear Now

This week's best new albums includes emo-rapper Lil Peep's posthumous follow-up to Come Over When You're Sober, 50th-anniversary editions of Jimi Hendrix's Electric Ladyland and The Beatles "White Album," a labor of love from the late soul singer Charles Bradley, rock with a wink from Laura Jane Grace & The Devouring Mothers, the music of Hanson set to strings and more.

Featured Albums:

1. Laura Jane Grace & The Devouring Mothers: Bought to Rot
   Featured Song: "Born in Black"
2. The Glands: Double Coda
   Featured Song: "Pleaser"
3. Charles Bradley: Black Velvet
   Featured Song: "Luv Jones"
4. Jimi Hendrix: Electric Ladyland 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition
   Featured Songs: "Crosstown Traffic," "Long Hot Summer Night" and "Rainy Day Dream Away"
5. Golden Hornet with Jeffrey Zeigler: The Sound of Science
   Featured Songs: "Quest" and "The Brain"
6. Hanson: String Theory
   Featured Song: "I Was Born"
7. Meg Baird & Mary Lattimore: Ghost Forests
   Featured Song: "Damaged Sunset"
8. Lil Peep: Come Over When You're Sober, Pt. 2
   Featured Song: "Cry Alone"

Other Notable Releases For Nov. 9: The Beatles: The Beatles ("The White Album"); J. Fernandez: Occasional Din; J. Mascis: Elastic Days; Muse: Simulation Theory; Tom Adams: Yes, Sleep Well Death, boygenius: boygenius (physical release); Rays: You Can Get There From Here; Imagine Dragons: Origins

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