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New Music Friday: The best albums out May 31

Arooj Aftab's new album, <em>Night Reign</em>, is one of our favorite albums out May 31.
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Arooj Aftab's new album, Night Reign, is one of our favorite albums out May 31.

NPR Music's Ann Powers and Lars Gotrich are your guides to this week's new releases.


Featured albums

  • Arooj Aftab, Night Reign
  • Shaboozey, Where I've Been, isn't Where I'm Going
  • Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Nathan Salsburg & Tyler Trotter, Hear the Children Sing The Evidence

Other notable albums out May 31

  • Richard Thompson, Ship To Shore
  • Dos Monos, Dos Atomos
  • Anna Tivel, Living Thing
  • Beak>, >>>>
  • Swamp Dogg, Blackgrass
  • Thou, Umbilical
  • Chris Housman, Blueneck
  • Psychic Temple, Doggie Paddlin' Thru the Cosmic Consciousness
  • John Muq, Flying Away
  • Robin Holcomb, One Way or Another, Vol. 2

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Ann Powers
Ann Powers is NPR Music's critic and correspondent. She writes for NPR.org and she can be heard on NPR's newsmagazines and music podcasts.
Lars Gotrich
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