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Cody Jinks
Adobe Sessions (10th Anniversary)
Late August Records

Originally recorded live to tape at Sonic Ranch, Adobe Sessions remains the raw, defiant cornerstone of Jinks’ outlaw rise. The 10th Anniversary edition revisits its dust-caked honesty, where barroom grit, self-reliance, and classic country songwriting collide. Stripped of polish and compromise, these songs still resonate as fiercely independent statements from a modern Texas troubadour.

Twisted Sister
Hammerheads
Cleopatra Records

Now available as a standalone concert album, this vintage early Twisted Sister performance captures New York’s finest glam metal icons in ferocious form. Originally part of the 2016 Rock N’ Roll Saviors box, the West Islip, NY hometown set finds cross-dressing mayhem slaying classics like “Rock ’N’ Roll Saviors,” “What You Don’t Know,” and more.

FKA twigs
Eusexua
Atlantic

On her first studio album in five years, the ever-experimental artist searches for transcendence in her own inimitable language. As promised, twigs’ long-awaited third album is inspired by techno – it’s also her warmest and brightest material to date. The hazy underground equivalent of BRAT summer with a massive injection of purified sex.

Rüfüs Du Sol
Inhale / Exhale
Warner Records

Inhale / Exhale refines the trio’s signature rise-and-release aesthetc, pairing lush atmospherics with punchier synths and bass. The pieced-together process lends the album a widescreen feel, while mantric lyrics and euphoric hooks underline a renewed focus on connection. Familiar yet exploratory, it finds the group expanding their palette and reaffirming their place as masters of immersive, headphone-ready electronic music.

Ghost
Skeleta
Loma Vista

After six albums of Beelzebub-bothering, Ghost's melodic metal is more tempting than ever. And while it may not boast the same instant hooks of some earlier albums, Skeleta instead offers something more substantial. Through a rich exploration of genres and a new level of emotional depth, it becomes clear that this was made with a new vision in mind, and comes as the promising start of a new Ghost chapter.

Jon Batiste
Big Money
Verve

7x Grammy® winner Jon Batiste returns with a new album, Big Money. An exploration of the real currency of life as we know it today, Batiste melds classic and modern styles of R&B, Americana, soul, roots, jazz, gospel and more to create sounds of jubilee and diasporic expression. The soundtrack of a movement. Social music.

ROSÉ
Rosie
Atlantic

On her debut solo album, the Blackpink singer sheds her armor, revealing a more vulnerable side behind the polished pop powerhouse. Rosie is steeped in balladry and strumming, sad-girl pop, each track a soft unraveling of her inner world. And yet, coming from an artist who has long had to keep her personal life under wraps, this stripped-back approach feels nothing short of bold.

Alex Warren
You'll Be Alright Kid
Atlantic

While You’ll Be Alright, Kid (Chapter 1) focused on dealing with grief, You’ll Be Alright, Kid turns the page to show the full picture: struggle and strength, healing and resilience. The complete album contains standout tracks along with his earth shattering smash hit single “Ordinary” and newest release, “Bloodline (with Jelly Roll).”

Molly Tuttle
So Long Little Miss Sunshine
Nonesuch

On So Long Little Miss Sunshine, Molly Tuttle shapeshifts again, trading bluegrass purity for a bold pop-country-rock hybrid. Nashville sheen frames virtuoso guitar, flashes of banjo, and fearless songwriting. Playful, personal, and punchy, it’s a chameleonic leap that proves Tuttle’s restlessness is her greatest strength, yet utterly confident.

Deftones
private music
Reprise

Private Music proves patience pays. Reunited with longtime producer Nick Raskulinecz, they fuse sensual menace, alt-metal heft, and spectral electronics into a lean, immersive surge. From pit-starting aggression to swooning intimacy, it’s a confident tenth chapter that’s timeless, forward-facing, and utterly Deftones.

Billy Strings
Highway Prayers
Reprise

Billy Strings is back on his future-facing trajectory with another sprawling set of originals that challenge bluegrass norms while borrowing its framework. It’s an inventive, freewheeling ride that flaunts its increased budget not through studio gloss but a heightened sense of ambition and a strong dose of frivolity.

Linkin Park
From Zero
Warner Records

From Zero (Deluxe Edition) expands the original’s emotional arc with three new tracks and five powerful live cuts captured worldwide. Housed in a deluxe 2CD package, it’s both a thank-you and a testament to the band’s evolution. Songs like “Up From the Bottom” and “Unshatter” pulse with renewed energy and heartfelt connection.

Teddy Swims
I've Tried Everything But Therapy (Part 2)
Warner Records

Swims might still be resisting the therapist’s couch, but his ability to work things out in his music has only become stronger. Melding vintage soul with cutting-edge production, the Georgia-raised artist makes another splash after world-dominating success. At once old and new, steeped in pain yet deeply soothing, it’s Teddy Swims all over.

Sombr
I Barely Know Her
Warner Records

Sombr’s debut captures the dizzy rush of a young artist ascending at warp speed. The New York–born singer, songwriter, and producer channels bedroom-born confessionals into sharply crafted alt-pop, pairing his viral instincts with a deft touch. Intimate, melodic, and emotionally unguarded, it’s a striking statement from a fast-rising talent.

Dijon
Baby
Warner Records

Baby is a glorious eruption, a maximalist leap from Dijon’s rickety, intimate debut into wild, soul-splintering futurism. Glitch, funk, and bedroom psychedelia collide in ecstatic bursts, each track a dazzling ode to love, fatherhood, and chaos. Bold, disorienting, and fiercely alive, it’s Dijon’s most visionary work yet.

Fred again..
ten days
Atlantic

Ten days distils arena-scale dance into something inward and humane. Built around ten fleeting moments, it glides between hushed intimacy and rave catharsis, animated by Sampha, Anderson .Paak and others. Modular, melodic and deeply felt, it confirms Fred as dance music’s great emotional cartographer at the peak of his unlikely global ascent now.

The Marias
Submarine
Atlantic

Whereas some forms of dream-pop sound unmistakably like winter, the Marías make music for poolsides, afternoons in air conditioning, and glamorous waterfront locales after dark. It’s exquisite music for chilling out: funky, jazzy, loungey, dreamy pop that never lets its atmospheric qualities drift into sleepy nothingness.

PinkPantheress
Fancy That
300 Entertainment

Fancy That is pop archaeology at warp speed, flipping UK chart detritus into hypermodern, high-BPM miniatures. Emo-jungle instincts collide with garage and clubland rush, samples worn like couture. Nostalgia becomes propulsion, not crutch, as PinkPantheress sharpens her bite-sized vision into something thrillingly current.

Turnstile
Never Enough
Roadrunner

A bold, breathless leap forward, restless, radiant, and utterly alive. Never Enough channels the band’s Baltimore roots through a widescreen lens. Following Glow On’s Grammy-hailed breakthrough, this genre-smashing follow-up cements Turnstile as hardcore’s most visionary force—blurring lines, raising pulses, and proving once again that enough is never enough.

Lola Young
I'm Only F**king Myself
Island

Packaged in a sleek digipack, this CD includes the hit single 'One Thing' and feels like the emotional glue holding everything in place. It's for the ones still burning CDs in their cars and holding on to something physical in a world that won't stop glitching. Easy to play, hard to ignore. Whether you're spiraling in your bedroom or cruising at midnight, this is the version that stays with you.

Olivia Dean
The Art of Loving
Island

On her sophomore effort, Dean offers a tender, intentional deep dive into the many dimensions of love—romantic, platonic, self, and everything in between. It’s tender yet assured, pairing velvet vocals with understated soul-pop finesse. With “Nice To Each Other” as its gentle centerpiece, this is a quietly luminous step forward from one of Britain’s brightest voices.

Sabrina Carpenter
Man's Best Friend
Island

Sabrina Carpenter sharpens her pop persona into a glittering weapon. It’s camp, confidence, and killer one-liners set to disco, country-pop, and funk-inflected grooves. Witty without trying too hard, sexy without apology, it’s a knowing, self-assured record that confirms Carpenter as pop’s smartest provocateur right now.

Zach Top
Ain't In It For My Health
LEO33

Doubling down on his straight-shooting country charm, Top pairs classic twang with modern confidence. Fresh off a breakout year, he sounds assured and road-ready, delivering sunburnt hooks and plainspoken emotion. It’s an album that confirms his rise isn’t hype, it’s momentum built on songs that travel far beyond Nashville.

Bon Iver
SABLE, fABLE
Jagjaguwar

SABLE, fABLE folds introspection into renewal, opening with cabin-hushed regret before lifting toward soulful, communal warmth. Vernon’s falsetto glides between apology and grace, electronics softening into human touch. Less fractured, more forgiving, it feels like a hard-earned reconciliation. It’s growth, not retreat, that now guides Bon Iver’s evolving beauty.

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