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New Music Releases and Upcoming Albums in 2026

A regularly updated guide to the new albums, EPs, mixtapes, and projects getting released in the coming weeks and months

10 Songs You Should Listen to Now: This Week’s Pitchfork Selects Playlist

Our weekly playlist highlights songs that our writers, editors, and contributors are listening to on repeat

Greg Brown, Cake Co-Founder and Guitarist, Dies at 56

The sole writer of “The Distance,” Brown also performed in Deathray and collaborated with Rivers Cuomo

Anna Calvi Announces EP, Shares New Video with Iggy Pop

Is This All There Is also features collaborations with Perfume Genius, Matt Berninger, and Laurie Anderson

Jonny Greenwood Wants His Music Pulled From the Melania Movie

Greenwood and Paul Thomas Anderson said Universal licensed out a song from Phantom Thread without permission

Doechii, Kacey Musgraves Celebrate Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl LX Halftime Show

Nick León, Nancy Sinatra, and more also lauded the Puerto Rican superstar

Watch Green Day Perform American Idiot Medley at Super Bowl LX

They omitted their usual anti-MAGA lyrics from “Holiday” and “American Idiot”

Watch Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl LX Halftime Show

The Puerto Rican star brought out Lady Gaga, Ricky Martin, and more for his joyous set

Watch Charlie Puth Sing the National Anthem at Super Bowl LX

Brandi Carlile and Coco Jones also performed ahead of the big game

Television Bassist Fred Smith Dies at 77

The longtime punk musician also played with Debbie Harry in an early iteration of Blondie

Watch Mariah Carey Perform at Milan 2026 Olympics Opening Ceremony

She sang a medley of the Italian standard “Nel Blu, Dipinto di Blu” and her own “Nothing Is Impossible”

Yellow Swans’ Gabriel Saloman Mindel Reveals Stage 4 Cancer Diagnosis

The noise-drone duo’s co-founder is crowdfunding treatment

Robyn Announces 2026 Arena Tour

The Sexistential Tour spans North America, Europe, and Australia

8 New Albums You Should Listen To: Ratboys, Joshua Chuquimia Crampton, and More

Stream new releases from Ratboys, Joshua Chuquimia Crampton, and Mandy, Indiana

Taylor Swift Finds Love in New “Opalite” Video Starring Domnhall Gleeson

Cillian Murphy, Greta Lee, Jodie Turner-Smith, and Lewis Capaldi also cameo in the ’90s-themed short

Listen to Chat Pile’s New Songs “Masks” and “Sifting”

“Sifting” reimagines the Nirvana track of the same name

Bethany Cosentino Calls on Wasserman CEO to Step Down Over Epstein Emails

The Best Coast frontwoman signed with the agency in 2021

Boldy James, Nicholas Craven, and Ransom Are Releasing a Project

Salvation For The Wicked is out next week

Flying Lotus Announces New EP and Film Big Mama

The two projects arrive this March

Kathryn Mohr Readies New Album Carve, Shares “Property”

Her follow-up to 2025’s Waiting Room arrives in April

The Black Keys Announce New Album Peaches!, Drop Song

“You Got to Lose” leads the blues-rock band’s 14th LP

Sorry Share New Songs “Billy Elliot” and “Alone in Cologne”

The London band’s first new music since 2025’s Cosplay

Mclusky Announces Mini-Album, Shares New Song

The six-song record, i sure am getting sick of this bowling alley, is due on March 20

Iron & Wine Expands 2026 Tour Into Fall

Sam Beam will bring his new album, Hen’s Teeth, on the road through October

Listen to Xaviersobased’s Song With Skrillex and Dylan Brady

The surprise track follows the release of the New York rapper’s debut album, Xavier

Asher White Drops Full-Album Cover of Jessica Pratt’s Debut

Pratt calls the project “not just homage, but a record in its own right”

Bruce Hornsby Enlists Ezra Koenig, Bonnie Raitt, and the Late Bob Weir for New Album

Blake Mills and Pino Palladino are also among the guests on the singer-songwriter’s Indigo Park

Gia Margaret Returns to Singing With New Album and Tour

After a six-year pivot to instrumentals due to a vocal injury, the Chicago artist enlisted Kurt Vile and David Bazan for her latest