Every week, we bring you #SOUNDCHECK — your destination for the best new music that hit the web over the course of the week. Because you should always be prepared when someone passes you that AUX cord. This week's roundup features 10 of our favorite emerging and established artists.
Selena Gomez’s moving ballad about her mental health arrives in tandem with her searing documentary of the same name. (YouTube)
Patty Griffin’s timeless ode to girls gets a stunning update from three Americana up-and-comers. (YouTube)
Avril Lavigne hasn’t sounded as close to her ‘00s pop-punk self as she does on her melancholic collab with Yungblud, “I’m A Mess.” (YouTube)
Sexy, dark, and twisted: Yves Tumor’s “God Is A Circle” is proper rock ‘n’ roll fantasy. (YouTube)
Hemlocke Springs’s ‘80s art-pop rewind “girlfriend” is the latest rage of TikTok, and one listen to the whimsical track will make you understand why. (YouTube)
Over sun-dappled synths a la Cocteau Twins, Coco & Clair Clair lay out the perfect plans: “Can’t wait to get back in my bed/ With not a thought in my head.” (YouTube)
NYC rock trio Hello Mary nail the grimy indie rock sound on “Spiral,” a song about losing the truth in your own anxious stories. (YouTube)
Everyone in Toronto knows Bambii as the creator of the JERK party series; now, everyone else can get to know her as a sinuous, alt-R&B chanteuse. (YouTube)
Don't sleep on "Sugar in the Tank," the ferocious new single off Michael Love's Michael sophomore album, To Build Me A House. (YouTube)