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.
REAL BAD MAN & YUNGMORPHEUS – “THE AMAZING RANDI” (ft. KOOL KEITH & FATBOI SHARIF)
Underground rap producer Real Bad Man will release his third collaborative album of 2023 next week (11/17). This one’s with YUNGMORPHEUS, and first single “The Amazing Randi” is a trippy rap song that features Kool Keith and Fatboi Sharif.
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DA BEATMINERZ – “SECKLE” (ft. KRS-ONE)
Veteran Brooklyn rap production duo Da Beatminerz are gearing up for their first album in 20 years, Stifled Creativity, and new single “Seckle” is a dose of nostalgia-inducing New York rap with South Bronx legend KRS-One.
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ANALOGUE MONSTA (SUZI ANALOGUE & TOKIMONSTA) – “TIME TO” & “CONVERSION THEORY”
Electronic musicians Suzi Analogue and TOKiMONSTA are releasing a collaborative mini album as Analogue Monsta, Analogue Monsta: BOOM, on December 8 via Young Art Records. Two slices of groovy, soulful glitch hop are out now.
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070 SHAKE – “NATURAL HABITAT” (ft. KEN CARSON)
070 Shake has an as-yet-untitled album arriving in 2024, and it’ll feature recent single “Black Dress,” as well as the just-released “Natural Habitat,” an ethereal collaboration with rage-rapper Ken Carson.
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SHEEDTS – “CHANGES” (ft. BABYFACE RAY)
Philly rapper SheedTs teams with Detroit staple Babyface Ray for a melodic, piano-fueled rap song.
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GREYWIND – “ANTIDOTE”
Ireland’s Greywind have just released “Antidote,” which was co-produced by Casey Cavaliere (of The Wonder Years) and Sam Guaiana (Neck Deep, Silverstein, etc). It’s a glossy, energized pop punk anthem with a pretty huge chorus.
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KOKOROKO – “WE GIVE THANKS” (KEIYAA REMIX)
Jazz/Afrobeat collective Kokoroko released a remix album today, including this jittery rework of “We Give Thanks” by KeiyaA.
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TISAKOREAN – “TTU”
Houston rapper TisaKorean will release new EP MUMU 8818 on February 16 via JaZZZy, and here’s high-energy new single “TTU.”
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SPEAK, MEMORY – “ANTHOCYANINS” & GIRAFFE MASSACRE – “SIDE EFFECTS MAY INCLUDE”
Oklahoma City math/post-rock band Speak, Memory and their likeminded OKC neighbors Giraffe Masacre have a new split out today, and if you like your mathy rhythms with bright melodies, you should check this out.
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DAFT PUNK – “MOTHERBOARD (DRUMLESS EDITION)”
The new “drumless” version of Daft Punk’s Random Access Memories is out next week (11/17) and the duo have shared another track from it. As you can hear on “Motherless,” it’s not just the drums they took out, it’s been chilled across the board. Lovely.
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SUNWATCHERS – MUSIC IS VICTORY OVER TIME
NYC’s politically minded skronky jazz-punks Sunwatchers released their fifth album today. Music is Victory Over Time’s title came from a note scrawled in a book about electronic music. Say the band: “The notion resonated with our individual and communal experiences of loss, trauma, stasis, and frustration since 2020, our three-year semi-silence as a band relative to our previous characteristic prolificacy, and our progress, projects, and evolution since.”
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SPECIAL INTEREST — ‘ENDURE REMIXED’ EP
New Orleans’ Special Interest have released a remix EP of tracks from last year’s great Endure, featuring Machine Girl, Container, Marie Davidson, Dreamer Bounce, and The Carry Nation.
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WILL SHEFF – “TOMMY MCHUGH” (FT BRIDGET ST JOHN) & “SOME NEWS”
Says Will Sheff of this new 2-song single: “Tommy McHugh,” which features Bridget St John, is “based on a real person who grew up in in Liverpool. As a young man, he was involved in various thefts and violent crime and did some time in prison. And then, at age 51, he suffered a massive hemorrhage on both sides of his brain. After a week in a coma, he woke up to discover that he had a compulsive urge to paint and to speak in rhyme. He also found that his personality had changed.” The other song, “Some News,” is “the first song I wrote when I moved to California. The lyrics were written line-by-line in my head while walking the dog and exploring our new neighborhood.”
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EYEDRESS & THE MARIAS – “SEPARATE WAYS”
LA singer-producer and Mac DeMarco cohort, Eyedress, has teamed up with band The Marias for this most laid-back of slow jams.
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FREE RANGE – “THE MOON (LOFT VERSION)”
Free Range, aka Chicago musician Sofia Jensen, will release The Loft Sessions on November 17 which was recorded at Wilco’s Chicago studio, The Loft. “‘The Moon’ is a song about change. About things moving so fast that it feels disorienting,” says Jensen. “Oftentimes I will cling to things that are familiar when I experience this, when it would be better to simply let those things go. Clinging to the past when life is moving forward around me is something that has only distanced me more from people and things that I care about. Writing this song was my way of acknowledging that and trying to let go of someone.”
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SOFTCULT – HAUNT YOU STILL (ME) – “Haunt You Still”
Dreampop duo Softcult are giving off serious Slowdive vibes on new single “Haunt You Still.”
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VOXTROT – “NEW WORLD ROMANCE”
Voxtrot have released their second new comeback single, and you can read much more about it here.
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VASHTI BUNYAN & DEVENDRA BANHART – “HOW COULD YOU LET ME GO” (LYNN CASTLE COVER)
Vashti Bunyan and Devendra Banhart have covered Madelynn Von Ritz, aka Lynn Castle, for Light In The Attic’s upcoming compilation. Read more here.
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UPON STONE – “DEAD MOTHER MOON”
San Fernando Valley, CA melodic death metal band Upon Stone have announced their debut album, produced by Taylor Young and arriving in January via Century Media. Read about the newly-released title track here.
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