What's Good (Week of 1/11/26)
Friday is here, so pull up to the bar and let me serve you a tall glass of What's Good. This week we've got a ton of great new music, including:
New Albums
- BBGuns
- City Girl & Guided Tour
- cropscropscrops & vaygrnt
- Equipto & Brycon
- Lexa Gates
- Seneca B
New Singles
- AJ Suede
- Converge
- E L U C I D & Sebb Bash
- Kim Gordon
- Mitski
- Puma Blue
And a whole lot more. If you're new or you haven't already done it, subscribe to the blog and you'll get What's Good (and anything else I post) as soon as I hit the publish button.
I'm also giving away a copy of Mercy by Armand Hammer & The Alchemist, and all you have to do for a chance to snag it is donating to either Trans Youth Emergency Project or Al Otro Lado. Check out last week's What's Good for more details.
Now without any further jibber-jabber, let's get into the music.
Playlists
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Bonus Beats
Khruangbin hit up the KCRW HQ for a set of joints from The Universe Smiles Upon You ii.
Niko Stratis
Niko Straits takes Paste Magazine's Alt-Rock Dept. column back to 1995 for their experience with the Toadies' mythic "Possum Kingdom" (from their banger of an album Rubberneck, as a 13 year old.
The theory I always believed was that it was about vampires, or some offering of eternal life—the narrator in Lewis’ voice promising to be a gentleman behind the boathouse, where he will share his dark secret, promising he can make her beautiful forever. Her dark hair. Her soft skin. His blushing bride. His voice soft at first, wavering and fading into the song, like a spirit of the night who arrives as mist that hardens and sharpens the teeth that hold cravings in their hollows. This theory was laid out for me and others in the room by a giant man who proclaimed all songs sung by women as “chick bullshit,” who played air guitar with a jerking off motion when the whammy bar part kicked, and we smiled all polite and nervous until he left the room. We all agreed we liked his theory a lot more than we liked anything else about him, and it slowly became the truth in our hearts.
Marissa Moss
The homeys over at Don't Rock The Inbox sets the year off with a list of Ins and Outs for country music, with a few that apply no matter what kind of music you're into.
Going To Shows
Music venues have just about everything working against them right now — a stagnant economy and more people reining in their alcohol consumption (good for everyone's health and bad for a business model that is, unfortunately, built on selling drinks) compound the ongoing decimation of media promoting live music and trend of people staying home to entertain themselves virtually. But there's nothing like hearing music live, whether it's a legend or local artist playing covers at a bar. It's special, it's community building, it's invigorating at a time when we all sorely need reinvigorating. Needless to say, when you can avoid LiveNation, all the better; support venues that are fighting to survive against a monster monopoly, and musicians who are fighting to make a living the only way that's left, since recordings rarely net a profit these days except as a loss leader for shows. — NW
Alfa Mist and company touched down at Real World Studios for a live set of joints from his most recent album Roulette.
José James
John Coltrane was born 100 years ago this year, and José James giving away his live album of Coltrane covers for free:
Happy New Year everyone!
In honor of John Coltrane’s centennial, I’m offering Facing East: The Music of John Coltrane 100% free, today, exclusively on Bandcamp.
Edited by yours truly and fully remixed by Ariel Shafir at Dreamland Studios, this release captures a special night at the legendary Ancienne Belgique in Brussels, featuring Michael Campagna, Jef Neve, Neville Malcolm, and Richard Spaven. It was one of those beautiful nights where everything aligned: music, audience, and spirit.
John Coltrane remains one of the most brilliant and important musical artists of the 20th century. May his music continue to be a guiding light for us all.
Courtesy of Philth Spector's Bandcamp newsletter, Great Circles their shared Eraserhead Remixed tribute project from the Jim Thorpe Independent Film Festival. Philth Spector's on the music in the second half, Apologist is in the first, and Luminous Abstract are on the visuals.
Music
Nelson Bandela - Check 2 Check (From BetaTape:: RNS - BILL$$$, out now. Purchase/Stream: Bandcamp)
YUNGMORPHEUS & Dirty Art Club - The Rudiments of Connoisseurship (From A Spyglass To One's Face, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp | Vinyl and CD via Fat Beats, Stream: Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
Puma Blue - Hush (From Croak Dream, out on 2/6/26. Preorder: Merch and music bundles via Puma Blue's shop | Qobuz, Stream: Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
Wynne - NEVERSTOPLOVINGTHISSHIT (From Say Wynne, out now. Download: Wynne's Site, Stream: Untitled)
Filth Is Eternal - Stay Melted (From Impossible World, out on 3/17/26. Preorder: Bandcamp | Vinyl via MNRK HEAVY | Qobuz, Stream: Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
sunn O))) - Glory Black (From sunn O))), out on 4/3/26. Preorder: Bandcamp | Sub Pop Mega Mart | Qobuz, Stream: Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
AJ Suede - Drawing Bored (Out now. Purchase: Qobuz, Stream: Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
Pugs Atomz - Even Tom got shot (From Mookie on the southside, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp | Qobuz, Stream: Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
Sleep Sinatra - Missile Silo feat. DoseOne (From TIMESOFPERIL, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp | Qobuz, Stream: Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
Deniro Farrar & Child Actor - Kinetic Sand (From Raw Materials, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp | Qobuz, Stream: Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
Kim Gordon - NOT TODAY (From PLAY ME, out on 3/13/26. Preorder: Bandcamp | Physicals and merch via Kung Fu Merch | Qobuz, Stream: Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
E L U C I D & Sebb Bash - First Light feat. MATTIE (From I Guess U Had To Be There, out on 3/13/26. Preorder: Bandcamp | Physicals and digital via Backwoodz Studioz | Qobuz, Stream: Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
Lucy Rose - Scared of Loving Wild Again (Out now. Purchase: Bandcamp | Qobuz, Stream: Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
By Storm - And I Dance (From My Ghosts Go Ghost, out on 1/30/26. Stream: Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
Charlotte Day Wilson - Lean feat. Saya Gray (Out now. Purchase: Bandcamp | Qobuz, Stream: Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
waterbaby - Memory Be a Blade (From Memory Be a Blade, out on 3/6/26. Preorder: Bandcamp | Sub Pop Mega Mart | Qobuz, Stream: Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
GENA (Liv.e & Karriem Riggins) - Lead It Up (From The Pleasure is Yours, out on 2/27/26. Preorder: Bandcamp | Lex Records | Qobuz, Stream: Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
Nondi_ - Tree Festival (From Nondi..., out on 2/27/26. Preorder: Bandcamp | Physicals and digital via Planet Mu | Qobuz, Stream: Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
Papo2oo4 & Subjxct 5 - Premium 83 (Out now, loosie.)
Fatboi Sharif & Roper Williams - Lust Wounds (From Goth Girl On The Enterprise, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp | Cassette via Fused Arrow Records | Qobuz, Stream: Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
Dear Dea - Balayage (Out now. Purchase: Bandcamp | Qobuz, Stream: Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
Earl Sweatshirt - INFATUATION (From Live Laugh Love, out now. Purchase: Physicals, digital, and merch via Earl Sweatshirt's official store | Qobuz, Stream: Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
Ol' Burger Beats - Must Be (From Piano Pieces, out on 2/6/26. Preorder: Bandcamp, Stream: Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
Ariel - Ta Da! (From Amatoria, out on 2/13/26. Preorder: Purchase "Ta Da!" on Bandcamp | Qobuz, Stream: Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
Squadda B - Same Old Me (Out now. Purchase: Qobuz, Stream: Apple | YouTube Music)
GURP CITY
Equipto & Brycon - A City is People (From Flowers for Len Bias, out now. Purchase/Stream: Bandcamp)
Bandcamp New & Notable Jan 12, 2026
Chow - Drudge (From the Blaze/Drudge single, out now. Purchase/Stream: Bandcamp)
Penny Steindamm
chiquitamagic - birthing is a process (From Matriarch, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp, Stream: YouTube Album Stream)
cropscropscrops & vaygrnt - footprints (From we've been after each other, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp | Qobuz, Stream: Tidal | Apple)
Commitment - DOG POUND (From Fear Of, out on 4/3/26. Preorder: Bandcamp | Vinyl via Get Better Records | Qobuz, Stream: Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
Mat Randol - Flamingos feat. Dobleon (Out now. Purchase: Bandcamp | Qobuz, Stream: Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
freespottie & Lo Katana - poor thing (From Two Places At The Same Time, out now. Purchase: Qobuz, Stream: Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
Converge - We Were Never The Same (From Love Is Not Enough, out on 2/13/26. Preorder: Bandcamp | Physicals and merch via Convergecult | Qobuz, Stream: Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
Lexa Gates - Rest Of My Life (From I Am, out now. Purchase: Qobuz, Stream: Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
Mitski - Where's My Phone? (From Nothing’s About to Happen to Me, out on 2/27/26. Preorder: Bandcamp | Physicals, digital, and merch via Mitski's Official Store | Qobuz, Stream: Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
Maxo Kream - Fake Jeezy feat. Denzel Curry & JPEGMAFIA (From Fake Jeezy, out now. Purchase: Qobuz, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Youtube Music)
Sweatson Klank - All These Yesterdays (From Perhaps, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp | Qobuz, Stream: Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
Seneca B - Lost Time (From Omens, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp | Qobuz, Stream: Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
BBGuns - Crying in Walmart (From Rust Belt, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp | Qobuz, Stream: Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
City Girl & Guided Tour - Asylum from the Transient Form (From Mana Lake, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp | Qobuz, Stream: Tidal | Apple | YouTube Music)
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