18 August 2026
Band: IF NOT FOR ME
Who: A four piece metalcore outfit hailing from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Composed of veterans ranging from all over the central PA music scene, INFM delivers their own brand of catchy choruses, driving riffs, and hard-hitting breakdowns with an explosive live performance to match.
New album: WHERE THE LIGHT BEGINS TO FADE
Their 4th.
The church of metalcore?
Let’s all pray and bang our heads.
14 August 2026
Artist: TROYE SEVIAN
Who: Australian mega R&B pop star, who was
born 31 years ago in Johannesburg, South Africa
Album: SHE’S THE BEST.
It’ll be shared with the
world on Oct 9th.
ARTWORK
Title Track
Below the cover of Tom Waits‘s 4th LP Small Change released 50 years ago
(21 Sept 1976). Could it be the same woman as on the upcoming Sivian LP?
If so she hasn’t hardly aged.
11 August 2026
Artist: CHEESEDADDY
Who: Florida-based comedy rapper
and producer also know as Papi Queso.
Album: ALBUMBUSCUS
It features collegue/friend rapper Royal Flush.
It features contributions and tracks tied to American very popular
internet personality, actor, and musician Toby Turner aka Tobuscus.
Nice guy on the cover.
STREAM
1 August 2026
Press photo by Todd Pollock
Band: PEACE TEST
Who: Hardcore band from
Providence, Rhode Island.
Album: REPERCUSSION
Their 2nd. Out August 14th.
First single.
25 July 2026
British superstar CHARLI XCX (born Charlotte Emma Aitchison in England
33 years ago) has released her 8th album, titled MUSIC, FASHION, FILM.
The album cover is both incredibly surprising and utterly cool. It features Welsh
rock legend John Cale (with whom she wrote the song House for her soundtrack
album for this year’s Wuthering Heights movie), American fashion designer
Marc Jacobs and iconic film director Martin Scorsese.
Cover of the year? Great contender.
Music? I’m not a Charli XCX follower, but this
new LP will sell millions. Mainstream pop bliss.
Pitchfork says: “If you were to just read the lyrics you’d say this is one of the least written albums of all time. But the record is full of little somatic thrills—doubled vocal harmonies, sharp dynamic contrasts—that come densely packed yet discrete and readily clippable.”
15 July 2026
Promo pic, taken in Paris
Atlanta‘s metal giants MASTODON announced the birth of their 9th LP via their
socials (see below). They named it MARROW DEEP. It’ll land on planet Earth on
August 28th. More info here.
And as usual, Mastodon come up with album artwork to
stare at for a while and try to figure out what’s all in there.
Hear the 2 shared singles.
– SNAKES FOR DINNER –
– YOUR GHOST AGAIN –
TOUR DATES
13 July 2026
New York‘s foolproof, post-hardcore-rock hellraisers SHOW ME THE BODY
just release of their new full-length, their 4th. It’s named Alone And Together.
Kerrang says: “One of post-hardcore’s most consistently exciting and invigorating
bands has found a new gear and cemented themselves as a band for everyone,
regardless of taste.”
Rock ‘n’ roll pigeons on the cover.
STREAM ALBUM
10 July 2026
Promo pic
Artist: KELELA
Who: Widely lauded R&B songstress
from Washington D.C.
Album: NEW AVATAR
Her 3rd. Out now.
Stereogum says: “The album thrives on elegant abrasion. The guitars are some of the record’s most exciting textures, rubbing against Kelela’s voice instead of simply supporting it. Sometimes it’s scratchy, fuzzy like steel wool, at others, it’s like wind picking up dust from a construction site.”
One fourth trip-hoppy, one fourth dancy, one fourth vibey and one fourth dreamy.
