Hey! Here’s a few specially selected albums released this year in 2026, as voted by mvm editors. No other agenda, no other bias to a particular genre, this is the music that’s tickled our ears, stroked our nerves and connected the most with so far this year. Some newcomers, some old-timers – all welcome.
As always, if you wish to delve further into specific albums, those discussed at length can be viewed via their appropriate links provided. **Note: this list is updated sporadically throughout the year and is ordered in terms of our favourite.
23. Basht.
22. MOULD
Hoping as a Coping Mechanism
21. Avalon Emmerson
Written Into Changes
20. Thundercat
Distracted
19. SLIFT
Fantasia
18. Iceage
For Love of Grace & the Hereafter
17. Antony Szmierek
Decoding Birdsong
16. Mandy, Indiana
URGH
15. The Itch
It’s The Hope That Kills You
14. Vona Vella
13. Gorillaz
The Mountain
12. Converge
11. Teen Suicide
10. The Scratch
9. Neurosis
8. Man/Woman/Chainsaw
7. My New Band Believe
6. Enter Shikari
5. Ugly
4. Chalk Hands
3. Knats
2. RAYE
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