Roundups

  • New Album Releases for October 2, 2026: Wishy, Victoria Monét, Greg Freeman and More | Exclaim!
  • 11 Albums Out This Week You Should Listen to Now | Pitchfork
  • COLUMN: Monthly music discoveries: multi-genre exploration in September | Indiana Daily Student
  • Beck’s back, and a whopping 17 more things you must hear this week | cleveland

  • New this week

    album cover: Frequency of Love

    Frequency of Love Victoria Monét
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    album cover: Crisco

    Crisco Miranda Lambert
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    album cover: The Allfather Awakens

    The Allfather Awakens Amon Amarth
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    album cover: Axis Mundi

    Axis Mundi Imminence
    (3 articles)

    album cover: Heaven on Mars

    Heaven on Mars NoCap
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    album cover: Kijk Je Naar Mij?

    Kijk Je Naar Mij? Froukje
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    album cover: Life 1

    Life 1 Quadeca
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    album cover: NO PASA NADA HOMBRE

    NO PASA NADA HOMBRE Clarent
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    album cover: Keine Angst

    Keine Angst Danger Dan
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    album cover: LOST IN LUST

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    album cover: The Day I Hang It Up

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    Today's new articles

    Oct. 7, 2026

    • Indie pop band almost monday drops a stellar sophomore album | The Statesman
      • I usually dread Mondays. They signify the end of the weekend and the start of the new school and work week. When I hear it’s almost Monday, there’s nothing to look forward to — unless it’s a new and fantastic indie pop album. Coming out two years after their debut album, indie band almost monday...
    • Album Voir la mer | La belle vie de Grand Corps Malade | Andrew Molson | fr.linkedin.com
      • “En revanche, Montréal, je l’ai vérifié, c’est une ville incroyable à vivre. Il faut prendre le temps de se balader dans les quartiers, s’arrêter dans les petits bars, et dès que le temps le permet, toutes ces petites terrasses qui fleurissent sur les trottoirs. Il y a un rythme plus en lien avec la nature, des arbres et des parcs partout.” — Grand Corps Malade
    • Froukje lanceert nieuw album Kijk je naar mij? | FrontView Magazine
      • Op haar tweede album ‘Kijk Je Naar Mij?’ draait Froukje (24) haar blik om. Waar haar debuut naar binnen keek, kijkt deze plaat naar buiten: naar...
    • FROUKJE - Hedon Zwolle | hedon-zwolle.nl
      • Froukje (24) tourt in november en december 2026 met haar band langs alle grote poppodia van Nederland en België. De tour volgt op de release van haar tweede album 'Kijk Je Naar Mij?', dat op 2 oktober verschijnt. Froukje is een van de eigenzinnigste stemmen in de Nederlandse en Belgische popmuziek. Sinds 2020 werd haar muziek meer dan 240 miljoen keer gestreamd, en verkoopt ze iedere tour steevast binnen no time uit.Op deze plaat draait Froukje haar blik om. Waar haar debuut naar binnen keek, kijkt 'Kijk Je Naar Mij?' naar buiten: naar de wereld, naar de liefde in al haar vormen, en naar de wonderlijke verhouding tot haar eigen artiestenleven. Hoe is het om de entertainer te zijn die wil dat iedereen kijkt, en tegelijk te verlangen naar de stilte achter het podium, zonder kostuum, zonder al die ogen?Ze schreef het album volledig zelf, en produceerde het grotendeels ook in haar eentje. De afwerking deed ze samen met 22Ghosts. Persoonlijk en gepolijst tegeli
    • Violins. Blondshell | wonomagazine.blogspot.com
      • Blondshell or Sabrina Teitelbaum as she is known to inner friends and family, can be found on this blog for a few years now and returns with...
    • Tove Lo is still figuring it out | 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.
    • Good Friends, Good Music: Thank God It’s Almost Monday | BeatRoute | Oct. 6, 2026, 8:20 p.m.
      • Thank God, it’s Almost Monday! No, really, thank God we’re here with the band Almost Monday, chatting about their new album, Thank God It’s Almost Monday. The San Diego trio have mastered the art of making feel-good music that hits all the right spots and keeps you dancing along. Their new album is a bright […]
    • Victoria Monét – Frequency of Love | EUPHORIA. | Oct. 6, 2026, 4:16 p.m.
      • Victoria Monet's Frequency of Love is a record about the different forms of love and is a tribute to the rich and complex sonic history of R&B
    • Lizzy McAlpine graces fans with new album ‘Angel’ | Daily Emerald | Oct. 6, 2026, 3 p.m.
      • Lizzy McAlpine released her fourth studio album “Angel” on September 18. This 14 track record follows her 2024 LP, “Older” which was a smashing success with songs “Spring Into Summer,” and “Pushing it Down and Praying.” “Angel” flips the narrative however, and instead of the longing and deep emotional pain conveyed in “Older,” McAlpine shows...
    • Tinashe Knows What It Costs to Make Stardom Look Too Easy on ‘Popstar’ | Atwood Magazine | Oct. 6, 2026, 2:35 p.m.
      • On her restless eighth album ‘Popstar,’ Tinashe claims the title she has long held for herself, then follows the performance past its breaking point. The joke in “Too Easy” becomes a question the whole album has to answer: How much of a person can the show consume?
    • Ezra Collective – Here Because of Hope | WNCW | Oct. 6, 2026, 1:06 p.m.
      • Ezra Collective's latest album, their 4th, is the most ambitious and personal record of their career - conceived as a body of work split into three spiritual and geographical movements, the album traces the movement of Black people across continents and decades, from the music of Africa to the rhythms of the Caribbean, and home to the streets of London. Formed in the youth clubs of London, Mercury Prize and BRIT Award winners Femi Koleoso (drummer and bandleader), TJ Koleoso (bassist), Joe Armon-Jones (keyboardist), James Mollison (saxophonist), and Ife Ogunjobi (trumpet) have now spent over a decade making jazz joyful, urgent and undeniable.
    • Tinashe ‘Popstar’ Review | Oculate UK | OCULATE UK | Oct. 6, 2026, noon
      • Gemma Imbriano reviews Tinashe’s eighth studio album ‘Popstar’ for Oculate UK, from the pull of ‘Melatonin’ to the record’s wider shift in sound.
    • Album Voir la mer | La belle vie de Grand Corps Malade | La Presse | Oct. 6, 2026, noon
      • Le slammeur français Grand Corps Malade vient de lancer Voir la mer, son neuvième album, qui est grandement teinté de son séjour d’une année à Montréal. Nous en avons discuté avec lui.
    • Album Review: Tee Grizzley – They Forgot | Hip Hop High Society | Oct. 6, 2026, 10 a.m.
      • Tee Grizzley Reminds Us Who He Is on ‘They Forgot’ Released September 25, 2026 At this point, it’s safe to say Tee Grizzley is a Detroit rap veteran, some nine years after his viral track &#8…
    • Grand Corps Malade : un 9e album pour transformer ses failles | rts.ch | Oct. 6, 2026, 8:49 a.m.
      • Après vingt ans de carrière, Grand Corps Malade publie son neuvième album, 'Voir la mer'. Seize titres où l'artiste mêle nostalgie, énergie, engagement et regard sur son époque, tout en continuant d'écrire "comme une nécessité".
    • Nothing But Thieves Interview: Conor Mason | Rolling Stone Australia | Oct. 6, 2026, 7:28 a.m.
      • On 'Stray Dogs,' Nothing But Thieves take stock of the community they’ve built, and the connection they want to keep as the rooms get bigger.
    • Album Review – Miranda Lambert’s “Crisco” | Saving Country Music | Oct. 5, 2026, 2:16 p.m.
      • This album is fine. It's meant to be fun. It's meant to be fluff. And similar to the Sturgill Simpson/Johnny Blue Skies "disco" album from earlier in the year, if you take this business too seriously, you run the risk of the joke being on you.
    • Jae Stephens “Audacity” Album Review. | Her Campus | Created for Gen Z, By Gen Z. | Oct. 5, 2026, 12:02 p.m.
      • The public has been asking for a black pop star, and Jae Stephens is after that title. Her debut album, “AUDACITY,” released on Sept. 25. The 29-year-old singer was born in Dallas and has experience writing songs for singers such as Jihyo and Kylie Cantrall. You may recognize her song “Afterbody,” from her EP titled “Total Sellout.”
    • A Man Turned Mule | Medium | Oct. 1, 2026, 1:02 a.m.
      • Orville Peck and the art of survival
    • Blondshell – ‘Violins’ album review | Far Out Magazine | Sept. 28, 2026, 7:41 a.m.
      • Blondshell - the project of Sabrina Teitelbaum - returns with 'Violins,' her third album, released on the heels of 2025's 'If You Asked For A Picture.'
    • Young Jonn Releases New EP “Dear London” | Album Talks | Sept. 25, 2026, 8:27 p.m.
      • Young Jonn has released his new seven-track EP, “Dear London,” marking his latest project as he continues to balance his identity...

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