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 we’ll see how many times the site times out this week. Yay!

– List of Releases: October 9th, 2026 –

Agnes Haus – Eidolon
Genre: Dark Ambient / Drone
Label: Line

Bodega – All Inside Aquarium
Genre: Indie Rock / Art Punk
Label: Chrysalis

Calla – De Facto
Genre: Indie Rock / Slowcore
Label: Nuevo Leon

Cameron Winter – Live at Carnegie Hall [Live Album]
Genre: Contemporary Folk / Avant-Folk
Label: Partisan

Chase & Status – Generic Everything
Genre: Jump-Up / Gabber
Label: Warner UK

Chemical Sun – Chemical Sun
Genre: Alternative Rock / Post-Grunge
Label: [independent]

Cultus Sanguine – Tears Painted Sky
Genre: Gothic Metal / Doom Metal
Label: My Kingdom

Dawn of Demise – Feed My Absurdity
Genre: Death Metal / Slam Death Metal
Label: Unique Leader

Death Valley Girls – Welcome to Earth
Genre: Psychedelic Rock / Garage Psych
Label: Suicide Squeeze

Esoctrilihum – Annochiül Xar Sorthïlazur
Genre: Symphonic Black Metal / Avant-Garde Metal
Label: I, Voidhanger

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Hard to believe we’re now in Q4 2026, where pumpkin spice, Uggs, and spooky season are all around us. 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: let’s split up, gang!

– List of Releases: October 2nd, 2026 –

The Album Leaf – A Body of Voices
Genre: Ambient / Trip Hop
Label: Nettwerk

Amon Amarth – The Allfather Awakens
Genre: Melodic Death Metal / Viking Metal
Label: Metal Blade

Blossoms – Songs from the Wedding Cake
Genre: Indie Pop / Pop Rock
Label: Distiller

Brymir – What We Leave Behind
Genre: Melodic Death Metal / Symphonic Metal
Label: Napalm

Butcher Babies – Nightbloom
Genre: Alternative Metal / Groove Metal
Label: Judge & Jury

Dead Poet Society – Monarch
Genre: Alternative Rock / Industrial Rock
Label: Spinefarm

Deerhoof – Divine Schism
Genre: Noise / Experimental Rock
Label: [independent]

Dev Lemons – Hunting What We Already Killed
Genre: Slacker Rock / Bedroom Pop
Label: ONErpm

Dexter and the Moonrocks – Friends That I Don’t Like
Genre: Post-Grunge / Alt-Country
Label: Big Loud

Escape…

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… do you remember the 21st night of September?

– List of Releases: September 25th, 2026 –

Adult DVD – Adult DVD
Genre: Synth Punk / New Rave
Label: Fat Possum

AJJ – Dirty Old Power
Genre: Garage Psych / Surf Punk
Label: AJJ Unlimited

Apollo Brown & Skyzoo – Luxury Tax
Genre: Conscious Hip Hop / Boom Bap
Label: Escapism

Blondshell – Violins
Genre: Alternative Rock / Indie Rock
Label: Partisan

Burner – No One is Coming to Save Us
Genre: Metalcore / Mathcore
Label: Church Road

The Calling – Before the World Turns to Dust
Genre: Alternative Rock / Post-Grunge
Label: Virgin

Cara Delevingne – Not Normal
Genre: Alt-Pop / Glitch Pop
Label: Warner

claire rousay & Martyna Basta – hotel room
Genre: Ambient / Electroacoustic
Label: Unsound

Cloven Hoof – Never a Prophet in Your Own Land
Genre: Heavy Metal / Power Metal
Label: High Roller

coldrain – Optimize = Optdemise
Genre: Alternative Metal / Post-Hardcore
Label: Century Media

Crown Magnetar – The Hollowing of Godflesh
Genre: Deathcore / Slam Death…

Big release week, which means no time for all the album art. 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 we’ll see you next week (no jinx hijinks?).

– List of Releases: September 18th, 2026 –

Abstracted Mind – Break Down Your Fears
Genre: Symphonic Metal / Progressive Metal
Label: [independent]

Actress – Radical Frame
Genre: Microhouse / Ambient Techno
Label: Ninja Tune

After – Fell Asleep in the Sun
Genre: Alt-Pop / Indietronica
Label: Mom + Pop

Agnes Obel – The Meaning of Flowers
Genre: Art Pop / Post-Minimalism
Label: Deutsche Grammophon

Anthrax – Cursum Perficio
Genre: Groove Metal / Thrash Metal
Label: Megaforce

beabadoobee – Pylon
Genre: Indie Rock / Post-Grunge
Label: Dirty Hit

Beck – Ride Lonesome
Genre: Chamber Folk / Americana
Label: Capitol

Bees Made Honey In The Vein Tree – In Between Strides
Genre: Heavy Psych / Post-Metal
Label: Magnetic Eye

Bella Poarch – Picnic at the Cemetery
Genre: Alt-Pop / Contemporary R&B
Label: Last Gang

Blood Red Shoes – Stay Lonely
Genre: Garage Rock Revival / Indie Rock
Label: Jazz Life

Boy Harsher – Get…

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: though it may haunt us and break our hearts, death cannot tear us apart.

– List of Releases: September 11th, 2026 –

Angela Autumn – Believer
Genre: Folk Pop / Americana
Label: Gar Hole

Archgoat – Nightbringer, Lightbringer
Genre: War Metal / Black Metal
Label: Debemur Morti

Bloc Party – Anatomy of a Brief Romance
Genre: Indietronica / Post-Punk Revival
Label: Virgin

Bonobo – Distance in Static
Genre: Downtempo / Trip Hop
Label: Ninja Tune

Brian Fallon – Not Bad for New Jersey
Genre: Heartland Rock / Americana
Label: Lesser Known

Colin Stetson & Brìghde Chaimbeul – All the Light in the World
Genre: Post-Minimalism / Totalism
Label: Envision

Dreadnought – Wards of Spirit // Wards of Light
Genre: Progressive Metal / Post-Metal
Label: Vesperian

Epitaphe – III
Genre: Death Doom Metal / Progressive Metal
Label: Aesthetic Death

Green Lung – Necropolitan
Genre: Stoner Metal / Occult Rock
Label: Nuclear Blast

Haruomi Hosono – Yours Sincerely
Genre: Ambient Pop…

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.

– List of Releases: September 4th, 2026 –

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

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We didn’t realize this was such a 1 lb ground beef week of new music! Obligatory disclaimer that we did not catch every notable 2 cans of red sauce release because of 1 can diced green chiles. Feel free to jam the black beans playlist below, request reviews from staff and 1 1/2 cups of blended cheese contributors, let us know what you’re looking forward to this warm tortillas week (in music or garnish with jalapeños otherwise), and remember… bake at 375 degrees Fahrenheit for 20 minutes.

– List of Releases: August 28th, 2026 –

Airbourne – Airbourne
Genre: Hard Rock / Heavy Metal
Label: Spinefarm

Alabama Shakes – I Must Be Dreaming
Genre: Psychedelic Soul / Blues Rock
Label: Island

Beartooth – Pure Ecstasy
Genre: Alternative Metal / Post-Hardcore
Label: Fearless

Billy Strings – So Much for Goodbyes
Genre: Progressive Bluegrass / Alt-Country
Label: Reprise

Black Spikes – Ydos
Genre: Alternative Metal / Progressive Metal
Label: Napalm

Catch Your Breath – Not Broken Enough
Genre: Alternative Metal / Alt-Pop
Label: Thriller

Colorblind – Who Sold You This Truth ++ Was It Yours to Hold
Genre: Alternative Rock / “Dreamcore”
Label: Solid State

Czarface & Frankie Pulitzer…

lol

– List of Releases: August 21st, 2026 –

The Afghan Whigs – Soft Control
Genre: Alternative Rock / Art Rock
Label: BMG

Antony Szmierek – Decoding Birdsong
Genre: UK Garage / Electronic Dance Music
Label: Mushroom

Axty – The Pain Made Me Who I Am
Genre: Metalcore / Deathcore
Label: Napalm

The Barbarians of California – Megatons
Genre: Groove Metal / Crossover Thrash
Label: Many Hats

Black Marble – Life in Small Spaces
Genre: Post-Punk / Coldwave
Label: Sacred Bones

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Brandon Flowers – Thrasher
Genre: Countrypolitan / Heartland Rock
Label: Island

Chelsea Wolfe – The Dark
Genre: Folk Rock / Ethereal Wave
Label: Loma Vista

Dark Funeral – A Beast to Praise [Live Album]
Genre: Black Metal / Melodic Black Metal
Label: Century Media

Denzel Curry & Kenneth Blume – II
Genre: Boom Bap / Conscious Hip Hop
Label: Loma Vista

Fejd – Nifelheim
Genre: Folk Metal / Nordic Folk Music
Label: Black Lodge

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Grace Potter – Trespasser
Genre: Blues Rock / Pop Rock
Label: Thirty Tigers

Haliene – Eclipsed
Genre: Vocal Trance / Acid Techno
Label: Black Hole

Jam City – My World
Genre: Deep House / Alternative…

Hello — heard that album art hasn’t been showing up lately, which is just… fabulous. Feel free to jam the playlist below because that will have album art in it, request reviews from staff and contributors, let us know what you’re looking forward to this week (in music or otherwise), and remember… erm, sorry, I forgot where I was going with this.

– List of Releases: August 14th, 2026 –

Attic Abasement – Moonlight Passes On
Genre: Slacker Rock / Slowcore
Label: Father/Daughter

Ayra Starr – Starrgirl
Genre: Afrobeats / Contemporary R&B
Label: Mavin

Becky G – Baraja beneda
Genre: Dance-Pop / Guaracha
Label: RCA

benny blanco – Hermoso
Genre: Latin Pop / Reggaetón
Label: Interscope

Carly Simon – Comes In Waves
Genre: Adult Contemporary / Pop Rock
Label: Iris

Dead Tired – Hornets of Fall
Genre: Hardcore Punk / Sludge Metal
Label: New Damage

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Dent May – The Big One
Genre: Bedroom Pop / Neo-Psychedelia
Label: Carpark

Evil Island – Terraform the Afterlive
Genre: Post-Hardcore / Sass
Label: Blowed Out

Getdown Services – Massive Champion
Genre: Alternative Dance / Art Pop
Label: Breakfast

Grace Cummings – Bloodhorse!
Genre: Chamber Pop / Contemporary Folk
Label: ATO

Hovvdy – Big World
…

Another 31-day month’s in store for us. 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… is a hot dog a sandwich?

– List of Releases: August 7th, 2026 –

The Anchoress – As We Once Were
Genre: Art Pop / Chamber Pop
Label: LNFG

Cancer Bats – Give Me Dirt
Genre: Hardcore Punk / Heavy Metal
Label: Bat Skull

Ceremony – Tell Me Your Dream
Genre: Hardcore Punk / Post-Punk
Label: Relapse

Citizen – Halcyon Blues
Genre: Alternative Rock / Emo
Label: Run for Cover

Dinner Party – Whatchu Bringing?
Genre: Neo-Soul / Jazz
Label: Sounds of Crenshaw

DMA’s – DMA’s
Genre: Indie Pop / Pop Rock
Label: Wonderlick

The Dresden Dolls – Yes, Virginia… (Tailor’s Version)
Genre: Dark Cabaret / Piano Rock
Label: Cooking Vinyl

Electric Callboy – Tanzneid
Genre: Electronicore / Neue Deutsche Härte
Label: Century Media

Emery – Styrofoam
Genre: Post-Hardcore / Alternative Rock
Label: Emeryland

FLO – Therapy at the Club
Genre: Dance-Pop / Contemporary R&B
Label: EMI

Hana Stretton – Tiarn
Genre:…

There’s a slew of EPs releasing this week, including user auberginedreams’ How to Care for Flowers‘ Wake Up and Wilt (Cipher System, Lovejoy, Shearling, Starflyer 59, TURQUOISEDEATH, and so on), so have a great time exploring beyond this post as we put a bow on July. 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 still use your search engine of choice.

– List of Releases: July 31st, 2026 –

Allt – Ataraxia
Genre: Alternative Metal / Thall
Label: Century Media

Altarage – Cogwheel
Genre: Dissonant Black Metal / Drone Metal
Label: Sentient Ruins

Arca – XXXXX
Genre: Deconstructed Club / Neoperreo
Label: XL

Ariana Grande – Petal
Genre: Alt-Pop / Synthpop
Label: Republic

BEDTIMEMAGIC – Lie Down with Dogs
Genre: Noise Rock / Noisecore
Label: Ghost Is Clear

Cairiss – Wilderness
Genre: Blackgaze / Post-Metal
Label: [independent]

Ceremonial Worship – Between Sleep and Death
Genre: Black Metal / Atmospheric Black Metal
Label: Eternal Death

The Cleaners from Venus – Beryl &…

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: use your search engine of choice.

– List of Releases: July 24th, 2026 –

Alex Cameron – Late to Set
Genre: Art Pop / Pop Rock
Label: Diggers Factory

Ancient Infinity Orchestra – It’s Always About Liberation
Genre: Progressive Big Band / Spiritual Jazz
Label: Gondwana

Atmos Bloom – Everythingness
Genre: Dream Pop / Shoegaze
Label: Spirit Goth

Attic Salt – Stay in the Midwest
Genre: Emo / Pop Punk
Label: [independent]

Baby Queen – I Hope You Don’t Remember Me
Genre: Alt-Pop / Synthpop
Label: Sony UK

Bleached Cross – Wrath
Genre: Gothic Rock / Post-Punk
Label: New Morality Zine

Blue States – Where the Fades Meet
Genre: Downtempo / Neo-Psychedelia
Label: Memphis Industries

Body Type – Tally
Genre: Indie Rock / Dolewave
Label: p(doom)

Charli xcx – Music, Fashion, Film
Genre: Alt-Pop / Pop Rock
Label: Atlantic

Combichrist – The Venom in the Mouth of God
Genre:…

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: if you want something done right the first time, do it yourself (exclusions may apply)!

– List of Releases: July 17th, 2026 –

Abandoned Toys – The Netherworld’s Children
Genre: Neoclassical Darkwave / Neoclassic New Age
Label: Mythical

Advents – A Bitter Truth You Can’t Undo
Genre: Metalcore / Alternative Metal
Label: InVogue

Agile Experiments – Havana
Genre: Avant-Garde Jazz / Free Improvisation
Label: None More

As It Is – As It Is
Genre: Alternative Rock / Pop Punk
Label: FLG

Black Sites – For Eternity
Genre: Progressive Metal / Gothic Metal
Label: [independent]

Boundaries – Yearning: The Unbeautiful After
Genre: Metalcore / Post-Hardcore
Label: Sumerian

Chase Ceglie – My Saxophone Cried
Genre: Jazz Pop / Sophisti-Pop
Label: [independent]

Cinder Well – A Blooming Body
Genre: Chamber Folk / Americana
Label: Hen House

Emptiness – Nowhere Speaks
Genre: Death Metal / Avant-Garde Metal
Label: Season of Mist

Fuming…

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: it’s hot. Hope this helps!

– List of Releases: July 10th, 2026 –

Adam Lambert – ADAM
Genre: Electropop / Dance-Pop
Label: More Is More

Allison Russell – In the Hour of Chaos
Genre: Country Soul / Americana
Label: Fantasy

Apogean – Waste Where Life Begins
Genre: Technical Death Metal / Progressive Metal
Label: The Artisan Era

Bring Me The Horizon – Count Your Blessings: Repented
Genre: Deathcore / Melodic Death Metal
Label: Sony

Chuck Strangers – Glory of the King’s Hand
Genre: Boom Bap / Drumless
Label: Lex

DevilDriver – Strike and Kill
Genre: Melodic Death Metal / Groove Metal
Label: Napalm

The Durutti Column – Renascent
Genre: Indietronica / Downtempo
Label: London

Eva Under Fire – Villainous
Genre: Alternative Metal / Hard Rock
Label: Better Noise

Fathers – Fathers
Genre: Nu Jazz / Jazz Fusion
Label: Blue Note

Finn Wolfhard – Fire from the Hip
Genre: Slacker Rock / Power Pop
Label: AWAL…