New Music 2026

Musician underscores stands on a rooftop in a gray trench coat and black cap, with a city skyline behind her. Photo by Bailey Krawczyk.

Album Review: Underscores Makes Her Pop Bid on Thrilling Album ‘U’

Underscores' third album 'U' is a 9-track, 34-minute hyperpop tour de force that rewrites…

By
Imogen Hartley
Barnburner's Pippa Molony and David Mac Dhubháin photographed outdoors in golden hour light

Dublin Duo Barnburner Make Time Stand Still on ‘Nothing to Hold’

Dublin alternative-folk duo Barnburner release their debut five-track EP 'Nothing to Hold,' a confessional…

By
Imogen Hartley
Melanie Martinez 'Hades' 2026 album cover featuring a gothic candlelit altar scene.

Album Review: Melanie Martinez Burns the World Down on New Album ‘Hades’

Melanie Martinez's 'Hades' is an 18-track alt-pop reckoning with toxic masculinity, misogyny, climate crisis,…

By
Imogen Hartley
Silverada posed in front of a vintage Texas Cadillac with the Austin skyline, 2026 press photo.

Silverada Enters New Era With ‘Highway Man’ and New Album

Silverada releases 'Highway Man,' adds keyboardist Parker Twomey, and announces new album 'Living Proof'…

By
Ezra Calloway