Best New Music – Week 29, July 17 2026
Another week, another selection of the best new releases across indie, alternative, jazz, electronic, hip-hop and beyond. New music handpicked for open-minded listeners. With Tricky, Nia Archives, Rome Streetz, Eartheater, _BY.ALEXANDER...
Different When It's Silent by Tricky
On False Idols
Trip-hop / electronic / modern blues / grime
Brooding, desolate, venomous, haunted
Memories for Sale — At —> 66 Greene St Soho NY (Deluxe Edition) by _BY.ALEXANDER
On _BY.ALEXANDER Records
Alternative r&b / experimental jazz / hip-hop / soul
Hazy, cinematic, late-night, confessional
Uuuuuuuu by Picture
On Short Span
Dub techno / minimal techno / IDM / electronica
Hypnotic, grainy, dubby, meditative
Sock It 2 My Pocket by Rome Streetz on Mass Appeal
Boom bap / east coast hip-hop / underground rap / hardcore rap
Glitzy, paranoid, guilt-ridden, unrelenting
You're Gonna Need A Little Music by Yard Act
On Island Records Post-punk / indie rock / britpop / alt-rock
Uplifting, sun-soaked, groove-laden, tongue-in-cheek
Emotional Junglist by Nia Archives
On Hijinxx & Island Records
Jungle / breakbeat / alternative r&b / indie pop
Euphoric, heartbroken, chaotic, cathartic
Tesoros by Lumtz
On We All Speak In Poems
Ambient / glitch / field-recording electronica / downtempo
Intimate, unhurried, sun-warmed, diaristic
Summer Indoors (or outside wearing black) by The Healing Power of Horses
On section1
Indietronica / trip-hop / alt-pop / electronic
Hypnotic, brittle, blown-out, restless
In Lieu by Gi Gi
On Mood Hut
Downtempo / trip-hop / ambient house / dub techno
Syrupy, hazy, hypnotic, humid
Mount Zero by Swapmeet
On Winspear
Indie rock / alt-rock / slowcore / jangle pop
Sweeping, wistful, tender, bruising
Boatshoes by Brian Ennals & Blockhead
On Phantom Limb
Boom bap / sample-based hip-hop / conscious rap
Sardonic, whimsical, textured, celebratory
Helado Tropical by Helado Tropical
On Psychic Hotline
Latin pop / indie pop / indie electronic
Sun-drenched, breezy, languid, tender
Heavenly Body: If I'm the Bottle You're the Message by Eartheater
On Chemical X
Experimental pop / electronic / ambient / experimental folk
Celestial, diaristic, otherworldly, luminous
Afro-Disco Makossa by Adrian Younge
On Linear Labs
Afrobeat / disco / funk / makossa
Hypnotic, relentless, analog, ecstatic
Art Don't Lie by Joshua Moshe
Contemporary jazz / spiritual jazz / jewish folk / groove jazz
Cinematic, expansive, prayerful, earthy
All picks are featured in this playlist: Best New Music - Best of 2026
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