Posts in New Music
New Playlist Alert: Stronger Together

With beautiful piano melodies and arpeggiations, optimistic organic elements, soothing voices, and emotional arcs, this collection of songs aims to help guide us to better days. They remind us that we don’t have to do this alone and that we’re always stronger together… even when we’re apart.

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New Music Roundup - March 2020

Things got a little crazy in the lab this month. Make it to the end and you may ask yourself: where did they go wrong? OR where did they go right? We’ll let you decide.

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New Playlist Alert: Roséwave

Is it a genre? Is it a lifestyle? Who knows. But it’s the sound of summer fun, but not TOO much summer fun. So here's our take on the elusive Roséwave. It’s full of feel-good beats and anthems, classic soul, empowering rhythms, and new wave. Roséwave makes you feel good. It’s positive and uplifting while staying pretty casual. Like we said, you don’t want to get TOO crazy.

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New Music Roundup - February 2020

Another eclectic round up of new music for you today, featuring a melancholy single from Fellesskap Records, industrial soundscapes, simple Americana textures, electro with influences from around the world, and whimsical sounds built for exploration and fun.

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New Playlist Alert: #MEMEWORTHY

For all you kids on the TikTok machine and whatever other new-fangled social platforms there are. These tracks are all either a) ridiculous, b) catchy AF, c) beat-heavy, or d) all of the above. And if there’s one thing we know about social media is that it’s freaking ridiculous. Go be ridiculous. #memeworthy

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New Music Roundup - January 2020

For our first roundup of 2020, we’ve got a reflective, confident vibe going on with these releases. There’s plenty of lo-fi and chill hip-hop, sunny and anthemic tracks, and uplifting percussive beats with a global twist. We also added a bit about practical applications for each release.

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New Playlist Alert: Blades + Blasters

With the magic of bingeable fantasy sagas and sci-fi blockbusters in mind, we’ve created our own playlist of epic scores to give your next fantasy/sci-fi saga (or podcast about an existing saga) the proper anthemic and dramatic music to tell the tale. No lens flare necessary.

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New Music Roundup - November 2019

In this roundup we feature hot electronic tracks from UNDERscore and our final holiday album of the year.

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Holiday Music Roundup

‘Tis the season for odious amounts of Michael Bublé, terrible covers of classic Christmas songs, and that one Band Aid song. But you don’t want that. Your story requires something more unique but still communicates all the holly jolly feelings of the season. Here’s a special roundup of our holiday albums from your friends at The License Lab.

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New Music Roundup - October 2019

In this roundup we’re diving into some indie vibes, menacing premonitions, and two new electronic-based albums from our UNDERscore label that were specially created in response to your feedback and requests. With plenty of opportunity for modern spots, podcasts, and highlights, we’re pleased to showcase such a wonderful batch of new albums to serve as the sound of your next story.

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New Playlist Alert: Yeehaw!

Giddy up cowpokes. We’ve got a brand new playlist for you called, “Yeehaw!”. You’ll find a healthy mix of boot stompers, strong female leads and harmonies, straight-ahead instrumentals, and overdriven guitar goodness with a country flair.

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New Music Roundup - September 2019

Releasing new music is always a thrill for us at The License Lab, but we find it especially fun when there is such eclectic offering to share with you. This roundup is certainly one of those. From authentic Indian instrumentation to an occasionally sinister harp to shopping-spree-madness-infused rock and roll, these albums absolutely run the gamut.

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New Music Roundup - August 2019

This week’s new releases hit heavy on Trap and splinter off from there. You get some shiny and positive pop, a cosmic trip, and soothing synthesis. This is an ideal mix of albums for modern and trendy messaging.

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New Music Roundup - July 2019

From the sands of eastern Asia to the streets of New York, these new releases take us all over the map. The variety ensures that there is something for everyone with complex piano and guitar soundscapes, dirty blues riffs, ethnic drums, energetic funk, and killer breakbeat montages.

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