- Courtney Barnett - Stay In Your Lane - Four years after Things Take Time, Take Time, a new single that NME says "is propelled by a raucous guitar riff and Barnett’s signature drawl."
- Night Talks - Shadows On The Run - Melodic Mag says the latest single from this LA band "is full of energy from the get-go with whirling synths and heavily distorted guitars."
- Gladie - Car Alarm - "I hope what comes along with the song is that even with the bad there are still glimmers of hope in there," says the Philadelphia band's leader, Augusta Koch.
- Headfirst - Ordinary Love - From an upcoming live album by a Dutch band that describes its music as "sixties songwriting with a nineties sound."
- Out In Front - fLoAT - From the LA trio's self-released debut EP, Straight Up To Space. Lead singer Madie Renner says the song "represents the feeling of wanting to escape your past and let go of things that no longer serve you."
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Saturday, November 22, 2025
Courtney Barnett, Night Talks, Gladie, Headfirst, Out In Front bring the new music
Sunday, November 9, 2025
New music by Mavis Staples, Silversun Pickups, Snocaps, The Gold Needles, Kilowatt Parade
- Mavis Staples - Chicago - From Sad and Beautiful World comes this cover of a song by Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan about a family migrating from a stagnant countryside to a strange city. The band includes Buddy Guy and Derek Trucks, with Sam Beam on backing vocals.
- Silversun Pickups - The Wreckage - The first single from the Los Angeles quartet's upcoming LP Tenterhooks, due in February.
- Snocaps - Brand New City - Snocaps is a new project from sister musician/singers Allison and Katie (Waxahatchee) Crutchfield, joined by MJ Lenderman and producer Brad Cook, who plays bass on this track.
- The Gold Needles - Crescent Moon - This Burbank band brings a very California sound to this track from Mood Elevator, coming out in December.
- Kilowatt Parade - Bargain Perfume - The latest single from the project of Ottawa songwriter Andre Nault.
Sunday, November 2, 2025
Inhaler, Arkells, Brandi Carlile, Terra Lightfoot and more Goose added to our big mix
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- Inhaler - Hole In The Ground - The single comes less than a year after the Irish band's Open Wide album.
- Arkells - What Good? - The first taste of the Ontario band's next album, coming in 2026.
- Brandi Carlile - Human - A track from the new album Returning To Myself
- Terra Lightfoot - Already There In My Mind - From Home Front, an album written and recorded in Lightfoot's peaceful home in the woods.
- Goose - Madelena - We wanted to pull one more track from Chain Yer Dragon before it got too old to be called "new music."
Sunday, October 26, 2025
Catching up with the latest tracks added to our New Music Bin
We've fallen behind in blog-posting about the latest tunes added to our Marvelous Mix. But here are the songs currently in our top-of-the-hour New Music rotation:
- Mumford & Sons - Rubber Band Man (with Hozier)
- The Strumbellas - Come Back Around
- Faded Paper Figures - Out of Control
- Foo Fighters - Asking for a Friend
- The Beths - Roundabout
- Flock of Dimes - Keep Me In The Dark
- John Gorka - No Time to Cry
- Spoon - Guess I'm Falling In Love
- Tame Impala - Afterthought
- Don't Believe in Ghosts - Outta Your Head
- Trombone Shorty - Line Em Up
- Lights - Education
- Wolf Alice - Passenger Seat
- Shayla McDaniel - Wild Dreamer
- Modern Dandelion - Always
Sunday, October 5, 2025
New Marcus King, Alice Merton, Almost Monday, reissued Emmylou Harris and reunited Strawberry Alarm Clock
Marcus King Band - Carolina Honey
After a couple of solo albums, Marcus King has put his band back together and brought in some guests for Darling Blue, his first full-band album since 2018.Alice Merton - Ignorance Is Bliss
This is the lead single for the German-Canadian-British artist's third studio album, Visions, due in January. "I wrote this song with the mindset of ignoring the outside voices and focusing on what I think I can do with my life."
Almost Monday - Lost
The San Diego trio says its latest single is "about escapism and finding yourself by leaving what you know behind and opening yourself to the possibilities of the future.
Emmylou Harris - Deeper Well
We're cheating a bit by putting a 27-year-old recording in the New Music Bin. It's from an upcoming re-issue of the 1998 live album Spyboy.
Strawberry Alarm Clock - Monsters
Yes, it's THAT Strawberry Alarm Clock, best known for 1967's "Incense and Peppermints." They reunited and put out an album in 2012, and recently signed with Big Stir Records. An album is in the works, but this track is being released early as part of a Halloween compilation.
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