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24 New Songs Out Today

So many artists, 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, 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…

DRAKE – “TOOSIE SLIDE”

Drake, never one to shy away from the power memes have on the music industry, has released a song that’s meant to go viral on TikTok and has already started to. Toosie is a popular dancer on social media, and he helped Drake get this new dance going viral before the song was even officially out. We know songs get big on TikTok all the time now, but can we really — *clears throat* — let this one slide?

FRANK OCEAN – “CAYENDO” & “DEAR APRIL”

Following the unofficial vinyl rips earlier this week, Frank Ocean’s two new songs have officially been released on streaming services, and they’re great.

PORTUGAL. THE MAN – “CREATED”

Portugal. The Man haven’t released a proper new song since 2017, but they contributed this gorgeous new string-laden acoustic ballad to their photographer friend Roger Fishman’s new video collage of landscape photography. It suits the video perfectly, and it’s also just a great song in its own right.

ADAM SANDLER – QUARANTINE SONG

Adam Sandler appeared on Fallon from the comfort of his own home, and first he and Fallon (who was also home) shot the shit for a little and then the Sandman picked up his guitar and debuted a song he wrote about the coronavirus pandemic. It’s… pretty much what you’d expect from an Adam Sandler song about a pandemic.

SECH – “RELACIÓN”

Panamanian R&B singer Sech follows his great 2019 album Sueños and his recent appearance on Bad Bunny’s “Ignorantes” with his first single of 2020, “Relación.”

ALEX THE ASTRONAUT – “SPLIT THE SKY”

Austalian musician and songwriter Alex the Astronaut’s new single resonates in our current strange times. “Right now, like billions of people around the world, I feel like I’ve been put in a blender and shaken up,” she writes. “Sometimes I would like to stop all these very scary things from happening and go back to being in primary school and feeling protected from it. ‘Split the Sky’ is a message of hope that I was trying to get myself to understand that, no matter what happens, there will always be that kid waiting–that the seasons will fall around and you’ll be in the sun again at some point. Watching Harry Potter is good for me and helps me to go back to how I felt back then.”

TROPICAL FUCK STORM – “THIS PERFECT DAY” (SAINTS COVER) ft AMY TAYLOR

Tropical Fuck Storm’s new 7″ single is out today which features this revved-up cover of Aussie punk legends The Saints’ “This Perfect Day” featuring Amy Taylor of Amyl & The Sniffers. “Amy and Sean were hangin’ out at TFS HQ and Hammer was stuck up in New South Wales because of the fires,” say Tropical Fuck Storm. “Sean jumped on drums and Amy grabbed a mic and we banged out our fave Saints tune for fun. Amy named the band Sniff Surf Storm!”

LORETTA LYNN – “I FALL TO PIECES” (PATSY CLINE COVER)

Loretta Lynn’s got a new memoir coming out about her brief but impactful friendship with fellow country singer Patsy Cline inthe early ’60s. Me & Patsy Kickin’ Up Dust is out next week and while you wait listen to Loretta’s version of “I Fall to Pieces.”

A GRAPE DOPE (aka JOHN HERNDON OF TORTOISE) – “PUPPET CLUBBING”

Tortoise’s John Herndon will release his first album as A Grape Dope on June 5 via Dangerbird Records. Titled Arthur King Presents A Grape Dope: Backyard Bangers, Herndon describes it as “a collage of sounds – found and recorded in various places and in various ways and then glued together with some rhythm, some space, melody, harmony, noise,” adding, “I hope it reads like a slice of my record collection- hip hop, punk, disco jazz, metal, noise, house, techno, comedy, various others.” You can check out first single “Puppet Clubbing,” which glitchy electronic rock weirdness not miles from Ratatat.

RINA SAWAYAMA – “CHOSEN FAMILY”

“‘Chosen Family’ is a very special song for me,” Rina Sawayama says. “The concept of a chosen family is, to me, a queer one – people are often kicked out of their homes or ostracized by their family, friends, and community after coming out. This can be an incredibly painful experience that can be remedied by finding a new ‘chosen’ family. The chorus lyrics ‘We don’t need to be related to relate, we don’t need to share genes or a surname’ is an invitation for anyone that feels that sense of otherness to find their chosen family, where they can truly be themselves and feel loved. I dedicate this song to my queer friends who I now consider family – it’s essentially a big thank you to them, as I love them so much and I genuinely don’t think I would be alive right now if it weren’t for them.” It’s the latest single from her upcoming debut LP, SAWAYAMA.

PINS – “AFTER HOURS”

Manchester group PINS have taken a left turn into electro on new album Hot Slick which is out in May. Get a taste here with “After Hours” which the band say “is about what happens when the sun goes down, late nights, dark clubs, lust! Don’t underestimate a woman, especially a woman scorned. We are in charge, charged up, turn it up, turn us on!”

PROBLEM – “DON’T BE MAD AT ME”

The eternally-underrated Compton rapper Problem returns with a sentimental new song about relationship troubles that pulls sounds from all throughout the past three decades of West Coast rap.

JESSE DRAXLER & DYLAN WALKER (FULL OF HELL) – “TIME REIGN CEMENT”

Visual artist Jesse Draxler (who’s designed art for Nine Inch Nails, Chelsea Wolfe, Zola Jesus, Daughters, and more) is releasing a new audiovisual album, Reigning Cement, featuring over 20 musicians, including Chelsea Wolfe, The Dillinger Escape Plan’s Greg Puciato, Ghostemane, Trentemøller, and Full of Hell’s Dylan Walker, who made this crackling noise track with Jesse.

NIGHT DEMON – “EMPIRES FALL” (ft. 1/2 of RANCID)

Night Demon have unleashed this new dose of old school heavy metal worship, and it features backing vocals by Rancid’s Lars Frederiksen & Matt Freeman, a pairing that kind of makes sense when you consider how ’90s punk the “whoa-ohs” in this song sound.

KOOL KEITH & THETAN – “LET’S TAKE A TRIP”

Abstract rap legend Kool Keith and metal duo Thetan’s collaborative album Space Goretex comes out next week (4/10) and here’s another dark, mind-bending song from it.

THAO AND THE GET DOWN STAY DOWN – “PHENOM”

Thao and the Get Down Stay Down release their fifth album, Temple, in May. About newest single “Phenom,” Thao says, “We were due to shoot the original Phenom video in late March in LA– shoot was of course rightfully cancelled. With the California Stay at Home order the fate of the video and the release of the song (like everything) was very much in question until we decided video could and would be constructed/ filmed entirely within Zoom. We also decided it should happen VERY QUICKLY. Phenom video was conceived of and made within one week! Directed by Erin S. Murray and Jeremy Schaulin-Rioux, produced by Victoria Fayad, heroically choreographed by Erin S. Murray. THANK YOU SO MUCH CREW AND DANCERS for feats of planning, performance, and production. Thanks to M for taping our windows and finding the camping light, and to all our friends who sent in Phenom Freak Out videos. It means so much to be part of a team at such a time.”

THE LOX – “LOYALTY AND LOVE”

Fresh off the new Jadakiss album, Kiss, Styles P, and Sheek Louch have dropped a new LOX single. It’s a slow jam that finds them staying true to their roots.

ULVER – “LITTLE BOY”

Black metal turned trip hop turn synthpop band Ulver have shared their second single off their upcoming TBA album, and this one’s very much on their synthpop side, with maybe a hint of Bowie in the mix too.

RJD2 – “20 GRAND PALACE”

Underground rap producer RJD2 has shared another song off his upcoming album The Fun Onesand I’m gonna let RJ do his own talking: “Kickin’ like Bruce Lee or Jim Kelly, the drums and the bassline and the rhodes and the synths and the horns and the strings oh my god the STRINGS!!!!”

ANUEL AA – “3 DE ABRIL”

It’s the four-year anniversary of Puerto Rican rapper Anuel AA being incarcerated for possession of firearms, and he’s looking back on his arrest with this introspective new song.

GREY DAZE (CHESTER BENNINGTON) – “SOMETIMES”

The late Chester Bennington’s pre-Linkin Park band Grey Daze pushed back the release of their album Amends — which is made up of newly-finished versions of songs the band wrote and recorded with Chester in the ’90s — to June 26 via Loma Vista, and its latest single is “Sometimes.” Like the previous singles, it’s kind of a trip to hear this, and this one comes with an especially heartbreaking video.

GOGO PENGUIN – “KORA”

Instrumental trio GoGo Penguin’s new self-titled album comes out June 5 via Decca Records, and the latest single is the calming, beautiful-sounding “Kora.”

THE 1975 – “JESUS CHRIST 2005 GOD BLESS AMERICA” (ft. PHOEBE BRIDGERS)

The 1975/Phoebe Bridgers collab has finally arrived, and it’s great! Read more here.

Looking for even more new songs? Browse the ‘New Songs’ archive.