Finding the Center: Six Albums That Changed Where I Listen

A 2026 Tier 6 Roundup, including:

Blind Yeo - The Lemoine Point (2026) EYE - Sabine (2016) Interpol - This Mirror Weighs a Ton (2026) Floating Points - Mere Mortals (2026) Derek Sharp and the Champagne Jam - Crossing the Rubicon (2026) Shearwater - The New World (2026)

Learning the Rules: Six Albums That Change the Way You Listen

A Tier 6 roundup collection, including:

DOMi & JD Beck - Who Asked? (2026) My Life as a Bird - The Cabana (2026) Sudan Archives - The BPM (2026) Celestial Power - Celestial Power (2026) Cheer-Accident - You Smile - The Song is Over (2026) ⣎⡇ꉺლ༽இ•̛)ྀ◞ ༎ຶ ༽ৣৢ؞ৢ؞ؖ ꉺლ - ʅ͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡(̸̢̛̼̞̭͋ͅ)̸͚̰͛̔̾̀̿͒͂:̴͓̞̑̌̂̆̊͋̀:̸͎̟̯̂̓̌　҉　　　　　͡　͞　͞　͞　҉● ࿀ ●  ࿀  ●　　　҉⃝ 　　　⃝͢ ͞　　　͘　͞⃝̕ ͢　　　　̛　⃝ 　　　̸　̡　　͢⃝̧ 　͡　͡　　̀　̧　̢⃝͜ 　 　҉　　͞　͞　⃝͞ 　͞　͡⃝  ⃝҉҈҉҈҉҈҉҈҉҈҉ :̶̢͙͙͕̠̩͆(̷̮͍͚̫͚͂̍)̵̳̗̊(　̟̞̝̜̙̘̗̖҉̵̴̨̧̢̡̼̻̺̹̳̲̱̰̯̮̭̬̫̪̩̦̥ (2026)

Where Sound Opens: A Fall 2026 Album Roundup

Getting into Fall, with:

Angine de Poitrine - Vol 2 (2026) Underscores - U (2026) Field Music and the NASUWT Riverside Ensemble - Binding Time (2026) Lunatic Soul - Lunatic Soul II (2020) Febuder - Follow the Colonnade (2023) Hermeto Pascoal y Grupo - Hermeto Pascoal y Grupo (1982)

Human Voices Remain: A 2026 Tier 5 Album Roundup

Closing up my Summer playlist reviews with:

Count Basie - Lil Ol Groovemaker...Basie! (1963) Cake - Pressure Chief (2004) Kalia Mandever - Mala (2026) Work Money Death - A Portal to Here (2026) Kim Deal - Nobody Loves You More (2026) Urban Dance Squad - Mental Floss for the Globe (1989)

Maps Become Larger: A 2026 Summer Album Roundup

More albums that were in play last summer, including:

The Claypool Lennon Delirium - The Great Parrot-Ox and the Golden Egg of Empathy (2026) Ed O'Brien - Blue Morpho (2026) Jolly - The Audio Guide to Happiness pt 1 (2011) Agent Fresco - Destrier (2015) Elder - Through Zero (2026) Alewya - Zero (2026)

Beyond Known Horizons: A 2026 Summer Album Roundup

Another round of music from this Summer:

Shye Ben Tzur, Johnny Greenwood, and the Rajasthan Express - Ranja (2026) Boards of Canada - Inferno (2026) The Comet is Coming - Trust in the Lifeforce of the Deep Mystery (2019) Crown Lands - Apocalypse (2026) Yes - Aurora (2026) Van Der Graaf Generator - Godbluff (1974)

And the playlist:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5dbNCMfM1Ddi9X1GgApPT3?si=7c0b493da3b942e9

New Currents Gather: 2026 Tier 5 Summer Albums

Here's what was in play this summer, and what it might have meant.

The Lemon Twigs - Look For Your Mind! (2026) Tara Clerkin Trio - Somewhere Good (2026) Spencer Cullum - Spencer Cullum's Coin Collection V. 3 (2026) West Virginia Snake Handlers Revival - They Shall Take Up Serpents (2025) Twelfth Night - Fact and Fiction (1982) Squarepusher - Kammerkonzert - (2026)

and the updated Dr. Spin Radio list