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31 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 – “I.F.L.” & “DOWNSIDE”

Brockhampton continue to release two non-album tracks a week as they prepare for their next album, and the latest are “I.F.L.” and “Downside.” “I.F.L.” finds Brockhampton more in throwback late ’90s / early ’00s rap territory than usual (it suits them well!), and “Downside” is a little more typical of the boy band (and that one’s good too).

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JPEGMAFIA – “CUTIE PIE!”

Rapper/producer JPEGMAFIA has been on a roll lately, and here’s another great new single, the rhythmic, groovy, “CUTIE PIE!”

NEIL FINN – “GOD ONLY KNOWS” (BEACH BOYS COVER)

Crowded House frontman, and current Fleetwood Mac member Neil Finn recorded this stripped down Beach Boys cover for his bi-weekly Fangradio livestream show, and Brian Wilson featured it on his Twitter, writing, “Neil Finn of Crowded House took a walk and recorded himself singing ‘God Only Knows’ and then added a piano version at home. ”

VANGARDE (MR. LIF & STU BANGAS) – “BASQUIAT”

Vangarde is the new duo of underground rap vet Mr. Lif and producer Stu Bangas (Czarface, Sean Price, etc), and their self-titled debut EP is due later this year. New single “Basquiat” is a psychedelic, retro-futuristic rap song that finds these two in fine form.

WHITNEY – “TAKE ME HOME, COUNTRY ROADS” (JOHN DENVER COVER) FT. WAXAHATCHEE / “RAIN” (SWV COVER)

Chicago’s lightly twangy Whitney have shared a couple of in-studio covers: John Denver’s classic “Take Me Home, Country Roads” which they’ve refashioned as a duet with Waxahatchee; and SWV’s “Rain,” which they turn into a ’70s style, jazzy R&B number.

LAND OF TALK – “DIAPHANOUS”

Land of Talk’s new album Indistinct Conversations was supposed to be out this month but, like a lot of records, got postponed due to the coronavirus and it’s now out July 31. While we wait, here’s a new single. “After recording and sharing the initial demos, hearing what Bucky had manifested from essentially just my humming and strumming at once both floored me and swept me off my feet,” says LoT’s Elizabeth Powell. “What begins as an airy groove swells into a sweeping anthem for going easy on oneself. And, the importance of levity.” Watch the video, directed by Lara Kramer.

THE RENTALS – “MACHINE LOVE”

The Rentals outerspace-themed new double album Q36, which Matt Sharp made with Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ Nick Zinner on guitar, The Killers’ Ronnie Vannucci on drums, and Flaming Lips collaborator Dave Fridmann as mixing engineer, is due out July 2, and here’s the latest single, “Machine Love.”

TANYA DONELLY – “ONLY YOU” (YAZOO COVER)

Tanya Donelly, of Belly and Throwning Muses, has been doing a weekly cover on her Bandcamp and this week’s is Yazoo’s hit “Only You.” She takes the electropop ballad and turns it into a gentle folk song. “Upstairs At Eric’s was easily one of the most played albums of my late teens, shared with the people I spent every possible waking hour with back then — dancing to it in Dave N’s attic, lying on the sand listening on a Walkman with shared headphones, a boom box on the cliffs at night.” Proceeds from Bandcamp sales go to Horizons for Homeless Children.

JESS CORNELIUS – “KITCHEN FLOOR”

Australian singer-songwriter Jess Cornelius will release her debut album, Distance, on July 24 on Loantaka Records. It features a lot of cool guests, including Stella Mozgawa (Warpaint), harpist Mary Lattimore, Emily Elhaj (Angel Olsen), Stephanie Drootin (Bright Eyes), Jesse Quebbeman-Turley (Hand Habits), whistler Molly Lewis, Justin Sullivan (Night Shop, Kevin Morby) and Laura Jean Anderson. The soulful first single is “Kitchen Floor” and the video took advantage of the ghost town vibe L.A. had during peak pandemic lockdown. “I have a weird fascination with Hollywood Blvd — it’s such a grotesque place most of the time,” says Cornelius. “But I knew we’d have the chance to experience it deserted and empty, and it was like a different place. I’d been watching a lot of ‘last human on earth’ apocalypse-type films. Mostly, the concept behind the clip was to have this character just owning it. There are so many things pregnant women are not ‘supposed’ be doing, like having casual sex with strangers. There’s a loneliness, too, that I wanted to get across in the clip, but ultimately she’s in a state of friendliness with herself and the world.”

HAYLEY WILLIAMS – “DREW BARRYMORE” (SZA COVER)

Paramore’s Hayley Williams has been sharing solo covers throughout quarantine, and here’s her latest, of “Drew Barrymore” from SZA’s 2017 album Ctrl. “This was weeks ago,” Hayley writes, “April 11th, to be exact. Have a few saved up. Guess I’ve been holding out on yall. The only constant for me (besides limp ass, unwashed, unfixed hair) in the age of covid, is a guitar and free reign to mess up all my favorite songs. Here’s ‘Drew Barrymore’ by queen @sza. Please ignore my face.”

LIELA MOSS (THE DUKE SPIRIT) – ATOMS AT ME

Duke Spirit singer Liela Moss will release new solo album Who The Power on August 7 via Bella Union. “To make music for the sake can sometimes feel like a narcissistic thing to do, and very reflective of our times. So much of being a musician and live performer is about projecting energy outward, which can be a beautiful and powerful thing,” says Liela. “I experienced a good round of that over previous years, and now wanted to explore my fears of tipping the scales the other way: why should I continue to re-enact the narcissistic habits of our generation, desperate for validation, desperate for space, for ‘a platform’?” First single “Atoms at Me” is a moody rocker that features a typically powerhouse vocal from Moss.

SLINGBAUM – “BEHOOVE” FT. D’ANGELO & ERYKAH BADU

Jazz musician and composer Slingbaum’s debut album is out this month and features an impressive list of contributors, including FKA twigs, Damon Albarn, D’Angelo, Erykah Badu, Bilal, Nick Hakim, Oumou Sangare, Syd, and more. Giles Peterson debuted “Behoove” from the album, which features D’Angelo and Erykah Badu, over the weekend. You can listen via Peterson’s BBC6 archive (the song is on at the 1:50:55 mark).

SPIRIT POSSESSION – “SPIRIT POSSESSION”

Spirit Possession is the black metal duo of vocalist/guitarist S. Peacock (Ulthar, Mastery, Pandiscordin Necrogenesis) and A. Spungin (Ormus, Tarus) on drums and handmade synthesizers, and their self-titled debut LP comes out on July 24 via Profound Lore. “Spirit Possession” is also the name of the album’s lead single, which is raw and filthy and just a little bit melodic too.

LIVING GATE – “THE DELUSION OF CONSCIOUSNESS”

Living Gate, the new death metal band of Aaron Rieseberg (YOB), Lennart Bossu (Oathbreaker, Amenra), Wim Coppers (Oathbreaker, Wiegedood) and Levy Seynaeve (Amenra, Wiegedood), have dropped another venom-spewer from their upcoming self-titled debut EP, due 6/12 via Relapse.

UNDER GLASS – INSIDE A SHRINKING SPIRAL

Under Glass dropped this new LP on Middle-Man Records, and if you like your screamo on the raw, chaotic, blackened side, check this one out. It’s a rager.

LIFE – “SWITCHING ON” (IDLES REMIX)

UK band Life recently released single “Switching On” and now here’s a remix of the track by IDLES. “‘Switching On’ is an experimental love-song,” says frontman Mez Green. “When writing the track we homed in on new textures, noises and beats as we continue to fall in love with all aspects of music making, as a result we thought the original single would also work as a remix. Mark Bowen, one of the band’s closest friends, took the helm. Bowen has added some flirtatious sleaze. He has made the track sound like the love you would find coming out the backside of a city at night. It’s seedy, it’s vast and it rains down on you just like IDLES do from their necessary pulpit.”

KAMAAL WILLIAMS – “ONE MORE TIME”

UK jazz/electronic/hip hop musician Kamaal Williams has announced his sophomore solo album, Wu Hen, due July 24 via Kamaal’s own Black Focus label. the album features Mach-Hommy, Lauren Faith, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, Greg Paul (of Kalayst Collective), and more, and “One More Time” is the trippy, genre-defying lead single.

S.AL – SAFARI AL FORTNITES AT THE SCALLOPS HOTEL: THE FIRST ORANGE TREE HAS BEEN PLANTED IN MY ROOM

Kenosha, Wisconsin released a new album s.al produced by Scallops Hotel (aka R.A.P. Ferreira, fka milo, etc), and if you like Scallops Hotel’s own jazzy, underground rap, you shouldn’t sleep on this.

RUEL – “PAINKILLER” (ft. DENZEL CURRY)

Australia-via-UK singer Ruel has a new single, and this one features a typically great verse by Florida rapper Denzel Curry.

BEACH FOSSILS – “TIME”

Beach Fossils’ debut album turned 10 today and the’re celebrating with a special edition of the album that will be out this fall via frontman Dustin Payseur’s Bayonet Records. It comes with a bonus 7″ that includes unreleased song from the era, “Time.” You don’t have to wait till the fall, though.

UNWED SAILOR – “HAZE”

“Haze” is a great name for this nine-minute slow burner off post-rock vets Unwed Sailor’s upcoming album Look Alive.

JAYDA G – “BOTH OF US”

Canada-born, Berlin-based DJ and producer Jayda G announced a new EP, Both of Us / Are U Down, due out July 3 via Ninja Tune. The first single is “Both Of Us,” about which Jayda says, “I wanted to make a happy house song. The uplifting vocal, the slow breakdown, the release, those are a key part of so many of those classic house tracks I’ve found through digging over the years, and I really wanted to emulate the feeling I get from those.”

SECOND ARROWS – “GALACTIC”

Second Arrows, the new-ish NY/NJ hardcore/metalcore band with current and former members of Deadguy, Every Time I Die, Nora, Ensign, and The Banner, have released the lead single off their upcoming debut album. Read more here.

THE VELVET TEEN – “MEAN MIND”

The Velvet Teen originally released this song on a Japanese tour-only 7″ but it got its internet debut today. Read more here.

TAKE OFFENSE – CAUSE & EFFECT EP

Crossover thrashers Take Offense dropped a new EP with three songs that didn’t make the cut for last year’s Keep an Eye Out. Read more here.

JOYCE MANOR – “HOUSE WARNING PARTY”

Joyce Manor are releasing a compilation of remastered early rarities, and the first one released is “House Warning Party” from the band’s folk punk-ish 2009 demo. Read more here.

THAD COCKRELL – “HIGHER” (ft. BRITTANY HOWARD)

Alt-country vet Thad Cockrell is releasing his first solo album in 11 years, and this new single features Alabama Shakes’ Brittany Howard. Read more here.

CUT WORMS – “CASTLE IN THE CLOUDS”

Cut Worms, aka singer-songwriter Max Clarke, is back with new single “Castle in the Clouds.” This is the first we’ve heard of sessions he cut in Memphis at Sam Phillips Studio with producer Matt Ross-Spang (John Prine, Jason Isbell, Margo Price), which are good fits for Max’s nostalgic, dreamy, Everly Brothers style.

TOO MUCH (IAN SVENONIUS & RICH MOREL) – “CLUB EMOTION”

Last year, Ian Svenonius (The Make-Up/Nation of Ulysses) teamed up with producer/remixer Rich Morel (who has worked with Pet Shop Boys, U.S. Girls and more) to release a single as dancefloor duo Too Much. That 7″ came out via Merge, and now Too Much have announced their debut albumClub Emotion, which will be out July 3 via Radical Elite. Here’s the title track.

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