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.
JONI MITCHELL – “LIKE VEILS SAID LORRAINE”
Here’s a never-before-heard song from the upcoming Joni Mitchell Archives Volume 3. “[‘Like Veils Said Lorraine’] was a piece of dialogue that happened with the real-estate woman,” Joni tells Cameron Crowe in the liner notes. “I had almost found the land where I would build my little (stone-cabin) house. Lorraine was the real-estate woman who showed me properties. She had a Marlene Dietrich kind of look. She was a platinum blond and she was elegant. She had lived in China with her husband, so she was kind of worldly… and glamorous. It’s an account of our conversation. At some point, I switched to another realtor, and found the property where I would live. It was a piece of an old lumber-jack town. It wasn’t on the market, but it called out to me. Houses are important to me, and I know how to pick them. I investigated it and I found out who owned it. I paid what she wanted, and she thought she took me. I thought I got a deal. (laughs) So we were both happy.” Archives Vol 3 is out October 6.
—
DREAMWELL – “BLIGHTTOWN TYPE BEAT”
The second single off Providence post-hardcore band Dreamwell’s Prosthetic debut In My Saddest Dreams, I Am Beside You is the chaotic, shapeshifting “Blighttown Type Beat,” of which vocalist KZ Staska says: “The song tells the story of a character happening upon an abandoned home whose former inhabitants intentionally flooded it and died in the basement, and his horror as he hears voices coaxing him to do the same. It is an allegory for feeling so empty that you latch onto people and relationships you know are destructive and harmful simply because they are available to you. The music video reflects this by interrupting old home videos of a wedding with gruesome footage of things like dental and ocular surgery.”
—
MUTUAL BENEFIT – “UNTYING A KNOT”
Mutual Benefit have given us another early taste of their new album, Growing At The Edges, which is out in October. “Untying a Knot” is a poignant folk track with lush instrumentation, and Jordan Lee says, “‘Untying a Knot’ was partially inspired by a tweet that said something like ‘normalize taking in new information and changing your perspective’ and got me thinking about how difficult it is to clearly look at your own system of beliefs and make substantive changes to cause less harm. While there is currently a lot of focus toward ‘self-growth’, I wanted the song to instead reflect the process as an ongoing unlearning and untangling of myriad internal knots collected through time.”
—
KOYO – “LIFE’S A PILL”
Long Island emo band have Koyo have shared another supercharged, melodic taste of Would You Miss It?, which vocalist Joey Chiaramonte says “was written about the passing of a family member while I was on my first full US tour, and the ways in which I struggled with that.” The album comes out later this month and you can pick up our exclusive tri-color vinyl variant.
—
HARM’S WAY – “UNDERTOW” (ft. KING WOMAN)
Metallic hardcore band Harm’s Way bring in King Woman to give them a more ethereal, gothy side on new single “Undertow” off upcoming album Common Suffering.
—
GUPPY – “TEXTING & DRIVING”
Ahead of LA-based band Guppy’s shows with Chris Farren, they’ve shared a new single, the zany “Texting & Driving,” which illuminati hotties’ Sarah Tudzin produced.
—
NAIMA BOCK – “SO LONG, MARIANNE” (LEONARD COHEN COVER)
Naima Bock, who made one of our favorite records of 2022, has been covering this Leonard Cohen classic for some time and has now released a studio version. “I always felt nervous about recording a cover of Leonard Cohen,” says Naima. “It obviously never stands up to the original, but I wanted to do it justice and, if nothing else, try not to diminish it in any way. My feelings around this recording were somewhat complicated, and although I could recognize how good the band (Meitar Wegman on Saxophone, Cassidy Hansen on drums, Clem Appleby on bass/ electric guitar, and Oliver Hamilton on violin, everyone on backing vocals) sounded, I didn’t like my vocal delivery. That is until I heard the backing vocals come in on a later chorus, and something inside me clicked, and I fell in love with what we had done.”
—
DAS KOOLIES (SUPER FURRY ANIMALS) – “KATAL” & GABE GURNSEY REMIX
Super Furry Animals offshoot Das Koolies — featuring the whole band save Gruff Rhys — release their debut album later this month here’s another groovy, melodic track from it. If you wish it were more explicitly dancey, Gabe Gurnsey’s remix has got you covered.
—
INDIGO SPARKE – “IN THE GARDEN”
Indigo Sparke co-wrote her new single “In the Garden” with Chairlift’s Patrick Wimberly. “This song was born out of a mystical connection to Mary Magdalene,” she says. “To her grace and myth in a time when there were only unanswered questions and chaos. To all the different faces of her through time. The mother, the whore, the healer, the maiden, the crone , the priestess. I was astounded by how she manifests through women now in the 21st century and how more and more women are rebelling to be trapped by the limiting boxes of just playing one role. What is the myth of sinning? How did we separate from nature after the story of Eve and the apple? What knowledge did the seed contain? It seems that women were often the bringers of consciousness and that the patriarchy monopolized off this connection to the void and all creation. I wanted to explore this in the song and create a sphere and portal for all archetypes to be explored without prescriptive commentary. Something to move to and feel free in.”
—
SOFT CELL – “NOSTALGIA MACHINE” (HIFI SEAN EXTENDED REMIX)
Soft Cell are releasing “Nostalgia Machine” from their recent album *Happiness Not Included as a new single, coming with a bunch of remixes including this electro-disco version by Hifi Sean.”
—
SARAH JAROSZ – “POLAROID LOVERS”
Sarah Jarosz announced a new album, Polaroid Lovers, due out January 26 via Rounder Records, and shared the opener, “Jealous Moon.” “I wrote this song with Daniel Tashian in Monteagle, TN on a screened in porch with birds chirping all around,” she says. “It was a warm summer afternoon. It started as a quiet melody on ukulele and nylon string guitar, but when we got to the studio it became something much more powerful. It’s a song about the times when the parts of ourselves that we try to keep hidden rise to the surface and we have no choice but to ride the wave. Sometimes that means doing your own thing to figure it out so you can emerge stronger on the other side. It’s not about the end of a relationship, but rather a moment of self reflection and a promise to keep showing up even when things get tough. Once Daniel played the opening riff on piano I knew it had to open the album. I’m always seeking to push myself into new sonic territory, and this song gave me permission to not hold back.”
—
OVERMONO – “BLOWOUT”
Ahead of their upcoming North American tour, UK dance duo have released this new single which was created during the same sessions as their debut album. They say: “Blow Out was the first thing we made after finishing the album. After that process of being quite methodical, we had an urge to write something that was really out and out lairy and wanted the bass to sound like it was playing out of a blown-out speaker. The track was finished the day before our show at Coachella and we thought there was probably no better place to test it out. It’s become one of our favourite parts of the live show since and we’ll never forget playing it to a packed-out home crowd at GALA just after the album had been released.”
—
LAIBACH – “THE ENGINE OF SURVIVAL”
Slovenian band Laibach are back with this new single that was originally written by backing vocalist Donna Marina Mårtensson, who sings lead here, but then was given the band’s signature maximalist upgrade.
–
PROVOKER — “IT’S IN MY HEAD”
LA band Provoker that comes with a New Order-ish bassline and a video inspired by Cronenberg’s The Fly.
—
EXEK – “IT’S JUST A FLESH WOUND, DARLING”
Aussie post-punks EXEK will release new album The Map and The Territory on October 6 via Foreign Records. This new single puts a twisted spin on the “baby, come back” genre.
—
PRINCE – “CREAM (TAKE 2)”
Here’s one of the many previously unreleased tracks from the upcoming Deluxe Edition of Prince’s Diamonds & Pearls, a slightly different take on his T-Rex inspired hit, “Cream.”
—
WILLIAM EGGLESTON – “INSPIRATION” FEATURING BRIAN ENO
William Eggleston is one of the most acclaimed American photographers of the last 50 years and he also makes music. 512 also features Sam Amidon, Matana Roberts and more and will be out November 3 via Secretly Canadian. This one gets some atmospheric assist from Eno.
—
MATMOS – “MUD DAUBER WASP”
Matmos’ new album is made entirely of samples from non-musical Smithsonian Folkways albums. Dig the buzz.
—
HOTLINE TNT – “I THOUGHT YOU’D CHANGE”
Here’s the new single from Hotline TNT’s Third Man Record debut.
—
MILLISECONDS (THE DISMEMBERMENT PLAN) – “FALLINGWATER”
The Dismemberment Plan offshoot Milliseconds have shared the second taste of their upcoming debut album and you can read about it here.
—
CODE ORANGE – “MIRROR”
Read about Code Orange’s new song here and pick up our exclusive transparent ochre vinyl variant of their upcoming album.
—
Looking for even more new songs? Browse the New Songs archive.
