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โญ Olivia Rodrigo
โ The Cure
pop
Rodrigo strips back to piano and voice on the title track from her 2026 album, letting vulnerability sit in the space between notes.
Consequence of Sound, Line of Best Fit, Stereogum
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โญ Charli XCX
โ SS26
pop
Charli XCX's synth-driven opener to SS26 sets a sleek, propulsive tone with layered production that locks into immediate momentum.
Consequence of Sound, Line of Best Fit, Stereogum
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โญ Wiki
โ Park
hip-hop
Wiki's Park album finds the rapper trading detailed wordplay over jazz-inflected, warm production that breathes with space.
Brooklyn Vegan, Stereogum
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โญ Visible Cloaks
โ Apsis
Visible Cloaks' Apsis flows with hazy ambient textures and analog synth movements, creating a hypnotic instrumental drift.
Pitchfork Best New Albums, The Quietus
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โญ Magic Tuber Stringband
โ The Death of Ellenton
Magic Tuber Stringband's folk ballad The Death of Ellenton carries the weight of historical storytelling across fingerpicked strings.
Pitchfork Best New Albums, The Quietus
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Death Kneel
โ Maybe Some Other Time
Death Kneel's Maybe Some Other Time builds from sparse arrangements into layered indie rock with melancholic pull.
Bandcamp Daily
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Master Peace
โ ONE of ONE
hip-hop
London artist Master Peace unveils this single from his forthcoming second LP if i don't love you, who will ?.
Line of Best Fit
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For Breakfast
โ Longer Than Spring
For Breakfast's Longer Than Spring unfolds with gentle melodic sensibility and intricate instrumental detail.
The Quietus
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Eilish Constance
โ Hold my hand hunter
folktronica
The 17-year-old California singer shares this single from her debut EP Singing for fun.
Line of Best Fit
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Quicksand
โ Crystallize
alternative metal
Quicksand's Crystallize album opener channels their post-hardcore roots through crystalline guitar work and propulsive rhythm.
Stereogum
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Porches
โ MASK
Porches' MASK blends R&B-influenced grooves with glitchy production that feels both smooth and deliberately fragmented.
Pitchfork Best New Albums
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Phillip Golub
โ loyalty oath
Phillip Golub's loyalty oath pairs sparse acoustic guitar with spoken-word narrative, intimate and direct.
The Quietus
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Abandon Agony
โ The Truth
Abandon Agony's The Truth moves through heavy doom textures with distorted bass and crushing momentum.
Decibel Magazine
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Petey USA
โ Kiss The City
electronic heartland emo
Electronic heartland emo with comparisons to the Killers.
Stereogum
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Tara Clerkin Trio
โ Lazy Daisy
experimental
The Bristol group shares this track ahead of their LP Somewhere Good.
Line of Best Fit
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Mike D
โ What We Got
hip-hop
Solo single featuring Mike D with his sons on backing vocals.
Consequence of Sound
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Witching Hour
โ Descending...
Witching Hour's Descending... spirals through dark ambient atmospherics and foreboding instrumental passages.
Decibel Magazine
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Pinkshift
โ When We Were Friends
pop-punk
Pogo anthem about post-breakup clarity.
Stereogum
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Goetia
โ Corpse Candle
death metal
Rising death metal trio unleashes a track that establishes their growing presence in the extreme metal underground.
Decibel Magazine
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Bladee
โ Sulfur Surfer
Bladee's Sulfur Surfer drifts on warped vocal layers and ethereal production, capturing his signature cloud-rap aesthetic.
The FADER
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Demersal
โ Som Sendt Fra Himlen
screamo
A screamo track that blends metal intensity with pop sensibilities, balancing tenderness and pain through genre collision.
Invisible Oranges
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The Coral
โ Let The Music Play
The Coral's Let The Music Play bounces with infectious guitar hooks and uplifting psych-pop energy.
Brooklyn Vegan
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Faux Real
โ That Far
art pop
High-camp art-pop duo Faux Real share this single with a music video from their second album Poison Time.
Line of Best Fit
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Josh Conway
โ Crumble
electronic
Josh Conway's crumble album pulls together lo-fi indie rock with warmly distorted melodies and intimate songwriting.
Stereogum
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Bleachers
โ sideways
Bleachers' sideways captures pop-rock directness with soaring vocal layering and bright, propulsive production.
NPR Music
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Windswept
โ Cenote
black metal
Wellington black metallers craft a lament exploring guilt, identity, and self-destruction through a sophisticated web of atmospheric guitar work.
Decibel Magazine
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Vince Staples
โ White Flag
hip-hop
Vince Staples' White Flag album opener positions his precise, incisive rapping against minimalist but textured beats.
Stereogum
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Westside Cowboy
โ Kick Stones (The Boys)
indie rock
A track from the band's debut LP 'It Goes On,' crafted as a musical time capsule for their younger selves.
Brooklyn Vegan
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Thomas Dollbaum
โ Visitation
Thomas Dollbaum's Visitation unfolds as sparse, contemplative instrumental music with careful attention to harmonic space.
Pitchfork Best New Albums
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Jeff Parker ETA IVtet
โ Like Swimwear (feat. Anna Butterss, Jay Bellerose & Josh Johnson)
Jeff Parker ETA IVtet's Like Swimwear assembles four musicians in a jazz conversation that balances composition with improvisation.
Aquarium Drunkard
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L.M.I.
โ Feelin' Tired
sludge punk
Sludge punks channel weariness and burnout through heavy, distorted riffs and raw aggression.
Decibel Magazine
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Smerz
โ Spring Summer
Smerz' Spring Summer from Easy EP rides elastic electronic rhythms and cool vocal control across four minutes.
Gorilla vs. Bear
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OsamaSon
โ off that!
hip-hop
A possible first offering from his upcoming album NOCTURNAL.
The FADER
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PIGMNT
โ Suma Root
electronic
Bass-heavy track where a strong beat and propulsive rhythm feel provocatively healing.
Stereogum
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Jordan Patterson
โ Just My Friend
folk-pop
Vivid, upbeat piano track from her new EP.
Stereogum
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JPEGMAFIA
โ ๆๅฝฑใฎ่ธ่ก
JPEGMAFIA's ๆๅฝฑใฎ่ธ่ก hammers forward with distorted electronics and aggressive vocal delivery, uncompromising and loud.
Stereogum
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Opus Kink
โ The Sweet Goodbye
post-punk
Opus Kink's The Sweet Goodbye album opens with melancholic guitar and hushed vocal intimacy.
Stereogum
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Marisa Anderson
โ Quodlibet
Marisa Anderson's Quodlibet strings together classical guitar techniques and experimental composition into seamless flow.
Bandcamp Daily
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Nuclear Tomb
โ Unbowed and Averse
technical thrash metal
A technical thrash metal single that navigates complex arrangements while evoking apocalyptic themes and defiant resilience.
Invisible Oranges
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MOULD
โ Lucid
post-punk
MOULD's Lucid album channels shoegaze textures through guitar-forward arrangements that blur noise and melodic clarity.
Stereogum
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Galvanist
โ Dreich
metal
The Montana band channels misery and isolation through heavy instrumentation, leaving a sense of profound loneliness in its wake.
Invisible Oranges
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