Featuring a variety of independent and lesser known music artists, our Best New Song Releases of August 2021 shine with 95 new songs. August’s featured artists include: Aroe Phonenix, Death Hags, Omar Apollo, Purity Ring, Kills Birds, Ty Segall, Torii Wolf, Nick Pagan, Conditioner, Loyal Lobos, Marlana, Jacklen Ro, Mating Ritual, Elohim, Hana Vu, CARRE and more. Check them all out below!
As always, we feature new song releases from independent musicians and up-and-coming artists, as well as those widely revered in the underground and indie music scenes, with a couple big names or two. To stay updated on our latest selections for Best New Songs of the Month, follow our playlist and watch our Instagram Stories for the latest drops.
Please note: the playlist below is switched out every month to reflect the current month. You can scroll down to the end of the page for the (August) Best New Songs of the Month playlist archive.
Best New Songs of August, 2021
| SONG | ARTIST |
| Cansar en Paz | Aroe Phoenix |
| Under the Cosmic Tree – Lilith Edit | Death Hags |
| kinda love | goth gf |
| Long Way Down | FOX VIOLET |
| Take My Breath | The Weeknd |
| California Dreamin’ – Spotify Singles | Omar Apollo |
| soshy | Purity Ring |
| Sorry Entertainer | SASAMI |
| Father Bird, Mother Bird (Sunbirds) | Khruangbin, Kadhja Bonet |
| Idiot | Banoffee |
| girls in town (feat. Nana Lourdes & Rome Fortune) | Young Saab, Nana Lourdes, Rome Fortune |
| Rabbit | Kills Birds |
| Don’t Be Afraid – Damian Lazarus Re-Shape | Diplo, Damian Lazarus, Jungle |
| Harmonizer | Ty Segall |
| Hot Wheels | Kaskade |
| Cure for Me – Acoustic | AURORA |
| Rival | Torii Wolf, Louymadeabanger |
| Heavy Metal Spaceship | Appleby |
| There Is A Fool For You | Nick Pagan |
| In the Strangest Way | The Hails |
| SIGNAL | Jack Vinoy |
| Indecisive (feat. Tommy Genesis) | spill tab, Tommy Genesis |
| That Life | Unknown Mortal Orchestra |
| Mimi (feat. Ilsey) | Big Red Machine, Ilsey |
| Cotton | The Steoples |
| Birds of Paradise | Possible Oceans |
| Terms of Surrender | Conditioner |
| Wasted All Night | Cold War Kids |
| Sweet & Spice | Deb Never, Jim-E Stack |
| Golden Dream – HORIIZON Remix | Lydia Hol, HORIIZON |
| Hate My Face | Loyal Lobos |
| Dreams | Marlana |
| Forget It All | Jacklen Ro |
| I Don’t Like Anybody But Me | Mating Ritual |
| JU$T (feat. Pharrell Williams & Zack de la Rocha) – Toy Selectah Remix | Run The Jewels, Pharrell Williams, Zack De La Rocha, Toy Selectah |
| Treat You Better | Elohim |
| Levi Big Sky | Ha Vay |
| Nobody More | Samuel Petra |
| Phase | Kesha Shantrell |
| The other night i cried/The reason im in love | Lucys |
| Grand Delusion | Electric Candlelight |
| Everybody’s Birthday | Hana Vu |
| Checklist | ROB TAYLOR |
| First Rite | Gilda House |
| Quiet On Set | Remi Wolf |
| Grumpy Old Man | Remi Wolf |
| Follow Me | Gypsum |
| The Wave | Bedouine |
| Turn Down The Choir | CARRÉ |
| Bailoteo | Gojan-PR, Dj Alexis |
| close – Buscabulla Remix | Ela Minus, Buscabulla, Helado Negro |
| Pool Hopping (Strange Pool Remix) [feat. Bartees Strange] | illuminati hotties, Bartees Strange |
| Go Quiet | Torii Wolf |
| Survivor | Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats |
| Oh Ballerina | Traitrs |
| Body On My Body | Eric Sharp, Cassandra Violet |
| Window Seat | Hot Mustard |
| I Didn’t Feel Like Dancing | Freedom Fry |
| Buss | Rico Nasty |
| Luna | Reyna Tropical |
| Get Loose | Molly Hanmer & The Midnight Tokers |
| Nameless | FLAVIA |
| Almost Happy (So Wylie Remix) | LACES, So Wylie |
| You Can Pretend | Rachel K Collier |
| abcdefu | GAYLE |
| So Long Mr. Fear | Imaad Wasif |
| You | Irene Diaz |
| Driving to Texas (feat. Phantogram) | Tom Morello, Phantogram |
| Persona | Marie Davidson, L’Œil Nu |
| family ties (with Kendrick Lamar) | Baby Keem, Kendrick Lamar |
| Magic | Scarypoolparty |
| Estrellita | La Santa Cecilia |
| Bessie, Did You Make It? | Marissa Nadler |
| Seven of Wands | Purple Witch of Culver |
| Fear You | Kat Von D |
| The Deep | Ai Bendr |
| Testify | Brass Against |
| The Top | Oliver Rodley, Akil the MC |
| Justine Go Genesis | Sleigh Bells |
| WHAT’S IN YOUR HEAD | BIIANCO, Luna Shadows |
| Go Through It | Elohim |
| Magia | Monogem |
| Mine | BAYNK, Cub Sport |
| partner | Ada Lea |
| Punk Rock Boyfriend | Macy Rodman, Shamir |
| Voodoo No. 2 | Mating Ritual |
| Head Gonna Hurt | Near Tears |
| Vice Grip | Gift Of Gab |
| Tall | PLEXXAGLASS |
| Wildfires | Philomena |
| J.P. And the End of the World – Trentemøller Remix | Loa & Koan, trentemøller |
| LOUD | L’FREAQ |
| The Man Who Sold the World | Transviolet |
| Idle Hands | Jay Americana |
| Justine Go Genesis | Sleigh Bells |
View our past Best New Songs of the Month features for every month!
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