Courtney Barnett's fourth album "Creature of Habit" drops March 27. New single "Site Unseen" features Waxahatchee's Katie Crutchfield on harmonies—a collaboration that took four recording attempts over two years to nail. The album tackles getting out of your own way to truly feel life, written after Barnett relocated from Australia to LA and closed her label Milk! Records. Listen: https://go.stereobar.net/im8kkix #CourtneyBarnett #Waxahatchee #BestNewMusic2026 #W04 #Fiction

Courtney Barnett announces new album "Creature of Habit" (March 27) with "Site Unseen" feat. Waxahatchee. The collaboration took four tries over two years to get right. Listen: https://go.stereobar.net/im8kkix #CourtneyBarnett #Waxahatchee #BestNewMusic2026 #W04 #Fiction

Cardinals drop final pre-album single "I Like You"—accordion-led track that shifts from gentle jazz nod to distorted climax. "Masquerade" out Feb 13 via So Young. https://go.stereobar.net/bmt95ar #Cardinals #BestNewMusic2026 #W04 #SoYoungRecords

The Itch drop debut album news + "Aux Romanticiser"—samples Subway Takes, builds to basement club euphoria. Out April 10 via Fiction/I OH YOU. https://go.stereobar.net/9q1p7em #TheItch #BestNewMusic2026 #W04

Dublin's The Scratch release "Pullin' Teeth" featuring Kevin Rheault of Dropkick Murphys, from Pull Like A Dog (out 13 March via Music For Nations). Irish folk-punks wrote it in hours while on North American tour, debuted it live the same day. Video filmed in Iceland during Iceland Airwaves. UK/Ireland tour April-July. #TheScratch #BestNewMusic2026 #W04 #PerrystownMusic https://go.stereobar.net/t2gl9su

East London's RINGARDS release "Flaccid Venus" via Panache Records. The trio—Enzo Salinie, Gary Cartmill, Joe Hornby Patterson—blend post-punk, indie rock, and alternative into urgent songs driven by tension and release. A track about erectile dysfunction that doubles as a metaphor for broader disengagement. Self-produced. #Ringards #BestNewMusic2026 #W04 #PanacheRecords https://go.stereobar.net/xqukksr

London trio RINGARDS drop "Flaccid Venus" via Panache. Self-produced post-punk about disengagement and desire. #Ringards #BestNewMusic2026 #W04 #PanacheRecords https://go.stereobar.net/xqukksr

South German trio indirekt grell drop "Dancing with a Disease" via new basement. Angular guitars, math-rock drums, DIY chaos. #IndirektGrell #BestNewMusic2026 #W04 #NewBasement https://go.stereobar.net/dsek29o

Knotfall release "Shoreline," the centerpiece from their debut album Shoreline (out 17 April via Candlepin Records). Written in 2023 as a song to scream on, it stays atmospheric before exploding in the second half. Recorded at Headroom Studios Philadelphia with Janna Balagot, mastered by Mark Gardener (Ride). #Knotfall #BestNewMusic2026 #W04 #CandlepinRecords https://go.stereobar.net/5nz75dp

Knotfall drop "Shoreline," first single from their debut album (17 April, Candlepin). Atmospheric tension before the explosion. #Knotfall #BestNewMusic2026 #W04 #CandlepinRecords https://go.stereobar.net/5nz75dp