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.
DUCKS LTD. – “HEAVY BAG”
Toronto duo Ducks Ltd release their second album next week and here’s one last preview before the whole thing drops. “It’s about despair and the way that misery loves company,” says the band’s Tom McGreevy of “Heavy Bag.” “The way that when people are in a bad place they try to undermine the people who are down there with them. To keep them and hold them there. It’s an incredibly ugly impulse, but one that if I’m being honest I’ve caught myself indulging in the past. We tried to do something we hadn’t done before on this one musically, and had to kind of reverse a lot of our instincts in building the arrangement. But it felt like what ultimately suited the song. Macie Stewart and Briar Darling ended up improvising a lot of the string layers at the end which had some really exciting results.”
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SEGA BODEGA – “DEER TEETH”
Sega Bodega is preparing to release his third studio album, which is still TBA. From it he’s shared a hypnotic new electro-pop track, “Deer Teeth,” which is also the debut release on his new label, ambient tweets.
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TEETHE – “THANKS”
Teethe are re-releasing their 2020 self-titled debut LP on February 23 via Winspear alongside a 7″ with three new songs. One is the slowcore-ish alt-country of “Thanks.”
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MARY TIMONY – “SUMMER”
Mary Timony’s anticipated new solo album Untame the Tiger is out next month, and the latest single is “Summer.” “I wanted it to be a guitar stomper kind of in the vein of The Kinks, Jethro Tull or Elf and have simultaneous guitar solos at the end,” Mary says. “I’m excited to play this one live. Betsy Wright of Ex Hex will be on guitar, and I can’t wait to rock those twin solos with her.”
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JOYER – “STAR”
Joyer have announced a new album, Night Songs, due April 26 via Hit the North/Julia’s War. Lead single “Star” is a breezy jangle pop song with echoes of early Real Estate.
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HEAVYHEX – “YOU CAN’T STAY HERE”
Heavyhex have a new album coming out this spring via Bridge 9, and new single “You Can’t Stay Here” channels the kind of melodic hardcore that filled the B9 roster in the Have Heart/Verse era. The band says the song was inspired by “NYC’s failed attempts to sweep homeless encampment sites.”
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NEST (SCOUR, AGORAPHOBIC NOSEBLEED) – “WHAT’S THE ISSUE”
Nest, another band led by John Jarvis of Scour and Agoraphobic Nosebleed, will release their new album Endeavors on April 12 via Housecore Records. New single “What’s the Issue” finds the band in heavy noise rock territory.
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TEKE::TEKE – “BANKROBBER” / MIRAH – “I’M NOT DOWN” (THE CLASH COVERS)
Hearts & Minds & Crooked Beats is an upcoming Clash tribute album featuring artists from around the world covering songs of The Clash and celebrating their music and human rights message. It’s out on World Clash Day (February 7) and here are the contributions from Montreal’s TEKE::TEKE and singer-songwriter Mirah.
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PAINTED SHIELD – “TRANSECTOR”
Painted Shield, the band with Pearl Jam‘s Stone Gossard, former Pearl Jam drummer and studio musician Matt Chamberlain, singer/songwriter Mason Jennings, singer Brittany Davis, and guitarist Jeff Fielder (Mark Lanegan, Amy Ray, etc) announced a new album and shared the lead single, which you can read more about here.
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SIX ORGANS OF ADMITTANCE – “THE MISSION”
Here’s the first single from Six Organs of Admittance’s new album Time is Glass which is out in April.
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SHEHERAZAAD – “MASHOOR” & “DHJUND LO MUJHE” (PROD. AROOJ AFTAB)
Here are the first two songs on Sheherazaad’s new album, which was produced by Arooj Aftab.
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