This week’s New Music Friday is a little light on new albums, but what we have is pretty crunching. And when it comes to singles heralding 2026 releases, it’s pretty bountiful.
Singles
1. Arkells, Next Summer (Universal)
Just in time to rescue us from the February blues comes a new single from Arkells, reminding us that there will, in fact, be a summer. A new album entitled Between US will arrive on April 17 and will feature contributions from Portugal. The Man, Grouplove, and Poolside. The new record was produced by Grammy winner John Congleton, whohas worked with St. Vincent and Death Cab for Cuties. Anyone else here a little Killers in here?
2. The Black Keys, You Got to Lose (Warner)
The Black Keys have been on a roll since 2019, with six studio albums in that time. This track was recorded during a jam session when Dan Auerbach needed to blow off some tension following the news of his father’s cancer diagnosis. This led to a full album entitled Peaches! where almost everything was recorded live off the floor in just one or two takes with almost no overdubs. Peaches! arrives on May 1. The first single is a George Thorogood cover and one of several interesting interpretations on the record.
3. Broken Social Scene, Not Around Anymore (Arts & Crafts)
Wait. New BSS? Didn’t they last release an album, like, a decade okay. Yes. And now the wait is almost over. Remember the Humans, with contributions from Feist, Hannah Georgas, and more, will arrive May 8. They’re also part of the All the Feelings Tour featuring Metric and Stars, which, at this point, has a single Canadian date in Toronto on August 7 at Budweiser Stage. The producer is David Newfeld, who produced their breakthrough album, You Forgot It in People, back in 2002 and the self-titled record from 2005.
4. Cannons, Starlight (Columbia)
If you’re looking for something with an ultra-smooth sound, there’s a new single from LA’s Cannons, which channels some of the synth sounds of the 80s. Their sixth album, Everything Glows, will be released on March 27. The song already has a very hot start at radio.
5. Good Kid, Eastside (Independent)
Good Kid is rightly called a Canadian indie sensation for the way they’ve conducted their career and fed their fanbase up until now. After several singles, they’re ready wiht a debut album, Can We Hang Out Sometime? (coming April 3), which was recorded in Los Angeles. The record already has 50,000 pre-saves on Spotify, which is insanely good for a Canadian indie band. They rip through this single in 109 seconds.
6. Malinowski, Die for Love (Dine Alone)
Just like Broken Social Scene, Jay Malinowski has been MIA as far as studio albums are concerned. When Under a Landslide of Stars arrives on April 3, it will be his first solo record in about a decade. A North American tour has already been announced. He’ll start in Calgary on February 26 and end up in LA in May. Along the way, there will be a bunch of Bedouin Soundclash dates on both sides of the border.
7. Metric, Victim of Luck (Frontside/Thirty Tigers)
Good to see Emily and Jimmy back, too. Romanticize the Dive is set for release on April 24. This is something of a back to the future record, with the band returning to their earliest roots when everyone was living in New York City during the indie rock explosion of the early 2000s. (You’ll hear it in the lyrics.) Recording was done at Jimi Hendrix’s Electric Lady with producer Gavin Brown. And remember that tour with BSS and Stars I told you about earlier.
8. School House, Live While I’m Alive (Independent)
One more Canadian release for the week. School House is an Ottawa-based folk-rock band who have a new record called Homeland coming on February 27. This single is a little bit folk, a little bit country, and a whole lotta Skynyrd.
Albums
1. KMFDM, ENEMY (Metropolis)
Desperate times like these call for plenty of industrial noise. KMFDM, the ultra-heavy German band (est. 1984), is here with their 24th album. It has everything we need to dance until the apocalypse arrive. Damn, this single is gonna sound good in the car.
2. Mayhem, Liturgy of Death (Century Media)
Speaking of heavy things, Norway’s great black metal band (est. 1984 and are basically the fathers of Scandinavian black metal), are up to just their seventh album. If you have noisy neighbours and you want to annoy them back, here are all the tools you’ll need.
3. Pusicfer, Normal Isn’t (BMG Rights Management)
One of Maynard James Keenan’s bands not named Tool is back with their first full album since 2020. And like all things MJK, nothing is normal. And this slab of abnormality is delivered with military precision and attention to detail. If you have a good stereo with proper speakers, this album will give it a workout. Just be mindful of voiding any warranties.
4. Silversun Pickups, Tenterhooks (New Machine Recordings)
This is SSP’s seventh album, and for the third time, time Butch Vig is the producer. It’s also their fourth album to be released on their own label. We would have had this album earlier, but about a year ago, singer Brian Aubert sustained some kind of eardrum injury that required a hospital stay. He’s okay now.
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