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.
CARIBOU – “BROKE MY HEART” CHAMPION & HARRY HAYES REMIXES
Caribou released great new single “Broke My Heart” last month and now here are two highly requested remixed, one by Champion (which Caribou and Four Tet played at their Coachella set) and the ohter by Harry Hayes.
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THE SOFTIES – “CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY 99”
It’s true that a heart can break in the time it takes to drive from one city to the next,” says Rose Melberg of The Softies’ new single. “So sometimes you just have to keep driving.” The Softies’ first album in 24 years is out August 23.
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SARAH KINSLEY – “STARLING”
“The ‘Starling’ music video was made for and by close friends in my life,” Sarah Kinsley says of the latest single off her debut album Escaper. “My co-director, Chloë, and I wanted to capture the temporality of love, the fleeting magic of love through the medium of ice. We can see love in the ice between palms, balanced between foreheads, and eventually – in dancing in what is inevitably left of a bygone love: rain. It was an incredible experience to create this visual piece, in all of its soaked, shimmering glory.”
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CORNERSHOP – “DOUBLE DENIM”
UK indie vets Cornershop have made a new version of their 2018 single “Double Denim Nights” now with vocals by Italian indie film star Rosanna. The video is fun.
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LUNA LI – “GOLDEN HOUR”
Luna Li’s new album When a Thought Grows Wings arrives in August, and she’s shared another advance track from it, “Golden Hour.” “”I wanted this song to feel soft and sensual, while also peeking into a psychedelic world,” she says. “‘Golden Hour’ tells the story of an afternoon I spent with someone a couple of years ago in a meadow sitting six feet apart, drenched in rain water and uncertainty, but having a wonderful time experiencing a slow descent into love.”
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THE THE – “LINOLEUM SMOOTH TO THE STOCKINGED FOOT”
Matt Johnson will release the first The The album in nearly 25 years on September 6 and here’s the second single which features a video by the band’s longtime collaborator Tim Pope.
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KYLIE MINOGUE – “MY OH MY” (FT. BEBE REXHA & TOVE LO)
Kylie Minogue teams up with Bebe Rexha and Tove Lo on her dancefloor-ready new single, which arrives ahead of her show at London’s BST Hyde Park on Saturday.
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JIM NOIR – “OUT OF SIGHT”
Manchester musician Jim Noir will release new album Jimmy’s Show 2 on September 17. It collects the best songs from Jim’s Patreon-only EPs and here’s delightful opening track.
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JERRY PAPER – “SCENIC ROUTE”
Eccentric LA indie artist has announced new album INBETWEEZER which will be out September 27 via Stones Throw. Here’s the first single.
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EARTHBURNER – “PERMANENT DAWN” & “SLAVES TO THE SCREEN”
Earthburner was first launched by Broken Hope guitarist Jeremy Wagner in the early 2000s when BH was going on hiatus, they recorded material in the early 2010s but then put the band on hold when BH re-activated in 2012, and then finally released the 2012 EP in 2016 before going away again. Jeremy then re-activated the band earlier this year with a new lineup including Sanguisugabogg’s Devin Swank on vocals, Broken Hope’s Mike Miczek on drums, Gloryhole Guillotine’s Tyler Affinito on bass, and Napalm Death’s Mitch Harris as an “honorary member” and side vocalist, and that lineup is now set to release the first-ever Earthburner album, Permanent Down, on November 8 via M-Theory Audio. It features guest vocals from Immolation’s Ross Dolan (on opening track “Necrodisiac”) and Vixen Maw’s Jake Cannavale (on the album closing cover of C.O.C.’s “Positive Outlook”), and two of its gnarly death-grind songs are out now: the title track and “Slaves to the Screen.”
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VOXTROT – “ESPRIT DE CŒUR”
Since reuniting, Voxtrot have been releasing some new material, and here’s their fourth new single, a sweeping, string-laden indie rock song called “Esprit de Cœur” that stands tall next to the band’s classics.
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DUA SALEH – “WANT”
Dua Saleh has announced their first full-length album, I Should Call Them, along with the release of new single “Want.” Read more here.
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SKULLPRESSER (MANNEQUIN PUSSY, WONDER YEARS) – “POSITIONS OF POWER”
Skullpresser, the hardcore band with members of Mannequin Pussy and The Wonder Years, have announced a new EP and its title track is out now. Read more here.
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TANUKICHAN – “CITY BUS”
Hannah van Loon has announced a new Tanukichan EP, Circles, which will be out September 20. It’s her first release for Carpark after two albums on Toro Y Moi’s Company Records, both of which were produced by TYM’s Chas Bear. Circles was made with Franco Reid and includes “It Gets Easier,” featuring Wisp. “City Bus” is definitely more on the shoegaze tip than previous releases.
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MUSTAFA – “SNL”
Mustafa announced his debut album, Dunya, and shared a new single, which you can read more about here.
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PICTISH TRAIL – “MELODY SOMETHING (SUMMER REDUX)”
Scottish psych-pop great Pictish Trail has announced the Follow Footsteps EP which will be out September 14 via Fire Records. It features brand new “summer redux” versions of three songs from 2022’s Island Family, plus two new songs.
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WILL BUTLER + SISTER SQUARES – “BURN IT AWAY”
Will Butler and his band Sister Squares unveiled a new single ahead of their European tour, and you can read more about it here.
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KELLY LEE OWENS – “LOVE YOU GOT”
Kelly Lee Owens has announced her fourth album, Dreamstate, which will be out October 18 via dh2. It’s her first album for the label, which is a newly launched electronic imprint of Dirty Hit, which is run by by The 1975‘s George Daniel. Daniel is also one of collaborators on Dreamstate, along with Bicep, and The Chemical Brothers‘ Tom Rowlands. None of them are needed, though, on the excellent first single.
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