New and new-to-me music 2026-W28

Listening to AA Williams and feeling blown away. Gothic dark rock music. A slick and polished wall of bassy distorted guitars, solid drums, and plaintive piano leaving room for Williams' vocals that sit in that Tori Amos space. At times sweeping and epic, others painfully introspective — sometimes both in the same song. Try "Wolves" for a taste of what I mean. Kiki Rockwell's "Faery Queen" (can't fault that old-timey spelling) is genuinely unsettling. The sequel to Faery King from "Eldest Daughter of an Eldest Daughter" brings muffled drums breaking into a Middle Eastern melody, the tempo shift with those *gasp* and WAIT! interjections that are a trademark at this point. And, oh lordy!, the rattle on the bass strings 😍 One of my favourite things with Bandcamp is "stacking" preferences to find obscure combinations. Which is how I discovered Irish Black Metal. Especially Primordial — a deliciously over-dramatic take on the genre. Imagine Gary Moore's black metal band covering Iron…