Our hand-curated playlist for March featured over 100 new songs released in March 2025. Per usual, we curate a selection of new songs that highlight independent and non-mainstream artists, along with a few popular artists. We love indie of all genres! To name a few featured in March: No New Lovers, Fake Dad, Mt. Joy, MARINA, la infanta de bernardino, Good Neighbours, Jessie Reyez feat. Deyaz, Neal Francis feat. Say She She, Freak Slug, LA LOM, 9 Theory w/ Torii Wolf, Japanese Breakfast, spill tab, ATARASHII GAKKO!, Miynt, Mhaol, strongboi, Agender, Skegss, Cherokee Social, and more.
Most of these tracks were selected from our submission playlist, and many received full-page editorials. Check them out below and press play.
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Best New Songs Released in March 2025
Rachel Chinouriri “Can we talk about Isaac?”
Although she’s currently in the thick of touring, including an opening slot for Sabrina Carpenter, English singer-songwriter Rachel Chinouriri can’t help but think about one thing with her latest single, “Can we talk about Isaac?” To the sound of a wailing guitar that gradually comes into play, “Can we talk about Isaac?” slaps into gear with the help of jumpy drums and a bassline to keep the euphoric puppy love going throughout. While indie rock is just about everywhere, what’s rarer nowadays is the kind that’s unabashedly joyous in its emotionality. Read More
L.A. Witch “The Lines”
In true L.A. Witch fashion, a brooding bass opens up their latest single, “The Lines,” perfectly. The trio, always ones to deliver songs that infectiously rock, prove within the first few seconds of “The Lines” their allegiance to the genre. With juiced-up drums and a dark yet jangly guitar dueling with one another before a word is even uttered, once the vocals come into the picture, the calvary is complete. Read More
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Samara Cyn with Sherwyn “Pop n Olive”
It may be their first time working together, but Samara Cyn and LA-based singer and producer Sherwyn make the most of their newest collaboration, “Pop n Olive.” Produced by Two Fresh, Cyn lets her unique brand of hip-hop take a backseat in favor of a smooth alternative slow seduction backed by Sherwyn’s punchlines. While the two trade pleasantries about unspecified love interests, they opt to play it cool, contrasting the velveteen instruments fitting for an impassioned vocalist but repurposed for catchy bars.
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N8NOFACE with Stu Brooks “Something Might Get Killed”
As one of seven tracks from their latest collaborative album, Bad Man Back Again, out via Sin Cara Records, N8NOFACE and Stu Brooks brought the heat with their aptly titled onslaught of a song, “Something Might Get Killed.” Brooks, who serves as producer, lays down a fast-paced beat for N8NOFACE to raise hell over, complimenting the razor-sharp synths, which sound as though they’re grinding up against each other. But despite the heavy distortion and electronic instrumentation, “Something Might Get Killed” couldn’t be any more punk. Read More
Cuco with Jean Carter “My 45”
If you’re familiar with Cuco’s catalog, be sure to throw away any preconceived notion out the window before hearing his latest collaboration with Jean Carter, “My 45.” As the latest single from Ridin’, out May 9 via Interscope Records, Cuco continues to go further into a soulful direction reminiscent of the oldies you’d hear on full blast around LA. He and Carter, who later delivers a tasteful rap verse in the second half, sing their hearts out over lavish production led by a brass section that strikes a perfect balance between the retro and the modern. Read More
St. Vincent “DOA” (From ‘Death of a Unicorn’)
Literally and figuratively hot off of last year’s All Born Screaming, St. Vincent is keeping busy while in the midst of touring with “DOA,” a new song for and inspired by the new A24 movie, “Death of a Unicorn.” Unlike the alt-rock that was heard on her last LP, “DOA” turns to dark electronica, with 80s-inspired synths and bass that would sound right at home on the “Miami Vice” soundtrack. Read More
Little Simz “Free”
Very few modern hip-hop artists can consistently deliver top-notch albums at the rate Little Simz has been going for nearly a decade, and her upcoming album, Lotus, out via AWAL Recordings, is expected to continue that trend based on her latest single, “Free.” With a soulful refrain that encapsulates the celebration of love at the center of “Free,” Simz breaks down the importance of love in a stream-of-consciousness flow that once again solidifies her as among the best lyricists out right now. Read More
Midnight Generation with Zimmer90 “Teacher”
Mexico’s Midnight Generation, always the type to know how to tastefully pay homage to bygone eras while taking music into the future, are back with their latest album, Teacher. The title track, featuring Zimmer90, takes after genres ranging from surf rock to 70s disco at a brisk pace. But the five-piece knows when to slow matters down when needed, allowing the impassioned vocals to take an already successful track to new heights as the pristine production takes a backseat. Read More
Xiuhtezcatl with Renata Flores “SÍGUEME”
Following the release of his 2024 EP, Donde, activist/singer-songwriter Xiuhtezcatl, has joined forces with Renata Flores on an equally powerful release, “SÍGUEME.” Although Xiuhtezcatl’s music typically falls into hip-hop, strictly calling it that would be selling the strong, eco and social message at the core of “SÍGUEME.” Both he and Flores trade verses over the pulsating R&B production, which seeks to soothe rather than disrupt or serve as a call to arms. It’s a fitting decision, with the Spanish and Nahuatl lyrics paying tribute to the “Americas” and the people who first inhabited those lands. Read More
And A lot More
| Track Name | Artist Name(s) |
| Ignore The Pressure | No New Lovers |
| Take It Easy | Total Fucking Darkness |
| WANTO | Fake Dad |
| Split | Pixel Grip |
| Angel’s Sin | Tournesoul, JJ |
| 12 Mai | Clara Le Bouar |
| Everything | Josef Scott |
| Red Sun | Sykofant |
| Erase You | ZUSO, Matilda Pearl |
| I can do what I want | Mei Semones |
| Bad News | Lenni Kim |
| Morning Sun | Niomí |
| Anyway | frown line |
| Graveyard | Ella Aven |
| Proud | Grace VanderWaal |
| undressed | sombr |
| Starry Eyed | Good Neighbours |
| Coyote | Mt. Joy |
| CUPID’S GIRL | MARINA |
| espejo | la infanta de bernardino |
| Mother Monica | Jools |
| Gentle Matter | Elle Chante |
| Frameshift | The Null Club, E L U C I D |
| Do As Ur Told | SOAPBOX |
| Glide | NEIKED, Portugal. The Man |
| Bethlehem | Men I Trust |
| Cookie Junkie | Rony Rex, CHAMELEON LIME WHOOPIEPIE |
| Oro | Ruby Clouds |
| la la la | Neeko Crowe |
| Only Thing | Wryn |
| Hot Match | Sophia Kennedy |
| sideFX | supergloom |
| A Different Side Of Us | Polo & Pan, PawPaw Rod |
| **BROTHER (with DEYAZ)** | Jessie Reyez, Deyaz |
| Renacer (feat. Combo Chimbita) | Bardo, Combo Chimbita |
| Free | Little Simz |
| DOA (From “Death of a Unicorn”) | St. Vincent |
| Sunshine & Rain… | Kali Uchis |
| What’s It Like in the Sunshine | Jaco Jaco |
| Anhedonia | Mamalarky |
| Found You | Midnight Generation |
| Broken Glass (feat. Say She She) | Neal Francis, Say She She |
| Chinatown | Caroline Strickland |
| Ride The Wave | Spiritbox |
| 1/17 | DEBBY FRIDAY |
| Believe It or Not | Sir Woman |
| Call Me Up | Julez and the Rollerz |
| Dirt | Julien Baker, TORRES |
| Push Me Fuckhead | Marie Davidson |
| Killer | Freak Slug |
| Ticking Time Bomb – Xust. Remix | xust., Elohim |
| This Summer | Sleigh Bells |
| Don’t Wait (feat. Say She She) | Neal Francis, Say She She |
| Tiffany | Water Machine |
| Falling | Well Adjusted |
| NOCHE DE BRUJAS | PODEROSA, Nuves |
| Elegy | Anna May |
| How 2 Get Everything You’ve Always Wanted 4 Free (Forever) | J’cuuzi |
| HERE IS HIGHER | doomchic |
| Te He Prometido | LA LOM |
| Good Stuff – Edit | Bnny, Wild Pink |
| Picture Window | Japanese Breakfast |
| BLAME JAKE | MILKBLOOD, ill peach |
| Assis | spill tab |
| SÍGUEME | Xiuhtezcatl, Renata Flores |
| You & Me (Radio Edit) | Crystal Waters, ManyFew |
| Just Go | bob junior, Jordana |
| Fire From Flood | Often |
| Evaporate | 9 Theory, Torii Wolf, xii |
| One Heart | ATARASHII GAKKO! |
| 1/17 | DEBBY FRIDAY |
| Nervous Laughter | Crisis Actor |
| Favorite Dogs | PUNK CRUSH |
| Conversations on Solitude | Jaswiry |
| Been So Long | Durand Jones & The Indications, Aaron Frazer |
| Something Might Get Killed | N8NOFACE, Stu Brooks |
| Unforgivable | Alexandra Savior |
| Blue Demon | The Voidz |
| again | Dec Serrano |
| Prairie Eyes | August James |
| Hands Off | Antagonizör |
| Is Love An Illusion? | Hectorine |
| EROTIKA | NATHY PELUSO |
| Skullcrusher | yeule |
| Single Action Army | Caroline Strickland |
| Energy | Midnight Generation |
| Cataract Time | Destroyer |
| Blu-ray Land | Miynt |
| Baby Brazil feat. Las Palabras | Σtella, Las Palabras |
| Bad joke | Elea Calvet |
| Rollin’ Slidin’ Glidin’ | Jepz |
| DM:AM | Mhaol |
| ¿Cuánto Falta? | Santa Salut, Ana Tijoux |
| Wild | iyla |
| Action Reaction | Agender |
| 777 | illuminati hotties |
| be mine | strongboi |
| Can we talk about Isaac? | Rachel Chinouriri |
| Fake Love Friday Night | Munan |
| Faster | mercury |
| FIMFM | Kate Brunotts |
| Life Is An Open Wound | Nate Traveller |
| The Lines | L.A. WITCH |
| moon | brookelen |
| Photo Booth | Avery Friedman |
| Pop n Olive | Samara Cyn, Sherwyn |
| So Excited | Skegss |
| Keep Sweet | Spiritbox |
| BANKRUPT | FEM du lit, Obsvdian |
| Pondeggi | Yaeji, E Wata |
| Hookup Culture | Cherokee Social |
| Libertad (Cap. 08) | Ailis Blue, Renata Flores |
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