New Music Friday: The best albums out June 12
12 June - 41 minsOlivia Rodrigo. Pussy Riot. Hayley Kiyoko. Host Stephen Thompson chats with Nastia Voynovskaya from KQED in San Francisco about their favorite albums out Friday, June 12. Plus, a handful of NPR Music writers and critics offer their personal picks in the lightning round.
The Starting 5
(00:00) Songs of the Summer
(01:59) Album No. 1
• Olivia Rodrigo, 'you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love'
(10:01) Album No. 2
• Pussy Riot, 'CYKA'
(17:31) Album No. 3
• YHWH Nailgun, 'Magazine'
(22:01) Album No. 4
• Hayley Kiyoko, 'girls like girls (the album)'
(28:31) Album No. 5
• Six Sex, 'ULTRA'
(34:10) The Lightning Round
• Kelsey Lu, 'So Help Me God'
• Ambrose Akimusire & Mary Halvors...
All Songs Considered: Wet Leg, Vince Staples, Radiohead’s Ed O’Brien
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2 June Finished