New Music Friday: 10 Tracks You Need to Hear 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.

JOHN SAMSON FELLOWS AND THE AFTER SCHOOL LEADERS – “VIVAT VIRTUTE PRESENTS: 50/50 FUNDING”

John K Samson of The Weakerthans has shared a new song for Climate Action Team’s 50/50 Funding campaign for better public transit in Manitoba.

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KATIE PRUITT – “BLACKOUT” (FT. NOLAN TAYLOR)

Katie Pruitt announced a new album, Fools for the Fleeting , due out September 18 via Rounder Records. The first single is the country-tinged “Blackout,” which features Nolan Taylor and was inspired by an outbreak of tornadoes in Nashville last year that nearly hit her house.

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CHICO – “BLUR”

CA band Chico will release their self-titled debut on August 14 via New Morality Zine, and they’ve given us a preview with “Blur.” Drummer Tony Rangel says, “It’s about facing the question ‘should I give it up?’ You spend endless hours trying to make something work, so much that you wish there was something to blame for it not working out, but you ultimately know it’s up to you to keep trying. I have a problem of neglecting sleep for things like writing, band practices, working late nights to make up for missed work for music stuff. So much missed sleep that I tend to fall asleep at the wheel often, which would worry anyone’s mother.”

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SHA RAY & DJ HARAM – “CHAMPAGNE AND BOUQUETS” & “THOT DAUGHTER”

Sha Ray & DJ Haram have announced new album Critical Thot which will be out Friday, June 19 via Backwoodz. “As a rapper, I’m pretty exclusively interested in interrogating misogyny and sexuality in my work,” says Sha Ray. “Critical Thot is a deliberation on unapologetic feminine authority, while being very honest about the complicated truth of being a participant in self-objectification, and sexuality as a social currency. This record focuses a lot on defining power in feminine sexuality as relational and ever-shifting, and thus inherently imperfect. However, it is a power that I have, and I am going to use it.” Check out two songs now.

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PETER GABRIEL – “A HARD LESSON” (DARK-SIDE MIX)

Peter Gabriel had already released the Bright-Side mix of “A Hard Lesson” and now hear’s the Dark-Side mix that puts a little more grit onto the song.

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BENJAMIN CLEMENTINE – “PIZZA MIND”

Benjamin Clementine is back with this new song that cleverly plays on similarities between phrases “Peace of Mind” and “Pizza Mind.” It’s not as silly as it first may appear.

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JORDAN PATTERSON – “CINDERELLA”

Jordan Patterson will release here Secretly Canadian debut, the Songs From A Valley Girl EP, this Friday. Here’s an early previews.

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NO JOY – “BIG LIFE, BIG LEAF”

No Joy are following up last year’s great Bugland , with a new EP titled Big Life, Big Leaf that’s out August 21 via Hand Drawn Dracula / Sonic Cathedral. Like Bugland, this is a collaboration with Fire-Toolz and they’ve just shared the soaring title track.

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JULIA JACKLIN – “GET AWAY FROM ME (I THINK I’LL LOVE YOU SOON)”

Julia Jacklin has announced new album The Gem which will be out September 25 via 4AD. It’s her first album for the label and this is the jangly first single.

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Looking for even more new songs? Browse the New Songs archive

_Originally reported by [Brooklyn Vegan](https://www.brooklynvegan.com/10-new-songs-out-today-42/)._