New Music Friday: The best albums out June 12

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Olivia Rodrigo. Pussy Riot. Hayley Kiyoko. Host Stephen Thompson chats with Nastia Voynovskaya from KQED in San Francisco about their favorite albums out Friday, June 12. Plus, a handful of NPR Music writers and critics offer their personal picks in the lightning round. The Starting 5 (00:00) Songs of the Summer (01:59) Album No. 1 • Olivia Rodrigo, 'you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love' (10:01) Album No. 2 • Pussy Riot, 'CYKA' (17:31) Album No. 3 • YHWH Nailgun, 'Magazine' (22:01) Album No. 4 • Hayley Kiyoko, 'girls like girls (the album)' (28:31) Album No. 5 • Six Sex, 'ULTRA' (34:10) The Lightning Round • Kelsey Lu, 'So Help Me God' • Ambrose Akimusire & Mary Halvorson, 'Slo-Mo Neon…