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.
TIERRA WHACK – “CHANEL PIT”
Tierra Whack has confirmed that a new album is coming, along with the release of her super fun new single “Chanel Pit.”
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YO LA TENGO – THE BUNKER SESSIONS
Yo La Tengo have released this new EP featuring five songs recorded at Brooklyn’s Bunker Studio. Four of those are from this year’s This Stupid World.
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GRUFF RHYS – “SILVER LINING LEAD BALLOONS”
Super Furry Animals frontman has shared a second track from his upcoming solo album Sadness Sets Me Free. “It’s about facing reality and not trying to overstate something that isn’t all that. But it’s deadpan. I’m not being totally serious. At the end I’m singing “I left my dreams in a rental car”, which is quite a pathetic image, and then its followed by the last lines, “Live for now/ and dream afar”. The version of me that’s singing it is quite a road-worn character – literally. I’d been driving around Europe in a van, with war starting out. So maybe that mindset.”
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ART FEYNMAN – “THERAPY AT 3PM”
Luke Temple’s new album as Art Feynman, Be Good The Crazy Boys, is out this week and here’s one last early taste. “Therapy at 3PM” has an early Talking Heads thing going on.
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HARP (EX MIDLAKE) – “THRONE OF AMBER”
Former Midlake frontman Tim Smith is releasing his first album in a while as Harp on December 1. “It’s about struggling through very hard times,” says Smith of the third single from the album. “The chorus lyrics are paraphrased from William Blake, which to me describe coming close to giving up and being done with it all.”
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CLARK – “VARDO”
Clark has announced a companion album to this year’s Sus Dog called Cave Dog, due December 1 via Throttle Records. The first single is the thumping euphoria of “Vardo.”
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FUCKED UP – “WHAT THE SUN SAW”
Fucked Up have been dropping outtakes from this year’s One Day and here’s one more, a kaleidoscopic post-hardcore song called “What the Sun Saw.”
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JARHEAD FERTILIZER – “PARASITIC PATHOLOGY”
Jarhead Fertilizer have announced a new album, Carceral Warfare, due December 8 via Closed Casket Activities. Lead single “Parasitic Pathology” is pure deathgrind brutality.
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BEN LUMSDAINE – “DALLAS”
Experimental artist Ben Lumsdaine will release new album Murmuration Without End on December 8 via International Anthem, and here’s the stirring, nearly-eight-minute opening track “Dallas.”
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MARIKA HACKMAN – “SLIME”
Marika Hackman says “Slime” is “a reflection of the destruction that can be caused when you get together with someone and there are other factors at play. On the one hand you have a new thing that’s really exciting and hot and lusty but there can also be a lot of storm clouds floating around, a lot of fall-out socially,” This is from her upcoiming album Big Sigh that’s out January 12.
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ARLO PARKS – “JASMINE” (JAI PAUL COVER)
“‘Jasmine’ has always moved me deeply,” Arlo Parks says of her cover of the Jai Paul song. “To me it’s this shadowy, timeless and incredibly profound love song. I really wanted to draw out the yearning of the lyrics and pay homage to an artist who has had a seismic impact on me and on culture. Receiving Jai Paul’s blessing to create this cover with Dave Okumu was one of the highlights of my creative journey so far.” This is on the Deluxe Edition of My Soft Machine that’s out December 8 via Transgressive.
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YHWH NAILGUN – “TEAR PUSHER”
Brooklyn band YHWH Nailgun, who recently opened for Yard Act in Brooklyn, have just released this visceral new single.
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JESSE KIVEL – “AGE OF MAN” AND “PUZZLES IN THE GRASS”
Jesse Kivel’s new album Life and Death at Party Rock is out this Friday and here are two more songs to check out before the whole thing drops.
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JAMES JONATHAN CLANCY – “HAD IT ALL”
His Clancyness’ James Jonathan Clancy has announced a solo album, Sprecato, which will be out February 2 via his own Maple Death label. “Had it All” goes from spectral ambience to a blasting roar over the course of five mintues.
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MOONRIIVR – “FLOWERS ON THE FIRE ESCAPE”
MOONRIIVR’s Gavin Gardiner calls “Flowers on the Fire Escape” a “celebration of the small moments in our days that make up our lives, a beautiful homage to the gravity of the simple everyday decisions that shape our world.”
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JONAH YANO – “CONCENTRATE” FT. CLAIRO
Montreal’s Jonah Yano has enlisted Clairo for his new single that’s out now via Innovative Leisure.
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OMNI – “EXACTO”
This is the lead single off Omni’s first album in five years.
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TANYA DONELLY & THE PARKINGTON SISTERS – “THIS LITTLE BIRD” (MARIANNE FAITHFULL COVER)
“Marianne’s voice has always been one of my favorite instruments, from childhood through today, and her music and spirit have been life-long inspirations,” Donelly says of her contribution to the upcoming The Faithful: A Tribute to Marianne Faithfull. “I wanted to cover ‘This Little Bird’ for its fragile and beautiful musical arrangement and melody, and the bittersweet story the lyrics tell. A total honor to get to sing and play this lullaby, and the Parkington Sisters elevate with their vocal and string magic. We’re so grateful to be able to pay tribute to this amazing singer / songwriter and woman.”
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HEARTWORMS – “MAY I COMPLY”
London post-punks Heartworms released their great debut EP earlier this year and are now back with a new single, “May I Comply,” that’s out now via Speedy Wunderground. Label head Dan Carey produced and it’s a slinky, slithery and danceable track with Jojo Orme’s magnetic presence at the center.
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JULIA HOLTER – “SUN GIRL”
Julia Holter has released her first proper solo single in five years, “Sun Girl,” and you can read more about it here.
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OBROA-SKAI – “IT MUST HAVE BEEN BEAUTIFUL” + “1928-1972”
Canadian screamo band Obroa-Skai have announced their debut album along with the release of two tracks. Read more here.
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