26 New Songs Out Today

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.

JAMIE XX – “F.U.” (ft. ERYKAH BADU)

Jamie xx follows last year’s In Waves with another loosie, “F.U.,” a sorta-collaboration with Erykah Badu. Here’s how it came to be, in Jamie’s words: “A few years ago, I was playing at a Primavera afterparty in Barcelona with Erykah Badu. The decks stopped working and she just freestyled this incredible acapella performance, fully improvised, just her and the mic. I managed to record a bit of that, and it became the basis for the track. We connected about it when I was finishing the album and it became a track I really love.”

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FCUKERS – “BON BON” ANDREW VANWYNGARDEN (MGMT) REMIX

Fcukers’ hard-to-resist single “Bon Bon” has already been remixed by Confidence Man and now MGMT’s Andrew VanWyngarden has given it a more techno-heavy spin.

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ULTRA DELUXE – “HOUSED IN THE ARCTIC”

New York experimental emo band Ultra Deluxe have announced a new album, The Floria Wars, due March 28 via Lonely Ghost Records. Lead single “Housed In The Arctic” finds the band sounding as uniquely genre-blurring as ever.

The Floria Wars by Ultra Deluxe

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MIYA FOLICK – “FIST”

Miya Folick’s newa lbum Erotica Veronica comes out next month, and she’s shared another single from it, “Fist.” “Fist is about rage,” she says. “It’s about sexual trauma and generational trauma and what that does to our feelings of safety, self, and home. What it does to the people we are in relationship with. I wrote this song by candlelight in the first place I really considered my home, recorded with a team who really made me feel seen.”

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SLOW CRUSH – “CHERRY”

After recently signing to Pure Noise, heavy shoegazers Slow Crush have shared the new single “Cherry.” They’re planning to release a new album this year too; details TBA.

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Q LAZZARUS – “I SEE YOUR EYES”

Enigmatic singer Q Lazzarus, who died in 2022, is finally getting an album’s worth of material (most of it previously unheard) released on compilation Goodbye Horses. “I See Your Eyes” has a late-’80s Echo & The Bunnymen feel.

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GORDI – “ALIEN COWBOY”

Gordi is preparing to release her third album, and while there’s still no official word on that, she’s shared alt-pop track “Alien Cowboy,” which she worked on with Matias Mora. ““I was thinking about what a gay utopia would look like,” Gordi says. “Mr Morale & The Big Steppers had just come out and we had it blaring through the speakers. I sat down at the piano and we recorded this low, subby, deteriorated part. I was imagining a scene – stumbling through the desert and this mirage appears, this beautiful Salvador Dali-type world. Everything is melting and there is this giant figure, with their hand outstretched inviting me in. Fabricating an imaginary place where, as queer people, you could feel wholly accepted. When I got to the chorus, I wanted to turn this fictitious place into something internal, and suddenly maybe it’s not a place at all, but a feeling.”

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MONGREL – “WRECKAGE IN OUR PATH”

San Diego death-metallic hardcore band Mongrel have announced a new EP, due out February 21 via DAZE and HardLore Records. The first single is called “Wreckage In Our Path,” and you can already visualize the pit opening up to its crisp fury.

Wreckage in Our Path by Mongrel

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BEHEMOTH – “THE SHIT OV GOD”

Polish metal veterans Behemoth have announced their 13th album, The Shit Ov God, due May 9 via Nuclear Blast. Your first taste is the towering title track and its darkly epic music video.

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UWADE – “CALL IT A DRAW”

Nigerian-born, North Carolina-raised musician (and Fleet Foxes collaborator) Uwade has announced her debut album, Florilegium, due April 25 via Ehiose Records / Thirty Tigers. The first single is the lovely, earthy indie pop of “Call It A Draw.”

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ANDERSON EAST – “SAY I LOVE YOU”

Nashville soul singer Anderson East has announced a new album, Worthy, due May 30 via Rounder Records, and here’s lead single “Say I Love You.”

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FORLORN – “FUNERAL PYRE”

London “folk horror” band Forlorn have announced a new album, Aether, due March 28 via Church Road. Along with the announcement comes the haunting new single “Funeral Pyre.”

Aether by Forlorn

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ROBERT ASCROFT & CHRISTOPHER OWENS – “SHOULD’VE STAYED IN BED”

Robert Ascroft’s upcoming album Echo Still Remains will be out on Valentine’s Day and it’s loaded with guests, including Ruth Radelet (Chromatics), Kid Congo Powers (The Cramps, Gun Club), Britta Phillips (Luna) and, on “Should’ve Stayed in Bed,” former Girls frontman Christopher Owens.

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BUFFET LUNCH – “BLUE CHAIRS, BLUE FLOORS, BLUE FOLDERS”

Edinburgh indiepop band Buffet Lunch will release their third album,
Perfect Hit!, on April 4 via Upset The Rhythm. The first single is the kind of warmly shambolic earworm that Scottish groups do so well.

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ALISON KRAUSS & UNION STATION – “LOOKS LIKE THE END OF THE ROAD”

“Usually, I find something that’s a first song, and then things fall into place,” Alison Krauss says of the opening track from her and Union Station’s first album in 14 years. “That song was ‘Looks Like The End Of The Road.’ Jeremy Lister wrote it, and it just felt so alive – and as always, I could hear the guys already playing it.”

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JULIEN BAKER & TORRES – “SYLVIA”

Julien Baker and Torres officially announced their collaborative album and shared the second single, which you can read more about here.

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SOPHIA KENNEDY – “RODEO”

“There’s a saying, ‘Don’t call us, we call you.’ That’s what Rodeo did. We didn’t call Rodeo, it called us,” Sophia Kennedy says. “It wrote itself, immediate and direct. We’ve only ever played it live, with just piano and bass. Back in the studio, we gave it a groove and a psychedelic guitar.” Squeeze Me is out in May.

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PIERRE KWENDERS – “WE LIKE” FT POTÉ

Montreal-based artist Pierre Kwenders has announced the Tears On The Dancefloor EP, which will be out February 26 via Moonshine. It’s his first release since José Louis And The Paradox Of Love which, won the 2022 Polaris Music Prize and this is the first single.

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NEAL MORGAN – “50”

Joanna Newsom/Bill Callahan collaborator Neal Morgan has announced his first solo album in eight years, and lead single “50” finds him going in a baroque pop direction. Read more here.

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FLY ANAKIN – “MY N*GGA” (ft. QUELLE CHRIS, $ILKMONEY & BIG KAHUNA OG)

Richmond rapper Fly Anakin has announced a new album (The) Forever Dream, executive produced by Quelle Chris, who also appears on its lead single alongside $ilkmoney. Read more here.

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MOMMA – “I WANT YOU (FEVER)”

Momma announced a new album, Welcome to My Blue Sky, and gave us an early taste with the catchy “I Want You (Fever).”

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ZELOOPERZ & REAL BAD MAN – “SWEET CELINE”

LA hip hop producer Real Bad Man and Detroit rap weirdo Zelooperz have announced a collaborative album, Dear Psilocybin, and here’s the trippy lead single “Sweet Cline.” Read more here.

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WEATHERDAY – “ANGEL” & “HEARTBEATS”

Swedish emo/noise pop musician Weatherday revealed details for new album Hornet Disaster and released two new songs. Read more here.

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POISON THE WELL – “TREMBLING LEVEL”

Melodic metalcore pioneers Poison The Well have released their first new song in over 15 years, and you can read about it here.

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JACK VAN CLEAF – “RATTLESNAKE” (ft. ZACH BRYAN)

In 2022, singer/songwriter Jack Van Cleaf released the song “Rattlesnake,” and it caught the attention of Zach Bryan, who posted a partial cover of it to social media. Now, Zach and Jack have convened to release a new collaborative version of the song. This version is the first single off Jack’s upcoming album JVC, and you can read more about it here.

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