September is evidently Self-Improvement Month, which means this feature will show promise one week and then be back to being mediocre at best after that. Get your steps in! Walking is good for you. If you practice other skills, do those, too. The world is your oyster unless you are allergic to shellfish. Jam the week of September 4th playlist below… or don’t? I’m not your mom (who goes to college), but you should still stay hydrated. Drink lots of water, call a friend (or your mom at college), put your face in the sun (but don’t look directly into the sun)… don’t forget to wear sunscreen… etc.

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– List of Releases: September 4th, 2026 –

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156/Silence – From a Distance
Genre: Alternative Metal / Metalcore
Label: Pure Noise

Anchors & Hearts – Campfire Chronicles
Genre: Post-Hardcore / Alternative Metal
Label: Redfield

Angus & Julia Stone – Karaoke Bar
Genre: Folk Pop / Indie Folk
Label: Virgin

Arab Strap – Half-Told Tales
Genre: Dance-Punk Revival / Indietronica
Label: Rock Action

Attack Dog – Can I Be Your Attack Dog?
Genre: Indie Rock / Garage Rock
Label: Pray for Rain

Behemoth – I, Scvlptor [EP]
Genre: Black Metal / Death Metal
Label: Nuclear Blast

Black Bananas – Bad Bunch
Genre: Neo-Psychedelia / Jazz-Funk
Label: Fire

Carmen Villain – Memoria
Genre: Ambient Dub / Dub Techno
Label: Smalltown Supersound

Chat Pile – Who Loves the Sun
Genre: Sludge Metal / Noise Rock
Label: The Flenser

Devil Master – Bloody Dreams
Genre: Blackened Crust / Black ‘n’ Roll
Label: Relapse

Dexys Midnight Runners – LOVE
Genre: Blue-Eyed Soul / Progressive Pop
Label: Heavenly

Ellie Goulding – I Know Too Much
Genre: Alt-Pop / Diva House
Label: Polydor

Green Carnation – A Dark Poem, Part III: The Messiah Complex
Genre: Progressive Metal / Gothic Metal
Label: Season of Mist

Immersion – What Is Lost Will Return
Genre: Krautrock / Post-Punk
Label: Swim~

Johnny Foreigner – Forwards!
Genre: Post-Hardcore / Emo-Pop
Label: Alcopop!

Krewella – Peak
Genre: Electropop / Dancefloor Drum and Bass
Label: Mixed Kids

Maps and Diagrams – Returning Light
Genre: Ambient / Drone
Label: Home Normal

Matilda Mann – Kismet
Genre: Alt-Pop / Indie Pop
Label: [independent]

mewithoutYou – Live (vol. Three)
Genre: Post-Hardcore / Art Rock
Label: [independent]

Movements – Happier Now
Genre: Emo / Alternative Rock
Label: Fearless

Natalie Imbruglia – Algorithm
Genre: Synthpop / Pop Rock
Label: Landgirl

A Night in Texas – The Darkest Side of Humanity
Genre: Deathcore / Brutal Death Metal
Label: Unique Leader

Noah Hill – Ok ok now
Genre: Pop Rock / Jangle Pop
Label: Because

Personal Trainer – Human Assholes
Genre: Indie Rock / Indie Pop
Label: Bella Union

Fightstar President – Blood of Your Empire
Genre: Alternative Metal / Industrial Rock
Label: Atlantic

Rebecca Black – Age of the Exhibitionist
Genre: Dance-Pop / Electropop
Label: Rebecca Black

Severoth – Waves
Genre: Atmospheric Black Metal / Winter Synth
Label: Avantgarde

Showing Teeth – A Fate Worse Than Loneliness [EP]
Genre: Metalcore / Djent
Label: Republic

Sigh – Goh-Ka
Genre: Progressive Metal / Avant-Garde Metal
Label: Peaceville

Sleep – Hempispheres
Genre: Stoner Metal / Space Rock
Label: Third Man

Soft Vein – All We’ve Known of Heaven
Genre: Darkwave / Coldwave
Label: Artoffact

Theory of a Dead Man – Part 1: Funeral Songs
Genre: Hard Rock / Southern Rock
Label: oneRPM

The Thermals – Under Crushing Rain
Genre: Indie Rock / Post-Punk Revival
Label: Static Catsup Aspic

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