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Aug. 8, 2026

• WHO'S THAT? Love Spells | justinmoran.substack.com
LOVE IS THE LAW — it’s the title of Love Spells’ new album, but also a kind of “movement” he hopes to push out into the world.

• EQUILIBRIVM II Review: Anitta Turns Spiritual Armor Into Party Music | Architeg Prints
EQUILIBRIVM II isn’t “experimental”—it’s Anitta building pop songs like protection charms: salt, candles, jokes, and one raw nerve she won’t bandage.

• The Shimmering Voyage Vol. 6: Everything to Know About Genshin Impact’s New Commemorative OST Album | Animon Official
The Shimmering Voyage Vol. 6: Everything to Know About Genshin Impact’s New Commemorative OST Album

• Charles Wesley Godwin Releases New Album 'Christian Name' via Big Loud Records | Broadway World
Charles Wesley Godwin released his new album Christian Name via Big Loud Records, with Rolling Stone calling it 'a record as deeply personal as the circumstances that gave rise to it.' He will perform on CBS Saturday Sessions.

• MASEGO - Fix Your Face | MusicDrop.pl - Oficjalny sklep muzyczny Universal Music Polska
Na albumie Fix Your Face Masego nadaje dobrze znanemu zwrotowi potrójne znaczenie: jest on jednocześnie refleksją nad jego przeszłością, przypomnieniem, by z opanowaniem stawiać czoła życiowym wyzwaniom, oraz zapowiedzią instynktownej reakcji, jaką wywoła ta muzyka. Na przestrzeni 16 utworów, z gościnnym udziałem Leona

• Nines surprises fans with New Album ‘Lost Tapes’, a year after retirement | Capital XTRA
Rapper Nines has surprised fans by coming out of his retirement with a surprise drop, with mixtape ‘Lost Tapes’, featuring Odeal, Mostack and more. But is Nines still retired? What songs are on the project?

• Arca – XXXXX | Metal Magazine | metalmagazine.eu
Arca’s “XXXXX” moves between mixtape freedom and album architecture, pairing experimental electronic production with hope, vulnerability, sexuality and a countercultural argument for mutation.

• Album Review: Jack White – Frozen Charlotte | Belwood Music | Aug. 7, 2026, 4:41 p.m.
Jack White – Frozen Charlotte Blues Rock | Garage Rock 80%

• Ariana Grande Storms to The Top of The ARIA Charts With 'Petal' | Rolling Stone Australia | Aug. 7, 2026, 7:37 a.m.
Ariana Grande has shot straight to the top of this week's ARIA charts with her eighth studio album, 'Petal.'

• Apsilon – „Glanz Null“ (Album der Woche) – ByteFM | ByteFM Blog – News und Rezensionen aus unserer Redaktion | July 26, 2026, 10 p.m.
Mit introspektivem R&B-Sound bohrt der Berliner Rapper Apsilon auf seinem zweiten Album „Glanz Null“ weiter gefühlvoll in den Wunden der Gesellschaft.

• He Was Private For Much Of His Decade-Long Career. Now He’s Letting Fans See The Real Him. | HuffPost | July 25, 2026, noon
On his introspective album “Fix Your Face,” the Grammy-nominated multi-hyphenate embraces a newfound vulnerability he never knew how to channel.

• Boundaries – Yearning: The unbeautiful after | Kritik MoreCore | MoreCore.de | July 13, 2026, 7:28 p.m.
Boundaries legen mit „Yearning: the unbeautiful after“ ihr nächstes Album vor. Aber was taugt die Platte wirklich? In unserer Review gibt's die Antwort.

• REVIEW: Bring Me the Horizon - Count Your Blessings | Repented | Out Of Rage | July 12, 2026, 4:51 p.m.
BRING ME THE HORIZON released their first album 20 years ago and despite a complete change in genre, they decided to re-record it just for its anniversary. The album is complete deathcore madness and being 20 years old it has its imperfections and blemishes. But the new version has repented that all, not only is it now perfectly polished music but the quality of the vocals, riffs, drums and everything in between has proliferated.Straight into the first track Pray For Plagues is one of the most i