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 – “BALUT”
Doja Cat’s new album Scarlet comes out next week, and its fourth single “Balut” finds Doja embracing her laid-back, old-school rap side.
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SZA – “SNOOZE” (ACOUSTIC ft. JUSIN BIEBER)
SZA has shared an acoustic version of “Snooze” from last year’s great SOS, and this version brings in guest vocals from Justin Bieber.
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DRAKE – “SLIME YOU OUT” (ft. SZA)
More SZA: she appears on the new single from Drake’s upcoming album For All The Dogs, which is due next week. It’s a syrupy R&B song, and SZA’s verse is nothing short of showstealing.
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SEXYY RED – “HELLCATS SRTS 2” (ft. LIL DURK)
Sexyy Red has been everywhere since releasing Hood Hottest Princess and its breakthrough single “Pound Town.” “Pound Town” isn’t the only great song on that album though; “Hellcats SRTs” is another highlight, and today it gets a remix with Lil Durk.
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JOHNNY JEWEL – “THE WITCH”
Former Chromatics member Johnny Jewel has composed the score to new horror film Holly and the soundtrack will be out October 13 via Italians Do It Better. “The Witch” has some serious Goblin vibes.
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PUSSY RIOT – “BAD TRIP” FT. NOVA TWINS
Argentinian producer Mykka produced Pussy Riot’s new single, which features Nova Twins. “Mykka played this beat for me and I got obsessed and begged her to give it to me,” Nadya Riot says. “It sounds menacing and dominant. I’m a big fan of Bosch so I wanted to imagine what would be my version of hell / bad trip in this track – being mansplained and totally dominated would be a version of hell for me, that’s why my verse goes: ‘Mansplain me! i don’t really know what am i doing with my life, how to be a woman, tell me how to be a wife, tell me how to kiss and tell me how to die. wanna be obedient, i wanna be your wife wife.’”
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RACHEL BOBBITT – “DREAMS” (THE CRANBERRIES COVER)
Ahead of her tour with Jesse Jo Stark, Rachel Bobbitt shared a wistful new cover of The Cranberries’ classic “Dreams.” “I’ve wanted to cover ‘Dreams’ for quite some time now,” she says. “When I first made the demo, it was 2020 and I was staying at my parents place in Nova Scotia. The feeling of that slow summer surrounded by the rural landscapes of the valley worked its way into the track- I wanted it to feel like laying out in the sun with friends or a book. Stacks of vocal harmonies and a Twin Peaks inspired lead guitar remained for the final version, and I’m so excited to have been able to interpret such a beautiful song.”
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DOGSTAR – “GLIMMER”
Dogstar, the band that has Keanu Reeves as bassist, will release their first album in 20+ years in just a few weeks and here’s another single from it. Says frontman Bret Domrose, “With ‘Glimmer,’ we wrote the music first. I kept saying something like ‘space’ and then one of the guys said, ‘glimmer.’ That word gave me the idea of only seeing someone for a moment, like a glimmer of you, you’re there and then you’re gone. I got this vision of someone being up on stage and looking out and seeing that person they loved in the audience that they’re estranged from – it’s that interaction. The lights hit them, the lights go off and they disappear into the shadows. It’s heart-wrenching.”
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YOT CLUB & JORDANA – “SAFE HOUSE”
“Ryan [Kaiser, aka Yot Club] and I became online mutuals through Soundcloud in 2018,” Jordana says. “I was a big fan of his stuff and we talked about possibly making a song together. I ended up sending over a few guitar stems and he made the whole song pop with his awesome production. Then nearly four years later, we finally finished the song. We both love it a lot!”
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COCOROSIE – “WITCH HUNT”
CocoRosie are in the studio as they come up on their 20th anniversary as a band, and they’ve shared a new single, experimental pop track “Witch Hunt,” their first new music since 2020’s “Go Away.”
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KILLER MIKE – “YES!”
The deluxe edition of Killer Mike’s 2023 solo album Michael is out today, with four bonus tracks, including “Yes!,” which also has a new Shane Smith-directed video. Pick up our exclusive grape vinyl variant of Michael, limited to 500 copies, in the BV store.
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OT THE REAL & ARAABMUZIK – “THE CROWN” (ft. BENNY THE BUTCHER & ELCAMINO)
OT The Real and AraabMUZIK will release their collab project Zombie on October 13 via BSF Records, and this lead single with Benny and ElCamino is menacing boom bap.
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ROME STREETZ – “HELL BACKWARDS”
Rome Streetz will release a new project, Noise Kandy 5, on October 20 via Equity Distribution. Lead single “Hell Backwards” finds him spitting venom over a rickety beat from wavy da ghawd.
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PRINCESS – “PAYBACK’S A BITCH”
Pittsburgh hardcore band Pittsburgh unleash a grimy ripper with “Payback’s A Bitch.”
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PYNUKA (ANTIBALAS, GODFLESH) – “SHAMPOO”
Pynuka–aka singer Anda Szilagyi (Antibalas, The Dap Kings), Justin Broadrick (of Godflesh, Jesu), and producer Christian Alexander of C Trip A–will release Not In The Sense That We Did Something Wrong on October 13 via Translation Loss. Its latest single is the dark, airy “Shampoo.”
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SHENSEEA – “WAISTLINE”
Rising dancehall star Shenseea returns with another infectious track, “Waistline.”
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K-TRAP x HEADIE ONE – “PARK CHINOIS”
UK drill MCs Headie One and K-Trap will release a collaborative project, Strength to Strength, next week. It’ll include this hard-hitting new single.
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WAYS AWAY – “DO YOU COMPUTE” (DRIVE LIKE JEHU COVER)
Samiam/Stick To Your Guns offshoot Ways Away covered “Do You Compute” for an upcoming Drive Like Jehu tribute comp that also features Thrice, Sparta, and more. Read more here.
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EARL SWEATSHIRT & THE ALCHEMIST – “THE CALIPHATE” (ft. VINCE STAPLES)
Earl Sweatshirt and The Alchemist will bring their long-awaited collaborative album Voir Dire to streaming on October 6 with three additional tracks, including two with Vince Staples. One is out now, and you can read more about it here.
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BLOOD INCANTATION – “OBLIQUITY OF THE ECLIPTIC”
Blood Incantation have released their first death metal song since 2019, and you can read about it here.
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††† (CROSSES) – “LIGHT AS A FEATHER” & “GHOST RIDE”
††† shared two more tracks off their new album Goodnight, God Bless, I Love U, Delete., which you can read more about here.
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BLUE OCEAN – “ODE”
Oakland California’s Blue Ocean made a dreamy racket and will release new album Fertile State on October 13 via Slumberland Records. “Ode” is a terrific barbwire kiss.
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Looking for even more new songs? Browse the New Songs archive.
