That’s right, despite the universe’s efforts, we have somehow made it another week! As promised, we will likely forget to wake you up when September ends, but at least October is miraculously Vegetarian Month, Seafood Month, and Chili Month, so there’s something for all palettes. Speaking of, below is a fragmentary list of new releases for October 3rd, 2025. Feel free to jam the playlist below, let us know what you’re looking forward to this week (in music or otherwise), and remember: I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: democracy simply doesn’t work. Ta ta for now!

– List of Releases: October 3rd, 2025 –

AFI – Silver Bleeds the Black Sun…
Genre: Gothic Rock / Post-Punk
Label: Run for Cover

Agriculture – The Spiritual Sound
Genre: Blackgaze / Avant-Garde Metal
Label: The Fensler

aldn – Strung Out Symphony
Genre: Slacker Rock / Indietronica
Label: Pack

Alfa Mist – Roulette
Genre: Nu Jazz / Jazz Rap
Label: Sekito

Ash – Ad Astra
Genre: Power Pop / Alternative Rock
Label: Fierce Panda

Author & Punisher – Noctural Birding
Genre: Industrial Metal / Sludge Metal
Label: Relapse

Bloodred Hourglass – We Should Be Buried Like This
Genre: Melodic Metalcore / Melodic Death…

Greetings, party people — our triumph of the spirit has once again prevailed and we have, somehow, made it another week around here! It is the Autumn Equinox in some parts of the world, where people of all ages, for whatever reason, yearn for pumpkin spice and don athleisure, Uggs and yoga pants, or hoodies and jeans (or shorts — at least, until the snow starts falling). We will try to wake you up when September ends, but in the meantime, here’s an incomplete list of new releases for September 26th, 2025. Feel free to jam the playlist below (just to make Mort. happy when he advises that you ‘Check Shiner’), let us know what you’re looking forward to this week, and remember: since the dawn of time, man has yearned to destroy the sun. Until next time!

– List of Releases: September 26th, 2025 –

Amanda Shires – Nobody’s Girl
Genre: Alt-Country / Americana
Label: ATO

Amorphis – Borderland
Genre: Progressive Metal / Melodic Death Metal
Label: Reigning Phoenix

Autumn Tears – Crown of the Clairvoyant
Genre: Neoclassical Darkwave / Cinematic Classical
Label: The Circle Music

Bright Eyes – Kids Table [EP]
Genre: Indie Rock / Indie Folk
Label: Dead Oceans

Cate Le Bon – Michelangelo Dying
Genre: Neo-Psychedelia /…

Against unbeatable odds, we have somehow made it another week around here! Thanks very much for tagging along for the ride. Below is an underdeveloped snapshot of new releases for September 19th, 2025. Please feel free to jam the playlist below, let us know what you’re looking forward to this week (in music or otherwise), and remember: call this an unfair generalization if you must, but old people are no good at everything. That might be why these updates smell like eau de elderly. Until next time, fare thee well, you chronically-online whippersnappers, geriatric Tiger Balm connoisseurs, and everyone in-between!

– List of Releases: September 19th, 2025 –

38 Special – Milestone
Genre: Southern Rock / AOR
Label: 38 Special

Afternoon Bike Ride – Running with Scissors
Genre: Indie Folk / Dream Pop
Label: Friends of Friends

American Television – You Are Not Alone [EP]
Genre: Skate Punk / Pop-Punk
Label: Smartpunk

Arrows in Action – I Think I’ve Been Here Before
Genre: Alternative Rock / Alt-Pop
Label: Nettwerk

Atmosphere – Jestures
Genre: Conscious Hip-Hop / Abstract Hip-Hop
Label: Rhymesayers

Bad Cop Bad Cop – Lighten Up
Genre: Pop-Punk / Punk Rock
Label: Fat Wreck Chords

Biffy Clyro – Futique
Genre:…

Happy Turn the New DGD Album Review into an NBA 2025-2026 Discussion Thread for all those who celebrate! Somehow we’ve made it another week, and through the sheer power of will on this hamster wheel, we’ve compiled another we-never-claimed-to-be-thorough batch of new releases for September 12th, 2025. Feel free to Czech the playlist below, let us know what you’re looking forward to this week (in music or otherwise), and remember: when something’s bothering you and you’re too damn stupid to know what to do, just keep your fool mouth shut — at least that way you won’t make things worse. Happy trails to you until we meet again!

– List of Releases: September 12th, 2025 –

Acceptance – Phantoms / Twenty
Genre: Alternative Rock / Emo-Pop
Label: Equal Vision

Algernon Cadwallader – Trying Not to Have a Thought
Genre: Midwest Emo / Math Pop
Label: Saddle Creek

Ariel Pink – With You Every Night
Genre: Hypnagogic Pop / Psychedelic Pop
Label: LAC

Ashen – Chimera
Genre: Alternative Metal / Metalcore
Label: Out of Line

Barrens – Corpse Lights
Genre: Post-Metal / Post-Rock
Label: Pelagic

Baxter Dury – Allbarone
Genre: Art Pop / New Rave
Label: Heavenly

Between the Buried and Me – The Blue Nowhere
…

September is Library Card Sign-Up Month, and in the immortal words of Arthur and friends: having fun isn’t hard when you’ve got a library card! An additional thank-you goes to the legends who keep saving our weekly playlists. Some might say 3 saves are considered rookie numbers and we have to pump those numbers up, but we’re not Endor, don’t you know? It’s time for another imperfect curation of new releases, this time for September 5th, 2025. Feel free to jam the tunes below, let us know what you’re looking forward to this week (in music or otherwise), and remember: blue M&M, red M&M, they all wind up the same color in the end. Have a good week and we’ll catch you on the flip side!

– List of Releases: September 5th, 2025 –

Before the Dawn – Cold Flare Eternal
Genre: Melodic Death Metal / Gothic Metal
Label: Reaper Entertainment

Big Thief – Double Infinity
Genre: Neo-Psychedelia / Indie Rock
Label: 4AD

blessthefall – Gallows
Genre: Melodic Metalcore / Mall Screamo
Label: Rise

Christopher Larkin – Hollow Knight: Silksong
Genre: Video Game Music / [sigh] Bapanada…
Label: [digital]

Curtis Harding – Departures & Arrivals: Adventures of Captain Curt
Genre: Chicago Soul / Psychedelic Soul
…

Somehow, we’ve made it another week and descending down Q3’s mountain. Time flies when you’re having fun! Below is a non-exhaustive heads-up of new releases for August 29th, 2025. Feel free to jam the playlist, let us know what you’re looking forward to this week (in music or otherwise), and remember: weaseling out of things is important to learn. It’s what separates us from the animals. Except the weasel. In the meantime, we’ll keep things chuggin’ along and we’ll catch you next time!

– List of Releases: August 29th, 2025 –

Agalloch – Oddities & Rarities (2001 – 2004) [Compilation]
Genre: Dark Folk / Neofolk
Label: Eisenwald

AJR – What No One’s Thinking [EP]
Genre: Indie Pop / Pop Rock
Label: AJR

The Beaches – No Hard Feelings
Genre: New Wave / Indie Pop
Label: AWAL

Belinda Carlisle – Once Upon a Time in California
Genre: Adult Contemporary / Pop Rock
Label: Demon Music

The Beths – Straight Line Was a Lie
Genre: Indie Rock / Power Pop
Label: ANTI-

Billain – Mirror
Genre: Neurofunk / Synthwave
Label: Evolution Chamber

Blood Orange – Essex Honey
Genre: Alt-Pop / Art Pop
Label: RCA

Brad Mehldau – Ride Into…

If last week was a 3.8/5, just imagine the possibilities this week! Somehow we have made it to another Monday, so thank you for hanging out with us. Below is a hefty, yet incomplete list of new releases for August 22nd, 2025. Feel free to jam the playlist, let us know what you’re looking forward to this week (in music or otherwise), and remember: if you don’t like your job, you don’t go on strike — you go in every day and do it really half-assed. That’s the Sputnik way! For now, we’ll keep this ball rollin’ and catch you next time!

– List of Releases: August 22nd, 2025 –

Adrian Sherwood – The Collapse of Everything
Genre: Dub / Experimental
Label: On-U

Arcadea – The Exodus of Gravity
Genre: Sci-Fi Synth Metal / Neo-Psychedelia
Label: Relapse

Ashen – Leave the Flesh Behind
Genre: Death Metal / Groove Metal
Label: Redefining Darkness

Ava Max – Don’t Click Play
Genre: Synthpop / Dance-Pop
Label: Atlantic

Bask – The Turning
Genre: Stoner Rock / Psychedelic Rock
Label: Season of Mist

Blackbriar – A Thousand Little Deaths
Genre: Symphonic Metal / Gothic Metal
Label: Nuclear Blast

Ciara – CiCi
Genre: Alternative R&B / Trap Soul
Label:…

From a meteorological lens, some of us are starting to feel the dog days of summer, so hopefully those of you upside-down are persevering through the cat nights of winter. Below is an ostensibly incomplete list of new releases for August 15th, 2025. Feel free to jam the playlist, let us know what you’re looking forward to this week, and thank you for teaching kids everywhere a valuable lesson: if things don’t go your way, just keep complaining until your dreams come true. Until then, we’ll catch you for the next one!

– List of Releases: August 15th, 2025 –

The Aces – Gold Star Baby
Genre: Dance-Pop / Nu-Disco
Label: SoundOn

Alison Goldfrapp – Flux
Genre: Dance-Pop / Electropop
Label: A.G Recordings

Audrey Hobert – Who’s the Clown?
Genre: Electropop / Indie Pop
Label: RCA

Babyface Ray – Codeine Cowboy
Genre: Detroit Sound / Trap
Label: Empire

Baest – Colossal
Genre: Heavy Metal / Death ‘n’ Roll
Label: Century Media

Big Noble – It’s Later Than You Think
Genre: Ambient Techno / Sound Art
Label: [self-released]

Black Honey – Soak
Genre: Indie Rock / Alt-Pop
Label: Foxfive