At the dawn of each month, Consequence looks back on the last four weeks to highlight our favorite new albums and releases with Staff Picks. Dig into all of the best albums of September 2026 below.

Spragga Benz Explains Why 'Endeavors Reloaded' Is the Album He Always Wanted to Make - DancehallMag. Spragga Benz spent ages hunting for Echo Minott, only to learn the dancehall veteran was living in ...

Paste is the place to kick off every New Music Friday. We follow our regular roundups of the Best New Songs by highlighting the most compelling new records you need to hear. Find the best new albums ...

Every Friday, On Vinyl features 88Nine music director Erin Wolf and Lilliput Records co-owner Tanner Musgrove delivering their top picks and a list of this week’s other releases, so the can’t-miss new ...

Mykel "MykelOnTheBeat" Cook, whose credits include Boosie BadAzz, Chance the Rapper and NBA YoungBoy, was booked into Orleans Justice Center on Sept. 18, court records show.

Brakence is back in action. Today, the Ohio singer-songwriter returned with the announcement of Marrow, his first new album since 2022’s chronic pain-inspired Hypochondriac. Check out the album art ...

Taylor Swift has another new song out, and naturally, she isn't making it easy for Swifties to simply listen and move on. “Patient Zero” arrives Sept. 25 (Friday), just days after Swift dropped a ...

A scrappy science project led to a significant discovery: two new species of a rare organism that could elucidate a fundamental transition in the history of life on our planet. A scrappy science ...

Joy Oladokun opens up to PEOPLE about her new album, ‘Hope Is a Heavy Thing,’ and how it unpacks a particularly pivotal era of her life in song.

In his latest body of work, the artist opens up about revisiting his past, intently expanding his emotional horizons and recognizing the man he has become today Benjamin Edwards Max McNown explores ...

Tinashe, Kenny Chesney, Leon Bridges, Maren Morris and Kirk Franklin also dropped fresh projects. By Kyle Denis The final New Music Friday of September certainly didn’t disappoint! Taylor Swift leads ...