21 New Songs Out Today

So many artists, so little time. Each week we review five 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, show recaps, track premieres, and more all day. That includes a lot of tour announcements, a list of tonight’s NYC shows, and NY shows that just went on sale. We publish a monthly playlist of some of our favorite tracks. Here’s a daily roundup with a bunch of interesting, newly released songs in one place…

JAMILA WOODS – “BALDWIN” (ft. NICO SEGAL)

Jamila Woods has shared one more single from her highly anticipated new album LEGACY! LEGACY!, due this Friday (5/10) via Jagjaguwar. Every song on the album is named after a different black or brown icon, and this one is named after James Baldwin. Jamila says, “‘Baldwin’ is a song inspired by the work of James Baldwin, particularly the ‘Letter To My Nephew’ in his book The Fire Next Time. He had an incredible ability to speak about whiteness in a way that was hard-hitting and nuanced, and delivered some of the most elegant reads to white America, providing me a lens to think about how I see whiteness at work in my world today.”

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MAC DEMARCO – “ON THE SQUARE”

With his new album Be the Cowboy out this week, Mac DeMarco has just shared a very weird video for “On the Square” that gets into Matthew Barney territory. “This video has been my most intimate experience with milk yet,” says its director, William Sipos Sipos. “At one point I had Mac in a latex mask, shivering in a kiddie pool filled with cold milk. I did not feel like a nice person.” Nonetheless, the effect is unsettling.

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JOAN AS POLICE WOMAN – “KISS” (PRINCE COVER)

Joan As Police Woman is releasing a three-disk career retrospective compilation, JOANTHOLOGY, on May 24, and she’s shared a new track from it, this bluesy, stripped down cover of Prince’s “Kiss.”

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SINKANE – “YA SUDAN”

Sinkane has shared another single off his upcoming album Dépaysé. For this one, he says:

I am so inspired by how the recent uprising in Sudan has unified Sudanese people all over the world. I feel like we are truly understanding our identity. It feels inclusive and welcoming. Sudan is one of the most diverse places on Earth. From the Nuba Mountains to Port Sudan. Dongola to Darfur. Kassala to Khartoum. We are people made up of different languages, cultures, and religions. Our differences create our beautiful and rich identity. As for me, growing up outside of Sudan has given depth to my identity. This is the message of ‘Ya Sudan.’

Being Sudanese is about being yourself unapologetically.
Not letting anybody define who you are.

This song is for the Kandakas who have been at the forefront of toppling Omar El-Bashir. And the strong men and children who stand beside them. And all of us outside of Sudan standing together showing the world our resilience. There is no better time than now to be Sudanese.

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OLDEN YOLK – “GRAND PALAIS”

Olden Yolk’s second album is out next week via Trouble in Mind and here’s one last early taste before it drops. The band say “Grand Palais” is about “the frivolous search to seek some semblance of spiritual understanding in various places, things, and people outside of ourselves. Much of the song was written through improvisation in the studio alongside percussionist Booker Stardrum, whose frantic drumming is a driving force in the song.” Stardrum’s skittering rhythm, which gives Olden Yolk’s baroque psych-folk a distinct krautrock feel, does help make the song.

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GIRL IN RED – “DEAD GIRL IN THE POOL.”

Norwegian bedroom pop artist girl in red’s new single “dead girl in the pool.” is the spiritual successor to Sir Babygirl’s “Haunted House” (and Lorde’s Melodrama before it) with its story of the aftermath of a party gone wrong.

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DOMMENGANG – “WILD WASH”

L.A. heavy psych band Dommengang will release new album No Keys next week and her’s a mostly one-chord droney, bluesy ripper to get you excited. They’ll be on tour with Dead Meadow later this month.

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TIMBER TIMBRE – “THE PINK ROOM”

Melancholic Canadian band Timber Timbre released a new three-song cassette single, Dissociation Tapes Vol I, and they’ve shared one track from it, the waltzing, Lynchian “The Pink Room.”

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SOUND OF CERES – “FIRE LILY”

NYC psych-pop band Sound of Ceres are back with a brand new single, “Fire Lily,” which finds them inching further into dance music territory while still within their spacey, baroque universe.

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SAMMI LANZETTA – “TITTY LOGIC”

Richmond, VA’s Sammi Lanzetta is heading out on tour with Tacocat later this week, and she’s shared a new single, the anthemic, biting “Titty Logic.”

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PIXX – “ANDEAN CONDOR”

UK artist Hannah Rodgers releases her sophomore album as Pixx, Small Mercies, on June 7 via 4AD. About new single “Andean Condor,” she says, “this song is written about the link between wo/mankind and nature. It is important to recognise how many times women have to face the absurdity of male hierarchy in our modern world. Having had endless conversations with (certain) men who justify the inequality of the sexes by comparing themselves to animals, I thought what better way to help them than to remind those men that they are supposed to be human, with emotional capability and growth.”

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ALEX CAMERON – “MIAMI MEMORY”

“It’s a gift for my girlfriend Jemima [Kirke], and it is dedicated to the artist Greer Lankton and her partner Paul Monroe,” says Alex Cameron of the video for new single “Miami Memory.” “I am lucky to have learned that a group of people can be a shining light.”

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BIG NOTHING – “WASTE MY TIME”

Philly indie-punks Big Nothing (mem Spraynard, Casual, Crybaby, Young Livers) are releasing their debut full-length, Chris, this Friday (5/10) via Salinas, and they’ve put out one more single from it. “Waste My Time” is crunchy, catchy punk in a very ’90s way, and it sounds good today too.

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PLAGUE VENDOR – “LET ME GET HIGH/LOW”

West Coast garage punks Plague Vendor have shared another song off their upcoming John Congleton-produced album By Night (due 6/7 via Epitaph), and this one is the heaviest, trippiest, and sleaziest one yet.

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PINKISH BLACK – “DIAL TONE”

Pinkish Black’s new album Concept Unification comes out June 14 via Relapse, and you can read much more about new single “Dial Tone” over at Invisible Oranges.

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DEFEATER – “LIST & HEEL”

Defeater’s new self-titled album comes out this Friday (5/10) via Epitaph, and ahead of its release, they’ve released one more single, “List & Heel.” The band’s usual melodic hardcore approach is in fine form here, but it’s also some of the most evil and metallic stuff Defeater have ever done.

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IMPERIAL TEEN – “WE DO WHAT WE DO BEST”

Roddy Bottum, Will Schwartz, Jone Stebbins, and Lynn Perko Truell are back with their first Imperial Teen album in seven years. This is indeed what they do best — crunchy, synthy, super-catchy indie rock.

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MARK MULCAHY (MIRACLE LEGION) – “MR BELL”

“Mr. Bell is a song about a man who is beloved in spite of his imperfections,” Mark tells us. “He takes advantage of the the unshakable faith of his followers, and pushes them to the brink of devoted insecurity again and again.” Who is Mr Bell? The video might offer some clues.

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IDLES – “MERCEDES MARXIST”

Taken from the same sessions as last year’s Joy as an Act of Resistance, IDLES’ new single is out in August on 7″. Meanwhile, IDLES are on tour now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoxivC5GVAU

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WEAR YOUR WOUNDS – “RUST ON THE GATES OF HEAVEN”

Converge frontman J Bannon’s comparatively softer project Wear Your Wounds has announced a new album and shared the title track, which is a towering dose of atmospheric post-metal. Read more about it here.

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JOEY CAPE – “I KNOW HOW TO RUN”

Lagwagon/Bad Astronaut frontman and long-running solo artist Joey Cape is releasing a new solo album, Let Me Know When You Give Up, on July 5 via Fat Wreck Chords, and you can read more about lead single “I Know How To Run” here.

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