It’s time for another roundup of some of the tracks I found the most exciting out of this week’s new releases. I was under the weather last week, so we’ve got the tracks that would have been included then in this post as well.
Note: Some songs and videos may contain content that listeners / viewers could find objectionable.
Inspired by her recent health scare this is Halsey at her rawest and most personal.
Everything you would expect from a Pet Shop Boys ballad.
The second single from her new album finds Billie Eilish refining the sound that made her a star to magnetic effect.
Country crooner Orville Peck teams up with Kylie Minogue and Diplo for this dance tune that’s a strong contender for song of the Summer.
Jung Kook continues to shoot for global pop superstardom with this bubbly and catchy track.
Exciting and energetic, this is a quintessential Summer pop smash.
Omar Apollo breaks from his usual style to try his hand at a straight up dance tune.
Released back in November, this pop house track is now going viral.
Too good to be a hit, the latest by Raye deserves widespread attention.
Victoria Monét serves up a hauntingly beautiful ballad that recalls classic James Blake for the new Star Wars prequel series The Acolyte.
An alt-rock jam perfect for top-down road trips.
Pop singer Tove Lo teams up with producer SG Lewis for this banger aimed squarely at circuit party dancefloors from the pair’s club ready 4-track EP of the same name.
Leave it to the Swedes to craft such a relentlessly catchy, classic-rock inflected earworm.
If this song had come out in a different decade it will still be inspiring drunken singalongs to this day.
High energy Eurodance has been having a moment since last Summer, and this track exemplifies why.
Dance duo Sofi Tukker put their own spin on the Eurodance trend with this infectious bop.
If you’re going to release a cover version of a song make sure you do something interesting with it. King Henry and Sasha Alex Sloan certainly do with their take on Sixpence None the Richer’s hit “Kiss Me”.
UK rapper KiLLOWEN hooks up with Tommy Villiers for this catchy track with a great use of the same horn sample Christina Aguilera used in “Ain’t No Other Man”.
This remix of Portraits of Tracy’s “The Afterparty” raises the song’s drama to ecstatic heights.
Decades into his career, iconic Philly techno DJ and producer Josh Wink continues to impress with this latest that adds a softer tone to his signature sound.
It’s always exciting to hear something that sounds like the future.
A UK alt-pop ballad that’s epic in all the right ways.
Meshell Ndegeocello’s achingly beautiful jazz pop tune “Love” might be one her best tracks in years.
Because why shouldn’t there be a perfectly lovely solo piano version of Outkast’s megahit “Hey Ya!”?
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Cover art created with Midjourney prompt: 2 boys working in a pet shop.
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