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What's your favorite song off of Charli xcx's soundtrack for Wuthering Heights?
February 16, 2026 at 7:20 PM
What's your favorite song off of Charli xcx's soundtrack for Wuthering Heights?
New Music Friday: hemlocke springs - the apple tree under the sea
"Nostalgic and brimming with pop gems - but mostly, a lot of fun." @diymag.com
"Nostalgic and brimming with pop gems - but mostly, a lot of fun." @diymag.com
hemlocke springs - the apple tree under the sea
Music Reviews: the apple tree under the sea by hemlocke springs released in 2026. Genre: Synthpop.
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February 13, 2026 at 8:53 PM
New Music Friday: hemlocke springs - the apple tree under the sea
"Nostalgic and brimming with pop gems - but mostly, a lot of fun." @diymag.com
"Nostalgic and brimming with pop gems - but mostly, a lot of fun." @diymag.com
New Music Friday: Converge - Love Is Not Enough
"Converge continue to raise the bar, both for extreme music and themselves, with flawless pieces of work such as this." -Metal Hammer
"Converge continue to raise the bar, both for extreme music and themselves, with flawless pieces of work such as this." -Metal Hammer
Converge - Love Is Not Enough
Music Reviews: Love Is Not Enough by Converge released in 2026. Genre: Metalcore.
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February 13, 2026 at 7:10 PM
New Music Friday: Converge - Love Is Not Enough
"Converge continue to raise the bar, both for extreme music and themselves, with flawless pieces of work such as this." -Metal Hammer
"Converge continue to raise the bar, both for extreme music and themselves, with flawless pieces of work such as this." -Metal Hammer
New Music Friday: Charli xcx - Wuthering Heights
"Casting off her Bratty cigarettes and sunglasses, the pop visionary channels the torments of Heathcliff and Cathy and the tumult of the Velvet Underground on her latest captivating pivot." @theguardian.com
"Casting off her Bratty cigarettes and sunglasses, the pop visionary channels the torments of Heathcliff and Cathy and the tumult of the Velvet Underground on her latest captivating pivot." @theguardian.com
Charli xcx - Wuthering Heights
Music Reviews: Wuthering Heights by Charli xcx released in 2026. Genre: Alt-Pop.
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February 13, 2026 at 4:04 PM
New Music Friday: Charli xcx - Wuthering Heights
"Casting off her Bratty cigarettes and sunglasses, the pop visionary channels the torments of Heathcliff and Cathy and the tumult of the Velvet Underground on her latest captivating pivot." @theguardian.com
"Casting off her Bratty cigarettes and sunglasses, the pop visionary channels the torments of Heathcliff and Cathy and the tumult of the Velvet Underground on her latest captivating pivot." @theguardian.com
Check out this week's biggest new releases.
This Week's New Album Releases
This week's new album releases. Find the best new albums released this week.
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February 13, 2026 at 5:08 AM
Check out this week's biggest new releases.
What are you listening to first tonight?
February 12, 2026 at 9:02 PM
What are you listening to first tonight?
Kevin Morby's new album 'Little Wide Open' is out May 15th.
February 11, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Kevin Morby's new album 'Little Wide Open' is out May 15th.
Baby Keem's new album 'CA$INO' is out February 20.
February 10, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Baby Keem's new album 'CA$INO' is out February 20.
What track is hitting hardest for you on J. Cole's 'The Fall-Off'?
February 10, 2026 at 5:38 PM
What track is hitting hardest for you on J. Cole's 'The Fall-Off'?
J Dilla's 'Donuts' turns 20 today. It stands as the 85th highest rated album of all time by the AOTY community.
February 7, 2026 at 2:30 PM
J Dilla's 'Donuts' turns 20 today. It stands as the 85th highest rated album of all time by the AOTY community.
New Music Friday: Ratboys - Singin' To An Empty Chair
"Singin’ to an Open Chair is a wonderful album that shows Ratboys revving their engine once again, ready to take another long, curious lap around the block." @popmatters.com
"Singin’ to an Open Chair is a wonderful album that shows Ratboys revving their engine once again, ready to take another long, curious lap around the block." @popmatters.com
Ratboys - Singin' To An Empty Chair
Music Reviews: Singin' To An Empty Chair by Ratboys released in 2026. Genre: Indie Rock.
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February 6, 2026 at 10:14 PM
New Music Friday: Ratboys - Singin' To An Empty Chair
"Singin’ to an Open Chair is a wonderful album that shows Ratboys revving their engine once again, ready to take another long, curious lap around the block." @popmatters.com
"Singin’ to an Open Chair is a wonderful album that shows Ratboys revving their engine once again, ready to take another long, curious lap around the block." @popmatters.com
New Music Friday: Joji - Piss In The Wind
"Former YouTube star’s fourth album seems to deliberately infuse his music with a nagging sense of incompleteness." @the-independent.com
"Former YouTube star’s fourth album seems to deliberately infuse his music with a nagging sense of incompleteness." @the-independent.com
Joji - Piss In The Wind
Music Reviews: Piss In The Wind by Joji released in 2026. Genre: Alternative R&B.
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February 6, 2026 at 8:39 PM
New Music Friday: Joji - Piss In The Wind
"Former YouTube star’s fourth album seems to deliberately infuse his music with a nagging sense of incompleteness." @the-independent.com
"Former YouTube star’s fourth album seems to deliberately infuse his music with a nagging sense of incompleteness." @the-independent.com
New Music Friday: Mandy, Indiana - URGH
"The noise-rock band’s second album is a breakthrough: insidiously catchy, incomprehensibly groovy, and fueled by righteous fury." @pitchfork.com
"The noise-rock band’s second album is a breakthrough: insidiously catchy, incomprehensibly groovy, and fueled by righteous fury." @pitchfork.com
Mandy, Indiana - URGH
Music Reviews: URGH by Mandy, Indiana released in 2026. Genre: Noise Rock.
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February 6, 2026 at 6:53 PM
New Music Friday: Mandy, Indiana - URGH
"The noise-rock band’s second album is a breakthrough: insidiously catchy, incomprehensibly groovy, and fueled by righteous fury." @pitchfork.com
"The noise-rock band’s second album is a breakthrough: insidiously catchy, incomprehensibly groovy, and fueled by righteous fury." @pitchfork.com
New Music Friday: J. Cole - The Fall-Off
"It’s also a salute to his own journey – both a look backwards, and a suggestion of where he could go, the rapper seems to fold his story over into origami-like structures." @clashmusic.com
"It’s also a salute to his own journey – both a look backwards, and a suggestion of where he could go, the rapper seems to fold his story over into origami-like structures." @clashmusic.com
J. Cole - The Fall-Off
Music Reviews: The Fall-Off by J. Cole released in 2026. Genre: Conscious Hip Hop.
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February 6, 2026 at 3:35 PM
New Music Friday: J. Cole - The Fall-Off
"It’s also a salute to his own journey – both a look backwards, and a suggestion of where he could go, the rapper seems to fold his story over into origami-like structures." @clashmusic.com
"It’s also a salute to his own journey – both a look backwards, and a suggestion of where he could go, the rapper seems to fold his story over into origami-like structures." @clashmusic.com
Check out our full list of this week's new releases.
This Week's New Album Releases
This week's new album releases. Find the best new albums released this week.
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February 6, 2026 at 5:26 AM
Check out our full list of this week's new releases.
What are you listening to first tonight?
February 5, 2026 at 5:44 PM
What are you listening to first tonight?
What's your favorite track on Don Toliver's 'OCTANE'?
February 3, 2026 at 9:58 PM
What's your favorite track on Don Toliver's 'OCTANE'?
Friko's new album 'Something Worth Waiting For' is out April 24.
February 3, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Friko's new album 'Something Worth Waiting For' is out April 24.
Broken Social Scene are releasing their new album 'Remember The Humans' on May 8.
February 3, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Broken Social Scene are releasing their new album 'Remember The Humans' on May 8.
After sitting with it for a few days, what's your favorite track off of By Storms' 'My Ghosts Go Ghost'?
February 2, 2026 at 5:58 PM
After sitting with it for a few days, what's your favorite track off of By Storms' 'My Ghosts Go Ghost'?
Who do you have taking home Album of the Year tonight at the Grammys?
February 1, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Who do you have taking home Album of the Year tonight at the Grammys?
One month into 2026! What was your favorite new release from January?
February 1, 2026 at 3:52 PM
One month into 2026! What was your favorite new release from January?
New Music Friday: Blackwater Holylight - Not Here Not Gone
"It’s easily Blackwater Holylight’s best-produced record to date, making their densely layered slabs of noise sound downright heavenly." - Spectrum Culture
"It’s easily Blackwater Holylight’s best-produced record to date, making their densely layered slabs of noise sound downright heavenly." - Spectrum Culture
Blackwater Holylight - Not Here Not Gone
Music Reviews: Not Here Not Gone by Blackwater Holylight released in 2026. Genre: Heavy Psych.
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January 30, 2026 at 10:43 PM
New Music Friday: Blackwater Holylight - Not Here Not Gone
"It’s easily Blackwater Holylight’s best-produced record to date, making their densely layered slabs of noise sound downright heavenly." - Spectrum Culture
"It’s easily Blackwater Holylight’s best-produced record to date, making their densely layered slabs of noise sound downright heavenly." - Spectrum Culture
New Music Friday: URNE - Setting Fire To The Sky
"Urne have succeeded by not attempting to do more of the same, and have instead made their biggest, boldest, most universal-sounding album to date." - Metal Hammer
"Urne have succeeded by not attempting to do more of the same, and have instead made their biggest, boldest, most universal-sounding album to date." - Metal Hammer
URNE - Setting Fire To The Sky
Music Reviews: Setting Fire To The Sky by URNE released in 2026. Genre: Progressive Metal.
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January 30, 2026 at 9:46 PM
New Music Friday: URNE - Setting Fire To The Sky
"Urne have succeeded by not attempting to do more of the same, and have instead made their biggest, boldest, most universal-sounding album to date." - Metal Hammer
"Urne have succeeded by not attempting to do more of the same, and have instead made their biggest, boldest, most universal-sounding album to date." - Metal Hammer
New Music Friday: Joyce Manor - I Used to Go to This Bar
"The Los Angeles pop-punk trio spends its seventh album wrestling with nostalgia, finding nuance and emotional complexity in their everyday grievances." @pitchfork.com
"The Los Angeles pop-punk trio spends its seventh album wrestling with nostalgia, finding nuance and emotional complexity in their everyday grievances." @pitchfork.com
Joyce Manor - I Used to Go to This Bar
Music Reviews: I Used to Go to This Bar by Joyce Manor released in 2026. Genre: Indie Rock.
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January 30, 2026 at 9:00 PM
New Music Friday: Joyce Manor - I Used to Go to This Bar
"The Los Angeles pop-punk trio spends its seventh album wrestling with nostalgia, finding nuance and emotional complexity in their everyday grievances." @pitchfork.com
"The Los Angeles pop-punk trio spends its seventh album wrestling with nostalgia, finding nuance and emotional complexity in their everyday grievances." @pitchfork.com