🤘 Crucial Releases: July 10 New music from Show Me the Body, Kelela, Houndmouth, Trophy Wife, Jack White, Twisted Teen, Suki Waterhouse, and Hew. https://www.crucialtracks.org/blog/crucial-releases/july-16-2026/

💿New Featured Album: Kelela - new avatar Dig in here: https://www.crucialtracks.org/blog/albums/2026/kelela-new-avatar/

💿New Featured Album: Show Me The Body - Alone Together Dig in here: https://www.crucialtracks.org/blog/albums/2026/show-me-the-body-alone-together/

🤘 Crucial Releases: July 3 New music from mary in the junkyard, Margo Price, Smirk, and Nixon Boyd. https://www.crucialtracks.org/blog/crucial-releases/july-05-2026/

💿New Featured Album: mary in the junkyard - Role Model Hermit Dig in here: https://www.crucialtracks.org/blog/albums/2026/mary-in-the-junkyard-role-model-hermit/

🤘 Crucial Releases: June 26 New music from Frankie Morrow, Chanel Beads, Dari Bay. Muse, Ibeyi, Downtown Boys, Beth Orton, Knitting, Sincere Engineer, and Truck Violence. https://www.crucialtracks.org/blog/crucial-releases/june-29-2026/

💿New Featured Album: Dari Bay - Surprise Wish Dig in here: https://www.crucialtracks.org/blog/albums/2026/dari-bay-surprise-wish/

💿New Featured Album: Chanel Beads - Your Day Will Come Dig in here: https://www.crucialtracks.org/blog/albums/2026/chanel-beads-your-day-will-come/

💿New Featured Album: Frankie Morrow - Way Out West Dig in here: https://www.crucialtracks.org/blog/albums/2026/frankie-morrow-way-out-west/

NEW public, no account needed, ways to take a peek at the Crucial Tracks community until you take the plunge and join us! 😄: - Explore - a quick "everything" view: www.crucialtracks.org/explore - Public Tracks feed: see the latest posts and subscribe via RSS: www.crucialtracks.org/community/tr...

🤘 Crucial Releases: June 19 New music from Tierra Whack, Office Dog, Pond, Styrofoam Winos, Swim Deep, and Nicholas Crave and Boldy James. https://www.crucialtracks.org/blog/crucial-releases/june-21-2026/

💿New Featured Album: Office Dog - Prime Corner Dig in here: https://www.crucialtracks.org/blog/albums/2026/office-dog-prime-corner/

💿New Featured Album: Tierra Whack - WHACK'S MUSEUM Dig in here: https://www.crucialtracks.org/blog/albums/2026/tierra-whack-whacks-museum/

🤘 Crucial Releases: June 12 This week's records... new music from Wiki, La Sécurité, Piebald, Fruit Bats, Olivia Rodrigo, and Kelsey Lu. https://www.crucialtracks.org/blog/crucial-releases/june-13-2026/

It's mid year, so I'd usually do a "Favorite records so far" post, but I've already got you covered: All 2026 Featured Albums rated and sorted for you to dig into, if you missed any of the posts along the way. www.crucialtracks.org/blog/albums/...

What are the songs that represent relationships or trigger memories? Songs that make you, you? @crucialtracks.org reminded me that it’s worth giving this some more thought again. thegoodwork.blog/posts/what-d... #CrucialTracks #music #blog

Crucial Releases: July 25 & early August Jam packed. 20 highlighted releases, including new by Indigo De Souza, Emily Hines, and JID. www.crucialtracks.org/crucial-rele...

The latest issue of Community Tracks is up! The weekly playlist compiled from songs shared on Crucial Tracks. Listen along as you read posts from some of our featured community members. Enjoy! app.crucialtracks.org/community-tr...

Crucial Tracks is 100 days old! If you love music, come join us. It’s the best place to share the songs that mean the most to you. One song a day and a growing community of amazing people who have shared almost 1500 songs and stories to date. app.crucialtracks.org

Crucial Releases: First Half of July New records from Clipse, Open Mike Eagle, Wet Leg, Forth Wanderers, Alex G, Madeline Kenney, Billie Marten and more! www.crucialtracks.org/crucial-rele...

Crucial Releases: middle of June edition New releases from S.G. Goodman, Hotline TNT, HAIM, and Yaya Bey highlight this issue. www.crucialtracks.org/crucial-rele...

A little later than usual, but the latest edition of Community Tracks is here -- the weekly playlist compiled from songs shared on Crucial Tracks. Listen along as you read posts from some of our featured community members. Enjoy! app.crucialtracks.org/community-tr...

Crucial Releases: June 6 edition New releases from Turnstile, Little Simz, Lifeguard, and Activity. www.crucialtracks.org/crucial-rele...

Crucial Releases: rest of May edition A whole lot of new music in May! www.crucialtracks.org/crucial-rele...

A tremendous thank you to @crucialtracks.org for sponsoring this week on Foofaraw. If you haven’t already done so, you should go sign-up for this awesome little one-song-a-day community! app.crucialtracks.org

A little Friday treat for the Crucial Tracks community... the first release of Community Tracks - a Crucial Tracks powered playlist: music.apple.com/us/playlist/... Some of the songs shared by the community in the past week. Going to try to do this every week! Enjoy.

Crucial Tracks additions... 1.) Public Tracks page: added an RSS feed and a link to each user's public page 2.) Within the app, each of your entries now has a visible 'View Public Post' link that takes you directly to the public/shareable URL for that entry.

Crucial Releases for May 2: New music by Men I Trust, Carriers, Mei Semones, PUP, Club Night, and Samantha Crain. www.crucialtracks.org/crucial-rele...

Crucial Releases for April 25: New music from Viagra Boys, Emma-Jean Thackray, Beach Bunny, Samia, and... Wu-Tang! www.crucialtracks.org/crucial-rele...

Sharing to Bluesky and Mastodon is now available on Crucial Tracks! A set up guide can be found here: www.crucialtracks.org/crucial-trac...

Crucial Releases (most of April edition): Bon Iver, Momma, Speedway, Casper Skulls, Blu, quickly quickly, Ribbon Skirt, Black Country New Road, Florist, Scowl, Bedridden, Julien Baker & TORRES, Superheaven, The Convenience, and Valerie June. 🤘 www.crucialtracks.org/crucial-rele...

Crucial Tracks 008: Annie Mueller: Please welcome Annie Mueller, blogger and professional writer. Not just any blogger — one of my *favorites*. Enjoy the interview! www.crucialtracks.org/crucial-trac...

Crucial Releases for March 28 New music from Perfume Genius, Great Grandpa, Bria Salmena, Free Range, Lucy Dacus, and Sam Akpro. https://www.crucialtracks.org/crucial-releases-for-march-28/

Crucial Tracks 007: Kevin Humdrum This month's Crucial Tracks interview features Kevin Humdrum, host of the webzine foofaraw amongst other adventures. https://www.crucialtracks.org/crucial-tracks-007-kevin-humdrum/

Finding New Releases: An in-depth look at how I find and manage new releases each week, using the app Albums. www.crucialtracks.org/finding-new-...

Crucial Releases for February 28: Another week of new releases! This time from Deep Sea Diver, Doves, Panda Bear, Cloakroom, Runaway Brother and many more... https://www.crucialtracks.org/crucial-releases-for-february-28/

Announcing the Crucial Tracks 2025 Record Giveaway: We're looking to give away up to 10 records, across a variety of genres, to lucky readers. Enter today! https://www.crucialtracks.org/announcing-the-crucial-tracks-2025-record-giveaway/

Crucial Releases for February 21: Brand new albums from Anxious, The Murder Capital, Saya Gray, Youth Lagoon and more! https://www.crucialtracks.org/crucial-releases-for-february-21/

Crucial Releases: New releases for the week ending February 14th, including Bartees Strange, venturing, Horsegirl, Kestrels, and Frog. https://www.crucialtracks.org/crucial-releases-for-february-14/

Our latest monthly(ish) email newsletter just went out. If you aren’t a subscriber yet, here’s a preview: https://www.crucialtracks.org/email/42f7451f-2ce8-466b-8985-908c59434080/?ref=crucial-tracks-social Base level is free, but the paid supporter levels get you some extra perks!

New Crucial Tracks interview is up! And it’s a good one… I present to you, the one and only Patrick Rhone: https://www.crucialtracks.org/crucial-tracks-006-patrick-rhone/ I hope you enjoy it as much as I did…

🤘 girl in red: Tiny Desk Concert. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXYgdCXkLMc

Crucial Releases for February 7th: Squid, Sharon Van Etten, Sleeper’s Bell, Michigander, and more… https://www.crucialtracks.org/crucial-releases-for-february-7/

🤘 [The Strange World Of… Fugazi | The Quietus](https://thequietus.com/interviews/strange-world-of/best-of-fugazi/) 🔗 My favorite band of all time. Cannot wait for this documentary.

🤘 Crucial Releases for January 31

🤘 Faye Webster: Tiny Desk Concert https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ul9aWg0AQo

🤘 MJ Lenderman: Tiny Desk Concert https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAY74NyLMGs

This tribute to David Lynch is now available: itinerantprinter.etsy.com/listing/1849...

🤘 Westside Gunn teases new hardcore band Dissension https://www.brooklynvegan.com/westside-gunn-teases-new-hardcore-band-dissension/