Music Roundup: June 2026
Sometimes I remember to post these lol. I continue my quest to listen to one new-to-me album every week.
Theme for June: Pride month! It's LGBTQ+ Artists
Peace Beyond Passion by Meshell Ndegeocello. A fascinating and groovy queer album from the 90s that mixes R&B, jazz, hip-hop, spoken word elements, and neo-soul and feels like it encompasses a lot of different things and is doing a lot of different things in a really interesting sonic journey. Meshell Ndegeocello is bisexual.
Dona de Mim and AFRODHIT by IZA. Brazilian pop-R&B; I would have said with hip-hop influences but apparently it's better classified as Afrobeats. She sings in Portuguese and the music is energetic and funky, easy to dance to. The title song "Dona de Mim" is one I knew and liked already, but I was unfamiliar with the rest of her discography! IZA is demisexual.
In Pusuit of the Sun 逐日 by RUI HO. Electronica with hip beats and a lot of different musical influences: it's a bit synthwave-y, a bit club music-y, melodic but high-energy with trap-like high-hats and pulsing rhythms. Really fun and unique. RUI HO is trans.
Omnigenesis by ZITH. REALLY cool and compelling synthwave, mixing spacey bright sounds with glitch/dubstep/house electronica beats. ZITH is trans, according to the person who recc'ed them on a list of trans synthwave artists, I can't find any independent verification of this but the music is great.
