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Looking back at May, what was your favorite new release from last month?
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Charli xcx is releasing her new album Music, Fashion, Film on July 24.
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New Music Friday: Iceage - For Love of Grace & The Hereafter "In many ways, For Love of Grace & the Hereafter is the band's most refined album to date, despite its compulsive and swift development."
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Iceage - For Love of Grace & The Hereafter
Music Reviews: For Love of Grace & The Hereafter by Iceage released in 2026. Genre: Post-Punk Revival.
https://www.albumoftheyear.org/album/1763278-iceage-for-love-of-grace-the-hereafter.php
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New Music Friday: Boards of Canada - Inferno "Laced with occult imagery and enigmatic samples, the Scottish duo’s immersive new album—their first in 13 years—offers some of the most captivating music of their career."
@pitchfork.com
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Boards of Canada - Inferno
Music Reviews: Inferno by Boards of Canada released in 2026. Genre: Downtempo.
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What are you listening to first tonight?
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What's your favorite song off Terrified .?
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What's your favorite track on EXPERIMENTAL RAP?
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New Music Friday: Bleachers - everyone for ten minutes "Bleachers have a strange ability to create music which always manages to teeter on the edge of jubilance and melancholy."
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Bleachers - everyone for ten minutes
Music Reviews: everyone for ten minutes by Bleachers released in 2026. Genre: Indie Pop.
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New Music Friday: Ed O'Brien - Blue Morpho "On his second solo album, the Radiohead guitarist quilts together the kind of percolating arrangements that define many of his band’s best songs."
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Ed O'Brien - Blue Morpho
Music Reviews: Blue Morpho by Ed O'Brien released in 2026. Genre: Art Rock.
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Today marks 10 years of Ariana Grande's 'Dangerous Woman'
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Happy 10 years to Car Seat Headrest's 'Teens of Denial'
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leroy's 'status update music' is now the #1 rated album of 2026 according to the AOTY community.
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After sitting with it for the weekend, what's your favorite song off ICEMAN?
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New Music Friday: Rostam - American Stories "A record of reflection and connection that ranks among the more beautiful-sounding you might hear this year."
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Rostam - American Stories
Music Reviews: American Stories by Rostam released in 2026. Genre: Indie Folk.
https://www.albumoftheyear.org/album/1525882-rostam-american-stories.php
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New Music Friday: Kevin Morby - Little Wide Open "Working with Aaron Dessner, the singer-songwriter balances contentment and mortal anxiety on the most cohesive and tuneful album of his career."
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Kevin Morby - Little Wide Open
Music Reviews: Little Wide Open by Kevin Morby released in 2026. Genre: Folk Rock.
https://www.albumoftheyear.org/album/1677209-kevin-morby-little-wide-open.php
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New Music Friday: Drake - ICEMAN "A blockbuster return that only works sporadically."
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Drake - ICEMAN
Music Reviews: ICEMAN by Drake released in 2026. Genre: Trap.
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New Music Friday: Genesis Owusu - REDSTAR WU & THE WORLDWIDE SCOURGE "Seething with righteous anger and moshpit-ready tracks, the Australian artist’s genre-hopping but cohesive LP makes a case for the durability of the form."
@theguardian.com
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Genesis Owusu - REDSTAR WU & THE WORLDWIDE SCOURGE
Music Reviews: REDSTAR WU & THE WORLDWIDE SCOURGE by Genesis Owusu released in 2026. Genre: Political Hip Hop.
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10 years ago today, Chance the Rapper released his 'Coloring Book' mixtape. Is it still his best effort so far?
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Bloc Party's new album 'Anatomy of a Brief Romance' is out September 11.
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Gracie Abrams is set to release her new album Daughter from Hell on July 17.
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New Music Friday: The Lemon Twigs - Look for Your Mind! "Michael and Brian D’Addario resist the tyranny of modernity by building their own world of gently psychedelic rock’n’roll."
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The Lemon Twigs - Look for Your Mind!
Music Reviews: Look for Your Mind! by The Lemon Twigs released in 2026. Genre: Power Pop.
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New Music Friday: Broken Social Scene - Remember The Humans "The Canadian collective's first record in nearly a decade celebrates the joy and spirit of a bunch of old friends simply jamming together."
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Broken Social Scene - Remember The Humans
Music Reviews: Remember The Humans by Broken Social Scene released in 2026. Genre: Indie Rock.
https://www.albumoftheyear.org/album/1662575-broken-social-scene-remember-the-humans.php
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New Music Friday: Aldous Harding - Train on the Island "Aldous Harding steps closer than ever to the camera lens without coming into focus. It’s an oblique character study of herself, and the best album of her career so far."
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Aldous Harding - Train on the Island
Music Reviews: Train on the Island by Aldous Harding released in 2026. Genre: Singer-Songwriter.
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Today marks 10 years of Radiohead's 'A Moon Shaped Pool.' Will we be seeing a new album from them soon?
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Kelela's new album 'new avatar' is out July 10.
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With April come and gone, what was your favorite new release from last month?
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New Music Friday: Isaiah Rashad - IT'S BEEN AWFUL "This is an incredibly introspective body of work, full of self-reflection and self-doubt, but ultimately hopeful. Rashad has delivered yet another excellent project."
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Isaiah Rashad - IT'S BEEN AWFUL
Music Reviews: IT'S BEEN AWFUL by Isaiah Rashad released in 2026. Genre: Conscious Hip Hop.
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New Music Friday: Kacey Musgraves - Middle of Nowhere "The singer-songwriter's best album in nearly a decade revels in the sounds of her home state and shows off some hard-won wisdom."
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Kacey Musgraves - Middle of Nowhere
Music Reviews: Middle of Nowhere by Kacey Musgraves released in 2026. Genre: Contemporary Country.
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New Music Friday: American Football - American Football "While this is not a radical departure, it is an expansion of American Football’s signature sound, and it works magnificently."
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American Football - American Football
Music Reviews: American Football by American Football released in 2026. Genre: Post-Rock.
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Little Simz is releasing her new EP 'Sugar Girl' next Friday May 8.
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JPEGMAFIA's new album 'Experimental Rap' is out May 21st.
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Ariana Grande's new album 'Petal' is out July 31st.
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Vince Staples is set to release his new album 'Cry Baby' on June 5th.
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What's your favorite track on Something Worth Waiting For?
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New Music Friday: Foo Fighters - Your Favorite Toy "The band's 12th album is enjoyable and familiar, but Grohl's emotional crisis sets it apart."
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Foo Fighters - Your Favorite Toy
Music Reviews: Your Favorite Toy by Foo Fighters released in 2026. Genre: Alternative Rock.
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New Music Friday: Friko - Something Worth Waiting For "The Chicago band’s second record is a dynamic musical accomplishment laced with an inescapable feeling of heavy melancholy in the face of their breakout success." - NME
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Friko - Something Worth Waiting For
Music Reviews: Something Worth Waiting For by Friko released in 2026. Genre: Indie Rock.
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Boards of Canada are releasing their new album, Inferno, on May 29.
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What's your favorite track on Jessie Ware's new album Superbloom?
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Modest Mouse are set to release their new album 'An Eraser and A Maze' on June 5th.
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