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: you can’t just shoot a hole into the surface of Mars.
– List of Releases: May 15th, 2026 –
49 Winchester – Change of Plans
Genre: Alt-Country / Americana
Label: New West
Active Child – Active Child
Genre: Art Pop / Alt-Pop
Label: Masterworks
Advent Horizon – Falling Together
Genre: Progressive Metal / Progressive Rock
Label: Bandwagon Music
Aeons in Solitude – Black Lumina
Genre: Gothic Rock / Darkwave
Label: Soman
The All-American Rejects – Sandbox
Genre: Power Pop / Alternative Rock
Label: Slick Shoes
Atavistia – Old Gods Awaken
Genre: Folk Metal / Melodic Death Metal
Label: Blood Blast Distribution
Beautiful Hotnes – Tastes Like Filth
Genre: Electro-Industrial / Electroclash
Label: Delete Yourself
Crow and Gazelle – Truth Be Told
Genre: Americana / Contemporary Folk
Label: [independent]
Crown Lands – Apocalypse
Genre: Progressive Rock / Heavy Psych
Label: InsideOut
Defect Designer – Depressants
Genre: Avant-Garde Metal / Deathgrind
Label: Transcending Obscurity
Drake – ICEMAN
Genre: Trap / Pop Rap
Label: OVO
Dua Saleh – Of Earth & Wires
Genre: Sophisti-Pop / Alternative R&B
Label: Ghostly
Eluvium – Virga III
Genre: Ambient / Progressive Electronic
Label: Temporary Residence
For Breakfast – Longer Than Spring
Genre: Chamber Folk / Art Rock
Label: [independent]
Genesis Owusu – REDSTAR WU & THE WORLDWIDE SCOURGE
Genre: Experimental Hip Hop / Alternative Dance
Label: Ourness
Gozu – Gozu VI
Genre: Stoner Metal / Stoner Rock
Label: Metal Blade
The Hoosiers – Compassion
Genre: Indie Rock / Power Pop
Label: Crab Race
Jasmine Myra – Where Light Settles
Genre: Nu Jazz / Modern Classical
Label: Gondwana
Kevin Morby – Little Wide Open
Genre: Folk Rock / Indie Folk
Label: Dead Oceans
Lorn – Searing Blood
Genre: Dissonant Black Metal / Atmospheric Black Metal
Label: I, Voidhanger
Lost in Separation – Lost in Separation
Genre: Metalcore / Djent
Label: SBG
Lucy Clearwater – People ≠ Possessions
Genre: Contemporary Folk / Indie Folk
Label: Tone Tree
Marmozets – Co.War.Dice.
Genre: Dance-Punk Revival / New Rave
Label: Nettwerk
Martyn – Music for Existing
Genre: Acid Jazz / UK Funky
Label: 3024
Martyna Basta – Winged in Collapse
Genre: Electroacoustic / Ambient
Label: 7K!
New Constellations – It Comes in Waves
Genre: Indietronica / Alt-Pop
Label: Nettwerk
New Idea Society – Fire on the Hill
Genre: Indie Rock / Acoustic Rock
Label: Relapse
Periphery – A Pale White Dot
Genre: Djent / Alternative Metal
Label: 3DOT
Peter Frampton – Carry the Light
Genre: Blues Rock / Hard Rock
Label: UMe
Port Noir – The Dark We Keep
Genre: Alternative Metal / Progressive Metal
Label: InsideOut
Primordial Black – Heterotopia
Genre: Blackened Death Metal / Progressive Metal
Label: Darkside
Pro-Pain – Stone Cold Anger
Genre: Groove Metal / Hardcore Punk
Label: Napalm
Rhododendron – Ascent Effort
Genre: Post-Hardcore / Noise Rock
Label: The Flenser
Rostam – American Stories
Genre: Americana / Indie Pop
Label: Mastor
Shaggy – Lottery
Genre: Pop Reggae / Dancehall
Label: VP Reggae / Ranch Entertainment
Shakey Graves – Fondness, Etc.
Genre: Alt-Country / Indie Folk
Label: Dualtone
Spencer Krug – Same Fangs
Genre: Art Rock / Indie Rock
Label: Pronounced Kroog
SUSS – Counting Sunsets
Genre: Ambient Americana / Psychedelic Folk
Label: Northern Spy
Tamikrest – Assikel
Genre: Tishoumaren / Psychedelic Rock
Label: Glitterbeat
Tank and the Bangas – The Last Balloon
Genre: Neo-Soul / Alternative R&B
Label: Verve Forecast
Rip and tear, until it is done on…
05.11.26