There’s something about spring that loosens things up. Artists who have been sitting on finished records finally let them go. Labels clear their release schedules, and listeners emerge from winter hibernation with an appetite for something new. May 2026 makes full use of that energy, arriving with one of the most stacked and varied lineups of the year so far.
From Pigeon’s OUTTANATIONAL to Basement’s first album in eight years, here are the indie albums dropping this month.
May 1
Pigeon, OUTTANATIONAL
American Football, American Football
The Black Keys, Peaches!
Modern Woman, Johnny’s Dreamworld
The Boo Radleys, In Spite of Everything
Hiss Golden Messenger, I’m People
Jesca Hoop, Long Wave Home
Haste the Day, Dissenter
Blarf, Film Scores for Films That Don’t Exist
White Flowers, Dreams For Somebody Else
Moon Walker, WASTELAND COUNTRY
May 8
Basement, WIRED
Broken Social Scene, Remember the Humans
The Lemon Twigs, Look For Your Mind!
The Haunted Youth, Boys Cry Too
The Jungle Giants, Experiencing Feelings of Joy
Lykke Li, The Afterparty
May 15
Genesis Owusu, Redstar Wu & The Worldwide Scourge
Ivy Knight, Iron Mountain
Rostam, American Stories
Shakey Graves, Fondness, Etc.
Towa Bird, Gentleman
May 22
Lowertown, Ugly Duckling Union
CQ Wrestling, Resistance
Little Barrie, Gravity Freeze
Ed O’Brien, Blue Morpho
Night Swimming, Melting, Sometimes Bleeding
SPOUSES, I Could Be Your Dog
Thomas Dollbaum, Birds of Paradise
Future Islands, From A Hole In The Floor To A Fountain Of Youth
May 29
Iceage, For Love of Grace & the Hereafter
Boards of Canada, Inferno
Monolord, Neverending
Dogstar, All In Now