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.
GRANDADDY – “DEREK SPEARS”
Grandaddy are releasing Sumday: Excess Baggage on August 24 via Dangerird which collects b-sides and other rarities from the Sumday era. One of those is “Derek Spears” which hits streaming services for the first time ever. Says Jason Lytle: “Just a day in the life of a fictional character I imagined. Some of it autobiographical… but mainly the name Derek Spears just sounds so Modesto.”
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KING TUFF – “SYMPHONY OF A MAN”
King Tuff is releasing a deluxe edition of last yer’s Smalltown Stardust on August 18 via Sub Pop. It includes the original 11-track album plus one previously unreleased song and four alternate versions. Says Kyle Thomas, ““This is the first song Sasami and I wrote when we first started working on the record, about a mysterious, reclusive musician who I won’t name (Chris Weisman). It was half finished and abandoned pretty early on, but I like it just the way it is! Note the crumhorn solo in the outro.”
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DENZEL CURRY – “ICE COLD ZEL FREESTYLE” FEAT. ICECOLDBISHOP
“Ice Cold Zel Freestyle” is the newest cutthroat track off Denzel Curry’s upcoming 13LOOD 1N + 13LOOD OUT RELOADED project. In under two minutes, Denzel cuts up verses at speed with a guest spot from LA rapper ICECOLDBISHOP.
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WITH HONOR – “OPEN HANDS”
Connecticut melodic hardcore band With Honor have shared the third taste of their upcoming comeback album Boundless, and they’ve also added a home state show.
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JOELL ORTIZ & L’ORANGE – “HOLY GHOST” (ft. CYHI)
Veteran rapper Joell Ortiz and producer L’Orange tap CyHi for the latest taste of their upcoming collaborative album Signature.
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DAVID EUGENE EDWARDS (WOVENHAND) – “LIONISIS”
Wovenhand and 16 Horsepower leader David Eugene Edwards will release an album under his own name, Hyacinth, on September 28 via Sargent House. The first single is the eerie dark folk of “Lionisis.”
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DON LETTS – “TOUCH” FT GAUDI
“This one is for those WTF moments when you’re not quite sure what you’re dealing with!,” Don Letts says of the latest single from his upcoming solo album Outa Sync that’s out September 29.
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MAX TUNDRA – “LIGHTS 2023”
Max Tundra has released a new version of hsi 2002 single “Lights.” Says Max: “Fun fact: most of the percussion sounds for this track were sampled from me bashing a small metal bowl from my son’s toy kitchen around in a bathful of water.”
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PRONG – “NON-EXISTENCE”
New York metal vets Prong have announced a new Steve Evetts-produced album, State of Emergency, due October 6 via SPV. Here’s the headbanging lead single.
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JOBBER – “SUMMERSLAM”
“‘Summerslam’ is the first Jobber song that really resembles the heavy rock I used to hear growing up when WWF was at its peak,” vocalist/guitarist Kate Meizner says of Jobber’s new single. “I wrote the Helmet-inspired bass line and main riff a while ago, not sure if it would see the light of day; it didn’t seem to fit with the other Jobber songs at the time. After I showed it to Mike, he made a demo with a couple more parts completed that brought the song to life. We ended up co-writing the rest, focusing on making it catchy but also heavy with some over-the-top excess, like something from a WWF-era Summerslam commercial or in the background of WCW Beach Brawl ’99. Thematically the song is about people who enter positions of political power and become jaded, going through motions only to lose touch with how their actions impact real human lives.”
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CASS MCCOMBS & MR. GREG – “FRIENDS FROM ALL AROUND THE WORLD (HELLO VERSION)”
Cass McCombs and pre-school teacher Mr. Greg are back with another heartwarming diddy from their upcoming album Mr. Greg & Cass McCombs Sing and Play New Folk Songs for Children. This one features legendary folk singer Michael Hurley.
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QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE – “NEGATIVE SPACE”
QOTSA have released a Liam Lynch-directed music video for In Times New Roman… track “Negative Space” to mark the beginning of their North American “The End Is Nero” tour. The video features a holographic figure floating among space junk.
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JORJA SMITH – “GO GO GO”
Jorja Smith embraces alt-rock on the latest taste of falling or flying.
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STORMZY – “ANGEL IN THE MARBLE”
“Angel In The Marble” bears less UK drill influence than an alt-hip-hop, soul-sampling sound–it’s an excellent foil for Stormzy’s clever baritone verses.
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ROBERT FINLEY – “SNEAKIN’ AROUND”
Robert Finley released the rootsy, energetic track “Sneakin’ Around” today, the second single off his upcoming Dan Auerbach-produced LP Black Bayou.
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SUPERVIOLET – “WAVER”
“‘Waver’ is an ode to indecisiveness, tracked during the sessions for Infinite Spring,” says superviolet’s Steve Ciolek of his newest single. “It stems from the feeling that, particularly for people like me who can spend all day weighing a decision, you constantly are at odds with the passing of time. That’s to say, the world isn’t going to stop for you to find that perfect piece of fruit at the store, or the perfect EQ boost on a mix, or the ideal word to say how you are feeling. Inevitably, the clock will win. It will win in a deciding fashion. To spell out the reference in the song: Muhammad Ali is the clock and you are Chuck Wepner. Really all you can do is celebrate the fact that you stayed in the ring.”
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DANGER MOUSE & JEMINI THE GIFTED ONE – “BROOKLYN BASQUIAT”
Danger Mouse and Jemini are unearthing Born Again, the long-shelved followup to their 2003 LP Ghetto Pop Life. The first single unearthed from the project is “Brooklyn Basquiat.”
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SHEER MAG – “ALL LINED UP”
Philly’s Sheer Mag announced their signing to Third Man Records today with “All Lined Up,” a glammy, throwback single with an infectious groove.
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EMPTY COUNTRY – “ERKLING”
Empty Country, the current focus of Cymbals Eat Guitars’ Joseph D’Agostino, have announced their sophomore album, and you can read about new single “Erkling” here.
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TRAINDODGE – “THE NEW LOW”
Oklahoma post-hardcore vets Traindodge are gearing up to release their first album in seven years, and you can read about new single “The New Low” here.
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THE STORY SO FAR – “BIG BLIND”
Pop punk lifers The Story So Far have just released their first new single in five years, and you can read more about it here.
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