ThisSmallPlanet.com Cool New Music Playlist & Tip Sheet, May & June 2026

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Cool New Singles (with links to YouTube videos)

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The Afghan Whigs. “Duvateen”& “House Of I”.

Bette Midler. “All You Fascists Are Bound To Lose” (Woody Guthrie cover)

Gorillaz. “Delirium” (feat Mark E. Smith).

Jack White. “G.O.D. And The Broken Ribs” & “Derecho Demonico”.

Kneecap. “Fenian”. BEST NEW SINGLE.

Kurt Vile. “Chance To Bleed”.

Massive Attack. “Boots On The Ground” (feat Tom Waits). Amazing powerful photos in the video documenting U.S. protests, homelessness, police violence, and more.

Modest Mouse. “Picking Dragons’ Pockets”

Orcutt Shelley Miller. “Hot Head” (feat David Yow on vocals) & ”A Man Needs A Maid” (Neil Young cover feat Ethan Miller on vocals).

Robyn Hitchcock. “I Am This Thing”.

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Cool New Albums

Angelique Kidjo. Hope!! Would be absolutely perfect (without the Autotune). Fresh sounds from Africa.

The Claypool Lennon Delirium. The Great Parrot-Ox and the Golden Egg of Empathy. Full-On Crazed Psychedelic Funky Madness from Les Claypool (of Primus) and Sean Lennon.

Friko. Something Worth Waiting For. Second album from one of the best new rock bands.

Glen Hansard. Don’t Settle (Funkhaus Version Vol 1 - Transmission East). Live album. Good career retrospective.

Hiss Golden Messenger. I’m People.

John Coltrane. The Tiberi Tapes: A Preview of the Mythic Recordings. A Record Store Day vinyl-only release that we hope gets broader release at some point.

Kathryn Mohr. Carve. Drone guitar stuff. I like it!

Kneecap. Fenian. BEST NEW ALBUM

Maya Hawke. Maitreya Corso.

Nine Inch Nails & Boys Noize. Nine Inch Noize. They bring us closer to God.

Penny Arcade. Double Exposure.

Ringo Starr. Long Long Road. Country.

Sean Solomon. The World Is Not Good Enough.

Tanya Donelly And Chris Brokaw. The Undone Is Done Again (EP).

This is Lorelei. Box for Buddy, Box for Star (Super Deluxe). This guy is having a moment. Suddenly covered by the likes of Waxahatchee, MJ Lenderman, and Geese’s Cameron Winter. Where’s your love, uh, now?

UltraBomb. The Bridges That We Burn. Minneapolis punk supergroup Ultrabomb is: Greg Norton (Husker Du), Derek O’Brien (Social Distortion & Agent Orange), and Ryan Smith (Soul Asylum).

Various Artists. The Gold Rush: The Songs of Neil Young, Reinterpreted for Uncut Magazine (UK). Included as a free CD with The UK’s Uncut magazine for October 2025, featuring J Mascis, Kurt Vile, Sharon Van Etten, MJ Lenderman, and more, covering Neil Young classics.

White Fence. Orange. Good solid rock album.

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Highly Anticipated Cool New Releases

Kevin Morby. Little Wide Open. [Dead Oceans]. May 15, 2026.

Ted Lucas. Images of Life [Third Man Records]. May 22, 2026.

Iceage. For Love of Grace & the Hereafter. [Mexican Summer]. May 29, 2026.

Willie Nelson. Dream Chaser. [Legacy]. May 29, 2026. His 156th album (!!!), at age 92 (!!!), includes a song co-written by Bob Dylan (!!!), “I Can’t Read Your Mind”.

Kurt Vile. Philadelphia’s Been Good To Me. [Verve]. May 29, 2026.

Modest Mouse. An Eraser And A Maze. [Glacial Pace]. June 5, 2026. Always interesting.

Robyn Hitchcock. The Confuser. [Tiny Ghost Records]. July 24, 2026. Always good.

Various Artists. 20th Century Paddy: The Songs of Shane MacGowan. [Rubyworks]. November 13, 2026. Tribute to Shane, the late, great frontman of The Pogues feat Bruce Springsteen, Tom Waits, The Jesus And Mary Chain, Steve Earle, Dropkick Murphys, Glen Hansard, Hozier, The Libertines, and more.

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