Consumer Guide: March, 2026

At the top: Aesop Rock, Buck 65, Masaka Kids Africana, and The Paranoid Style. Plus: The Cucumbers, Gogol Bordello, Madonna, Charli XCX, and Abdallah Oumbadougou's desert blues.

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Aesop Rock: I Heard It's a Mess There Too (Rhymesayers Entertainment)

Buck 65: Do Not Bend (Vertices)

The Cucumbers: As You Heard Me—Songs from "Hello George" (Life Force)

Gogol Bordello: We Mean It, Man (Casa Gogol)

Madonna: Madame X—Music From the Theater Xperience (Live) (Warner '21)

Masaka Kids Africana: Greatful (Masaka Kids Africana)

Abdallah Oumbadougou: Amghar: "The Godfather of Tuareg Music" Vol. 1 (Petaluma '24)

Anderson .Paak: Oxnard (Aftermath '18)

The Paranoid Style: Known Associates (Bar/None)

Princess Nokia: Girls (Artist House)

Squirrel Nut Zippers: Starring in . . . "Fat City" (The Ballad of Little Tony) (Music Maker Foundation)

Sunny Sweeney: Rhinestone Requiem (Thirty Tigers)

Charli XCX: Wuthering Heights (Atlantic)

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