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The best releases out this week include Killer Mike's first solo album in more than a decade, the majestic return of Iceland's Sigur R\xf3s, the legendary Bettye LaVette, Asake and more.

Featured Albums:
1. Bettye LaVette \u2014 LaVette!
Featured Songs: "Mess About It (feat. Ray Parker & Jon Batiste)," "Hard to Be a Human," "Plan B"
2. Killer Mike \u2014 Michael
Featured Songs: "Two Days (feat. Ty Dolla $ign)," "Motherless," "Down By Law (feat. Cee-Lo Green)," "Scientists & Engineers (feat. Andre 3000, Future & Eryn Allen Kane)," "Something for the Junkies (feat. Fabo & Minister Louis Farrakhan)"
3. Sigur R\xf3s \u2014 \xc1TTA
Featured Songs: "Klettur," "Skel," "M\xf3r"
4. Asake \u2014 Work Of Art
Featured Songs: "2:30," "Lonely at the Top," "What's Up My G"
5. Meshell Ndegeocello \u2014 The Omnichord Real Book
Featured Songs: "Georgia Ave. (feat. Josh Johnson)," "Good Good (feat. Jade Hicks & Josh Johnson)," "Call the Tune"

Lightning Round:
Ambr\xe9 \u2014 who's loving you?
Hand Habits \u2014 Sugar the Bruise
Memorrhage \u2014 Memorrhage
Wild Up \u2014 Julius Eastman Vol. 3: If You're So Smart, Why Aren't You Rich?

Other notable releases for June 16:
Balmorhea \u2014 Pendant World
Ben Howard \u2014 Is It?
Boris & Uniform \u2014 Bright New Disease
Deer Tick \u2014 Emotional Contracts
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard \u2014 PetroDragonic Apocalypse; or, Dawn of Eternal Night: An Annihilation of Planet Earth and the Beginning of Merciless Damnation
Kool Keith \u2014 Black Elvis 2
Queens of the Stone Age \u2014 In Times New Roman
Son Volt \u2014 Day of the Doug
Yusuf / Cat Stevens \u2014 King of a Land

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