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.
CITIZEN – “HYPER TROPHY”
Citizen have shared the second single from their upcoming album Calling The Dogs, and after the tender lead single “If You’re Lonely,” this one brings back the post-punk backbone of 2021’s Life In Your Glass World. It’s another great one, and if you like what you hear, pick up our exclusive vinyl variant of the new Citizen album.
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OPEN CITY – “BLITZ KIDS STAY SICK”
Following the hypnotic post-hardcore of lead single “Return Your Stolen Property Is Theft,” Open City (members of Paint It Black, Ceremony, Bridge and Tunnel, and more) go in a more rippin’ hardcore direction on the second taste of Hands In The Honey Jar.
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CHASTITY – “HALFWAY”
Chastity has shared an outtake from his 2022 album Suffer Summer ahead of his tour with Hockey Dad (which begins at NYC’s Brooklyn Made on Thursday, 8/24). “Halfway” finds Chastity dishing out Torche-esque sludge-pop.
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COLOURING – “LUNE”
Colouring, aka UK singer-songwriter Jack Kenworthy, has signed to Bella Union and released his debut single for the label. “Lune” pulses gently with gently rolling piano and a jazzy backbeat that is a little reminiscent of early Coldplay. Jack says, “For me, this is the song about teamwork in a relationship. It’s a message of togetherness between two people during adversity and how you prop each other up when the other feels weak.”
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THIS IS LORELEI (WATER FROM YOUR EYES’ NATE AMOS) – “THE LAUGHTER REMAINS”
Inspired by the waltzes of Shane MacGowan and the poetry of Emily Dickinson, I wrote it as a song of comfort for myself at a time when I was undergoing intense therapy and felt in the midst of a painful but ultimately worthwhile personal transformation,” says Water from Your Eyes’ Nate Amos of this new song released under his This is Lorelei moniker. “Music is and always has been an outlet for me, but in this particular case it really gave me a boost when I felt unboostable. Listening to the song now I realize that I was more equipped to navigate emotionally tumultuous terrain than I gave myself credit for at the time. It’s a song about a future that is always there, in one form or another, and will always be worth looking forward to.” EP #33 is out Friday.
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LEWSBERG – “AN EAR TO THE CHEST”
Dutch quartet Lewsberg have shared another strummy nugget from their upcoming album, Out And About, that’s out (and about) on September 15.
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SQUIRREL FLOWER – “ALLEY LIGHT”
The grungy “Alley Light” is the latest single off Squirrel Flower’s new album Tomorrow’s Fire. “This song is about the man in me, or a man who I love, or a man who is a stranger to me,” she says. “The video references a neo-noir Chicago heist movie where they use this thermal metal contraption to cut into a safe. They run around the city making sparks fly and getting up to no good. I wanted to do all that.”
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NATURE TV – “FRIDA”
Brighton UK’s Nature TV broadcast in warm, soft pop sounds and are gearing up to release the Mid Flight EP. Check out the smooth stylings of “Frida.”
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CROOKS & NANNIES – “BIG MOUTH BASS”
Philly duo Crooks & Nannies’ new album Real Life is out this Friday (8/25), and ahead of its release they’ve shared “Big Mouth Bass,” which combines crunch guitars with sleek synths, and the accompanying video, directed by Mannequin Pussy’s Marisa Dabice.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuMqUo-3bCo
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THE EARLY NOVEMBER – “BIZARRE LOVE TRIANGLE” (NEW ORDER COVER) & MORE FROM PURE NOISE COMP
Three more songs are out from Pure Noise Records and PBR’s upcoming covers comp, including emo vets The Early November putting their unique spin on New Order’s classic “Bizarre Love Triangle.” Also out today: Youth Fountain covering Less Than Jake and Mint Green covering Incubus.
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SLOW PULP – “BROADVIEW”
The twangy, wistful “Broadview” is the latest single off Slow Pulp’s new album Yard, out next month. “This song is about letting yourself fall in love for the first time in a long time,” vocalist Emily Massey says. “After being hurt in previous relationships I was trying to decide if making the jump was worth it. Turns out it was.”
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JABOUKIE – “26”
Rapper jaboukie releases his debut album All who can’t hear must feel this Friday (8/25) via Interscope, and here’s a short-but-sweet taste of it, a 40-second song called “26.” He also announced shows happening in Chicago, LA, and NYC this fall.
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SAMANTHA URBANI – “SHOWING UP”
Samantha Urbani’s debut solo album Showing Up is out next month, and she’s shared the title track, a synth-pop bob inspired by Prince. “It took many iterations to find its most final form of power, just like me and anyone else who’s been thrashed around again and again,” she says. “I always believed in it though and finally re-recorded the intro verse during mixing, just as we were considering scrapping it. Counted it in like Prince, and cranked up the backbeat. Pretty simple and classic formula: power in vulnerability”
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TITANIC (MABE FRABBI & I LA CATÓLICA) – “HOTEL ELIZABETH” & “ANÓNIMA”
Just one week after Mexico City collective Amor Muere (Mabe Fratti included) announced their debut album, another Mabe Fratti project announced its debut album, Titanic. Listen to two songs and read more here.
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MANSIONS – “UNDERRATED”
Mansions announced a new album, Tuff Luff, and you can read more about lead single “Underrated” here.
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JOLIETTE – “CHARLOTTE”
Mexico screamo band Joliette are releasing a new EP this week and you can read about new single “Charlotte” here.
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ROSALI – “STUCK INSIDE A CLOUD” (GEORGE HARRISON COVER)
North Carolina singer/songwriter Rosali has signed to Merge Records and will release the followup to 2021’s great No Medium on the label in 2024. Her first release for the label is a cover of George Harrison‘s “Stuck Inside A Cloud” from George Harrison’s posthumous album Brainwashed. Read more about it here.
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FLESH PRODUCE – “YOU CAN’T MAKE ME FUCK”
Seattle glitch-punks Flesh Produce dropped this new song and you can read about it here.
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BLIND EQUATION – “KILLING ME”
Blind Equation shared a new song from their upcoming Prosthetic debut and you can read about it here.
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MARGO PRICE – STRAYS II, ACT I
Margo Price will follow January’s Strays with Strays II in October. The new album is broken up into three acts, and all three songs from Act I were released today. Read more here.
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OMD – “BAUHAUS STAIRCASE”
It’s the first single and title track off synthpop greats OMD’s 14th album.
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NICK CAVE & WARREN ELLIS – “BALCONY MAN” (LIVE)
Nick Cave & Warren Ellis’ 2022 tour has been documented with a live album, Australian Carnage, which was recorded at their three Sydney Opera House shows. It’s out this week digitally with a vinyl release in December.
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MYRKUR – “LIKE HUMANS”
Myrkus announced her new album Spine, and shared the first single, which you can read more about here. Pre-order our exclusive evergreen vinyl variant of Spine, limited to 300 copies.
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REVEREND KRISTIN MICHAEL HAYTER – “ALL OF MY FRIENDS ARE GOING TO HELL”
Kristin Hayter, formerly Lingua Ignota, has retired that moniker and announced her first album as Reverend Kristin Michael Hayter. The first single is the intense “All Of My Friends Are Going To Hell.”
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JOSEPH SHABASON (DESTROYER) – “JAMIE THOMAS”
Saxophist, composer, one half of Fresh Pepper, and sometimes Destroyer live member Joseph Shabason’s new album, Welcome to Hell, is inspired by the classic 1996 Toy Machine skate VHS of the same name and is his re-scoring of the whole thing.
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JENNY OWEN YOUNGS – “IT’S LATER THAN YOU THINK”
Jenny Owen Youngs co-wrote the latest single off her new album Avalanche with Peter Silberman of The Antlers, and you can read more about it here.
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JOHN CARPENTER – “MARCH OF THE PUMPKINS”
Anthology II includes new recordings of classic themes from John Carpenter movies including The Thing, Escape From New York, Halloween II & III, Assault on Precinct 13, They Live, Big Trouble in Little China and more. We’ve got an exclusive vinyl variant.
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