NPR Music's picks for the best albums out this week include the jagged indie-rock of Rabbit Rabbit from Speedy Ortiz, hip-hop royalty Illa J's No Traffic and more.
Featured Albums:
1. Speedy Ortiz \u2014 Rabbit Rabbit
Featured Songs: "Ghostwriter," "Ballad of Y&S," "Scabs," "Kim Cattrall"
2. Illa J \u2014 No Traffic
Featured Songs: "Off the Tap," "Circus," "Get Down (feat. AmpFiddler)," "Snaps," "OG Funk"
3. Puma Blue \u2014 Holy Waters
Featured Songs: "Hounds," "O, The Blood!," "Falling Down," "Pretty"
4. Slowdive \u2014 everything is alive
Featured Songs: "alife," "prayer remembered," "shanty"
Lightning Round:
L'Rain \u2014 "Pet Rock" (Single)
Ama Lou \u2014 I Came Home Late
Kendra Morris \u2014 I Am What I'm Waiting For
Jeff Rosenstock \u2014 HELLMODE
Other notable releases for Sept. 1:
The 1975 \u2014 Live From Gorilla
Aesop Rock \u2014 Skelethon (10 Year Anniversary Edition)
dad\xe1 Jo\xe3ozinho \u2014 tds bem Global
Dream \u2014 to whoever wants to hear EP
Field Music \u2014 light is gone 2
Ghost of Vroom \u2014 Ghost of Vroom 3
Icona Pop \u2014 Club Romantech
Larry Fleet \u2014 Earned It
Laya \u2014 Bet That EP
The Natvral \u2014 Summer of No Light
Neil Young \u2014 Odeon Budokan
Taake \u2014 Et Hav av Avstand
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