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.
INFANT ISLAND – “UNRELENTING”
“Unrelenting” is a very good title for the latest single from metallic screamo band Infant Island’s anticipated new album Obsidian Wreath.
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FRIKO – “FOR ELLA”
Friko’s debut album Where we’ve been, Where we go from here is out in February, and the latest single is a fragile piano ballad that gets lush, cinematic strings from Macie Stewart and Alejandro Quiles.
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STILL CORNERS – “SECRET WORLD”
UK duo Still Corners will release new album Dream Talk on April 5 via their own Wrecking Light Records. Here’s the first single, “Secret World,” which singer Tessa Murray says “Sometimes the thought of someone, wanting to know them, get into their world is dangerous. The real person doesn’t matter anymore, just the fantasy of them, which is totally wrong but feels right.”
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EL PERRO DEL MAR – “KISS OF DEATH”
“I think of the album as a journey into the Underworld and back,” El Perro del Mar says of her new album Big Anonymous. “‘Kiss of Death’ is about returning to the world of the living, scarred but with the insight of how close death is. Loss is a scar. We should carry it with us; not as a threat but as a promise of making the most of the time we’re here.”
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FOOTBALLHEAD – “TIGHTROPE”
Footballhead have shared another taste of their upcoming debut album for Tiny Engines, Overthinking Everything, and it’s a pretty undeniable emo-punk banger.
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FENNE LILY – “CHRISTMAS ALONE”
Fenne Lily is in the midst of an NYC residency, and speaking about her melancholy new holiday track, she invites you to “send it to an ex, mourn the loss of childlike wonder, play it in the car with the windows down and pretend you’re in the pre-resolution portion of a festive romcom.”
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YOUNG JESUS – “THE WEASEL”
Young Jesus have shared a new song made with producer Shahzad Ismaily for FX’s Murder At The End of The World. It’s a pretty eerie track and here’s what bandleader John Rossiter says about it: “This tune is shrouded in mist for me. With Albon’s bass frequencies cloaking the song, it feels a bit like The Beatles playing at a burial. And that is what it is— an examination of what happens when we bury the darkness within ourselves. That darkness becomes the soil through which evil can flower. That being said, I feel this song came from somewhere beyond my understanding and it has a deep and ineffable power when I hear it. Like a dream.”
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MALI OBOMSAWIN & MAGDALENA ABREGO – “BOUNTY”
Mali Obomsawin and Magdalena Abrego’s have a new duo album, Greatest Hits, on the way, and the latest single is “Bounty,” which they say is “in support of a free Palestine & the death of colonialism.”
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TOKISCHA – “DADDY” (ft. SEXYY RED)
Dominican rapper Tokischa taps Sexyy Red for a dose of thumping hip-house, “Daddy.”
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HAYWIRE – “HAYWIRE”
Boston hardcore band Haywire have announced their debut album, Conditioned For Demolition, due January 3 via DAZE. It features contributions from members of Colin of Arabia (COA), Death Before Dishonor, Chubby and the Gang, and Conservative Military Image, and it includes this eponymous song.
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LIL UGLY MANE – “ORANGE OVER” & “SPILL”
Genre-less artist Lil Ugly Mane returns with two noisy, acoustic guitar-fueled songs.
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THOUGHTCRIMES – “ROSE BATHER”
Long Island metalcore band thoughtcrimes (whose lineup includes former Dillinger Escape Plan member Billy Rymer) return with a rager ahead of their shows with The Fall of Troy and The Sleeping.
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RUNNNER – “ANOTHER SUBLET”
Runnner will release a deluxe edition of this year’s Like Dying Stars, We’re Reaching Out this Friday (12/8) on Run For Cover, including this new folky indie pop song.
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EMILY FREMBGEN – “FENTANYL”
Denver-born, Brooklyn-based singer/songwriter Emily Frembgen has signed to Don Giovanni, and her first single for the label is “Fentanyl,” an alt-country song that begins with this very topical lyric: “Two years of doing nothing makes everybody crazy.”
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HIGHSCHOOL – “AUGUST 19”
London-based, Melbourne-raised HighSchool have signed to [PIAS] and have released their debut single for the label, a dreamy ethereal track called August 19.”
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CHARLES MOOTHART – “ROLL”
Charles Moothart, who you may know from a lot of Ty Segall projects, calls the first single from his new solo album is “apocalyptic pop.”
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CAT POWER AND IGGY POP – “WORKING CLASS HERO” (MARIANNE FAITHFULL COVER)
Cat Power and Iggy Pop have shared their cover of Marianne Faithfull‘s “Working Class Hero” from upcoming tribute album, The Faithful. Over a minimal backing, Chan Marshall handles most of the vocals, but Iggy chimes in with his signature gravelly growl.
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BROTHER BIRD – “INSIDE OF LOVE” & “BLONDE ON BLONDE” (ft. KEVIN DEVINE) (NADA SURF COVERS)
brother bird, aka Nashville singer/songwriter Caroline Glaser, will release her new album another year on 3/8 via Easy Does It Records, but first, she’s putting out a holiday 7″ with covers of two songs from Nada Surf‘s 2003 album Let Go, “inside of love” and “blonde on blonde,” the latter of which features Kevin Devine. Read more here.
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