It can be tough to keep track of all the new music coming out in 2023. Impossible, really. But we can certainly try to cover the ones that stand out.
Daisy Jones & The Six: Aurora
Ella Vos: Superglue
Elvis Costello: The Songs of Bacharach & Costello
Fake Names: Expendables
Kate NV: Wow
Macklemore: Ben
Ron Gallo: Foreground Music
slowthai: Ugly
Tanukichan: GIZMO
The Minks: Creatures of Culture
Whitney Walker: A Dog Staring Into a Mirror
Xiu Xiu: Ignore Grief
A delicately heartwarming, understated ballad, “Things Will Never Be The Same” is the expansive, sweetly-sung new single from Taiwanese musician Paige Su. You can stream it on Apple Music now, and her new LP You’ll Live Forever In My Songs will arrive on February 24th.
Following up the 2021 Outrunning EP with their first proper full length, Canada’s five piece The Sarandons deliver a satisfying mix of lush indie pop, folk and roots/Americana music that occasionally flirts with more danceable rock here and there. They also manage to incorporate more than the basic guitar, bass and drums formula for a diverse sound.
“The title track is as strong an example of that end goal as any. It boasts compact guitar reminiscent of Albert Hammond Jr.’s solo work, and vocalist Suchon also seemingly follows in the footsteps of Canadian countrymen Wolf Parade – the effect is refreshing and yet ever-so-slightly nostalgic.”
A sweeping, American-Gothic epic, “Rock the Boat” is the literate, theatric and sharply-focused brand-new single from Fredericksburg, Virginia’s Karen Jonas. Stream it here.
Australian native, now Nashville-based indie-pop artist Josh Rennie-Hynes’ latest single “Morning Stars” continues his progression into a more electronic sound (listen below), but he’s premiering his acoustic version right here on Nashville.com. (listen above) It’s the second single to be released from his forthcoming LP Light/Shade and it just dropped today. (Jan. 19)