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, November 12, 2026.
Bonny Doon – ‘Lucky Ones’
Bonny Doon, the hard-working and underappreciated alt-country outfit who served as Waxahatchee’s Saint Cloud backing band, have a new album on the way. Forever Green is out in February, and it’s previewed today by the fantastic ‘Lucky Ones’. “Most people scrape by and can barely afford to live despite working their ass off,” vocalist Bill Lennox reflected. “Meanwhile the rich get richer and those in power are doing everything they can to suppress the rights and dignity of working-class people. It’s kind of a culmination of grievance and frustration both personal and collective. In my case, 12 years into a band, 12 years older, still bartending until 3am, the body doesn’t recover like it used to. You can sometimes feel like your dues have been paid, and you’re waiting on something to get easier or fall into place. I know a lot of people that feel like that.”
Johanna Warren – ‘The Current’
Johanna Warren has unveiled ‘The Current’, an entrancing new track from her upcoming LP Frog in The Belly of a Snaker. It follows earlier cuts ‘Islamorada’ and ‘Automatic’. “I owe my life to the plants,” the singer-songwriter said in a statement. “Herbalism has resolved multiple chronic health issues for which Western allopathic medicine told me there was no cure, only expensive drugs. This is a small way of showing my gratitude. I believe the root of so much destruction and greed in the world is disconnection—from nature, from each other, from our wildness. Earth wants to feed us and heal us for free. I feel very sad for the soul-sick billionaires hoarding their imaginary currency who have forgotten this, or perhaps never knew.”
Weird Nightmare – ‘Buzzing in My Head’
“‘Buzzing in My Head’ is about that one person/place/thing/memory/experience that never really leaves your waking mind. It stays with you to the point of distraction and overwhelms your ability to complete menial tasks,” former METZ frontman Alex Edkins said of ‘Buzzing in My Head’, his riveting new Weird Nightmare single. It follows the project’s latest LP Hoopla, which came out earlier this year.
Young Jesus – ‘Boulevard’
John Rossiter has dropped a new track as Young Jesus, the groovy, off-kilter ‘Boulevard’. It follows recent offerings ‘The Devil’ and ‘Yesterday’s Tomorrow’.
Brokeback – ‘Colder, Milder’
Brokeback have announced their first album in a decade, Colder, Milder, out February 26 via Thrill Jockey. Returning to and refining the Midwestern post-surf-rock sound that put them on the map at the turn of the century, the album is led by the immersive title track. “This song was built around the three-note figure in the verses, simple,” bandleader Douglas McCombs (best known as a founding member of Tortoise) explained. “The guitar harmonies that start the song and recur halfway through were imagined as Everly Brothers vocal harmonies, but didn’t really end up sounding like that.”
serpentwithfeet – ‘puckish’ [feat. TYGAPAW]
serpentwithfeet has enlisted TYGAPAW for ‘puckish’, the bleary, skittering second single off his forthcoming EP, Sentinel. , “‘puckish’ celebrates the elusive nature of a loved one,” the New York-based singer-songwriter shared.
The Umbrellas – ‘Tomorrow’
San Francisco’s The Umbrellas have released a jangly, lighthearted track, ‘Tomorrow’, to celebrate their upcoming tour with Wishy. “The lyrics explore topics of presence, belonging, and our ever-fleeting time on earth,” according to a press release.
