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.
SEXXY RED, A$AP FERG & MCVERTT – “FACE DOWN”
“Pound Town” rapper Sexxy Red, Jersey club architect MCVERTT, and New York rap lifer A$AP Ferg have come together on a very fun new track that brings out the best in all three of them.
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RATBOYS – “CROSSED THAT LINE”
Ratboys have shared another taste of The Window, and this one’s a fuzzed-out lo-fi indie rock ripper.
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MUTUAL BENEFIT – “WASTELAND COMPANIONS”
“‘Wasteland Companions’ was inspired by a bittersweet hike I took years ago where the final vista revealed the aftermath of a forest fire,” Jordan Lee says. “While it was a terrible sight, I was also moved by the new growth popping up. The imagery stayed with me and served as an important reminder of the life-changing relationships that can flourish in adverse conditions.” The poignant folk song is the latest single off his new album as Mutual Beneift, Growing At The Edges.
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JAIMIE BRANCH – “BABA LOUIE”
“Baba Louie” is the latest song released from the posthumous jaimie branch album Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war)). Her bandmate Lester St. Louis says, “It was clear that this tune was the joyous tune for the record. It was that special jaimie joy, where she’s happy, laughing super loud, cracking jokes, having drinks with the homies, eating pizza in front of San Pedro then getting told we can’t and eating from the trunk of her brother’s car with the whole Branch clan… just good vibes all around.” You definitely hear those good vibes coming through in this track.
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THE HIVES – “TRAPDOOR SOLUTION” & “THE BOMB”
The Hives release The Death Of Randy Fitzsimmons, their first new album in 11 years, next week and to tide you over here are not one but two new songs from it.
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SPEEDY ORTIZ – “GHOSTWRITER”
The latest single from Speedy Ortiz’s anticipated new album Rabbit Rabbit is “Ghostwriter,” which is accompanied by a video directed by Alex Ross Perry and featuring Josh Gondelman, Ted Leo, and more. “While ‘Ghostwriter’ ruminates on the horrible realities that stoke my anger—in this song’s case, the death of our climate and the criminalization of environmental protesters—it’s also about trying to live with less rage in the day-to-day,” Sadie Dupuis says. “And not always succeeding, but not getting mad about that, either. And sometimes directing that angry adrenaline toward positive actions. My bandmates picked ‘Ghostwriter’ as a single, perhaps because it subtly nods to our unabashed love of nu metal. It was really fun to reunite with Alex Ross Perry after shooting together for his Pavement movie last fall, especially the part where we subjected him to so very many Deftones and Limp Bizkit videos for inspiration. The great Josh Gondelman improvised at least a dozen good ‘nu metal cover band’ pun names for the intro, which made it hard to keep a straight face as our nu metal performance ‘Pleasantville’-ifies our crowd of friends into the most immaculate Hot Topic c. 2003 getups.”
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PETER GABRIEL – “OLIVE TREE”
“In some ways I do think we are part of everything and we probably have means to connect and communicate with everything that we often shut off,” says Peter Gabriel in regards to “Olive Tree,” the latest song shared from his highly anticipated new album, i/o. “We only want to see and listen to the things that seem important and relevant to us and shut out the noise of everything else when, probably, hidden in that noise there are all sorts of things that can help us realise our place in this future world.”
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HURRY – “SOMETHING MORE”
Philly power popsters Hurry have unveiled the shimmering, jangly “Something More” from their upcoming LP Don’t Look Back.
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KATE DAVIS – “LONG LONG LONG (ACOUSTIC)”
“‘Long Long Long (acoustic)’ was a wintertime accident,” Kate Davis says of the new alternate rendition of the track from her first album for ANTI-, Fish Bowl. “I was inside all the time playing guitar and stumbled upon a set of meditative but challenging chords. They already lived in the song, but not in my hands, so I played it every day for months. This song was already really important to me, but it became a new vehicle for physical and emotional direction during a super lost season. I made this recording with Armand Hirsch, one of my oldest friends.”
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FINAL GASP – “CLIMAX INFINITY”
Final Gasp offer up another taste of howling, Danzig-y goth rock with “Climax Infinity” off their upcoming Relapse debut.
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HISS GOLDEN MESSENGER – “20 YEARS AND A NICKEL”
“If the 14 songs on Jump for Joy might be heard as the Book of Michael Crow, a temporal travelogue, of sorts, that traces the ecstasy and sorrow of a life lived alongside music through a character very similar to me, then perhaps ’20 Years and a Nickel’ is the prologue,” M.C. Taylor says of the latest single off Hiss Golden Messenger’s new album, Jump For Joy. “Not only is it the first song, but it also lays out two opposing perspectives that I am lately trying to hold in my hands, and brain, simultaneously. Namely, after twenty years and a nickel—my longhand for 25 years, although I guess I’ve been writing songs even longer than that—I’m a little bit of an expert on the form AND I have no idea how to write a song. Is there such a thing as a simple song? Maybe. But they don’t come easy.”
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WITNESS CHAMBER – “BY THE FINGER OF GOD” (ft. JESS NYX)
The latest taste of Boise metallic hardcore band Witness Chamber’s new EP for DAZE features Jess Nyx of Mortality Rate and World of Pleasure, and it’s a real rager.
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SALLY ANNE MORGAN – “AWAKE”
Folk artist and multi-instrumentalist Sally Anne Morgan has a new album, Carrying, on the way, due out September 22, and she’s shared an atmospheric new folk track from it, “Awake.” “This is as close as a song of mine can get to a call to action – we’re all living in a time of ecological collapse, a mass extinction event, climate catastrophe, and we’re sleepwalking through it,” she says. “Let’s collectively wake up.”
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BEWILDER – “BREAKING”
Bewilder will release their debut album From the Eyrie on October 6 via the re-activated Tiny Engines. Lead single “Breaking” is a lovely dose of gentle, rustic indie rock.
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HANNAH GEORGAS – “HOME”
Hannah Georgas’ new album I’d Be Lying If I Said I Didn’t Care is out later this month, and the latest taste is “Home.” “I feel like the word home is really emotionally loaded and can mean so many different things to different people,” she says. “This song is about dealing with feelings of being lost and unsettled, and comparing that to others who seem to have it figured out. It’s about a feeling of estrangement and exclusion, only made even more polarising when you’re confronted with the opposite experience amongst your peers or in the media.”
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LAURA GROVES – “I’M NOT CRYING”
Laura Groves (fka Blue Roses) has shared another taste of her upcoming album Radio Red: the tender, airy “I’m Not Crying.”
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THIRD EYE BLIND – “THE EMPEROR’S NEW CLOTHES” (SINÉAD O’CONNOR COVER)
Third Eye Blind paid tribute to the late Sinéad O’Connor with a cover of “The Emperor’s New Clothes.” “Years after she got canceled for her Pope picture protest, Sinéad was playing early in the day at a festival in Boston, while the crowd was still walking in,” Stephan Jenkins says. “I got to watch from the side of the stage while she humbly made the music that was real to her. I thought it was cool and legit and I wanted everyone to see it. I got to meet her backstage and invited her to play with my band later in the day and she obliged. We played ‘The Emperor’s New Clothes’ together. I don’t think people really knew it. We loved it. I danced around playing my acoustic guitar while she sang. We hugged and smiled onstage when the song was done and I was delighted. It was the last time I ever saw her.”
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PISS ME OFF – “QUEST FOR MYSTERY” & “59 YEARS”
Cleveland hardcore band Piss Me Off will release their 2 Much Power LP on August 18 via Delayed Gratification, and the two singles out now are rippers in the spirit of gnarly ’80s hardcore.
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NOAH YORKE – “CEREBRAL KEY”
Thom Yorke’s son Noah is releasing an EP of his own, and he’s shared the title track, which he says is his “first time in a studio for my own work.”
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ΣTELLA – “GIRL SUPREME”
For her new standalone single “Girl Supreme,” Greek artist Σtella worked with Glass Animals’ Edmund Irwin-Singer. This one’s got real propulsive energy.
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ONYON – “ALLEN ALIEN”
Hailing from Leipzig, Germany, ONYON make fidgety, post-punk inspired, danceable rock. New album Last Days on Earth will be out October 13 via Trouble in Mind and here’s the Kleenex-eque opening track.
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DINERS – “SOMEDAY I’LL GO SURFING”
“‘Someday I’ll Go Surfing’ isn’t exclusively about surfing,” says Diners’ Blue Broderick, “but rather confronting the unknown and moving on to the next big thing.” Whatever it’s about, “Someday I’ll Go Surfing” is very catchy stuff and it’s from new album Domino due out August 18 via Bar/None.
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CORKER – “EDGE OF TEETH”
Cincinnati’s Corker will release new album Falser Truths on September 1 via Feel It Records. First single “Edge of Teeth” is a snarling, gnashing mouthful of acid-dipped punk.
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WILCO – “EVICTED”
Wilco have announced their 13th studio album, titled Cousin, which will be out September 29 via dBpm Records. It was produced by Cate Le Bon, marking the first time Wilco have used an outside producer since 2007’s Sky Blue Sky. The first single is very promising.
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SEMISONIC – “THE ROPE”
’90s survivors Semisonic have announced Little Bit of Sun, their first album since 2001’s All About Chemistry, which will be out November 3 via Pleasuresonic Recordings. The album was made in the band’s native Minneapolis and features contributions from Jason Isbell and My Morning Jacket‘s Jim James. Here’s the first single.
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THE MOMMYHEADS – “WHY AREN’T YOU SMILING?”
Long-running NYC indie rock band The Mommyheads are back with new album Coney Island Kid that will be out September 19. This is their 15th long-player and their first ever concept album, using “Coney Island imagery to convey themes of desperation and soul-searching, complete with pierside ambience.” The video for “Why Aren’t You Smiling” was directed by frontman Adam Elk.
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KJAAKKO EINO KALEVI – “I FORGET”
Finnish electropop artist Jaakko Eino Kalevi has announced new album Chaos Magic which will be out November 17 via Domino imprint Weird World. The first single is darkwave number “I Forget” which Kalevi says is “about blacking out and forgetting everything – who you are, where and why. It might sound serious but it’s fun when it’s connected to this beat.”
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RAGANA – “DESOLATION’S FLOWER”
Olympia and Oakland-based heavy music duo Ragana have announced their first album for The Flenser, Desolation’s Flower, and the eight-and-a-half minute title track is out now. Read about it here.
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SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE – “TAPEWORM” & “NATURAL DEVOTION 2”
Spirit of the Beehive have announced a new four-song EP, and two songs are out now. Read about them here.
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SUPERDOWN – “RATTLE”
Boston punks Superdown have a new album coming via Count Your Lucky Stars, and you can read about new single “Rattle” here.
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GRIDLINK – “SILK ASH CASCADE”
NJ grinders Gridlink are gearing up for their first album in nine years, and you can read more about their new single here.
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MARGO PRICE, U.S. GIRLS & BOOTSY COLLINS, ORVILLE PECK – “STRANGERS IN A STRANGE LAND,” “SUPERSTAR” & “THIS MASQUERADE” (LEON RUSSELL COVERS)
“Strangers In A Strange Land,” “Superstar,” and “This Masquerade” are the first covers released from a star-studded Leon Russell tribute album, coming on September 8 via Primary Wave. The singles offer three radically diverse takes on Leon’s music–read more about them here.
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