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The following is a list of albums, EPs, and mixtapes released or scheduled for release in 2026. These albums are (1) original, i.e. excluding reissues, remasters, and compilations of previously released recordings, and (2) notable, defined as having received significant coverage from reliable sources independent of the subject.
For additional information about bands formed, reformed, disbanded, or on hiatus, for deaths of musicians, and for links to musical awards, see 2026 in music.
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| Release date | Artist | Album | Genre | Label | Ref. |
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| May 1 | American Football | American Football | Polyvinyl | [503] | |
| Ana Roxanne | Poem 1 | Kranky | [504] | ||
| The Black Keys | Peaches! | Easy Eye Sound Records, Parlophone | [505] | ||
| The Boo Radleys | In Spite of Everything | Boostr Records | [506] | ||
| The Claypool Lennon Delirium | The Great Parrot-Ox and the Golden Egg of Empathy | ATO | [507] | ||
| Dodgy | Hello Beautiful | [508] | |||
| Geordie Gordon | River Round | Victory Pool Records | [509] | ||
| Haste the Day | Dissenter | Solid State | [510] | ||
| Hiss Golden Messenger | I'm People | Chrysalis | [511] | ||
| Jesca Hoop | Long Wave Home | Last Laugh Records, Republic of Music Records | [512] | ||
| Laibach | Musick | Mute | [513] | ||
| Maya Hawke | Maitreya Corso | Mom + Pop | [514] | ||
| Melanie C | Sweat | Virgin Music | [515] | ||
| Rita Wilson | Sound of a Woman | Sing it Loud Records | [516] | ||
| Seefeel | Sol.Hz | Warp | [517] | ||
| Sevendust | One | Napalm | [518] | ||
| Thurston Moore and Bonner Kramer | They Came Like Swallows – Seven Requiems for the Children of Gaza | Silver Current Records | [519] | ||
| Toadies | The Charmer | Spaceflight Records | [520] | ||
| Tori Amos | In Times of Dragons | Universal, Fontana | [521] | ||
| Venom | Into Oblivion | Noise, BMG | [522] | ||
| Young the Giant | Victory Garden | [523] | |||
| Youbet | Youbet | Hardly Art | [524] | ||
| May 2 | Upsammy and Valentina Magaletti | Seismo | PAN | [525] | |
| May 5 | Alabaster DePlume | Dear Children of Our Children, I Knew: Epilogue | International Anthem | [526] | |
| May 8 | Abigail Lapell | Shadow Child | [527] | ||
| Aldous Harding | Train on the Island | 4AD | [528] | ||
| Amy Grant | The Me That Remains | Thirty Tigers | [529] | ||
| Basement | Wired | Run for Cover | [530] | ||
| Broken Social Scene | Remember the Humans | Arts & Crafts | [531] | ||
| Chinese American Bear | Dim Sum & Then Some | Moshi Moshi | [532] | ||
| Cola | Cost of Living Adjustment | Fire Talk Records | [533] | ||
| Crashdïet | Art of Chaos | Ninetone | [534] | ||
| Deb Never | Arcade | Giant Music | [535] | ||
| Draconian | In Somnolent Ruin | Napalm | [536] | ||
| The Flatliners | Cold World | Rude Records, Equal Vision | [537] | ||
| Frozen Soul | No Place of Warmth | Century Media | [538] | ||
| Ingested | Denigration | Metal Blade | [539] | ||
| Josiah and the Bonnevilles | As Is | Rounder | [540] | ||
| Koyo | Barely Here | Pure Noise | [541] | ||
| Linda Perry | Let It Die Here | 670 Records, Kill Rock Stars | [542] | ||
| Loraine James | Detached from the Rest of You | Hyperdub | [543] | ||
| Lykke Li | The Afterparty | Neon Gold, Futures | [544] | ||
| Muna | Dancing on the Wall | Saddest Factory, Secretly Records | [545] | ||
| Namasenda | Limbo | Year0001 | [546] | ||
| Royal & the Serpent | Emptiness Is Godly | Atlantic | [547] | ||
| Social Distortion | Born to Kill | Epitaph | [548] | ||
| The Jungle Giants | Experiencing Feelings of Joy | Amplifire | [549] | ||
| War on Women | Time Under Tension | Smartpunk | [550] | ||
| May 12 | Gun Outfit | Process & Reality | Upset the Rhythm | [551] | |
| May 15 | 49 Winchester | Change of Plans | MCA Nashville, Lucille Records | [552] | |
| Acid Reign | Daze of the Week | [553] | |||
| The All-American Rejects | Sandbox | Slick Shoes Records | [554] | ||
| Crown Lands | Apocalypse | Inside Out | [555] | ||
| Dua Saleh | Of Earth & Wires | Ghostly International | [556] | ||
| Kevin Morby | Little Wide Open | Dead Oceans | [557] | ||
| Maisie Peters | Florescence | [558] | |||
| Pro-Pain | Stone Cold Anger | Napalm | [559] | ||
| Robin Beck | Living Proof | Frontiers Music | [560] | ||
| Ryan Bingham & The Texas Gentlemen | They Call Us the Lucky Ones | The Bingham Recording Company, Thirty Tigers | [561] | ||
| The Virginmarys | Beyond the House of Fires | [562] | |||
| May 22 | A | Prang | Cooking Vinyl | [563] | |
| Alela Diane | Who's Keeping Time? | Fluff and Gravy Records, Loose Music | [564] | ||
| Alt Blk Era | Our World | LAB | [565] | ||
| Bleachers | Everyone for Ten Minutes | Dirty Hit | [566] | ||
| Cabaret Voltaire | But What Time Is It Really? | [567] | |||
| Erik Grönwall | Bad Bones | [568] | |||
| Lowertown | Ugly Duckling Union | Summer Shade Records | [569] | ||
| Marisa Anderson | The Anthology of Unamerican Folk Music | Thrill Jockey | [570] | ||
| Marmozets | Co.War.Dice. | Alcopop! | [571] | ||
| Visible Cloaks | Paradessence | RVNG Intl. | [572] | ||
| May 29 | The Bug Club | Every Single Muscle | Sub Pop | [573] | |
| Dark Divine | Undead Melody | Thriller | [574] | ||
| Dogstar | All In Now | Dillon Street Records | [575] | ||
| Elder | Through Zero | Blues Funeral Records, Stickman Records | [576] | ||
| Greg Mendez | Beauty Land | Dead Oceans | [577] | ||
| Guided by Voices | Crawlspace of the Pantheon | GBV Inc | [578] | ||
| Rodney Atkins | True South | [579] | |||
| Shinedown | Eight | Atlantic | [580] | ||
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| Release date | Artist | Album | Genre | Label | Ref. |
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| June 4 | Tender | Where the Waves Break | Nettwerk | [581] | |
| June 5 | Dea Matrona | Hate That I Care | [582] | ||
| Evergrey | Architects of a New Weave | Napalm | [583] | ||
| Fink | The City Is Coming to Erase It All | R'Coup'D | [584] | ||
| Hammock | When Does This Place Become Our Scene | Sargent House | [585] | ||
| Jalen Ngonda | Doctrine of Love | Daptone | [586] | ||
| Jared James Nichols | Louder Than Fate | Frontiers | [587] | ||
| Lee Brice | Sunriser | Curb | [588] | ||
| Vika and Linda | Where Do You Come From? | Mushroom Music | [589] | ||
| June 6 | Fucked Up | Year of the Monkey | Hidden World | [590] | |
| June 12 | Bebe Rexha | Dirty Blonde | Empire | [591] | |
| The Bobby Lees | New Self | Epitaph | [592] | ||
| Embrace | Avalanche | Cooking Vinyl | [593] | ||
| La Sécurité | Bingo! | Bella Union, Mothland Records | [594] | ||
| Stitched Up Heart | Medusa | [595] | |||
| June 19 | Hard-Fi | Sweating Someone Else's Fever | V2 | [596] | |
| Swim Deep | Hum | Submarine Cat Records | [597] | ||
| June 26 | Kita Alexander | Rage | Warner Music Australia | [598] | |
| Masterplan | Metalmorphosis | Frontiers | [599] | ||
| Temples | Bliss | V2 | [600] | ||
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| Release date | Artist | Album | Genre | Label | Ref. |
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| July 3 | Low Cut Connie | Livin in the USA | Contender Records | [601] | |
| July 17 | As It Is | Aiiv | FLG Records | [602] | |