STAFF PICKS
our favorite MUSIC of
2026
so far…
GRIMEY
(founder/co-owner)
hmmmmmmm……..
DOYLE
(co-owner/vinylist)
Daniel Romano’s Outfit - Preservers of the Pearl
Guided By Voices - Crawlspace of the Pantheon
Styrofoam Winos - Any River
Ratboys - Singin’ to an Empty Chair
Johnny Blue Skies & the Dark Clouds - Mutiny After Midnight
ANNA
(store manager/Indie Pop Princess)
studio albums
Slippers - Slippers 08 (K Records)
Touch Girl Apple Blossom - Graceful (K Records)
Olivia Rodrigo - you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love (Geffen)
WILL
(assistant manager/receiving major domo)
habit-forming:
Kiss Facility - Khazna (Ambient Tweets)
feeble little horse - bitknot (Saddle Creek)
Leroy - STATUS UPDATE MUSIC (self-released)
Namasenda - Limbo (Year0001)
spell-binding:
Kelela - new avatar (Warp)
Boards of Canada - Inferno (Warp)
Ana Roxanne - Poem 1 (kranky)
Nondi_ - Nondi... (Planet Mu)
brain-sticking:
Underscores - U (Mom + Pop)
Wendy Eisenberg - Wendy Eisenberg (Joyful Noise)
Mitski - Nothing's About to Happen to Me (Dead Oceans)
Avalon Emerson - Written Into Changes (Dead Oceans)
body-jolting:
Placid Angles - Canada (Oath)
Gloorp - Gloorp Life (Wharf Cat)
Hekt - Forever (Numbers)
Robber Robber - Two Wheels Move the Soul (Fire Talk)
world-building:
K Á R Y Y N - Physics Universal Love Language (PULL) (Mute)
New German Cinema - Pain Will Polish Me (Felte)
Visible Cloaks - Paradessence (RVNG Intl)
KMRU - Kin (Editions Mego)
JASON
(bookstore major domo/preloved music buyer/trickster sage)
Favorite New Release LP's:
Cut Worms - Transmitter
Aldous Harding - Train on the Island
King Tuff - MOO
Lande Hekt - Lucky Now
Kurt Vile - Philadelphia's been good to me
Mitski - Nothing’s About to Happen to Me
Courtney Barnett - Creature of Habit
Kelela - new avatar
Rolling Stones - Foreign Tongues
Deep Purple - Splat!
Favorite Reissues/Archival Releases:
Stalk Forrest Group - St. Cecilia: The Elektra Recordings (RSD - 2LP, early recordings by the band that became Blue Oyster Cult)
The Who - A Quick One (RSD Deluxe 2LP)
Terry Callier - The Earl of Old Town
Jethro Tull - Under Wraps (The Unwrapped Edition)
A World of Our Own: The UK and Irish Folk Explosion of 1965 (Grapefruit/Cherry Red 3CD Box)
Armageddon - S/T
Power Pop! American Power Pop For the Now Generation 1977-81
Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band - Lick My Decals Off, Baby (RSD Limited Edition Deluxe 2LP)
Books:
Meaghan Garvey - Midwestern Death Trip
Joe Posnanski & Michael Schur - Big Fan
STEPHEN
(head silly goose/hardcore to pop girlie pipeline)
Ayam El Disco (Egyptian Disco, Boogie & Jeel Cassettes 1978-92)
Chamber - this is goodbye…
Chanel Beads - Your Day Will Come
Converge - Love Is Not Enough + Hum of Hurt
Downtown Boys - Public Luxury
Dry Cleaning - Secret Love
Earl Sweatshirt, MIKE & SURF GANG - POMPEII // UTILITY
Danny L Harle - Cerulean
Kelela - new avatar
Khun Narin - III
Kiss Facility - KHAZNA
Lip Critic - Theft World
MUNA - Dancing on the Wall
Slayyyter - WOR$T GIRL IN AMERICA
Vince Staples - Cry Baby
Terror - Still Suffer
ALEX
(director of preciousness/chalkboard funnyman/computer magic)
THE 10 ALBUMS I CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT:
Kiss Facility - KHAZNA
Slayyyter - WOR$T GIRL IN AMERICA
Dry Cleaning - Secret Love
Grace Ives - Girlfriend
Fabiano do Nascimento - Vila
Underscores - U
Namasenda - Limbo
Kelela - new avatar
Fire-Toolz - Lavender Networks
Aaron Shaw - And So It Is
HEAVY ROTATION:
Bassvictim - ?
Carla dal Forno - Confession
Chanel Beads - Your Day Will Come (2026)
Danny L Harle - Cerulean
ear - rumspringa
Earl Sweatshirt / MIKE / Surf Gang - Pompeii / Utility
Avalon Emerson - Written into Changes
Feeble Little Horse - bitknot
Momoko Gill - Momoko
Green-House - Hinterlands
Hekt - Forever
Madonna - CONFESSIONS II
Mandy, Indiana - URGH
Naomi Scott - F.I.G
Nondi_ - Nondi...
OHYUNG - Iowa
Robber Robber - Two Wheels Move the Soul
Ana Roxanne - Poem 1
Shabaka - Of the Earth
Slippers - Slippers 08
Tara Clerkin Trio - Somewhere Good
Villagerrr - Carousel
Visible Cloaks - Paradessence
COSA
(K-pop connoisseur/concert collector/sound conductor)
Jill Scott - To Whom This May Concern
XG - The Core
Kehlani - Kehlani
Underscores - U
Arlo Parks - Ambiguous Desire
Bad Gyal - Más Cara
Danny Brown - Stardust
Avalon Emerson & the Charm - Written into Changes
Mitski - Nothing’s About to Happen to Me
Ari Lennox - Vacancy
Destin Conrad - wHIMSY!
Chino & Nacho - Radio Venezuela 🇻🇪
Jae Stephens - Total Sellout
Samara Cyn - Detour
Jordan Ward - Backward
Kacey Musgraves - Middle of Nowhere
Isaiah Rashad - It’s Been Awful
Robyn - Sexistential
Ergo, Bria - february EP
Fcukers - Ö
Horsehell & Mahal Kita - Split EP
Jeun - This Is A Genuine Expression of Love and All The Ways I Don’t Understand It
De La Soul - Cabin in the Sky
Muna - Dancing on the Wall
Kim Petras - Detour
Honey Dijon - The Nightlife
Vince Staples - Crybaby
Bleary - little brain
Venus & the Flytraps - Demonette
Madonna - Confessions ll
Tierra Whack - Whack’s Museum
Ryan Beatty - Sweet Fortune
Lip Critic - Theft World
Naomi Scott - F.I.G.
Poppy - Empty Hands
Favorite Shows of 26’
Mavis Staples - Ryman
Sudan Archives - Basement East
Mitski - Basement East
Amber Mark - Brooklyn Bowl
Wednesday - Brooklyn Bowl
Rochelle Jordan - Cannery Hall
Indigo De Souza - Basement East
Hayley Williams - Ryman
Oklou - Royale (Boston)
Ari Lennox - Ryman
Bleary - Blue Room
Arlo Parks - Blue Room
Khalid - Municipal Auditorium
Jill Scott - Ryman
Yebba - Brooklyn Bowl
Underscores - Basement East
Destin Conrad - City Winery
JULIA
(joy-spark/bubblegrunge queen)
Favorite Albums:
Ambiguous Desire - Arlo Parks
Kehlani - Kehlani
Detour - Samara Cyn
Patchwork - Charlotte Day Wilson
Beard - Syd
Backward - Jordan Ward
This is a Genuine Expression of Love and All the Ways I Don’t Understand It - Jeun
Split - Horsehell/Mahal Kita
Do Not Disturb - Young Miko (late 2025)
Love is a Kingdom - Tems (late 2025)
Favorite Shows:
Arlo Parks (the Blue Room, 5/26)
Ca7riel & Paco Amoroso (the Ryman, 6/9)
Oklou (the Royale in Boston, 4/30)
Ari Lennox (the Ryman, 5/10)
Hayley Williams (the Ryman, 4/27)
BEKAH
(bat whisperer/rave goblin)
KHAZNA by Kiss Facility
F.I.G by Naomi Scott
Confessions II by Madonna
Detour by Kim Petras
Decrepitizing Din Of The Cerebral Psyopticon by FAKE DUST
Dancing on the Wall by MUNA
The Nightlife by Honey Dijon
new avatar by Kelela
Sexistential by Robyn
Glass and Bones by Makthaverskan
Hold Onto Me Infinity by Hyd
Station Model Violence by Station Model Violence
Mzansi Bass by Various Artists
Zero by Alewya
PULL! by Kumo 99
Speaking to the Body by Madeline Goldstein
COME CLOSER by TOMORA
KEVIN
(quality control)
Albums That Bring Me Joy This Year… so far.
Amanda Bergman - Embraced for a Second as We Die
Asgeir - Julia
Ed O’Brien - Blue Morpho
Hiss Golden Messenger - I’m People
Momoko Gill - Momoko
James Blake - Trying times
Flea - Honora
Slow Leaves - The Ruins of Things Left Unfinished
Boards of Canada - Inferno
JADE
(sound investigator)
Fav albums of 2026 (in no particular order):
Secret Love by Dry Cleaning
Creature of Habit by Courtney Barnett
Thirteen Tales of Depravity by Stice
Train on the Island by Aldous Harding
New Avatar by Kelela
Critical Thot by Sha Rae and DJ Haram
Public Luxury by Downtown Boys
Two Wheels Move the Soul by Robber Robber
Your Day Will Come by Chanel Beads
Confessions II by Madonna
So Help Me God by Kelsey Lu
Khazna by Kiss Facility
Urgh by Mandy, Indiana
Bitknot by Feeble Little Horse
TYLER
(posi vibe curator)
Favorite physical albums:
Madonna “Confessions II”
Slayyyter “WOR$T GIRL IN AMERICA”
Robyn “Sexistential”
Kelela “new avatar”
Muna “Dancing on the Wall”
Haute & Freddy “Big Disgrace”
Naomi Scott “F.I.G”
Jessie Ware “Superbloom”
Honey Dijon “The Nightlife”
Ella Langley “Dandelion”
Olivia Rodrigo “you seem pretty sad”
Favorite albums not (yet) available physically:
Kim Petras “Detour”
Justine Skye “Candy EP”
Nirosta Steel “MY SKYSCRAPER”
Syd “beard”
TYLER
(preloved music buyer/resident cinema expert)
Top 5 So Far
1. Kevin Morby - Little Wide Open
2. Styrofoam Winos - Any River
3. Courtney Barnett - Creature Of Habit
4. White Fence - Orange
5. Buck Meek - The Mirror