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.
DESTROY BOYS – “PLUCKED”
Sacramento punks Destroy Boys have released a new single, “Plucked.” Produced by Carlos De La Garza (Paramore, Jimmy Eat World, etc), it finds them in catchy, quirky territory.
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COFFINS – “THINGS INFESTATION”
Japanese death metal bands Coffins have sounded devastatingly brutal on every single from Sinister Oath, and this one is no exception. The LP arrives 3/29 via Relapse.
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ZOMBI – “SESSUALE II”
Electronic vets Zombi go in a jazzy direction on “Sessuale II” off their upcoming album Direct Inject, due next week (3/22) via Relapse.
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HANA VU – “HAMMER”
“I do plead with the world, or the universe, in writing,” Hana Vu says. “My writing of songs is where I feel inclined to ask questions and look for answers within myself. ‘Hammer’ is one of the first songs I wrote for this record. It’s one of those songs you write to yourself amidst existential crisis. Maybe that’s what all songs are.” It’s from her new album Romanticism, out in May on Ghostly International.
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GRAYWAVE – “UNDONE”
Graywave will release Dancing in the Dust on May 31 via Church Road, and lead single “Undone” finds them in gothy, shoegazy dream pop territory.
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CHANEL BEADS – “EMBARRASSED DOG”
Chanel Beads’ debut album Your Day Will Come is out next month, and the latest single is “Embarrassed Dog,” which nods to ’80s sophisti-pop and features vocals from Maya McGrory and violin from Zachary Paul.
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CAREER WOMAN & PACING – “BOYFRIENDS”
Career Woman (Melody Caudill) and Pacing (Katie McTigue) have teamed up for a fun, funny, shambolic song, and Melody says, “We both put everything on the table and supported each other’s ideas as they came out, no matter how silly we thought they were.” Katie adds, “It feels very nostalgic to me, like I can’t tell which parts are about being a kid and which parts are about being a grownup.”
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DROWSE ft. LULA ASPLUND – “HEY CHICAGO” (LOW COVER)
Drowse and Lula Asplund have shared their hauntingly gorgeous “Hey Chicago” cover from The Flenser’s Low tribute album.
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AZALIA SNAIL – “ZAP YOU OF THAT HATE” FT ALAN SPARHAWK
The artist WFMU called “Queen of Lo-Fi” will release her 15th album, POWERLOVER, on April 5. “Zap You Of That Hate” features Alan Sparhawk of Low.
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THE SECRET SISTERS – “PAPERWEIGHT”
“We’ve been delighted to discover a sense of contentment with our lives in the last few years, and that peace of mind is the source of this song,” The Secret Sisters say of “Paperweight,” the latest single off their new album Mind, Man, Medicine. “Alongside our buddy, Kate York, we wanted this track to speak to the joy of steadiness, the safety that comes with the familiar, and the calm of being committed.”
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GUSTAF – “CLOSE”
We’re just a few weeks from Gustaf’s second album Package Pt 2 and here’s a new song from, just in time for the start of their UK tour with Yard Act.
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COLA – “BITTER MELON”
Montreal band Cola are back with this laid back new single. Says frontman Tim Darcy: “This one started with a demo brought in by Ben. The vocals and lyrics came naturally from the backlit, brooding atmosphere of the music. I wrote what was almost a piece of fiction (fleshed out in the accompanying zine we’ve released) where a person is up in the middle of the night studying ‘the gloss’–additional comments written in the margins of a book. In my mind the text was like the rind of a fruit surrounding something, maybe even written at an earlier point by the reader themselves. The motorik drums and chiming guitars are guided by the bass on this song, something not unusual for us but the bass really provides a compelling longform melody on this song. The track has the energy of a full moon or some kind of fertile dark / gaia-facing productive spirit to me.”
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CALEB LANDRY JONES – “HEY DAWN”
Caleb Landry Jones’ new album is titled Hey Gary Hey Dawn and we’re getting half that with this new single that he describes as “Naked, thick and hungry volatile feral whining. I picked it back up in Australia.”
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MARY LATTIMORE & WALT MCCLEMENTS – “NEST OF EARRINGS”
Harpist extraordinaire Mary Lattimore and accordion player Walt McClements have teamed up for new album Rain on the Road that’s due out May 10 via Thrill Jockey. The album got it’s start when Mary and Walt toured together, but it was made at Walt’s apartment. “I can hear both the road-selves and the home-selves in these recordings, the two sides that don’t always get to meet,” says Lattimore, while McClements adds, “the rain both invokes serenity, as in the perfect peaceful drizzle at the mountain cabin, but can also be ominous… like when you are running late for a show, driving through a thunderstorm.”
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MOUNTAIN MOVERS – “BODEGA ON MY MIND / THE SUN SHINES ON THE MOON”
New Haven experimental psych-folk outfit Mountain Movers will release new album Walking After Dark on May 17 via Trouble in Mind. Get a good taste with the album’s 10-minute opener.
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FAIR VISIONS – “LOST & OLDER”
1980s vibes abound on “Lost & Older,” the latest single from Fair Visions (Ryan Work) which was produced by Abe Seiferth (Nation of Language, LCD Soundsystem) and appears on the band’s upcoming album Quite an End. “Funny thing is this one wasn’t intended to make the cut prior to recording and wound up nearly being the title track by the end of the sessions,” says Ryan. “One of the major recurring themes in the album is the question ‘what’s next?’ – wherein the same vein this song speaks the confusion of beginnings and endings. The first release of ours alongside Beck Zegans and Syd Matisse on background vocals, as well as a first with Producer Abe Seiferth on the outro lap-steel.
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MOUNT KIMBIE FT KING KRULE – “EMPTY & SILENT”
Mount Kimbie, who have transformed from an electronic duo into an indie rock-leaning full band, have shared another song from their upcoming album The Sunset Violent. “Empty and Silent” features frequent collaborator King Krule and rides a warm motorik groove.
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THE LEMON TWIGS – “A DREAM IS ALL I KNOW”
The Lemon Twigs have shared another power-pop nugget off their upcoming album A Dream Is All We Know.
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YEULE – “ANTHEMS FOR A SEVENTEEN YEAR-OLD GIRL” (BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE COVER)
yeule’s take on the Broken Social Scene classic is for the soundtrack to new A24 film I Saw the TV Glow, and you can read more about it here.
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ANNIE-CLAUDE DESCHÊNES (DUCHESS SAYS) – “PHONES”
Annie-Claude Deschênes of Montreal bands Duchess Says and PyPy has announced her debut solo album, LES MANIÈRES DE TABLE, which will be out April 5 (digitally) and April 26 (physically) via Italians Do It Better and Bonsound. “PHONES” is a banger.
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“TENNESSEE RISE” by ALLISON RUSSELL, BRITTANY HOWARD, MAREN MORRIS, AMANDA SHIRES, etc
Allison Russell, Brittany Howard, Maren Morris, Brandi Carlile, Emmylou Harris, Brittney Spencer, Amanda Shires, Erin Rae, Katie Pruitt, Langhorne Slim, Tré Burt, and many other artists have teamed up for “Tennessee Rise,” a song inspired by movements for social justice and equality, and released to raise awareness for Senate candidate Gloria Johnson. Read more about it here.
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MITSKI – “COYOTE, MY LITTLE BROTHER” (PETE SEEGER COVER) & “BUFFALO REPLACED” (ACOUSTIC)
Mitski has covered the Pete Seeger–popularized, Peter La Farge-written, environmentally-conscious folk song “Coyote, My Little Brother” for the Spotify Singles series, along with a stripped-back acoustic version of her own “Buffalo Replaced.” Read more here.
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FROM INDIAN LAKES – “THE FLOW”
rom Indian Lakes have announced a new album, Head Void, along with lead single “The Flow.” Read more here.
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Looking for even more new songs? Browse the New Songs archive.
