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NPR Music’s Stephen Thompson and Hazel Cills discuss new releases by Billie Eilish, Portishead’s Beth Gibbons and Rapsody.
Featured albums:
– Billie Eilish, ‘Hit Me Hard and Soft’
– Rapsody, ‘Please Don’t Cry’
– Beth Gibbons, ‘Lives Outgrown’
Other notable albums out May 17:
– Shellac, ‘To All Trains’
– The Avett Brothers, ‘The Avett Brothers’
– V/A, ‘Everyone’s Getting Involved: A Tribute to Talking Heads’ Stop Making Sense’
– Mach-Hommy, ‘#RICHAXXHAITIAN’
– Cage the Elephant, ‘Neon Pill’
– of Montreal, ‘Lady on the Cusp’
– Wu-Lu, ‘Learning To Swim On Empty’
– Michael Head & The Red Elastic Band, ‘Loophole’
– The Lovely Eggs, ‘Eggistentialism’
– Kaia Kater, ‘Strange Medicine’
– Álvaro Díaz, ‘SAYONARA’
– ZAYN, ‘Room Under the Stairs’
– One Step Closer, ‘All You Embrace’
– A Boogie Wit da Hoodie, ‘Better Off Alone’
– Crumb, ‘AMAMA’
– Lightheaded, ‘Combustible Gems’
– Pallbearer, ‘Mind Burns Alive’
– Joywave, ‘Permanent Pleasure’
– Blitzen Trapper, ‘100’s of 1000’s, Millions of Billions’
– Payroll Giovanni, ‘Have Money, Have Heart’ EP
– UFOmammut, ‘Hidden’
– SQÜRL, ‘Music for Man Ray’
– pub, ‘process the wise’