Medicine Box picked the 24 best albums of 2026 so far, from A$AP Rocky's Don't Be Dumb to Mitski's Nothing's About to Happen to Me to underscores' U. One song from every album lives in the Medicine Box playlist below, so you can hear the whole list front to back.
The full list: best albums of 2026 so far
- Girlfriend by Grace Ives (in the playlist: "Stupid Bitches")
- WOR$T GIRL IN AMERICA by Slayyyter (in the playlist: "DANCE...")
- HELP(2) by various artists (War Child Records collaboration album) (in the playlist: "The Book of Love")
- ? by Bassvictim (in the playlist: "Sometimes I believe in God (Sometimes I believe in Me)")
- Xavier by xaviersobased (in the playlist: "Harajuku")
- Trying Times by James Blake (in the playlist: "Doesn't Just Happen")
- engine heartbreak by Rian Brazil (in the playlist: "androgynous")
- American Football (LP4) by American Football (in the playlist: "Wake Her Up")
- Sulfur Surfer by Bladee (in the playlist: "Versailles Flow")
- Sweet Fortune by Ryan Beatty (in the playlist: "Virtuoso")
- INFINITY SONG by Infinity Song (in the playlist: "Hurricane")
- Of Earth & Wires by Dua Saleh (in the playlist: "Firestorm")
- Nothing’s About to Happen to Me by Mitski (in the playlist: "I'll Change for You")
- new avatar by Kelela (in the playlist: "the bridge")
- Don’t Be Dumb by A$AP Rocky (in the playlist: "STAY HERE 4 LIFE (feat. Brent Faiyaz)")
- Heaven Ain’t Sold by Choker (in the playlist: "Proof")
- Rumspringa by ear (in the playlist: "Coil")
- The Mountain by Gorillaz (in the playlist: "Orange County (feat. Bizarrap, Kara Jackson and Anoushka Shankar)")
- HALO by Tiffany Day (in the playlist: "AMERICAN GIRL")
- trojan horse by matt proxy (in the playlist: "5 (with fakemink)")
- Autopilot by alexsucks (in the playlist: "The Headache")
- U by underscores (in the playlist: "Music")
- Sd-3 by Loukeman (in the playlist: "Pink Bape Lighter")
- Your Day Will Come by Chanel Beads (in the playlist: "Tyler Richard")
