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- Chief Justice John Roberts stresses judicial independence amid tensions with Trump
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- Judge halts drastic cuts to agencies being done under Trump executive order
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- Supreme Court Justice David Souter, a Bush nominee who veered to the left, dies at 85
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- Pope Leo asks cardinals to make themselves 'small' in first Mass as pontiff as cardinals deny he's a 'counterweight' to Trump
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- It's Friday, which means you might be hoping to hear Atlanta rapper Young Thug's first album since the conclusion of his year-long gang trial. That album, UY Scuti, was supposed to drop today, but the groundbreaking MC announced this week that the project had been postponed to sometime in June. But don't fret, because if you're a hip-hop fan, today delivered what might be the best rap album of the year so far: billy woods' GOLLIWOG. NPR Music's Stephen Thompson welcomed WXPN's John Morrison to New Music Friday to go deep on the dark, dramatic album, as well as new albums by Radiohead's Thom Yorke, Gen Z pop star PinkPantheress and much more. Listen to the show below and scroll down to see our long list of albums out May 9. The Starting Five Our hosts share the backstories and best songs from the following albums: 💿 billy woods, GOLLIWOG (Stream) Recommended If You Like: Saul Williams, Cannibal Ox 💿 Mark Pritchard & Thom Yorke, Tall Tales (Stream) RIYL: Radiohead, Boards of Canada 💿 PinkPantheress, Fancy That (Stream) RIYL: K-Pop, TikTok 💿 MIKE & Tony Seltzer, Pinball II (Stream) RIYL: Lex Luger, Earl Sweatshirt 💿 Mclusky, the world is still here and so are we (Stream) RIYL: Pere Ubu, Melvins New Music Friday is a feature of NPR's All Songs Considered podcast. Hear the discussion on the NPR App, Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. The Lightning Round Five more albums we wish we had time to discuss on the podcast: 💿 The Head and the Heart, Aperture 💿 Jazzanova, In Between Revisited: Jazzanova Live 💿 Cuco, Ridin' 💿 Andre 3000, 7 piano sketches 💿 Cole Pulice, Land's End Eternal 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 For those who want to dig even deeper, here are the week's new albums sorted by genre: Electronic/Out There The Vernon Spring, Under a Familiar Sun Kara-Lis Coverdale, From Where You Came Duval Timothy, wishful thinking Joe Goddard, Kinetic EP Wilson Tanner, A Deeper Life Nils Frahm, Night M83, A Necessary Escape OST V/A, Planet Mu 30 Dinamarca and Ángel Ballesteros, pachamami QUINQUIS, eor Nicolas Bougaïeff, Prime Funktion EP Ransum, Road Fever EP Country/Folk/Americana I'm With Her, Wild and Clear and Blue Blake Shelton, For Recreational Use Only Kristina Murray, Little Blue Jack Van Cleaf, JVC Classical Barbara Hannigan, Electric Fields Bomsori Kim, Bruch & Korngold Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Shostakovich & Britten Pop Erika de Casier, Lifetime Kali Uchis, Sincerely, Maren Morris, D R E A M S I C L E Kaleo, Mixed Emotions Kevin Olusola (Pentatonix), Dawn of a Misfit Bebe Stockwell, Driving Backwards EP Amelia Moore, he's still just not that into you! EP Jazz Brandon Woody, For The Love Of It All R&B/Soul Brandon, Before You Go SAILORR, FROM FLORIDA'S FINEST Rock/Alt/Indie Little Feat, Strike Up The Band Ringdown (Caroline Shaw & Danni Lee Parpan), Lady on the Bike Arcade Fire, Pink Elephant Deradoorian, Ready for Heaven Provoker, Mausoleum Sleep Token, Even in Arcadia Moon Rituals, Aura Preoccupations, Ill At Ease Moin, Belly Up (1994), Devotion EP Maia Friedman, Goodbye Long Winter Shadow The Wonder Years, Burst & Decay (Volume III) Adult Mom, Natural Causes Npcede, s/t EP Spacey Jane, If That Makes Sense Unwed Sailor, Cruel Entertaiment Xmal Deutschland, Gift: The 4AD Years Peter Murphy (Bauhaus), Silver Shade L.Mayland (of The Last Dinner Party), The Slow Fire of Sleep EP Credits Host: Stephen Thompson Guest: John Morrison, WXPN Producer: Simon Rentner Editors: Otis Hart and Elle Mannion Executive Producer: Suraya Mohamed Vice President, Music and Visuals: Keith Jenkins
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