Modern Woman's "Neptune Girl" is the second single from debut album Johnny's Dreamworld — propulsive drums, fractured guitars, Sophie Harris upfront. Out now on One Little Independent Records. go.stereobar.net/spglfv3 #ModernWoman #BestNewMusic2026 #W09 #OneLittleIndependentRecords
Courtney Barnett drops "Mantis" and "Sugar Plum", singles three and four from fourth album 'Creature of Habit', out March 27 via Mom+Pop/Fiction. North America tour from May 1.
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Squarepusher announces 'Kammerkonzert', out April 10 on Warp. A 14-track orchestral album played entirely by Tom Jenkinson himself. "K2 Central" is out now.
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José González returns with "A Perfect Storm", from his fifth album 'Against The Dying Of The Light', out March 27 on City Slang. Fingerpicking that builds to a distorted peak, lyrically aimed at the AI race to lose control.
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The Twilight Sad's "Attempt A Crash Landing – Theme" is the third single from their first album in seven years. Quiet start, full cathartic roar by the end. 'It's The Long Goodbye' out March 27 on Rock Action Records.
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Adelaide four-piece Swapmeet sign to Winspear and drop debut single "I Know!" — fuzzy jangle pop with a shoegaze edge. US debut at SXSW in March. Out now.
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Brother Ali's "Another Country" is a jazz-inflected hip-hop track taking direct aim at systemic racism, immigration enforcement, and historical revisionism in America. No softening. Out now on Travelers Media.
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London duo Jacana People open their 'Breaker' EP with "Nudge" — pulsing bass, minimal drums, floating pads. Orbital and Underworld vibes, out now on Nettwerk.
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Oscar Farrell's new single 'Tell It Like It Is' is a peak-time 2-step chugger, out now on dh2.
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Ezra Collective & Greentea Peng drop "Helicopters", a dub-rooted protest track from War Child's HELP(2) compilation (March 6). Produced by Ezra Collective, mixed by David Wrench.
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Scorie follow up debut single "The Leash & The Fury" with "Room Full of Gangsters", out now via GÉOGRAPHIE.
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South London trio deary drop "Alfie", a 7.5-minute dreampop single from debut album Birding (April 3, Bella Union). Starts as a tribute to a dog, ends somewhere near Sigur Rós.
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Chicago's COOL HEAT drops "Not the Same" with an EP on the way.
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Montreal trio Bye Parula drop "KISSBURN", the lead single from their upcoming album Something Out of Nothing (June 5, Secret City Records). Disco-funk, falsetto choruses, wah-wah guitar.
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Angelo De Augustine announces Angel in Plainclothes (April 24, Asthmatic Kitty) with "Mirror Mirror" — bowed psaltery run through tape varispeed, psychedelic guitars, first album since his 2022 hospitalisation. #AngeloDeAugustine #BestNewMusic2026 #W09 #AsthmaticKittyRecords go.stereobar.net/frp1pzl
Leeds post-punks The 113 announce EP The Hedonist (April 17, Launchpad+/EMI North) with "Scour" — surveillance anxiety, Gilla Band's Daniel Fox on the mix. EU/UK tour this spring.
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Night Swimming announce EP Melting, Sometimes Bleeding (May 22, Venn Records) with "Poison Berry" — restrained dream-pop, mastered by Slowdive's Simon Scott.
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KNEECAP drop "Smugglers & Scholars" — Detroit hip-hop pulse, Irish revolutionary politics, Dan Carey production. FENIAN lands April 24 via Heavenly Recordings.
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Doctor Bionic opens Electric Pollen with "Eyes of Chavez" — live, improvised Cincinnati funk from Grimez and crew. Out May 15 on Chiefdom Records.
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Ghais Guevara drops "History of Violence" — split production, sharp lyrics, and one of the more compelling hip-hop tracks of 2026 so far.
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