New Music Releases and Upcoming Albums in 2026

Melissa Auf der Maur: Bass Womb Room: My ’90s 4-Track Demos x Field Recordings [Envision].

Arab Strap: Half-Told Tales [Rock Action].

Beyoncé: B’Day 20th Anniversary Edition [Sony/BMG].

Carmen Villain: Memoria [Smalltown Supersound].

Chat Pile: Who Loves the Sun [The Flesner].

Ellie Goulding: I Know Too Much [Warner].

Rebecca Black: Age of the Exhibitionist [self-released].

Told Slant: What’s Up [Mtn. Laurel Recording Co.].

Alex G: Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (Original Score) [Waxwork].

Bloc Party: Anatomia de um Romance Breve [Contagious Ltd.].

Bonobo: Distance in Static [Ninja Tune].

Haruomi Hosono: Yours Sincerely [Ghostly International].

Helena Gao: Gao Dan Dan EP [After All].

Ibibio Sound Machine: Chopping Mountain [Merge].

Jon McKiel: Gold Horatio [You’ve Changed].

Rio Da Yung OG: The World Is Yours [M. I. N. E. Ent. / Empire].

Shudder to Think: Who Sent You? [Dischord].

Sylvan Esso: Ow ∞ [Psychic Hotline].

This Is Lorelei: The Singer in My Band [Matador].

Valerie June: Brighter Blue [Concord].

Actress: Radical Frame [Ninja Tune].

After: Fell Asleep in the Sun [Mom+Pop].

Agnes Obel: The Meaning of Flowers [Deutsche Grammophon].

Anthrax: Cursum Perficio [Megaforce].

Babehoven: I See Them, I See Me [Double Double Whammy].

Big Benny Bailey (Shamir Bailey and Ben Pierce): Business Spice [Thirty Tigers].

Carly Rae Jepsen: Day and Night [Interscope].

David Bowie: The Shel Talmy Recordings [Parlophone].

Dragonflies (Dhani Harrison and Nigel Godrich): Dragonflies [Dark Horse Records/BMG].

Echo and the Bunnymen: Apples for Isaac [BMG].

Emma Ruth Rundle: These Killing Times [Emma Ruth Rundle].

Empress Of: Dream House [Giant Music].

Ezra Collective: Here Because of Hope [Partisan].

Jae Stephens: Audacity [Raedio LLC/Def Jam].

Jake Xerxes Fussell: The Old Beloved Path [Fat Possum].

Kristin Hersh: Sugar on Blackstone [Fire].

Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts: Second Song [Reprise].

Now It's Overhead: In the Beginning [Saddle Creek].

Rakim: The Godbody [Holy Toledo/DMG/Compound Interest].

Rhiannon Giddens: Hope Is the Thing With Feathers [Nonesuch].

Son Lux: Out Into [City Slang/This Is Meru].

Standing on the Corner:: SOTC (II) [XL].

Team Dresch: Furthermore [Jealous Butcher].

Wavves and Say Anything: Cherry Soda [I Surrender].

Joy Division: Eternal (Live) [Warner].

Jules Reidy: Clerestory [Thrill Jockey].

Leon Bridges: Felicidade a Qualquer Momento [Columbia].

M83: I Wrote You A Letter [Other Suns].

Megiapa: Intentions [International Anthem].

The Red, Pinks & Purples: True Love Daydream [Fire].

Renny Conti: Split Second [Mom+Pop].

Soft Cell: Danceteria [Republic of Music].

Tom Morello: Everyone Gets Everything They Want [Commandante LLC/Mom+Pop].

The Yummy Fur: Everybody Talks About the Weather [Upset the Rhythm].

New music releases for Friday, September 25, 2026, include: Julia Jacklin: The Gem [4AD].

The Beatles: Rubber Soul - Special Edition [Calderstone Productions Limited/UMG].

The Chicks: Taking the Long Way (20th Anniversary Edition) [Columbia].

Elvis Costello: My Aim Is True (49th Anniversary Edition) Box Set [UMe].

Emily A. Sprague: Cyano [Rvng Intl.].

Greg Freeman: All Set the Bone [Transgressive/Canvasback].

Johnny Marr: The Age of Everything [BMG].

Jon Hassell: Music Is Invisible (Pentimento Volume Three) [Ndeya].

Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith: Ruin: It’s Not Just Music [Someone Special].

Kyle Gordon: Kyle Gordon Is Everywhere [BMG].

Lily Seabird: Lightspheres on Their Way [Lame-O].

Meshell Ndegeocello: Synonym [Blue Note].

MX Lonely: Perfect House EP [Julia’s War].

Stef Chura: Dancing Alone on the Concrete [Saddle Creek].

Victoria Monet: Frequency of Love [Lovett/RCA].

Bodega: All Inside Aquarium [Chrysalis].

Cameron Winter: Live at Carnegie Hall [Partisan/Pias].

Dawn Richard: Creole Culture [Merge].

Girl Ultra: RRRomeo [Big Dada/Ninja Tune].

Jess Williamson: A Mile South of Heaven [New West].

Marina Herlop: Dja Dja [Self-released].

More Eaze: Valley and Structure [Thrill Jockey].

Sheryl Crow: Pick You Up [Big Green Barn/Thirty Tigers].

The Tallest Man on Earth: Just Beyond Endless Mountain [Anti-].

Teenage Fanclub: Do Not Dare to Dream [Merge].

Todd Snider: My Second Rodeo [Aimless Inc. / Thirty Tigers].

Troye Sivan: She’s the Best [Tokky’s Music/Interscope].

Twin Temple: Doomed Lovers [Pentagrammaton].

Andy Shauf: The Party (10th Anniversary Edition) [Anti-].

The Avalanches: No Bad Memories [Modular].

Bibio and Dorian Concept: Answers [Warp].

Dummy: Do You Love the Color of the Sky? [Polyvinyl].

Fontaines D. C.: Dopamine Chamber [XL].

Geologist: The Sirens [Outside Time].

Deus do céu: Baby’s Gone [Kill Rock Stars].

Rachel Chinouriri: I Think I Spoke Too Soon [Atlas Artists/Parlophone/Warner Records].

Alchemical Sisters: Alchemical Sisters [Interdimensional Transmissions].

Ryan Hemsworth: Numbskull [Topshelf].

Amy Winehouse: Back to Black (20th Anniversary Edition) [UMR/Island].

Anderson . Paak and Cordae: Heavy Is the Crown [Apeshit/Mass Appeal/Empire].

Caroline Rose: Gentling the Horse at the Walt Whitman Mall [Suck].

Claud: Me and the Music [Dead Oceans].

James Brandon Lewis: Calling Antonín [TAO Forms].

Josh Johnson: Animative [International Anthem / Nonesuch].

The Olivia Tremor Control: The Same Place [Elephant 6].

Sen Morimoto: Time Is on Your Side [Sooper].

Shabazz Palaces: It’s a Style Sport [Sub Pop].

Wolves in the Throne Room: Estuary [Relapse].

Andy Stott: Late Loop [Modern Love].

Isik Kural: Motorcycles and Cherry Wind [RVNG].

Ministry: Hate to Go (Take Out or Delivery) [Cleopatra].

Queens of the Stone Age: Perfecth [Matador].

Stephen Steinbrink: In a Split Mirror [Sedimentary Archive].

WHY?: Oh Golly / Yes Lord [Waterlines].

Daine: In Endless Awe & Agony [PACK.].

La Roux: Old Flames [Vertigo / Casablanca].

Various Artists: Heart of Gold: The Songs of Neil Young, Vol. 2 - Out of the Blue / Vol. 3 - Into the Black [Killphonic].

Various Artists: 20th Century Paddy: The Songs of Shane MacGowan [Rubyworks].