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.
CHILD BITE – “BLACK AND WHITE” (ROLLINS BAND COVER)
Child Bite have released a Rollins Band cover to help celebrate Hex Records’ 25th anniversary, and the band says, “Like most kids when they’re around 14 or 15 finding ones identity can be a big deal. And by that point in my life I had started discovering punk, hardcore, and alternative bands that very much spoke to me through their music. One such group I found was Rollins Band, the intense rock/metal band fronted by Henry Rollins after Black Flag disbanded. It was their record The End Of Silence that captured my attention and found it to be one of the most powerful albums I’d ever heard.” Read the rest of what they had to say here.
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HIGHER POWER – “STILLPOINT” (ft. NEVER ENDING GAME)
We’re still waiting on the announcement of Higher Power’s long-awaited third album, but meanwhile, they keep dropping singles and today they put out “Stillpoint.” It finds them in grungy ’90s revival mode, with guest screams from Never Ending Game vocalist Mikey Petroski.
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HEALTH – “ASHAMED” FT. LAUREN MAYBERRY
HEALTH shared a new rework of “ASHAMED” from their most recent album, last year’s RAT WARS (pick up our exclusive coke bottle clear vinyl variant), featuring haunting vocals from CHVRCHES’ Lauren Mayberry.
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ACTION BRONSON – “SEGA”
Queens rapper Action Bronson shares a second taste of Johann Sebastian Bachlava The Doctor.
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DEF LEPPARD – “JUST LIKE 73” (ft. TOM MORELLO)
Def Leppard have shared a new single that guitarist Phil Collen says was inspired by seeing David Bowie on TV in 1972/1973. It features a guitar solo by Tom Morello, who says, “I had a blast rocking a solo on ‘Just Like 73.’ “I played ‘Rock Of Ages’ in my college cover band almost 40 years ago and here Def Leppard are still killing it in stadiums with a brand new tune that’s one of their best.”
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TOKIMONSTA – “SWITCH IT” (ft. CAKES DA KILLA & GAWD)
Fresh off announcing a tour, LA beatmaker TOKiMONSTA has announced a new album, Eternal Reverie, due via Young Art Records (release date TBA). New single “Switch It” features rapper Cakes Da Killa and R&B duo GAWD.
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MY FICTIONS – “DREAMS OF ESCAPE”
Long-running Boston melodic hardcore band My Fictions have a new label home, 1126 Records, and their first single for the label is “Dreams of Escape,” which they recorded with TWIABP’s Chris Teti.
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NOVA CHARISMA – “SMOKING GUN AT THE METROPOLITAN”
Nova Charisma is the progressive post-hardcore supertrio of Donovan Melero (Hail The Sun, Sianvar, Kill Iconic), Sergio Medina (Blue Swan Records, Eidola, Stolas, Sianvar) and Carlo Marquez (Stolas, Kill Iconic, Diver), and their debut album Metropolitan comes out August 9 via Equal VIsion. Here’s the soaring new single “Smoking Gun At The Metropolitan.”
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CHERIDOMINGO – “LIKE A CHAIN”
Simi Valley band Cheridomingo will release their album Shapeshift on September 3, and you can get a taste from the grungy post-hardcore of new single “Like A Chain.”
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UNTO OTHERS – “RAIGEKI”
Campy goth rockers Unto Others follow “Butterfly” with a second new single, “Raigeki.”
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SPLIT CHAIN – “HAVEN”
UK band have absorbed the grunge, shoegaze, nu metal, and emo of the late ’90s and early 2000s, and they spit it all back out on new single “Haven.”
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WASHED OUT – “WAKING UP”
“Waking Up” opens Washed Out’s upcoming album Notes from a Quiet Life and this performance video was shot in a single take during this year’s total solar eclipse in Bandera, TX on April 8, 2024
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COLOR GREEN – “GOD IN A $”
LA band Color Green will release Fool’s Parade on July 12 via New West. The album features contributions from members of OSEES and The Nude Party and you can check out first single “God in a $” now.
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NAP EYES – “DEMONS”
The latest single from Canadian group Nap Eyes is an adaptation of a poem by Alexander Pushkin.
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THE DESLONDES – “TAKE ME BACK”
It’s the first single for Nashville band The Deslondes’ new album Roll It Out.
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JOAN AS POLICE WOMAN – “LONG FOR RUIN”
“My good friend told me this is the sexiest album I’ve ever made,” Joan Wasser says of her upcoming Lemons, Limes & Orchids. “Honestly, I think she’s right.”
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WISHY – “TRIPLE SEVEN”
Wishy shared the title track of their upcoming debut album, which you can read more about here.
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NUBYA GARCIA – “THE SEER”
London jazz saxophonist and composer Nubya Garcia has announced her second album as a bandleader, Odyssey, and the first single is “The Seer.” Read more about it here.
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THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER – “AFTERMATH”
The Black Dahlia Murder have announced Servitude, their first new album since original vocalist Trevor Strnad’s 2022 passing. The first single is “Aftermath,” and cofounding guitarist turned new lead vocalist Brian Eschbach says, “We wanted that one to be heard first because it’s one of the faster songs on the album, if not the fastest.” Read more here.
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EKKO ASTRAL – “HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY”
Ekko Astral have put out a new acoustic song to raise money for “families fleeing an onslaught of Israeli military violence.” For the song’s backstory, read what vocalist Jael Holzman had to say here.
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THE WONDER YEARS – “DEADBOLT” (THRICE COVER)
Hopeless Records is celebrating its 30th anniversary by reviving its classic compilation series Hopelessly Devoted To You as a covers series, with bands from the label’s current roster covering classics from throughout the Hopeless catalog. The Wonder Years’ take on Thrice’s “Deadbolt” is here now, and you can read about it here.
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AVEY TARE – “VAMPIRE TONGUES” (ft. PANDA BEAR)
Animal Collective co-founders and co-lead vocalists Avey Tare and Panda Bear have teamed up for a new song together, and you can read about it here.
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