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Video  ·  Kill Rock Stars “Fossils” is her first new music since 2019, co-produced with Merrill Garbus and Nate Brenner of Tune-Yards June 2026 New Video THAO Twenty years into her career, THAO has dropped the band name. Thao and The Get Down Stay Down is now simply THAO, back on Kill Rock Stars, and back with her first new single in six years.

“`html Modest Mouse — 2026 ReleasedJune 5 LabelGlacial Pace/Virgin Records Produced ByIsaac Brock, Jacknife Lee, Suzy Shinn & Justin Raisen Runtime50 min / 15 tracks Album Review Modest Mouse • An Eraser And A Maze • restless indie rock “An Eraser And A Maze finds Isaac Brock letting every version of himself into the room at once, for better and occasionally for worse.” Isaac Brock has spent more than thirty years sounding like a man arguing with himself, and An Eraser And A Maze lets every...

Video  ·  New Single “Black Paint” kicks off Chrome, Segall’s heaviest record in years — six days at Sonic Ranch with the full band, out August 28 June 2026 New Video Ty Segall Right around the release of Possession last spring, Ty Segall started hearing voices. They were calm at first. Then they got louder: get the band back together. So he did.

SLIFT — 2026 ReleasedJune 5 LabelSub Pop Records Produced BySLIFT Runtime49 min / 8 tracks Album Review SLIFT • Fantasia • heavy psych resistance “SLIFT turn restraint into power, packing their space-rock intensity into sharper, more urgent forms.” SLIFT spent years building cosmic epics that ran past the ten-minute mark, so the biggest surprise on Fantasia is restraint. The French trio packs eight songs into under fifty minutes, and at times you can almost feel them resisting the urge to wander.

feeble little horse — 2026 ReleasedMay 26 LabelSaddle Creek Records Produced BySebastian Kinsler, Lydia Slocum, & Jake Kelley Runtime25 min / 11 tracks Album Review feeble little horse • bitknot • glitched guitar bliss “Catchy as hell, loud as hell, and somehow even sharper than before, bitknot hits exactly where it should.” Leaner and a tad meaner, feeble little horse make their triumphant return with bitknot.

Fire Track  ·  Capitol Records The first Beastie Boys solo album in 15 years arrives August 28 — Thank You is post-electronic, hypnotic, and completely its own thing June 2026 New Visualizer Mike D 5D It has been fifteen years since a Beastie Boy put out new music. Thank You, the debut album from Mike D 5D, arrives August 28 on Capitol Records and it is, by the New York Times’ account, “a Beastie Boy just having fun on a record again.” That’s the whole pitch, and it’s a pretty good one.

Death Cab For Cutie — 2026 ReleasedJune 5 LabelANTI- Produced ByJohn Congleton Runtime38 min / 11 tracks Album Review Death Cab For Cutie • I Built You A Tower • weathered indie grace “Some of Ben Gibbard’s sharpest writing in years arrives on a record that feels lean, focused, and emotionally exposed.” On I Built You A Tower, Death Cab For Cutie sound like a band just being themselves and don’t let the pressure of sales, streaming numbers, or hit singles influence a single decision on this...

Fire Track  ·  Royal Cream / BMG “Jungle Roux” is the first taste of Soft Control, the band’s tenth album — 37 minutes of bone guitars, soul, and hard-won satori, out August 21 June 2026 New Video The Afghan Whigs Greg Dulli used to run on fury. The Afghan Whigs made some of their most essential music out of ego, rage, and volatile emotional terrain and nobody would argue with the results. But Soft Control, the band’s tenth album, operates from somewhere different.

Elder — 2026 ReleasedMay 29 LabelBlues Funeral Recordings Produced ByRichard Behrens Runtime54 min / 6 tracks Album Review Elder • Through Zero • interstellar riff worship “Elder continue building sonic worlds few bands can match, where prog, metal, and space rock collide.” Despite Elder’s twenty year history, the band really hadn’t landed on my radar until 2020’s Omens.

Video  ·  Reprise / Warner Records “We Might As Well Be Strangers” ft. Wednesday is the first look at album number twenty — out August 21 June 2026 New Video Weezer After a sold-out 30th anniversary tour playing the Blue Album in full every night, Weezer went back to basics.