New Music Friday: The best releases out on Aug. 5

NPR Music's picks for the best releases out this week include a potent new EP from the rapper Doechii, hyper-pop from Pussy Riot, roots salsa from Colombia's Meridian Brothers and more.

Featured Albums:

1. Doechii — she / her / black bitch

Featured Tracks: "Bitches Be," "Swamp Bitches," "Persuasive"

2. Meridian Brothers & El Grupo Renacimiento — Meridian Brothers & El Grupo Renacimiento

Featured Tracks: "Bomba Atómica," "Metamorfosis"

3. AJ Suede — Oil On Canvas

Featured Tracks: "Growing Diamonds," "Wonder," "Monochrome"

4. Pussy Riot — MATRIARCHY NOW

Featured Tracks: "PRINCESS CHARMING," "PLASTIC," "POOF BITCH"

5. Planet Drum — In The Groove

Featured Track: "King Clave"

Lightning Round:

Alexia Bomtempo — DOCE CARNAVAL

Araceli Poma — "Agua de Olvido"

Art Moore — Art Moore

Various — Rise Jamaica!

Other notable releases for Aug. 5:

Bobby Shmurda — BodBoy

Calvin Harris — Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 2

Fireboy DML — Playboy

Kokoroko — Could We Be More

Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires — Old-Time Folks

Mall Grab — What I Breathe

Neil Young — Noise & Flowers

T Bone Burnett — The Invisible Light: Spells

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