This week in dance music: The Coachella 2026 lineup came unusually early, and we ran down every electronic artist playing the fest. SG Lewis, Chris Lorenzo and teams made up of staffers from Beatport, CAA and Red Light will play in the annual charity soccer tournament Copa del Rave in L.A. on Oct. 9. The event will also feature off-field entertainment in the form of sets by Bolo, Juos, Karaba, Life on Planets, Thee Mike B and Soraya and a halftime show by Kah-Lo.
Madonna announced that her next album will be a dance project and that it will come out on Warner Records in 2026, Illenium announced a new album called Odyssey along with a March 2026 Sphere residency of the same name. Massive Attack announced that they’re taking their music off Spotify in all territories due to reported investments made by the streamer’s CEO Daniel Ek (made through his investment fund Prima Materia) to Helsing, a defense company that sells AI software to inform military decisions.
We spoke with John Summit and leaders from his Experts Only label about the imprint’s origins, how it thinks like a major while maintaining its indie status and, as Summit said it, “My A&R room is literally playing to a crowd of 10,000 people and seeing if it works.” We spoke with UKG phenom Sammy Virji about his excellent new album Same Day Cleaning, and we spoke with Portola founder Danny Bell about his “mad scientist” approach to curating the festival’s lineup.
That’s a lot of speaking! Time for some music. These are the best new dance tracks of the week.