New Music Friday: The best albums out May 31

Published: May 31, 2024, 7 a.m.

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

Featured albums:
\u2022 Arooj Aftab, 'Night Reign'
\u2022 Shaboozey, 'Where I've Been, isn't Where I'm Going'
\u2022 Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Nathan Salsburg & Tyler Trotter, 'Hear the Children Sing The Evidence'

Other notable albums out May 31:
\u2022 Richard Thompson, 'Ship To Shore'
\u2022 Dos Monos, 'Dos Atomos'
\u2022 Anna Tivel, 'Living Thing'
\u2022 Beak>, '>>>>'
\u2022 Swamp Dogg, 'Blackgrass'
\u2022 Thou, 'Umbilical'
\u2022 Chris Housman, 'Blueneck'
\u2022 Psychic Temple, 'Doggie Paddlin' Thru the Cosmic Consciousness'
\u2022 John Muq, 'Flying Away'
\u2022 Robin Holcomb, 'One Way or Another, Vol. 2'

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