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.
21. MOULD
Hoping as a Coping Mechanism
20. Avalon Emmerson
Written Into Changes
19. Thundercat
Distracted
18. SLIFT
Fantasia
17. Iceage
For Love of Grace & the Hereafter
16. Antony Szmierek
Decoding Birdsong
15. Mandy, Indiana
URGH
14. The Itch
It’s The Hope That Kills You
13. Vona Vella
12. Gorillaz
The Mountain
11. Converge
10. Teen Suicide
9. The Scratch
8. Neurosis
7. Man/Woman/Chainsaw
6. My New Band Believe
5. Enter Shikari
4. Chalk Hands
3. Knats
2. RAYE
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