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.
PELICAN – “CASCADING CRESCENT” (ft. GEOFF RICKLY)
Previously released as a vinyl-only single, Pelican have now digitally-released and made a music video for the vocal version of their song “Cascading Crescent” from this year’s Flickering Resonance, with Thursday’s Geoff Rickly on guest lead vocals. The song is a totally different beast than the instrumental version, and Geoff’s vocals sound so natural with the song that you might be surprised it wasn’t originally written with the intention of having a singer on it. The video features live footage of Geoff singing with Pelican, and the song will be included on the upcoming Ascending EP, which features the Flickering Resonance B-side “Ascending” and two 2024 digital-only tracks, “Adrift” and “Tending the Embers.” That comes out January 23 via Run For Cover.
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I PROMISED THE WORLD – “A PURE EXPRESSION”
Rising post-hardcore/metalcore band I Promised the World continue to take us right back to the early 2000s with the second taste of their anticipated self-titled EP for Rise Records.
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HIT LIKE A GIRL – “KEEPSAKE THEORY”
Hit Like A Girl’s new album Burning At Both Ends comes out March 27 via Cryptid Records, and new single “Keepsake Theory” is a unique and very appealing fusion of post-hardcore and power pop.
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MX LONELY – “SHAPE OF AN ANGEL”
Mx Lonely’s new album All Monsters is out next month, and they’ve given us another preview with “Shape of an Angel.” “When I was first diagnosed with ADHD, I was prescribed a hefty script of Adderall and I fell in love…I developed a heavy dependency on these creamsicle colored miracle pills and ended up craving more and more – until it began to consume me,” vocalist and syntheist Rae Haas says. “I was constantly chasing that first dose of euphoria; refusing to look inward, continuously convincing myself ‘a higher dose will fix my problems, make me more lovable, guide me toward my goals- god dammit these drugs will make me a better person.’ You find yourself out of love with somebody but still needing them. Constantly chasing what used to be.”
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JOEL ROSS – “WISDOM IS ETERNAL (FOR BARRY HARRIS)”
Jazz vibraphonist Joel Ross has announced a new album, Gospel Music, due January 30 via Blue Note. Here’s the glistening new single.
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ULVER – “THEY’RE COMING! THE BIRDS!”
Ulver’s new album Neverland arrives on New Year’s Eve and here’s a skittering electronic track that will appear on it.
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UNVERKALT – “DIE AUSLÖSCHUNG”
Berlin’s Unverkalt have announced a new album, Héréditaire, due February 27 via Season of Mist. Here’s the gothy, doomy, ethereal lead single “Die Auslöschung.”
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COLOSSAL RAINS – “FLOWERS ON A LANDMINE”
Blacklisted offshoot Colossal Rains have shared another sludgy track from their upcoming debut album Feral Sorrow.
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SOFTCULT – “QUEEN OF NOTHING”
Softcult have shared another track off their upcoming debut album, When A Flower Doesn’t Grow. “This song is about the double standards, harsh judgements, and unrealistic expectations that patriarchal society places on women,” Mercedes Arn-Horn says. “We’re expected to be sexy, but only as it applies to the male fantasy; somehow a virgin and a slut. We’re expected to constantly nurture the men in our lives, and shamed if our aspirations exceed becoming wives and mothers. The world demands maturity from us, but discards us when we’re old and ‘unfuckable,’ our value reduced to our ability to attract men. And when we attract men, we’re labeled ‘whores.’ We’re expected to be ‘cool’ and ‘like one of the guys,’ but not too abrasive, loud, or ‘unladylike.’ Our intelligence and our success is tolerated so long as it isn’t too threatening or intimidating to our male counterparts. From unconscious biases to blatant sexism, misogyny and gender violence, women face an impossible amount of discrimination in the world today. And no matter the amount of vitriol or ignorance we endure, we’re still expected to smile. This song is about the realization that these cycles of abuse are bigger than our personal experiences. It’s recognizing the systemic nature of mistreatment and discrimination.”
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REMEMBER SPORTS – “CUT FRUIT”
Remember Sports have shared the third single from their upcoming album The Refrigerator and it’s another good one. It finds them in ragged indie rock territory with fuzzed-out guitars and good hooks.
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J MASCIS – “SAY IT ON”
Dinosaur Jr’s J. Mascis has shared this song which was recorded during the 2017 sessions for his solo album Elastic Days and was otherwise only available on the 2025 Fire Relief Compilation, Gimme Shelter.
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CAST – “FREE LOVE”
Britpop vets Cast are back with another anthemic pop tune from their upcoming album Yeah Yeah Yeah
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DOROTHY – “DOROTHY”
Dorothy, the London indie supergroup of Jude Woodhead (aka Saint Jude), Marco Pini (GG Skips, Sorry, RIP Magic), and Francesca Brierley (aka heka) release their debut EP this week and here is the band’s own theme song, if you will, which is on the record. The song is very merseyside psych and they say ““Dorothy walks down Ocean Avenue and sits on a bench at the edge of the sand, listening to the people, watching the sun stretch over the horizon like a jammy orange egg yolk. She talks on the telephone. She sits there until the day is done.”
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COLLEEN – “ANTÍDOTO”
Colleen, aka multi-instrumentalist Cécile Schott, has announced her new album Libres antes del final, which will be out March 20 via Thrill Jockey. “Antídoto” is the ambient first single. She says, “I think the album in general has a tense and at times rather dark energy, and ‘Antídoto,’ bang in the middle of the album, acts as the positive counterweight and joyful centerpiece. It is the sun-drenched, edgy reply to moments when you feel anger, it is my musical way of saying I can turn the situation upside down and build my own antidote to the negative feelings consuming me. It has the energy of “I’m not going to let things get in my way.””
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ARCHY MARSHALL (KING KRULE) – “WHEN AND WHY”
King Krule’s Archy Marshall is giving his A New Place 2 Drown solo album a 10th anniversary reissue that comes with a newly remastered instrumental edition that’s out now. It’s also got “When and Why,” a song from the sessions that was previously unreleased.
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MARLON MAGNEE (LA FEMME) – “PLUS FORT QUE TOI”
La Femme’s Marlon Magnee has shared a second single from his upcoming solo debut that rides the line between synthpop and rockabilly.
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JOE JACKSON – “WELCOME TO BURNING-BY-SEA”
“This started as a song about a fictional seaside town inspired by Brighton, but somehow my hometown Portsmouth muscled its way in, to be followed by a hundred other seaside towns in all their faded glory, and ultimately, by the whole damn country,” Joe says of the first single from his upcoming album Hope and Fury. “It ended up being a love/hate song to England.”
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TORI AMOS – “GROWIN’ UP” (BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN COVER)
Tori Amos announced an expanded reissue of her covers/concept album Strange Little Girls featuring two previously unreleased b-sides, and she’s shared one of them, a rendition of Bruce Springsteen’s “Growin’ Up.”
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THE AFGHAN WHIGS – “FAKE LIKE” (POLIÇA COVER) / “DOWNTOWN” (STILL CORNERS COVER)
The Afghan Whigs are back with a new 7″ that features two covers: Poliça‘s “Fake Like” and Still Corners‘ “Downtown.” It’s their first new release in three years. Greg Dulli says, “Both of these songs were born out of soundcheck jams. Each song holds a particular resonance for me and I really felt the lyrics, so they both flowed freely and felt good to sing.”
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