Staff Picks: Best New Music

all genres

	Sallow Moth Hydrophilous Brood Sallow Moth is taking death metal to new heights.		Ripper (CL) Towards Rebirth Beautiful evil, hail to darkness
	Protest the Hero Within Protest The Hero reckon with their identity and integrity to make a worthy statement.		Thurnin Termina The most refined Thurnin sound yet.
	mary in the junkyard Role Model Hermit Mysterious and immediately captivating		Muse The Wow! Signal Take a bow
	Saidan Fangdriller: Scars Beneath Memory's Wrist Saidan return with their best effort yet.		Warning Rituals of Shame 20 years later, Warning are finally back.
	Olivia Rodrigo You Seem Pretty Sad For A Girl So In Love The incredibly satisfying sound of potential being fully realized.		Soft Curse Liminal Ritual Join us in the glow
	Converge Hum of Hurt No leftovers here; 2 for 2.		Death Cab for Cutie I Built You A Tower Death Cab have released their best album in over 20 years and boy is it a beautiful thing.
	Modest Mouse An Eraser and a Maze Sometime I'll be dead and gone / Sooner than I hope, but I hope I'm wrong		August Burns Red Season of Surrender I’ll admit, after the last couple of records, I wondered if August Burns Red had settled into a predictable groove. Season of Surrender completely shatters that doubt. This is hands-down the best, most focused album th
	Manchester Orchestra Union Chapel (London, England) Amplified in the silence		Funebrarum Beckoning the Void of Eternal Silence Ever wonder what it would be like to get hit by an 18-wheeler? Well, this is it.
	Static Dress Injury Episode Instant Post-Hardcore Classic		Elder (USA-MA) Through Zero More ambitious than ever.
	Boards of Canada Inferno A world worth inhabiting.		Hammock The Second Coming Was A Moonrise The stars came tumbling down
	Dimmu Borgir Grand Serpent Rising Another 2026 comeback for the ages!		Kevin Morby Little Wide Open Heaven is a place on Earth
	Genesis Owusu Redstar Wu and the Worldwide Scourge A diverse and political hip-hop album....but it's so much more than that.		A Forest of Stars Stack Overflow In Corpse Pile Interface A haunting black metal cinema.