The way I see it, there’s two types of people: those who spend their lives trying to build a future and those who spend their lives trying to rebuild the past. Below is a intentionally incomplete list of new releases for the week of March 20th, 2026. Feel free to jam the playlist below, request reviews from staff and contributors, let us know what you’re looking forward to this week (in music or otherwise), and remember: nothing’s a cliché when it’s happening to you.
– List of Releases: March 20th, 2026 –
Alex Isley – When the City Sleeps
Genre: Contemporary R&B / Neo-Soul
Label: Warner
Asian Glow – Arin Cot
Genre: Shoegaze / Noise Pop
Label: Longinus
Assignment – With the End Comes Silence
Genre: Progressive Metal / Power Metal
Label: Massacre
Attila – Concrete Throne
Genre: Nu Metal / Metalcore
Label: [independent]
Avalon Emerson & The Charm – Written into Changes
Genre: Dream Pop / Baggy
Label: Dead Oceans
BTS – ARIRANG
Genre: K-Pop / Contemporary R&B
Label: BIGHIT
The Dear Hunter – Sunya
Genre: Art Rock / Progressive Rock
Label: Cave & Canary
Ego Ella May – Good Intentions
Genre: Neo-Soul / Contemporary R&B
Label: Believe
Ellie O’Neill – Time of Fallow
Genre: Contemporary Folk / Indie Folk
Label: St. Itch
Ethereal Darkness – Echoes
Genre: Melodic Death Metal / Death Doom Metal
Label: [independent]
Exodus – Goliath
Genre: Thrash Metal / Groove Metal
Label: Napalm
The Fencesitters – Picture Day
Genre: Indie Rock / Power Pop
Label: friend’s house
Footballhead – Weight of the Truth
Genre: Post-Grunge / Emo-Pop
Label: Tiny Engines
Gaerea – Loss
Genre: Atmospheric Black Metal / Melodic Metalcore
Label: Century Media
Grace Ives – Girlfriend
Genre: Indietronica / Noise Pop
Label: True Panther
Green-House – Hinterlands
Genre: Neoclassical New Age / Ambient
Label: Ghostly
Gutvoid – Liminal Shrines
Genre: Death Metal / Progressive Metal
Label: Profound Lore
Haircut One Hundred – Boxing the Compass
Genre: Sophisti-Pop / New Wave
Label: Absolute Label Services
Hanging Garden – Isle of Bliss
Genre: Gothic Metal / Death Doom Metal
Label: Agonia
John Zorn – Sing Me Now Asleep
Genre: Chamber Music / Chamber Jazz
Label: Tzadik
Joshua Burnside – It’s Not Going to Be Okay
Genre: Chamber Folk / Indie Folk
Label: Nettwerk
Ladytron – Paradises
Genre: Electropop / Indietronica
Label: Nettwerk
Lost in Hollywood – Lost in Hollywood
Genre: Alternative Metal / Metalcore
Label: Arising Empire
Luke Combs – The Way I Am
Genre: Contemporary Country / Country Rock
Label: Sony
Mach-Hommy – 5786 AM: Easy Listen
Genre: Abstract Hip-Hop / Boom Bap
Label: [independent]
mclusky – i sure am getting sick of this bowling alley [EP]
Genre: Post-Hardcore / Noise Rock
Label: Ipecac
Naomi Jon – Strawberry
Genre: Electropop / Dance-Pop
Label: Jon Records
Naomi Scott – F.I.G
Genre: Sophisti-Pop / Alt-Pop
Label: ALTER Music
Nubiyan Twist – Chasing Shadows
Genre: Jazz-Funk / Afrobeat
Label: Strut
Peach PRC – Porcelain
Genre: Synthpop / Alt-Pop
Label: Republic
Poison the Well – Peace in Place
Genre: Post-Hardcore / Alternative Metal
Label: SharpTone
Samara Cyn – Detour
Genre: Chipmunk Soul / Boom Bap
Label: Vanta
Thorjn – Somewhere
Genre: Glitch / Epic Collage
Label: [independent]
underscores – U
Genre: Electropop / Hyperpop
Label: Mom + Pop
ZHU – Black Midas
Genre: Melodic Techno / Alternative R&B
Label: Blacklizt Sound Syndicate
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