In the mid-2000s, Austin indie pop darlings Voxtrot burst onto the scene, releasing a debut album in 2007 before disbanding in 2010. Fast forward to 2026, and Voxtrot is back with their long (LONG) awaited return album, Dreamers in Exile . Possibly more of a reboot than a follow-up, Dreamers is full of catchy pop hooks held aloft by singer-guitarist Ramesh Srivastava’s voice, which hasn’t aged a day. With a style that varies from Beatlesque bedroom pop to the ‘80s new-wave inspired title track, Voxtrot have re-entered the chat in a big way.
Ostensibly a popstar, Spanish singer Rosalía is so much more. Her new album, Lux , is intellectual, experimental, and one-of-a-kind. Recorded with the London Symphony Orchestra, arranged by Pulitzer- and Grammy-winning contemporary classical artist and composer Caroline Shaw, and with a cast of collaborators including Bjork, Yves Tumor, fado singer Carminho, flamenco singer Estrella Morente, Spanish singer/composer Sílvia Pérez Cruz, and American regional Mexican music trio Yahritza y su Esencia, you know this album's going to be special. Rosalía sings of faith and heartbreak, with lyrics in her native Spanish and Catalan, plus Arabic, English, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Mandarin, Portuguese, Sicilian, and Ukrainian. Unexpected, soaring, and stirring, this is the cinematic modern-classical-meets-experimental-pop-with-religious-undertones album of your dreams.
Self-assured and spectacular, Blizzard is the debut from Irish indie folk artist Dove Ellis. This is no understated, slow burn folk album: Dove Ellis traffics in life's big emotions and in suitably big, bold songwriting. He plays with crescendos and moments of stillness, arranges woodwinds and horns to emulate traditional Irish folk sounds, creates tension and release with explosive guitars and brisk piano. Fans of Rufus Wainwright, Jeff Buckley, and grandiose, heartfelt songwriting will dig this one.