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b'K-Pop convention-breakers NewJeans drop their second EP this week, along with new ones from Andrew Bird, Fatboi Sharif, the super-stacked Barbie soundtrack, a rare Nina Simone recording and more.

Featured Albums:
1. New Jeans \\u2014 Get Up
Featured Songs: "ETA," "Super Shy," "ASAP"
2. Fatboi Sharif & Steel Tipped Dove \\u2014 Decay
Featured Songs: "Designer Drugs," "Phantasm," "The 6th Floor," "Dimethyltryptamine," "Green Winged Shoulder Padding"
3. Andrew Bird \\u2014 Outside Problems
Featured Songs: "Festivus," "Mormon House Party," "Mancey"
4. Various \\u2014 Barbie The Album
Featured Songs: Dua Lipa, "Dance the Night"; Lizzo, "Pink"; Sam Smith, "Man I Am"; GAYLE, "butterflies"; Billie Eilish, "What Was I Made For"; Nicki Minaj & Ice Spice (with Aqua), "Barbie World"
5. Nina Simone \\u2014 You\'ve Got to Learn
Featured Songs: "Blues for Mama," "Mississippi Goddamn," "You\'ve Got to Learn"

Lightning Round:
Blur \\u2014 The Ballad of Darren
Lucki \\u2014 s*x m*ney dr*gs (released July 14)
MJ Lenderman \\u2014 "Rudolph" (Single)
Mother Tongues \\u2014 Love in a Vicious Way

Other notable releases for July 21:
Allegra Krieger \\u2014 I Keep My Feet on the Fragile Plane
Babyface Ray \\u2014 Summer\'s Mine
Guided By Voices \\u2014 Welshpool Frillies
Greta Van Fleet \\u2014 Starcatcher
Mehmet Ali Sanl\\u0131kol & Whatsnext? \\u2014 Turkish Hipster: Tales From Swing To Psychedelic
Nils Lofgren \\u2014 Mountains
Paris Texas \\u2014 MID AIR

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