2026: The Year of Deliberate Listening
We're getting more deliberate about music curation and discovery this year. Plus, a few highly anticipated new releases to look forward to, courtesy of No Ripcord.
Inside:
A more measured approach to music consumption in 2026;
a teaser for some upcoming content at NBfOH,
and a very humane new release calendar.
What Good Is Abundance Without Attention?
It’s a new year, and we have to start being more deliberate about how we listen to music.
After another overstimulating end-of-year season, I’m tearing my hair out a little bit. I may have largely opted out of the mentality that every halfway listenable album deserves a spot on someone’s list, but in the end I still left you with 58 albums to sift through.
“Which almost-best albums will be cut and left on the version history floor? When the blogs were finally published, these listers, these individuals, included ONE HUNDRED records.” -Adam Voith
I’m overwhelmed, aren’t you? Do you have time to listen to 58 albums in one sitting1? You don’t, and you aren’t going to2, and it’s beside the point anyway.
The point is to get a sense of what the critics you trust most recommend.
The point is to figure out what you missed t…
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