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Olivia Rodrigo  You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love

The superstar’s third album features even sharper storytelling, even more visceral emotions, and Robert Smith Rolling Stone

Lizzo  Bitch

Bitch is full of tired moves and cynical appeals to the streaming algorithm Rolling Stone

Modest Mouse   An Eraser And A Maze

Isaac Brock takes stock and zones out on the band's enjoyable, messy new album An Eraser And a Maze Rolling Stone

Modest Mouse   An Eraser And A Maze

An Eraser and a Maze is a sign that the worst is truly behind them. It takes the bright, psychedelic colors that characterized The Golden Casket and brings them more in line with what made the band truly great 30 years ago Spectrum Culture

Olivia Rodrigo  You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love

An accessible yet hugely intelligent album that ushers her into her rightful position as one of her generation’s best artists DIY

Angine de Poitrine  Vol.II

Bewildering second studio album from the most unexpected viral success of 2026, a costumed math-rock duo from Quebec All Music

Olivia Rodrigo  You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love

An extraordinary tale of heartbreak from a generational talent The Independent

Death Cab For Cutie  I Built You A Tower

I Built You a Tower doesn’t stand as a tower on its own within the Death Cab catalogue, but it offers enough memorable moments to give both longtime fans and newcomers something to enjoy Spill Magazine

Lizzo  Bitch

The piano on “A Toast” is the sound of someone who has stopped trying to convince the room. The rest of the record is the sound of someone who has not, quite, decided whether to trust that yet Beats Per Minute

Widowspeak  Roses Rouge Ecomix

The band's seventh album traffics in the nostalgic, atmospheric indie-pop it does best Paste Magazine

Vince Staples  Cry Baby

After a run of similar-sounding introspective records molded primarily by Def Jam’s concerns about keeping him hip hop, Cry Baby marks a breakaway from the norm for Vince Staples. It may not be punk, precisely, but it certainly rhymes Spectrum Culture

Bleachers  Everyone For Ten Minutes

Everyone for Ten Minutes is enjoyable if you’ve ever grooved along to “Rosalita” or “Pink Houses.” However, Antonoff struggles to improve on what he’s already done, by himself or otherwise Spectrum Culture

Violet Grohl  Be Sweet To Me

If Violet Grohl can solidify a band and push herself a little, she should become an exciting artist to watch Spectrum Culture

Death Cab For Cutie  I Built You A Tower

No sensible person wishes anyone else to go through heartbreak, but if it leads to Death Cab for Cutie album number 12, let the pain and poetry commence God Is In The TV

Vince Staples  Cry Baby

Cry Baby is Vince Staples' most focused and concentrated work in recent memory. Not one to miss as the uncomfortable truths ring out like war cries The Skinny