Afro Beats: A New Wave of Soulful Music

The best releases out this week include Killer Mike's first solo album in more than a decade, the majestic return of Iceland's Sigur Rós, the legendary Bettye LaVette, Asake and more.

Featured Albums:
1. Bettye LaVette — LaVette!
Featured Songs: "Mess About It (feat. Ray Parker & Jon Batiste)," "Hard to Be a Human," "Plan B"
2. Killer Mike — Michael
Featured Songs: "Two Days (feat. Ty Dolla $ign)," "Motherless," "Down By Law (feat. Cee-Lo Green)," "Scientists & Engineers (feat. Andre 3000, Future & Eryn Allen Kane)," "Something for the Junkies (feat. Fabo & Minister Louis Farrakhan)"
3. Sigur Rós — ÁTTA
Featured Songs: "Klettur," "Skel," "Mór"
4. Asake — Work Of Art
Featured Songs: "2:30," "Lonely at the Top," "What's Up My G"
5. Meshell Ndegeocello — The Omnichord Real Book
Featured Songs: "Georgia Ave. (feat. Josh Johnson)," "Good Good (feat. Jade Hicks & Josh Johnson)," "Call the Tune"

Lightning Round:
Ambré — who's loving you?
Hand Habits — Sugar the Bruise
Memorrhage — Memorrhage
Wild Up — Julius Eastman Vol. 3: If You're So Smart, Why Aren't You Rich?

Other notable releases for June 16:
Balmorhea — Pendant World
Ben Howard — Is It?
Boris & Uniform — Bright New Disease
Deer Tick — Emotional Contracts
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard — PetroDragonic Apocalypse; or, Dawn of Eternal Night: An Annihilation of Planet Earth and the Beginning of Merciless Damnation
Kool Keith — Black Elvis 2
Queens of the Stone Age — In Times New Roman
Son Volt — Day of the Doug
Yusuf / Cat Stevens — King of a Land

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