New Music 2024 This Week.  — on our survey of the week's most exciting new albums, wrti's nate chinen and npr music's sheldon pearce get all wrapped up in the amniotic embrace of.  — npr music's stephen thompson and anamaria sayre give you the lowdown on omar apollo's new lp, lil yachty's collaboration with james blake, and the fourth.

 — a new reissue of lou reed’s final solo album spotlights a side of the new york icon that few ever got to see: This week, we’re focusing on new music from some of the artists shortlisted for.