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.
SLOWDIVE – “THE SLAB”
Slowdive’s anticipated new album everything is alive closes with this driving near-instrumental. “This is the heaviest track on the record and as the name suggests we wanted it to feel like a big slab of music,” says guitarist and singer Neil Halstead. “We wanted it to feel very dense.”
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BLONDE REDHEAD – “BEFORE”
“Some children seem quite knowing as if they remember their past lives,” says Blonde Redhead’s Kazu of the band’s delicate new single. “Or at least that’s the impression I get. The song is a sort of celebration of that kind of quality in a young person.” Sit Down for Dinner is out September 29 via section1.
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CANNIBAL CORPSE – “SUMMONED FOR SACRIFICE”
Death metal legends Cannibal Corpse influenced so much of what’s currently happening in DM, and their new music stands tall next to the new wave and their own classics. “Summoned For Sacrifice” off upcoming LP Chaos Horrific is no exception.
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KEY! – “HEY! INTRO”
Atlanta rapper Key! will release his new project Marquis on August 18 via Third & Hayden, and today he shared its brief, catchy intro track.
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TRÉ BURT – “TRAFFIC FICTION”
Tré Burt has shared the title track from his upcoming album Traffic Fiction, and this one’s a breezy dose of ’70s-style, Americana-tinged rock.
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ELEPHANT STONE – “LOST IN A DREAM”
Montreal psych vets Elephant Stone are back with back with this new single which comes armed with a motorik beat, a great bassline and lots of lovely guitar filigrees. More like this!
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RÓISÍN MURPHY – “WHAT NOT TO DO” MOODYMANN REMIX
While Róisín Murphy has not shared the opening song to her upcoming album Hit Parade yet, she did share its remix by Moodyman that turns the original into coctail jazz. Good stuff.
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JONATHAN WILSON – “THE VILLAGE IS DEAD”
Jonathan Wilson calls “The Villate is Dead” his “homage to the one-time folk revival of the ‘60s in Greenwich Village, with visions of Moondog and Dave Van Ronk crawling down MacDougal Street,” adding, “But I’ve set it in 2021, where all you find is a few dozen vape shops, karaoke at the Gaslight, beer pong at the Cafe Wah and wealthy young college boys strutting around NYU’s corner of Manhattan. At the end of the song, just as the strings rise and the music reaches a climax, two young Zoomers set fire in my narrative to Jimi Hendrix’s old guitar, at which point I throw in the towel, stating officially that ‘The Village is Dead.’” Wilson’s new album Eat the Worm is out September 8.
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YEULE – “GHOSTS”
yeule has released another innovative ballad from their upcoming LP softscars. “ghosts” is layered with distorted guitars, wispy synths, and yeule’s own intimate vocals.
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THE JOY FORMIDABLE – “CUT YOUR FACE”
The Joy Formidable are back with their first new music since their 2021 album Into The Blue, eerie, grungy track “Cut Your Face.” “‘Cut Your Face’ is a reminder to myself that even in shyness, when that voice is telling you to hide away, that what I really want is deep, authentic connection,” Ritzy Bryan says. “The only way to satisfy that longing is to be vulnerable, messy and imperfect…and life is all the more beautiful because of it.”
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SHAKEY GRAVES – “PLAYING ALONG” & “BIG IN THE WORLD”
“Playing Along” and “Big In The World” are the newest singles off Shakey Graves’ upcoming album Movie of the Week. The former goes from eerie and mysterious to funky and chuggy in its five-minute runtime; the latter skews more classic rock with acoustic guitar and piano riffs aplenty.
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ELIZA MCLAMB – “MYTHOLOGIZE ME”
Singer / songwriter Eliza McLamb follows her 2022 EP Salt Circle with driving indie rock track “Mythologize Me,” which she says “is a song best played in your car when you’re driving home, alone, from a party you didn’t want to go to but wanted to be seen at. It’s for those moments when you’re talking to a man who wants you to be a person who does less of the talking. It’s for the end of a long adolescence of trying to figure out who you are and deciding that, maybe, you’ll let other people decide for you.”
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ELMIENE – “MAMA” (prod. SAMPHA)
UK singer Elmiene has shared a new airy R&B song produced by Sampha, and he also announced shows in Toronto, NYC (11/1 at Public Records), and LA.
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ALICE COOPER – “WELCOME TO THE SHOW”
No longer welcoming you to his nightmare, Alice Cooper now welcomes you to his show on his latest single. His new album Road arrives on August 25.
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MYKKI BLANCO – “HOLIDAYS IN THE SUN”
Mykki Blanco announced a new EP, Postcards from Italia, and shared the lead single, “Holidays In The Sun,” which you can read more about here.
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MAGNITUDE – “OF DAYS RENEWED”
North Carolina straightedge band Magnitude have announced their sophomore album, Of Days Renewed…, and they shared the title track. Read about it here and pick up our exclusive splatter vinyl variant.
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Looking for even more new songs? Browse the New Songs archive.
