Reppin’ just about every offshoot of rock, bands like DEADLETTER, SIM feat. Zaia, Poppy, KNEECAP, Brigitte Calls Me Baby, Surfbort, Master Peace, and Olive Jones had us either wildin’ out to the blissful chaos or dancing to that sweet, sweet indie rock.

As for lush, soulful grooves: SAULT, Charlotte Day Wilson, The Olympians, Katie Tupper, Durand Jones & The Indications, and Yttling Jazz feat. Yukimi were laying down the vibes real thick.

For the dancers: press play on Sassy 009, Haute & Freddy, Kate Brunotts feat. Zephyr & KATTLE, and Thundercat feat. Lil Yachty & Flying Lotus. Tom Sharkett‘s remix of Nation of Language‘s “Inept Apollo” is a total dance floor banger.

Plenty of these songs were curated from our new music submission playlist. And many of these tracks also received full-page editorials and/or video features on our YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok.

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Best New Music Released in January 2026

A$AP Rocky	PUNK ROCKY
The Cribs	Never The Same
Earl Hondo, La Reezy	zoom
Katie Tupper	Safe Ground
Alex Kehm	recognize me
Girl Scout	Operator
Stephen Sanchez	SWEET LOVE
Cate Le Bon, St. Vincent	Always The Same (feat. St. Vincent)
Sarah Kinsley	Lonely Touch
Viagra Boys	Therapy II
Sassy 009	Someone
DEADLETTER	It Comes Creeping
Papooz, Oracle Sisters	Friends
Father John Misty	The Old Law
Searows	Dirt
Big Monsta	Lovesick
Kid Francescoli, Kazy Lambist	No Holding Back
Olive Jones	Kingdom
Ralph Castelli	Spinning Rooms
Torii Wolf	true love waits
Meltt	Up All Night
SAULT	God, Protect Me from My Enemies
Haute & Freddy	Dance The Pain Away
Fcukers	L.U.C.K.Y
Brigitte Calls Me Baby	Slumber Party
Kungs, Theophilus London	Galaxy
Surfbort	Jessica’s Changed
The Olympians	Strawberry Kiwi
Nymphlord	Star
Kim Gordon	NOT TODAY
Sydney Ross Mitchell	Big Boy Problems
Gorillaz, Bizarrap, Kara Jackson, Anoushka Shankar	Orange County (feat. Bizarrap, Kara Jackson and Anoushka Shankar)
Tanya Tagaq	Foxtrot
Torii Wolf	Ten Thousand Ways
Girl Tones	Volcano
Ghais Guevara	ANTI-HERO
Arlo Parks	2SIDED
Sports	Drama King
Master Peace, Declan McKenna	Fuck It Up (feat. Declan McKenna)
Charlotte Day Wilson, Saya Gray	Lean
LUCIUS ARTHUR, Anna Justen	One Lone Star
Nothing	toothless coal
Jana Horn	Designer
Daughter	Not Enough
Sydney Rose, Tom Odell	Over (feat. Tom Odell)
Bolden.	You’ll see.
SAULT	Chapter 1
Yttling Jazz, Yukimi	Distant Star
Arctic Monkeys, War Child Records	Opening Night
Durand Jones & The Indications, Aaron Frazer	Let’s Take Our Time
Joyce Wrice	Break Me In
Jill Scott	Pressha
Empire Of The Sun, SG Lewis	Alive – SG Lewis Remix
Henry Morris	Drugs and Money
spill tab	Suckerrr
Sophie Gault	Merlot Dodge Dart
C.Y.M., Abby Sage	My Whole World
Lime Garden	23
Kate Brunotts, Zephyr, KATTLE	Never Finish What I Started
Not for Radio, Zero 7	Puddles – Zero 7 Remix
Savages	Paranoid
Liz Cooper	Baby Steps
James Blake	Death of Love
GUINEVERE	Kiss&Tell
Nectarine Girl	beauty is blinding
Daniela Andrade	i see red
PawPaw Rod	The Get Back
A$AP Rocky, Doechii	ROBBERY (feat. Doechii)
Dry Cleaning	Secret Love (Concealed in a Drawing of a Boy)
Nation of Language, Tom Sharkett	Inept Apollo (Tom Sharkett Remix)
Ana Tijoux, Dj Dacel	VINOS Y VINILOS
Ian Santillano	Block It All Out
KNEECAP	Liars Tale
SIM, Zaia	SIMPLIFY !!
SOFIA ISELLA	Numbers 31:17-18
Thundercat, Lil Yachty, Flying Lotus	I Did This To Myself
Casablanca Drivers	Garage
Poppy	Dying To Forget
Baby Nova	Dodge
Switch Crooks	ALL NIGHT
SPELLLING, Brendan Yates	Portrait of My Heart
J’cuuzi	Advance / Decline
Elea Calvet	Memento mori – Transmutation
Jen Awad, Will Bates	AfterLife
ZENA	MY LOVE YOUR LOVE
Monsieur Mellow	Paris Strut
Yumi Zouma	Waiting for the Cards to Fall

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