Roundups

  • Beck’s back, and a whopping 17 more things you must hear this week | cleveland
  • New Music Friday: 50 Hip-Hop and R&B Releases You Need on Your Playlist | VIBE
  • 10 Albums Out This Week You Should Listen to Now | Pitchfork
  • Best New Music of the Week! Nightswimming #88: 09/18/26-09/24/26 | nightswimmingblog.substack.com

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    Today's new articles

    Oct. 1, 2026

    • Review: Beck, 'Ride Lonesome' | Paste
      • Paste Magazine is your source for the best music, movies, TV, comedy, videogames, books, comics, craft beer, politics and more. Discover your favorite albums and films.
    • Chelsea Cutler Talks New Album "IS THIS THE END?", Dating in her 20's, & Brent with Jeremy Zucker | YouTube
      • Chelsea Cutler is back on the pod! She’s been here many times over the years, but this time there’s a lot to catch up on — a new city, a new relationship, a new era and her fourth album, ‘IS THIS THE END?’ Chelsea opens up about making the record in real time during a particularly vulnerable and challenging season of her life, and why she’s not interested in wrapping everything up with neat answers or resolution. We get into the chaos of being in your 20s, turning 30 and feeling like she’s living through her own coming-of-age movie, moving to LA, heartbreak, dating multiple people, Hinge, exploring her sexuality, and what she’s actually attracted to in a partner. She also talks about her OCD diagnosis and therapy, coming off antidepressants, learning to sit in stillness, the internet discourse around “BAD,” her Chatty Cathy tendencies, “THE CAR RIDE HOME,” her sing-lisp, the possibility of another Jeremy Zucker collab — and, naturally, bangs, Botox and lasers. Stream "IS THIS THE
    • Boy Harsher - Get Mean | www.pennyblackmusic.co.uk
      • Beneath the gloss, something darker is waiting on latest album from American electronic duo Boy Harsher
    • Keo - Put A Smile On For Me | Dinked
      • Some artists don’t ask permission; they just land in your gut and stay there. Some records arrive polished and pristine. Others bleed the moment you press play. On their debut album, rising London four-piece Keo choose the latter.
    • Beabadoobee’s ‘Pylon’ is a return to form - Trinitonian | Trinitonian - The Student News Site of Trinity University | Oct. 1, 2026, 2:04 a.m.
      • With five EPs and four studio albums to her name, Beabadoobee has accomplished a lot in the nine years since her debut. Since her first rock-inspired albums put her on the map, her more recent soft-pop albums elevated her to new heights of popularity for an indie artist. However, Beabadoobee’s new album “Pylon” is a
    • Zaïko Langa Langa sur « WpointM » Tiakola raconte une collaboration chargée d’histoire | Strong2kin Moov | Sept. 30, 2026, 11:48 a.m.
      • Pour son deuxième album solo « WpointM », Tiakola a choisi de faire dialoguer sa génération avec une partie de l’histoire de la musique congolaise. Parmi les collaborations du projet figure le mythique groupe Zaïko Langa Langa, réuni avec l’artiste franco-congolais sur « La Vie d’un Homme ». À travers cette rencontre, Tiakola voulait surtout …
    • Kenny Chesney, "Silver Sands Marina" - Album Review | Country Central | Sept. 30, 2026, 7:48 a.m.
      • Imagine your friend invites you out on his boat. It’s a sunny Saturday, you’ve got a cooler, a group of buddies, and nowhere else to be. You head down to the dock and climb aboard a beautifully kept 45-foot Hatteras (look it up). You’ll crack a few beers and see where the day takes you. Two beers later, you still haven’t left the dock. And now your friend’s dad is talking a little too much about the good old days. […]
    • Tinashe explores the complexities of stardom in 'Popstar ' — Album Review | // MELODIC Magazine | Sept. 29, 2026, 2:51 p.m.
      • Recommended Tracks: “Empty Stadium”, “Popstar”, “Nobody Wanna Dance Anymore”Similar Artists: Kelela, Rochelle Jordan, Victoria Monet Tinashe has been a steady presence within the music industry, working hard to create the hits you’ve probably heard at parties or on the radio for nearly the past decade and a half. The singer-songwriter and producer has an intense ... Read more
    • Keo Make A Case For Caring  | Wonderland | Sept. 29, 2026, 12:47 p.m.
      • London band Keo is becoming impossible to ignore. With their debut album, Put A Smile On For Me, frontman Finn Keogh is trying not to notice. 
    • Kaskade enters a new era with ambitious ‘ORIGIN //’ album - Exron | Exron Music | Sept. 28, 2026, 12:07 p.m.
      • Kaskade’s 'ORIGIN //' album signals an expansive new chapter, blending his melodic roots with fresh collaborators and harder club sounds. Kaskade has announced a new chapter with 'ORIGIN //,' a 12-track album that blends nostalgia and novelty. The project finds the dance music veteran testing fresh combinations while keeping his emotional core intact. After decades of festival-scale
    • Airbourne – Airbourne: What Kind of Music Do You Play? | destroyerofharmony | Sept. 27, 2026, 5:34 a.m.
      • Airbourne’s self-titled seventh album doesn’t reinvent rock’n’roll. It doubles down on riffs, attitude and the AC/DC blueprint, and proves that sometimes knowing exactly what you are is the point.…

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