2026
The year 2026: current top picks
Personal favorites. You can copy/paste this text file into a new Spotify playlist; desktop-only. The bottom part of the page contains extra songs.
- Andreas Paragioudakis Chamber Ensemble - PHOBOS
- Bill Orcutt, Mabe Fratti - Almost waking
- Black Flower - Diagonal walk
- Claptrap - Starve your dog
- Daniel Avery, Ellie Rowsell - Haze ····· Midnight Version
- Dylan Brady - Needle guy
- Ed O'Brien - Blue morpho
- Flea - Willow weep for me
- Flea, Thom Yorke - Traffic lights
- Geologist - Compact Mirror/Last Names
- Gurriers - Party lines
- Gyrofield - World in a cat's claw
- HUG - Catatumbo
- Ibukun Sunday - Edge
- Jalen Ngonda - Love is gone
- Michael Kiwanuka - Across the sky
- Open Mike Eagle, Kenny segal, billy woods - She swear I'm colorblind
- The Reds, Pinks & Purples - New leaf
- Rikas - Raindance
- Shackleton - When memory ceases
- Vétuste - Torned aluminium
- Yoo Doo Right - Doldrums, doldrums, eviler than the devil
➔ The Spotify file is a text file; you can paste it into an empty Spotify playlist (desktop-only). It features the URLs of the titles above.
··· SUB TOP / BUBBLING UNDER FROM THE YEAR 2026
- Black Milk - In the sky
- Brown Horse - Sorrow reigns
- Canard, S.O.A.P. - Plus de fées
- CxBxT - Nū ····· DJ ojo Remix
- Daniel Lanois - Advent
- Erykah Badu, The Alchemist - Witch doctor
- Ezra Collective, Lila Iké - Well organised
- Fink - Memorise your senses
- Frank Ocean ft. Roses Gabor & JD. Reid - Pink & White (Scratcha DVA Edit) ***
- The Guest List - Mundane
- J. Cole, Future, Tems - Bunce road blues
- Jill Scott - Pressha
- Josh Caffé - Limousine
- Lip Critic - Jackpot
- Mouth Ulcers - Closer to you
- Nilza Costa, Leo Gandelman - Oriki a obaluaye
- Nirosta Steel - TRIANGULARIZE ➔ Originally recorded in 1985, it didn't get an official release until 2026
- Pal - Pays
- Quiet Husband - Chosen
- Tara Clerkin Trio - Somewhere good
- Thundercat, Lil Yachty, Flying Lotus - I did this to myself
- Vince Staples - Blackberry marmelade
- Yumi Zouma - Waiting for the cards to fall
➔ The Spotify file is a text file; you can paste it into an empty Spotify playlist (desktop-only). It features the URLs of most of the titles above. *** = Not available (Dutch situation).
