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.
NUVOLASCURA – “AND IN THE END, YOU THREW IT ALL AWAY”
LA screamo band Nuvolascura have announced a new album, How This All Ends, due July 28 via Zegema Beach and I.Corrupt Records. Its first single is the heavy, impassioned, 76-second “And In the End, You Threw It All Away.”
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ALIEN NOSEJOB – “FAMILY DINNER” & “S-O-S ’75”
Alien Nosejob (one of the projects of Jake Robertson, also of Ausmuteants, Hierophants, Leather Towel, Modal Melodies, Smarts, and the Frowning Clouds) will release Forced Communal Existence on June 6 via Anti Fade, and you can hear two of its 23 songs now: the rippin’ garage punk album opener “Family Dinner” and the more jangly, mid-tempo album closer “S-O-S ’75.”
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8485 – “G.I.R.L.” (ft. DANNY BROWN)
Danny Brown is fresh off making three surprise appearances at Coachella (with A.G. Cook, underscores, and HiTech), and now he raps a verse on the new song by Toronto hyperpop act 8485.
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ARM’S LENGTH – “THE WEIGHT”
Here’s the third taste of Ontario emo band Arm’s Length’s anticipated sophomore album.
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THE ALL-AMERICAN REJECTS – “SANDBOX”
The All-American Rejects are gearing up for their first album in 13 years (details TBA), and they’re also going on tour with the Jonas Brothers. While you wait for more info on the album, here’s the power-poppy lead single “Sandbox.”
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KELCEY AYER (LOCAL NATIVES) – “GHOSTS OF NEIGHBORHOOD DOGS” (ft. JORDANA)
Local Natives co-lead-vocalist Kelcey Ayer left the band last year, and now he announced his debut solo EP, No Sleep, due July 18. Along with the announcement comes third single “Ghosts of Neighborhood Dogs,” which features lovely harmony vocals from Jordana.
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BARBEZ – “ELEGY FOR GAZA” / “ROOFTOPS OF TEHRAN”
NYC band Barbez are back with their first new music in seven years, a 7″ single titled Elegy for Gaza. “Our music has often drawn inspiration from historical events, struggles for human rights, and poetry,” says bandleader Dan Kaufman. “All these elements are woven together in this piece. We see this music as a small gesture of solidarity for the citizens of Gaza, especially for its children.”
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EZRA FURMAN – “POWER OF THE MOON”
When things stop making sense, that’s when the world of night has its hooks in you,” says Ezra Furman of their new single. “That’s when the moon takes over. You wake up one day and you realize you can never really understand anything, and then you’re into the poetic, under the power of the moon.” New album Goodbye Small Head is out May 16 via Bella Union.
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LORDE – “WHAT WAS THAT”
After debuting it at a Washington Square Park event that was initially shut down by cops before it began but then did end up happening, Lorde has officially released her new single “What Was That.” The song was made in collaboration with Jim-E Stack and Daniel Nigro, and the video was shot in NYC, and it ends with footage from the Washington Square Park event. Read more here.
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HAIM – “DOWN TO BE WRONG”
HAIM announced their new album, I Quit, along with the release of new single “Down to be Wrong.” Read more here and pick up the album on metallic silver vinyl.
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MAGGIE ROGERS & SYLVAN ESSO – “ANTHEMS FOR A SEVENTEEN YEAR-OLD GIRL”
A new full-album tribute LP to Broken Social Scene’s You Forgot It in People was announced and the first taste is Maggie Rogers and Sylvan Esso’s take on “Anthems for a Seventeen Year-Old Girl.” Read more here.
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ANTHONY GREEN – “SHE LOVES ME SO” & “STONEHEARTED MAN” (SO LONG, AVALON VERSIONS)
Anthony Green (of Circa Survive, L.S. Dunes, Saosin, The Sound of Animals Fighting, and more) has announced So Long, Avalon, a reworking of his 2008 debut solo album Avalon. You can hear two of the tracks now, and pick up our exclusive clear w/ purple splatter vinyl variant in the BV shop.
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