Please 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: only a Sith deals in absolutes.

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– List of Releases: May 8th, 2026 –

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Action Bronson – Planet Frog
Genre: Drumless / Abstract Hip Hop
Label: Baklava

Aldous Harding – Train on the Island
Genre: Avant-Folk / Art Pop
Label: 4AD

Amy Grant – The Me That Remains
Genre: Folk Pop / Acoustic Rock
Label: Thirty Tigers

Ashley McBryde – Wild
Genre: Contemporary Country / Country Pop
Label: MCA Nashville

Basement – WIRED
Genre: Alternative Rock / Indie Rock
Label: Run for Cover

Black Milk – CEREMONIAL
Genre: Conscious Hip Hop / Jazz Rap
Label: Computer Ugly

Black Veil Brides – Vindicate
Genre: Melodic Metalcore / Alternative Metal
Label: Spinefarm

Broken Social Scene – Remember the Humans
Genre: Indie Rock / Chamber Pop
Label: Arts & Crafts / City Slang

Cola – Cost of Living Adjustment
Genre: Post-Punk Revival / Indie Rock
Label: Fire Talk

 Crashdïet – Art of Chaos
Genre: Glam Metal / Hard Rock
Label: Ninetone

Croz Boyce – Croz Boyce
Genre: Neo-Psychedelia / Ambient Americana
Label: Domino

Darkthrone – Pre-Historic Metal
Genre: Black Metal / Thrash Metal
Label: Peaceville

Draconian – In Somnolent Ruin
Genre: Death Doom Metal / Gothic Metal
Label: Napalm

Fire-Toolz – Lavender Networks
Genre: Utopian Virtual / Electro-Industrial
Label: Warp

The Flatliners – Cold World
Genre: Punk Rock / Alternative Rock
Label: Equal Vision

A Forest of Stars – Stack Overflow in Corpse Pile Interface
Genre: Avant-Garde Metal / Atmospheric Black Metal
Label: Prophecy

Frozen Soul – No Place of Warmth
Genre: Death Metal / Deathcore
Label: Century Media

glaive & kurtains – God Save the Three
Genre: Electro House / Pop Rap
Label: broke

The Haunted Youth – Boys Cry Too
Genre: Dream Pop / Shoegaze
Label: PIAS

Idle Threat – You’ll Forget the Sun
Genre: Post-Hardcore / Emo
Label: Tooth & Nail

Ingested – Denigration
Genre: Deathcore / Slam Death Metal
Label: Metal Blade

Karmanjakah – Diamond Morning
Genre: Progressive Metal / Thall
Label: [independent]

Koyo – Barely Here
Genre: Melodic Hardcore / Pop Punk
Label: Pure Noise

The Lemon Twigs – Look for Your Mind!
Genre: Power Pop / Pop Rock
Label: Captured Tracks

Loraine James – Detached From The Rest of You
Genre: Glitch Pop / Art Pop
Label: Hyperdub

Lykke Li – The Afterparty
Genre: Indie Pop / Disco
Label: Neon Gold

Midge Ure – A Man of Two Worlds
Genre: New Wave / Synthpop
Label: Chrysalis

MUNA – Dancing on the Wall
Genre: Synthpop / Dance-Pop
Label: Saddest Factory

The Narrator – Phosphor
Genre: Metalcore / Alternative Metal
Label: Nuclear Blast

Panopticon – Det hjemsøkte hjertet
Genre: Atmospheric Black Metal / Americana
Label: Bindrune

The Quill – Master of the Skies
Genre: Stoner Metal / Hard Rock
Label: Peaceville

Royal & The Serpent – Emptiness is Godly
Genre: Alt-Pop / Alternative Rock
Label: Atlantic

Social Distortion – Born to Kill
Genre: Punk Rock / Hard Rock
Label: Epitaph

Submotion Orchestra – Passed Me By
Genre: Downtempo / Nu Jazz
Label: SMO Recordings

Yoth Iria – Gone With The Devil
Genre: Melodic Black Metal / Hellenic Black Metal
Label: Metal Blade

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