Alvin M. Keeling 
We haven’t released daily song recaps since December 23, so here’s a recap of a bunch of interesting songs recently released over the past two weeks. Hope everyone had a good vacation!
CORPSEGRINDER (CANNIBAL CORPSE) – “ACID VAT” (ft. ERIK RUTAN)
Cannibal Corpse frontman George Fisher, better known as Corpsegrinder, will release his self-titled debut solo album on February 25 through Hatebreed frontman Jamey Jasta’s new label, Perseverance Media Group. It was co-produced by Jamey and Nick Bellmore, and Corpsegrinder’s backing group for the album includes Nick and his brother Charlie Bellmore. Current Cannibal Corpse guitarist Erik Rutan is featured on the single “Acid Vat”, a dose of whiplash-inducing death metal that is cut from similar fabric to CC’s big new album.
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††† (CROSS) – “GOODBYE HORSES” (Q LAZZARUS COVER)
Chino Moreno’s group are gearing up for their first release in eight years, slated for this spring via Warner, and their first new song is a cover of Q Lazzarus’ 1988 song “Goodbye Horses” (which was famous in Thesilenceofthelambs).
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EAT GRANDMOTHER – “HAPPY NEW YEAR”
Let’s go eat grandma’s new album two ribbons will be released on April 8 via Transgressive, and the latest single is “Happy New Year”, a pop synth. “I wrote” Happy New Year “after a breakup between us that lasted a long period of time, to communicate to her how important she is to me and how much our bond and care for each other is. deeper than this difficult time, ”says Rosa Walton. “I used the New Years setting both as an occasion for reflection, to look back nostalgically on childhood memories we shared, and to represent the start of a new chapter for us. struggling to come to terms with the fact that our relationship had changed but as the song and time progressed I came to accept that she couldn’t stay the way she was when we were kids forever , and I’m starting to see it as a positive thing – because now we’ve been able to grow in our own individual selves. “
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RÖYKSOPP – “(NOTHING BUT) ASH…”
Norwegian duo Röyksopp, who haven’t released an album for eight years, returns with this new track. “(Nothing But) Ashes…” sounds like a tease, an infatuation, building towards something bigger that ends just as it starts going somewhere. Hopefully we will hear and know more soon.
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NOEL GALLAGHER’S HIGH FLIGHT BIRDS – “TRYING TO FIND A WORLD THAT IS OVER: PART 1”
On New Years Day, Noel Gallagher shared this demo, writing, “I finished writing / demoing NGHFB’s next album about 10 days ago. Thought you might want to hear this little tune which – like the one from last year – seems quite appropriate for this New Years Day. ” It’s the kind of frenzied ballad that Noel is quite good at.
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DANIEL BACHMAN – LESUS BLUES (ALBUM COVER)
While waiting for this new Archers of Loaf album, Daniel Bachman has released a cover album. “The tunes presented on Lonely weary blues brought me a lot of comfort throughout the waves of this pandemic, ”writes Daniel. “These are songs that constantly bring me joy as I listen to them, learn them and play them at home, and have really helped smooth over some of the more difficult days of the past two years. The seven tracks here are his interpretations of traditional / obscure blues and folk.
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MIKE – “IN THE WORLD”
After releasing one of the best rap albums of 2021, MIKE has released a new self-produced single and it’s cut from the same hazy, psychedelic fabric as their last LP.
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MIRANDA LAMBERT – “Y’TOUS MEANS EVERYTHING”
Country superstar Miranda Lambert has gifted the world with a new LGBTQ pride country anthem, written for the new season of strange eye. “You could be born in Tyler, Texas or raised with a Bible belt. If you’re split between Ys and Xs, you don’t have to play with whatever hand is dealt to you,” she sings.
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ETERNAL SLEEP – “ABOVE” / “AGAINST A WALL”
Pittsburgh’s metallic hardcore group Eternal Sleep (of which vocalist Joe Sanderson is also the head of Unreal City) ultimately followed that of 2016. The void of … along with new music, a two song single produced by Arthur Rizk is now out on Closed Casket Activities. “There Above” is gnarly and caustic, while “Against A Wall” goes in a more melodic direction and sounds like it could have been a hit song in the alternative rock era of the 90s. A new album is planned. this year too, and judging by those two songs, it’s gonna be a good one.
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SHENSEEA – “DOLLY”
It’s already a great year for rising dancehall star Shenseea, whose debut single of 2022 is the highly satisfying “Dolly”.
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LIVE – “LIGHTNING CRASHES” (PERFUME GENIUS REMIX)
“What if the angel never opened their eyes?” Perfume Genius writes of this new remix, which is obsessed with the line, “the placenta falls to the ground”. “What if confusion never sets in?” Something to think about as we start this New Year. “
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BONOBO – “FROM YOU” (ft. JOJI)
The guest-filled album of electronic musician Bonobo Fragment arrives next week and here’s the “From You,” which features Joji’s singing voice.
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POOH SHIESTY – “FEDERAL CONTRABAND”
Pooh Shiesty, who released one of the best rap albums of 2021, is currently in jail, but he recorded a new freestyle on the phone from prison and he talks about the death of his grandfather, the death of Young Dolph, his feud with Kodak Black, and more throughout the five-and-a-half-minute track.
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CLAIRE ROUSAY – “SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE NO FRIENDS”
San Antonio ambient artist Claire Rousay shared this 28-minute track, which incorporates spoken word, field recordings and synthesizers, days before the end of the year.
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CLAIRE ROUSAY & MORE EAZE – “SAME” & “HANDS”
Claire and composer and multi-instrumentalist More Eaze have also announced a new album, Never stop texting me, which is due out on February 11 and features “Maybe Bandcamp Friday’s first mention in a pop song?” They shared two singles, “Same” and “hands”.
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JHAY CORTEZ – “ENTERRAUW”
Right after the holidays, the great Latin reggaetón / trap Jhay Cortez released a seven-minute song that opens with a piano / sleigh bells interpretation of “We Wish You A Merry Christmas”, then turns into a menacing track that shoot another giant in Urbano. Rauw Alejandro.
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HALSEY – “NIGHTMARE” (ALT VERSION) & “PEOPLE DISAPPEAR HERE”
Halsey has released an extended version of his great 2021 album produced by Nine Inch Nails If I can’t have love I want power, and it features an alternate version of “Nightmare” as well as the bonus song “People Disappear Here”.
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EICHLERS – “SONGS ONLINE”
Eichlers took blink-182’s “Party Song” line about “some terrible ska band” and turned it into a ska song (which meets hyperpop). Someone had to do it!
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TITLE HOLDER – “DELETE BY WIRE”
Astoria, the ska-punks title holder from Queens had released new singles throughout 2021, and they ended the year with the super catchy “Hanging by a Thread”.
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JASON KAMINSKI – THREE
Jason Kaminski released a collection of three-song demos from 2017-2019 on Head2Wall Records, and it includes two emo-folk originals plus a cover of “Christmas Time Is Here”.
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FOREVER UNLCEAN – BETTER
It didn’t take long until 2022 to bring us a new, very fun punk album. On New Years Day, Copenhagen’s Forever Unclean released their first feature film, Better, on Disconnect Disconnect Records, and it brings a fresh, modern twist to ’90s punk skateboarding.
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THE PRESETS – “YOU BELONG”
Australian synthpop duo The Presents have just released their first single in three years.
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CASSANDRA JENKINS – “HAILEY”
Cassandra Jenkins shared a new video for “Hailey” from A glimpse of phenomenal nature, which we named one of the best albums of 2021, featuring the New Year’s Eve fireworks over the Ramble in Central Park.
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DROWNINGMAN – “NAVIGATING MOURNING AND LOSS IN A PRE-APOCALYPTIC LANDSCAPE”
Post-hardcore / metalcore Vermont veterans Drowningman are gearing up for their first new album in over 16 years and this demo is the first taste. Read more about it here.
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TEENAGE HALLOWEEN / THE GOSPEL CHURCH OF THE HOMELESSNESS SPLIT
Indie-punk bands Teenage Halloween and The Homeless Gospel Choir have released a stunning new split EP on Don Giovanni, and you can talk about it here.
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