Best New Music – Week 26, June 26 2026
Another week, another selection of the best new releases across indie, alternative, jazz, electronic and beyond. New music handpicked for open-minded listeners. With Ibeyi, Chanel Beads, Alewya, SML, Beth Orton, Gold Panda...
Spontaneous Music Live by SML
on International Anthem
free improvisation / post-jazz / electronica / avant-rock
trance-inducing, collective, live-to-tape, expansive
Monkey Mind by Pearl & The Oysters
on Stones Throw Records
indie pop / dream pop / sunshine pop / chamber pop
sunny, post-apocalyptic, lush, French-American
Boomtown by Miles Okazaki
on Pi Recordings
contemporary jazz / avant-garde / large ensemble / Monk-inflected
narrative, complex, cinematic, unruly
Inward Eye by Spacemoth
on Greenway Records
psychedelic pop / krautrock / avant-pop / post-rock
hypnotic, cyclical, cosmic
Offering by Ibeyi
on XL Recordings
neo soul / electronic pop / Yoruba / experimental R&B
devotional, twin, spiritual, expansive
The Myth We Choose by Nduduzo Makhathini
on Blue Note Records
spiritual jazz / contemporary jazz
prophetic, communal, expansive, healing
The Ground Above by Beth Orton
on Partisan Records
alternative folk / folktronica / chamber folk
survival, raw, orchestral, fearless
Please by DJ Plead
on Smalltown Supersound
UK club / bass music / grime-adjacent / experimental electronic
Percussive, syncopated, hybrid, atmospheric
Guest List by M. Geddes Gengras
on Hausu Mountain
modular synthesis / post-rock / experimental / free jazz-inflected
kaleidoscopic, collaborative, post-rock, unstable
Your Day Will Come by Chanel Beads
on Jagjaguwar
art pop / indie rock / hypnagogic pop / experimental
intangible, hypnotic, earworm, uncanny
TEARS OF ENGLISH TOWN by Boris Maurussane
on Hot Puma Records / WeWant2Wecord
baroque pop / chamber pop
lush, orchestral, harmonic, luminous
You Are Spring! by Tasha
on Bayonet Records
indie folk / singer-songwriter / indie pop
summery, luminous, nostalgic, cathartic
Apothicaire Corazon by Bamao Yendé
on Boukan Records
Y2K R&B / UK garage / electronic / Parisian club
hazy, icy, romantic, nocturnal
Bring Our Light to Every Corner by Scrimshire
on Albert’s Favourites
contemporary jazz / electronic / soul / UK jazz
warm, collaborative, cinematic
Surprise Wish by Dari Bay
on Double Double Whammy
indie rock / alternative rock / lo-fi rock
introspective, wiry, raw, nostalgic
Omni by James Brandon Lewis
on Intakt Records
avant-garde jazz / free jazz / saxophone-led
raw, unruly, expansive, spiritual
Wagon Burner by Dead Pioneers
on Hassle Records
punk rock / hardcore punk / spoken word punk
incendiary, political, collaborative, anthemic
ZERO by Alewya
on LDN Records
alternative R&B / electronic / Afro-futurist pop / progressive uk garage
brash, Afro-diasporic, hypnotic, holistic, sensory
Tessares by dgoHn
on Planet Mu
drumfunk / drum & bass / breakcore / IDM
polyrhythmic, playful, jazz-inflected, Essex
REFLEX: Daily New Beginning by Jamie Peet
on BIMHUIS Records
contemporary jazz / live jazz / avant-garde jazz
energetic, organic, open-minded, spiritual
Sans Visage by Félicia Atkinson
on Shelter Press
experimental / ambient / musique concrète / sound poetry
French, immersive, spatial
Where Light Pauses in the Silence of the Sun by Abul Mogard & Rafael Anton Irisarri
on Black Knoll Editions
ambient / dark ambient / drone / electroacoustic
luminous, sculptural, immersive, collaborative
The Isle of Skye by The Infinity Ring
neofolk / gothic rock / post-industrial / dark Americana
brooding, Tom Waits-esque, pastoral, labyrinthine, occult
Variety Magic by Plug (Luke Vibert)
on De:tuned
jungle / drum & bass / drill 'n' bass / breakcore
archival, mischievous, funky, off-kilter
Exhale by Batu & Donato Dozzy
on !K7 Records
techno / bass / experimental electronic
structural, Bristol, submerged, club-functional
TON UP by Gold Panda
on Studio Barnhus
electronic / house / instrumental hip-hop
raw, energetic, playful, rhythmic
The Professional by Vanessa Rossetto
on Erstwhile Records
musique concrète / field recordings / sound collage / electroacoustic
travelogue, sardonic, fourth-wall-breaking, meticulous
All picks are featured in this playlist: Best New Music - Best of 2026
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