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New Pornographers, Kid Koala, Holy Fuck Lead The Release Roundup For March 27, 2026

Business, as they say, is starting to pick up. There are at least nine #PolarisPeople with notable releases out this week. Frankly, if you can’t find anything new and interesting to listen to the problem probably isn’t the music, it’s you.

Here are the new albums released this week:

* The New Pornographers (2x Short List, 3x Long List) have released The Former Site Of via Merge Records.
* Kid Koala has released the 25th anniversary edition of his Heritage Prize-winning Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.
* Jessie Reyez (2x Short List, 2x Long List) has released $TILL PAID via Universal Canada.
* Colin Stetson (2x Short List, 1x Long List) has released Something Very Bad Is Going To Happen: Soundtrack From The Netflix Series.
* Holy Fuck (1x Short List, 1x Long List) have released Event Beat.
* Wintersleep (2x Long List) have released Wishing Moon via Dine Alone Records.
* Charlotte Cornfield (2019 Long List) has released Hurts Like Hell via Next Door Records / Merge Records.
* Arielle Soucy (2024 Long List) has released Passages via Bonbonbon Records.
* Safia Nolin (2016 Long List) has released Reprises Vol.3.

For your playlist refreshment needs there are new songs from Patrick Watson, Tami Neilson, Big Brave and Elephant Stone. Get listening.

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