The best albums out this week include Wilco's double-length Cruel Country, a debut from the singer UMI, the latest installment in Ali Shaheed Muhammad and Adrian Younge's Jazz Is Dead series and more.
Featured Albums:
1. Jean Carne, Ali Shaheed Muhammad & Adrian Younge \u2014 JID012
Featured Songs: "Black Love," "Visions"
2. Wilco \u2014 Cruel Country
Featured Songs: "I Am My Mother," "The Plains," "A Lifetime To Find"
3. X Alfonso \u2014 Ancestros Sinfonicos
Featured Song: "Yakuma Karer\xe9"
4. UMI \u2014 Forest in the City
Featuared Song: "what would u do?"
5. Nduduzo Makhathini \u2014 In the Spirit of NTU
Featured Songs: "Mama," "Emlilweni"
Other notable releases for May 27:
Brian Jackson \u2014 This Is Brian Jackson
Bright Eyes \u2014 A Collection of Songs Written and Recorded 1995-1997, Letting Off the Happiness and Fevers and Mirrors
Dehd \u2014 Blue Skies
HAAi \u2014 Baby, We're Ascending
Isaac Dunbar \u2014 Banish the Banshee
Jonny Greenwood \u2014 The Power of the Dog OST (physical release)
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith & Emile Mosseri - I Could Be Your Dog / I Could Be Your Moon
Liam Gallagher \u2014 C'MON YOU KNOW
Maria BC \u2014 Hyaline
Rosie Carney \u2014 I Wanna Feel Happy
Sean Paul \u2014 Scorcha
Sofie Birch \u2014 Holotropica
Stars \u2014 From Capelton Hill
Steve Earle & The Dukes \u2014 Jerry Jeff
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