The year 2025 has gotten off to a rough start. However, artists and bands are showing how music can bring people together through benefit concerts and other efforts. At the same time, musicians continue to put out some great work, many of which are just the first taste of what’s to come. The three artists for this week’s best new songs happen to follow that trend, all while ensuring 2025 stays strong as far as music goes. To ensure you don’t miss a thing, keep track of our Best New Songs of the Month playlist, updated frequently.
Spill Tab “De Guerre”
If there’s one thing “De Guerre” from LA-based solo project Spill Tab ensures from the start, it’s making sure listeners are ready to go into their upcoming debut album with no expectations. Compared to “Cotton Candy,” Spill Tab’s most popular song, “De Guerre” is a 180 in the other direction, bringing controlled chaos via grunge.
Claire Chicha, who sings entirely in French, at first embodies the slow thrashing energy of the track but follows in the sudden change of pace that comes at the halfway point. What was once seemingly an homage to punk and grunge music starts to veer into hyperpop, making for an unexpected single that ends with a small piano solo.
It might seem “De Guerre” is meant to confuse or alienate fans of songs like “Cotton Candy.” However, with all the shifts on the single, it’s clear Spill Tab knows how to unite every aspect of a song, no matter how different, and harmonize it all without any sound clashes.
Visit Spill Tab on their website and Instagram to stay updated on new releases and tour announcements.
Listen to “De Guerre” the new single from Spill Tab below!
Miynt “Moneydog”
As the first single in nearly two years, Swedish singer-songwriter Miynt proves the wait was worth it with “Moneydog.” The heavily filtered bass and reverse sound effects set the tone for what soon becomes Miynt’s inventive return, whose voice is just as smooth as ever. Singing what sounds to be a surreal yet cautionary tale about money and fame, her vocals reflect the instrumentation, which is built around the bass but expands in sound and volume.
The guitar and fluttering synth beds, in particular, take the track to the next level, breathing life into the minimal foundation as Miynt’s soft voice glides atop the instrumental. By the end of “Moneydog,” all the elements come together in a soulful swirl that lets the guitar finally take center stage for a solo. Miynt reminds listeners that they shine with their versatility in just one release, never settling for one strict genre classification.
Visit Miynt on Instagram to stay updated on new releases and tour announcements.
Listen to “Moneydog” the new single from Miynt below!
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The Altons “Your Light”
Maywood’s The Altons gear up for their first album in six years, Heartache in Room 14, with their latest single, “Your Light.” The track—in the vocal and sonic style of an oldie likely on a lowrider’s rotation—could easily be mistaken for having come from a different time. But beyond the unmistakable worship for a bygone time, the soulful duet at the center is nothing short of sentimental, with the two singers begging for one another despite the emptiness in their lives.
Unlike the time that “Your Light” is paying homage to, The Altons stretch what can be done with the instrumentation. While a typical 60s cut would often be made up of loops and limited lyrics, “Your Light” evolves over the runtime, falling into melancholy when the relationship goes sour and regaining energy when glimmers of hope arise. For that alone, The Altons prove there is something to revitalizing music from the past without going too close to imitation or nostalgia-driven work.
See The Altons on tour in LA at the Belasco Theater on March 7 and 8.
Visit The Altons on their website and Instagram to stay updated on new releases and tour announcements.
Listen to “Your Light” the new single from The Altons below!
With the year just getting started, there’s still lots of new music to come. If you’re on the lookout on any given day, follow our Best New Songs of the Month playlist. For deeper dives and proper introductions, our New Music editorials and Music Artists You Should Know features will familiarize you with the best of the best, whether they’re fresh faces or solidified acts.
Words: David Sosa
More New Song Releases (Jan. 2025)
| Track Name | Artist Name(s) |
| BOYJOY | Desperate Hauswives |
| wildflower | Jordan Frye |
| Hello, Hi | Little Simz |
| Don’t make me go | Elea Calvet |
| The Old Guard Is Dead | Ghais Guevara |
| Party People | Rose Gray |
| Everyday | Celeste |
| Floppy Disks | The Alchemist |
| Barn Nursery | hey\, nothing |
| Inside Out | Beach Fossils |
| What Have You Done For Me Lately | TATYANA |
| ONANON | Killen. |
| Heal | MYRNE, Shallou |
| Watch Out | Tony Romera, Crusy, Low Steppa |
| soft light | young friend |
| Shandy in the Graveyard | Panchiko, billy woods |
| Still Young | Luke Sital-Singh |
| Windows | girlpuppy |
| Primos (feat. Dj Kiire) | Kevin AMF, Yeri Mua, Uzielito Mix, Dj Kiire |
| HARDY BOYZ | Chuck Vibes |
| Set Me Free | AiramFM |
| Ferry Lady | Panda Bear |
| Hooked | Franz Ferdinand |
| Crybaby | SZA |
| Orlando in Love | Japanese Breakfast |
| Shovel | Deep Sea Diver |
| Japi Mil | Delaporte |
| Someone to Love You | SAULT |
| Cuntology 101 | Lambrini Girls |
| Disco Nap | Polo & Pan, Metronomy |
| Bang Bang Bang | Sports Team |
| Your New Favorite Song | Wallows |
| Wax & String | Shannon & The Clams |
| Boots of Spanish Leather | Half Moon Run |
| Campari Lips & Soda | St. Lucia, Aly & AJ |
| De Guerre | spill tab |
| Anna | Rum Jungle |
| Stop Me If I’ve Told You This Story | Maddie Jay |
| Conscious Dust | Weep Wave |
| Moneydog | Miynt |
| Your Light | The Altons |
| Meeting Point | wiebke |
| My Head Is Not My Friend | The Wombats |
| Amber Waves | Ethel Cain |
| But I Want You | Xero, Saoirsegrainne, Angel Grim |
| You’ll Be Fine | The McCharmlys |
| Keep Me Satisfied | Jungle |
| Skin | EVA |
| NYLA | Chuck Vibes |
| ya vienen | Nuwanliss |
| Centuries of Grief | Flavorless Gum |
| Hot Suburban | Maddie Jay |
| Ankles | Lucy Dacus |
| HUNTER – the cacophony | Paris Paloma |
| IDOLS | Ela Minus |
| QQQQ | Ela Minus |
| Demolition | Marie Davidson |
| EXILE | Saint Levant |
| S.N.C | DARKSIDE |
| Not Hell, Not Heaven | Scowl |
| Prettiest Girl of Heaven | Caroline Strickland |
| So Leo | Tinsley |
| Scissors | Julia Michaels, Maren Morris |
| Change I Know | Greg in Good Company |
| Canary | PAULA T |
| Careless Whisper | Brigitte Calls Me Baby |
| Nuisance | Clean Lines |
| Don’t Look Down | Kelcey Ayer |
| Agneau | Ariane Roy |
| Bologna | Destroyer, Fiver |
| Caledonia | Nina Nesbitt |
| Climbing – Solomun Remix | Caribou, Solomun |
| Gonna Be Good | Digitalism |
| Somebody’s Son (feat. Lindsey Buckingham) | Empire Of The Sun, Lindsey Buckingham |
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