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2026 Best So Far: 50 Albums, 50 Sentences
The quickest way to catch up on the year’s best records.
The 15 Best Album Debuts of 2026 So Far
The Wax Museum Freshmen Class of 2026! Liner notes and a playlist awaits.
I Asked My Favorite Artists What They Loved Most in 2025
Hotline TNT, Alien Boy, Amy Millan, DJ Sabrina the Teenage DJ, and more share what they've been digging.
The 100 Best Albums of 2025
Liner notes, music videos, and vinyl variants on the best records of the year.
The Best Compilations of 2025 So Far (Bandcamp Friday Edition!)
Let's give it up to the curators and tastemakers for today's Bandcamp Friday.
The 33 Best Albums of 2025 So Far
The year's finest records at the halfway mark.
The 15 Best Album Debuts of 2025 (So Far)
aka The Wax Museum Freshmen Class of 2025! Liner notes and vinyl pressings inside.
The Best Active Vinyl Deals and Sales
Buy 2 Get 1 Free sales on new vinyl, plus huge price drops on essential records.
Start Your Ear Off Right: The 40 Best Songs of 2025 (So Far)
Plus, 11 early contenders in the Album of the Year race!
The Second Annual Waxies! 🏆
The Wax Museum Award Show is live!
The Vinyl Collector’s Guide to the Best Records of 2024
My 100 favorite albums of the year!
The Best Vinyl Releases of 2024
My favorite compilations, reissues, and live releases put to wax this year!
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