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.
GLITTERER – “JUST A PLACE”
Title Fight offshoot Glitterer have shared the second single from their upcoming album Rationale. This one finds them moving into dreamy, atmospheric indie pop territory, but still with Ned Russin’s unmistakable vocal style in the forefront.
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ERICK THE ARCHITECT – “SHOOK UP” (ft. JOEY BADA$$ & FARR)
Flatbush Zombies member Erick the Architect has announced a new solo album, I’ve Never Been Here Before, due February 23 via Architect Recording Company. Lead single “Shook Up” is a laid-back, melodic rap song featuring Joey Bada$$ and FARR.
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HAZEL ENGLISH – “REAL LIFE”
Hazel English follows her October single “Heartbreaker” with another, indie pop track “Real Life.”
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CRAIG WEDREN – “PLAY INNOCENT”
“’Play Innocent’ was originally written for the ‘Wet Hot American Summer’ TV series, albeit in a rough-n-rudimentary form,” Craig Wedren says of “Play Innocent” which is on his upcoming solo album. “It was one of about 30 original songs we created for the show, each an homage to a different artist, song or genre that we loved from the era, circa 1981, when the show takes place.” Craig adds it was inspired by Dire Straits, “thus the relatively low vocal register (for me, anyway) and ‘Skateaway’ inspired beat. It must’ve seeped into the video concept, too, although so much time had passed between the ‘Wet Hot’ and ‘The Dream Dreaming’ that it never consciously occurred to me.”
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NAILAH HUNTER – “STRANGE DELIGHTS”
“‘Strange Delights’ started as an improv over a modular synth loop that my partner made,” Nailah Hunter says of the latest single off her debut full-length, Lovegaze. “At the time, we were burning a bunch of incense in a dark room, which served as inspiration for the wandering vocal melody. Once I worked on it with producer Cicely Goulder, ‘Strange Delights’ took on a more golden quality that reminds me of a hazy and intoxicated feast in a peculiar, yet familiar wood.”
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THE UMBRELLAS – “ECHOES”
“‘Echoes’ utilizes that wistful, melancholic feeling of letting go of some of the more unrealistic aspects of your dreams and aspirations,” say San Francisco’s The Umbrellas of this new song from their upcoming album Fairweather Friend. “A sense of world-weariness sets in, and when we wrote this song we were all processing that in different ways.”
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EELS – “CHRISTMAS, WHY YOU GOTTA DO ME LIKE THIS”
“Everyone should have at least three Christmas songs in their catalog”, says E of EELS’ new seasonal track. “I’m sorry it took me so long.” It will appear on the bands’ new compilation album, EELS So Good: Essential EELS, Vol.2, due out December 15 via E Works/[PIAS].
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BILL RYDER-JONES – “IF TOMORROW STARTS WITHOUT ME”
Bill Ryder-Jones has shared another single from his upcoming fifth solo album, Iechyd Da. “It contains probably the oldest lyric I’ve ever written,” Bill says. “Which comes from when I was about 15 watching Eurotrash. There was a Thai sex-worker reading from a diary and she just read the words: ‘What if tomorrow starts without me?’ I just loved it. It’s always stuck with me.” The album’s out January 12 via Domino.
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FUTURE ISLANDS – “THE FIGHT”
Future Island’s new album People Who Aren’t There Anymore is out in January, and the latest single is another sincere synth-pop track, “The Fight.”
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KAREN VOGT (HELIGOLAND) – “WE COALESCE”
Karen Vogt of dreampop duo Heligoland will release new solo album Waterlog on February 16 via Nite Hive. “We Coalesce” is the gorgeous first single.
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CHELSEA WOLFE – “TUNNEL LIGHTS”
“‘Tunnel Lights’ is about actually living instead of just ‘getting by,’” Chelsea Wolfe says of the hypnotic new single off her new album She Reaches Out To She Reaches Out To She. “It’s about waking up to the fact that you’ve been languishing in the dark and it’s time to start taking steps towards the lights that’ll guide you out of the tunnel-cave.” Pre-order our exclusive translucent berry vinyl variant.
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KËKHT ARÄKH – “WANDERER”
Këkht Aräkh (aka Ukrainian multi-instrumentalist Dmitry Marchenko who now calls Berlin home) has shared this new single. As usual it’s mix of black metal, ’80s goth, dreampop and more.
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JARHEAD FERTILIZER – “MARK OF THE BEAST” & “STREET SUCCESSOR”
Judging by the songs we’ve heard so far, deathgrinders Jarhead Fertilizer are not messing around on this upcoming album, due out next week (12/8). Here’s two more.
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PLANET B – “FILTHY SUITCASE”
Planet B, the industrial/electronic group fronted by Justin Pearson (The Locust, Deaf Club, etc), have announced a new album, Fiction Prediction. Here’s the hard-hitting lead single.
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DAYMÉ AROCENA – “AMERICAN BOY”
Afro-Cuban singer Daymé Arocena has announced a new album, Al-Kemi, due February 23 via Brownswood Recordings. New single “American Boy” finds her dipping her toes into powerhouse funk/soul territory.
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NO RELIEF – “DAY BY DAY”
UK metallic hardcore band No Relief have announced a new EP, Destroy Your World, due February 16 via Rest Assured Records. Here’s the very brutal “Day By Day.”
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MILITARIE GUN – “VERY HIGH (UNDER THE SUN)” & “NEVER FUCKED UP TWICE” (ft. BULLY)
Militarie Gun have released alternate versions of two songs from this year’s great Life Under The Gun: a soft, breezy rendition of “Very High” (retitled “Very High – Under The Sun”) and a somber, acoustic guitar/piano rendition of “Never Fucked Up Once” (retitled “Never Fucked Up Twice”), the latter of which features harmony/duet vocals from Bully. Read more and see their newly-announced tour dates with Pool Kids, Spiritual Cramp, and other bands here.
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THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN – “JAMCOD”
The Jesus and Mary Chain will celebrate their 40th year as a band with Glasgow Eyes, their eighth album, on March 8 via Fuzz Club. Jim and William Reid made the album at Mogwai’s Castle of Doom studio in Glasgow where they recorded 2017’s Damage & Joy. The first single from the album is “jamcod,” a bit of a group theme song that adds just a touch of electronics to the mix. Watch the video below.
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MGMT – “BUBBLEGUM DOG”
MGMT have shared the second single from their upcoming fifth album, Loss of Life. “Bubblegum Dog” has a distinct grungy/acoustic ’90s alt-rock vibe to it which is underlined and highlighted by its music video. Directed by Julia Vickerman and The Best Show‘s Tom Scharpling, the video features all sort of MTV Alternative Nation tropes, from soul patches to Unplugged performances to oversaturated colors, dutch angles and more.
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