ThisSmallPlanet.com: ThisSmallPlanet.com Cool New Music Playlist January & February 2026

Bruce Springsteen “Promised Land” live in. Red Bank, NJ, January 17, 2026 dedicated to protester Renee Good, killed by ICE in Minnesota. Herein, Bruce says ICE should get the F out of Minneapolis…

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ThisSmallPlanet.com Cool New Music Playlist January & February 2026

Updated January 19, 2026

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Cool New Singles

Bonnie “Prince” Billy“. “They Keep Trying To Find You“

Buck Meek. “Gasoline“.

Father John Misty. “The Old Law“.

Gogol Bordello. “Hater Liquidator“ & “Ignition“ & “We Mean It, Man!”.

Gorillaz.”The Hardest Thing/Orange County” (feat Tony Allen & Anoushka Shankar)

José González. “Against the Dying of the Light“.

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Courtney Barnett live at Triple J’s 50th Tour

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Cool New Albums

Alex Orange Drink. Even Cowboys Get The Cancer.

Dry Cleaning. Secret Love.

Fuzz. Fuzz’s Fourth Dream. Ty Segall & Friends at their rockiest. A collection of singles, covers, demos and rarities.

Thee Headcoats. The Sherlock Holmes Rhythm ’n’ Beat Vernacular.

Viagra Boys. Viagr Aboys. Sounds like a joke band but they’re mostly serious. Mostly.

Vienna Vienna. Entertain Me (EP).

Witch. Fool’s Ride. Zambia’s finest psychedelic rock band returns.

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Model/Actriz live on KEXP

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Cool Archival, Randoms, Re-Issues

Donovan. What’s A Girl. Collection of previously-recorded songs, mostly available until now only on bootlegs.

Judee Sill. Songs of Rapture and Redemption: Rarities & Live.

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Highly Anticipated Cool New Releases

Lana Del Rey. Stove. (Previously rumored titles: Classic, The Right Person Will Stay, and Lasso) [Interscope]. Her country album? That’s what they say... Release Date: To Be Announced, 2026.

Joyce Manor. I Used to Go to This Bar. [Epitaph]. January 30, 2026.

Gogol Bordello. We Mean It, Man! [Gogol Recordings LLC]. February 13, 2026.

Gorillaz. The Mountain. February 27, 2026.

Buck Meek. The Mirror. [4AD]. February 27, 2026.

Iron & Wine. Here’s Teeth [Sub Pop]. February 27, 2026.

Bonnie “Prince” Billy. We Are Together Again [No Quarter]. March 6, 2026.

José González. Against the Dying of the Light. [Mute]. March 27, 2026.

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