25 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.

DRAKE – “8AM IN CHARLOTTE”

Drake’s new album For All The Dogs arrives tomorrow (10/6), and today he shared new single “8 AM In Charlotte” with a video featuring his son Adonis.

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AESOP ROCK – “BY THE RIVER”

Aesop Rock is as energetic and mind-bending as ever on the latest single from Integrated Tech Solutions.

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THE DIRTY NIL & DOOMS CHILDREN (ALEXISONFIRE) – “THE LIGHT, THE VOID, AND EVERYTHING” & “FLOWER MOON”

Canadian punk band The Dirty Nil and Dooms Children (the psychedelic solo project of Alexisonfire’s Wade MacNeil) have teamed up to collaborate on re-imaginings of Dooms Children’s “Flower Moon” and The Dirty Nil’s “The Light, The Void, and Everything,” with Wade and the Nil’s Luke Bentham doing guest lead vocals on each other’s songs.

Related: BV recently launched an exclusive Alexisonfire box set, magazine, and individual reissues.

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MIYA FOLICK – “WHAT WE WANNA”

Miya Folick’s new The Buccaneers soundtrack song is a buoyant, synthy pop track.

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DAVE HARRINGTON – “I’M NOT A DREAM”

Darkside’s Dave Harrington has announced new album The Pictures which will be out October 20. He plays nearly every instrument on the album which is described as “the most sprawling, and the most personal, album Dave Harrington has ever made. It’s a love letter to the cinema. It’s a showcase for his eclectic taste. It’s a quiet nod to his father. It’s a love song to his family. It’s a heady journey through abstraction and back.” You can listen to the album’s opening cut now.

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MYRKUR – “VALKYRIERNES SANG”

Myrkur’s new album Spine is out later this month (pre-order our exclusive evergreen vinyl variant, limited to 300 copies), and the latest single is “Valkyriernes Sang,” where her ethereal vocals float over heavy musical backing. ““I wrote this song after diving into different interpretations of the old Norse sagas again, particularly Njál’s saga and the poems about the valkyrier – ‘Spydsangen’ (‘The Song of the Spear’),” she says. “I have always been fascinated with the figures of Valkyrier in Norse mythology, their power, their role in the battles, in Valhalla and with Odin.”

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SUPERCHUNK – “IN BETWEEN DAYS” (THE CURE COVER)

Superchunk’s Misfits & Mistakes: Singles, B-sides & Strays 2007–2023 is out at the end of October and of of the nuggets they’ve dusted off is this cover of The Cure’s “In Between Days” which was recorded for The AV Club’s “Undercover” video series.

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BABEHOVEN – “CHARIOT”

“‘Chariot’ is about changing perspectives; it is about sparkling through the chaos,” Babehoven’s Maya Bon say of the duo’s pensive new single. “To be whole, fresh, full of water, full of life. To glide through the winding paths as a lesson in malleability. Ryan and I collaborated in a new way on this song: he wrote a guitar part I liked, I wrote some lyrics, we wrote a chorus together. We explored songwriting as a team in the dead of upstate winter in 2023, finding solace in the slippery, cherry-red warmth of its sound.” It arrives as they begin a tour with Slow Pulp.

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HAUSCHKA – “INVENTIONS”

Volker Bertelmann releases his new Hauschka album Philanthropy in a couple weeks and today has shared its final pre-release single. It comes with a gorgeous video directed by Wataru Sato. “The video provides a captivating glimpse into the multifaceted aspects of everyday life in Japan,” says Bertelmann. “It skillfully captures both the fast-paced, hyper-modern lifestyle and the serene moments deeply rooted in its rich history and culture, finding expression in poetry and carpentry. It showcases that there’s not one answer, and that joy and serenity can be found in everything, from arts and crafts to the meticulous work of a train conductor.”

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LINYING – “TAKE ME TO YOUR HOUSE”

LA-based Singaporean artist Linying announced a new EP, House Mouse, due out November 17 via Nettwerk. The lead single is the dreamy “Take Me To Your House,” about which she says, “There was a point in my last relationship where my ex had moved into a new house and I spent weeks being sad that he hadn’t given me a key. It felt like a perfect metaphor: standing outside and wishing so badly to be let in, when really… wrong house. This song is about relief and hope as much as it is about yearning and desperation – the anticipation of thinking that maybe this is it, this is what the bad times were worth pushing through for, this is when I finally get to put some furniture down and call this place home.”

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HOT CHIP – “FIRE OF MERCY” (YUNÈ PINKU REMIX)

“After featuring on the original version, it was really cool to get the opportunity to reimagine the track in a different way,” says yunè pinku of her remix of her collab single with Hot Chip. “Hot Chip are such icons within the electronic space – it’s been a huge pleasure to be able to collaborate in this way with them.” Hot Chip add: “yunè pinku was a delight to work with in the studio on Fire of Mercy and other tunes we were jamming on, and we’re so pleased she’s turned in this banger of a remix on top of the collaboration!”

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SOPHIE MEIERS – “FOREVER MINE”

sophie meiers announced their third and final EP of 2023, crawl__space, due out November 27 via Epitaph, and shared the first single, about which they say, “A romantic, violent love song, ‘forever mine’ appears to be perfectly cute and harmless on the surface but underneath the illusion of softness lurks a deeply deranged, sick person driven to violent extremes by their love.”

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ANOHNI AND THE JOHNSONS – “SCAPEGOAT”

ANOHNI has shared the video for “Scapegoat,” the centerpiece to new album A Bridge For You To Cross. It was a family affair. directed by ANOHNI’s sister, Sara Hegarty, art-directed by otographer and visual artist Barbara Hegarty, and assisted by Ella Hegarty.

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DEARY – “SLEEPSONG”

Promising UK dreampop act deary have announced their self-titled debut EP which will be out November 17 via Sonic Cathedral. “‘Sleepsong’ was written for a friend who was struggling with grief,” says singer Dottie of the EP’s ethereal lead single. “It’s difficult to find the right words to support someone through something so raw and unstoppable. Writing it helped me through my own struggles with grief, becoming a comfort that I didn’t know I needed.”

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HOLLY HUMBERSTONE – “KISSING IN SWIMMING POOLS”

Holly Humberstone’s new track “Kissing in Swimming Pools” is a poignant alt-pop love song. It’s the latest single from her upcoming debut LP Paint My Bedroom Black.

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DREAMWELL – “ALL TOWERS DRAWN IN THE EQUATORIAL ROOM”

Providence screamo/post-hardcore band Dreamwell are two weeks away from releasing their new album In My Saddest Dreams, I Am Beside You, and each new song they release gets us more and more excited for it. The punishing, shapeshifting “All Towers Drawn In The Equatorial Room” is no exception.

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TEMS – “ME & U”

Nigerian singer Tems continues to rise, and her new single “Me & U” is an alluring fusion of polyrhythmic Afrobeats and syrupy R&B.

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BELMONT – “SSX TRICKMONT”

As they gear up for their tour with Can’t Swim, Chicago pop punks Belmont have dropped the polished, hard-charging “SSX Trickmont.”

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BLINK-182 – “DANCE WITH ME”

blink-182 have shared the fourth single from their upcoming album One More Time… with a video that parodies and/or pays homage to the Ramones. Read more here.

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MATT POND PA – “IMAGINING EVERYTHING”

Matt Pond brings back his Matt Pond PA moniker with this new song and you can read more about it here.

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BEN QUAD – “WOULD YOU TELL PICASSO TO SELL HIS GUITARS?” & “HOLDING PATTERNS”

Emo band to watch Ben Quad are gearing up to open a stacked tour with Hot Mulligan, Heart Attack Man, and Spanish Love Songs, and they’ve just shared two new songs. Read more here.

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MIDLAKE & JOHN GRANT – “ROADRUNNER BLUES” & “YOU DON’T GET TO”

John Grant enlisted Midlake for his 2010 breakthrough Queen of Denmark and they’ve now reteamed for this new double single.

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BJORK & ROSALÍA – “UNTITLED”

Bjork and Rosalía recoded a song together to benefit the fight against a new fish farm in Fjord Seyðisfjörður. Read more about it here.

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