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.
SUDS – “PAINT MY BODY”
UK band SUDS have announced their debut album, The Great Overgrowth, due October 3 via Big Scary Monsters. Lead single “Paint My Body” is a catchy blend of DIY emo, driving punk, and wistful indie pop.
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BLOOD MENACE – “MENACE 2009” & “YOU CAN ONLY WATCH”
Blood Menace is the solo project of Hazing Over’s Jake Yencik, and it’s just as brutal as his main, full-band project. That’s especially true on new single “Menace 2009,” which comes backed with noise track “You Can Only Watch.”
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SPELLLING – “HARD TO PLEASE (REPRISE)”
SPELLLING & The Mystery School is out later this month, and she’s shared the third single, “Hard To Please (Reprise),” a spacey, ethereal track lush with strings and Chrystia Cabral’s soulful vocals.
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SNOH AALEGRA – “SWEET TEA”
Iranian-Swedish R&B singer Snoh Aalegra has shared an airy new ballad, “Sweet Tea.”
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A GIANT DOG – “A DAYDREAM”
Propulsive rocker “A Daydream” is the latest single off A Giant Dog’s new concept album Bite, out later this momth.
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SPANISH LOVE SONGS – “MARVEL”
Fresh off announcing a a tour with the stacked lineup of Hot Mulligan, Heart Attack Man, and Ben Quad, Spanish Love Songs have shared the final single from their anticipated new album No Joy. It manages to be jangly and driving all at once, and it’s another great one.
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BLONDSHELL – “KISS CITY (HOME DEMO)”
Blondshell shared a demo version of “Kiss City,” one of the highlights of her fantastic 2023 debut album. “I wanted to show people what the song sounded like the night I wrote it when it was the most urgent and simple,” she says. “I just made the demo on my phone, but I think you can hear a lot of the desperation in it. Putting out this version is like taking away the shield of big rock production and boiling it down to what I was saying and feeling when I was alone.”
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TWIN TEMPLE – “BURN YOUR BIBLE”
Twin Temple announced a new album, God Is Dead, due October 13 via Pentagrammaton. Here’s the evil, retro doo-wop of new single “Burn Your Bible.”
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NIA ARCHIVES – “BAD GYALZ”
Songwriter, producer and DJ Nia Archives shared self-assured new banger “Bad Gyalz.” “I was on ma way to the studio with Clipz listening to Ranking Ann who is one of my fave MCs – period,” she says. “And then I was just thinking about tha fact that like whenever I go to one of my shows, it’s like 85% women age 18 -25 which is so amazing! And they are all baddies, absolute junglists. So I wanted to make a song that represents that and tha women that come to ma raves. And that’s how Bad Gyalz was born!”
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SAUCE WALKA – “ONLY FANS”
Houston rapper Sauce Walka’s new banger is a celebratory ode to OnlyFans. It comes with an age-restricted music video, so probably goes without saying that you shouldn’t watch at work.
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BUDDY & JULIE MILLER – “DON’T MAKE HER CRY” (CO-WRITTEN BY BOB DYLAN)
Veteran–and married–duo Buddy & Julie Miller will release new album In the Throes on September 22 via New West. New single “Don’t Make Her Cry” has a rare co-writing credit by Bob Dylan, and it was also written with Regina McCrary, who toured in Dylan’s band from 1978-1985. “‘Don’t Make Her Cry’ were the words Regina McCrary’s father, Reverend Sam McCrary, said to Bob when they met at a Nashville show in 1978 shortly after she joined his band,” Buddy told SPIN. “Three decades later, they finally wrote lyrics to the song together in Huntsville, Al. When it came to writing the music, Bob said to Regina, ‘give it to Buddy Miller.’ I then passed it to Julie, who added more lyrics, moved others around, and set it to music.”
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SETTING (NATHAN BOWLES, JAIME FENNELLY, JOE WESTERLUND) – “ZOETROPICS”
Setting is the new duo of Nathan Bowles (solo/trio, Pelt, Black Twig Pickers) on strings, keys, and percussion; Jaime Fennelly (Mind Over Mirrors, Peeesseye) on harmoniums, synthesizers, and piano zither; and Joe Westerlund (solo, Califone, Sylvan Esso, Jake Xerxes Fussell) on drums, percussion, and metallophones. Their debut album Shone A Rainbow Light On comes out September 29 via Paradise of Bachelors, and its first single is the suspenseful, experimental, nearly-eight-minute “Zoetropics.”
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GLASSER – “ALL LOVERS”
“It just kind of happened,” Glasser says of this new single. “I didn’t really have a great lyrical plan. I was going through a break-up, and I just sang some of the words that were on the page and felt their shape more than their meaning. On the last record I sometimes felt I was labouring words that I then regretted later. I really struggled with myself and my identity around that because I think of myself an articulate person, but this is just another area for me. I am articulate in speech, but I’m more of a melodic person. I think the colour conveys the message better than my words ever could.” It’s from Crux, Glasser’s first album in a decade, that will be out in October.
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SEBASTIAN – “TWIN” FT OLIVER SIM
French Touch vet SebastiAn scored new film Tropic which features this song featuring The xx’s Oliver Sim. “Tropic is a beautiful film that speaks to so many of the things I love and feel connect to,” says Sim. “Science Fiction, family, love, beautiful boys and a vulnerable monster. So writing for this pre existing story with its themes, characters, beautiful imagery and the incredible soundscape Sebastian had created. It both came easy and was a genuine pleasure.”
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CHAI – “NEO KAWAII, K?”
If there’s any question about what CHAI’s new song is about, Mana clears it up: “Everyone is NEO KAWAII! This is CHAI’s answer, this is a fact in this world! We can finally say what it really means to us♡ Everyone’s a bit weird. Everyone’s different. Everyone’s awkward, almost to a point that it’s hard to relate. But that’s what’s interesting! That’s what makes it beautiful. To everyone who’s pushed around by these notions, we want to tell you this! We, and all of our lives, are NEO KAWAII! NEO KAWAII is not just plain KAWAII (cute)- it’s cool, it’s strong, it’s kind, it’s warm! Don’t get it mixed up♡ Hey! NEO KAWAII people! NEO KAWAII needs no preparation. We just want to say that you’re NEO KAWAII too, K? ♡?” CHAI’s self-titled fourth album is out September 22 via Sub Pop.
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ELISAPIE – “QIMMIJUAT (WILD HORSES)” (ROLLING STONES COVER)
Montreal artist Elisapie is releasing a covers album, Inuktitut, on September 15 and here’s their take on The Rolling Stones classic which which was a childhood favorite of a friend of Elispaie’s who had a rough upbringing. “Wild Horses became a source of comfort for him and his obsession with it was palpable, as if he was riding away from all his problems on the back of this song,” says Elisapie.
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THE REPLACEMENTS – “LEFT OF THE DIAL” (ED STASIUM MIX)
The Replacements were, let’s say, “unsatisfied” with the mix of their 1985 album Tim done by Tommy “Ramone” Erdyli (who produced the LP). It’s now been giving a new, more muscular mix by Ed Stasium for the upcoming Tim: Let it Bleed Edition.
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DROP NINETEENS – “SCAPA FLOW”
Boston shoegaze greats Drop Nineteens announced last year that they were reforming to make a new album and that has now officially been announced. Hard Light, the band’s first in 30 years, will be out November 3 via Wharf Cat Records. The first single from the album is “Scapa Flow,” which finds Drop Nineteens’ sound as hazy, drony and melodic as ever.
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PELICAN – “GASOLINE” (KARATE COVER)
Pelican have shared a cover of Karate’s “Gasoline” as part of Numero Group’s ongoing series of archival reimaginings, and the usually-instrumental band recruited Pinebender’s Chris Hansen for lead vocals. Read more here.
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GREAT FALLS – “OLD WORDS WORN THIN”
Great Falls’ new album comes out in September and you can read about new single “Old Words Worn Thin” here.
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TEENAGE HALLOWEEN – “SUPERTRANS” & “TAKEAWAY”
NJ punks Teenage Halloween have announced their sophomore album, Till You Return, and they shared a video with two new songs. Read about it here.
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WORN – “ENTITY AND FORM”
Wilkes-Barre hardcore band Worn have a new EP called Condensing Flesh on the way and you can read about new single “Entity and Form” and its video here.
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ARMAND HAMMER – “TRAUMA MIC” (ft. PINK SIIFU)
Armand Hammer have shared the first single off their upcoming album We Buy Diabetic Test Strips, and you can read about it here.
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MARY LATTIMORE – “AND THEN HE WRAPPED HIS WINGS AROUND ME” FEAT. MEG BAIRD & WALK MCCLEMENTS
Harpist/composer Mary Lattimore announced her new LP Goodbye, Hotel Arkada with a stunning, soaringly harmonic piece featuring Meg Baird and Walt McClements.
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JAIME WYATT – “WORLD WORTH KEEPING”
“World Worth Keeping” is the sunshiny, gospel-inspired lead single off Jaime Wyatt’s newly-announced third LP Feel Good. “I wrote these songs as a way of letting go of all that, as permission to feel good,” Jaime says of the album.
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