Happy new year! Welcome to the first Notable Releases of 2026! Hopefully you’re all caught up on reading our multiple year-end lists from 2025, and be sure to check out
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Independent artists enter 2026 carrying the same structural problems they dragged through 2025, algorithmic gatekeeping, shrinking attention spans, rising touring costs, and an industry that still pretends “exposure” pays rent.
Becky Raisman dislocated alt-rock’s foundations with Moon Goddesses, a transcendent single that rewrites the celestial script for feminine energy in guitar-led psychedelia. Based in South Carolina, the enigmatic singer-songwriter poured
YOUNG N’ LOUD MAGAZINE Feature Article A Beginning Marked by Absence and Courage For some artists, a career begins with applause, a first show, or a debut release. For others,
Ambient artist Julianna Barwick is releasing her anticipated new collaborative album with Mary Lattimore, Tragic Magic, this Friday (1/16) via InFiné. Ahead of that, she told us about her favorite
Raf Jacobs turned up the heat with It Was All Red, the seminal trap drop that proves no one brings the bass to the genre quite like him. Bass-swathed to
New Zealand artist Aldous Harding has announced 2026 tour dates, including her first visit to North America in four years. Her US and Canada trek kicks off September 9 in
Universal Music Group head Lucian Grainge. Photo Credit: UMG Another year, another internal rally-the-troops memo from Universal Music head Lucian Grainge, who’s shed a bit of new light on the
Photo Credit: D4vd (Instagram) Singer D4vd loses more industry partnerships, including a spot on the Madden NFL 26 soundtrack, as legal scrutiny mounts and an indictment is expected. Singer D4vd
Photo Credit: Afif Ramdhasuma X is suing music publishers and the NMPA with allegations of “weaponizing” takedown requests and colluding to “coerce” the platform into licensing deals. Elon Musk’s X
