11 new albums to stream this week

March 13, 2026 11 new albums to stream this week MARCH 13, 2026 TOP STORIES What Almost Famous can still teach us about music criticism Cameron Crowe's Oscar-winning, semi-autobiographical music drama plays as an entertaining, poignant testament to the value of criticism that still endures a quarter of a century later. Trying Times presents James Blake in singer-songwriter mode to mixed results The electronic artist's first independent studio album is a scattershot splintering of ideas that gel together as often as they drift apart. SXSW has moved on, but mumblecore preserves its legacy 20 years after Dance Party USA premiered, a DIY movement, a film festiva... read