13 New Songs Out Today

So many artists, so many songs, 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, track premieres, and more all day. We update a playlist weekly of some of our current favorite tracks. Here’s a daily roundup with a bunch of interesting, newly released songs in one place.

BDRMM – “INFINITY PEAKING”

“Infinity Peaking perfectly encapsulates the band we were and the band we are now, that careful balance of shoegaze and electronica,” says bdrmm’s Ryan Smith. “It was written when I was in Malaga, and is the first track I wrote that wasn’t in some dingy bedroom. I feel like it captures the location that is reminiscent on The Durutti Column’s Hotel of the Lake, 1990. It’s a track that is full of true joy (despite the lyrics) and it was a pleasure to work on in the studio. It’s one that we felt we could really get into the experimentation on, especially in the long spanning mid-section. We’re always happiest when we’re sat on the floor of the studio surrounding the latest pedal we bought, each dying to have a pass on it.” bdrmm’s new album Microtonic is out March 28 via Rock Action.

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HORSEGIRL – “SWITCH OVER”

Indie rock trio Horsegirl will release their second album, Phonetics On and On, which was produced by Cate Le Bon, on Valentine’s Day and here’s another early taste. “Switch Over” is the most immediately appealing song off the album we’ve heard yet and the video is cool too.

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THE CHILLS – “DOLPHINS”

Here’s another song from the upcoming posthumous Chills album, featuring songs the late Martin Phillipps wrote in the early days of the band but didn’t actually record till the last years of his life. “All of the songs needed varying degrees of rewriting,” he said. “A 60-year old man couldn’t just stick to the lyrics of those formative years. And some of the songs were just vague recollections, incomplete, only blossoming during recording.”

Spring Board: The Early Unrecorded Songs by The Chills

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YOUBET – “DENY”

“Normally, youbet songs start on the nylon string, but this time I was inspired to write on the electric guitar,” Nick Llobet says of the band’s new single “Deny.” “While driving around last spring we listened to a ton of Polvo, Autolux, and Boris, just to name a few. ‘Deny’ was written last April after we got home from supporting Mary Timony on tour. I was inspired to create a song that captured the energy of that time. In this way, touring is such a great learning experience. Getting in front of new audiences last year helped us develop a new sound. We fed off of the energy. I would say this song is an experiment- trying to explore some new stylistic terrain. A lot of the new songs we’re writing live in this world – ‘Deny’ is a bridge.”

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GEOLOGIST & DOUG SHAW – “LOOSE GRAVEL”

Here’s another trippy preview of Geologist’s upcoming collab album with guitarist Doug Shaw.

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SHANNON & THE CLAMS – “WAX & STRING”

Shannon & The Clams are releasing a deluxe edition of last year’s The Moon is In the Wrong Place and it comes with a couple previously unreleased songs from the album sessions, including this one. “This song is about the way people attach deep meaning to inanimate objects,” says the band’s Cody Blanchard. “The ease with which we do this, how natural it is for us. The innate compulsion towards superstition, witchery, sacred objects, cursed objects. It’s in us. A teddy bear, a pocketknife, a weird rock, a sacred idol, a garment. In Aliens (1986), Ripley checks inside a filthy doll’s head for bad dreams to comfort an orphaned child. The child replies, ‘it’s just a piece of plastic.’ Which is true. But also it doesn’t matter. It was the only thing she had to comfort her after her parents died, and it helped.”

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M.I.A. – “ARMOUR”

M.I.A.’s new single “Armour” is described as her “spiritual declaration,” inspired by her 2022 conversion to Christianity. It’s out on her OHMNI label.

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TOKiMONSTA – “FEEL IT” (ft. GROUPTHERAPY.)

LA beatmaker TOKiMONSTA has announced a new album, Eternal Reverie, due March 7 via Young Art, and new single “Feel It” LA hip hop/R&B duo grouptherapy.

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ZORA – “SICK SEX”

Experimental rapper/singer/producer ZORA releases her new album BELLAdonna this Friday (1/17) via Get Better Records, and she’s just shared its new single “Sick Sex.” Per a press release, “On ‘sick sex,’ Belladonna’s narrative arc is complete, as she leaves behind her days of vengeance and pivots toward love and healing— an allegory for ZORA’s own history with sexual assault.”

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ELA MINUS – QQQQ”

Ela Minus’ new album DÍA is out this week and here’s one final sleek early taste before the whole thing drops.

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SKUNK ANANSIE – “AN ARTIST IS AN ARTIST”

UK alt-rock vets Skunk Anansie are back with their first new music in three years, a single that was produced by Dave Sitek. “His name seemed to be on a lot of records that we liked,” says singer Skin. “But none of the records sounded the same. The records all sounded fresh, but mainly the artists all sounded like themselves.”

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BOB VYLAN – “DREAM BIGGER” FT AMY LEE

UK duo Bob Vylan have shared a new version of their song “Dream Big” from 2024’s Humble as the Sun. They’ve retitled it “Dream Bigger” and it now features a verse from Amy Taylor of Amyl and the Sniffers. The two groups have toured together before, and are about to start another run together in Australia; plus, one of Amyl & The Sniffers’ singles from their 2024 album Cartoon Darkness was titled “Big Dreams,” so it’s all a natural fit.

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FLORIST – “HAVE HEAVEN”

Florist announced a new album and shared the second single, which you can read more about here.

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