New Music

The New Zealand band bursts with existential anxiety here, craving silence one moment and smashing it with a screeching guitar solo the next.

Sylvan Esso's Amelia Meath and Daughter of Swords' Alexandra Sauser-Monnig team up for a kooky, inquisitive and comforting performance.

In music of translucent constancy, the Pulitzer-winning composer finds philosophical questions — and comfort — in the Old Testament.

The Los Angeles rock band leans hard into pop bliss.

Jacob Collier creates a celestial soundscape that spans the depths of isolation, loss and memory.

The singer-songwriter from Anchorage, Alaska, pens a love song to long-term friendship.

Alt-country vibes meet slowcore tempos in this heartbroken track.

A new box set of rippers from Blondie is coming — and it includes this excellent cover of a foundational song from LA's most pompous rock band, The Doors.

Joyce Manor creates records that feel punk yet pristine.

The Chicago garage-pop group paints a picture of heart-fluttering daydreams in its latest single.