World Communication’s Mark Pritchard and Radiohead’s Thom Yorke.
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It is Friday, which implies you is perhaps hoping to listen to Atlanta rapper Younger Thug’s first album for the reason that conclusion of his year-long gang trial. That album, UY Scuti, was alleged to drop right this moment, however the groundbreaking MC introduced this week that the undertaking had been postponed to someday in June.
However do not fret, as a result of if you happen to’re a hip-hop fan, right this moment delivered what is perhaps one of the best rap album of the 12 months to date: billy woods’ GOLLIWOG. NPR Music’s Stephen Thompson welcomed WXPN’s John Morrison to New Music Friday to go deep on the darkish, dramatic album, in addition to new albums by Radiohead’s Thom Yorke, Gen Z pop star PinkPantheress and rather more.
Take heed to the present beneath and scroll right down to see our lengthy listing of albums out Could 9.
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Our hosts share the backstories and finest songs from the next albums:
💿 billy woods, GOLLIWOG (Stream)
Really useful If You Like: Saul Williams, Cannibal Ox
💿 Mark Pritchard & Thom Yorke, Tall Tales (Stream)
RIYL: Radiohead, Boards of Canada
💿 PinkPantheress, Fancy That (Stream)
💿 MIKE & Tony Seltzer, Pinball II (Stream)
RIYL: Lex Luger, Earl Sweatshirt
💿 Mclusky, the world remains to be right here and so are we (Stream)
New Music Friday is a function of NPR’s All Songs Thought of podcast. Hear the dialogue on the NPR App, Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.
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5 extra albums we want we had time to debate on the podcast:
💿 The Head and the Coronary heart, Aperture
💿 Jazzanova, In Between Revisited: Jazzanova Dwell
💿 Cuco, Ridin’
💿 Andre 3000, 7 piano sketches
💿 Cole Pulice, Land’s Finish Everlasting
Pay attention to every album’s finest songs on our New Music Friday playlists on Spotify and Appleor wherever you stream music.
The Lengthy Listing
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For many who wish to dig even deeper, listed below are the week’s new albums sorted by style:
Digital/Out There
The Vernon Spring, Beneath a Acquainted SunKara-Lis Coverdale, From The place You CameDuval Timothy, wishful thinkingJoe Goddard, Kinetic EPWilson Tanner, LegendsChaos within the CBD, A Deeper LifeNils Frahm, NightM83, A Vital Escape OSTV/A, Planet Mu 30Dinamarca and Ángel Ballesteros, pachamamiQUINQUIS, eorNicolas Bougaïeff, Prime Funktion EPRansum, Street Fever EP
Nation/People/Americana
I am With Her, Wild and Clear and BlueBlake Shelton, For Leisure Use Solely Kristina Murray, Little BlueJack Van Cleaf, JVC
Classical
Barbara Hannigan, Electrical Fields Bomsori Kim, Bruch & KorngoldSheku Kanneh-Mason, Shostakovich & Britten
Pop
Erika de Casier, LifetimeKali Uchis, Sincerely,Maren Morris, D R E A M S I C L EKaleo, Blended Feelings Kevin Olusola (Pentatonix), Daybreak of a MisfitBebe Stockwell, Driving Backwards EPAmelia Moore, he is nonetheless simply not that into you! EP
Jazz
Brandon Woody, For The Love Of It All
R&B/Soul
Brandon, Earlier than You Go SAILORR, FROM FLORIDA’S FINEST
Rock/Alt/Indie
Little Feat, Strike Up The BandRingdown (Caroline Shaw & Danni Lee Parpan), Woman on the BikeArcade Fireplace, Pink ElephantDeradoorian, Prepared for HeavenProvoker, MausoleumSleep Token, Even in ArcadiaMoon Rituals, AuraPreoccupations, Sick At EaseMoin, Stomach Up Sunday (1994), Devotion EPMaia Friedman, Goodbye Lengthy Winter ShadowThe Marvel Years, Burst & Decay (Quantity III)Grownup Mother, Pure CausesNpcede, s/t EPSpacey Jane, If That Makes SenseUnwed Sailor, Merciless EntertaimentXmal Deutschland, Present: The 4AD YearsPeter Murphy (Bauhaus), Silver ShadeL.Mayland (of The Final Dinner Social gathering), The Sluggish Fireplace of Sleep EP
Credit
Host: Stephen ThompsonGuest: John Morrison, WXPNProducer: Simon RentnerEditors: Otis Hart and Elle MannionExecutive Producer: Suraya MohamedVice President, Music and Visuals: Keith Jenkins
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