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Gracie Abrams’ third album Daughter from Hell fuses gothic imagery with glossy indie-pop, showing her knack for story-driven songs on tracks like Broke My Heart and Death Wish, aided by big-name collaborators; however, the over-polished production and some repetitive lyricism sideline its potential, leaving it feeling more like a stylish ascent than a true breakthrough.
Rolling Stone's mid-2026 best-songs roundup curates a genre-spanning soundtrack—from Charli XCX's dystopian SS26 to Bruce Springsteen's anti-ICE protest, Ella Langley's tear-jerking country, Olivia Rodrigo's Eighties-tinged vibe, and a wave of hip-hop, indie, and international collabs—highlighting a year defined by political bite, intimate storytelling, and boundary-pushing pop.
Pitchfork’s New Music Friday rounds up 12 notable new albums this week across indie, pop, electronic, and experimental sounds, including Grace Ives’s Girlfriend; Underscores’s U; BTS’s Arirang; Anna Calvi’s Is This All There Is? EP; Green-House’s Hinterlands; CA7RIEL & Paco Amoroso’s Free Spirits; Mclusky’s I Sure Am Getting Sick of This Bowling Alley; Dylan Brady’s Needle Guy; More Eaze’s Sentence Structure in the Country; Avalon Emerson & the Charm’s Written Into Changes; and Ladytron’s Paradises, among others.
Norway’s Erlend Øye traces a cosmopolitan musical arc—from Kings of Convenience to The Whitest Boy Alive—and now the band reunites for a Europe and South America tour to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Dreams, reflect on their 2014 breakup, Øye’s tinnitus, and his Sicily life, after Mexico delivered a moment when 8,000 fans knew every word.
Jenny Hollingworth's solo album Quicksand Heart marks a shift to nostalgic 1980s new wave influences, reflecting on personal grief and relationships with moments of catchy melodies and genre-bending experimentation, showcasing her evolving musical style beyond her work with Let’s Eat Grandma.