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.
ETHEL CAIN – “FUCK ME EYES”
Ethel Cain’s highly anticipated new album Willoughby Tucker, I’ll Always Love You arrives next month, and she’s given us another preview with “Fuck Me Eyes.” “Continuing in the theme of high school anxieties, ‘Fuck Me Eyes’ (on top of being an homage to one of my favorite pop songs of all time, ‘Bette Davis Eyes’) is meant to be an ode to the girls who are perfect and have everything, yet carry the reputation of town slut,” she says. “The beautiful blonde who is just lonely and wants to be loved, that all the adults condemn to each other, who ultimately is the girl everyone simultaneously can’t stand and wants to be. I wrote the beginning of this song five years ago, making it the oldest demo for the record. As the story became more fleshed out, I realized it had a more relevant place on the album than I originally thought. This song represents Ethel’s complicated feelings for the girl she’s convinced has caught her crush’s eye, as well as her 16-year-old thoughts on the matter.”
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TYLER CHILDERS – “ONEIDA”
Tyler Childers’ anticipated new album Snipe Hunter is out later this month, and from it he’s shared the studio version of a song he’s been playing live for a while, “Oneida.”
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HER NEW KNIFE – “PAGAN POETRY” (BJORK COVER)
Ahead of their tour supporting Spirit of the Beehive, Philly shoegazers Her New Knife have shared a new cover of Björk’s “Pagan Poetry.” “Björk as an artist has always inspired me,” guitarist and vocalist Edgar Atencio says. “In her songwriting, I’ve always found something very important to take note of. Whether that be her lyrical imagery, sonic texturing, expression and inflection of the voice, or the pursuit of something new and personal and raw in her music. In 2024, Ben [Kachler] and I recorded mostly guitar (classical and electric) and voice (additional vocals by Dylan Vaisey & Cassidy Hammond), in juxtaposition to the varied and lush orchestration of the original track, I wanted our version to be sparse and more focused on just guitar and voice- in an attempt to embody the rawness of Björk’s performance. This cover is something that I felt we could do in our own way, as a tribute to all these aspects of her music that I hold close.”
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GOLDFRAPP – “HEY HI HELLO”
Alison Goldfrapp has shared another track from her upcoming solo album Flux. She says “Hey Hi Hello” comes from “a place of deep reflection.It’s euphoria and melancholy. It’s acknowledging loss, while finding your joy and power again.”
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OASIS – “ACQUIESCE” (UNPLUGGED)
Oasis are releasing a 30th anniversary deluxe edition of (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? which comes with five newly recorded unplugged recordings, including “Some Might Say” b-side “Acquiesce.”
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MINA TINDLE – “HEAVEN THUNDER” FT. SUFJAN STEVENS
Mina Tindle’s new single features contributions from Sufjan Stevens and her partner, Bryce Dessner of The National; read more about it here.
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FOO FIGHTERS – “TODAY’S SONG”
Foo Fighters have shared their first new music since their 2023 album But Here We Are. Read more about it here.
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