10 New Albums You Should Listen to Now: Twisted Teens, Bassvictim, and More

Focusing on Twisted Teens’ relentless output in 2026 misses the point. Instead, track the fluidity of their strut through garage rock, country, and traditional folk; on The Holy Cross Tigers, that effortless sway of hypnotic steel guitar over shuffling drums presents like an old jukebox standard that you’re hearing for the first time.

Adolescentes Retorcidos: Os Tigres da Cruz Sagrada [Sub Pop].

Place your trust in that timelessness. Caspian Hollywell and RJ Santos steer their New Orleans band like a pontoon boat: balanced, unadorned, and old-school in that it reinforces only the bare-bones necessities required for a good time.

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Bassvictim’s electroclash brings the lopsided, derelict genre to a new audience with all of the mess and less of the sex. Vocalist Maria Manow flips between feeling happy and sad, then fat and skinny, on “Happysad,” while she admits to feeling shit when she wakes up over the crushed-up industrial beats of “Wake Up.” The album’s production scuttles from laptop twee and bloghouse to freewheeling experimentations like “No.

33 piano,” which wobbles through febrile piano loops.

© 2026 Jenny ArrowsmithThere’s a reason that time-honored rave aphorism “PLUR” has an L: even the staunchest club kids need love, too. London scene veteran Shygirl’s latest album, inspired by a blossoming relationship, relishes in that sweet spot between dancefloor deliverance and dream-pop catharsis, drawing as much on Miss Kittin and Mazzy Star.

Reuniting with Club Shy co-producer Karma Kid and bringing in Oklou’s right-hand man Casey MQ, Shy unfurls a clean record that’s sultry and soft in equal measure, like any romance worth its salt.

Lil Baby: Fresh [Quality Control/Motown].

Desde que lançou seu primeiro LP de estúdio na Quality Control em 2018, Lil Baby manteve seu som local, permanecendo fiel ao melodic trap e a uma equipe de produtores da região.

Seu novo álbum, Fresh, testa essa devoção de cidade natal em músicas mais pop, incluindo sua primeira colaboração com Pharrell. Participações de Future e Young Thug — os únicos convidados no álbum, salvo o colega de gravadora Rylo Rodriguez — basicamente explicam o crossover que Baby está tentando emular.

Se eu não conseguir fazer hits, ele disse ao Popcast do New York Times na semana passada, eu não vou mais fazer música. (Felizmente para ele, o single principal “Dead Fresh” acabou de se tornar seu primeiro single Top 40 desde 2022.).

Sufjan Stevens: Worst Christmas Ever! [Asthmatic Kitty].

When the holiday season rolls around, Sufjan Stevens is all-in on cover songs and original tracks to deck the halls. What originally took shape as Songs for Christmas, Vols.

1-5 in 2006 eventually led to the 2012 box set Silver & Gold, featuring dozens of new songs alongside the old material. Stevens’ commitment to Christmas cheer is extensive, to say the least.

That’s why he’s now compiled Worst Christmas Ever!, which distills those holiday hits and fan favorites from his Christmas catalog into a single collection. Already know “Sister Winter” and “Put the Lights on the Tree” like the back of your wreath.

Não se aflija, pois há um presente especial escondido só para você: a nova canção original “On This Christmas (It Only Gets Better).”.

Skepta hasn’t dropped a full-length solo project since 2019 but the grime star has stayed plenty busy, collaborating with Fred Again.. an EP, pulling up for a surprise set at Glastonbury, and releasing more than a dozen singles—including new tracks “Pandora’s Box” and “Gas Me Up (Dilligent),” which detail the ups and downs of success.

The Fork and Knife might be Skepta’s first album in seven years, but the North London MC treats it like he has nothing to prove.

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Daine: In Endless Awe & Agony [Pack/Create].

Com apenas 23 anos, a cantora e compositora australiana Daine já viveu diversas vidas musicais, desde ofertas de emo pop‑rap adolescentes (agora relegadas ao YouTube) até uma era de hyperpop baddie.

Em seguida, o lançamento de estúdio de estreia deles, In Endless Awe & Agony, se inclina para a textura não filtrada de sua voz. O disco, o primeiro projeto de Daine sem Auto‑Tune, é uma introdução ao seu mezzo‑soprano delicado.

But it also reaches for bigger pop hooks in the lineage of mid-2010s acts like Passion Pit and the Naked and the Famous.

Oso Oso: Uma Troca de Informações [Feral Twin].

Six albums into their basement-platinum emo-pop project, Long Island’s Oso Oso are their own blueprint. An Exchange of Information, the follow-up to 2024’s Life Till Bones, marks the inaugural release on Hop Along drummer Mark Quinlan’s new label.

Turns out, you take yourself wherever you go: the new project harkens all the way back to Oso Oso’s 2015 debut, ripping into familiar territory with fresh energy.

Led by singer-songwriter Jade Lilitri, the band closes out an indie-rock walkabout with a rediscovered passion for the head-banging pop punk that brought bristle to their earlier work.

Sam Gendel: Advanced White Trash [self-released].

If you’ve heard Sam Gendel’s jazz-forward albums like The Room, Cookup, and Audiobook, you might be surprised by his latest, Advanced White Trash. The album mostly abandons the saxophone, the instrument Gendel is known for, instead opting for Auto-Tuned rap, glitchy R&B, and corroded 808s.

Partly inspired by the hours of YouTube the musician has watched, it’s the sound of brainrot with pockets, like the mellifluous “Pattern Dance,” reminiscent of his colorful acoustic work.

Sem Título (halo): Sem Título (halo) [Dirty Hit].

Untitled (Halo) é uma banda nascida da “falta de cena ou música em LA”. O grupo formado por Ariana Mamnoon, Jack Dione, Jay Are e Nicholas Noneman tem se dedicado a criar um espaço DIY em Los Angeles por meio de sua série de festas, e agora com seu álbum de estreia.

Untitled (halo) is likely to draw comparisons to Bar Italia, while their occasional Auto-Tuned whispers might remind listeners of Chanel Beads. But the band has plenty more to offer, like bloghouse (“Sex”), trip-hop (“Thief”), and indie pop (“Easy Rider”).