New music drops
A slate of new music surfaced this week — release roundups called out Allison Russell, Joy Oladokun and a collab from David Guetta, Afrojack and Sia among notable recent drops. Review roundups and playlist chatter pushed those tracks into feeds alongside other spring releases. (x.com)
A cluster of spring releases landed in listeners’ feeds this week, led by Allison Russell’s “No Springtime” and a reunited David Guetta, Afrojack and Sia on “Awake Tonight.” (concordrecords.com) Russell released “No Springtime” on April 10 with Joy Oladokun and Julie Williams, and Concord said the song also teases Russell’s next album, due in 2026. Apple Music lists the release as a two-track single running six minutes. (concordrecords.com) (music.apple.com) Oladokun’s Apple Music page now lists “No Springtime” as her latest release dated April 10, 2026. Earlier in the year, she put out “Nothing Comes Easy,” which Stereogum called her first new music of 2026. (music.apple.com) (stereogum.com) On the dance side, Spinnin’ Records released “Awake Tonight” by Afrojack, Sia and David Guetta on April 10. Apple Music lists it as a one-song single with a three-minute runtime. (spinninrecords.com) (music.apple.com) Dj Mag reported the track marked the trio’s first collaboration in 15 years and said Afrojack first previewed it during his Ultra Music Festival set last month. The same report tied the reunion back to “Titanium,” the group’s 2011 hit. (djmag.com) That mix of singer-songwriter releases and festival-ready dance singles is how new music now tends to surface: label posts, streaming-service release pages and weekly roundup coverage all hit at once. AllMusic’s rolling new-releases pages and CBC Music’s weekly song picks both updated in the past week with fresh spring additions. (allmusic.com) (cbc.ca) Russell’s release also arrives after a visible stretch outside the usual album cycle. Killbeat Music said she had just finished a Broadway run in “Hadestown,” while Joy Oladokun’s official site lists tour dates beginning April 16 in Richmond and continuing through summer festival stops. (killbeatmusic.com) (joyoladokun.com) The Guetta-Afrojack-Sia reunion follows a separate Guetta and Afrojack collaboration, “Raving,” that Spinnin’ Records released in August 2024. Guetta’s Apple Music page now shows “Awake Tonight” as his latest release dated April 10, 2026. (spinninrecords.com) (music.apple.com) For listeners scrolling release feeds in mid-April, the pattern is straightforward: a folk-rooted collaboration, a dance-pop reunion and several artist pages updating on the same Friday. That is enough to push a handful of tracks from release calendars into playlists within a single weekend. (music.apple.com) (spinninrecords.com)
