Has there ever been a later Recommended Albums post? Absolutely yes. Was March 2026 a fantastic month for new music? Absolutely yes. There are even more records I wanted to feature but I simply had no time. Instead bite into this batch of slightly stale but incredibly flavorful tunes below.
Returning to a bit of normalcy with Warm Selections after a week of wackness. This week has some good stuff though, with new songs popping up from Nu Genea, Cola, Diles que no me maten and more.
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Comically late Warm Selections, I apologize! I’m losing step! This isn’t like me! I’m not owned, I’m not owned!
Well, now that I’m a corncob, here are a few tracks I was enjoying this week, including new jams from Oneohtrix Point Never, Born At Midnite, Cate Kennan and more.
Alas, two months into this weekly feature I missed a day. I apologize! A doctor’s appointment and going to bed hella early derailed my streak and the ninth Warm Selections feature was pushed back a day. I know my hundreds, thousands even of readers (definitely not maybe a dozen, surely), were up in arms about missing their new music tunes yesterday.
Anyways – LOTS of killer tracks in the mix this week, including new jams from Smerz, Marisa Anderson, Shabason & Krgovich, DJ Seinfeld and more tasty surprises. Dig in!
Long time no see, playlist land! My first of 2026 comes with the season, a particularly inspirational spring in which I’ve been particularly moved by the flowering trees and sprouting tulips in my neighborhood, along with some recent releases that have fit the weather and temperament so perfectly I had to make a walking accompaniment.
And that’s what Pollen-Dusted Parade is! It’s a rather happy-go-lucky, jolly and wistful jaunt through warmer weather, extended sun time and being surrounded by beautiful colors after extended drabness. This winter was intense in NYC; the most snow we’ve gotten in some time. I’ve put all these songs together to counteract the piles of mucky snow that has accumulated in our hearts, to rip us open and spread our contagious pollen in the wind. There’s no sexual undertones here: purely just trying to keep it light.
This playlist contains new favorites from artists like Fabiano Do Nascimento, Gia Margaret and Tasha, along with old standbys like Camera Obscura, Björk, Mary Lattimore, Yo La Tengo and more. I’m obviously biased, but I listened to this while I was doing chores and errands on a Saturday morning, an especially lovely morning in the city at that, and it absolutely slapped.
Below you’ll only find the playlist streaming on Tidal, but I’m working on getting it onto other platforms, so keep your eyes on this space if you’re not in The Waves™ with me and other Tidal users. Happy Spring!
A bit late with Warm Selections this week (by a few hours) but whew, there are some great tracks, both new and old, to dig into on this lovely Wednesday morning. Two Irish musicians, some longtime favorites, some new faces in new formations… I think you’ll enjoy your listening, if you choose to spend it with my selections.
Running a bit late on this one, but there’s no lack of great albums from February 2026! Just wait until we look back on March 2026… now THAT was a doozy!
This week felt a bit slow in terms of new music being announced (I’m also not getting as many emails with further notice about things coming out TODAY from publicists), so if anything BIG comes out today that’s not included here, uhh blame them I guess! I’m out of the loop! I am but a simple music blog, for instance! I have something for sure locked in for next week’s post, but other than that, I am but a humble little blogger, please take pity upon me. (Please don’t, that’s how we got the 2008 financial crisis. It was the bloggers all along).
What I have included below are some STELLAR tracks, though! First are foremost is a highlight to the great Just Cause Vol. 2 compilation that you should definitely check out, along with new music from Robber Robber, runo plum, Nalan, Loukeman and more. Plus some older tracks like a standout from Boards of Canada’s 2013 album, some 2022 magic from The Zenmenn & John Moods, and a reissued Ted Lucas rarity. Dig in, and feel free to add your email to my mailing list. I don’t post that often! And I have credible evidence that each post of mine is of A+ inbox-filling quality. You can trust me!
Once I wrote all this out I realized it was going to be posted on April Fool’s Day. Fortunately for you there are no pranks in store for this week’s Warm Selections. Compared to last week, it’s much heavier in the “old music” territory, with four of the ten tracks being released outside of 2026. There are some new jams though, for sure! Thanks to the use of pretty simple math, I hope you can deduce that four minus 10 is actually uh, wait well I guess here it says -57… but I think my TI-85 is bugging. It’s been a while since I busted this thing out. I felt inspired after using my iPod. Oh well, I’m sure it’s fine.
Anyways – there are a few incredible tracks in here, new and old. I think you’ll dig the majority of them. One of them feels like it was designed in a lab to try and find the most perfect singer pairing according to Warm Visions circa 2014. We’ve also got new standalone singles from recent favorites, a few tracks from my journey as I listen to all the mp3s in my iTunes library that don’t have any plays on them yet via putting my iPod on shuffle on my commutes, among others. Solid crop. Keep sending me music that sounds like this stuff! And sign
You can listen to all the new tracks via my Best of 2026 Tidal playlist HERE.
SPECIAL installment of Warm Selections where I’ve featured all new music! No iPod 0-play mp3 shuffle journeys on my plate for this week, which is honestly pretty good since I’ve enjoyed all this new music that’s come out in the last few weeks.
Below you’ll find new tracks from artists like Lip Critic, Gemma, Tara Clerkin Trio, and so many new-to-me artists and bands that took me by surprise. I was telling my coworkers that this weekly posting series has got me to check things out I likely wouldn’t have bothered with, purely out of me not giving it the time of day. It’s actually very good. Everything below is very good. Please lock in. Also a Tidal playlist is below also. And subscribe! It’s like Substack but not sponsored by Polymarket.
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