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.

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Boards of Canada. Kurt Vile. Iceage. Host Stephen Thompson chats with Andrew Brown of KUTX in Austin about their favorite albums out Friday, May 29. Plus, a handful of NPR Music writers and critics offer their personal picks in the lightning round.

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DC The Don, Kia Rap Princess, IshDARR, 414JungleBaby, Brett Newski, Grace Weber and the Crosses are behind some of the best new Milwaukee music.

A long list for a long month. Several fresh releases from local artists sprung up in March, including a nostalgic emo debut, freeform jazz and an unexpected comeback from a Denver black-metal supergroup (horns!). Wiens, known for his rock-solid groove and ...

April is off to a strong start on the music front. This week’s New Music Friday lineup is loaded with releases from some of the most recognizable names across R&B, hip-hop, alternative soul and beyond and there is genuinely something here for every kind ...

It's an indie-rock wonderland among this Friday's new record releases, led by Kurt Vile's first studio effort in four years.

May was hot with new music from local artists, including Fleeceflower’s Bandcamp-only single, “I’ll See You There.” We saw a SZA-approved viral hit and one of the craziest hip-hop albums you’ll hear all year, too, and then some.

This week, Swift's "I Knew It, I Knew You" from the Toy Story 5 soundtrack was the first song by a woman in history to close out the panel on impact: meaning, every single country radio station reporting to Mediabase signed on to play the song,