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.
WILD NOTHING – “SUBURBAN SOLUTIONS”
Jack Tatum has never been shy with ’80s influences on his Wild Nothing records but “Suburban Solutions” is his most Totally ’80s creation yet. New album Hold is out October 27.
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VAGABON – “LEXICON”
Vagabon’s new album Sorry I Haven’t Called is out this Friday, and she’s given us a final advance taste, “Lexicon.” “I wrote the song, the verses, the chorus, all of the bridge, and all of that, but I couldn’t find a place for it on the record sonically,” she says. “When I revisited the album with Rostam in LA, he said ‘give me a minute with it’ and he just got it.”
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EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY – “LOVED ONES”
Explosions In The Sky have shared the latest towering taste of End.
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SUPERCHUNK – “FEBRUARY PUNK”
Here’s another song from Superchunk’s upcoming recent-era comp Misfits & Mistakes: Singles, B-sides & Strays 2007-2023. “February Punk” is from the Majesty Shredding sessions that was originally a b-side to the “Digging for Something” 7″.
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AWAKEBUTSTILLINBED – “FAR”
Here’s another taste of one of the most anticipated emo albums of the year, awakebutstillinbed’s sophomore LP chaos takes the wheel and i am a passenger.
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DREAM WIFE – “LOVE YOU MORE”
Ahead of their North American shows this month, Dream Wife have shared a new single, “Love You More.” The band say it’s “not your typical love song, but a love song to the self and choosing to love perfectly imperfect bodies. It has a gritty underbelly, dealing with self-acceptance, body dysmorphia, disaster capitalism, climate collapse and depression. From the micro to the macro, the song explores the relationship between the self and both the body and the earth as experiences of home, as a vessel for feeling.”
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YOUTH FOUNTAIN – “FALLEN SHORT”
Vancouver emo/pop punk band Youth Fountain have announced a new album, Together In Lonesome, due November 3 via Pure Noise. The first single is “Fallen Short,” which guitarist/vocalist Tyler Zanon says “is written about the struggles of trying to find my forever person and the challenges of changing relationships.”
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TRUTH CLUB – “UH OH”
’90s indie rock vibes abound on this latest single from Truth Club’s upcoming album Running to the Chase.
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TITANIC – “CIELO FALSO”
Mabe Fratti and i la Católica’s jazzy duo Titanic have shared another preview of their upcoming debut album Vidrio.
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CHERRY GLAZERR – “SUGAR”
“‘Sugar’ is one of my favorite songs on the album,” Clementine Creevy says. “I actually started it with Jonny Pierce from The Drums and he had that sick bassline. We then built everything around it, and he had this idea to do a big ‘I’M YOUR SUGAAAR’ towards the end of the song which gives it this fun kinda dancy lift.” It’s from Cherry Glazerr’s first album in four years, I Don’t Want You Anymore.
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ACTRESS – “GAME OVER ( E 1 )”
Electronic musician Actress has announced a new album, LXXXVIII, due November 3 via Ninja Tune, along with the release of this new track.
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MILDLIFE – “RETURN TO CENTAURUS”
Aussie prog-disco wizards Mildlife are back with this new single that will have fans of Alan Parsons Project’s I Robot dancing politely. Say the band: “We liked imagining a room that our minds inhabit together while we’re in hyper sleep on the way to a distant constellation. As our bodies lay still in a capsule tucked in the closet of a fast-moving craft, our minds meet in this artificial room designed by someone or something else. The room is a tool to keep our minds limber as our human forms spin against time in the physical world. Is it a room within a room though? Does your body lay still in a capsule as your mind watches this clip? Are we all returning together? Who knows. It was fun to draw on each other and watch Adsy take his true form as the silver Mark anyway.”
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CITIZEN – “WHEN I LET YOU DOWN”
Citizen have shared a big, catchy, driving single off their upcoming album Calling The Dogs, which we’ve got up for pre-order on exclusive color vinyl.
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ENUMCLAW, REVIVAL SEASON & ALEXALONE – SPEEDY WUNDERGROUND SXSW EP
Speedy Wunderground are celebrating their 10th anniversary this year, and their latest special release for it is a new 3-song EP recorded by Dan Carey at Austin’s 512 Studios, featuring Revival Season’s “Gold Teeth,” Enumclaw’s “Spots,” and alexalone’s “Unpacking My Feelings.”
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INSTITUTE – “CITY”
Post-punk band Institute have announced a new album, Ragdoll Dance, due October 13 via Roachleg Records in North America and La Vida Es Un Mus Discos elsewhere, following previous releases on Sacred Bones. Lead single “City” is a driving, scuzzy song that puts the “punk” in post-punk.
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JESSE KIVEL – “I SAT ON A RIDGE”
Jesse Kivel has announced new album, Life and Death at Party Rock, which will be out November 10 via New Feelings and this is the pastoral first single and video.
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GAY MEAT – “NOT EVEN SADNESS”
Gay Meat’s unique brand of indie rock sounds as great and distinct as ever on this new song.
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LORAINE JAMES – “I DM U”
Loraine James’ new album Gentle Confrontation is out later this month via Hyperdub, and she’s shared another advance track off of it, “I DM U,” which features black midi’s Morgan Simpson on drums.
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SEMISONIC – “OUT OF THE DIRT” (ft. JASON ISBELL)
Jason Isbell brings his lead guitar flair to the latest taste of Semisonic’s first album in 22 years.
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JAAKKO EINO KALEVI FT ALMA JODOROWSKY – “PALACE IN MY HEAD”
Finnish musician and occasional busdriver Jaakko Eino Kalevi time travels to the late 1979 and the dawn of synthpop for this duet with Alma Jodorowsky from his upcoming album Chaos Magic.
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GOLDEN APPLES – “WAITING FOR A CLOUD”
Golden Apples (ex-Kite Party, Nona, Sidekicks, etc) have announced a new album, Bananasugarfire, and you can read about lead single “Waiting For A Cloud” here.
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POUTY – “VIRGOS NEED MORE LOVE”
Pouty, the project of Rachel Gagliardi (of Slutever and Upset), has a TBA new album coming via Get Better Records. It’s not announced yet, but we did just get this punky new single.
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MAXO – “PLAYDIS!” (ft. ZELOOPERZ)
LA rapper Maxo has announced his second album of 2023, and you can read about lead single “PlayDis!” here.
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TELE NOVELLA – “THE UNICORN”
Austin duo Tele Novella release new album Poet’s Tooth on October 6 via Kill Rock Stars. “The Unicorn” is whimsical and charming.
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STILL ALIVE – “I QUIT”
Ska-core band Still Alive have announced a new EP, Voices, and you can read about lead single “I Quit” here.
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VANISHING TWIN – “LAZY GARDEN”
Vanishing Twin leader Cathi Lucas calls the band’s latest “a vision of a retirement that will never happen, accompanied by village orchestra.” New album Afternoon X is out October 6 via Fire.
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MICHAEL THE BAND – “TOUGH TRUST”
Michael The Band, whose lineup includes Mike Vernon Davis (producer for Pool Kids, Great Grandpa, and more), will release their new LP Tough Trust on September 29. Here’s the title track.
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A BEACON SCHOOL – “ALONE”
“‘Alone’ is about the moment when you feel like your luck is finally turning,” says A Beacon School’s Patrick J Smith. “Nothing’s been going your way, so when you catch the faintest glimmer of hope you grab on to it as tight as you can.” New album yoyo is out in October.
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MALI VELASQUEZ – “SHOVE”
Nashville singer-songwriter Mali Velasquez shared the third single off her debut LP, which you can read more about here.
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JOCKSTRAP – “RED EYE” FT IAN STARR
UK duo Jockstrap will release <3UQTINVU, an entirely remixed version of their debut album I Love You Jennifer B, on November 3 via Rough Trade. The album (“I Love You Cutie, I Envy You”) was remixed by the group’s Taylor Skye and features contributions from IAN STARR, Coby Sey & Ersatz, and Kirin J Callinan.
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MAPLE GLIDER – “TWO YEARS”
Maple Glider shared another single off her upcoming sophomore album, which you can read more about here.
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HARP (EX-MIDLAKE) – “I AM THE SEED”
Harp’s upcoming debut album is Tim Smith’s first full-length album since Midlake’s 2010 album The Courage of Others and will be out December 1 via Bella Union. He’s adopted some ’80s influences this time but as the video shows, his love of ren-faire garb has not wavered.
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CAT POWER – “SHE BELONGS TO ME” & “BALLAD OF A THIN MAN” (BOB DYLAN COVERS)
Cat Power is releasing a live covers album of her November of 2022 recreation of Bob Dylan’s 1966 Royal Albert Hall show, and she’s shared two singles, which you can read more about here.
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