It won’t be long until we’ll be ringing in another new year, and with it comes 52 more weeks jam-packed with fresh music releases. To help you prepare for 2026, we’ve assembled a comprehensive, genre-spanning list of albums, EPs, and other musical projects that need to be on your radar.
Keep reading to see our week-by-week breakdown of releases, updated daily, and check back often so you don’t miss out on the year’s best new music.
January 9
Alter Bridge, Alter Bridge
Blue, Reflections
Dry Cleaning, Secret Love
Jenny on Holiday, Quicksand Heart
Mon Rovîa, Bloodline
The Cribs, Selling a Vibe
The Protomen, Act III: This City Made Us
Will Epstein, Yeah, Mostly
Zach Bryan, With Heaven on Top
Zu, Ferrum Sidereum
January 16
Cavetown, Running With Scissors
Courtney Marie Andrews, Valentine
DZ Deathrays, Easing Out of Control
Elles Bailey, Can’t Take My Story Away
Imarhan, Essam
Julianna Barwick and Mary Lattimore, Tragic Magic
Kreator, Krushers of the World
Langhorne Slim, The Dreamin’ Kind
Lasse Lokøy, The More You Know
Madison Beer, Locket
Marinas Rest, The Bereaved
Nat & Alex Wolff, Nat & Alex Wolff
Richard Marx, After Hours
Sassy 009, Dreamer+
Sleaford Mods, The Demise of Planet X
SOEN, Reliance
The James Hunter Six, Off the Fence
Westside Cowboy, So Much Country ‘Till We Get There EP
Wormy, Shark River
Ya Tseen, Stand on My Shoulders
January 23
Ari Lennox, Vacancy
Cam Kahin, CHUG
Chris Garneau, In Reverse
Crystal Lake, The Weight of Sound
Jamie O’Neal, Gypsum
Julian Lage, Scenes from Above
Louis Tomlinson, How Did I Get Here?
Lucinda Williams, World’s Gone Wrong
Marc Broussard, S.O.S. V: Songs of the ’50s
Megadeth, Megadeth
Poppy, Empty Hands
Reba McEntire, Starting Over (30th Anniversary Edition)
Sammy Brue, The Journals
Searows, Death in the Business of Whaling
Ski Team, Burnout/Boys
The Damned, Not Like Everybody Else
The Format, Boycott Heaven
The Paper Kites, If You Go There, I Hope You Find It
Tom Hamilton, I’m Your Vampire
Victoryland, My Heart Is A Room With No Cameras In It
January 30
Ailbhe Reddy, KISS BIG
Butch Walker Jr., Paleo Sol
Buzzcocks, Attitude Adjustment
Cast, Yeah Yeah Yeah
Cordovas, Back to Life
Demob Happy, The Grown Ups Are Talking
Emily Scott Robinson, Appalachia
Geologist, Can I Get a Pack of Camel Lights?
GUV, Warmer Than Gold
James Adrian Brown, Forever Neon Lights
Jordan Ward, Backward
JOSEPH, Closer to Happy
Joyce Manor, I Used to Go to This Bar
Kula Shaker, Wormslayer
Lande Hekt, Lucky Now
LIGHTS, A6EXTENDED
Lord Jah-Monte Ogbon, As of Now
Marta Del Grandi, Dream Life
Miles Davis, The Complete Live at the Plugged Nickel 1965
MØL, DREAMCRUSH
Softcult, When a Flower Doesn”t Grow
Sébastien Tellier, Kiss The Beast
The Soft Pink Truth, Can Such Delightful Times Go On Forever?
Tyler Ballgame, For the First Time, Again
Whitelands, Sunlight Echoes
Ye Vagabonds, All Tied Together
Ys Tseen, Stand On My Shoulders
Yumi Zouma, No Love Lost to Kindness
February 6
About You, The Lighthouse, The Storm
Beverly Glenn-Copeland, Laughter in Summer
IST IST, DAGGER
Jay Buchanan, Weapons of Beauty
Karnivool, In Verses
Puma Blue, Croak Dream
Puscifer, Normal Isn’t
Ratboys, Singin’ to an Empty Chair
Robbie Williams, BRITPOP
Ulrika Spacek, EXPO
February 13
Angel Du$t, Cold 2 the Touch
Ásgeir, Julia
August Ponthier, Everywhere Isn’t Texas
Boy Golden, Best of Our Possible Lives
Cardinals, Masquerade
Caroline Jones, Good Owen
Charli XCX, Wuthering Heights
Chet Faker, A Love For Strangers
congratulations, Join Hands
Felsmann + Tiley, Protomensch
hemlocke springs, the apple tree under the sea
Howling Bells, Strange Life
Mariachi El Bronx, Mariachi El Bronx IV
Mumford & Sons, Prizefighter
Paul Anka, Inspirations of Life and Love
PONY, Clearly Cursed
Remember Sports, The Refrigerator
Story of the Year, A.R.S.O.N.
The Nude Party, Look Who’s Back
The Paranoid Style, Known Associates
The Sky Chiefs, The Sky Chiefs
Tiana Major9, November Scorpio
Yonaka, Hope You’re Satisfied
February 20
Bella Lista, Drasticism
Jeffrey Martin, Alive July 25, 2025
Leigh-Anne, My Ego Told Me To
Liz Cooper, New Day
Megan Moroney, Cloud 9
New Found Glory, LISTEN UP!
Phew and Danielle de Picciotto, Paper Masks
Sports, Sports
The Enemy, Social Disguises
February 27
Andrew Bird, The Mysterious Production of Eggs (20th Anniversary Box Set)
Chuck Corea, Forever Yours: The Farewell Performance
Inner Wave, SEE YOU WHEN I GET BACK
KABEAUSHÉ, KABEAUSHÉ PRESENTS: I.S.U.I.L.P
Lucy Kitchen, In the Low Light
Rob Zombie, The Great Satan
March 6
Charlie Puth, Whatever’s Clever!
Squeeze, Trixies
March 13
The Orielles, Only You Left
March 20
GAEREA, Loss
Girl Scout, Brink
Gorillaz, The Mountain
Haircut 100, Boxing the Compass
Morgan Evans, Steel Town
March 27
rum.gold, Is There Anybody Home?
April 10
Tori Amos, In Times of Dragons
April 17
TIGA, HOTLIFE
April 24
Krooked Tongue, Drugstore Cowboy
Meghan Trainor, Toy With Me
May 1
Melanie C, Sweat
