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.
DOJA CAT – “PAINT THE TOWN RED”
Doja Cat has released her second new single of 2023, a chilled-out R&B/rap fusion called “Paint the Town Red.”
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KALI UCHIS – “MUÑEKITA” (ft. EL ALFA & JT FROM CITY GIRLS)
Kali Uchis embraces her Latin rap side on new single “Muñekita,” which finds her teaming up with dembow trailbalzer El Alfa and JT of Miami rap duo City Girls. “I love bringing artists together that you’d least expect,” Kali says.
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MIYA FOLICK X SKINNY ATLAS – “CAN’T HAVE IT ALL”
Miya Folick teamed up with Skinny Atlas on a glitchy, slowed down version of “Ordinary” from her new album Roach.
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DJ PREMIER – “RUNWAY” (ft. WESTSIDE GUNN & ROME STREETZ”
Pioneering boom bap producer DJ Premier has recruited two of today’s best boom bap-inspired rappers for this dusty, vintage-sounding track.
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SYDNEY SPRAGUE – “NOBODY KNOWS ANYTHING”
Sydney Sprague’s new album Somebody In Hell Loves You is out next month, and the latest single is “Nobody Knows Anything.” “I wrote ‘nobody knows anything’ during lockdown in 2020 when everyone became an expert on infectious disease and government response to disaster,” she says. “Everything sucked and being trapped at home, all that pent – up anxiety had nowhere to go but social media. When you’re face to face with someone, it’s a lot easier to find common ground in normal interactions, but since all of that communication was happening online we lost the filter of social awareness and all hell broke loose. It was all extremes. I felt like I was seeing a different side of people I’d know my whole life and it was shocking. So many people I know severed friendships and even relationships with their families during that time because they just couldn’t reconcile their differences. The internet/world is so full of conflicting information and at this point I don’t really feel like there’s a reliable source in the world. The only thing I know for sure is that I don’t know anything for sure, and I don’t think anybody else does either. I don’t see the point in arguing.”
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HALLE – “ANGEL”
Chloe of Chloe x Halle has been doing more solo stuff lately, and now Halle (fresh off staring in The Little Mermaid) has released her debut solo single. It’s an R&B ballad called “Angel.”
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OLIVER SIM – “FRUIT (RED, WHITE & ROYAL BLUE VERSION)”
The xx’s Oliver Sim gives “Fruit” from his debut solo album, last year’s Hideous Bastard, an orchestral reimagining for the soundtrack to Amazon film Red, White & Royal Blue.
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SID SRIRAM – “FRIENDLY FIRE”
Indian art pop musician Sid Sriram has shared the second single off his upcoming Def Jam debut Sidharth, which was recorded at Bon Iver leader Justin Vernon‘s studio with Ryan Olson (of Gayngs and Polica) producing and Justin assisting as well.
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GRACE IVES – JUNK (JANKY STAR REVISITED)
Right on time for Bandcamp Day, Grace Ives shared a collection of remixes, acoustic versions, and demos of songs from her great 2022 album Janky Star.
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IMPLORE – “EXHAUSTED”
Germany’s Implore offer up a burly hardcore/metal fusion with “Exhausted.”
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LATEWAVES – “SAME AIR”
Asbury Park’s Latewaves have announced a self-titled album, due September 29 via Open Your Ears Records. It was produced by The Movielife/I Am the Avalanche members Vinnie Caruana and Brett Romnes, and the announcement comes alongside new single “Same Air.”
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TED LEO & THE PHARMACISTS – “INWARDS” (BIG COUNTRY COVER) & “THE CLEARING OF THE LAND”
Ted Leo & The Pharmacists released this two-track single for Bandcamp Friday, featuring an original song first released on the Band Together comp, and a faithful cover of Big Country’s “Inwards.”
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JULIE KLAUSNER – “SILENCE”
Comedian and singer Julie Klausner’s new live show, Medleys and Other Variants, includes this song which posits, “what if Kate Bush CBE, a phenomenal, ethereal and otherworldly-talented artist, were to adapt Silence of the Lambs into a stage musical?” It might go a little something like this…
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BRUCE HAACK – “MALLANGONG”
Bruce Haack’s 1974 prog cult classic — and educational album — Captain Entropy is getting reissued on August 25 via Shimmy-Disc. Label head Kramer remastered the album which is described in the liner notes as: “a participation journey for elementary and high-school people~-through the soul of space-ship earth–from principles of thermodynamics to folks like the American eagle.”
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NITE MUSIC – “(I’ve Got To Make) The Call”
New NYC band Nite Music, led by Jamie Frey, owe more than a little to their hometown’s ’70s music scene. There’s more than a little Television and Voidoids in “(I’ve Got To Make) The Call.”
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LIL YACHTY – “SLIDE”
Having released a psychedelic rock-inspired album earlier this year, Lil Yachty now offers up a three-pack that’s closer to his usual woozy rap sound. “Slide” comes with a video.
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EZ MIL – “REALEST” (ft. EMINEM)
Eminem and Dr. Dre recently signed 25-year-old rapper Ez Mil to Shady/Aftermath, and Em lends a guest verse to his new single “Realest.” The song is also making headlines because Em disses hip hop pioneer Melle Mel, who recently made comments suggesting that Eminem only landed at #5 on Billboard and Vibe‘s 50 greatest rappers of all time list because he’s white.
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LOST UNDER HEAVEN – “CALIFORNIA DREAMIN’” (THE MAMAS & THE PAPAS COVER)
Art pop duo Lost Under Heaven have shared a haunting cover of The Mamas & the Papas’ eternal classic “California Dreamin’” for the soundtrack to the second season of Audible’s Impact Winter.
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TURNPIKE TROUBADOURS – “BROUGHT ME”
Country band Turnpike Troubadours have shared another taste of their anticipated comeback album A Cat In The Rain. It’s a gorgeous song that singer/songwriter Evan Felker says is “sort of a thank you to people who stuck with us through this. The fact we get to come back and play for these amazing crowds that are thousands and thousands of people singing along? It’s an expression of gratitude.”
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MERCY UNION – “BE HONEST”
Ahead of their August tour with The Menzingers and Prince Daddy & the Hyena, NJ heartland punks Mercy Union have shared “Be Honest,” a calmer song that’s somewhere in the vein of Gin Blossoms and the janglier Replacements songs.
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BODY VOID – “FLESH MARKET”
Doom trio Body Void have announced their fourth album, Atrocity Machine, and you can read about lead single “Flesh Market” here.
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OPEN MIKE EAGLE – “WFLD 32” (ft. HANNIBAL BURESS aka ESHU TUNE, STILL RIFT & VIDEO DAVE)
The prolific and endlessly creative rapper Open Mike Eagle has announced a new project, Another Triumph of Ghetto Engineering, and lead single features Mike’s frequent collaborators Still Rift and Video Dave alongside Hannibal Buress‘ rap alter-ego Eshu Tune. Read more here.
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INTO IT. OVER IT. – “NEW ADDICTIONS”
Into It. Over It. have released a new single in conjunction with Bandcamp Friday, “New Addictions.” It’s a tribute to a friend who passed away earlier this year, and you can read more about it here.
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EUCLUD C. FINDER! – “TONY BENNETT’S TAPE MACHINE DOES NOT LIKE MATHCORE”
Tony Bennett’s tape machine may not like mathcore, but if you do, listen to this song and read more about it here.
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CHARLES WESLEY GODWIN – 4 NEW SONGS
Country singer Charles Wesley Godwin has announced a new album, Family Ties, and he put out four new songs from it. Read more here.
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††† (CROSSES) – “INVISIBLE HAND”
††† (Crosses), the duo of Chino Moreno (Deftones) and Shaun Lopez (Far), have announced a new album, Goodnight, God Bless, I Love U, Delete. Read about lead single “Invisible Hand” here.
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RID OF ME – “RID OF ME”
Rid of Me announced their sophomore album Access To The Lonely, and the first single is this eponymous quiet-loud rager. Read more here.
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