what's on my 2026 release calendar?

Welcome to another year of music-letting! I hope you all had a safe and joyful time, and perhaps some time off work. If not, I hope you're able to relax and recharge for the months ahead.

This year, I've decided to go back to my roots, using a plain ol' list to track music releases. As much as I love finding an excuse to make a fancy excel spreadsheet with stats, with how busy I'll be this year. Simple is best!

I'll only be adding music with confirmed release dates, but I've also included a key below to help with future organisation:

★ = most anticipated

♥︎ = faves!

✦ = live album/demos/archival

■ = local/australian music

January

...And The Sunlight Spoke, concealer. - 1/01

RE: LOVE, APINK - 5/01

The First Step, STEP 2 THIS - 05/01

XO, My Cyberlove, Chuu - 7/01 ★

It Was Love, LATENCY - 8/01

Secret Love, Dry Cleaning - 9/01

viagr aboys, viagra boys (japanese deluxe edition) - 9/01

Wishlist, NCT Wish 14/01

Muffler, BORA - 15/01

human props, Static Dress - 15/01 ★ ♥︎

days, binsad - 16/01 ■

Confetti, MISAMO- 16/01

Reverxe, EXO - 19/01

CHUN, Lexie Liu - 19/01

What's Heaven Without You, Violet Grohl - 20/01

Thum, Violet Grohl - 23/01

Applefish, Violet Grohl - 23/01

The Core, XG - 23/01

White Spring, Momoland

Do It (remix ft. Yves), underscores - 23/01

HOTWIFE (ft. Boys Noize), Tiga - 23/01

Empty Hands, Poppy - 23/01

cloud palace ~ false awakening, Billlie - 27/01

I Used To Go To This Bar, Joyce Manor - 30/01 ★

Dreamcrush, MØL - 30/01 ♥︎

Kiss The Beast, Sébastien Tellier - 30/01

When A Flower Doesn't Grow, Softcult - 30/01

Retcon, Red Vox - 30/01

February

PLAY, MISAMO - 4/02

Normal Isn't, Puscifer - 6/02 ★

In Verses, Karnivool - 6/02 ★ ■

Piss In The Wind, Joji - 6/02

Save Me, CHUNG HA - 8/02

You Give Me Butterflies, BLUE X TEN [NCT] - 10/02

Stay Alive, STAYC (JP) - 11/02

Normal Life, blah - 11/02

Julia, Ásgeir - 13/02

De Venom Natura, Ponte del Diavolo - 13/02 ♥︎

Cold 2 the Touch, Angel Du$t - 13/02 ★♥︎

Il Basso, Donny Benet - 13/02 ★■ ♥︎

Wuthering Heights, Charli XCX - 13/02 (...what the hell sure?)

My Valentine, Yeojin [LOONA/LOOSEMBLE] - 14/02

No Lube So Rude, Peaches - 20/02 ★

Future Quiet, Moby - 20/02

Both Sides, NCT JNJM - 23/02

Bloom Hour, WJSN - 25/02

The Warning, Telenova - 27/02 ★ ■

What You Want, Angèle x Justice - 27/02 ★

Deadline, Blackpink - 27/02

Nothing’s About to Happen to Me, Mitski - 27/02 ★

March

Wired, Basement - 3/03 ★♥︎

Broken By Design, Basement - 3/03 ★♥︎

Archive.1, Woodz - 4/03

Tough Love, Onew - 10/03

Lost On You, Tigers Jaw - 27/03 ★

Worst Girl In America, Slayyyter - 27/03

Sexistential, Robyn - 27/03

The Way I Feel, Basement 31/03

April

Nostalgia Kills, Static Dress ft. Underoath - 2/04 ★

Distracted, Thundercat - 3/04 ★

HALO, Tiffany Day - 3/04

KEYVITUP, KEYVITUP - 7/04

Flowering, AKMU - 7/04

Lose Your Self, Enter Shikari - 10/04

Hell For A Basement, drug bug - 12/04

Outta My Way (feat. Kun), Yaochen - 13/04

Rock Solid (feat. Anderson .Paak), Taeyong - 17/04

HOTLIFE, Tiga - 17/04 ★

Nine Inch Noize, Nine Inch Nails & Boys Noize - 17/04 ★

NAIL, YVES - 17/04 ★

Ode To Love, NCT WISH - 20/04

Your Favorite Toy, Foo Fighters - 24/04

Kehlani, Kehlani - 24/04

Glow, Xnghan&Xoul - 27/04

Til' I Die, Lee Chaeyeon - 28/04

Mamihlapinatapai, ILLIT - 30/04

May

American Football, American Football - 1/05 ★

Heavy Serenade, NMIXX - 11/05

WYLD, Taeyong - 18/05

Injury Episode, Static Dress - 29/05

Lemonade, AESPA - 29/05

I.O.I

ITZY

June

I Built You A Tower, Death Cab For Cutie - 5/06

October/November

A couple of things that I accidentally found out from looking across the aisle on a plane where the manager of a band I liked as a kid had their whole 2026 schedule mapped out in gigantic font and given that I can't actually see further than one metre in front of me without glasses, it was wild that I could read all that. Now I'm plagued with knowledge :)

Manifestations

So far, one of these has come true. A win is a win.

The long awaited, near-mythical, brand new Basement album dropping in 2026 (edit 7/01/26: I heard a snippet of an unreleased Basement song at their recent Sydney show...this will finally be our year!)

A brand new full-length album for WayV, plus an Australian tour (greedy, I know)

That Steve Lacy album that's never dropping