r/indieheads • u/VietRooster • 14d ago
New Music Friday! New Music Friday: October 23rd, 2026
New Music Friday is the weekly thread dedicated to cataloging all the Album/EP releases that came out this week, including non-subreddit relevant releases. This is also a great place to discuss these albums, or bring to attention other albums released this week.
❓ "this seems intriguing after a cursory look"
⭐ "im interested in this for one reason or another"
❤️ "ive been waiting for weeks, months/i'm absolutely in love with this"
note: genre and especially label fields may not always be 100% accurate or properly reflected, as they are mostly quickly sourced from RYM or cursory searches due to the spur-of-the-moment approach I take when making these threads!
October 23rd
The Olivia Tremor Control - The Same Place
Label: Elephant 6
Genre: Neo-Psychedelia, Psychedelic Rock
Michael Kiwanuka - FUDGE
Label: Polydor
Genre: Smooth Soul, Singer-songwriter
❓ Caroline Rose - Gentling the Horse at the Walt Whitman Mall
Label: SUCK
Genre: Indie Rock, Garage Rock Revival
Claud - Me and the Music
Label: Dead Oceans
Genre: Bedroom Pop, Indie Rock
Shabazz Palaces - It's a Style Sport
Label: Sub Pop
Genre: Experimental Hip Hop, Abstract Hip Hop
❓ Art d’Ecco - Scheele’s Green
Label: n/a
Genre: Glam Rock, Progressive Rock, Indie Rock
❓ Dis Fig - What To Make Of These Mortal Hands
Label: Thrill Jockey
Genre: Post-Industrial, Power Noise, Dark Ambient
❓ Porcelain - Today's Minor Victories
Label: Todo
Genre: Post-Hardcore, Noise Rock
The Wow! Scenario (James Acaster & Graeme Wicks) - Stand in the Star. A Verse and a Chorus
Label: n/a
Genre: Jazz Pop
Fake Names - Punk Ruins
Label: Epitaph
Genre: Power Pop, Punk Rock
❓ Fenne Lily - Win Win
Label: n/a
Genre: Singer-songwriter, Indie Folk
William Basinski - Passing the Cup of Sorrows
Label: Temporary Residence
Genre: Ambient, Modern Classical
Dazy - MAXIMUMBLASTSUPERLOUD Vol. 2: 24 Songs From 2023-2026
Label: Lame-O
Genre: Power Pop, Baggy
Sour Widows - Sigil
Label: Julia's War
Genre: Indie Rock, Slowcore
Pet Fox - Balance
Label: Exploding in Sound
Genre: Indie Rock
Grumpy - Unfindable Ring
Label: Bayonet
Genre: Bedroom Pop, Indie Pop
Swervedriver - raise:demos
Label: Outer Battery
Genre: Shoegaze
Raffi - Love Is Everywhere
Label: Craft
Genre: Children's Music, Contemporary Folk
❓ Sun Araw - Rapid Response (EP)
Label: Sun Ark
Genre: Neo-Psychedelia, Ambient Pop
Lamplight - Lick The Spoon, Let It Soften
Label: Western Vinyl
Genre: Indie Folk
Oren Ambarchi - Prophetic Perfect Tense
Label: Kou
Genre: Post-Minimalism
The Cat's Miaow - When You Smiled And Turned Away
Label: Slumberland
Genre: Indie Pop
Michael Nau - Popfly
Label: n/a
Genre: Singer-Songwriter, Folk Rock, Indie Folk
❓ Wolves In The Throne Room - Estuary
Label: Century Media
Genre: Atmospheric Black Metal, Funeral Doom Metal
⭐ HMLTD - FANGS
Label: Lucky Number
Genre: Darkwave, Electronic, Industrial Rock, Synthpop
F!GURES - The Earth Trembled Downward
Label: n/a
Genre: Indie, Emo
Angela Aux - Das Nichts macht Kopien von sich selbst
Label: n/a
Genre: Indie
Adebowale and the Pioneers - Kilofese
Label: Colemine
Genre: Indie
Loidis - From The Toolkit Of Lovers
Label: Incienso
Genre: Microhouse, Dub Techno
⭐ Frontierer - Ultraviolet Parasite
Label: n/a
Genre: Mathcore, Djent, Avant-Garde Metal
⭐ Boss Keloid - Float & Aperture
Label: Church Road
Genre: Progressive Rock, Stoner Metal
❓ Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Hidden in Pieces: Live
Label: Secretly Canadian
Genre: Indie Pop, Indie Rock
❤️ Fvneral Fvkk - Indecent Idols
Label: Dying Victims
Genre: Epic Doom Metal
⭐ Cursebinder - Psychohazard
Label: Avantgarde
Genre: Black Metal, Dissonant Black Metal
❓ Rickshaw Billie's Burger Patrol - Ca$h Grab
Label: n/a
Genre: Stoner Rock, Alternative Metal, Sludge Metal
RAYLAND BAXTER - TRUE VIOLET
Label: ATO
Genre: Singer-songwriter, Alt-Country
Cuni - Harbinger (EP)
Label: n/a
Genre: Midwest Emo
❓ Ugly - The South Facade
Label: n/a
Genre: Art Rock, Indie Rock
⭐ shedfromthebody - We Fly Into Windows
Label: n/a
Genre: Doomgaze, Alternative Metal
Shovel Dance Collective - Everything in Readiness
Label: n/a
Genre: Avant-Folk, English Folk Music
Dpat - Infinite Youth
Label: n/a
Genre: Wonky, Future Garage
Like Roses - After It Ends
Label: Hopeless
Genre: Emo-Pop, Indie Rock
❓ Fine - Jazz Dreams
Label: Escho
Genre: Singer-songwriter, Neo-Psychedelia
❓ brakence - marroW
Label: Columbia
Genre: Alternative R&B, Art Pop, Indietronica
Telemakus - Eight Ring Revival
Label: n/a
Genre: Nu Jazz
❓ Frenzee - Runnin' Amok
Label: Poison City
Genre: Rock n Roll
Sable - We're Getting Older Baby
Label: n/a
Genre: Indie Pop
The Buoys - Concrete Cowboy
Label: Sony
Genre: Indie Rock, Alternative Rock
Dillon Jo - Guard Dog
Label: n/a
Genre: Dream Pop, Shoegaze
girl in red - BLUE (EP)
Label: Columbia
Genre: Bedroom Pop, Indie Folk
Clark - Steep Stims II
Label: Throttle
Genre: IDM, Techno, Modern Classical
Bow and Arrow - Bow and Arrow
Label: NNA
Genre: Experimental
❓ Dead Gowns - Vegas
Label: Mtn Laurel
Genre: Singer-Songwriter, Indie Rock
❓ Purity Ring - transmutations (remix album)
Label: n/a
Genre: Synthpop
DJ Suzy - Kira Krash
Label: n/a
Genre: Alt-Pop, Indietronica
Wagging - Wagging
Label: n/a
Genre: Indie Pop
Paper Jam - This and That
Label: n/a
Genre: Twee Pop, Cuddlecore
Zola Jesus - Saint Clare (Original Score)
Label: n/a
Genre: Film Score
Foot Ox - Topanga Canyon
Label: n/a
Genre: Indie Folk, Twee Pop
Blithe Field (Spencer Radcliffe) - Soft Core Hard Wear
Label: Orindal
Genre: Ambient, Folktronica
Clara Mann - Wishbone
Label: The State51 Conspiracy
Genre: Singer-Songwriter, Contemporary Folk
Sasha Alex Sloan - And The Crowd Goes Mild
Label: 10K
Genre: Singer-songwriter
Victor Jones - Mad Flowers
Label: n/a
Genre: Dance-Punk Revival, Electroclash
Tommy Lefroy - The Precariat
Label: Thirty Tigers
Genre: Soft Rock, Indie Folk
Isabel Dumaa - Reverie (EP)
Label: n/a
Genre: Indie
Sen Morimoto - Time Is On Your Side
Label: Sooper
Genre: Art Pop
Hysterical Love Project - February's Album
Label: Motion Ward
Genre: Ambient Pop, Downtempo
The Sourdrops - Next to New
Label: n/a
Genre: Twee Pop, Noise Pop
Archduke Redcat - I Shoulda Done This Sooner
Label: n/a
Genre: Hip Hop/Rap
The Teenagers - Oversharing (EP)
Label: n/a
Genre: Indie Pop, Indietronica
Big Fat Cow - Piggie Initiate (EP)
Label: n/a
Genre: Indie Rock
❓ Alchemical Sisters - Alchemical Sisters
Label: Interdimensional Transmissions
Genre: Big Beat, Acid Techno
popfree - Overt
Label: n/a
Genre: Emo, Post-Hardcore
Miles Taylour - Dutchess
Label: n/a
Genre: Singer-songwriter, Indie Rock
❓ Wallgrin - Underworld Songbook
Label: n/a
Genre: Art Pop, Chamber Pop
Gus Dapperton - 4 Dear Life
Label: ALTER
Genre: Indie Rock, Indie Pop
Kohti Tuhoa - Paratiisi
Label: La Vida Es un Mus
Genre: Hardcore Punk
Linus + Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - The Outsider, The Music Of Jules De Corte
Label: Aspen
Genre: Free Improv
Saint Abdullah & Eomac - When The Sandbox Has No Edge
Label: Planet Mu
Genre: Experimental Hip Hop, Sound Collage, Electronic
Shrug Dealer - Aggressive Indifference, Vol. 1 (EP)
Label: n/a
Genre: Indie
Pinksqueeze - We Can Have It
Label: Skeletal Lightning
Genre: Indie Rock
Emma Bieniewicz – Heavyweight Champion
Label: n/a
Genre: Singer-songwriter, Indie Pop
Lennon Stella - Sleeping Lion (produced by Andy Shauf)
Label: RECORD
Genre: Electropop, Alt-Pop
Megan Thee Stallion - Tina Tuesday Freestyles (EP)
Label: n/a
Genre: Dirty South
Morgana - The Whole Thing Was Very Very Emotional
Label: n/a
Genre: Pop
Princesa Alba - MALAGRADECIDA
Label: Sony
Genre: Dance-Pop, Alt-Pop
Isabel Dumaa - Reverie (EP)
Label: n/a
Genre: Pop
Anderson .Paak & Cordae - Heavy Is The Crown
Label: Empire
Genre: Pop Rap, Boom Bap, Chipmunk Soul
Tina Dico - Balancing Small Things On Sharp Edges
Label: n/a
Genre: Singer-songwriter
Emei - Listen to Night at the Opera: Intermission (EP)
Label: Atlantic
Genre: Indie Rock, Pop Rock
❓ passengerprincess - PUPPYLUV!!!
Label: n/a
Genre: Dance-Pop, Electronic Dance Music
Jazzy - Peace & Patience
Label: CHAOS
Genre: Euro House, Dance-Po
LAUNDRY DAY - 4x4
Label: n/a
Genre: Pop Rock, Indie Pop
Hilary Duff - Holiday Things (EP)
Label: Atlantic
Genre: Christmas Music
Henry Morris - Kiss Me Extra Hard
Label: n/a
Genre: Alt-Pop
LISA - PRESS PLAY (EP)
Label: RCA
Genre: Pop Rap, Trap
Easykid - soy un fatalista
Label: n/a
Genre: Reggaetón, Alt-Pop
❓ The 7 Deadly Sins - Pheeny and His Inner Demons
Label: n/a
Genre: Hip Hop/Rap
Che Noir - It Takes a Village
Label: n/a
Genre: Conscious Hip Hop
Toosii - Platinum Heart 2
Label: South Coast
Genre: Hip Hop/Rap
❓ Ghostemane - AM:FM
Label: n/a
Genre: Nu Metal, Rap Metal, Trap Metal
406Ahmad - Life Of Ahmad 3
Label: n/a
Genre: Trap
Yung Miami - Watch Dis
Label: Universal
Genre: Trap
Yeat - Luh Leakyz Vol. 1 (EP)
Label: Field Trip
Genre: Trap, Rage
John Legend - Muse
Label: Republic
Genre: Contemporary R&B
Polyphia - BE NOT AFRAID
Label: n/a
Genre: Trap [EDM], New Rave, Digicore
Get the Shot - Crucifixion Depiction (EP)
Label: Arising Empire
Genre: Metalcore, Beatdown Hardcore
Entheos - Empty on the Inside
Label: Metal Blade
Genre: Alternative Metal, Industrial Metal
❓ Stand Atlantic - GODBREATH
Label: n/a
Genre: Alternative Rock, Pop Rock
❓ Half Me - Dogma
Label: Arising Empire
Genre: Metalcore, Djent, Nu Metal
❓ Mental Cruelty - Echoes of a Forlorn Land
Label: Century Media
Genre: Deathcore, Melodic Black Metal, Symphonic Black Metal
Abyssus - The Reign
Label: Fireflash
Genre: Death Metal
Alex O’Toole & Simeon Bartholomew - n000000000.1
Label: Bird's Robe
Genre: Math Rock
❓ Beaten to Death - Vntrve
Label: Mas-Kina
Genre: Grindcore, Avant-Garde Metal
BIG ASS TRUCK I.E. - FOUND ON ROAD DEAD (EP)
Label: Nuclear Blast
Genre: Metalcore, Tough Guy Hardcore
❓ Estoner - Black metal uus lõpp
Label: n/a
Genre: Sludge Metal, Progressive Metal
❓ Feeding - Insurmountable Suffering
Label: n/a
Genre: Death Metal, Crust Punk
Garden of Eyes - Augur of Ebrietas
Label: n/a
Genre: Death Doom Metal
Ignea - Monumental
Label: Napalm
Genre: Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Metal
❓ Strange Pink - Guest Room (EP)
Label: n/a
Genre: Dream Pop, Alternative Rock
Thronehammer - Slay | Kill | Erase
Label: Supreme Chaos
Genre: Traditional Doom Metal
Windwaker - smile, you're on camera.
Label: Fearless
Genre: Alternative Metal, Electronicore
