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.
KELLY MORAN – “VESELA”
Composer and producer Kelly Moran has released her first solo song in five years, “Vesela,” which is also the title track to her new EP that’s out November 17 via Warp.
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COURTING – “THROW” (PROD BY THE CRIBS)
Liverpool band Courting will release new album New Last Name on January 26 via PIAS. “Throw” is one of two tracks on the album produced by Gary and Ryan Jarman of The Cribs.
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KEYON HARROLD – “FOREVERLAND” FT. LAURA MVULA, CHRIS DAVE, BURNISS TRAVIS & ROBERT GLASPER
The latest single from Keyon Harrold’s new album Foreverland, due out January 19 via Concord Jazz, is the lush, soulful “Foreverland,” which features Laura Mvula, Chris Dave, Burniss Travis, and Robert Glasper. “Laura Mvula’s voice is the conduit and conductor of a pure vibe and a blissful journey into a new world of love and possibilities, Foreverland, which is equally a sonic wonderland,” Keyon says. “My muted trumpet playing and voice are anchored and guided by the groove and cross-rhythms of the one and only Chris Daddy Dave, along with the thundering bass of Burniss Travis, and the exquisite touch of the piano keys by Robert Glasper. As the title track of the album, it’s a unique, timeless, and beautiful experience. The lyrics really speak to the emotions and possibilities of the depth of love, especially through its chorus that poses a quandary for the longing heart; ‘What would it take for you to get on board with me, to take some different train of thought? It could be something more, and then we’d find ourselves lost in Foreverland.’ I feel with the culmination and convergence of each voice on this record, this piece is a layered viscereality.”
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NOT ME BUT US – “NOCTURNAL EMISSIONS”
This is the debut single from Naples, Italy duo Not Me But Us — aka multi-instrumentalist Bruno Bavota (who records for Temporary Residence and Believe) and electronic artist Fabrizio Somma (aka K-Conjog). “We chose this to introduce ourselves as it’s a little bit mysterious about what the project will be,” says Bruno. Look for their first album in 2024 via Sonic Cathedral.
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HOVVDY – “JEAN”
“Jean is a song about doing well for those you love,” Hovvdy’s Will Taylor says of their rootsy new single. “It’s tangled in self doubt and uncertainty; yet meant to embrace both the joy and the complications of life.”
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FOYER RED – “TALLEST DOGWOOD” & “BARKIN’ UP A KNOT”
Brooklyn’s Foyer Red are heading out on tour in December with Speedy Ortiz soon and just ahead of that have dropped two new songs to get you hyped to show up to the concert early.
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ELLIS – “FOREVER”
Ontario musician Linnea Siggelkow is back with her first new single as Ellis since 2021, the dreamy “forever,” which she says is the preview of more new music on the way in 2024. “Ultimately ‘forever’ is about how time is short and long and fast and slow, depending on where you’re standing and who you’re standing beside,” she says. “Lately it also feels like it’s all of those things all at once. It seems that when i’m not looking ahead with excitement, i’m sort of looking back with regret, and regret is such a sucky, all-consuming feeling.”
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CONFIDENCE MAN – “FIREBREAK”
Say Confidence Man of the duo’s housey new single: “Can’t stop won’t stop. We’re relentless. Almost incessant. So here’s Firebreak, custom made for the next Super Bowl halftime show. We got one word for you – phenomenal.”
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LALA LALA – “ARMIDA”
Lala Lala’s hushed, haunting new track was produced by Melina Duterte of Jay Som. “‘Armida’ is a true heartbreak song written after I had to get sober again last year,” she says. “I asked Melina Duterte to produce. I was listening to a lot of Oneohtrix Point Never, and we used him as a sonic reference.”
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SPRING SUMMER – “HOLIDAY DREAM” FT MAC MCCAUGHAN
“I wanted to make a song about the longing we can feel during the holidays to be with the ones you love or have loved–like a movie that ends happily ever after,” says Spring Summer’s Jennifer Furches of her new single featuring Superchunk’s Mac McCaughan. “There was something about it I felt Mac would connect with and make better: and he did! We have roots in the same place in North Carolina, but have both spent time in New York. There’s something so special about New York during the holidays, and this song speaks to those snowy nights in the city with the one person you want to be with the most.”
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WEAKENED FRIENDS – “AWKWARD”
Portland, Maine trio Weakened Friends are back with their first new music of the year, “Awkward.” “All the songs I’ve ever written are really depressing,” Sonia Sturino says. “‘Awkward’ was my attempt at writing a song about something joyful. I don’t know if I really nailed it, since it’s still filled with the ol’ self doubt narrative, but I’d like to think this song is more on the positive side. ‘Awkward’ really pinpoints the feeling you get when everything is just new and exciting. I wanted to dive into the feeling of having a big practically life altering crush, where you’re equal parts excited, embarrassed and terrified. As someone who identifies as queer, I think it’s important to also share the happier, more joyful experiences regarding love and relationships, it’s not always dread, doom and gloom, and ‘Awkward’ is a testament to that!”
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MARCI – “STOP”
TOPS’ Marta Cikojevic has a new single out via her MARCI solo project. “‘Stop’ is that incessant yet addictive thought that’s parked itself inside your head,” she says of the song. “Will you let it take over?”
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EICHLERS – “IM SCREAMIN” & “HOLLYWOOD BABY”
Eichlers drops two new hyperska bangers.
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BARREN WOMB – “SQUAT WALKER”
Norwegian post-hardcore/noise rock duo Barren Womb have announced a new album, Chemical Tardigrade, due February 16 via Fucking North Pole Records/Blues For The Red Sun. Its first single is a rager called “Squat Walker” and here’s what the band told Decibel about it: “Darkness is by far our favorite color. So naturally, we’ve been painting most of our lyrical themes in that particular color scheme since the very beginning. With ‘Squat Walker’ we wanted to try a more optimistic approach, allowing some rays of hope to shine through. The result is a hooky protest song about the value of not giving up and of fighting for what you believe is good and true.”
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COMBUST – “DARK CORNERS” (ft. ROME STREETZ) & “N.Y.H.C.”
NYHC band Combust drop a brutal two-song single via Triple B Records, and the first song has a spoken word intro by Brooklyn rapper Rome Streetz.
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SHORELINE – “SEOUL”
German emo/post-hardcore band Shoreline have announced a new album, To Figure Out, due February 23 via Pure Noise. It was produced by Chris Teti of TWIABP, and it features contributions from Chris Cresswell of The Flatliners and Hot Water Music. Along with the announcement comes new single “Seoul,” which was written about singer Hansol Seung growing up in rural Bavaria in an Asian immigrant family.
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PINK SIIFU – “SHEEP” (GONJASUFI COVER)
For Sounds of Saving (SoS) and the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline’s “Songs That Found Me At The Right Time” series, Pink Siifu has covered Gonjasufi’s “Sheep” and, in the video (shot by Fugazi’s Brendan Canty), he also discusses his mental health journey. “I feel like people just need to be reminded and see people who’ve been in the dark or in the funk and then got past that,” Siifu says.
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SYDNEY SPRAGUE – “UNDERWATER BOI” (TURNSTILE COVER)
Sydney Sprague has released a cover of Turnstile‘s “Underwater Boi” for Rude Records’ upcoming charitable compilation Changing Tides, which will entirely benefit Sea Shepherd. Read more about it here.
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OUTER WORLD – “FORMS OF KNOWING”
Outer World is new duo of Tracy Wilson (Dahlia Seed, Ringfinger, more) and her partner Kenneth Close, who she played with in Positive No. Wilson has played in lot of different genres over the years, and with Outer World, they’re exploring ’60s psych, freakbeat, and yé-yé, with a few dollops of krautrock and post-punk for good measure. This is the first single from their upcoming debut album.
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HURRAY FOR THE RIFF RAFF – “ALIBI”
Hurray for the Riff Raff announced a new album, The Past Is Still Alive, and shared the first single, which you can read more about here.
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MARY TIMONY – “DOMINOES”
Mary Timony (Helium, Ex Hex, Wild Flag) has announced her fifth solo album, Untame the Tiger, which will be out February 23 via Merge. Here’s the first single.
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SHEER MAG – “PLAYING FAVORITES”
“Playing Favorites” is the title track to Sheer Mag’s third album and first for Third Man Records.
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