Burna Boy, redveil, Mountain Goats, Islands, more

So many artists, so many songs, so little time. Each week we review a handful of new albums (of all genres), round up even more new music that we’d call “indie,” and talk about what metal is coming out. We post music news, track premieres, and more all day. We update a playlist weekly of some of our current favorite tracks. Here’s a daily roundup with a bunch of interesting, newly released songs in one place.

SERRATION – “ALTAR OF GUILT” (ft. SANCTION’S DAVID BLOM)

Serration have shared another taste of Simulations of Hell, this one featuring Sanction’s David Blom, and it’s some seriously abrasive metallic hardcore.

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REDVEIL – “DRAMA”

Rising rap auteur redveil continues to leave his mark, and his latest drop is this new track “Drama”–two minutes of redveil rapping his ass off with no hook.

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BURNA BOY – “CHEAT ON ME” (ft. DAVE)

Afro-fusion leader Burna Boy releases his new album I Told Them… this week, and its latest single features a catchy, pitched-up vocal sample hook and a verse from UK rap great Dave.

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YUSSEF DAYES – “THE LIGHT” (ft. BAHIA DAYES)

Yussef Dayes shares another taste of Black Classical Music, and this one’s a gorgeously jazzy track that features his three-year-old daughter.

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JAMES BLAKE – “PLAYING ROBOTS INTO HEAVEN”

James Blake has shared the title track of his upcoming album, and this one finds him diving into Eno-esque ambient music.

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MEAT PUPPETS – “THE WAYWARD WIND” (LIVE IN 1994)

Meat Puppets are reissuing their SST albums on Megaforce, with their 1981 debut EP In A Car and 1985’s Up On The Sun coming October 6 adn Meat Puppets II coming in February of 2024. Also announced is a new live album, Camp Songs, featuring early/mid ’90s recordings. Today they released a track from the live album, a rare Up On The Sun-era performance video, and a promo video for the reissues.

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POPULATION II – “C.T.Q.S.”

Montreal trio and OSEES tourmates Population II have shared another proggy jam from their upcoming album Électrons libres du québec.

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PLANTOID – “DOG’S LIFE”

Bella Union Records are based in Brighton, UK and are champions of the city’s fertile music scene. Their latest hometown signing is jazzy quartet Plantoid and this is their debut single for the label.

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DAS KOOLIES (SUPER FURRY ANIMALS) – “OUT OF THIS WORLD”

Das Koolies, aka all of Super Furry Animals minus Gruff Rhys, have shared another song off their forthcoming debut album. “Out Of This World is an amalgamation,” the band say. “Two songs melt into each other to become one. On one side, a source from the distant past, on the other a voyage of sonic exploration from subterranean Penge. Playing one into the other, they connected. Out of this world indeed.”

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AUGUSTUS MULLER (BOY HARSHER) – “PERVERSE TECHNOLOGY”

Boy Harsher’s Augustus Miller will release Cellulosed Bodies on September 1 via Nude Club. It features two scores (Crash and Automaton), collaborations with Four Chambers, the project of experimental pornographer Vex Ashley. With that in mind the video for “Perverse Technology” is decidedly NSFW.

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THE MOUNTAIN GOATS – “FRESH TATTOO”

“‘Fresh Tattoo’ is the flashpoint in the story of who Jenny is and how she came to leave Texas,” John Darnielle says. “In it, she gets a tattoo of a shield on her arm, and, on her way home, sees a guy who needs help. This will be her last lodger, and it’s her first tattoo, and the day will prove to be decisive in her story. Listening to Matt [Nathanson] put down the harmonies on it in Tulsa earlier this year was one of the best moments I’ve ever had in my musical life; it meant so much to make something new with him, I wouldn’t even be here without him. I’m very happy to share it with the world today.” It’s from their new album Jenny From Thebes, which they’re calling a sequel to 2002’s All Hail West Texas.

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JOBS – “ALLURE”

Brooklyn experimentalists JOBS made their new album Soft Sounds at Pioneer Works and will release it on September 29. Check out the warmly droning “Allure.”

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RAIA WAS – “ANY EVIL”

Raia Was’ sophomore album Captain Obvious is out on October 5 via Switch Hit Records, and the latest single is percussive alt-pop track “Any Evil,” which Raia calls “a short poppy burst of a song, hot out the gate with the feeling of being dropped into the middle of a drum battery, the middle of a block party. Then a rewind, let’s start this at the beginning, which now feels like slow motion, like life in reverse, the vocal tossing lyrics like you’d toss salt over your shoulder to ward off bad luck. And the song is about bad luck, or at least the looming threat of the curse of distraction (the curse of our time) that blocks us from our blessings; the one you love right in front of you while you’re “rushing around for any evil.”

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WET MAN – “SWIMMING WITH SHARKS”

UK electronic artist Wet Man teamed with The Eccentronic Research Council for his debut single, a dark electro disco banger that was mixed by Dean Honer (Jarvis Cocker, All Seeing I).

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BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB – “I WANT TO BE YOUR ONLY PET”

The latest taste of Bombay Bicycle Club’s new album My Big Day is “I Want To Be Your Only Pet.” “I was just playing around with guitar sounds at soundcheck, and started playing this riff,” vocalist and guitarist Jack Steadman says. “Jamie [MacColl, guitarist] must have heard something in it because he got out his phone and started recording. For the next few months he would constantly text me to ask ‘have you written a song around that riff yet?’ So finally I did to stop him harassing me. To me it sounds like if Abbey Road era Beatles had a love child with Rated R era Queens of the Stone Age.”

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ANIMAL HOSPITAL – “FUSELAGE”

Boston Musician Kevin Micka’s Animal Hospital project has announced new album Shelf Life which will be out November 3 via Sipsman. Opening track “Fuselage” blends prominent percussion, looping guitar and more into a hypnotic six minutes.

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PATIO – “RELICS”

“Relics is a dark love song—and cautionary tale—about grief, sacrifice, and generational trauma,” say Patio. “How much of yourself do you lose when you fall for someone else? And how much is in your control vs. pre-determined by destiny?” Patio’s new album, Collection, is out September 22 via Fire Talk.

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A. SAVAGE – “ELVIS IN THE ARMY”

Parquet Courts‘ A. Savage has announced a new solo album, Several Songs About Fire, which will be out October 6 via Rough Trade. The record was made in Bristol, England with producer John Parish, and it features contributions from Jack Cooper (Modern Nature, Ultimate Painting) and Cate Le Bon, along with members of Kamikaze Palm Tree and caroline. This is the new single.

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MAX TUNDRA – “THIS WOMAN’S WORK” (KATE BUSH COVER)

“I felt it could showcase another side of my sound after the maximalist onslaught of my discography to date,” says Max of this Kate Bush cover. “I hope I did it justice.”

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SPIRITUAL CRAMP – “TALKIN’ ON THE INTERNET”

It’s the first single from San Francisco band Spirital Cramp’s debut album.

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THE FEELIES – “ROCK & ROLL” (VELVET UNDERGROUND COVER)

Back in 2018, The Feelies played a show at NJ’s White Eagle Hall where the main set was all Velvet Underground songs. That’s now being released as a live album, titled Some Kinda Love, that will be out in October.

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ANJIMILE – “ANIMAL”

Anjimile‘s anticipated album The King will be out in a couple weeks, and he’s just shared a new song from it. Darkly seething, “Animal” was written the summer of 2020 and specifically references the death of George Floyd, with lines like “if you treat me like an animal, I’ll be an animal.” Every sound on this richly textured song was created by either Anjimile’s guitar or voice.

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JANE REMOVER – “LIPS”

Jane Remover (fka Dltzk) has announced a new album, Census Designated, which will be out October 20 via deadAir. Many of the songs were written right after the release of her 2021 debut, but were reshaped across an 18-month cross-country road trip. First single “Lips” begins as ethereal folk but transforms across five minutes into widescreen shoegazey rock.

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EARTHEATER – “PURE SMILE SNAKE VENOM”

Eartheater has a new album, Powders, on the way, and she’s shared the eerie “Pure Smile Snake Venom” from it. Read more about it here.

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RADAR PEAK (mem PUP) – “HEAVEN’S GATE”

Radar Peak is a new band with two members of PUP and a member of their old high school band, Matt Aldred (of Modern Superstitions). Their debut album comes out in October and you can read about lead single “Heaven’s Gate” here.

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SHORT FICTIONS – “RENO NEVADA, JANUARY 2020”

Short Fictions have announced a new album, Oblivion Will Own Me and Death Alone Will Love Me (Void Filler), and you can read about the new single here.

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SOCCER MOMMY – “I’M ONLY ME WHEN I’M WITH YOU” (TAYLOR SWIFT COVER)

Soccer Mommy announced a new EP of covers, Karaoke Night, and shared Sophie’s Version of a track from Taylor Swift’s 2006 self-titled debut.

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FREE THROW – “SPACER’S CHOICE”

Nashville emo band Free Throw have announced their fifth album, Lessons That We Swear to Keep, and you can read about lead single “Spacer’s Choice” here.

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L’RAIN – “PET ROCK”

L’Rain announced a new album, I Killed Your Dog, and gave us another early taste via “Pet Rock,” which you can read more about here.

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SHABAZZ PALACES – “BINOCULARS”

Shabazz Palaces have announced a new seven-song mini album, Robed In Rareness, and shared lead single “Binoculars.” Read more here.

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MITSKI – “STAR” & “HEAVEN”

Mitski shared two gorgeous new tracks from her new album The Land is Inhospitable and So Are We, and you can read more about them here.

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WITH HONOR – “THE WEIGHT”

Connecticut melodic hardcore vets With Honor have shared another song from their first album in 18 years, and guitarist Jay Aust also penned a guest feature for BV where he looks back on six pivotal songs from the band’s career. Read that here.