Missed any new indie songs recently? So did we. It was easy to miss tracks dropped during the holidays, vacations, finals, and so on.
Listen to new tracks from Vampire Weekend, The Raconteurs, Sufjan Stevens, and many others. See the full playlist below.
Vampire Weekend – “Harmony Hall/2021”
Vampire Weekend dropped two new tracks – “Harmony Hall” and “2021” – last week from the band’s upcoming new album, Father of the Bride. A firm release date has not yet been nailed down.
In his Instagram posting, frontman Ezra Koenig said the album – the bands’ first in six years – will be a double 18-track album.
To promote it, the band will drop is dropping a two-song release each month for three months before the album’s scheduled May release date.
Although this is the first VW album without longtime band member Rostam Batmanglij, who left the band in 2016. However, Koenig said that Batmanglij did help produce “Harmony Hall” and “worked very closely on” another fresh track.
The Raconteurs – “Sunday Driver”
In the area of reissues, The Raconteurs – one of Jack White‘s three or four? (lost count) bands – reissued the Grammy-winning Consolers of the Lonely with two new tracks this month, including the dazzling music video for the track “Sunday Driver.”
Sufan Stevens – “Lonely Man of Winter”
The prolific indie Christmas songs artist Sufjan Stevens had one of his older wintertime tracks, “Lonely Man of Winter,” see an official release in December called (If you missed our Wintertime Playlist, it’s been popular), in addition to a new EP.
The Stevens’ single was originally recorded in 2007. However, Stevens’ label explained the song was ‘won’ by songwriter Alec Duffy (who became the legal copyright owner) in a Christmas exchange contest in 2008.
Recently, Duffy decided to release the song from his private collection for all to hear. The EP, Lonely Man of Winter, includes the recording as well as Duffy’s entry and a new Doveman mix with vocals by Melissa Mary Ahern.
New Indie Tracks Playlist
This mini-playlist is not really so mini once you hear these fresh indie songs, including from some of our favorite indie artists of all – we just don’t have time to review everyone, but we hope you enjoy these recent singles we almost missed from The Struts, Fleet Foxes, Beach House, Phosphorescent, Deer Tick, Weezer, Pavo Pavo, Beirut, The Twilight Sad, Pedro The Lion, Deerhunter among others.
Danish band Iceage, once known for its punk music, turned post-punks some years ago. The band released a recently dropped a new single, “Balm of Gilead,” ahead of its North American tour with Black Lips.
The song follows up Iceage’s fourth album Beyondless. The song is available on a split 7″ with Black Lips for purchase exclusively at shows.
Also, The Diplo-fronted band Major Lazer dropped a new Caribbean-peppered single “Blow That Smoke” last month with Swedish pop export Tove Lo.
Got to see these guys at Coachella – woah! (And so much more)
Most of these singles are from recently released albums by said artists. This is a great playlist to listen to in the car or at work. Uninterrupted stream with no commercials.