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.
MCLUSKY – “CHEKOV’S GUNS”
“’Chekhov’s Guns’ is a song about getting to the point, which is something i’m forever trying to get better at,” McLusky’s Andy Falkous says of the band’s jagged new single. “Also, death, all art is about death, even bluey.” Mclusky’s first album in 21 years is out May 9.
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SMERZ – “ROLL THE DICE”
Smerz’s anticipated new album is out next month, and the latest single is “Roll the dice,” which the duo say is a “post-something situation song.”
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THOM YORKE & MARK PRITCHARD – “GANGSTERS”
Here’s the third glitchy single and video from Mark Pritchard & Thom Yorke’s upcoming album Tall Tales that’s out May 9 via Warp.
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CLOUD NOTHINGS – “THAT PRINCE”
“‘That Prince’ was written during the throes of the Covid pandemic, and it deals with that time when no one was sure of anything and telling yourself a few little lies was standard practice to get through the day with your sanity intact,” Cloud Nothings say. “Lyrics like ‘everything you know / will be here in the morning’ and ‘if i could tell a lie / would you not mind’ formed out of the pervasive and frightening feeling that gripped the world for a few years.” It’s a b-side from last year’s Final Summer.
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FLORRY – “FIRST IT WAS A MOVIE, THEN IT WAS A BOOK”
Florry’s anticipated new album Sounds Like… arrives next month, and they’ve given us another early taste with “First it was a movie, then it was a book.” “When the weather was nicer, and when I didn’t really have a job yet last Fall, Jon Cox and I would often go into Waterbury, VT to visit a wild thrift store called Bargain Boutique where everything was either 50 cents or $2,” Francie Medosch says. “One time I found a random VHS in a blank white case and I threw it into my basket. Later on at a dinner party at Trash Mountain, where we live currently, there were a bunch of friends on our couch in the living room so I busted out the VHS TV and the random tape and it turned out to be bull riding. We instantly knew then we had to use it for the Movie video cos the vibe was right. We shot the rest of the video at our very own Johnny Brendas in Philly, forever our favorite place to play anywhere that has venues. It only felt right to have footage of us playing there captured forever in a music video. Kurt Vile is somewhere in there too, I was reteaching him Passenger Side and Beast of Burden in the green room for our encore. We’ve been playing there since our conception as a band, and since then we’ve played it almost 15 times or so. Shout out to JB’s, their staff is amazing, the green room hummus platter is amazing, the tea is amazing, great sound, great crowds, great lights, great everything.”
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SORRY – “JETPLANE”
London’s SORRY are back with this new banger that samples Guided by Voices’ “Hot Freaks.”
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HAAI – “SHAPESHIFT” FT. KAM-BU
London-based producer, songwriter and DJ HAAi has followed her great February single “Can’t Stand to Lose” with “Shapeshift,” featuring KAM-BU. It’s about the “duality of being both the person you are onstage and the person you are at home, in the normal world,” she says.
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THE DIVINE COMEDY – “ACHILLES”
Neil Hannon has announced his 13th album as The Divine Comedy album, Rainy Sunday Afternoon, which will be out September 19. “My musical output is, for better or worse, a representation of my personality,” says Hannon whose last work was writing the songs for hit film Wonka. “A good chunk of that personality revels in the rumbumptious; celebrates the silly. And I made ample use of that for the Wonka songs. I have, though, like everyone, a darker, more melancholy side. And for one reason or another it has been much in evidence of late. I needed to use this album as an outlet for those feelings. To work through some stuff. Mortality; memories; relationships; political and social upheaval. Everyone should get to make an orchestral pop album once in awhile. It should be available on the NHS.” First single “Achilles” sound like The Kinks by way of Scott Walker.
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ORTHODOX – “SACRED PLACE”
Nashville metalcore band Orthodox unveiled another track off their new album A Door Left Open. About “Sacred Place,” vocalist Adam Easterling says, “Every now and then, if you’re lucky, you end up writing a song that you’ll be stuck playing for the rest of your career. I have a strong feeling that ‘Sacred Place’ could be ours. We knew once we put a bow on what was then called ‘Chameleon’ (the working title), that we had something special on our hands. We immediately started playing it live, and have been for nearly a year, which cemented that feeling.”
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JUAN WAUTERS – “IF IT’S NOT LUV”
Juan Wauters says: “Hello everyone. Today I am announcing my seventh studio album MVD LUV a.k.a. Amor Montevideo. This time around you catch me in Montevideo, the city where I was born and grew up. Though I’m from here, this is the first time I get to record an album here. I have always longed to do this. Let’s get to it, make it through it, MVD LUV a.k.a. Amor Montevideo.” This is the first single.
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GREEN DAY – “SMASH IT LIKE BELUSHI”
Ahead of their Coachella headlining set, Green Day have announced the “édition de luxe” of last year’s Saviors, due out May 23 via Reprise. It has 7 new tracks, including the previously unheard “Smash It Like Belushi.”
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BEN HACKETT – “MEMORY ORNAMENT”
Producer and engineer Ben Hackett will release his debut album, Songs for Sleeping Dogs, on May 16 via Strolling Bones. It’s a tranquil, pretty record as you can hear from “Memory Ornament.”
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AMINÉ – “ARC DE TRIOMPHE”
Aminé announced a new album, 13 Months of Sunshine, due out May 16 via 10K Projects. It includes his recent single “Familiar,” and he’s shared another track, the funky “Arc de Triomphe.”
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DEERHOOF – “UNDER RATS” (FEAT. SAUL WILLIAMS)
Deerhoof’s Noble and Godlike in Ruin is out April 25 via Joyful Noise and this new single features Saul Williams. The band’s Greg Saunier says, “I met Saul at a tiny music festival in Switzerland. I was performing a duo with Marc Ribot, and Saul was performing with a string quartet. When it was over Saul, Marc and I talked American politics backstage for hours, and I immediately felt I’d become acquainted with someone I would respect for a lifetime. I’ve been grateful ever since.”
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MARY HALVORSON – “CARVED FROM”
Guitarist and composer Mary Halvorson has announced new album About Ghosts which will be out June 13 via Nonesuch. It was made with her sextet Amaryllis that includes Patricia Brennan (vibraphone), Nick Dunston (bass), Tomas Fujiwara (drums), Jacob Garchik (trombone), and Adam O’Farrill (trumpet). “Carved From” tips its hat to the past while looking forward to the future.
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CHES SMITH’S CLONE ROW – “READY BEAT”
Drummer Ches Smith has announced new project Clone Row which features Mary Halvorson, Liberty Ellman and Nick Dunston. “Ready Beat” is experimental but compelling.
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TUNE-YARDS – “HEARTBREAK”
Tune-Yards’ Merrill Garbus says this new single is “For screaming your lungs out to, for breaking things to, to know I’m singing loudly with you. Please also watch the video made by so many of our talented friends.” New album Better Dreaming is out May 16.
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THE WANTS – “87 GAS”
NYC band The Wants have announced new album Bastard which will be out June 13. “87 Gas” is a ripping slice of post-punk.
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GARBAGE – “THERE’S NO FUTURE IN OPTIMISM”
It’s the first single from Garbage’s upcoming Let All That We Imagine Be The Light.
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SMUT – “SYD SWEENEY”
Chicago band Smut announced a new album and gave us an early taste with “Syd Sweeney,” which you can read more about here.
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FRANKIE COSMOS – “VANITY”
Frankie Cosmos’ new album Different Talking will be out June 27 via Sub Pop and this is the first single.
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