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April 7, 2026

• “This Music May Contain Hope” convinced me that hope is still out there | The Miami Student
At the end of January, London-based singer-songwriter Raye announced the release of her second album, “This Music May Contain Hope,” and I have been eagerly awaiting its arrival ever since. Within a few minutes of its release on March 27, I sat down and listened to what would become one of the best albums I have heard in the past year.

• Thundercat: Distracted | Pitchfork
Read Daniel Felsenthal’s review of the album.

• Thundercat’s Distracted Explores Grief and Modern Life’s Chaos | AceShowbiz
Thundercat returns with 'Distracted,' an album exploring modern overload, grief, and the protective armor we wear to cope with a chaotic world.

• Blanco reveals the tracklist for Ma’: first previews and the album’s mood| True Italian Experience - inItaly | inItaly | True Italian Experience
Blanco unveils Ma’ tracklist and shares early audio previews The singer-songwriter has begun posting the names of the tracks that will appear on Ma’, the album due on April 3, 2026. Each reveal is pai...

• Vuela Enjambre con su nuevo disco a 'Daños Luz' | www.reforma.com
El grupo Enjambre lanzará el jueves su nuevo álbum, 'Daños Luz', mostrado primero ante fans, y el sábado tocarán en el Vive Latino.

• Rencontre avec Elmiene pour la sortie de son premier album | www.s-quive.com
Elmiene, chanteur britannique à la voix émotive et captivante, sort son tout premier album "Sounds for Someone" après plusieurs singles remarqués.

• Good Kid Create a Universe of Lore: "Someone Is Going to Find It All Eventually" | Exclaim!
'Can We Hang Out Sometime?' is the band's latest adventure in the fictional city of Neo-TO

• Tiffany Day - HALO | The Popjustice Forum
Tiffany Day is an independent DJ/producer based in LA. Her 2nd album HALO is out this week, and it's been shaping up to be a PJ friendly affair based on the singles. Couldn't find a thread for her, so here we are!

• Tiffany Day has motion | The FADER
Rising star Tiffany Day releases her new song 'START OVER' from her forthcoming album 'HALO' out April 3.

• Magnolia Park drop new single, HIGH, featuring Arrows In Action | Kerrang!
Hear the Magnolia Park x Arrows In Action collab HIGH, taken from the former’s new deluxe album NIGHTS AFTER VAMP.

• Jonas Brothers release live album ‘Friends From Your Hometown’ | 106.9 the Eagle
The Jonas Brothers are giving fans a chance to relive some standout moments from their recent ‘ JONAS20: Greetings From Your Hometown’ tour with a new live album. The trio announced Friends From Your Hometown, a collection

• Snail Mail’s ‘Ricochet’: Spiraling through life | The Miami Student
I’ve been listening to Snail Mail since 2022, so the wait for Lindsey Jordan’s newest album, “Ricochet,” was a long one. My first experience with her music was on my 16th birthday, and my dad decided to take a risk and buy me a vinyl of an album I had never heard before.

• Zwischen Heimweh und Weite: Johannes Oerdings Album "Hotel" | www.ndr.de
Das Hotel als Bild fürs Leben: Auf seinem neuen Album singt Johannes Oerding über das Unterwegs-Sein, flüchtige Begegnungen und Heimweh. Er musiziert dabei mit Peter Maffay und Michael Patrick Kelly.

• Kungs - Out Loud 1lp | Muzyka.sklep.pl
KUNGS - OUT LOUD 1LP - Długo oczekiwany nowy album Kungs, „Out Loud”, zapowiada się na duże i eklektyczne wydawnictwo. Łączy rock, disco i brzmienia elektroniczne, podobnie jak pierwszy singiel „Light Me Up”. 10-utworowy album zawiera zaskakujące kolaboracje i prezentuje unikalny, autorski styl artysty. 

• Alessia Cara joins Kenton to chat about everything from Pepsi to her new album | SteinbachOnline
Alessia Cara has become a Canadian icon. Back in 2018, Alessia Cara won the Grammy for Best New Artist and she's been releasing great music ever since, with hits such as Growing Pains, Rooting For You, Scars to Your Beautiful, Wild Things, Out of Love, and Stay, a song of ZEDD's which she features on. Earlier this year, Alessia Cara partnered with Pepsi Canada for a 2026

• Sam Barber, "Broken View" - Album Review | Country Central | April 7, 2026, 3:54 a.m.
"Broken View is an impressionist work whose elements empower the listener to interpret the stories and extrapolate meaning."

• HADES - Melanie Martinez (Album Review) | My Site | April 6, 2026, 8 p.m.
I review Melanie Martinez's most recent project, HADES, and cover all of its glaring issues.

• ‘It's a Little Scary’: Alessia Cara Speaks Out After AI-Generated Song Appears on YouTube | Billboard Canada | April 6, 2026, 7:22 p.m.
Celebrating the release of her first-ever live album, Love or Lack Thereof, the Grammy-winning singer-songwriter shares the importance of human-created art in Canada’s music landscape.

• Jazz-Album Honora von Flea: Die Haltung zählt | Süddeutsche.de | April 6, 2026, 5:13 p.m.
Der Bassist der „Red Hot Chili Peppers“ hat ein Soloalbum aufgenommen. Das passt zum Geist des neuen Jazz, bei dem nicht alles perfekt sein muss, um etwas zu sagen.

• SB19 Releases New Album ‘Wakas at Simula’ Ahead of Historic Lollapalooza Debut | Selective Hearing | April 6, 2026, 5 p.m.
P-Pop trailblazers mark new chapter with 24-track album featuring collaborations with global artists JOLIN and BE:FIRST

• Melanie Martinez’s ‘HADES’: A Descent into Pop’s Most Unsettling Underworld | Atwood Magazine | April 6, 2026, 4:05 p.m.
Sugar turns to ash, fairy tales rot from the inside out, and Melanie Martinez drags her pop universe into the fire. ‘HADES’ is a hypnotic descent where beauty curdles into brutality, and nothing, not even innocence, survives the fall.

• REVIEW: Sam Barber “Broken View” | Americana Highways | April 6, 2026, 3 p.m.
On the heels of the success of Restless Mind, with Broken View, Sam Barber proves his first album was not a fluke.

• Rob’s Album of The Week: Thundercat’s Distracted | Medium | April 6, 2026, 1:04 p.m.
The moniker of Stephen Bruner, Thundercat is an artist who’s been forging his own path for the past decade and a half. Starting out as a…

• Tiffany Day thought her career was over. Then she found her truest sound yet | Los Angeles Times | April 3, 2026, 10 a.m.
L.A.-based artist Tiffany Day on Friday releases her sophomore album "Halo" in a marked turn toward hyperpop.

• Good Kid are building their own indie empire | Dork | April 3, 2026, 9 a.m.
With a Discord army, hundreds of millions of streams and zero interest in playing by industry rules, Good Kid are redefining what indie really means as they step up with debut album ‘Can We Hang Out Sometime?’.

• Tiffany Day releases final single before 'HALO' | The Ramapo News | April 2, 2026, 4 a.m.
Ahead of her second album, “HALO,” Los Angeles singer and DJ Tiffany Day is dropping singles to give fans a taste of what to expect. “SAME LA,” the third single, came out on March 25 to positive fan reception. It’s the final single before the album’s release on April 3, and it shows some promise

• Good Kid – ‘Can We Hang Out Sometime?’ album review | Spectral Nights - alternative music, indie music, music reviews, new music, music blog | April 2, 2026, 3:54 a.m.
Recorded in Los Angeles with John Congleton (Lana Del Rey, St. Vincent), Good Kid’s new album ‘Can We Hang Out Sometime?’ centres around the importance of connection and how anxie…

• Thundercat Dishes on His Biggest Distractions on the Road to “Distracted” — and the Friends He's Made Along the Way (Exclusive) | www.aol.com | March 30, 2026, 5:20 p.m.
The bassist extraordinaire caught up with PEOPLE about surprise guest appearances, 'Star Wars' lore and working on himself ahead of his new LP

• Good Kid 'Can We Hang Out Sometime?' | The Album Story | Rock Sound | March 26, 2026, 2:56 p.m.
David Wood and Jacob Tsafatinos guide us through the creation of Good Kid’s long-awaited and viscerally colourful debut album.

• Alessia Cara talks about her new album Love or Lack Thereof | KABB | March 24, 2026, 8:59 p.m.
Grammy award-wining singer-songwriter Alessia Cara has racked up billions of streams and global hits like Here and Scars To Your Beautiful, now she's showcasing