New songs: Kathleen Edwards, Spice (Ceremony), Remo Drive, more

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…

KATHLEEN EDWARDS - "OPTIONS OPEN"

Singer-songwriter Kathleen Edwards will release Total Freedom -- her first album in eight years -- on August 14 via Dualtone. She's spent the last six running a coffee shop in Ottawa. “I had no desire to write, no desire to play,” Kathleen says of her sabbatical. “It allowed me all the time and space I needed to even just enjoy listening to music again. There were so many times where, if I was thinking about my own writing or playing, my heart just wasn't in it.” With her heart back in it, she's just shared Total Freedom's first single, the shimmering, confident "Options Open."

JAMES KRIVCHENIA (BIG THIEF) - "TEMPTATION REDUCED," "THE ETERNAL SPECTATOR," "TOUCHED BY AN ANGEL"

Big Thief drummer James Krivchenia is releasing an ambient solo album, A New Found Relaxation, on June 26, and three songs are out from it now.

REMO DRIVE - "ODE TO JOY 2"

Remo Drive have shared another track off their anticipated, classic rock-inspired new album A Portrait of an Ugly Man (due 6/26 via Epitaph), and as the video makes clear, this one's built for blasting with the windows down.

SPICE (mem CEREMONY) - "ALL MY BEST SHIT"

Spice (aka Ceremony frontman Ross Farrar and drummer Jake Casarotti plus members of Sabertooth Zombie, No Sir, and Creative Adult) shared a second song off their upcoming self-titled debut, and compared to the light indie rock of "First Feeling," this one's more on the heavy shoegaze side.

A GRAPE DOPE (aka JOHN HERNDON OF TORTOISE) - "NOD TO THE PEANUTS"

Tortoise drummer John Herndon described his upcoming debut LP as A Grape Dope, Arthur King Presents A Grape Dope: Backyard Bangers, as "a collage of sounds," which is an apt description for new single "Nod to the Peanuts" too.

ZOMBI - "BREAKTHROUGH & CONQUER"

Zombi will release their first new album in five years, 2020, on July 17 via Relapse, and first single "Breakthrough & Conquer" finds them giving the Zombi twist to bomastic '80s rock.

BLACK DRESSES - "888DB CLOUD" (100 GECS COVER)

Here's an exciting combination: Black Dresses, who released Peaceful as Hell last month, take on "800 db cloud" from 100 gecs' 2019 debut LP 1000 gecs. "thank u for ur continued support," Black Dresses write. "stay safe rock on !!"

DORIAN ELECTRA - "SORRY BRO (I LOVE YOU)"

Speaking of 100 gecs, the duo's Dylan Brady produced this heavily electro new track from Dorian Electra.

DERADOORIAN - "IT WAS ME"

Deradoorian's new album Find The Sun was originally set for release this week but is now not coming out till September but she's just shared a new single to tide us over. Over pounding drums and a drony, bass-heavy sound, Angel Deradoorian's powerful voice carries this track.

BAD COP/BAD COP - "PURSUIT OF LIBERTY"

We named Bad Cop/Bad Cop's "Simple Girl" one of the best punk songs of April, and now here's the second taste of their upcoming album The Ride (due 6/19 via Fat Wreck Chords), "Pursuit of Liberty." It's another anthemic punk ripper, and it's got a powerful message too. It was written by bassist Linh Le, who says, "My family fled Saigon in 1975. They were given a chance. So, why isn't the same thing still happening for everyone fleeing their danger? How have we gone from 'The Land of the Free' to 'Build that Wall?'"

SEBASTIEN TELLIER - "STUCK IN A SUMMER LOVE"

French Touch vet Sebastien Tellier will release his sixth album, Domesticated, on May 29. It's also his first in six years. He's just shared this gorgeous, mellow, nostalgic single. “It’s about being caught in the past, the old teenager I was,” he says. “It’s full of emotion, but also it’s like a caterpillar. She’s fat and strong. I was very proud of that. It was always my wish to make a song like it, but I never found a way.”

MADELINE KENNEY - "SUCKER"

Madeline Kenney has announced her follow-up to 2018's Perfect Shapes. Sucker's Lunch is due out on July 31 via Carpark, and like Shapes, it was co-produced by Wye Oak's Jenn Wasner. The first single is the mellow "Sucker," which features backing vocals from Lambchop's Kurt Wagner.

INTERNATIONAL TEACHERS OF POP - "FLOOD THE CLUB"

Sheffield's International Teachers of Pop, the group featuring Adrian Flanagan and Dean Honer of Moonlandings / Eccentronic Research Council and Leonore Wheatley of The Soundcarriers, will release new album Pop Gossip on August 28. The album includes "I Stole Yer Plimsoles" (featuring Sleaford Mods' Jason Williamson) and here's the new single. "It’s a bit darker than our usual electro pop fare, the track envisions a dystopian world of clubbing that’s very clean, nightclubs with their sprinklers on all night, taps overflowing on to the dance floor," Adrian tells The Quietus. "I guess it’s accidentally quite topical ! It’ll be interesting to see how this all pans out, I, for one, like my clubs a little grimy. If I’ve not left a club with soil on my knees and a strangers dribble on my shirt, I’ve not been out!" Digital sales from this single will benefit independent venue The Trades Club in Hebden Bridge, UK.

JUAN WAUTERS - "PASARLA BIEN"

Juan Wauters will release a new digital EP, Más Canciones de la Onda, on June 3 via Captured Tracks. “Pasarla Bien” features two musicians Wauters met in Argentina – Diego Rodriguez and Martín Sanchez on vibraphone and upright bass, respectively.

BEDOUINE - "ALL MY TRIALS"

Bedouine has contributed a this track to Mexican Summer's Looking Glass series. Her take on this traditional song is baroque and beautiful.

BLOCBOY JB & TAY KEITH - "NO CHORUS PT. 12"

BlocBoy JB and Tay Keith teamed up for this booming, subwoofer-rattling new song.

TYLER, THE CREATOR - "BOYFRIEND" (ft. CHARLIE WILSON & SANTIGOLD)

Tyler, the Creator had previously released "Boyfriend" as a bonus track on the physical editions of his great 2019 album IGOR and now you can stream it online too.

CAMBATTA - "NXGGXR CHRXST"

Psychedelic rapper Cambatta is releasing his new album LSD: Lunar Solar Duality on July 21 via Mello Music Group, and here's the promising first single.

VIRGIN MOTHER (METH) - "TRAFFIC STOP" & "PARASITE"

Virgin Mother is another project of meth.'s Seb Alvarez, and his new album It Is comes out this Friday (5/22). Ahead of its release, he's streaming two appealingly noisy, discordant tracks.

JXDN - "ANGELS & DEMONS"

blink-182's Travis Barker signed jxdn to his DTA Records label, and jxdn's label debut is "Angels & Demons," which was co-produced by and features drums by Barker. It's a catchy, anthemic dose of emo rap.

PHOEBE BRIDGERS - "I SEE YOU"

Here's the latest taste of Phoebe Bridgers' anticipated sophomore LP, which you can read more about here.

INCUBUS' BRANDON BOYD - "MYTH" (BEACH HOUSE COVER)

Incubus frontman Brandon Boyd has covered a song by -- wait for it -- Beach House! Read more here.

MEDHANE - "I'M DEADASS"

Brooklyn rapper Medhane will release his second album of 2020 next week, and you can read more about new single "I'm Deadass" here.

SETH BOGART (HUNX & HIS PUNX) - "BOYS WHO DON'T WANNA BE BOYS"

Seth Bogart, who you may know from Hunx & His Punx or Gravy Train!!!!, will release new solo album Men on the Verge of Nothing on June 26 via Wacky Wacko Recordings. The first single is danceable post-punk jam "Boys Who Don't Wanna Be Boys" and the video, directed by Seth and Henry Metcalf, includes lockdown contributions from Kate Berlant, John Early, Brooke Candy, JD Samson, Phranc, and more.

IDLES - "MR MOTIVATOR"

IDLES are working on their third album and while details of that have not been revealed, the band have just shared a new single, "Mr. Motivator." The song references Kathleen Hanna and the group's signature sloganeering. "How'd you like them cliches?" asks frontman Joe Talbot.

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