Fabi Reyna of Reyna Tropical
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Not lengthy after we shared our picks for 2024’s most anticipated albums (on an episode that posted in January), two massive bulletins blew all of it up: Beyoncé’s act ii, due out March 29, and Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Division, scheduled for April 19. Now we’re again with our spring preview, and whereas we’ll have loads extra on each these albums later, on this week’s present we share our picks for among the different wonderful releases on the best way, from Vampire Weekend’s Solely God Was Above Us and Yaya Bey’s Ten Fold to METZ’s Up On Gravity Hill, a solo launch from Portishead’s Beth Gibbons, Waxahatchee’s Tiger’s Blood and extra.
Raina Douris, host of WXPN’s World Cafe, joins NPR Music editor Sheldon Pearce and host Robin Hilton to speak about Spring 2024’s super-stacked launch schedule. We dive in even deeper over right here, the place we run down Taylor, Bey and 50 different albums due out earlier than June 20.
Featured artists, albums and songs:
- Reyna Tropical – “Conexión Ancestral” from Malegría, out March 2
- Yaya Bey – “Chasing the Bus” from Ten Fold, out Could 10
- Metz – “Entwined (Avenue Gentle Buzz)” from Up On Gravity Hill, out April 12
- Vampire Weekend – “Gen X Cops” from Solely God Was Above Us, out April 5
- Shabaka – “Finish of Innocence” from Understand Its Magnificence, Acknowledge Its Grace, out April 12
- Beth Gibbons – “Floating on a Second” from Lives Outgrown, out Could 17
- Waxahatchee – “365” from Tigers Blood, out March 22
- Amen Dunes – “Rugby Little one” from Loss of life Jokes, out Could 10
- lady in purple – “Doing It Once more” from I am Doing It Once more Child! out April 12
