New Music Friday: The best albums out June 5
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Stephen Thompson discusses the best albums released on June 5 with guest Laura Grant and other NPR Music writers.
Vince Staples. Zoh Amba. Death Cab for Cutie. Host Stephen Thompson chats with Laura Grant from WEXT in New York about their favorite albums out Friday, June 5. Plus, a handful of NPR Music writers and critics offer their personal picks in the lightning round. The Starting 5 (00:00) Album No.1 Death Cab for Cutie, 'I Built You a Tower' (ANTI-Records) (08:18) Album No. 2 Vince Staples, 'Cry Baby' (Loma Vista Recordings) (15:43) Album No. 3 Jalen Ngonda, 'Doctrine of Love' (Daptone Records) (20:41) Album No. 4 Zoh Amba, 'Eyes Full' (Matador Records) (27:19) Album No. 5 Laura Misch, 'Lithic' (One Little Independent Records) (32:39) Lightning Round Recommendations • Fightmaster, 'Tolerance' (Many Hats) • Red Clay Strays, 'Grateful' (RCA) • Slippers, 'Slippers 08' (Perennial) • Suzanne Ciani, Metropole Orkest, Simon Dobson, 'CIANI/ORKEST' (AKP Recordings) • Tara Clerkin Trio, 'Somewhere Good' (World of Echo) Sample the albums via our New Music Friday playlist and see our Long List of notable releases on NPR.org . Credits: Host: Stephen Thompson Guest: Laura Grant, WEXT Audio Producer: Noah Caldwell Digital Producer: Dora Levite Editors: Otis Hart, Elle Mannion Executive Producer…
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Host: Stephen Thompson
Guest: Laura Grant
Topics covered
- new music
- album reviews
- music recommendations
- NPR Music
- June 5 releases
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Organizations: WEXT, NPR Music, ANTI-Records, Loma Vista Recordings, Daptone Records, Matador Records, One Little Independent Records, AKP Recordings, World of Echo
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