GOOD TASTE Records News Blog

July 3, 2026 is a Madonna week in full. The headline is the long-awaited Confessions II/2, landing alongside one of the deepest runs of her catalog we have had at once, from the 1983 debut through Ray of Light and beyond. Around her sits Japanese fusion and city pop from Masayoshi Takanaka and Casiopea, underground hip-hop from billy woods & Kenny Segal and Oddisee, audiophile John Coltrane, and a stack of video game soundtracks.

June 26 is the kind of Friday that rewards careful attention. The headline is Boards of Canada's Inferno -- their first album in over a decade -- but the drop runs deep in every direction: Olivia Rodrigo, Kehlani, Alicia Keys at 25 years, three Roy Ayers albums at once, Jalen Ngonda on Daptone, a major Japanese city pop haul from Hiroshi Sato and Anri, and dozens more new pressings across hip-hop, soul, jazz, electronic, rock, and reggae.

One of the deepest Fridays of the year lands at GOOD TASTE Records. New albums from FKA Twigs, Kehlani, Lucy Dacus, and American Football share the racks with a reworked Placebo debut, a five-record KISS reissue run, and a stack of cult imports from Yamasuki to Hubert Barclay Eaves III. Here's everything worth knowing about the June 19 drop.

Good Taste Records has been named a Boston Globe Best of the Best record store for 2026, our second year on the list. Thank you, Boston.

June 12, 2026 is a sharp, specific week built around two big returns: Olivia Rodrigo's intimate third album and Sublime's first new record in 30 years. Around them sits a viral microtonal duo from Quebec, Angine de Poitrine, Mariah Carey's #1s on opaque white, Santana's Supernatural, and a deep run of funk, rock, and soundtrack reissues.

June 5, 2026 is a week for the deep listeners. The headline releases are real and varied, from Niall Horan's fourth solo album to American Football's first record in nearly seven years, but the heart of this drop is a run of imported video game soundtrack CDs that almost never turn up in a record shop. Around that spotlight: new soul from Jalen Ngonda, a Lee "Scratch" Perry and Mouse on Mars collaboration, Vince Staples, the return of the Spice Girls catalog, and a stack of curated international cassettes.

May closes out with a Boards of Canada return thirteen years in the making, Paul McCartney's most personal album yet, Danzig RSD Essentials, and new portable cassette players from We Are Rewind. 

May 22, 2026 lands in rare territory where the week's biggest moment is a 50-year-old prog-rock concept album. Genesis' Lamb Lies Down On Broadway gets a proper reissue, J. Cole's The Fall Off finally drops, plus Fugees' Blunted on Reality, Deee-Lite 180g, Djo, Bleachers, and Olivia Dean live.

May 15, 2026 is the kind of Friday where you have to make hard choices. A landmark 4xLP Smashing Pumpkins remaster of Mellon Collie and The Infinite Sadness. Three Lee "Scratch" Perry & The Upsetters records dropping in a single week, including the album widely considered the first dub record ever made. Two Noah Kahan variants pulling in the indie folk crowd. A Deltron 3030 25th Anniversary splatter pressing for the underground hip-hop heads. And a deep international run threading Brazil, Ghana, Cuba, France, Japan, and Spain through the week.

May 8, 2026 lands sharper and weirder than last week's avalanche. Earl Sweatshirt x MIKE x Surf Gang lead the new arrivals, with Muna, Aldous Harding, Kacey Musgraves, Kneecap, Laufey, and a deep current of Iron Maiden remasters and Funkadelic anniversary pressings rolling through.

May 1, 2026 brings one of the deepest vinyl release weeks of the spring: Dio's Holy Diver reissue, multiple Funkadelic remaster variants, Method Man & Redman's Blackout, the Nas God's Son white marble RSD Italy exclusive, the Devil Wears Prada 20th anniversary swirl, and standout pressings spanning hip-hop, city pop, Brazilian soul, indie rock, and more. Here's your full guide to every release dropping this Friday.

This week’s upcoming vinyl releases bring together an incredible mix of classic reissues, anniversary editions, indie exclusives, hip-hop essentials, alternative gems, and highly anticipated new pressings from artists across every corner of the musical spectrum.