Vince Staples. Zoh Amba. Death Cab for Cutie. Host Stephen Thompson chats with Laura Grant from WEXT in New York about their favorite albums out Friday, June 5. Plus, a handful of NPR Music writers and critics offer their personal picks in the lightning round.

The Lestat we meet in season one of Interview With The Vampire is already a performer: An accomplished pianist, a commedia dell’arte harlequin, an opera connoisseur whose perfectionism leads him to murder a subpar tenor.

Watch Howie Mandel and Brian Posehn rock out.

Highlights include Rüfüs Du Sol at Audi Field, St. Vincent with the NSO at Wolf Trap and My Chemical Romance at Nats Park.

Shaboozey released a single and music video for "Cowgirl," a new song from his forthcoming album "The Outlaw Cherie Lee & Other Western Tales."

On Thursday, June 4, Alex Warren dropped the lead single and music video from his sophomore album 'WILDCHILD.' Watch "Passenger" here.

Shakira’s fame was on macro-view this past May in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where she performed at the city’s annual “Todo Mundo no Rio” concert series, which is both free for attendees and known to draw millions of them. Her Copacabana Beach crowd was estimated at two million people.

The Michael Jackson biopic Michael has grossed $888.1 million worldwide since its release on April 24, according to boxofficemojo.com. The film is closing in on the Freddie Mercury biopic Bohemian Rhapsody as the top-grossing musician biopic.