Montreal trio Cola share "Conflagration Mindset", second single from album Cost of Living Adjustment (May 8, Fire Talk). Written after Tim Darcy lost his home in the LA wildfires. Tour dates announced. https://go.stereobar.net/tj1vwx4
#Cola #FireTalk #BestNewMusic2026 #W12

Laura Misch shares "Kairos" and "Scrolls" ahead of second album Lithic (June 5, One Little Independent). Recorded in Cornwall and Hydra with a 180-year-old stone lithophone. https://go.stereobar.net/5xxetw8
#LauraMisch #OneLittleIndependentRecords #BestNewMusic2026 #W12

deary share "Alma", third single from debut album Birding out April 3 on Bella Union. Dream-pop with shoegaze depth — their most pop-forward moment yet. https://go.stereobar.net/q4pz40n
#Deary #BellaUnion #BestNewMusic2026 #W12

Wings of Desire continue their new moon single series with "This Is The Life" — post-punk and new wave, wider and harder than "Whisper". Full album due December 9. https://go.stereobar.net/r8w5aak
#WingsOfDesire #BestNewMusic2026 #W12

Baby Cool (Grace Cuell of Nice Biscuit) returns with "Everything", the first single from sophomore album Infinity Baby, out June 5 on Fuzz Club. Psych-folk with a propulsive kick. https://go.stereobar.net/49xl9op
#BabyCool #FuzzClubRecords #BestNewMusic2026 #W12

Stik Figa & Heather Grey drop "No Secrets" feat. Asher Roth on Mello Music Group. Low-key and assured. https://go.stereobar.net/77es2og
#StikFigaHeatherGrey #MelloMusicGroup #BestNewMusic2026 #W12

Montreal five-piece Atsuko Chiba share Torn, second single from their self-titled album (April 24, Mothland). Imposter syndrome as propulsion, with an unresolved ending. #AtsukoChiba #Mothland #BestNewMusic2026 #W12 https://go.stereobar.net/m9t8kvv

Toluca trio Mirror Revelations share Liberar, a new single from their upcoming album Ígnea (May 22, Fuzz Club). Heavy motorik, industrial psych, built to play live. #MirrorRevelations #FuzzClubRecords #BestNewMusic2026 #W12 https://go.stereobar.net/ylso94f

Radiohead guitarist Ed O'Brien announces Blue Morpho, his second solo album (out May 22 via Transgressive). Produced by Paul Epworth, with Shabaka Hutchings on flute and strings from the Tallinn Chamber Orchestra. #EdOBrien #Transgressive #BestNewMusic2026 #W12 https://go.stereobar.net/zdfmj5a