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Sept. 18, 2026

• Westside Whimsy - Album by Jhené Aiko | HotNewHipHop
Jhené Aiko's new album has been six years in the making.

• New songs on deluxe version of Carson’s ‘Cartunez’ stand out | The Purbalite
The deluxe version of Ken Carson fifth album, Xperiment – Cartunez, features some songs that are better than those on the original release. These tracks include “Scrape” and “Swag Jack.” This deluxe version also adds features from Destroy Lonely on “Roxy Reynolds” and Osamason on “Vamp City.” A high point of this project is the...

• Turnstile release NEVER ENOUGH: VERSIONS featuring Slayyyter, Hayley Williams, Elton John, and more | Paste
Paste Magazine is your source for the best music, movies, TV, comedy, videogames, books, comics, craft beer, politics and more. Discover your favorite albums and films.

• Album Review: Billy Strings – So Much For Goodbye | Beats Per Minute
Music News, Reviews, Interviews, Videos and MP3s

• Sara Bareilles excavates loss in all its messy forms on new album 'Good Grief' | NPR
Sara Bareilles talks to Morning Edition about grief, infertility and the experiences that shaped her new album.

• ‘I Submitted To The Truth’: How Radical Honesty Shaped Beartooth’s Journey To ‘Pure Ecstasy’ | The Music
Beartooth vocalist Caleb Shomo reflects on breaking boundaries, collaborating with Jordan Fish, and bringing the band's rawest, most authentic record to Australia in 2027.

• Day 253/365 Album Review: It Goes On - Westside Cowboy | malaynachang.substack.com
A very solid debut for the indie rock band, I adored everything I heard on here.

• Album Review: almost monday - THANK GOD IT'S ALMOST MONDAY | New Noise Magazine
almost monday loosen up on 'THANK GOD IT’S ALMOST MONDAY,' a polished indie-pop record whose best moments reveal a more interesting band.

• Ellie Goulding - I Know Too Much - Bravado | www.bravado.de
'I Know Too Much' is Ellie Goulding's highly anticipated 6th studio album. The incredible 10 track album features the new single 'Black Prada Dress’. Standard Pearl Sunrise vinyl.   "Making this album allowed me to bring everything together honestly, like journalling through music, a collection of songs that represent

• This Is Lorelei matures in new album ‘The Singer in My Band’ | The Miscellany News
Nate Amos is one of the best songwriters of our time. Member of the Brooklynite group Water from Your Eyes and singer-songwriter under the alias This Is Lorelei (TIL), Amos’ ability to juxtapose deep inner thoughts and feelings with the mundanity of everyday life is extraordinary. His songs could so

• Day 252/365 Album Review: The Singer in My Band - This Is Lorelei | malaynachang.substack.com
A perfect folk-Americana bluegrass album, I adored this project of Nate Amos’s much more than his work in his band.

• Matilda Mann’s ‘Kismet’ Seals Her Fate As Artist To Watch | www.musicistoblame.co.uk
Matilda Mann’s second album ‘Kismet’ marks an 11-song record that questions everything, but she has never sounded so good.

• EST Gee Drops His New Album ‘Bigger Than The Devil’ | New York's Power 105.1 FM | iHeartRadio LIVE
Listen to EST Gee's new album and more new music now!

• EST Gee sets release of new album ‘Bigger Than the Devil’ | Power 104.3
Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Louisville rapper EST Gee has announced that his next album, the 20-track project “Bigger Than the Devil,” will arrive Sept. 11 through CMG/Interscope Records. The album news came along with two

• EST Gee to Release BIGGER THAN THE DEVIL Album in September | Broadway World
EST Gee released two new singles, Ya Digg and You Know It, ahead of his upcoming album BIGGER THAN THE DEVIL, featuring SkiMike, 86Snot, EST Spit and…

• D-Block Europe’s, Young Adz addresses retirement & reveals documentary plans | Capital XTRA
D-Block Europe’s Young Adz joined us on Capital XTRA Breakfast to talk all-things DBE’s retirement, a potential documentary, and their new album with French Montana. From ‘PTSD’ to ‘PTSD2’, their music is iconic – but are DBE retired?

• HEY, NOTHING Release Major Label Debut Album HOUND | Broadway World
Athens, Georgia duo Tyler Mabry and Harlow Phillips released their major label debut album via Music Soup / Interscope Records, alongside a North American…

• Tiny Habits on Keepers and the Freedom to Explore | Northern Transmissions | Sept. 18, 2026, 2:33 a.m.
Tiny Habits interview with Northern Transmissions by Maria Richter The band discussed their new LP Keepers and much more

• Mastodon Turn Tragedy Into Triumph on Marrow Deep: Cover Story | Consequence | Sept. 17, 2026, 2:30 p.m.
Mastodon's Troy Sanders and Brann Dailor discuss the passing of former bandmate Brent Hinds and new album Marrow Deep in this Consequence Cover Story interview.

• Ezra Collective: Flying High On Hope | Jazzwise | Sept. 17, 2026, 12:15 p.m.
UK five-piece Ezra Collective have gone from intimate shows to stadiums, winning the Mercury Prize and a Brit Award. But beneath their success lies a deeper...

• Ezra Collective’s Here Because of Hope is uplifting and full of life — album review | Financial Times | Sept. 17, 2026, 11 a.m.
The jazz fusionist five-piece bring conceptual clarity and genuine joy to their latest release

• Sara Bareilles talks about dealing with loss and her new album, 'Good Grief' | KERA News | Sept. 17, 2026, 8:45 a.m.
NPR's Leila Fadel speaks to singer-songwriter Sara Bareilles about learning to deal with loss, and "Good Grief," her new album and documentary, which shows a darker side of her writing.

• Erykah Badu & The Alchemist Detail & Preview ‘Before The World Blows’ | V13.net | Sept. 17, 2026, 1 a.m.
Erykah Badu & The Alchemist reveal the tracklist for ‘Before The World Blows,’ plus the new “Witch Doctor” video and tour dates.

• Ezra Collective on Stunning New LP ‘Here Because of Hope’ & Collaborating with Olivia Dean: ‘My Most Perfect A&R Moment!’ | Billboard | Sept. 16, 2026, 4:25 p.m.
U.K. jazz group Ezra Collective discuss their new album 'Here Because of Hope' and collaborating with Olivia Dean and Leona Lewis.

• Bonobo zeigt mit "Distance in Static" die Schönheit im Rauschen | www1.wdr.de | Sept. 16, 2026, 11:48 a.m.
Wenn sich Elektronische Musik, Global Pop und Melancholie treffen, ist Bonobo nicht weit. Auf "Distance in Static" entdeckt er Sounds und Stimmen aus Japan, Pakistan und Iran - und reist in die eigene Vergangenheit.

• D-Block Europe and French Montana Struggle to Make Waves on "Worldwide Wave" | Ratings Game Music | Sept. 14, 2026, 1:09 a.m.
"Worldwide Wave" pairs D-Block Europe and French Montana across 19 tracks of menacing production, reckless bars, uneven singing, and repetition

• Jhené Aiko Shares New Album 'Westside Whimsy' | News | Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews | Clash Magazine | Sept. 11, 2026, 3:21 p.m.
R&B singer-songwriter Jhené Aiko has unveiled her new album, 'Westside Whimsy’, via ALLEL/Artclub/Def Jam Recordings. The dense 20-track

• Jorja Smith: What Are the Odds | Spectrum Culture | Sept. 9, 2026, 5:03 a.m.
What Are the Odds stands as a fascinating, if flawed, document of Jorja Smith in transition: liberated by the dancefloor, but still searching for a way to let her voice fully command it.

• Navigating The Dark: Chelsea Wolfe Interviewed | Features | Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews | Clash Magazine | Sept. 7, 2026, 4:03 p.m.
For Chelsea Wolfe, “the dark” can have endless meanings. There is the literal, an emptiness that can envelop you, and there are odes to the romantic

• Nemzzz Drops New Mixtape 'Locked In' | News | Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews | Clash Magazine | Sept. 4, 2026, 11:01 a.m.
Manchester rapper Nemzzz has shared new mixtape 'Locked In' in full. The rapper is a phenomenon, with Nemzzz breaking out as one of the most-streamed rap

• Matilda Mann: Written in the stars | Dork | Sept. 4, 2026, 8:06 a.m.
Matilda Mann's second album 'Kismet' arrives at exactly the right moment. Written quickly and released on her own terms, it's a record that finds her following fate instead of fighting it.

• Wisin imparte cátedra en “La Universidad del Perreo” | AP NEWS | Sept. 3, 2026, 9:03 p.m.
CIUDAD DE MÉXICO (AP) — No era una broma ni material de memes, Wisin lanza el jueves “La Universidad del Perreo”, un álbum en el que rinde homenaje a los orígenes del reggaetón.

• Review: Mastodon – Marrow Deep | stitchedsound.com | Aug. 28, 2026, 1 p.m.
Much of the metal world was sitting on a certain uneasiness over the last 18 months or so when it came to Mastodon; first with the departure of founding member and songwriter Brent Hinds, then with…

• Roxy Dekker, straks op Pukkelpop, over haar nieuwe album en uitverkochte shows: ‘Het is bijzonder wat mij overkomt, daar ben ik me bewust van’ | Humo | Aug. 21, 2026, 8:11 a.m.
Drie Edisons, honderden miljoenen streams op Spotify, volgende maand vier uitverkochte shows in de Ziggo Dome in Amsterdam en straks op de Main Stage van Pukkelpop. Op haar 21ste is Roxy Dekker al een begrip in de Nederlandse muziek. Vrijdag verschijnt haar tweede album, met een toepasselijke titel: ‘Superstar’. ‘Ik denk dat ik ondanks mijn jonge leeftijd zelf ook wel aanvoel wanneer het te veel wordt’.