This corner introduces the most notable albums released each week. The following albums will be released on January 16, 2026.
a$ap rocky, don’t make fun of me
A$AP Rocky’s first album in eight years. don’t make fun of me,here it is. The genre-blurring rapper’s fourth studio album features guest appearances from Tyler, the Creator, Doechii, Bossman Draw, Brent Faiyaz, Gorillaz, Jon Batiste, Slay Squad, Thundercat, Westside Gunn, will.i.am, and more. The album includes 15 songs, including the recently released songs “Punk Rocky” and “Helicopter,” along with music videos starring Winona Ryder. The album’s cover art was designed by Tim Burton.
Julianna Berwick & Mary Lattimore, magic of tragedy
Julianna Berwick and Mary Lattimore have toured and worked together in the past. magic of tragedy This is their first collaborative album. Recorded over nine days in Paris, utilizing the Museum of Music’s historic instrument collection, it is a fascinating time capsule that was also influenced by the Los Angeles wildfires of January 2025. “We wanted to make music that we felt truly expressed ourselves while honoring our past,” Berwick explained in press materials. The album was co-produced with Trevor Spencer (Fleet Foxes, Beach House).
Jana Horn, Jana Horn
Jana Horn has released a self-titled album. She wrote the 2023 sequel windows are a dream During her first year living in New York, she earned an MFA in Creative Writing in Charlottesville before moving to New York. “Moving to New York after graduation felt all too right, like an arranged marriage,” Horn recalled. “For a while, I was quite unhappy. My life was still in Virginia, my friends were in Texas, my mother was learning to live again after years of going from hospital to hospital…I was floating around town in my pajamas in the middle of the day.” Slow and tender, full of intimate and poetic revelations.
Sassy 009, dreamer+
Oslo musician Sunniva Lindgard’s project Sassy 009 has released its debut album. dreamer+. Building a dreamworld of muffled intimacy, the record features guest appearances from like-minded artists like Blood Orange and Yune Pink. Drawing inspiration from Gorillaz and Boards of Canada, as well as Nirvana and Lil Wayne, Lindgard felt he had finally “stepped into the role of producer” and imagined himself writing songs for a live band, rather than “getting lost in 200 layers of chaos.” Includes early singles “Someone”, “Mirrors”, “Tell Me”, “Enemy” and “Butterflies”.
courtney marie andrews, Valentine
Courtney Marie Andrews new album Valentine This is a surprisingly dynamic piece of work, which is immediately apparent as it opens with “Pendulum Swing.” The singer-songwriter describes the album as “a record about love,” adding that love is “more than I ever believed. It’s built over years, it’s built on trust, it goes through changes, and the deeper you go, the newer and more unrecognizable it becomes.” This record was co-produced
Co-starred by Jerry Barnhart, it was recorded almost entirely on tape. “I was going through one of the darkest times in my life and singing was the only way I could think about it,” Andrews recalls. “I felt like I was cursed, and I felt the only solace was to write songs and paint.”
sleaford mod, The end of planet X
Sleaford Mods are back with their first LP in three years. The end of planet X. The project features Aldous Harding, former Life Without Buildings singer Sue Tompkins, reggae artist Liam Bailey, British grime rapper Snowy, actress Gwendoline Christie and Big Special. “The end of planet X Frontman Jason Williamson explains, “It represents a life lived in immense uncertainty, shaped by massive trauma. When we wrote our last album, it was about a country that felt like a stagnation, a lifeless corpse.” Three years later, its corpse has been torn apart by war, genocide, and the lingering psychological effects of the coronavirus, while social media has mutated into a grotesque, distorted form of digital engineering. It feels like I’m living in ruins. Multilayered abominations are etched into our collective psyche. ”
peer, doppelganger
doppelganger New York slowcore trio Pia’s first new album in nearly seven years. healthy earth. “The songs were spread over such a long period of time that it felt like the first song and the last song were written by different people,” recalled bandleader Peter Katz. “In a way, this is exactly what this song is about: literally changing over time and then looking back and realizing how different you were. These songs are about reflecting and considering your mental projections of yourself and your literal self. For this reason, the doppelganger concept immediately resonated with me.”
Other albums released today:
Siu Shu, Siu Musa Fucking Siu: Vol. 1; oxys, oxys 8; madison beer, rocket; cave town, run with scissors; cindy talk, that we have to go through this life.
Source: Our Culture – ourculturemag.com
