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Now that Labour Day weekend is over, it’s time to look ahead to albums coming this fall

Yeah, it’s Labour Day weekend, which always comes with all kinds of melancholy feels. But when it comes to music, it’s an unofficial starting line for fourth-quarter album releases. Here’s what’s on the schedule as far as rock, alt, and indie are concerned for the rest of 2026. (Expect more new more albums to be announced along the way.)

September 4:

  • Accept, Teutonic Titans 1976-2026
  • Dexy’s Midnight Runners, LOVE
  • Ellie Goulding, I Know Too Much

September 11:

  • Bloc Party, Anatomy of a Brief Romances
  • Brian Fallon, Not Bad for New Jersey
  • Sylvan Esso, Ow

September 18:

  • Anthrax, cursum Perficio
  • beabadoobee, Pylon
  • Beck, Ride Lonesome
  • Echo & The Bunnymen, Apples for Isaac
  • Neil Young & The Chrome Hearts, Second Song
  • Tove Lo, Estrus

September 25:

  • Blondshell, Violins
  • Godflesh, Decay
  • M83, I Wrote You a Letter
  • Tom Morello, Everyone Gets Everything They Want
  • Soft Cell, Danceteria

October 2:

  • Fat Dog, Cancel Me (I’m Tired)
  • Johnny Marr, The Age of Everything

October 9:

  • Greta Van Fleet, Palace for the People
  • Teenage Fanclub, Do Not Dare to Dream
  • The Tallest Man on Earth, Just Beyond Endless Mountain

October 16:

  • Eels, COOKIE Happened
  • Fontaines DC, Dopamine Chamber

October 23:

  • Art D’Ecoo, Scheele’s Green

October 30:

  • DIIV, ZIRP!
  • Ministry, Hate to Go
  • Nickelback, Under the Sun
  • Queens of the Stone Age, Perfecth

November 13:

  • Royal Blood, Dad Company

Still on the list but unscheduled:

  • 4 Non Blondes, title TBA
  • Lana Del Rey, Stove
  • William Shatner, his still untitled metal album.

Alan Cross

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