You’ve been a good friend to me. That means something. Below is a sample of new releases for the week of February 27th, 2026. A NEW HAND TOUCHES THE BEACON! 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: there are so few pleasures in life as fine as your company.

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– List of Releases: February 27th, 2026 –

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A Wilhelm Scream – Cheap Heat
Genre: Melodic Hardcore / Skate Punk
Label: Creator-Destructor

And Also the Trees – The Devil’s Door
Genre: Art Rock / Gothic Rock
Label: And Also the Trees

Archive – Glass Minds
Genre: Art Rock / Ambient Pop
Label: Dangervisit

Bill Callahan – My Days of 58
Genre: Chamber Folk / Indie Rock
Label: Drag City

Black Swan – Paralyzed
Genre: Hard Rock / Glam Metal
Label: Frontiers

BLACKPINK – DEADLINE [EP]
Genre: K-Pop / Hypertechno
Label: YG

Blackwater Drowning – Obscure Sorrows
Genre: Melodic Metalcore / Melodic Death Metal
Label: Bleeding Art

Bruno Mars – The Romantic
Genre: Pop Soul / Funk
Label: Atlantic

Buck Meek – The Mirror
Genre: Indie Rock / Alt-Country
Label: 4AD

Carpenter Brut – Leather Temple
Genre: Darksynth / Dark Electro
Label: No Quarter

Crooked Fingers – Swet Deth
Genre: Indie Rock / Contemporary Folk
Label: Merge

Cryptic Shift – Overspace & Supertime
Genre: Technical Death Metal / Progressive Metal
Label: Metal Blade

Deadletter – Existence is Bliss
Genre: Art Punk / Post-Punk Revival
Label: SO

deathcrash – Somersaults
Genre: Slowcore / Post-Rock
Label: Untitled

Em Beihold – Tales of a Failed Shapeshifter
Genre: Alt-Pop / Indie Pop
Label: Republic

Final Gasp – New Day Symptoms
Genre: Deathrock / Horror Punk
Label: Relapse

The Gloom in the Corner – Royal Discordance
Genre: Deathcore / Nu Metal
Label: SharpTone

Gorillaz – The Mountain
Genre: Art Pop / Neo-Psychedelia
Label: Kong

Heavenly – Highway to Heavenly
Genre: Indie Rock / Power Pop
Label: Skep Wax

Hey Colossus – Heaven Was Wild
Genre: Noise Rock / Post-Punk
Label: Wrong Speed

Iron & Wine – Hen’s Teeth
Genre: Indie Folk / Americana
Label: Sub Pop

Jackie West – Silent Century
Genre: Indie Folk / Art Pop
Label: Ruination

The Julies – Cherisher
Genre: Shoegaze / Dream Pop
Label: Lost in Ohio

Kiss Facility – KHAZNA
Genre: Dream Pop / Trip-Hop
Label: ambient tweets

kwes. – Kinds
Genre: Ambient / Glitch Pop
Label: Warp

Maria BC – Marathon
Genre: Contemporary Folk / Drone
Label: Sacred Bones

Mitski – Nothing’s About to Happen to Me
Genre: Slacker Rock / Noise Pop
Label: Dead Oceans

Motorpsycho – The Gaia II Space Corps
Genre: Post-Psychedelic Rock / Space Rock
Label: NFGS

Necrofier – Transcend Into Oblivion
Genre: Melodic Black Metal / Blackened Death Metal
Label: Metal Blade

Nothing – A Short History of Decay
Genre: Shoegaze / Noise Pop
Label: Run for Cover

Olhava – Memorial
Genre: Blackgaze / Atmospheric Black Metal
Label: Avantgarde

Pat Metheny – Side-Eye III+
Genre: Jazz Fusion / Chamber Jazz
Label: Uniquity

Red Leather – Tahoe
Genre: Alt-Pop / Country Pop
Label: Empire

RJD2 & Supastition – According to…
Genre: Experimental Hip-Hop / Boom Bap
Label: RJ’s Electrical Connections

Rob Zombie – The Great Satan
Genre: Industrial Metal / Groove Metal
Label: Nuclear Blast

The Sheepdogs – Keep Out of the Storm
Genre: Roots Rock / Americana
Label: Right On

Telenova – The Warning
Genre: Alt-Pop / Synthpop
Label: EMI

TVAM – Ruins
Genre: Darkwave / Synthpop
Label: Invada

Varials – Where the Light Leaves
Genre: Metalcore / Downtempo Deathcore
Label: Fearless

Voxtrot – Dreamers in Exile
Genre: Jangle Pop / Indie Rock
Label: Cult Hero

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