Roundups

  • 9 Albums Out This Week You Should Listen to Now | Pitchfork
  • 11 Albums Out This Week You Should Listen to Now | Pitchfork
  • New Music Friday: The best albums out Aug. 7 : NPR Music | NPR
  • The 50 Best Songs of 2025 | Complex
  • New Music Friday: The best albums out July 31 | Louisville Public Media
  • New Music Mondays: Five Finger Death Punch, Wyatt Flores and More! | Overtone
  • The Best Rap Albums of 2026 (So Far) | Complex
  • The Best Albums of the Year So Far | Vulture

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    Today's new articles

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    • The Thread - Album by WILLOW | HotNewHipHop
      • WILLOW has gone through a plethora of artistic evolutions over the years, and "The Thread" is another example of that.
    • ALBUM REVIEW – Electric Callboy – Tanzneid - | - The Live Wire Music Media | Aug. 12, 2026, 11:06 p.m.
      • Review by Lucas Bell Just shy of the four year mark since we got the breakout record that is Tekkno, German electronicore fan favourites Electric Callboy are back with a brand new record, and 10 songs (+ 4 remixes) ready to blow fans away. Being one of the resident Callboy fans, I was really excited
    • Wave to Earth emerges into a more mature era with 'bad pieces' – Album Review | // MELODIC Magazine | Aug. 12, 2026, 1:01 p.m.
      • Recommended tracks: “sing it all again,” “everything comes and goes,” “cherry flavored love inside your heart” Similar artists: The Poles, The Black Skirts, SE SO NEON How can your day be bad when you have new music to listen to on your fall walk? And best part of all, it comes from one of South […]
    • ALBUM REVIEW: Halcyon Blues – Citizen | PunkWire | Aug. 11, 2026, 12:35 p.m.
      • Halcyon Blues finds CITIZEN consolidating all of their past sonic pathways into one place. Never a band to stand still, their career has seen them embrace shifting sounds, and on Halcyon Blues, they take stock of each corner turned. Embracing a new chapter of their…
    • ALBUM REVIEW: ROLE MODEL - Chuck Timely & The Hourglass | boot-music | Aug. 10, 2026, 8:41 p.m.
      • Following the success of Kansas Anymore, ROLE MODEL returns with 'Chuck Timely & The Hourglass', a 47-minute record that feels like the soundtrack to a late summer evening. Rather than chasing nostalgia for nostalgia’s sake, ROLE MODEL uses vintage influences to create an album that feels warm, relaxed and perfectly suited to the final stretch of summer.The album opens with the reflective 'Chuck’s Mantra' before quickly shifting gears with 'High Hopes 3000', bringing an upbeat energy that carrie
    • Llona Talks “On The Road,” Accepting His Flowers, and Continuing the “Homeless” Story | The Culture Custodian (Est. 2014.) | Aug. 6, 2026, 4:27 p.m.
      • For his next trick, Llona will be releasing his sophomore album, On The Road, on 7 August, 2026. In conversation with Culture Custodian, he breaks down the unique recording process for the project, defends his outspokenness about insecurity within and beyond Nigeria, and dissects how he selects features, and how this album continues the Homeless story. 
    • Llona - Monster or Not | tooXclusive « Nigeria's Digital Music and Entertainment Giant | Aug. 3, 2026, 9:55 p.m.
      • Llona opens his highly anticipated sophomore album, On The Road, with Monster or Not, a bold and emotionally charged introduction.
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    • WILLOW – The Thread - FEMMUSIC Magazine | FEMMUSIC.com | July 24, 2026, 2:24 p.m.
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