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Jun 02, 2026 By Mark Redfern

Last year we launched our Albums of the Month series, where we highlight the best albums released in the previous month. Now here is a roundup of May 2026’s best albums. We have included Bandcamp or Spotify embeds (some albums aren’t on Bandcamp) for each album and links to any reviews or interviews we did to support the release.

All of this is in an effort to be better prepared when it comes to putting together our Top 100 Albums of 2026 list at the end of the year. Check out January 2026’s best albums here, February 2026’s best albums here, March 2026’s best albums here, and April 2026’s best albums here.

Unlike our Top 100 Albums lists, we didn’t do a formal vote. I put together a list of albums and asked our writers to suggest additional titles. So the list below is in alphabetical order and is a more casual collating of May’s best full-length releases.

American Football: American Football (LP4) (Polyvinyl)

Read our digital cover story interview with American Football.

Tori Amos: In Times of Dragons (Universal/Fontana)

Read our interview with Tori Amos. Read our review of In Times of Dragons.

Boards of Canada: Inferno (Warp)

Read our review of Inferno.

Broken Social Scene: Remember the Humans (Arts & Crafts)

Read our interview with Broken Social Scene. Read our review of Remember the Humans.

Feeble Little Horse: bitknot (Saddle Creek)

Francis of Delirium: Run, Run Pure Beauty (Dalliance)

Aldous Harding: Train on the Island (4AD)

Read our review of Train on the Island.

Maya Hawke: Maitreya Corso (Mom + Pop)

Read our recent Maya Hawke live review.

Iceage: For Love of Grace & the Hereafter (Mexican Summer)

Kneecap: FENIAN (Heavenly)

Read our digital cover story interview with Kneecap. Read our review of FENIAN.

Spencer Krug: Same Fangs (Pronounced Kroog)

The Lemon Twigs: Look for Your Mind! (Captured Tracks)

Read our review of Look for Your Mind!.

Greg Mendez: Beauty Land (Dead Oceans)

Read our review of Beauty Land.

Modern Woman: Johnny’s Dreamworld (One Little Independent)

Read our interview with Modern Woman. Read our review of Johnny’s Dreamworld.

Kevin Morby: Little Wide Open (Dead Oceans)

Read our interview with Kevin Morby. Read our review of Little Wide Open.

My Precious Bunny: A Moment in My Eyes (Bella Union)

Read our review of A Moment in My Eyes.

Ed O’Brien: Blue Morpho (Transgressive)

Read our review of Blue Morpho.

Genesis Owusu: REDSTAR WU & THE WORLDWIDE SCOURGE (Ourness)

Telehealth: Green World Image (Sub Pop)

Kurt Vile: Philadelphia’s been good to me (Verve)

youbet: youbet (Hardly Art)

Honorable Mentions:

Some of our writers and editors also liked these albums that didn’t quite make the main list.

The Bug Club: Every Single Muscle (Sub Pop)

Chinese American Bear: Dim Sum & Then Some (Moshi Moshi)

Cola: Cost Of Living Adjustment (Fire Talk)

Jesca Hoop: Long Wave Home (Last Laugh)

Lip Critic: Theft World (Partisan)

Rostam: American Stories (Matsor Projects)

Seefeel: Sol.Hz (Warp)

Villagerrr: Carousel (Winspear)

Weird Nightmare: Hoopla (Sub Pop)

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