First Listen

Tank and the Bangas' Green Balloon comes out May 3. Alex Marks/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Tacocat's This Mess is a Place comes out May 3. Helen Moga/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Joy Williams' Front Porch comes out May 3. Andy Barron/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Rhiannon Giddens' new album with Francesco Turrisi, There is No Other, comes out May 3. Karen Cox/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

The Felice Brothers' Undress comes out May 3. Lawrence Braun/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

The Mountain Goats' In League With Dragons comes out April 26. Jeremy Lange/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Starflyer 59's Young In My Head comes out April 26. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Sunn O)))'s Life Metal comes out April 26 via Southern Lord. Ronald Dick/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Josh Ritter's Fever Breaks comes out April 26. Laura S. Wilson/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Rodrigo y Gabriela's Mettavolution comes out April 26. Ebru Yildiz/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Craig Finn's I Need A New War comes out April 26. Shervin Lainez/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

The Tallest Man on Earth's I Love You. It's A Fever Dream. comes out April 19. Kaitlin Scott/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Anna Tivel's The Question is out April 19 on Fluff and Gravy. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Daniel Norgren's Wooh Dang is out April 19 on Superpuma. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Angelique Kidjo's Celia is out April 19 on Decca Records. Laurent Seroussi/Courtesy of the artist hide caption