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.
AMEN DUNES – “BOYS”
Here’s a second taste of Amen Dunes upcoming album Death Jokes. Says Damon McMahon: “‘Boys’ is another interstitial character portrait, this time about outcasts, ‘bad kids,’ and seeing things from their side: ‘Everything you’ve done, it’s been done to you too.’” Death Jokes is out May 10 on Sub Pop.
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DENT MAY – “TIME FLIES WHEN YOU’RE HAVING FUN” FT PEARL & THE OYSTERS
“Juliette and Joachim from Pearl & The Oysters are two of my best friends in Los Angeles, and we’ve casually collaborated on a few of their tunes over the years,” Dent May says of the second single from his upcoming What’s for Breakfast? “I felt it was long overdue to have an official track together, and we wrote and recorded most of it from scratch in a single day at my studio Honeymoon Suite, finishing it up in a second session months later. The song originated from something Juliette wrote, which became the first verse. While we were working on an instrumental idea for the chorus, I started singing the chorus from a completely different song called “Time Flies When You’re Having Fun,” which I had partially demoed a while back. It was a beautiful serendipity that our two ideas lined up perfectly.”
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MEI SEMONES – “TEGAMI”
“‘Tegami’ was my first time experimenting with Bossa Nova style music in odd meters,” says Mei Semones of this track from her upcoming debut EP. “It’s a love song. My partner likes to write me letters, but I’m not very good at writing letters back. So instead I wrote this song, hence the name of the song ‘Tegami’ which means ‘letter’ in Japanese. I think the range of style is really noticeable in this song, and it’s one of our more ambitious string arrangements with lots of intricate lines & textures.”
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BLEARY EYED – “2 TRUE”
Philly shoegazers lay down a modern-sounding blast with “2 True,” the band’s first release of 2024.
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GIRL IN RED – “DOING IT AGAIN BABY”
girl in red’s second album, I’M DOING IT AGAIN BABY!, is out next month, and she’s shared the title track. “This is the most fun track I’ve ever made,” she says. “It was actually very hard to write because I was struggling with allowing myself to make a song that I just thought was fucking sick, cool and fun. I tried to force myself to write some sappy-try-hard meaningful lyrics when really all this song was supposed to be, was the soundtrack of feeling absolutely on the top of the world.”
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MURA MASA – “STILL”
Ahead of a DJ set at Elsewhere tonight, Mura Masa has shared his first new music of 2024, “Still,” which features a vocal sample of Griff.
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WILD PINK – “AIR DRUMMING FIX YOU”
Wild Pink have signed to Fire Talk, and their first single for the label is the swelling indie-heartland rock of “Air Drumming Fix You.”
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YOUNG MIKO – “CURITA”
Puerto Rican rapper/singer Young Miko really blew up over the past year or so, and now she’s set to release her debut full-length album, att., on April 5 via The Wave Music Group. New single “Curita” finds her toning things down and going in a laid-back, melodic reggaeton direction.
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YAYA BEY – “SIR PRINCESS BAD BITCH”
Yaya Bey has shared the latest single from her upcoming album Ten Fold, and this one finds her applying her smooth voice to a thumping, four-on-the-floor rhythm.
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CASA LOMA (MAN OVERBOARD) – “TROUBLE BREATHING” (ft. HOT ROD CIRCUIT’S ANDY JACKSON)
Casa Loma, the solo project of Man Overboard’s Nik Bruzzese, has teamed up with Hot Rod Circuit’s Andy Jackson for a new single and it’s a catchy, driving emo-punk song that definitely shares some traits with classic HRC. “I’ve been a fan of HRC and Andy for a long time,” says Nik. “To be on the same track together is so awesome. Big thanks to Andy for trusting me.”
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SAMPHA & ROMY – “ME & MY (TO BURY MY PARENTS)”
Sampha and Romy of The xx have covered André 3000’s 2018 piano ballad “Me & My (To Bury My Parents).” You can only hear it on Sampha’s Apple Music show Wave Therapy.
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RESTORATIONS – “FILM MAUDIT”
Restorations have shared the second single from their upcoming self-titled album, and it’s another great example of their spacious, grizzled, slow punk.
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THE MARÍAS – “RUN YOUR MOUTH”
Yesterday, it was revealed that The Marías will on the cover of Alternative Press, and today they announced their new album Submarine, due May 31 via Nice Life/Atlantic. Here’s the gooey, glossy lead single “Run Your Mouth.”
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MARGARITAS PODRIDAS – “AGUJAS”
Mexico punks Margaritas Podridas return with a gnarly new ripper.
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RILEY! – “KEEP YOUR COOL, MAN”
Riley! have announced a new album, Keep Your Cool, due April 19 via Counter Intuitive. Here’s the power-poppy new single “Keep Your Cool, Man.”
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COLD YEARS – “CHOKE”
Scottish punks Cold Years will release their new LP A Different Life on April 26 via MNRK UK, and new single “Choke” is a catchy anthem that sounds straight out of the late ’90s / early 2000s punk boom.
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EXCIDE – “DIS(RE)MEMBER” & “ALL DOWN BUT 9”
Excide have signed to SharpTone Records and released two new songs, which you can read about here.
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WINONA FIGHTER – “I’M IN THE MARKET TO PLEASE NO ONE”
Nashville pop punk newcomers Winona Fighter signed to Rise and released this new song, which you can read about here.
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A COUNTRY WESTERN – “THE DREAMER”
A Country Western have announced a new album, Life on the Lawn, along with the release of new single “The Dreamer.” Read about it here.
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TAGABOW, GREG MENDEZ, & SUN ORGAN – “KRILLIN”
They Are Gutting A Body of Water, Greg Mendez, and Sun Organ have all teamed up for this new song, and you can read about it here.
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