Best New Music – Week 19, May 8 2026
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Another week, another selection of the best new releases across indie, jazz, electronic and beyond — new music handpicked for open-minded listeners. With Aldous Harding, Action Bronson, Seu Jorge...
Train On The Island by Aldous Harding
on 4AD & Flying Nun Records
indie folk / chamber folk / art pop
oblique, chameleonic, quietly spellbinding
Cost of Living Adjustment by Cola
on Fire Talk
post-punk / art punk / indie rock
wired, worldweary, lushly angular
Dear Children Of Our Children, I Knew: Epilogue by Alabaster DePlume
on International Anthem
spiritual jazz / avant-folk / experimental
urgent, mournful, bearing witness
WIRED by Basement
on Run For Cover Records
emo / grunge / post-hardcore / alt-rock
raw, sharp, self-assured
ARCADE by debnever
on Giant Music
alt-pop / indie rock / bedroom pop
hazy, intimate, quietly consuming
HARD TO HANDLE by RADIOHOP
on Melting Pot Music
jazz-hip-hop / beat tape / broken beat
raw, groovy, instinctively collective
Detached From The Rest Of You by Loraine James
on Hyperdub
IDM / glitch / electronica
sparse, intimate, anxiously luminous
PLANET FROG by Action Bronson
drumless hip-hop / jazz rap / underground rap
smooth, luxurious, deeply focused
Feeling Is Structure by Max Cooper
on Mesh
electronica / ambient techno / IDM
architectural, precise, deeply emotive
Towards An Expanse by Dumama
on Soundway Records
electro-acoustic / future folk / spiritual jazz
ancestral, expansive, hauntingly luminous
Remember The Humans by Broken Social Scene
on Arts & Crafts / City Slang
electro-acoustic / future folk / spiritual jazz
ancestral, expansive, hauntingly luminous
CEREMONIAL by Black Milk
on computer ugly
underground hip-hop / soul rap / jazz rap
soulful, introspective, quietly masterful
Bestiarium Sombre by Anastasia Kristensen
on Intercept
experimental techno / IDM / bleep / jungle
feral, vivid, anthropomorphically eccentric
Further Than The Eyes Can See by Jorden & pty
underground hip-hop / boom bap / conscious rap
raw, grounded, soulfully gripping
Lavender Networks by Fire-Toolz
on Warp Records
avant-garde / IDM / metalcore / vaporwave
deliriously maximalist, internet-fractured
Matthew Stevens by Matthew Stevens
on CANDID RECORDS
contemporary jazz / avant-folk / post-genre guitar
purposeful, fluid, quietly transcendent
The Other Side by Seu Jorge
on Black Service & Amor In Sound
bossa nova / MPB / orchestral jazz
lush, cinematic, patiently timeless
Alive With Ghosts Today by Chris Potter
on Edition Records
contemporary jazz / chamber jazz / post-bop
politically charged, luminously crafted
Cold Comfort by Stik Figa & Heather Grey
on Mello Music Group
underground hip-hop / boom bap / conscious rap
honey-hued, grounded, dependably great
The Blue Lab Beats Show by Blue Lab Beats
on Blue Adventure Records
jazztronica / Afrobeat / neo-soul / UK jazz
jubilant, globe-trotting, warmly celebratory
NRG 5 by Chiminyo
UK jazz / free improvisation / jazz-electronic
kinetic, raw, gloriously improvised
Bloom Again (EP) by runo plum
on Winspear
alternative folk / indie rock / bedroom pop
tender, intimate, quietly radiant
Looking for Consonance by John Hollenbeck
on Out Of Your Head Records
avant-garde jazz / electroacoustic / synth-pop
politically charged, hauntingly unclassifiable
Primordial Mind by Khôra & Mas Aya
on Marionette
electroacoustic / ambient dub / free jazz / world
ritualistic, polyrhythmic, cosmically immersive
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