All Songs Considered

New Music Friday: The top 5 albums out on March 18

Two of the year's most anticipated albums — Rosalía's MOTOMAMI and Charli XCX's CRASH — drop today, along with Johann Johannsson's posthumous Drone Mass, Yumi Zouma's Present Tense and more. Featured Albums: 1. Rosalía — MOTOMAMI Featured tracks: "CUUUUuuuuuute," "BULERÍAS," "SAOKO" 2. Jóhann Jóhannsson — Drone Mass Featured tracks: "Two is Apocryphal," "Take the Night Air" 3. Raw Poetic &amp; Damu The Fudgemunk — Laminated Skies Featured Tracks: "Open Roads," "Chewing Gum" 4. Charli XCX — CRASH Featured Tracks: "Crash," "Yuck" 5. Yumi Zouma — Present Tense Featured Track: "Astral Projections" Other notable releases for March 18: Bladee &amp; Ecco2K — Crest Broadcast — Microtronics, Mother is the Milky Way, Maida Vale Sessions Cypress Hill — Back in Black Mattiel — Georgia Gothic Midlake — For the Sake of Bethel Woods Ruth Slenczynska — My Life in Music Sonic Youth — In/Out/In Learn more about sponsor message choices: <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a> <a href="https://www.npr.org/about-npr/179878450/privacy-policy">NPR Privacy Policy</a>

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