- Broken Social Scene - The Call - Ahead of next month's release of Remember The Humans comes this single that Stereogum calls a "big, messy, comforting jam with layers upon layers of guitars, keyboards, and backup harmonies."
- U2 - In A Life - The standout track from Easter Lily, the second of two surprise EPs from Bono & Co. this year.
- Temples - Vendetta - The British psych-rock band drops this electro-dance-y number from its upcoming album Bliss.
- Hiss Golden Messenger - In The Middle Of It - North Carolinian MC Taylor's new HGM album, I'm People, is due in June.
- Brooke Annibale - Bolder Font - The singer-songwriter says "this song is me wrestling with my self-worth and identity." It's the second single from her upcoming Kickstarter-funded album.
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Saturday, April 18, 2026
Newest from Broken Social Scene, U2, Temples, Hiss Golden Messenger, Brooke Annibale
Sunday, April 12, 2026
Tedeschi Trucks Band, The Falls, Young Martyrs, Joyce Manor, Iron & Wine in our New Music bin
- Tedeschi Trucks Band - Future Soul - The title track from their new album goes in a bit of a different direction for the band.
- The Falls - Open Fire - This single from the Manchester, UK, group uses "step into open fire" to symbolize coping with a world of danger and disorder.
- Young Martyrs - Is There Anybody Out There - This "alt-americana" group from Bath, UK, previews its third album, Might Just Be Enough, with this single.
- Joyce Manor - I Used To Go To This Bar - The title track from the Los Angeles pop-punk trio's seventh album.
- Iron & Wine - In Your Ocean - Sam Beam is swimming in love in this song from his eighth I&W album, Hen's Teeth.
Saturday, April 4, 2026
Brown/Martin/Browne, Elizabeth And The Catapult, Courtney Barnett, Peter Gabriel, Blu Beach Band
- Alison Brown & Steve Martin feat. Jackson Browne & Jeff Hanna - "Dear Time" - From the banjo artists' new album Safe, Sensible and Sound comes this sentimental song about the passage of time. The duo recruited Browne for lead and Hanna for backup vocals.
- Elizabeth And The Catapult - "Responsible Friend" - Singer-songwriter Elizabeth Ziman says this song "is actually about being pretty irresponsible ... about hitting on a friend when you know you probably shouldn't."
- Courtney Barnett - "Mantis" - Named for a preying mantis that appeared at her door, this song is "the microcosmic centerpiece" of Creature of Habit. "It’s a song about searching, and it helped me find my way" in writing the album, Barnett says.
- Peter Gabriel - "Till Your Mind Is Shining (Dark-Side Mix)" - Gabriel continues to release tracks from o/i with each full moon. He calls this one "probably the poppiest."
- Blu Beach Band - "Rock Band" - This Saskatchewan indie-rock outfit sings about "the chaos and charm of life in a working band." Best line: "I can’t pay the rent in good exposure."
Sunday, March 29, 2026
Flea on trumpet, The New Pornographers, Stereolab, Snail Mail, U2 - New music variety
- Flea - Traffic Lights (feat. Tom Yorke) - The Chili Peppers bassist switches to his first love, jazz trumpet, on his first solo album, Honora. Most tracks are instrumentals, but this one features Radiohead's vocalist.
- The New Pornographers - Ballad of the Last Payphone - Another cut from the just-released The Former Site Of. Paste calls the LP melancholy, with a lyrical theme of "staring down the current state of the world."
- Stereolab - Cloud Land - One of a pair of new tracks just released by the London band. Stereogum calls it "a vast epic with awesomely wormy synths and cool percussive breaks."
- Snail Mail - Tractor Beam - From Ricochet, the third album from Lindsey Jordan's project. She says this song uses "alien abduction as a metaphor for lost time because of disassociation."
- U2 - Song of the Future - This song from the protest EP Days of Ash honors 16-year-old Sarina Esmailzadeh, an Iranian schoolgirl fatally beaten by security forces after taking part in a Woman, Life, Freedom demonstration in 2022.
Saturday, March 21, 2026
Brand-new from Tedeschi Trucks Band, Muse, gladie, Death Cab for Cutie, Paper Crown
- Tedeschi Trucks Band - Crazy Cryin' - We've been spinning the singles "Who Am I" and "I Got You," and now with the release of Future Soul, we're featuring the lead-off track.
- Muse - Be With You - The band's 10th album, The WOW! Signal, has themes of cosmic mystery and the possibility of extraterrestrial life. Yet the refrain that gives this song its title is simply romantic.
- gladie - I Want That For You - Philadelphia's Augusta Koch sounds almost happy on this track from her band's newest LP, which takes it's title from the song's last line: No Need To Be Lonely.
- Death Cab for Cutie - Riptides - On the other hand, Ben Gibbard sounds world-weary on this slow-building song. It's the first single ahead of June's release of I Built You A Tower.
- Paper Crown - Four Leaf Clover - We pick another track for the New Music Bin from the just-released Letters, by Norway's guitarist Ørnulv Snortheim and vocalist Johanne Kippersund. .
Saturday, March 14, 2026
Collabs by Courtney Barnett/Waxahatchee, Arkells/Grouplove, Lost Leaders/Amy Helm, plus Brooke Annibale, The Legal Matters
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- Courtney Barnett - Site Unseen (feat. Waxahatchee) - The Australian singer-songwriter teams up Katie Crutchfield, aka Waxahatchee, on this track from Barnett's upcoming album Creature of Habit.
- Arkells, Grouplove - Ride - The band from Hamilton, Ont., invited the group from LA to join them on this latest single to spin out from Arkell's Between Us LP, due next month.
- Lost Leaders feat. Amy Helm - Atalanta - Lost Leaders Byron Isaacs and Peter Cole created the soundtrack for an indie film, Run, about a woman running a marathon amid personal turmoil. They recruited Helm for this song, named for a swift-footed Greek mythological huntress.
- Brooke Annibale - My Favorite Part - The Rhode Island-based indie singer-songwriter released this single a couple of weeks ago as she wrapped up Kickstarter fundraising for her next album. Killer lyric: "I broke my heart so I wouldn't break yours."
- The Legal Matters - It Doesn't Matter - We recently featured "The Message" from this Michigan indie-pop band, and here's another track from their new album, Lost At Sea.
Sunday, March 8, 2026
The New Pornographers, Adult Leisure, Digsby, The Blue Herons, Sam Fender + Olivia Dean
- Sam Fender and Olvia Dean - Rein Me In - A remake of a song from Fender's People Watching LP, with Dean contributing a new verse as well as her vocal.
- The New Pornographers - Spooky Action - The third track to spin out ahead of the upcoming album The Former Site Of.
- Adult Leisure - The Light You Attract - This single is the follow-up to the Bristol, UK, band's 2025 debut album, The Things You Don't Know Yet.
- Digsby - Long Time Dead - Also hailing from Bristol, this group just released its debut album, Death of the Party. This song is a reminder to live for today because you'll spend a long time, well, not living.
- The Blue Herons - Fight or Flight - A single from the upcoming album Demon Slayer by the transatlantic dreampop duo of Andy Jossi (Switzerland) and Gretchen DeVault (USA).
Saturday, February 28, 2026
Latest from Iron and Wine, Melissa Etheridge, Mitski, Dry Cleaning, Mumford & Sons
- Iron & Wine - Robin's Egg (feat. I'm With Her) - Sam Beam's eighth album, Hen's Teeth, was recorded during the same sessions as Light Verse. This LP has darker, earthier textures, but the I'm With Her trio (Sara Watkins, Sarah Jarosz, Aoife O'Donovan) add lightness to this track.
- Melissa Etheridge - Bein' Alive - One of the latest nominees to the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame releases this single from her first studio album in five years, Rise.
- Mitski - Where's My Phone? - This oh-so-common question takes on a sense of paranoia and dread in this track from Nothing’s About to Happen to Me, her eighth album.
- Dry Cleaning - Joy - On this track from the South London post-punk band’s third studio album, Secret Love,, Florence Shaw talk-sings about staying positive in "a horror land."
- Mumford & Sons & Chris Stapleton - Here - With the release of the band's Prizefighter LP comes this moody track about memories attached to accumulated objects.
Saturday, February 21, 2026
U2, The Lone Bellow, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Mumford and Sons, Joe Pernice bring the news
- U2 - Yours Eternally - An imagined letter from a Ukrainian soldier on the front line, this track closes Days of Ash, a surprise-released EP of songs commenting on current events - from the recent killing of Renee Good by government agents in Minneapolis to the 2022 killing of Sarina Esmailzadeh by government agents in Iran.
- The Lone Bellow - After the Rain - The opening number from the band's just-released album, What A Time To Be Alive.
- Tedeschi Trucks Band - Who Am I - The second single to emerge from the Florida ensemble's upcoming Future Soul LP.
- Mumford and Sons - Run Together - Perhaps the most classically Mumford track on the trio's new album, Prizefighter.
- Joe Pernice - Deep Into the Dawn - We're long-time fans of Aimee Mann, and her duet on this track introduced us to Pernice, an indie musician and songwriter who has led several bands over the years and will soon release his first solo album, Sunny, I Was Wrong.
Sunday, February 15, 2026
The New Pornographers, Cardinals, Ace of Wands, Krooked Tongue, Arkells in the new music bin
- The New Pornographers - Pure Sticker Shock - Sterogum calls this track from the upcoming LP The Former Site Of "a bubbly synthpop jam about crippling self-doubt."
- Cardinals - St. Agnes - Masquerade, the debut full-length from this five-piece band from Cork, Ireland, is a "festival-ready banger,' says NME.
- Ace of Wands - Edge of the Edge - The Toronto art-rock band describes this single as embracing the sense of "leaping off the edge into the unknown future."
- Krooked Tongue - Blood Shark - With two EPs under their belt, this band from Bristol, UK, is bringing out its debut LP, I Know a Place, in April.
- Arkells - Next Summer - The next LP from the band from Hamilton, Ont., Between Us, is also due in April.
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