Konstantinos Pappis

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There’s so much music coming out all the time that it’s hard to keep track. On those days when the influx of new tracks is particularly overwhelming, we sift through the noise to bring you a curated list of the most interesting new releases (the best of which will be added to our Best New Songs playlist). Below, check out our track roundup for Thursday, May 29, 2025.

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Bruce Springsteen has previewed his upcoming collection Tracks II with a new song, the mariachi-assisted ‘Adelita’. A ode to Mexico’s “soldadera” freedom fighters, this one is taken from the lost album Inyo, which was recorded in the 1990s and was inspired by his motorcycle trips across the Southwest. Check it out below. “There was constant border reporting in the Los Angeles Times, so it was a big part of your life,” Springsteen said in a press release.

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It’s easy to trace a narrative thread between the title of Shura’s new album and its cover artwork: I Got Too Sad for My Friends, so I dressed myself up in insufficient armour, ripped jeans, a jumper, Converse, and headed off to the mountains. And then it begs the question: Are the little gremlins circling our protagonist friends, manifestations of nervous catastrophizing, or remnants of a creative imagination that never stops running when we’re kids?

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Alex G is back. Having signed to RCA last year, the singer-songwriter has announced his first album for the label, Headlights. The follow-up to 2022’s God Save the Animals is set for release on July 18. Today’s announcement comes with the release of the new single ‘Afterlife’, which is accompanied by a Charlotte Rutherford-directed music video. Check it out below, and scroll down for the LP’s cover art and tracklist.

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Drugdealer and Weyes Blood have reunited for a new single called ‘Real Thing’. The lush, breezy track is accompanied by a music video that Drugdealer’s Michael Collins made with director James Manson. Check it out below. Collins co-wrote ‘Real Thing’ with Max Baby and Weyes Blood’s Natalie Mering. “Immediately I realized that it was the perfect thing to show Nat, who I had been wanting to collaborate with again for years,” Collins recalled.