Beth Orton announces The Ground Above, her first album since Weather Alive (2022). Self-produced with Nick Hakim, Tom Skinner and more. Out June 26 via Partisan. https://go.stereobar.net/u3g2w1t #BethOrton #BestNewMusic2026 #W17 #PartisanRecords

Man/Woman/Chainsaw announce debut album Cannonball (Aug 7, Fiction Records) with six-minute art-punk single Nosedive. Produced by Seth Evans and Margo Broom.
https://go.stereobar.net/1pmi5r5 #ManWomanChainsaw #BestNewMusic2026 #W17 #FictionRecords

MJ Cole and John Glacier combine on "Move Time", out via Platoon. A fully integrated collaboration — not a beat with vocals, something more urgent than that.
#MjCole #JohnGlacier #BestNewMusic2026 #W16 #Platoon
https://go.stereobar.net/as5c7dn

Black Country duo Big Special share "Only Free When Sleeping", announcing EP O'Joy!, out 5 June via SO Recordings. Material from both album sessions, dedicated to Handsome James Borrer.
#BigSpecial #BestNewMusic2026 #W16 #SoRecordings
https://youtu.be/fgsMBfE2_jc

Tara Clerkin Trio return with "Silently", the second single from album Somewhere Good, out 5 June via World of Echo. Seven minutes of modern classical and dreamy songwriting.
#TaraClerkinTrio #BestNewMusic2026 #W16 #WorldOfEcho
https://go.stereobar.net/9pik5uy

Loraine James returns with "Flatline" ft Miho Hatori (Cibo Matto), the second single from album Detached From The Rest Of You, out 8 May via Hyperdub.
#LoraineJames #MihoHatori #BestNewMusic2026 #W16 #Hyperdub
https://go.stereobar.net/menc238

Wings of Desire return with "Just to Survive", the fourth single in their new moon series, heading toward album Stand Still Like The Hummingbird on December 9.
#WingsOfDesire #BestNewMusic2026 #W16
https://go.stereobar.net/9h93knv

TOMORA — Tom Rowlands of The Chemical Brothers and AURORA — release "I Drink the Light" from debut album Come Closer, out now via Capitol Records.
#Tomora #BestNewMusic2026 #W16 #CapitolRecords
https://go.stereobar.net/ku41veb

Clark returns with "Relentless Opponent", lead cut from the Opponents Stims EP, out 22 May via Throttle Records. Second in a series expanding his 2025 album Steep Stims.
#Clark #BestNewMusic2026 #W16 #ThrottleRecords
https://go.stereobar.net/ogf1nzi

LA producer Amtrac returns with "High Speed Ring", the second single from his Civilian World EP, out 29 May via Anjunadeep. Driving bassline, evolving synths, club-ready.
#Amtrac #BestNewMusic2026 #W16 #Anjunadeep
https://go.stereobar.net/90lrvrv