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.
FUMING MOUTH – “I’LL FIND YOU”
Death metal/hardcore line-toers Fuming Mouth have shared another punishing taste of their anticipated new LP Last Day of Sun.
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DELIQUESCE – “SECTARIAN DIVIDE” (ft. PYREXIA’S JIM BEACH)
Australian death metallers Deliquesce will release Cursed With Malevolence, and here’s the brutal first taste.
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JENN CHAMPION – “GOOD NEWS, BAD NEWS (WE’RE ALL GONNA DIE)”
Jenn Champion’s new solo album The Last Night of Sadness is out this Friday, and she’s given us one last early taste, moody synthpop track “GOOD NEWS, BAD NEWS (we’re all gonna die).” “This song has always been about how hard it can be to stay alive, stay healthy, get through whatever it you are trying to get through and how death is so scary but also this release,” she says. “Around the time I was working on it a friend’s kid, maybe 5 years old, was sitting at the dinner table as everyone was eating pizza and out of nowhere he said, ‘good news, bad news everybody – we’re all gonna die.’ and when I heard that I just thought, yes – exactly.”
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AWAKEBUTSTILLINBED – “CLEARVIEW”
awakebutstillinbed’s long-awaited sophomore album chaos takes the wheel and i am a passenger finally arrives next week, and we feel very confident that it’s gonna be worth the wait. “Clearview” is another example of why.
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CLOSET WITCH – “MY WORDS ARE SACRED” (ft. DYLAN WALKER)
Iowa screamo band Closet Witch will release their new LP Chiaroscuro on November 3 via Zegema Beach Records, and they’ve tapped Full of Hell’s Dylan Walker for this abrasive, 70-second lead single.
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LAND OF TALK – “SITCOM”
Land of Talk’s new album is out this week and here’s one last preview before you can hear the whole thing. “A lot of my love of music is just from long car rides with my dad listening to Christopher Cross, Fine Young Cannibals, and Whitney Houston,” says Elizabeth Powell. “He’s not a musician but I feel like I’m almost having a conversation with my dad through a lot of my records. Recently, I got into a really big Christopher Cross phase. On this song, I thought I could try to write like that. I was also watching a lot of Family Ties and older sitcoms. The keys part kind of evoked that classic TV intro from the ‘70s and ‘80s.”
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SARAH JAROSZ – “COLUMBUS & 89TH”
“New York signified this childhood dream that I’d had for so long, so moving to Nashville was like turning the page from youth to adulthood,” Sarah Jarosz says. “‘Columbus & 89th’ ended up just pouring out of me once Daniel Tashian and I started working on it—there was so much nostalgia and melancholy that I needed to process, and now I still tear up whenever I hear it. As a songwriter my main goal is to tell the truth about my experience, and I think the fact that that song makes me so emotional means that I was tapping into a real feeling.” It’s from her new album Polaroid Lovers.
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DOLLAR SIGNS – “LEGEND TRIPPING”
Charlotte punks Dollar Signs have shared the ragged, melodic, explosive title track of their upcoming album Legend Tripping.
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BAD COP/BAD COP – “SAFE AND LEGAL”
Bad Cop/Bad Cop have shared a ripping punk anthem that advocates for universal abortion access, as bassist/singer Linh explains: “Abortion is a crucial aspect of healthcare, and everyone should have the right to access it without facing any form of social judgment. Our ongoing effort is to remove legal restrictions and integrate them as a routine medical procedure. It’s a private healthcare matter, plain and simple.”
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LAUREN MAYBERRY (CHVRCHES) – “SHAME”
“I had the idea for a while of a song that had the tagline of ‘what a shame,’ but in a sarcastic way,” CHVRCHES’ Lauren Mayberry says of her second solo single. “And the word ‘shame’ having a double meaning – the shame you feel and internalize, but what a shame you feel like that and can’t change it. Looking back on a lot of my life in terms of relationships, sexuality and my sense of self in the world, there is a lot of shame associated with that. I came into my teens in the early-mid 2000s, a time period we now regard as a bit of a shithole in terms of gender and media messages (post Woodstock 99, the dawn of sex tape leaks, Girls Gone Wild, etc, etc). What was deemed ‘attractive’ for women and girls was quite disturbing in hindsight, and that’s what went into my brain at a formative time, romanticizing bargain basement, local band boy versions of Reality Bites Ethan Hawke. But now I know better, my wiring is still to find those things attractive on a cellular level. I know not to want those things academically, but emotionally, romantically, sexually, I have been trained to find those things valuable and attractive. I know you are what you eat and it’s the taste that keeps me tame.”
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END – “THAW” (ft. HERIOT’S DEBBIE GOUGH)
Metalcore supergroup END (members of Counterparts, Misery Signals, Fit For An Autopsy, etc) recruit Heriot’s Debbie Gough for this apocalyptic, caustic taste of upcoming LP The Sin of Human Frailty.
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DESIRE MAREA – “THE ONLY WAY”
South African artist Desire Marea has shared the lively, funk-fueled “The Only Way,” the second taste of the upcoming three-song EP The Baddies of Isandlwana.
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JESSE KIVEL – “OVERGROWN OCEAN”
Jesse Kivel’s new album Life and Death at Party Rock is out in one month and he’s just shared this expansive song from it. “The track visualizes a Cape Air flight gone wrong,” says Jesse. “Descending deep into the overgrown ocean and what it must feel like to be taken to those depths. Feelings of loneliness, but also a strange comfort in the harmony and wonder of nature, tucked in amongst the seaweed, kelp and brine. ‘I found out everything, everything I needed to know, everything I was, everything I is.’”
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BLACK PUMAS – “ANGEL”
“I remember feeling overwhelmed by everything going on with my family and the neighborhood I was living in and hoping to find sanctuary in the actual voice of an angel,” Black Pumas’ Eric Burton says of their new single. “There was a laundromat nearby that served as a quiet place for me, and that song started to come to me as I stared into a still-life painting of flowers.” The video was shot at iconic LA hotel Chateau Marmont and the band’s new album, Chronicles of a Diamond, is out October 27.
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YHWH NAILGUN – “CASTRATO RAW (FULLBACK)”
Brooklyn band YHWH Nailgun, who toured with black midi earlier this summer, are gearing up to hit the road with Geese. Ahead of that they’ve shared this frenetic, danceable new song.
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CHOSES SAUVAGES – “PRESSION”
Montreal dance-rock outfit Choses Sauvages are back with this appealing new single that percolates into an infectious, rolling boil. “At its core, ‘Pression’ is all about the anxiety and the sense of paranoia that accompanies it whenever you’re looking to prove yourself,” say the band. “It’s that sense of feeling like you try and try but never quite succeed to hit that nail on the head.”
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HIT BARGAIN – “IMMACULATE VAXXER”
LA band Hit Bargain release new album A Dog A Deer A Seal on November 10 and here’s another single from it. “Immaculate Dresser” has volume and anxiety levels set to 11
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BAR ITALIA – “JELSY”
London trio bar italia release their second album of 2023 in just a couple weeks (preorder on vinyl) and they’ve just shared another song from it. Led by a gently strummed acoustic guitar, “Jelsy” has a smoky, twangy feel alongside Nina Cristante, Jezmi Tarik Fehmi and Sam Fenton’s unique songwriting/vocal style.
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ENGLISH TEACHER – “NEARLY DAFFODILS”
UK band English Teacher have released their second single for Island Records. “Nearly Daffodils” is another winner, mixing dreampop, postpunk, and motorik drive with Lily Fontaine’s appealing half-sung, half-spoken vocals.
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EL PERRO DEL MAR – “IN SILENCE”
El Perro del Mar shared the lead single off her new album Big Anonymous, which you can read more about here.
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SHOW ME THE BODY – “CAMP ORCHESTRA / METALLIC TASTE” (LIVE IN SANTA ANA)
Show Me The Body have announced a live album recorded during this year’s World War Tour, and you can read more about it here.
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MADI DIAZ – “SAME RISK”
Madi Diaz announced a new album, Weird Faith, and shared the first single, which you can read more about here.
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JAMILA WOODS – “PRACTICE” (ft. SABA)
Jamila Woods is just a few days away from releasing her anticipated new album Water Made Us (due 10/13 via Jagjaguwar), and she’s just shared one more pre-release single and announced a 2024 tour. More here.
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