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.
SLAUGHTER BEACH, DOG – “I’M IN LOVE”
Slaughter Beach, Dog gets in the Valentine’s Day spirit with this alt-country love song.
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LANA DEL REY – “BLUE SKIES” (IRVING BERLIN COVER)
The latest single from the Jack Antonoff-curated and produced soundtrack to new Apple TV+ series The New Look is “Blue Skies,” which was written by Irving Berlin in 1926. She’s backed by antonoff, Mikey Freedom Hart, and Evan Smith on this version.
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SNARLS – “HEAVY DRINKER”
Snarls have announced a new Chris Walla-recorded album, With Love, due May 3 via Take This To Heart Records. Along with the announcement comes the grungy power pop anthem “Heavy Drinker.”
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L.S. DUNES – “HOW DARE YOU”
As they prepare a follow-up to their great 2022 debut Past Live, L.S. Dunes — aka vocalist Anthony Green (Circa Survive, Saosin, The Sound of Animals Fighting, etc), guitarists Frank Iero (My Chemical Romance) and Travis Stever (Coheed & Cambria), and Thursday’s rhythm section of bassist Tim Payne & drummer Tucker Rule — have shared a Valentine’s Day single, “How Dare You,” which Anthony Green says “sets the stage for the new era” of the band.
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JUSTICE – “GENERATOR” (VIDEO)
Justice have shared the video for their new single “Generator,” which plays like every video Chris Cunningham made for Aphex Twin and Bjork, thrown into a blender. If you still go into the office, this is also NSFW.
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THE SECRET SISTERS – “ALL THE WAYS” FT. RAY LAMONTAGNE
The Secret Sisters’ new album, Mind, Man, Medicine, is out in March, and they’ve shared the Ray LaMontagne-featuring new single “All The Ways.” “When we wrote this song, we didn’t know our fifth album would be partially recorded in our hometown area, at FAME studios,” Laura Rodgers and Lydia Slagle say. “But, perhaps subconsciously, we were channeling the legendary soul music that was captured just a few miles from our stomping grounds at the same studio many decades ago. This is a song that drinks from the well of Muscle Shoals. We were humbled and ecstatic to feature our longtime friend and inspiration, Ray LaMontagne, on this track.”
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FEVER RAY – “SHIVER” (VIDEO)
Fever Ray videos are never dull and that goes double for the just-released one for “Shiver” from last year’s Radical Romantics. It was inspired by The Lovers of Valdaro, the pair of 6000 year-old human skeletons in Italy that were discovered “locked in an eternal embrace.” Says Karin Dreijer and director Martin Falck: “We fantasized about what might have happened to these two skeletons. Were they so in love they had their mouths and noses too close to each other, or couldn’t stop kissing so they died of carbon monoxide poisoning? Or did a dinosaur kill them, and they died in fear holding each other? Was it a volcano, and they were protecting themselves from the lava burning their flesh? Maybe they weren’t in love at all; perhaps they were lifelong enemies facing their final struggle strangling each other? We felt there was a beautiful story there about the struggles of falling in love and the vulnerability you might feel being ‘examined’ by your love interest who wants to make sure you really are the one they can trust and form a relationship with, that will last for eternity.”
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CAROLINE POLACHEK – DESIRE, I WANT TO TURN INTO YOU: EVERASKING EDITION BONUS TRACKS
A year to the day after its original release, Caroline Polachek has shared the deluxe edition of her fantastic 2023 album Desire, I Want To Turn Into You, featuring her October single “Dang,” her new version of “Butterfly Net” with Weyes Blood and five more additional tracks: “”Spring Is Coming With a Strawberry In The Mouth,” “Meanwhile,” “Coma,” “Gambler’s Prayer,” and an acoustic version of “Believe.”
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ED HARCOURT – “INTO THE LOVING ARMS OF YOUR ENEMY”
UK singer-songwriter Ed Harcourt has shared another song from his upcoming album, El Magnifico. Ed describes it like this: “The art of seduction, the battle of courtship, an ancient trope that crosses all treacherous waters, the hang dog suitor attempting all manners of persuasion to no avail…Armed with a Roland CR-68 drum machine, a baby grand piano & everything else in between, he channels the three wise piano men, Joel, John & Newman, hoping this sonic missive might cajole the object of his desire into taking him seriously. But no, he’s still persona non grata, Don Quixote in a crumpled nudie suit, gimlet eyed & deranged, he slinks back under his desert rock & really, it’s for the best.”
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VR SEX (MEMS DRAB MAJESTY) – “INANIMATE LOVE”
VR Sex, the band led by Andrew Clinco of Drab Majesty, will release new album Hard Copy on March 22 via Dais. First single “Inanimate Love” leans more garage rock than DM but there’s still that dark edge.
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EYEDRESS – “MRS. VALENTINE”
Perfect timing from Eyedress with his new single “Mrs Valentine.” This will appear on a new mixtape out later this year.
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STILL HOUSE PLANTS – “NO SLEEP DEEP RISK”
London experimental group Still House Plants will release new album If I don’t make it, I love u on April 12. The first taste from it is this dark, spare, haunting song.
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SAM EVIAN – “ROLLIN’ IN”
“The song is a box of memories, and a meditation,” Sam Evian says of the second single from his upcoming album, Plunge. I grew up on the Crystal Coast of North Carolina, and often went down to the ocean to commune with myself, a habit I picked up from my mother. It’s a reflection of that time of my life, and who I’ve become in the years since. I started writing about a simple relationship theme, but quickly realized I was examining myself and my own disillusionment with who I thought I would become, versus the person I am today.” Plunge is out March 22.
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BLACK TUSK – “BRUSHFIRE”
George sludge metal vets Black Tusk have announced a new album, The Way Forward, due April 26 via Season of Mist, and new single “Brushfire” finds them at their grimiest.
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BOYCOMMA – “DITCH”
Southern California band Boycomma are subject of an extensive Band to Watch feature over at Stereogum today, along with the release of their Deftonesy new single “Ditch.” (When asked about the Deftones comparison, vocalist/guitarist Brad Warriner replied, “I get it. It’s just [“Be Quiet And Drive (Far Away)”]. It’s almost the same cadence. But that’s fine. I’ve been compared to Title Fight for the past three years, so I’m fine with being compared.”) The feature is a good read, and “Ditch” is a good song.
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STRUNG OUT – “NEW GODS”
Metallic skate punk vets Strung Out have unleashed the second taste of Dead Rebellion.
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COFFINS – “SPONTANEOUS ROT”
Japanese death-doom/sludge vets Coffins have announced a new album, Sinister Oath, due March 29 via Relapse. We throw around the word “brutal” way too much when we talk about metal, but this song truly earns it.
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BBYMUTHA – “GO!”
Atlanta-via-Chattanooga rapper bbymutha has announced a new album, sleep paralysis, alongside the release of new single “go!”. Read more here.
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KITTIE – “EYES WIDE OPEN”
Reunited alt/nu metal vets Kittie have released their first new song in 13 years, “Eyes Wide Open.” Read more about it here.
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ETHEL CAIN – “من النهر”
Ethel Cain shared a new piano ballad dedicated to the people of Palestine, and you can read more about it here.
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MIKE & TONY SELZTER – “R&B”
MIKE and Tony Seltzer team up for new single “R&B.” Read about it here.
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MAYA HAWKE – “MISSING OUT”
Maya Hawke unveiled the first single off her new album Chaos Angle; read more about it here.
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JOPHUS – “I HEAR CHIMES”
In addition to leading Prince Daddy and the Hyena, Kory Gregory has been releasing music under the name Jophus since 2020, and now he’s releasing an album by that project called True Crime. It comes out digitally on 3/8 via Counter Intuitive Records, but vinyl is available now so you can get the full LP now if you order a physical copy. The first single streaming is “I Hear Chimes,” and you can read more about it here.
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HANA VU – “CARE”
Hana Vu announced a new album, Romanticism, and you can read more about the first single, “Care,” here.
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FOUR TET – “DAYDREAM REPEAT”
Four Tet has announced his new album Three and he released new single “Daydream Repeat.” Read more here.
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FATBOI SHARIF & ROPER WILLIAMS – SOMETHING ABOUT SHIRLEY
NJ rapper Fatboi Sharif and producer Roper Williams surprise-released Something About Shirley, a brief new project presented as one 10-minute track.
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METZ – “99” & “ENTWINED (STREET LIGHT BUZZ)”
While METZ are known for making a serious racket, new album Up on Gravity Hill finds more melody and nuance stepping into the spotlight. With the announcement they’ve shared two songs, “99” and the very catchy/anthemic “Entwined (Street Light Buzz),” which really show off the album’s new vibes.
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WARPAINT – “COMMON BLUE”
Warpaint formed on Valentine’s Day, 2004 and to celebrate their 20th anniversary they’ve just dropped a new single, which finds them back on Rough Trade Records after one album on Virgin. The A-side is “Common Blue,” which is gentle and groovy and very Warpaint. Very good, too.
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TINDERSTICKS – “FALLING, THE LIGHT”
Tindersticks announced today that their 14th studio album “is finished and will be gradually revealing itself over the coming months.” They add, “As it was Valentine’s day, we thought we would share ‘Falling, the light’ from the album with you.” You can listen and download for free here.
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THE DANDY WARHOLS – “I’D LIKE TO HELP YOU WITH YOUR PROBLEM” (FEAT. SLASH)
“The song has a real Vietnam-era acid rock sound. We wanted that kind of guitar playing on it, but we don’t have anyone in the band who can do it,” says Dandy Warhols’ frontman Courtney Taylor-Taylor of their collab with Slash. “Once we began discussing it, it became apparent that there wasn’t really anyone else whose hands we could put it in, so thus the Hail Mary to try and get Slash to play on it…The first time we heard it back in our studio, we just stared at each other with our mouths open. What he played on the track is amazing. I’ve never heard him play quite like that, but what is so fascinating to me is that it is clearly him playing, as recognizable as a familiar human voice.”
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KELLEY STOLTZ – “RENI’S CAR”
“For your pleasure here is a new song ‘Reni’s Car’ about the time I found myself in Reni from the Stone Roses car driving around Manchester a few years ago,” notes Kelley Stoltz of the first single from his upcoming 18th album. “it’s a blur of fact and fiction… it did happen but I wasn’t driving.”
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OPERATOR MUSIC BAND – “AS IT GOES”
Brooklyn’s Operator Music Band’s first record in two years and marks a clubbier direction for the group, who previously were closer to Broadcast or Stereolab. “As it Goes” goes pretty hard in an acid house direction.
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