BrooklynVegan wrapped up 2024 with our many year-end lists, and we took a little time off around the holidays so we didn’t get a chance to post all the music released between Christmas time and today. To catch up, here’s a roundup of all the music that caught our ear during that timeframe…
JEFF ROSENSTOCK – “THE SUNRISE SONG”
Jeff Rosenstock contributed a scrappy solo song to California art collective Making New Enemies’ new compilation Group Picture Vol. 14.
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PANDA BEAR – “FERRY LADY”
Panda Bear’s new album Sinister Grift is out February 18 and here’s a second single from it. “Ferry Lady” is, as is most Panda Bear songs, steeped in ’60s pop but with a sound all his own. The video is pretty trippy, too.
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FRANZ FERDINAND – “HOOKED”
Franz Ferdinand’s new album, The Human Fear, is out this Friday and here’s one last early taste before the whole thing drops. “Hooked” comes with an electroclash synth hook and slinky vibe. “Sliding into midnight, it’s a nighttime prowl of a song,” says Alex Kapranos. “If we all have the human fear, then that’s alright when you’re hooked. I thought I knew what love was… but then I met you.”
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THE WEATHER STATION – “BODY MOVES”
“This song was the hardest song, we recorded it, changed everything, recorded it again, changed everything, recorded it again,” says Tamara Lindeman of “Body Moves” from the Weather Station’s upcoming Humanhood (out January 17). “It had to be tender and bruised and painful; like falling into a dream but also into reality. This was yet another song I rejected when I wrote it because I wasn’t sure how to stand behind it. But then again, the song was simply presenting something that is real and that happens; the body fools you, the body moves you, sometimes in directions seemingly self destructive or painful or visceral. Bodies are biological and so is their language; chemical, pain, impulse, shut down, wake up. What matters is the interpretation, the response, whether or not you’re able to hear the signal at all.”
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GUIDED BY VOICES – “DAWN BELIEVES”
Guided by Voices’ 41st album Universe Room is out in just a couple weeks and “Dawn Believes” is the latest single. It’s pretty laid back and guitarist Doug Gillard explains how this one is a little different in execution: “This song was assigned to me to record all the music for, and 3 others on this album went to the other members.”
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FLESHWATER – “STANDALONE”
Shoegazy post-hardcore band Fleshwater dropped a new banger, backed with a live recording of their song “What Was Really Said.”
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JANE REMOVER – “JRJRJR”
Not only is Jane Remover releasing a new album by her Venturing project in February, she also announced a new Jane Remover album, Revengeseekerz, “coming soon” via deadAir. The announcement came alongside the shoegazy emo-rap of “JRJRJR.”
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PANCHIKO – “SHANDY IN THE GRAVEYARD” (ft. BILLY WOODS)
Speaking of shoegazy rap, shoegazy cult band Panchiko released a new song from their upcoming album Ginkgo featuring indie-rapper billy woods.
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ELUCID – “INTERFERENCE PATTERN”
Speaking of billy woods, his Armand Hammer partner ELUCID dropped an experimental, 41-minute track on December 30.
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JOEY BADA$$ – “THE RULER’S BACK”
NYC boom bap devotee Joey Bada$$ has released a new song, “The Ruler’s Back,” which shares its title with both a 1991 Slick Rick album and a 2001 Jay-Z song. It also borrows a 1996 Jay-Z lyric, “Too much West Coast dick lickin’.”
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LITTLE SIMZ – “HELLO, HI”
UK rapper Little Simz dropped this great new track at the tail-end of 2024 and wrote “See you in ’25.” More music coming soon? Let’s hope!
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MIYA FOLICK – “THIS TIME AROUND”
Miya Folick’s new album Erotica Veronica is out next month, and she’s share another new single from it, “This Time Around.” “Kate [Davis] and I wrote this in Brooklyn on the floor,” she says. “Just two guitars and a voice memo. I’ll share the demo eventually. We recorded this version in LA with the best band and engineer. I cried when I heard the final mix. I was walking along the beach in California but got so hyped I had to run. Sad songs do that to me. (warning: Meg [Duffy]’s solos are so heartbreaking it’s unbearable.) Whatever kind of holiday season you’re having, I hope this brings you some comfort. The song is meant to be hopeful.
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SIERRA FERRELL – “THE GARDEN”
Sierra Ferrell will release a deluxe edition of her great 2024 album Trail of Flowers on January 31 via Rounder Records, and it’ll include this new single, “The Garden.”
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CRUSH YOUR SOUL (MINDFORCE, etc) – LIVING GRACIOUS
Crush Your Soul, a heavy hardcore band with a tinge hip hop led by Mindforce vocalist Jay Peta (and also featuring members of Gridiron, Scarab, and Simulakra), released a new EP just days before their FYA Fest set.
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YOUR OLD DROOG – “SUSPECTS” (prod. EDAN)
Prolific New York rapper Your Old Droog shared a new song produced by frequent collaborator Edan.
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YOUR ARMS ARE MY COCOON – COLORFUL FAILURES
Bedroom screamo band Your Arms Are My Cocoon released a collection of “scrapped songs and demos written and recorded from 2018 – 2023,” and they also announced that a four-way split with Aren’t We Amphibians, awakebutstillinbed, and California Cousins is coming tomorrow (Jan. 7).
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ICE SPICE – Y2K!: I’M JUST A GIRL (DELUXE)
Ice Spice has released a deluxe edition of her 2024 album Y2K! with five new songs.
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E-TOWN CONCRETE & BULLDOZE – “DRONES FOR XMAS”
NJ rapcore vets E-Town Concrete and NY beatdown vets Bulldoze released a heavy Christmas song inspired by the recent drone sightings in New Jersey, and the song was produced by Jayway of newer NJ rapcore band Bayway.
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DEAN BLUNT, ELIAS RØNNENFELT, & VEGYN – LUCRE
Enigmatic UK electronic artist Dean Blunt teamed up with Vegyn fora. 16-minute release that’s currently only available as a YouTube stream. Part of it includes a folky song with Iceage’s Elias Rønnenfelt.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIkyDdMHc_c
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THE HOLY GHOST TABERNACLE CHOIR – “DISC HORSE”
Chaotic post-hardcore band The Holy Ghost Tabernacle Choir celebrated New Year’s Day with this caustic new song.
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GHAIS GUEVARA – “THE OLD GUARD IS DEAD”
Philly rapper and artist to watch Ghais Guevara has shared another song off his anticipated Fat Possum debut, Goyard Ibn Said.
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RUNAWAY BROTHER – “SAY NO”
Here’s a new song from Cleveland indie band Runaway Brother.
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LIL BABY – WHAM (ft. YOUNG THUG & MORE)
Lil Baby kicked off 2024 with new album Wham, which features the first Young Thug verse since his release fro prison, plus Future (on that same song), GloRilla, Travis Scott, 21 Savage, and more.
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BOLDY JAMES & RICHGAINS – MURDER DURING DRUG TRAFFIC
The insanely prolific Detroit rapper Boldy James had a busy 2024 and he’s already got one 2025 project under his belt.
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CHIVÀLA – BOATO
Italian screamo band Chivàla put out a great new album with just four days to go in 2024.
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LORAINE JAMES – NEW YEAR’S SUBSTITUTION 3 (ft. ML BUCH & MORE)
Electronic musician Loraine James mad this EP between December 26-30 and dropped it on New Year’s Day.
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BAD BUNNY – DEBÍ TIRAR MÁS FOTOS
We’re less than one week into 2025 and the year’s first event album is already here.
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ABAZABA – “ISOLATION” (FT EUGENE HUTZ)
NYC’s abazaba (until recently fka Snacky) are a unique group, featuring Sam Day Harmet, Erica Mancini, Quince Marcum, and Steve La Rosa who all play electric taishōgotos — a Japanese zither-like instrument — plus Sonic Youth’s Steve Shelley on drums. They recently put out a new two-track single and one of the songs is a cover of Joy Division’s “Isolation” featuring lead vocals by Gogol Bordello‘s Eugene Hutz.
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SAETIA – “TENDRILS”
Screamo legends Saetia announced a new EP called Tendrils and NYC & LA release shows, and its first single is their first new song in 26 years.
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THURSDAY – “TAKING INVENTORY OF A FROZEN LAKE”
Thursday released their third new single since reuniting, which you can read about here.
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SMOKING POPES – “ALLEGIANCE” (ft. LOCAL H’S SCOTT LUCAS)
Alt-rock vets Smoking Popes released a new anti-Trump protest single in time for January 6, featuring Local H‘s Scott Lucas. Read more here.
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Browse our ‘New Songs’ archive for more new music.