Euphoric melody, borrowed voices, a producer learning to trust her own. Logic1000’s Confirmation! scores 3.5/5 (GOOD). ELECTRONIC · INDEPENDENT · OCT 4 2026.

Road-tested house with a voice that sticks Josh Baker’s Souvenir scores 4/5 (STRONG). HOUSE · BAKERS DOZEN / THREE SIX ZERO · OCT 4 2026.

Seven minutes, two tracks, out October 1 on Many Hats Distribution. Hotel Mira released a two-song single,

Rhino will reissue the band

The Scottish band

Psychedelic noise with real songs inside it, and worth the sprawl. Mercury Rev’s Boces scores 4/5 (STRONG). INDIE ROCK · BEGGARS BANQUET · OCT 5 2026.

Vancouver hardcore quartet PISS talk you made me / skin on linen, their first full-length, and writing about sexual violence.

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The pair revive their collaboration as Droneflower with the single Burials, and a second album is already in the works. Marissa Nadler and Stephen Brodsky…

Detroit songwriter plugs in the piano and calls in Peter Buck and Mike Mills for "Danny." Stef Chura announced Dancing Alone on the Concrete, her first album…

A long record that mostly earns its length. Victoria Monét’s Frequency Of Love scores 4/5 (STRONG). R&B · LOVETT MUSIC/RCA RECORDS · OCT 4 2026.

Worth it for one unreleased night in New York. Rancid’s ...And Out Come the Wolves scores 3.5/5 (GOOD). PUNK · EPITAPH · OCT 3 2026.

The System of a Down frontman played "Adjourn It" and a Chris Cornell tribute at Morello

Louder, angrier, provisional: a stepping stone, by their account. Madra Salach’s Ribbon Factory scores 3.5/5 (GOOD). FOLK · INDEPENDENT · OCT 3 2026.

A breakup record that fights back, at club volume. Zora Jones’s 50 Bullets To The Heart scores 4/5 (STRONG). ELECTRONIC · INDEPENDENT · OCT 3 2026.

At MetLife Stadium on Friday, Foo Fighters filled in as surprise openers on the PWR UP tour, and Grohl stayed on for one song.

The singer took the stage in Foxborough on Friday night in a shirt carrying the same message Macklemore wore last month.

The Melbourne project

A 1984 mini-album, seven unreleased demos, and a video of her own late

Dominique Purdy returns four years after

The Los Angeles electronic artist leaves the lush vocals of 2025

Leila Rodriguez

The Atlanta post-punk bassist drops two solo covers, both built on dual drumming and tracked by Rodrigo Avendaño. Omni

Her longest album, and the one that lands hardest. Carly Rae Jepsen’s Day and Night scores 4/5 (STRONG). POP · INDEPENDENT · OCT 2 2026.

Revelations of Divine Love is voice and organ only, written with Kit Downes and drawn from Julian of Norwich. Susanne Sundfør released her seventh album…

Louder, sharper, funnier: the second album earns its racket. Wishy’s Nature

An anniversary essay by Angus Batey argues the group

The Melbourne band

Swings hard, lands most of it, stumbles on the dance single. Quadeca’s Life 1 scores 3.5/5 (GOOD). EXPERIMENTAL · X8 MUSIC · OCT 1 2026.

The Chicago DIY group

The Houston singer

Thrilling while it churns, frustrating when it will not land. Bimbo’s The Bimbonacci Sequence scores 3.5/5 (GOOD). INDIE ROCK · INDEPENDENT · SEP 30 2026.

The Smiths co-founder talks his new album, the band

The Florist songwriter goes fully electronic for a concept record about an imagined planet destroyed by misunderstanding.

Strong Delsin return, one guest too many, one track missing on wax. Vril’s KRUX scores 3.5/5 (GOOD). TECHNO · DELSIN RECORDS · SEP 30 2026.

The March 2025 orchestral show with a 25-piece ensemble lands on 4AD on 13 November 2026, with a concert film directed by Cuan Roche.

Warm and weightless, and over in three minutes. Mia Joy’s Comet scores 3.5/5 (GOOD). INDIE ROCK · INDEPENDENT · SEP 29 2026.

The duo of Julian McCamman and Dan Howard join the label, and their first album gets a deluxe edition with one new song.

The Paris-to-London five-piece release their second single, a country ballad reworked into something dancey, with the EP due 27 November on So Young Records.

Short, cold, precise. Heartbreak with no cushion and no filler. AIKO EL GRUPO’s Señales Brutales scores 4/5 (STRONG). INDIE ROCK · PRIMAVERA LABELS · SEP 30…

The Dublin composer

Four worlds, one ensemble, and the ensemble wins. EXAUDI’s Pocket Universe scores 4/5 (STRONG). EXPERIMENTAL · NMC RECORDINGS · SEP 30 2026.

The North Carolina power pop artist gets a label home and a second life for last year

The track leads the soundtrack to frontman Tim Kasher