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.
CORNELIUS & ARTO LINDSAY – “BAD ADVICE”
Cornelius is on a prolific streak having released an album this year and is now dropping a steady stream of singles. This one, a slinky disco number, features the legendary downtown NYC musician and Ambitious Lovers founder Arto Lindsay.
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THE POSTAL SERVICE – “THE DISTRICT SLEEPS ALONE TONIGHT” (SYLVAN ESSO REMIX)
“‘The District Sleeps Alone Tonight’ was a formative song for both of us,” Sylvan Esso say. “Nick remembers hearing the promo copy spooling out of his car speakers while he delivered pizza – Amelia remembers hearing it in the back of someone’s van during her freshman lunch hour. Both of us thought the song touched something new then – and to be asked to reinterpret it now is an honor.” Their remix arrives as The Postal Service begin their UK/EU tour with Death Cab for Cutie.
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TRUST FUND – “LEAVE THE PARTY EARLY”
Fans of Nick Drake will want to check out the first single from Trust Fund’s upcoming album Has It Been A While? which is out November 1 via Tapete.
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ABSTRACT CRIMEWAVE (PETER BJORN AND JOHN / LES BIG BYRD) – “FLYGA FRAM” FT. DUNGEN’s GUSTAV ESTES
Swedish superduo Abstract Crimewave (Bjor Yttling of Peter Bjorn and John, and Joakim Åhlund of Les Big Byrd and Teddybears) will release The Longest NIght on October 4 and this new single also features Dungen’s Gustav Ejstes. “When we started writing ‘Flyga Fram,’ we both pretty much instantly had Gustav (Dungen) in mind for the track,” says Jonas. “Even just the main melody at its core had this sort of hippie, 70s vibe to it, which is something Dungen are obviously masters at. Once he was quite literally on board, we got him to record his vocals and flute parts from a boat that he was on at the time, on vacation just off the coast of Croatia. I myself was on a tiny island in Italy, and my wife and I actually recorded the backing vocals there, while Björn was back in the studio in Stockholm working on the drums with Nils from Amason. I think that makes it a Europop tune, right?”
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WHY BONNIE – “THREE BIG MOONS”
Why Bonnie’s new album Wish on the Bone comes out next week, and she’s shared another single, the country-tingled “Three Big Moons,” which Blair Howerton says is “about how isolation can be equal parts comforting and lonely.”
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JOE GODDARD – “WEAVE” & HARMONICS REMIXED
Hot Chip’s Joe Goddard today releases an EP of remixes today, featuring Ibibbio Sound Machine and more, plus this euphoric new song.
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MALLRAT – “RAY OF LIGHT”
Mallrat’s new electro-pop single (which isn’t a Madonna cover) is her first new music of 2024, and she says, “I often feel pulled in certain directions by invisible forces. I secretly suspect that it’s the work of heavenly angels, and sometimes I feel like an alien for these inexplicable knowings. When I imagine this situation through the eyes of somebody who doesn’t know wide eyed wonder, I think… These thoughts are at worst grounds to be admitted to the psych ward, and at best an embarrassing cocktail of narcissism and delusion. Wait, I’m Not Crazy! I’m Locked In And Can Talk To Angels!!”
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JOAN AS POLICE WOMAN – “FULL-TIME HEIST”
“‘Full-Time Heist’ is about an attempted bank robbery,” says Joan Wasser. “The bank, in this case, is truth. The hook of the song uses the phrase ‘pull the wool over one’s eyes.’ The etymology comes from 18th century wig-wearing gentlemen. Thieves would try to steal from them by pulling their massive wigs over their eyes. ‘You think if you insist enough, someone will believe you, well sadly you’re right. Few think for themselves and you can use that, few think for themselves.” New album Lemons, Limes and Orchids is out September 20.
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GLASSER – “DRIFT SLOW”
The deluxe edition of Glasser’s 2023 album crux is out next month, and she’s shared the second of the seven previously unreleased tracks it features, “Drift Slow.” “I made like 40 versions of that song,” she says. “And I still can’t listen to it. It’s been my obsession for the last, I don’t even know how long. That lyric is just something that came out of me like ‘What a good life / Except for all those times / When you want to die’ It was kind of meant to be a joke but sounds quite serious in the context of the entire record. But also, like, jokes are serious sometimes too. It’s good to joke about serious things, for me at least. I made so many versions. And I really wanted the final version to have sort of a dance vibe to it because dancing about death is better than weeping. They’re both good, but I wanted to dance about that.”
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APOLLO BROWN & CRIMEAPPLE – “COKE WITH ICE”
Apollo Brown and CRIMEAPPLE team up for the sinister trad-rap of “Coke With Ice,” and the artwork features a vintage Darryl Strawberry photo.
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FLOATING POINTS – “OCOTILLO”
Floating Points has shared a gorgeous, glistening, nearly-nine-minute track off his upcoming album Cascade.
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IONNALEE – “LUMINARY RAINBOWS”
First announced back in March, ionnalee’s new album Close Your Eyes and its “twin,” Blund, with the songs sung in Swedish, are now due out on September 13 via TWIMC. The latest single is “Luminary Rainbows,” and ionnalee says, “The song is about how we seem to gravitate towards illusory visions, dreams, hopes, or aims in life that we know are not real but they seem to be. Even though these hopes often leave you broken hearted, empty and sad, they still give so much life in the chasing that we need them to thrive.”
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GOLD PANDA – “222” / “0.2”
UK producer Gold Panda returns with the glitchy, neck-snapping “222” and an ambient B-side.
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ANIMAL COLLECTIVE – “CONGAREE”
Animal Collective have released a trippy new song called “Congaree” for The National Park Album, “a hymn to America, featuring original songs about 15 of our best-loved parks, recorded by a roster of talented artists about as diverse as our country itself.” The description for this song reads: “The lush trees that make up the Congaree floodplain forest form one of the highest forest canopies in the world, with cypress trees over 500 years old. Beneath it, the Congaree River runs placidly, forming a magical world ruled by fireflies.”
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BOYSCOTT – “ROCKY ROAD” & “AFTER DARK”
Connecticut indie rock band Boyscott has announced a new album, Spellbound, which follows their 2015 debut LP Goose Bumps. It comes out October 16 via Topshelf, and two airy, dreamy songs are out now.
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VOMIT FORTH – “NEGATIVE PENANCE”
Vomit Forth have shared more gnarly, gruesome death metal from their upcoming album Terrified Of God.
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THE NUMBER TWELVE LOOKS LIKE YOU – “EYES ON THE FIREWORKS”
The Number Twelve Looks Like You have released “Eyes On The Fireworks,” their first new song in five years. Read about it here.
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STATESIDE – “THIRTY MILE STRETCH”
Southern California pop punk/hardcore blenders Stateside have signed to Pure Noise and released the new single “Thirty Mile Stretch.” Read about it here.
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RVG – “DON’T TAKE IT BADLY” & “PET SEMATARY” (RAMONES COVER)
Australia’s RVG are back with a new 7″ single featuring new original “Don’t Take It Badly” and a cover of Ramones‘ “Pet Sematary.” It’s their first new music since releasing last year’s Brain Worms, which won the 2023 Australian Music Prize.
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BROADCAST – “COME BACK TO ME”
Warp Records is gearing up to release Distant Call, a collection of demos from Broadcast that date from 2000-2006, including songs that would end up on Haha Sound, Tender Buttons and singles/EPs from the era, as well as two songs discovered by Broadcast co-founder James Cargill after Trish Keenan’s passing in 2011. One of those previously unreleased songs, “Come Back to Me,” has just been shared.
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THE BUG – “BURIED (YOUR LIFE IS SHORT)” & “BODIED (SEND FOR THE HEARSE)”
UK producer and heavy electronics dubmaster The Bug (Kevin Richard Martin) has signed to Relapse and announced his first album for the label. Check out two dubby, heavy tracks now.
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