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22 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…

BROCKHAMPTON – “NO HALO”

Brockhampton’s anticipated new album GINGER comes out tonight, but first one last song/video is out from it, “NO HALO.” This one sees the boy band exploring their R&B slow jam side with help from WeDidIt’s Deb Never.

JOAN SHELLEY – “THE FADING”

Folk singer Joan Shelley has shared another truly gorgeous song from her upcoming album Like The River Loves The Sea, which comes out next week (8/30) via No Quarter. Joan says the song “has to do with that moment when something breaks down: a river jumping the bank and causing a flood, a car breaking down, or a romantic breakup. If you can get through it, it is a precious moment.”

BLACK MOUNTAIN – “JUNIOR’S EYES” (BLACK SABBATH COVER)

Black Mountain have covered a song by a fellow “Black” band and one who has definitely always been a big influence on them, Black Sabbath. It’s not the most obvious Sabbath song though: it’s “Junior’s Eyes” from 1978’s Never Say Die!, their last album with Ozzy (until 2013’s 13). “Deep end period Ozzy slow burn. Some Butler / Ward funk, Iommi wah flutters and floating synths,” says Black Mountain’s Stephen McBean. “Randomly rediscovered on a cruise through some red sand tropics. Nearly ten years on and still pulling riffs from the sky… never say die! You’re never too old to switch on and upwards!”

PETBRICK – “RADIATION FACIAL” (ft. DYLAN WALKER OF FULL OF HELL)

PETBRICK is the new industrial noise band featuring former Sepultura drummer Igor Cavalera, and not only are they great to begin with, this new song is even more exciting because it features Full of Hell’s Dylan Walker. Their debut album I comes out October 25 via Closed Casket Activities.

FENELLA (JANE WEAVER) – “BRIGHT CURSE”

Jane Weaver, who made the terrific 2017 album Modern Kosmology, leads this new ensemble (which includes members of her solo band) to create a reimagined analog synth psychedelic soundtrack to Marcell Jankovics’ cult animation Fehérlófia. The album’s out November 1 via Fire.

MOLLY SARLÉ – “TWISTED”

“‘Twisted’ is a song I wrote to myself,” Molly Sarlé says about the latest single off her upcoming debut solo LP, Karaoke Angel. “I wrote it while working on a David Mamet play called ‘Oleanna.’ The play is written so well that it’s impossible to tell who is right, and who is wrong – so empathy ensues. That’s what ‘Twisted’ is about. If you are paying attention to your life, and to the lives of other people, it’s impossible to escape empathy.”

GONG GONG GONG – “SOME KIND OF DEMON”

Beijing-based duo Gong Gong Gong have dropped another track from their upcoming album Phantom Rhythm. “This is probably the most slow and meditative song on the LP, and one of our favourites,” say the band of “Some Kind of Demon. “The lyrics are a kind of self-reflection or internal monologue, combining Cantonese words to look at different possibilities or things that could have happened.” Fans of minimal, experimental music like 75 Dollar Bill might want to take note.

BLUE HAWAII – “ALL THAT BLUE”

Montreal electronic duo Blue Hawaii announced a new album, Open Reduction Internal Fixation, due out October 11 via Arbutus Records. The band describes first single “All That Blue” as a “sultry dance-floor cooker.”

BONNIE PRINCE BILLY / BRYCE DESSNER / EIGHTH BLACKBIRD – “NEW PARTNER”

Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, The National’s Bryce Dessner and contemporary classical ensemble Eighth Blackbird release their new collaborative album, When We Are Inhuman next week and here’s one last early taste, this lovely orchestrated version of Oldham’s “New Partner,” originally on Viva Last Blues. It was recorded live at Dessner’s MusicNOW Festival in Cincinnati.

ANNA MEREDITH – “MOONMOONS”

“‘Moonmoons’ are the moons of moons,” says Anna Meredith of her playful new composition which features on the upcoming album, FIBS. “this idea of intergalactic worlds within worlds and of doubling and playing with scale, of zooming in and out is explored right through the piece, down to the cascading climactic slowing down textures which are actually constructed using the rest of the electronics compressed into two second gestures.”

DIIV – “TAKER”

Taker” is thick like molasses, somewhere between grunge and shoegaze, with a sticky sweet layer of harmonies overtop. It’s from DIIV’s new album, Deceiver, which is out October 4.

KAYO DOT – “TURBINE, HOOK, AND HAUL”

The constantly-evolving Kayo Dot have shared another song off their upcoming album Blasphemy, and you can read more about it here.

THE 1975 – “PEOPLE”

The 1975’s new album will be out in February, and its loud, shouty new single “People” is The 1975 like you’ve never heard them before. Read more here.

VINCE STAPLES – “SO WHAT?”

Vince Staples launched The Vince Staples Show today, and each new episode comes with a new original song by Vince. You can watch episode one here, read more about the project here, and listen to the new song below.

LANA DEL REY – “FUCK IT I LOVE YOU” & “THE GREATEST”

Two new Lana Del Rey songs have arrived with a joint video, one week ahead of the release of Lana’s anticipated new album Norman Fucking Rockwell.

MICROWAVE – “FLOAT TO THE TOP”

Microwave’s much heavier third album Death Is A Warm Blanket is a total reinvention, and you can get a taste of their new sound from new single “Float to the Top.” Read more here.

GATECREEPER – “SOCIAL DECAY”

Not only Gatecreeper have an anticipated new album on the way, they’ve now shared a non-album track for the Decibel Flexi Series along with a new tour announcement.

CLOUD RAT – “WONDER”

Experimental grinders Cloud Rat are back with a new song off their upcoming album Pollinator; read more here.

COARSE – CUT AND PRESERVED (EP STREAM)

Coarse’s new EP features one new original song and three remixes/reworks of songs from their 2018 debut EP with a different guest on each one, including The Armed, Leo Ashline of Street Sects, and Hash Gordon. Listen to the whole thing ahead of its Friday release date and read more about it here.

MOVING TARGETS – “FEAR OF GOD” & “STONE”

Massachusetts alt-rock vets Moving Targets are streaming two songs off their first album in 25+ years, Wires, and you can read more about it here.

PATTY GRIFFIN – “RUBY’S ARMS” / COURTNEY MARIE ANDREWS – “DOWNTOWN TRAIN” (TOM WAITS COVERS)

In celebration of Tom Waits‘ upcoming 70th birthday, Phoebe Bridgers, Aimee Mann, Iris Dement, Corinne Bailey Rae, Courtney Marie Andrews, Joseph, Rosanne Cash, Kat Edmonson, and more have covered his songs for the upcoming tribute album Come On Up To The House: Women Sing Waits which is out November 22. Check out Courtney Marie Andrews and Patty Griffin’s covers now.

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