Terri Lyne Carrington + Social Science - Abolition Song + Solidarity Song

GRAMMY-nominated ensemble Terri Lyne Carrington + Social Science released a powerful pair of new singles that tackle systemic change in honor of Juneteenth, which has been celebrated since the 1800s by African Americans across the country to commemorate the end of slavery. From the forthcoming album Trip the Night Fantastic (out July 31 via Candid Records), “Abolition Song” “Identity Song” and “Solidarity Song” are out now. The moodier “Solidarity Song” is a brilliant parody of the “left” and “right” of America, who in the end come together, ultimately realizing that they have a shared enemy. “They realize that their differences can be exploited to keep them fighting against each other and distracted from the common forces of oppression,” shares Carrington. “The song, which also features guitarist Marc Ribot, seeks to enlighten both “sides” to the fact that we’re stronger together.” “‘Identity Song’ feels really special because the music itself embodies the message,” adds harpist Brandee Younger. “There’s something playful about the track.

Mallory Hawk - Caretaker

Mallory Hawk today shared her new single “Caretaker,” a wry and driving punk song about the confounding desire for sickness when it offers reprieve from responsibilities. “This song is about rejecting my frantic feminine urge to keep everything ‘chill’ and avoid domestic conflicts. People have always relied on me (and other women) to be more responsible and ‘better at’ domestic tasks. My whole life I’ve always been driven to just get a task done myself instead of asking for help. It’s a complicated push and pull, enjoying my nurturing spirit and the fear that people are taking advantage of it,” explains the Philadelphia-based musician. “It’s the only song I was precious about in the studio, my Logic demo had the exact zany egg-punk energy and simplicity I was looking for. We added a little more lead guitar but that was it. I wanted it to feel like the song was bubbling over until it burst so I kept pushing for it to feel more and more distorted until it burst at the end.”

The Milk Carton Kids - Blinded and Smiling

The Milk Carton Kids craft nine songs that, more than ever, invite listeners to lean in close and linger inside the small moments the record quietly magnifies. They share the new single "Blinded and Smiling." “This album is, at its core, a collection of songs about transformation,” Pattengale explains. “About the shifting terrain of consciousness and the stories we build to understand who we’ve been, who we are, and who we’re becoming. Each song takes a single moment, sometimes examined with microscopic closeness and sometimes viewed from a great distance, and lets it expand until it becomes an entire world. By enlarging small feelings until they’re inhabitable, the record looks for eternity not in the sweeping or monumental, but in the intimate specifics that usually pass too quickly to notice.”

Weezer - We Might As Well Be Strangers Ft. Wednesday

After sharing Blue, Green, Red, White, Teal, and Black albums, Weezer returns with a new color in their arsenal for Weezer – their 20th album over their monumental, decades-long run. Following an incredible, sold-out 30th anniversary tour that saw Weezer play their iconic debut album in full, the band reconvened in Orange County – a midway point between where they all live in California – and essentially went back to where they started. In a rehearsal space, playing together, writing together, figuring out what they wanted to do next, and what the shape of that next project looked like.  

King Tuff - Invisible Ink

King Tuff, aka Vermont artist Kyle Thomas, shares “Invisible Ink,” the rollicking new single from his new album, MOO, out now via his new label MUP Records via Thirty Tigers. The track arrives with a video directed by Thomas himself that features his former Happy Birthday bandmates, Ruth Garbus and Chris Weisman, as his backing band. MOO finds Thomas going back to his roots, after years of living in Los Angeles and trying to make albums exploring new sonic palettes, he moved back to Vermont, used the same tape machine, a Tascam 388, that he used to record his seminal debut album, played his old blue Gibson SG, and made an album of the music that always brought him the most joy: rock and roll.

Astor Storm - Lift Him Up

Danish-Spanish singer-songwriter and producer Astor Storm releases his third single "Lift Him Up" – a powerful and deeply personal continuation of the universe he introduced with his debut single "Falling." "Lift Him Up" moves into the raw territory of emotional inheritance – the silent wound of a father unable to love – and the courageous choice to transform that pain rather than carry it forward. With industrial beats, dark synth textures, and a vulnerable yet resolute vocal, Astor Storm creates a soundscape where grief and liberation coexist. The lyrics trace the journey from abandonment and longing toward something greater: a spiritual love, a higher self, a new beginning.

Sundayclub - Sad Summer

The hazy yet glistening track, out now alongside a Qran Zhu-directed video, is an outpouring of youthful malaise, a candid nod to the complexities, expectations, and emotional exhaustion of young adulthood. “‘Sad Summer’ came about as a result of feeling extremely unmotivated to create, but especially to socialize and keep up with our peers. It started with a singular riff, which became paramount to discovering and shaping our sound. It ended up becoming what we consider to be the first true ‘sundayclub’ song,” Carmichael explains. “The lyrics really delve into my feelings of apathy and boredom mixed with the evergrowing pressure I began to feel to always be creating and producing things musically. There’s something so freeing about how direct and blunt that is, which differs from a lot of our other songs that are more vague and open-ended.”

Brooks Dixon - Doors

Much like his hometown in the Carolina foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, the music of singer-songwriter Brooks Dixon represents a meeting place between the mountains and the sea. Incorporating Appalachian folk elements and the jazz-blues-soul of the Carolina Piedmont, Dixon's sound draws influence from folk-pop icons like  and , and is filled with a sense of nostalgic warmth.