Flavours of the month

2026 has been spoiling us with lots of great new music. First of all, we've seen the release of HELP(2), a powerful compilation album on War Child Records, a soundtrack for these dark times we're living in, with Arctic Monkeys, The Last Dinner Party, Pulp, Kae Tempest and many more. Kim Gordon, Deadletter, Gorillaz, Grian Chatten and A Place To Bury Strangers each feature twice in this month's list. Damon Albarn actually features three times. And there is Flea, who may as well have made the most memorable song in the past winter. Though released in December 2025 'A Plea' might become synonymous with 2026. I also discovered some new bands in the past few weeks, such as Kerala Dust, 1000 Rabbits and My New Band Believe, all of which I can warmly recommend. Last but not least, don't forget about the best of Belgium, with The Hickey Underworld, Nimbus Cart and Wijf. Armed with all this rage we might just have a fighting chance to make it through 2026.

 

1. Arctic Monkeys - Opening Night
2. Deadletter - It Comes Creeping
3. Kerala Dust - WHITE NOISE
4. Gorillaz feat. Dennis Hopper, Ajay Prasanna, Anoushka Shankar, Amaan Ali Bangash, Asha Puthli, Bobby Womack, Dave Jolicoeur, Jalen Ngonda & Black Thought - The Mountain, The Moon Cave and The Sad God
5. Grian Chatten, Antony Genn & Martin Slattery - Puppet
6. Temples - Jet Stream Heart
7. Nimbus Cart - Privilege
8. Pulp - Begging For Change
9. Isolde Lasoen - Egoland
10. Deadletter - Songless Bird
11. 1000 Rabbits - Virgin Soil
12. Flea - A Plea
13. Kim Gordon - DIRTY TECH
14. The Last Dinner Party - Let's Do It Again!
15. The Hickey Underworld - Cold Sun
16. Floris Francis Arthur - Hou me tegen
17. A Place To Bury Strangers - Acid Rain
18. My New Band Believe - Numerology
19. Gorillaz feat. Omar Souleyman & Yasiin Bey - Damascus
20. Wijf - Maniac
21. Magic Castles - Mary Anne
22. Damon Albarn feat. Grian Chatten & Kae Tempest - Flags
23. Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - Sunburned In London
24. Kim Gordon - PLAY ME
25. Ronboy - I Am Only Playing
26. Michael Stipe & Andrew Watt - I Played the Fool
27. Antony Szmierek - The Heron
28. Ghinzu - Out Of Control
29. Courtney Barnett - Mantis
30. A Place To Bury Strangers - Everyone's the Same