New & Notable Music: Week of September 14

Friday, September 18 is a real album day — Carly Rae, Beabadoobee, Beck, Neil Young, Orville Peck.

7 titles

  1. Day and Night (1997), Carly Rae Jepsen
    Carly Rae Jepsen (Emotion) fills a twenty-four-song album with the kind of chorus that made her the pop star for a certain kind of adult. Out Friday, September 18. Not irony and not a meme: actual choruses to hum in the kitchen, for people who take joy seriously and for anyone who only knows Call…
  2. Pylon (2026), Beabadoobee
    Beabadoobee (Beatopia) writes guitar-pop that wants the bedroom and the stadium in the same song. Her new album arrives Friday, September 18, on Dirty Hit, her longtime label. For listeners who aged out of bedroom-pop but still want a guitar that sounds like a person, and songs that stick without…
  3. Ride Lonesome (2026), Beck
    Beck (Odelay, Sea Change) returns with his first album of new songs since 2019's Hyperspace. Out Friday, September 18, with a tour that opens Wednesday, September 16, in Vancouver. A moodier record than the costume-change albums, for listeners who prefer him closer to Sea Change than to the party…
  4. Second Song (2026), Neil Young & Neil Young & The Chrome Hearts
    Neil Young records a second album with the Chrome Hearts, the band from his 2025 record Talkin to the Trees, and they keep up with him. Out Friday, September 18. Guitar, complaint, and a man who has been writing the same honest sentence since 1969. For listeners who want the living version; the…
  5. Mule (2026), Orville Peck
    Orville Peck (Pony), the masked country singer who made the genre feel like a movie again, sings baritone over sequins and songs about leaving town. His new album is out Friday, September 18. Country that is sincere without being polite, for listeners who do not need the mask explained before they…
  6. Estrus (2026), Tove Lo
    Tove Lo (Habits) writes pop about wanting things you are not supposed to want, and sounding glad about it. Her new album is out Friday, September 18. A night record that is not sad on purpose, for listeners who know the temperature from that one song and want a whole album at it.
  7. Emotion (2025), Carly Rae Jepsen
    Carly Rae Jepsen's 2015 album turned a singer known for one hit into the pop star a certain kind of listener still argues about. Run Away With Me, Your Type, When I Needed You. Play it before Friday, September 18, to hear why Day and Night has an audience waiting. The right first record for anyone…