February 2026 was full of really cool song releases. Compared to our January selections, we doubled the number of songs featured on our Best Songs of the Month playlist. As always, Grimy Goods leans towards the alternative genres. Whether it’s alt-pop like Lana Del Rey’s witchy new single “White Feather Hawk Tail Deer Hunter” or indie rock bangers like Lava La Rue’s “Scratches” and Ecca Vandal’s experimental hip hop/rock single “Bleached,” February was a great month in terms of new music.
While the dumpster fire continues to burn here in the U.S., thank goodness for excellent music as seen and heard in our February Best New Songs of the Month playlist. Numerous featured songs were plucked from our new music submission playlist. And some received full-page editorials and/or video features on our YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok.
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Best New Music Released in February 2026
| Track Name | Artist Name(s) |
| Victim Of Luck | Metric |
| Sunburned in London | Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever |
| BLEACH | Ecca Vandal |
| 30th Day | Austel |
| COOK | SOFI TUKKER;J Balvin |
| HYYTUP | Boys Noize |
| Heaven | Arlo Parks |
| Silently | Puma Blue |
| I’ll Change for You | Mitski |
| Rock Bottom | King Krule |
| Plei | Chuwi |
| Can You Imagine (with Bipolar Sunshine) | Kaleena Zanders;Bipolar Sunshine |
| Brown Representation | Reverie;Louden;Coyote |
| 20 Weeks | Galdive |
| adenosine | Camp Blu |
| Keeper | Girl Scout |
| Billy Elliot | Sorry |
| Among Us | DEADLETTER |
| Feet On The Sand | Alice Costelloe |
| Blast! | The Rat Utopia Experiment |
| Koneko | Mei Semones;Liana Flores |
| HOT WIFE | Tiga;Boys Noize |
| Lets play Pretend | Lucys |
| february | Ergo, Bria |
| Soulseek | 1tbsp;Soltera |
| be the girl! | hemlocke springs |
| Birds Of Hope | Soof;Thanks Joey |
| Lucky Again | Lykke Li |
| Llorar | Cuco |
| Glow (feat. Bon Iver) | Dua Saleh;Bon Iver |
| RAINY DAYS | Robnoc;Alice Glass |
| If Only | Charlotte Day Wilson |
| Mister Lost | Puma Blue |
| naguriaidabutsu | zinchikurandan |
| Querer (Sin Querer Tener) | BUDAYA;Wet Baes |
| Truth Of Pursuit | Sarah Kinsley |
| BDSM | DeathbyRomy |
| Dis-Moi | Chin Injeti;Maude |
| Golden Brown Sugar | Molina |
| I Had a Dream She Took My Hand | James Blake |
| Friends Again | Leon Thomas;Baby Rose |
| Miss You | Ms Ray;Nourished by Time |
| I Love Myself | Lyrics Born;P-Lo;Trackademicks |
| STAMPEDE | Genesis Owusu |
| JET LAGGED | Lava La Rue;Foster The People |
| Matrimony | Amindi |
| LEECH | Transviolet |
| CULT DADDY | ill peach |
| A Thousand Steps | Elori Saxl;Henry Solomon |
| White Feather Hawk Tail Deer Hunter | Lana Del Rey |
| RIGHTBACK | Ritt Momney |
| TIRED | Passion Mango |
| chismosa | Cain Culto;Jarina De Marco |
| DESAPEGO | Ana Tijoux;Dj Dacel;Tremendo |
| undercover | isobel |
| She Knows Too Much | Thundercat;Mac Miller |
| Scratches | Lava La Rue |
| Roamer | spill tab |
| Yellow Eyes | Yebba |
| ear to the cocoon | WILLOW |
| Another Country | Brother Ali |
| Eres Mentiroso | Los Mirlos;Bomba Estéreo |
| ANGEL | 2XT;K.Flay |
| So Many Ways | Scout Willis |
| MY LOVE YOUR LOVE | ZENA |
| Love | the sound chalk makes |
| Am I Dumb | Bel Cobain |
| The Zoo | Emmy Meli |
| The Moon Cave (feat. Asha Puthli, Bobby Womack, Dave Jolicoeur, Jalen Ngonda and Black Thought) | Gorillaz;Asha Puthli;Bobby Womack;Dave Jolicoeur;Jalen Ngonda;Black Thought |
| steer | Daniela Andrade |
| Smugglers & Scholars | KNEECAP |
| My Guitar | Master Peace |
| Jamie | Perfume Genius |
| Purity I | DEADLETTER |
| stay away! | mer marcum |
| Ingrid The Sailor | Miike Snow;Yttling Jazz |
| If I Leave | Mitski |
| Folk Songs For Mama & Papa | AE MAK |
| You’re So Boring | Carmela;Gideon Gable |
| Berlin | Quiet Light |
| Texas Baby | Susannah Joffe |
| Virginia Werewolf | Pegzilla |
| Malibu By Midnight | Family Worship Center |
| Moving Unison | fanclubwallet |
| Heartbeat | Lola Blue |
| Dando vueltas | Usted Señalemelo;Portugal. The Man |
| Sojourn | Joji |
| The Yard | PellowTalk;Daylight;Neesha;Odd the Artist |
| Strike a Pose (feat. Camille Munn) | IZCO;Camille Munn |
| Nightingale Lane. | RAYE |
| IT’S YOU (ANTE NEH) [feat. Meron T] | ZENA;Meron T |
| Jelly | Sports |
| NO THX | SUX |
| Jet Stream Heart | Temples |
| All Bad Parts | Lime Garden |
| Stupid Bitches | Grace Ives |
| Arrow | Lala Lala |
| OLD TECHNOLOGY | Slayyyter |
| Hollywood Cold | The Olympians |
| constellations | AYUSH |
| Garden | Nymphlord |
| Better Than Ever | Liz Cooper |
| IDFK | Liz Cooper |
| Scammer | Lala Lala |
| Anywave | Lala Lala |
| Loophole | MINOE |
| Keep Coming Back To You | Vicky Sometani |
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