I feel like this has been a really good year for music. Everything is sounding super fresh. Artists are putting in the extra effort. I love it.
My Top 10 Favorite Albums of 2026 so far in no particular order:
Days by The Mountain Goats
Reality Awaits by The Strokes
Cathedral by John Carpenter
Dear God by The Pretty Wreckless
Until the Sun Explodes by Sublime
Nerf Herder [redux] by Nerf Herder
The Mountain by Gorillaz
Prize Fighter by Mumford and Sons
The Great Satan by Rob Zombie
After the Astronaut by Butthole Surfers