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The best new albums out May 23

Stereolab released their first album of original material in 15 years on Friday.

Stereolab released their first album of original material in 15 years on Friday.

It’s Friday, which means we’re waking up to a new Stereolab album for the first time in almost 15 years. The last time Tim Gane and Lætitia Sadier released new music together a fab foursome from Liverpool stole all the headlines. Luckily for the group’s excellent new record, Instant Holograms On Metal Film, Stereolab’s return looks to be the biggest music story of the week.

That’s not to say there aren’t other albums worth adding to the queue this weekend. Robert Moore of 90.9 The Bridge in Kansas City, where he hosts the excellent radio show Sonic Spectrum, joined Stephen Thompson to share his love for the new album by Robert Forster of The Go-Betweens and much more.

Scroll down to see our long list of albums out May 23. Hear the discussion on the NPR App, Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts beginning at 3 a.m. ET.

The Starting Five


Marc Ribot.
Marc Ribot. (Ebru Yildiz | New West Records)

Our hosts share the backstories and best songs from the following albums:

💿 Stereolab, Instant Holograms On Metal Film (Stream)

💿 Ganavya, Nilam (Stream)

💿 Robert Forster, Strawberries (Stream)

💿 Marc Ribot, Map of a Blue City (Stream)

💿 Thalia Zedek Band, The Boat Outside Your Window (Stream)

The Lightning Round


Cola Boyy.
Cola Boyy. (Ross Harris | Record Makers)

Five more albums we wish we had time to discuss on the podcast:

💿 rusowsky, DAISY

💿 Moontype, Let The Wind Push Down On Me

💿 Cola Boyy, Quit To Play Chess

💿 Witchcraft, Idag

💿 Death and Vanilla, Whistle and I’ll Come To You

Listen to each album’s best songs on our New Music Friday playlists on Spotify and Apple, or wherever you stream music.

The Long List


Green Day. (Alice Baxley | Warner)

For those who want to dig even deeper, here are the week’s new albums sorted by genre:

Rock/Alt/Indie

Country/Folk/Americana

Electronic/Out There

Global

Jazz

Pop

Classical

Rap/Hip-Hop

R&B/Soul




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