Dent May – The Big One

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Dent May

The Big One

Released August 14th, 2026 on Carpark Records

Per Spectrum Culture:

Sometimes Dent May gets a bit precious, but for the most part The Big One succeeds as a throwback pop nugget.

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Dinosaur Jr. – There Near

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Dinosaur Jr.

There Near

Released August 28th, 2026 on Jagjaguwar

Per Spectrum Culture:

There Near is a very solid entry in Dinosaur Jr.’s discography and a stormier guitar record than most anything else released this year.

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Open Mike Eagle & Kenny Segal – DOOMED!

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Open Mike Eagle & Kenny Segal

DOOMED!

Released August 14th, 2026 on Backwoodz Studioz

Per Spectrum Culture:

On his latest, arguably best, record to date, Open Mike Eagle presents a relentless series of small scenes that sketch the dissolution of his relationship so well that you feel like you’re along for the descent with him.

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Olivia Rodrigo – you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love

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Olivia Rodrigo

you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love

Released June 12th, 2026 on Geffen Records

Per Spectrum Culture:

Olivia Rodrigo’s latest finds the young singer expanding her music to incorporate more cohesive storytelling, and in doing so, is marking herself as someone taking the artistic side of her job seriously.

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Jesus Christ Taxi Driver – Taxi The Rich

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Jesus Christ Taxi Driver

Taxi the Rich

Released April 24th, 2026 on Midtopia

Per Spectrum Culture:

Taxi the Rich is an amalgam of 1982, a truce struck between caveman rock aesthetics and the quirky, funky stuff that was even then eating the former’s lunch.

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Kathryn Mohr – Carve

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Kathryn Mohr

Carve

Released April 17th, 2026 on The Flenser

Per Spectrum Culture:

Those who found revelation in the darker atmospherics of Kathryn Mohr’s Waiting Room will find her second album, Carve, to be tense and beautiful.

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The Paranoid Style – Known Associates

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The Paranoid Style

Known Associates

Released February 13th, 2026 on Bar/None Records

Per Spectrum Culture:

The Paranoid Style’s fifth full-length album defines the warm embrace of imperfection, a welcome relief in a music climate that can be too obsessed with exact details.

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Puscifer – Normal Isn’t

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Puscifer

Normal Isn’t

Released February 6th, 2026 on Alchemy/BMG

Per Spectrum Culture:

Normal Isn’t delves into early-’80s goth and post-punk, a sharp turn from Puscifer’s former electronic and industrial-tinged hard rock sound.

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Modest Mouse – The Moon & Antarctica

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So, Spectrum Culture does these features called “Resequence” where you take an album and rework the track list so it’s more to your liking. On one hand this feels unholy, but on the other there are a lot of albums that, once I think on it, I would love the ability to rework the order. Modest Mouse’s The Moon & Antarctica is probably foremost among them. I’ve always felt that it sagged in the middle; putting “The Cold Part” basically next to “The Stars are Projectors” with only a short little rocker between to separate them kills the energy halfway through. So here’s my proposed fantasy realignment of the album that puts “Stars are Projectors” down at the end where it’s wild psychedelic outro can carry out The Moon & Antarctica like it was always meant to.

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The Paper Kites – If You Go There, I Hope You Find It

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The Paper Kites

If You Go There, I Hope You Find It

Released January 23rd, 2026 on Nettwerk

Via Spectrum Culture:

The Melbourne folk-rockers stick too closely to the formula on this familiar effort.

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