New Music Releases and Upcoming Albums in 2026

New albums are getting announced and released constantly. It’s tough to stay on top of it all. So that’s where we come in. Pitchfork is tracking notable new music releases with our guide to upcoming albums. In the coming months, there will be big new releases from Cameron Winter, the Avalanches, Troye Sivan, Fontaines D.C., Diiv, Dawn Richard, Queens of the Stone Age, Johnny Marr, @, Remi Wolf, Greg Freeman, Emily A. Sprague, and plenty more. This guide features streaming and digital release dates and will be updated regularly.

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October 2

The Beatles: Rubber Soul - Special Edition [Calderstone Productions Limited/UMG]

The Chicks: Taking the Long Way (20th Anniversary Edition) [Columbia]

Elvis Costello: My Aim Is True (49th Anniversary Edition) Box Set [UMe]

Emily A. Sprague: Cyano [Rvng Intl.]

Ghostemane: AM:FM [Eric Ghoste Publishing]

Greg Freeman: All Set the Bone [Transgressive/Canvasback]

Helen: Linda’s Head [Kranky]

Johnny Marr: The Age of Everything [BMG]

Jon Hassell: Music Is Invisible (Pentimento Volume Three) [Ndeya]

Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith: Ruin: It’s Not Just Music [Someone Special]

Kyle Gordon: Kyle Gordon Is Everywhere [BMG]

LIA LIA: Armor [Alter]

Lily Seabird: Lightspheres on Their Way [Lame-O]

Meshell Ndegeocello: Synonym [Blue Note]

Miranda Lambert: Crisco [Vanner]

MX Lonely: Perfect House EP [Julia’s War]

Quavo: Qrömelife [Quality Control/Motown]

Stef Chura: Dancing Alone on the Concrete [Saddle Creek]

Vanishing Twin: Archives [Fire]

Victoria Monet: Frequency of Love [Lovett/RCA]

Wishy: Nature’s Pill [Winspear]

October 9

Bodega: All Inside Aquarium [Chrysalis]

Cameron Winter: Live at Carnegie Hall [Partisan/Pias]

Dawn Richard: Creole Culture [Merge]

Fatima Al Qadiri: 3TWI (عتوي) [Hyperdub]

Girl Ultra: RRRomeo [Big Dada/Ninja Tune]

HAAi: Digitise [Mute]

Jeremiah Chiu: Edge Connections [International Anthem]

Jeff Mills: Live at Knockdown Center Pt. 2 [self-released]

Jess Williamson: A Mile South of Heaven [New West]

John Prine: Found Dogs [Oh Boy]

Marina Herlop: Dja Dja [Self-released]

More Eaze: Valley and Structure [Thrill Jockey]

Ovrkast: Striking [Three Times Louder]

Remi Wolf: Mud [Island]

Sheryl Crow: Pick You Up [Big Green Barn/Thirty Tigers]

The Tallest Man on Earth: Just Beyond Endless Mountain [Anti-]

Teenage Fanclub: Do Not Dare to Dream [Merge]

Todd Snider: My Second Rodeo [Aimless Inc. / Thirty Tigers]

Troye Sivan: She’s the Best [Tokky’s Music/Interscope]

Twin Temple: Doomed Lovers [Pentagrammaton]

October 16

@: Autosmile [4AD]

Andy Shauf: The Party (10th Anniversary Edition) [Anti-]

The Avalanches: No Bad Memories [Modular]

Bibio and Dorian Concept: Answers [Warp]

Brian Eno: Another Day on Earth (reissue) [Opal]

Brian Eno and J. Peter Schwalm: Drawn From Life (reissue) [Opal]

Djrum: DJ-Kicks [!K7]

Dummy: Do You Love the Color of the Sky? [Polyvinyl]

Eels: Cookie Happened [Play It Again Sam]

Fontaines D.C.: Dopamine Chamber [XL]

Geologist: The Sirens [Outside Time]

Heavens to Betsy: Baby’s Gone [Kill Rock Stars]

Jacques Greene: JG [LuckyMe]

Max Richter: While the Flood Rages [Decca Records]

Rachel Chinouriri: I Think I Spoke Too Soon [Atlas Artists/Parlophone/Warner Records]

They Are Gutting a Body of Water: Kool Faith / Loosies II [ATO/Julia’s War]

Two Shell: Infinite Now [Young]

Worldpeace DMT: Stick Around For Tea [WPDMT]

October 18

Alchemical Sisters: Alchemical Sisters [Interdimensional Transmissions]

October 21

Ryan Hemsworth: Numbskull [Topshelf]

October 23

Amy Winehouse: Back to Black (20th Anniversary Edition) [UMR/Island]

Anderson .Paak and Cordae: Heavy Is the Crown [Apeshit/Mass Appeal/Empire]

Brakence: Marrow [October 23]

Caroline Rose: Gentling the Horse at the Walt Whitman Mall [Suck]

Claud: Me and the Music [Dead Oceans]

Fenne Lily: Win Win [Nettwerk]

Fine: Jazz Dreams [Escho]

James Brandon Lewis: Calling Antonín [TAO Forms]

John Legend: Muse [Republic]

Josh Johnson: Animative [International Anthem / Nonesuch]

Michael Kiwanuka: Fudge [Polydor]

The Olivia Tremor Control: The Same Place [Elephant 6]

Tony Iommi: From the Dark [BMG]

Sen Morimoto: Time Is on Your Side [Sooper]

Shabazz Palaces: It’s a Style Sport [Sub Pop]

Sour Widows: Sigil [Julia’s War]

Wolves in the Throne Room: Estuary [Relapse]

October 30

2nd Grade: Boys and Girls [Lame-O]

Andy Stott: Late Loop [Modern Love]

Diiv: ZIRP! [Fantasy]

Heathers: Awesome [Warner]

horsegiirL: Hardcore Healing EP [RCA]

Isik Kural: Motorcycles and Cherry Wind [RVNG]

Kali Malone: Burning Song [Ideologic Organ]

Ministry: Hate to Go (Take Out or Delivery) [Cleopatra]

Queens of the Stone Age: Perfecth [Matador]

Sampa the Great: Nu Zamrock [Loma Vista]

Stephen Steinbrink: In a Split Mirror [Sedimentary Archive]

Thao: Show Me [Kill Rock Stars]

Wavves: Cherry Soda [I Surrender]

WHY?: Oh Golly / Yes Lord [Waterlines]

November 6

Bad Brains: Are You Ready: The First Studio Recording [Trust Records]

Boys Noize: 7LLVSION [ONES and ZEROS]

Catherine Elicson: River of Fat [Community Music]

Daine: In Endless Awe & Agony [PACK.]

La Roux: Old Flames [Vertigo / Casablanca]

Oso Oso: An Exchange of Information [Feral Twin]

Rex Orange County: Dream Fatigue [AWAL]

Shygirl: Swallow! [Because Music]

Sufjan Stevens: Worst Christmas Ever! [Asthmatic Kitty]

Tom Petty: Origins 1971-1978 [UMe]

Twisted Teens: The Holy Cross Tigers [November 6]

Various Artists: Heart of Gold: The Songs of Neil Young, Vol. 2 - Out of the Blue / Vol. 3 - Into the Black [Killphonic]

November 11

2hollis: Pirouette [Interscope]

November 13

Aesop Rock and Blockhead: Trouble Mountain [Rhymesayers]

Blackhaine: Saints in the Wethouse [XL]

Jan St. Werner: Squares Will Fall [Thrill Jockey]

Kim Deal: Live at the Barbican [4AD]

Krill: Secret Language [Exploding in Sound]

U2: Carnaval De Luz [Island]

Various Artists: 20th Century Paddy: The Songs of Shane MacGowan [Rubyworks]

November 27

Beverly Glenn-Copeland: Keyboard Fantasies (40th Anniversary Edition) [Transgressive]

December 4

serpentwithfeet: Sentinel [One Little Independent Records]

Morphine: Cocoon [Partisan]

January 15

Lambrini Girls: No Refunds [City Slang]

Mei Semones: Howl [Verve/Interscope]

Soul Glo: Na I’m Gon Grab Allat [Epitaph]

January 22

Kate Nash: Callin [Kill Rock Stars]

January 29

Blue Bendy: One Day This Will All Be Lore [Self-released]

Death From Above 1979: Private Lives [Last Gang]

February 12

Sugababes: Sugababes [Sacred Three/The Orchard]

February 27

David Sylvian: The Distance Between the Killer and the Killing [NANOQ]