Weekly Releases (29.08.25)
Your round-up of the latest and greatest sounds heading your way over the next few days.
*Car screeching noises* Holy SHIT. When I agreed to step in to help with this week’s release list, I had no idea that Tom had over 60 releases lined up for me to scrape the data for—and after adding a few of my own, I may very well have a case for a workplace injury claim. Not complaining, I would do it again in a heartbeat. Just don’t say we never did anything for ya, this may very well be the most expansive and inclusive release list on the web.
In any case, personal highlights for me include the new Blood Orange record, the official release of Hayley Williams’ Ego (the official track sequence of which runs miles more smoothly than the sequence people initially speculated upon), Italian screamo legends Raein, who just unleashed a surprise record to break their 10 year resume gap, and good ol’ country rockers Tonk, who just put out a wonderful new album all about addiction, recovery, and love.
But don’t take my word for it, peruse the list and choose your own adventure.
This Week’s New Music
Årabrot
Rite of Dionysus (Pelagic)
NORWAY | Noise-rock
Balu Brigada
Portal (Atlantic)
NEW ZEALAND | Alt-Pop
Belinda Carlisle
Once Upon a Time in California (Puglady Inc.)
USA | Pop
Bella e o Olmo da Bruxa
Afeto e Outros Esportes de Contato (Independent)
BRAZIL | Alternative Rock
Blood Orange
Essex Honey (RCA)
USA | Alt-Pop // R&B
Brad Mehldau
Ride Into the Sun (Nonesuch)
USA | ECM Style Jazz
Casiopea
True Blue (Hats)
JAPAN | Jazz Fusion
Chanyeol
Upside Down (SM)
SOUTH KOREA | K-Pop // Pop Rock
CMAT
Euro-Country (AWAL)
IRELAND | Pop Rock // Country
Crush
FANG (P Nation)
SOUTH KOREA | Contemporary R&B // K-Pop
Deathhammer
Crimson Dawn (Hells Headbangers)
NORWAY | Thrash Metal // Speed Metal
Eiko Ishibashi & Jim O'Rourke
Pareidolia (Drag City)
JAPAN/USA | Progressive Electronic // Space Ambient
End It
Wrong Side of Heaven (Flatspot)
USA | Hardcore Punk // Crossover Thrash
Flyte
Between You and Me (Nettwerk)
UK | Indie Folk // Pop Rock
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Second Gen Dream (à La Carte)
USA | Shoegaze
Ganser
Animal Hospital (Felte)
USA | Post-Punk
Guck
Gucked Up (31G)
USA | Experimental Rock // Post-Punk
Guedra Guedra
Mutant (Smugglers Way)
MOROCCO | Juke // Afrohouse // Footwork
Have Mercy
The Loneliest Place I've Ever Been (Rude)
USA | Emo // Indie Rock
Hayley Williams
Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party (Post Atlantic)
USA | Indie Rock // Pop Rock
Helloween
Giants & Monsters (Reigning Phoenix)
GERMANY | Power Metal
Hexrot
Formless Ruin of Oblivion (Transcending Obscurity)
USA | Avant-Garde Metal // Technical Death Metal
Ihlo
Legacy (Kscope)
UK | Progressive Metal
In Mourning
The Immortal (Supreme Chaos Records)
SWEDEN | Melodic Death Metal
IVE
IVE SECRET (Starship)
SOUTH KOREA | K-Pop
Jehnny Beth
You Heartbreaker, You (Fiction)
FRANCE | Industrial Rock // Art Pop
Joey Bada$$
Lonely at the Top (Columbia)
USA | East Coast Hip Hop
ju sei
Mousu (Basic Function)
JAPAN | Art Pop // Avant-Folk
Kacy Hill
But Anyway, No Worries! (Nettwerk)
USA | Contemporary Country // Folk Pop
Lathe of Heaven
Aurora (Sacred Bones)
USA | Post-Punk
Månegarm
Edsvuren (Napalm)
Sweden | Folk Metal // Melodic Black Metal
Margo Price
Hard Headed Woman (Loma Vista)
USA | Contemporary Country
Mélancolia
random.access.misery (Greyscale)
AUSTRALIA | Deathcore
Modern Nature
The Heat Warps (Bella Union)
UK | Psychedelic Folk
Nova Twins
Parasites & Butterflies (Marshall)
UK | Alternative Rock // Industrial Rock
Oli XL
Lick the Lens – Pt.1 (Warp)
SWEDEN | UK Bass // Glitch Pop
Oren Ambarchi, Johan Berthling & Andreas Werliin
Ghosted III (Drag City)
AUSTRALIA/SWEDEN | Avant-Garde Jazz // Post-Minimalism
Pearly Drops
The Voices Are Coming Back (Music Website)
FINLAND | Synthpop
Pinkshift
Earthkeeper (Hopeless)
USA | Post-Grunge // Alternative Metal
Prolapse
I Wonder When They’re Going to Destroy Your Face (Tapete)
UK | Indie Rock // Post-Punk
Proscription
Desolate Divine (Dark Descent)
FINLAND | Death Metal
Raein
Forme Sommerse (Persistent Vision)
ITALY | Screamo
Rakim & Big Ghost Ltd.
The Re-Up (1332)
USA | East Coast Hip Hop
Rebecca Sugar
Lonely Magic (Self-released)
USA | Singer-Songwriter // Chamber Folk
Ron Sexsmith
Hangover Terrace (Cooking Vinyl)
CANADA | Singer-Songwriter // Pop Rock
Runnner
A Welcome Kind of Weakness (Run for Cover)
USA | Alt-Country // Indie Pop
Sabrina Carpenter
Man's Best Friend (Island)
USA | Pop
Slow Crush
Thirst (Pure Noise)
BELGIUM | Shoegaze
The Beaches
No Hard Feelings (AWAL)
CANADA | Indie Rock // New Wave
The Beths
Straight Line Was a Lie (Anti-)
NEW ZEALAND | Indie Rock // Jangle Pop
The Good Ones
Rwanda Sings With Strings (Glitterbeat)
RWANDA | Chamber Folk
The Hives
The Hives Forever Forever The Hives (PIAS)
SWEDEN | Garage Rock Revival // Post-Punk
!T.O.O.H.!
Po ovoci poznáte je (Lavadome)
CZECHIA | Technical Death Metal
Tonk
Wildflower (Self-released)
CANADA | Country Rock
Trudger
Void Quest (Floodlit)
UK | Sludge Metal // Progressive Metal
TWICE
Enemy (Warner)
SOUTH KOREA | K-Pop
Uboa & Whitehorse
The Dissolution of Eternity (Tartarus)
AUSTRALIA | Death Industrial // Atmospheric Sludge
Vicious Rumors
The Devil's Asylum (Steamhammer)
USA | Heavy Metal
Westside Gunn
Heels Have Eyes 2 (Griselda)
USA | East Coast Hip Hop
Wucan
Axioms (Long Branch)
GERMANY | Hard Rock // Heavy Psych
Zemeth
Ethereal Mirage (Independent)
JAPAN | Melodic Death Metal // Power Metal
Zion.T
POSER (Standard Friends)
SOUTH KOREA | Contemporary R&B
Did we miss anything? Let us know in the comments below, or feel free to shout out which releases you’re spinning this weekend. See ya next time!