{"id":2428044,"date":"2026-05-22T13:56:05","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T13:56:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2428044"},"modified":"2026-05-22T13:56:05","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T13:56:05","slug":"new-music-friday-may-22-2026-the-indy-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/new-music-friday-may-22-2026-the-indy-review\/","title":{"rendered":"New Music Friday: May 22, 2026 \u2013 The Indy Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While this week may seem like the briefest of breaks from May Music Madness, there\u2019s still enough music to fill your weekend with goodness from start to finish.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jack Antonoff\u2019s <strong>Bleachers<\/strong> is back with their latest album of lyrically perceptive, musically bombastic rock n\u2019 roll. And if you\u2019re in the dark about Australia\u2019s buzz band <strong>Ecca Vandal<\/strong>, now is the time to join them in the spotlight as their debut album is out. And if you want the perfect chill, summer record, the latest from <strong>The Coral<\/strong> will fit that niche perfectly. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Muse<\/strong> are embracing their bombastic side on their latest cut, and <strong>Kennyhoopla<\/strong>\u2018s is an indie rock banger. Canadian alt. rapper <strong>K-Os<\/strong> has returned with an undeniable banger, while <strong>Rainbow Kitten Surprise<\/strong> surprise us with another new one from their last album recording session. <strong>Peter Gabriel<\/strong> \u2018won\u2019t stand down\u2019 on his new song, and <strong>Dexys Midnight Runner <\/strong>celebrate their life in England for their return. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>NOFX<\/strong> wrote a song inspired by their recent documentary, and dropped it this week. Hardcore legends <strong>Quicksand<\/strong> shared a melodic, post-punk banger, while <strong>Vince Staples<\/strong> gets political waving a \u2018white flag.\u2019 English rockers <strong>The Darkness<\/strong> have unveiled a bold track for the <em>Masters of the Universe<\/em> soundtrack, while <strong>Amy Shark<\/strong> has gone personal as a \u2018child of divorce.\u2019 <strong>Mike D<\/strong> has dropped his second post-Beastie Boys single, while <strong>Tommy Lee<\/strong> shares a brand new track for his remastered version of <em>TOMMYLAND<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There\u2019s also new tracks from NMF playlist vets <strong>SeeTrees<\/strong>, <strong>The Magic City,<\/strong> <strong>Imogen Clark<\/strong>, <strong>Thomas Duxbury, The<\/strong> <strong>Feeders<\/strong>, <strong>Girl with a Hawk, Mock Media<\/strong>, <strong>Andrew Sa, Zebrahead, Aderyn<\/strong>, <strong>Devlin and The Harm, Yea-Ming and the<\/strong> <strong>Rumors, Maris<\/strong>, <strong>Michael Franti &amp; Spearhead<\/strong>, <strong>sundayclub, Icarus Phoenix, Integra Pink<\/strong>, <strong>J. Mascis<\/strong>, <strong>Noah<\/strong> <strong>Gundersen, Andy Frasco &amp; The U.N.<\/strong>, <strong>Tropidelic<\/strong>, <strong>Nothing But Thieves<\/strong>, and <strong>David G. Smith<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And this week, we\u2019re happy to introduce you to <strong>The Golden Hours<\/strong>, <strong>Madame Daley, Tiger Bear Wolf,<\/strong> <strong>Josaleigh Pollett, Julia Greenberg, Kalia Vandever<\/strong>, <strong>Lisa Molinaro<\/strong>, <strong>CR &amp; the White Lights<\/strong>, <strong>Essence Martins<\/strong>, <strong>Jamie Webster, Split<\/strong> <strong>Keys, Fool Nelson<\/strong>, <strong>Regent<\/strong>, <strong>Getdown Services<\/strong>, <strong>Johanna Samuels<\/strong>, <strong>Farline<\/strong>, <strong>Lindsay Schoolcraft,<\/strong> <strong>SiM<\/strong>, <strong>Agnes Skures<\/strong>, <strong>Em Armstrong, Felix Antonio, Taylor Bleu, Izzie Yardley<\/strong>, <strong>Belvedere<\/strong>, <strong>Donnie Vie, AHI, Divers<\/strong>, <strong>The Tensions<\/strong>, <strong>Thaladela<\/strong> and <strong>Ratoon<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Start streaming now in our <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/playlist\/6ev6yxufHeDvitWMugIwXy?si=ee3dab82a8494ee3\">New Music Friday Playlist<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed alignleft is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"\/>\n<span id=\"wordads-inline-marker\" style=\"display: none;\"\/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source theindyreview.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While this week may seem like the briefest of breaks from May Music Madness, there\u2019s still enough music to fill your weekend with goodness from start to finish. 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And if you\u2019re in the dark about Australia\u2019s buzz band [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2428045,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2428044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/New-Music-Friday-May-22-2026-\u2013-The-Indy-Review.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2428044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2428044"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2428044\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2428046,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2428044\/revisions\/2428046"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2428045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2428044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2428044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2428044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}