Happy New Music Friday! November 13, 2026 might be an unlucky date for some, but for music fans, it’s an embarrassment of riches. From R&B royalty and rock legends to underground hip-hop heroes, this week’s releases span every corner of the musical spectrum.
Snoh Aalegra returns with “Legendary Love,” a sultry collection that showcases her signature blend of atmospheric R&B and raw emotional honesty. U2 embraces Latin rhythms and vibrant colors on “Carnaval de Luz,” marking one of the Irish rock icons’ most adventurous sonic experiments in years. Underground hip-hop veteran Aesop Rock reunites with longtime producer Blockhead for “Trouble Mountain,” delivering characteristically dense wordplay over cinematic beats. UK experimental artist Blackhaine pushes boundaries on “Saints in the Wethouse,” a confrontational and visceral exploration of identity and decay. Belly Gang Kushington keeps it street-focused with “Good Dope Sell Itself,” a no-frills statement that lives up to its audacious title.
As always, the entire list of new albums released today, Friday, Nov. 13, 2026 is below in no particular order. My most anticipated albums are in bold.
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New Album Releases – Friday, November 13, 2026
Aesop Rock and Blockhead – “Trouble Mountain”
Always You – “Against the World”
Amira Elfeky – “It Was Only a Dream”
Anna Butterss, John Raymond, and Ben Lumsdaine – “Beginningless”
Ateez – “Golden Hour: Part.6”
Babyface Ray – “Unf*ckwitable II”
Becky Hill – “Rebecca”
Bell X1 – “Good Bones”
Belly Gang Kushington – “Good Dope Sell Itself”
Benny The Butcher – “A Friend Of Ours 2”
Blackhaine – “Saints in the Wethouse”
Brad Mehldau – “Fantasy & Reveries”
Chastity – “I Built This Prison Myself”
Cherry Bomb – “The Pursuit of Pleasure”
Crate – “Crate”
Cro-Mags – “The Age of Quarrel: 40 Years of Quarrel”
David Kushner – “Devotion”
Def Leppard – “Volume 4”
Diamond Rio – “America Works”
Diana Silvers – “Daughter of Sorts”
DJ Heartstring – “Sentimental Ultra”
Dropkick Murphys – “20th Century Paddy – The Songs of Shane MacGowan”
E. Lundquist – “Chasing”
Ed Palermo Big Band – “It’s an Ed Palermo Christmas! God Bless Us, Everyone!”
Emma Ogier – “Fly 1111”
Esme Emerson – “It’s All Just Noise”
Fog Lake – “Hollowbody”
Font – “American Bully XL”
Fucked Up – “Year of the Rooster”
GWAR & Joe Bob Briggs – “GWAR and the Last Drive-In-Stein”
Gwar and John Brennan and the Bigfeet – “Gwar and the Last Drive-In-Stein”
Hans Williams – “Songs for the Neighbors”
Heaven in Her Arms – “The End of Purification”
Heavens Edge – “Philadelphia”
Holly Humberstone – “Cruel World… So It Ends”
Howlin Rain – “Watermelon”
Internet Girl – “YES”
Iron Savior – “Deathbringer”
J.Bernardt – “Wild Swim”
Jake Bugg – “Alamo”
James Felice (of The Felice Brothers) – “Homeworld Blue”
Jan St. Werner (of Mouse on Mars) – “Squares Will Fall”
Joan Osborne – “Relish Reimagined”
Kalia Vandever and Dave Harrington – “Evergreen”
Kim Deal – “Live at the Barbican”
Kittie – “Oracle XXV”
Krill – “Secret Language”
Land of Talk – “Lasts”
Live Skull – “What Could Go Wrong?”
Los Bitchos – “Los Bitchos & Friends Vol. 1”
Menahan Street Band – “Illusions”
Miranda Lambert – “Songline”
Nick Ward – “Year Of The Snake”
Personal Trainer – “The October Tapes”
QUINQUIS – “scenes d’intérieur”
Radie Peat – “No Human Tongue Can Tell”
Randy Travis – “Same Old Way”
Rochelle Jordan – “Disc 1, Disc 2, Disc 3, Disc 4”
Royal Blood – “Dead Company”
Rwake – “Built from Stardust – ‘The Return of Magik’ Live in Little Rock, AR”
Say Now – “Say What You See”
Sharon Shannon – “Home”
Shooter Jennings – “Diamonds”
Silvertomb – “The Interpretation of Nightmares”
Silvertomb – “Nightmares”
Snoh Aalegra – “Legendary Love”
Steven Page (of Barenaked Ladies) – “Steven’s Greetings”
Swansea Sound – “Pre-Post-Truth”
Tami Hart – “Tami Hart”
The Behemoth! Collective (Michael Abels, Emily Bear, Lukas Frank, Michael Giacchino, James Newton Howard, Henry Jackman, Nami Melumad, Brandon Roberts and Alan Silvestri) – “BEHEMOTH! Original Motion Picture Soundtrack”
The Body and Cel Genesis – “Whole Wide World”
The Datsuns – “Moonstruck Man”
Tracy Bonham – “LIFT”
Trentemøller – “Trentemøller”
U2 – “Carnaval de Luz”
Various Artists – “The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping (The Album)”
Vory – “EROS 3.0 FALLOUT”
Walls of Jericho – “System Error: Humanity”
Wavves – “Cherry Soda”
Waylon Jennings – “Diamonds”
Westside Gunn – “Heelmatic”
Yngwie Malmsteen – “Hell or High Water”
Yummm – “Sillyputty”
Zebra – “Zebra V”
Zelooperz – “Pin Breakers”
