Alemeda and Doechii’s “Beat a B!tch Up” and the best new songs right now

Tracks we love right now, in no particular order.

Each week, The FADER staff rounds up the songs we can’t get enough of. Here they are, in no particular order. Listen on our Spotify and Apple Music playlists, or hear them all below.

Alemeda & Doechii, “Beat A B!tch Up”

Pop rock’s latest starlet is Alemeda who’s set to become her label TDE’s first capital-R Rockstar, I’m predicting. The vocals are eye brow-raisingly impressive, and her seamless fit with Doechii here opens many possibilities for her sound. —Steffanee Wang

Sharon Van Etten, “Poison” (HTRK cover)

The decades-spanning influence of Australian experimental rock duo HTRK will be celebrated on December 5 with a covers album featuring artists such as Liars, Lorraine James, and Sharon Van Etten. The 2011 “Poison” was a storm of crackling cold-wave set to dub’s languid rhythms; Van Etten retains the Black Ark pace while upping the polish, creating something you might hear at the witching hour of your local, haunted Italo-disco. —Jordan Darville

bar italia, “omnishambles”

bar italia’s Some Like It Hot is the London band’s best yet. “Omnishambles” is one last preview before the record drops on Friday and it taps into the trio’s mix of bratty indie rock and sophisticated city pop. With a driving energy and manic edge, it’s the sound of a band channeling their early 2000s influences into something fit for the main stage. —David Renshaw

Tia Corine, “Was Hannin” (feat. Wiz Khalifa)

This freaky lil’ track, unsurprisingly from the FreakiestT, talks about head, riding D like a moped,
and comes to compete with Sexy Redd’s dreadhead anthem. The only requirements for shaking ass to this track, is recognizing that Corine is one of the best female rappers out right now and having a “p*ssy that moves mountains.” The North Carolina rapper also snagged a Wiz Khalifa feature that still sounds as good of the blog-era days — if not better. —Kylah Williams

Armand Hammer & The Alchemist, “Super Nintendo”

Armand Hammer’s collaborations with The Alchemist are brilliant without fail. On their latest, “Super Nintendo,” Alc’s beat is based around a monophonic synth that trills gleefully across the keyboard while woods and E L U C I D waltz nimbly above it. “We had fun on that Super Nintendo,” woods raps on the hook. “Sunday services, blew church out the window,” E L U C I D rasps back. It’s nostalgic suburbia and religious commentary bundled in one, the type of free-flowing brilliance that can only spring forth when every artist involved is totally in sync. —Raphael Helfand

Electric Guest, “Stand Back For You”

Electric Guest’s “The Head I Hold” was a massive hit in 2012; over a decade later the Los Angeles pop duo prove that their uplifting, emotive sound still has a place in 2025. —SW

dust, “Restless”

The last thing the world needs is another post-punk band, but save some room for dust. The Aussies’ new album, Sky Is Falling, just dropped and the song I keep returning to is “Restless.” Vocalists Justin Teale and Gabriel Stove dovetail perfectly over a thick groove flecked with sax and an unnerving air of menace. It’s as dark as tar and just as sticky. —DR

Tiffi M, “Be Mine”

Over the past 12 months Stockholm-born Tiffi M has been releasing some of the most beguiling music to come out of the uber-chic Nordic scene. Her debut album, Heartstrings, slipped out this month with “Be Mine” as its early stand-out. It’s a mixture of crunchy and soft textures, with arpeggiated strings clearing a path for Tiffi’s dreamy, digitally-altered vocals. Perfect music for the return of winter-jacket season. —DR

Olan Monk feat. Maria Somerville, “Down 3”

The sleepy region of Connemara on Ireland’s west coast is nurturing a scene of exciting indie artists: there’s Maria Somerville, who released the stunning Luster earlier this year, and Olan Monk, whose Songs For Nothing drops on November 7 via 4AD. The shaggy, sneakily passionate “Down 3” — think Failure produced by bar italia — bodes well for the full project. Over thickets of guitar distortion, the vocalists sigh, “If you love someone then you should let them down / And if you want to be with someone, stick around.” Together, their voices sound like a dimming lighthouse in a growing fog. —Jordan Darville

ODUMODUBLVCK, “BIG TIME” (Feat. WIZKID)

ODUMODUBLVCK’S newest Afrobeats-drill track, iced with R&B, takes mean-mugging to the 10th power. From the moment the Nigerian rapper stomps on the beat, snarling, “I can be a beast and can be a fucking G,” your face is already screwed up in gritty enjoyment. Wizkid slides in with a buttery verse, while ODUMODUBLVCK’S signature melding of three genres is stamped all over this INDUSTRY MACHINE hit. —KW

Phoenix James, “Nothing Matters”

This feathery hybrid of R&B and glitchy pop is the sound of moving 1,288 miles away from a person you love. Brooklyn-based artist/producer Phoenix James draws from her own long-distance romance to cry for closeness while declaring her love to her faraway partner. If her upcoming EP is half as honest and human as this delicate single, James may become our constant reminder to keep our hearts open. —KW

Sebastián Rojas, “Marea”

“Marea” is the centerpiece of Mexico City-based artist Sebastián Rojas’ debut album En la orilla, due out this Friday via Buh Records. Clocking in at seven minutes, it’s a meticulous slow burn, starting with Rojas and a marimba locked into a single-chord staring contest. The rest of the song builds at a tantalizing pace until the final hook hits. “Y no sé por qué tengo la suerte de saberte querer/ Y no sé porque, hasta mi muerte, es lo que quiero hacer.” (“And I don’t know why I’m lucky enough to know how to love you. And I don’t know why, until my death, it’s what I want to do.”) —RH

Morwan, “Без обличчя”

Ukrainian duo Morwan drops their next album Vse po Kolu, Znovu (All in a Circle, Again) on Friday. Its second single “Без обличчя” (No Face) is a punk juggernaut, an intimidating omen for the record to come. Its foundation is a pummeling drum line that sounds like a sledgehammer pounding a single brick till it shatters. If the track makes one thing painfully clear, it’s that Morwan are not to be messed with. —RH