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New Music Friday: The best releases out on June 3
Angel Olsen's Big Time is on NPR Music's shortlist of the best albums out on June 3. Angela Ricciardi hide caption
It's been a decade since singer and guitarist Angel Olsen released her debut album, Half Way Home. On her latest release, Big Time, she processes agonizing grief following the death of both parents, all while discovering new and true love. On this week's show we talk about Olsen's deft lyricism, the ways she channels classic pop-folk from the late-'60s and '70s and dig deeper into themes of loss and identity. But first we open the show with a stellar new album from Fantastic Negrito called White Jesus Black Problems. Contributor Christina Lee joins WXPN's John Morrison, NPR Music editor Marissa Lorusso and host Robin Hilton as they share their picks for the best new albums out on June 3.
Hear The Songs
Featured Albums:
- Fantastic Negrito — White Jesus Black Problems
Featured Songs: "Venomous Dogma," "In My Head" - Angel Olsen — Big Time
Featured Songs: "All The Flowers," "Big Time" - 070 Shake — You Can't Kill Me
Featured Songs: "Cocoon," "The Body," "Wine And Spirits" - Namir Blade — Metropolis
Featured Song: "BoA" - Editrix — Editrix II: Editrix Goes To Hell
Featured Song: "Cowboy"
Lightning Round:
- 700 Bliss — Nothing to Declare (released May 27)
- Horsegirl — Versions of Modern Performance
- S.G. Goodman — Teeth Marks
- Post Malone — Twelve Carat Toothache
Other notable releases for June 3:
- Andrew Bird — Inside Problems
- Chronophage — Chronophage
- GWAR — The New Dark Ages
- Jasmyn — In the Wild (former Weaves lead singer)
- Merzbow & Lawrence English — Eternal Stalker
- Michael Franti & Spearhead — Follow Your Heart
- Purity Ring — Graves
- Queen of Jeans — Hiding in Place
- Remi Wolf — Juno Deluxe
- The Suffers — It Starts with Love
- Tash Sultana — MTV Unplugged (Live In Melbourne)