August is shining with some incredible song releases from Los Angeles artists and many across the U.S. and globe. These first two weeks of August we’ve been vibing hard on new music from Laura Jean Anderson, Annika Rose, L.A. Witch, Arqestry, Bartees Strange, Frankie and The Witch Fingers, Remi Wolf, Charlotte Day Wilson (feat. Syd), Skandra and more. Check out below our favorite song releases of August thus far (Aug. 1 – Aug. 15, 2020).
Best New Songs of August, 2020
| Song Title | Artist / Band |
| Wash Away | Torii Wolf, Rumori |
| Lockdown (feat. JID, Noname & Jay Rock) – Remix | Anderson .Paak, JID, Jay Rock, Noname |
| I Am Not Waiting – Claptone Remix | Austra, Claptone |
| Long in the Tooth | The Budos Band |
| Up Inna | Cadenza, M.I.A., GuiltyBeatz |
| Moments / Tides | Goth Babe |
| No Risk | Cults |
| Born Again | Jess Cornelius |
| Valerian | Jesse Draxler, Chelsea Wolfe, Ben Chisholm |
| The Animals – Pato Watson Remix | Ladytron, Pato Watson |
| You | Laura Jean Anderson |
| Everlasting | Loyal Lobos |
| Unusual | Mating Ritual |
| The Light – Kero Kero Bonito Remix | Metronomy, Kero Kero Bonito |
| Mr. Prism | Psychedelic Porn Crumpets |
| Badala | Songhoy Blues |
| Dios | Mexican Institute Of Sound |
| End of Time | Jessie Wagner |
| Sweet Freak | Frankie and the Witch Fingers |
| California Dream | Alice Bloom |
| One Thousand Reasons | Brass Box |
| Total Recall | AMMO |
| Nausea/Fatigue | Joe Russell-Brown |
| Strange Overtones | Whitney |
| Back To The Sky | Ólafur Arnalds, JFDR |
| Waiting | Fabiana Palladino |
| Monte Carlo | Remi Wolf |
| Funny Commercials (And the Five Week Migraine) | Melted Bodies |
| Batimami | Mami Sandunga, Chaboi |
| Rivers | Skandra |
| Thrill | Future Islands |
| True Believers | L.A. WITCH |
| Butterflies | Annika Rose |
| Stayback | Omar Apollo |
| Boomer | Bartees Strange |
| Mustang | Bartees Strange |
| Dancing | Darian Zahedi |
| Love Comes In Waves | Andy Bell |
| Take Care of You (feat. Syd) | Charlotte Day Wilson, Syd |
| Summertime | Charlotte Day Wilson |
| Sober/Without | Leila Sunier |
| Confusion | thom.ko |
| Running Into You | The Cribs |
| Levitating (feat. Madonna and Missy Elliott) [The Blessed Madonna Remix] | Dua Lipa, Madonna, Missy Elliott, The Blessed Madonna |
| This Feeling (feat. Suli Breaks & Nathan Ball) – [Waze & Odyssey Remix] [Edit] | Faithless, Nathan Ball, Suli Breaks, Waze & Odyssey |
| Earthquake | Girl Friday |
| Stronger | Freedom Fry |
| littlebitwild | Golden Vessel, Mallrat |
| Palm Trees | Jess Cornelius |
| Renegade Breakdown | Marie Davidson, L’Œil Nu |
| Purple Flame | NVDES |
| Flip This | Peaches |
| Kinda Lovely (Bleu Toucan Remix) | Poolside, Panama, Bleu Toucan |
| Better | Ricky Reed, Leon Bridges, Kiana Ledé |
| Espume | Rudy De Anda |
| Summon – Remix | Torii Wolf, KLVR GRL |
| sugarblind | KiNG MALA |
| I Want To Change | Nana Adjoa |
| Someone New | Helena Deland |
| Heavy Head (Keep It Near) | Brooke Bentham |
| Getting Closer | Yellow Days |
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