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.
RIDE – “LAST FRONTIER”
“Last Frontier” is the second single from Ride’s forthcoming album Interplay, but it almost didn’t make cut. Says Andy Bell: “This was the runt of the litter of the very first jam session from Mark’s OX4 Studio, and I didn’t even include it on my shortlist of the best tracks. It was our producer, Richie Kennedy, who saw the potential of the song, and we attacked this with a vengeance at Vada studio. A complete revamp of the backing track and arrangement was needed and we took it right back to basics, more towards a pounding Joy Division feel…For the topline, I tried improvising at the mic, singing it all different ways, and coming up with new parts on the spot. I felt really exposed but kind of said to myself, ‘you’re among friends, it’s good to push yourself to try new ways to write.’ It feels different to every vocal I’ve ever done. It’s still a new way of working for me but it’s something I want to continue trying as I think it makes for better vocal lines; a good mixture of written and improvised.”
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KIM GORDON – “I’M A MAN”
The second single from Kim Gordon’s new album, The Collective, is “I’m a Man,” which has a video directed by Alex Ross Perry and starring her daughter, Coco Gordon Moore, and Conor Fay.
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SHEER MAG – “EAT IT AND BEAT IT”
If you were hoping this was a cover of both the Weird Al parody and the MJ song that inspired it, you’re out of it. It is however a Sheer Mag original and the third single from their upcoming album Playing Favorites.
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ENGLISH TEACHER – “R&B”
London band English Teacher released their debut album, This Could Be Texas, in April, and the latest single is a reworked version of “R&B.” The video “is an ode to 2021’s original ‘R&B’ video and to Douglas snogging himself,” the band say. “It’s an ode to self-love and an ode to not putting up with bullshit. It’s an ode to the chaos of the calm and the calm of the chaos. It’s an ode to the greatest TV show of all time – The Shivering Truth. Here’s to theatre and here’s to behind the scenes. We fight. We break up. We kiss. We make up.”
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SIERRA FERRELL – “I COULD DRIVE YOU CRAZY”
Sierra Ferrell has shared the second single from Trail of Flowers, and it’s a swaying, fiddle-fueled Americana ballad that sounds like it could’ve come out at any point in the past 60+ years.
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SAYA GRAY – “AA BOUQUET FOR YOUR 180 FACE”
Saya Gray has announced the Qwerty II EP, due March 28 via Dirty Hit, along with a glitchy pop single called “AA Bouquet For Your 180 Face.”
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SCHOOLBOY Q – “YEERN 101”
Schoolboy Q’s new album Blue Lips arrives in two weeks (March 1), and it’ll include this bouncy new single.
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HOLLY HUMBERSTONE – “DIVE”
Holly Humberstone is releasing a new EP, Work In Progress, due out on March 15 via Darkroom/Geffen/Polydor Records. It features four older songs she says she “couldn’t leave behind,” and about “Dive,” she says, “I wrote it a few years ago as a kind of warning to a guy to not get involved with me. I was worried I’d hurt him. Whenever I think about the highs and lows of past and present relationships, it reminds me that life will always be evolving and changing in ways that I can’t predict, and I think that’s ok.”
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KHARMA – “CLIP YOUR WINGS”
Chicago hardcore band Kharma have announced a new album, A World Of Our Own, due 4/12 via Flatspot, and lead single “Clip Your Wings” is out now.
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WRISTMEETRAZOR – “TREPANATION”
Wristmeetrazor have announced their third album, Degeneration, along with lead single “Trepanation.”
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NIA ARCHIVES – “SILENCE IS LOUD”
UK electronic musician, singer, and songwriter Nia Archives has announced her debut full-length album Silence Is Loud along with its title track.
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BOECKNER – “EUPHORIA”
Wolf Parade’s Dan Boeckner shared another track off his debut solo album, which you can read more about here.
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AMBLARE (HUM) – “STARLIGHT”
Before Hum drummer Bryan St. Pere passed away in 2021, he finished up work on the debut album by a new band he formed alongside Matt McGuyer (also currently of Mock Orange) and Alex Wallwork called Amblare. That album–Bryan’s final recordings–is now coming out, and you can read more about lead single “Starlight” here.
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EKKO ASTRAL – “BAETHOVEN”
Ekko Astral are a DC-based, punky post-punk band that have been making some noise lately, and they just signed to Topshelf and released their first single for the label, “baethoven.” Read more here.
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HOT WATER MUSIC – “MENACE” & “BURN FOREVER”
Hot Water Music announced a new guest-filled album featuring members of Turnstile, Thrice, The Interrupters, Farside, and Alexisonfire. Two songs are out now, and you can read more about them here.
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DIIV – “BROWN PAPER BAG”
DIIV just announced their fourth album and this is the new single from it.
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MEI SEMONES – “INAKA”
Brooklyn singer-songwriter Mei Semones makes ethereal, folky indie rock that is jazzy, dexterous and string-laden with just a dash of bossa-nova. She’s just announced her debut EP, Kabutomushi, which will be out April 5.
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DENT MAY – “COASTING ON FUMES” FT JORDANA
Dent May has announced What’s for Breakfast?, his sixth album, which will be out March 29 via Carpark. It’s his first album in four years. and includes contributions from Jimmy Whispers, Pearl & The Oyster, and Jordana who duets on this terrific song.
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