New Music Friday: The best albums out May 22

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Aja Monet. Jack Antonoff's Bleachers. Radiohead's Ed O'Brien. Guest host Ann Powers chats with Aurora McGuckin of MVY Radio in Massachusetts about their favorite albums out Friday, May 22. Plus, a handful of NPR Music writers and critics offer their personal picks in the lightning round. The Starting 5 (00:00) Bleachers, 'everyone for ten minutes' (06:55) JPEGMAFIA, 'EXPERIMENTAL RAP' (12:49) Ed O'Brien, 'Blue Morpho' (19:01) aja monet, 'the color of rain' (25:19) Lowertown, 'Ugly Duckling Union' (30:35) The Lightning Round - Alela Diane, 'Who's Keeping Time?' - Mexican Institute of Sound & Meridian Brothers, 'Ruido Tovar' - Balming Tiger, 'Gongbu' - Bill Orcutt & Mabe Fratti, 'Almost…