We may have kissed the year goodbye, but we have not forgotten about our favorite song releases from December, 2022. Washed out by Christmas songs galore, and the music industry closing its doors for a much-needed break, these new songs released this past December had us hitting “repeat” endlessly. Our favorite new song releases from […]

In a heartfelt dedication to his late grandfather, Cuco’s newest single “Pendant” is a visceral experience of the experience of losing a loved one. Unlike his beginnings among the bedroom-pop wave of artists that went on to define modern day pop music in the span of five years, “Pendant” continues a change in musicality that […]

PinkPantheress has shared another new single to end the year with the release of instant jam “Boy’s a liar,” catch her at any of her upcoming tour dates. Still riding the tidal waves of her debut album to hell with it and its dazzling array of remixed versions that followed not long after, she’s also […]

A match made in heaven: Florence + the Machine invited Ethel Cain onstage to sing “Morning Elvis” at the Denver Ball Arena and now that ethereal version of the song is available for us mere mortals. Haunting and wielding an otherworldly beauty the song is given a new magic thanks to the kindred spirits that […]

Bella Rabbit is back with another bass-thumping banger with the release of her latest single “Malagueña.” It’s only the second single the Mexican artist and Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter has shared this year, the first being electro-pop and reggaeton anthem “Cariño.” On her latest release though Bella Rabbit proves she’s here to completely revamp the varying intersections […]

Brighton-based Lambrini Girls have shared a new track “Help Me I’m Gay,” a frantic and raging new anthem from a band that you’ll no doubt be hearing about everywhere real soon. And while the fiery trio might take inspiration from explosive bands like Bikini Kill, they are far from a rehash from the riot grrrl-era. […]

Mexican bedroom-pop project BRATTY continues to experiment with a little help from Spain’s all-female rockers Hinds on “¿Y Cómo?” The single comes after Culiacán, Sinaloa native Jenny Juárez, the mind behind BRATTY, collaborated with Madrid duo Yawners ahead of her next release Es Mi Fiesta Y Si Quiero Hago Un, due January 5 of next […]

Caroline Polachek is back with another enigmatic pop banger with the release of her latest single “Welcome To My Island,” out of which comes the announcements of her next album Desire, I Want To Turn Into You which arrives Feb. 14, 2023. It’s the fourth song that she’s shared to come from the upcoming project, […]

Local Natives have shared a new version of their recent single “Just Before The Morning,” peeling back the song’s lush psychedelic textures to offer up an acoustic rendition of the track. It also comes just before the band is set to play their three rescheduled nights at the Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever on December […]

Lauren Ruth Ward has shared the final single from her new EP with the release of its title track and piercing rock anthem “Mindseye.” It’s been two years since she released her third album Vol. II but the Los Angeles-based singer/songwriter has been anything but stagnant, releasing a cover of Elliott Smith’s “Twilight,” as well […]

California-born singer/songwriter Lauren Juzang continues to follow up on the release of her debut EP HAHAHHAHA with a string of singles, the latest of which is the lilting folk ditty “Yeehoo!” At 19 years old the currently Syracuse-based artist (she’s currently a student in the Bandier Program at Syracuse University) creates music aflush with tender […]

Joined by musicians Karun and Amindi in a remix of album standout “Abeg,” Nigerian singer-songwriter Solis leads the charge through an indie-pop daze. Alongside some minor but significant tweaks in the production, the newest reimagining is much more reverberating than its predecessor without completely changing the pre-established formula. Instead, it expands in sound and scope […]

Irish punk rockers M(h)aol have shared a new song and music video with the release of “Asking For It,” as well as announcing their impending debut album Attachment Styles. Unabashedly articulate in their ability to channel both their frustrated rage and capacity for healing, the new track follows the release of previous singles “Bored of […]

Singer-songwriter Gal Musette’s newest single and music video, “Je vois le ciel,” marks the LA-based musician’s return with an embrace of French lyrics and avant-garde instrumentation. Translated to “I see the sky” in English, the song is a significant shift in musicality without sacrificing what Gal has already established. Musette’s allusions to bal-musette, the musical […]

Sydney-based singer/songwriter Ainsley Farrell has shared a new single from her upcoming second album with the release of “So Small,” which also arrives with a stunning music video. Making it the third preview that the burgeoning artist has shared this year alongside previous releases “Buffet” and “The Way Back.” Two back-to-back debuts in 2017 put […]

Singer Yuna rounds off a busy 2022 build-up, culminating with the release of her latest album, Y5, with a music video for “Can’t Get Over You.” Based in Kuala Lumpur and Los Angeles, Y5 comes ten years after her folk-inspired debut album, which feels like a far cry to her most recent work despite still […]

LA-based Singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Anna Margo expands her musical horizons on her new single “Know You,” an emotionally distant piano ballad that’s as intimate as it is vulnerable. Written and produced by Margo, the song calls back to her musical upbringing comprised of time spent playing and listening to classical musicians such as Bach, Chopin, […]

Los Angeles-based Gyasi Ross has shared a new single and music video for “Different,” an emphatically triumphant anthem that unearths all the formative moments of a lifetime of being othered. It’s the first song the guitar-wielding R&B singer/songwriter has shared since “A Song About Hope” from last year. On his newest single and video Ross pens […]

Reyna Tropical has shared a new song with the release “Lo Siento,” along with a date at the Teragram Ballroom in Los Angeles on Thursday, Dec. 15. The track is the first since the tragic passing of producer Sumohair (Nectali Diaz), who along with Fabi Reyna created the project out of a shared passion for […]

Ambar Lucid concludes an eventful 2022, marked by her first headlining tour, with a double single “444” and “Ms. Moon.” Ahead of her 2023 album Estrella, the newest pair of songs see her moving in and out of genres without seeming as though they’re a compromise in sound. Instead, Ambar stays true to a unique […]