Best New Music – Week 17, APRIL 24 2026

Another week, another selection of the best new releases across indie, jazz, electronic and beyond — new music handpicked for open-minded listeners. With Bel Cobain, Angelo De Augustine...

Kizzy (EP) by Bel Cobain

via ʙʀᴏᴡɴsᴡᴏᴏᴅ ʀᴇᴄᴏʀᴅɪɴɢs

alt-R&B / neo-soul / jazz-adjacent

bittersweet, introspective, beautifully fractured

Angel In Plainclothes by Angelo De Augustine

via Asthmatic Kitty Records

indie folk / singer-songwriter

fragile, healing, luminous

Location Lost by Failure

via Arduous Records

alt-rock / shoegaze / space rock

hallucinatory, fragmented, beautifully disoriented

Quiet Light - Blue Angel Sparkling Silver 2 by Quiet Light

via True Panther Records

indietronica / alt-pop / dream pop

dreamy, intimate, offbeat, addictive

Friend Remixes by james K

via AD 93

ambient / electronica / UK garage / techno

expansive, kaleidoscopic, collectivist, luminous

Dala What We Must by Esa Williams

via BBE Music

afro-electronic / soul / world fusion

diasporic, grounded, warmly cinematic

PA by Anna Ferrer

via La Castanya

experimental folk / balearic / électronique / singer-songwriter

ritualistic, ancestral, quietly radical

Crayola Circles by Fatboi Sharif & Child Actor

via Backwoodz Studioz

experimental hip-hop / abstract rap

hypnotic, lucid, oblique

Forager by Cadence Weapon, Junia-T

via Six Shooter Records

conscious hip-hop / jazz rap / underground rap

verbose, vintage-obsessed, golden-age

Pourquoi Ce Disque ? by DOPPLeR

via Bigoût Records

noise rock / math rock / hardcore

angular, taut, timelessly DOPPLeR

Something Worth Waiting For by Friko

via atorecords

alt-rock / indie rock

anthemic, emotional, overflowing

Sojourn by CAVS

via p(doom) records

tropical jazz / electronic / percussion

breezy, tropical, meditative

Confession by Carla dal Forno

via Kallista Records

minimalist post-punk / ambient pop / dream pop

obsessive, warm, disquieting

Singing by Gia Margaret

via Jagjaguwar

indie folk / ambient folk

hushed, intimate, renewed

FLOWERS TOO by DORIAN PIMPERNEL

via BORN BAD RECORDS

psychedelic pop / krautrock / French pop

erudite, labyrinthine, hauntingly timeless

The Ark by Anthony Joseph

via Heavenly Sweetness

spoken word / jazz / Afrofuturism / dub

visionary, incantatory, deeply communal

13 by White Denim

via Bella Union

psych-funk / indie rock / soul

restless, groove-heavy, gloriously unruly

Sd-3 by Loukeman

via September Recordings

downtempo / indietronica / outsider house

textured, instinctive, blissfully roaming

Setting by Setting

via Thrill Jockey

experimental / free improvisation / jazz / electronic

hypnagogic, tactile, luminously communal

Kover Kover by Web Web

via Compost Records

spiritual jazz / jazz fusion

radically reimagined, joyfully eclectic

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Explore more: Best New Music – Week 16

All picks are featured in this playlist

Video of the selection

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckZMMbBQQvs