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.
GOUGE AWAY – “SPACED OUT”
Gouge Away have shared another single from their anticipated new album Deep Sage. It’s a catchy, mid-tempo hardcore / post-hardcore song and another great taste of this LP.
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BUFFALO TOM – “NEW GIRL SINGING”
“New Girl Singing” is an ode to famous female voices, including Mavis Staples, writer/poet Grace Paley, actresses Ruth Gordon, and Anna Magnani, novelist Elena Ferrante, Georgia politician Stacey Abrams, and New Zealand novelist Janet Frame, to name a few. Buffalo Tom’s new album Jump Rope will be out May 31.
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CUMGIRL8 – “GLASSHOUR”
“‘glasshour’ is a reinterpretation of ‘hourglass,’ one of the first songs we ever wrote and released,” cumgirl8 say of their new album, the follow-up to their 2023 EP phantasea pharm. “Thematically, it feels more relevant than ever; as we’re all ready to flip the glass and watch the sands run thin in this necrocapitalist power structure. The cowbell tolls like a doomsday alarm while we talk about justice. It felt right to slow the whole song down and punctuate that desire.”
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CADENCE WEAPON – “EXCEPTIONAL” (FEAT. JACQUES GREENE)
Rollie Pemberton’s new Cadence Weapon album ROLLERCOASTER is out in April and here’s its collaboration with house producer Jacques Greene. “I wanted it to feel like the endorphin rush you get from pressing the button that says ‘Buy It Now’ when you’re shopping online,” says Rollie.
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HOLIDAY GHOSTS – “BIG CONGRATULATIONS”
“The lyrics in ‘Big Congratulations’ are a sort of a narrative about excess, and the need to fulfill yourself with consumerism, keeping up with the Joneses,” says Holiday Ghosts drummer/singer Kat Rackin. “There’s a constant promise of a better life with better connections through what you might purchase or how you can upgrade your life. At the end of the day, that quest for happiness can be more of a snake eating its own tail kind of thing.” The band are in NYC this week and their new album Coat of Arms is out March 29.
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EARTH FLOWER – “NATURE’S PIANO”
Ruth Garbus, Sam Gendel, and Philippe Melanson are releasing their self-titled debut album as Earth Flower on March 15, and the first single is the multifaceted “Nature’s Piano.”
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IBIBO SOUND MACHINE – “PULL THE ROPE”
Ibibio Sound Machine say the title track to new album Pull the Rope is “about the hope of finding a peaceful way to overcome our differences in the world.” They add, “The idea of standing at two ends of a rope symbolizes this. We recruited our friends Richmond Kessie and Helen McDonald as well as Eno’s mum to lend a bigger sound to the chorus vocals. Musically it’s a mix of post-punk and electronic sounds.” It’s a banger and the album’s out May 3.
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DEHD – “LIGHT ON”
“This song is like a candle in the window,” says Dehd’s Jason Balla, “a light guiding someone back home if they were trying to find it.” Dehd’s new album Poetry is out May 10.
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CORRIDOR – “MON ARGENT”
Montreal’s Corridor have shared another song off their upcoming album Mimi that’s out in April. “Mon Argent” offers up a slightly more sedate side of this often hyper band, though it’s stinging guitar line blasts like an alarm.
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GRAVEDWELLER – “CLEMENTINE” / “GEEKED”
Texas grungegazers Gravedweller are back with two new very ’90s-sounding songs.
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ROVING – “PERFECT”
For even more grungegaze, California band Roving are also in that realm and they’ve got an LP called Perfect arriving this spring via Really Rad Records. It was produced by Alex Estrada (Joyce Manor, Touché Amoré) and mixed by Jon Markson (Drug Church, Drain), and here’s the title track.
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MORGAN WADE – “2AM IN LONDON”
Country singer Morgan Wade follows last year’s great Psychopath with this somber standalone track.
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STAND STILL – “MYSTICISM”
Long Island melodic hardcore/emo torch-carriers Stand Still are gearing up to release their debut full-length this spring, and they’ve just shared a second new song ahead of its release, the chugging, catchy “Mysticism.”
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ARM’S LENGTH – “REALLY BIG SHRIMP” (CARLY COSGROVE)
The latest cover song accompanying the Wax Bodega Tour is Arm’s Length taking on Carly Cosgrove’s “Really Big Shrimp.”
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DAMPER – “GERMAN SHEPHERD”
San Francisco’s Damper toe the line between pastoral indie pop and twinkly emo on this new single.
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BLITZEN TRAPPER – “HELLO HALLELUJAH”
Portland, OR indie folk vets Blitzen Trapper have announced a new album, 100’s of 1000’s, Millions of Billions, due May 17 via Yep Roc. Here’s the breezy, catchy new single “Hello Hallelujah.”
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BAD BAD HATS – “TPA”
Bad Bad Hats offer up indie pop whimsy on “TPA.” Their self-titled LP arrives April 12 via Don Giovanni.
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MIKE LINDSAY (TUNNG, LUMP) – “KACHUMBER”
Mike Linday of Tunng and LUMP says “Kachumber” is “about the magic of creating something in the kitchen whilst listening to the radio. It’s a zen like feeling and extremely cathartic whilst also being creative. The Alchemy of blending ingredients to create something greater than the sum of its parts. The salad has personality.” Mike’s debut solo album supershapes volume 1 is out June 14.
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JIM WHITE & MARISA ANDERSON – “BITTERROOT VALLEY SUITE I: WATER”
Drummer Jim White and guitarist Marisa Anderson are following up their 2020 album The Quickening with Swallowtail which will be out May 10 via Thrill Jockey. They’ve just shared the lovely opening part of the three-part “Bitterroot Valley Suite.”
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BEAMS – “A.W.I.L”
Toronto-based sextet BEAMS will release new LP Requiem for a Planet on May 3 and they’ve just shared the first single. “’A.W.I.L’ is a wake-up call that we as humans are programmed for life — we’re on the same side, and if we could just sit through the discomfort of our differences long enough to see the deep root of love there, the true humanity, we could work together towards justice for each other, and for every being,” they say.
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WAND – “HELP DESK”
Wand are back with their first new music in five years. “Help Desk” is a slow-build grower that favors atmosphere over guitar heroics and takes Wand into wondrous new territory.
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BLOOMSDAY – “DOLLAR SLICE”
Bloomsday announced their second album and shared the lead single, which you can read more about here.
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LA LUZ – “STRANGE WORLD”
“It’s been a strange and difficult few years, and at moments, I have found myself rushing to move forward in time, to leave the present and escape to whatever is next,” says La Luz’s Shana Cleveland of “Strange World,” their new album’s new-wavey first single. “The best advice a friend gave me during a time when I was feeling particularly overwhelmed and battling consecutive panic attacks was to go outside, take my shoes off, and sit with my feet on the earth. This seemed to slow the universe down in a way that made it feel easier to handle. So this chorus is something of a mantra to myself ‘we’ll be fine, just take your time.’”
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SWAMP DOGG – “MESS UNDER THAT DRESS”
Swamp Dogg announced a new bluegrass album, and shared the opening track. Read more about it here.
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O. – “GREEN SHIRT”
UK sax-drum duo O. have announced their debut album, WeirdOs, which will be out June 21 via Speedy Wunderground. Baritone saxophonist Joe Henwood and drummer Tash Keary made it with label owner Dan Carey, who helped them capture their live sound on record. “We’re just two people making a big sound, unafraid to give it our all when we play,” Joe says. “We’re interested in taking it to the limit – it’s something that comes naturally to us.”
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MUSTAFA – “IMAAN” FT SNOH AALEGRA
Toronto singer/songwriter Mustafa will release his first album for Jagjaguwar later this year. Here’s the new single featuring backing vocals from Snoh Aalegra.
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HABIBI – “ON THE ROAD”
Habibi are back with Dreamachine, their first album in four years and their first for Kill Rock Stars. It’s out May 31. The album was produced by Tyler Love and longtime collaborator Jay Heiselmann, and features MGMT multi-instrumentalist James Richardson. Here’s the first single.
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OF MONTREAL – “HEARTS BLEED FREE”
The first single from of Montreal’s new album is “Hearts Bleed Free” which adds ’70s funk to Barnes’ technicolor musical palette. Barnes notes it was “influenced by the Leos Carax film Boy Meets Girl, Bootsy’s Rubber Band, and my recent purchase of a Yamaha TG33 and a Kawai K1M. I wanted to make a strutting, sexy little vamp of a song that just kind of chugged along and felt relaxed and playful and free.”
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SEEYOUSPACECOWBOY – “RESPITE FOR A TRAGIC TALE” (ft. IRIS.EXE) & “SILHOUETTES IN MOTION”
SeeYouSpaceCowboy have announced a new album, Coup De Grâce, along with the release of two new tracks–read more here. We’ve also got an exclusive neon pink vinyl variant up for pre-order.
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KIM GORDON – “PSYCHEDELIC ORGASM”
Kim Gordon‘s new album The Collective comes out this Friday (3/8) via Matador, and she just announced a tour and shared one more single. Read more here.
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