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New albums: John Grant, Connan Mockasin, Elvis Costello, Kurt Vile, Jerry Paper, Anna St Louis, Ambrose Akinmusire, The Aints, Goatman, A Certain Ratio

October 12, 2018 Peter Kimpton
Elvis Costello returns with old Attractions pals, and including songs written with Burt Bacharach

Elvis Costello returns with old Attractions pals, and including songs written with Burt Bacharach

Elvis Costello triumphantly turns back the clock, John Grant at his bitchy, heartfelt best, and a heap of various laid-back and wonderfully eclectic, oddball records come with likes of Connan Mockasin, Kurt Vile, Jerry Paper and more

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In albums, ambient, blues, country, dance music, electronica, experimental, folk, funk, garage, indie, jazz, hip hop, pop, punk, rock, soul Tags new releases, albums, John Grant, Connan Mockasin, Elvis Costello, Kurt Vile, Jerry Paper, Lucas Nathan, Anna St. Louis, Ambrose Akinmusire, The Aints, The Saints, Goatman, Goat, A Certain Ratio, Bella Union, Mexican Summer, Concord Records, Matador Records, Stones Throw, Woodsist Records, Blue Note, Agitated Records, Rocket Recordings, Barry Adamson, Mute Records, Burt Bacharach
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New albums: Cat Power, The Nightingales, Molly Burch, Phosphorescent, Marie Davidson, Fucked Up, Cypress Hill, Kristin Hersh, The Blinders, Echo & the Bunnymen

October 5, 2018 Peter Kimpton
Molly Burch

Molly Burch

Cat Power’s blues-folk to angry techno from Marie Davidson, cross-genre punk from Fucked Up, punchy postpunk by the NIghtingales, to reworked and tracks by Echo and the Bunnymen? This week’s selection offers something for everyone

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In albums, ambient, blues, country, dance music, electronica, experimental, folk, funk, garage, hip hop, indie, jazz, metal, pop, post-punk, punk, rock, soul Tags new releases, albums, Cat Power, Chan Marshall, The Nightingales, Molly Burch, Phosphorescent, Matthew Houck, Marie Davidson, Fucked Up, Cypress Hill, The Blinders, Kristin Hersh, Echo & The Bunnymen, Ian McCulloch, Will Sergeant, Domino Records, Tiny Global Productions, Captured Tracks, Dead Oceans, Ninja Tune, Merge Records, BMG, WMG, Fire Records
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New albums: Villagers, Chic & Nile Rodgers, Amber Arcades, The Joy Formidable, Pigs x 7, Mudhoney, Max Cooper

September 28, 2018 Peter Kimpton
Villagers’ Conor O’Brien

Villagers’ Conor O’Brien

A beauty from Villagers, an modern update attempt by Nile Rodgers, blistering metal by Pigs x 7, Brexit lament by Amber Arcades, plus The Joy Formidable, Mudhoney and Max Cooper make up this week’s selection

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In albums, ambient, dance music, electronica, folk, funk, hip hop, indie, metal, pop, post-punk, punk, rock, soul, trip-hop, experimental Tags songs, albums, new releases, Villagers, Chic, Nile Rodgers, Amber Arcades, The Joy Formidable, Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs, Mudhoney, Max Cooper, Domino Records, Virgin, Virgin EMI, Heavenly Recordings, Hassle Records, Rocket Recordings, Sub Pop
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New albums: Suede, Prince, Christine and the Queens, Gazelle Twin, Beak>, Dizzee Rascal, Cash Savage and the Last Drinks, Black Honey, Sauna Youth, Sobrenadar

September 21, 2018 Peter Kimpton
Prince in 1983. Master pianist, among many other things

Prince in 1983. Master pianist, among many other things

The towering talent of Prince on piano, rural idylls exploded by Suede and the otherworldly Gazelle Twin, peerless pop from Christine as Chris, and the brilliant Beak> are among this week’s massive roundup

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In albums, ambient, blues, classical, dance music, electronica, folk, funk, garage, hip hop, indie, jazz, pop, post-punk, punk, rock, soul, trip-hop Tags new releases, albums, Suede, Brett Anderson, Prince, Christine and the Queens, Gazelle Twin, Héloïse Letissier, Elizabeth Bernholz, BEAK, Geoff Barrow, Portishead, Dizzee Rascal, Cash Savage and the Last Drinks, Black Honey, Sauna Youth, Sobrenadar, Warner Bros, Because Records, Anti Ghost Moon Ray, Invada Records, Temporary Residence, Universal Island, Foxfive Records, Upset The Rhythm, Sonic Cathedral
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New albums: Paul Weller, Sleaford Mods, Orbital, Aphex Twin, Low, The Goon Sax, and various

September 14, 2018 Peter Kimpton
Paul Weller’s reflective new album echoes English Rose and Nick Drake

Paul Weller’s reflective new album echoes English Rose and Nick Drake

A gentle album from the Modfather, punchy EPs from Aphex Twin and Sleaford Mods, upbeat indie from The Good Sax, and compilations of 60s and 70s girl groups and Sudanese music make up this week’s selection

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In albums, dance music, electronica, folk, funk, garage, indie, pop, post-punk, punk, rock, soul, ambient Tags albums, new releases, Paul Weller, Orbital, Sleaford Mods, Aphex Twin, Low, The Goon Sax, Various, girl groups, Sudan, African music, Sub Pop, Parlophone, ACP Recordings, Warp Records, Rough Trade, Wichita, Numero, Ostinato
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New albums: Spiritualized, Teleman, Maribou State, Menace Beach, Yves Tumor, Chilly Gonzales

September 8, 2018 Peter Kimpton
The space man returns: Spiritualized's Jason Pierce

The space man returns: Spiritualized's Jason Pierce

Stormy sounds and emotions from Spiritualized to Yves Tumor to super-clean pop from Teleman, and intimate piano from Chilly Gonzales, this week’s selection no shortage of excellence and experimentation

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In albums, classical, dance music, electronica, country, funk, garage, hip hop, indie, jazz, pop, post-punk, rock, soul Tags albums, new releases, Spiritualized, Jason Pierce, Teleman, Maribou State, Menace Beach, Yves Tumor, Chilly Gonzalez, Bella Union, Moshi Moshi, Ninja Tune, Memphis Industries, Brix Smith, Warp Records, Gentle Threat
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New albums: Anna Calvi, Idles, Eminem, Tash Sultana, Big Red Machine (Bon Iver), Terry, Wild Nothing

August 31, 2018 Peter Kimpton
Anna Calvi - Hunter

Anna Calvi - Hunter

Beautiful and blistering new albums from, respectively, the big-voiced singer-guitarist and the Bristol punk rock band, plus a collaboration between Bon Iver and The National and more

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In albums, electronica, folk, funk, hip hop, indie, pop, post-punk, rock Tags albums, new releases, Anna Calvi, IDLES, Eminem, Tash Sultana, Big Red Machine, Bon Iver, Justin Vernon, The National, Aaron Dempster, Phoebe Bridgers, Lisa Hannigan, Terry, Wild Nothing, Domino Records, Partisan Records, Columbia Records, Jagjaguwar, Upset The Rhythm, Captured Tracks
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New albums: White Denim, Tunng, The Lemon Twigs, Ólafur Arnalds, Mark Lanegan and Duke Garwood, Her's, Blood Orange, Candi Staton, Interpol

August 24, 2018 Peter Kimpton
Tunng – Songs You Make At Night

Tunng – Songs You Make At Night

Our bumper roundup includes a welcome return to the folktronica innovators Tunng, plus White Denim, Mark Lanegan, a concept album from the Lemon Twigs, 80s-style pop from Her’s, and the soul star Candi Staton

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In albums, dance music, electronica, folk, funk, garage, hip hop, indie, jazz, metal, pop, post-punk, rock, soul Tags new releases, albums, White Denim, Tunng, The Lemon Twigs, Ólafur Arnalds, Mark Lanegan, Duke Garwood, Her's, Blood Orange, Dev Hynes, Lightspeed Champion, Candi Staton, Interpol, City Slang, Full Time Hobby, Mercury KX, 4AD, Heist Or Hit, Heavenly Recordings, Domino Records, Beracah/Thirty Tigers, Matador Records
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New albums – Underworld & Iggy Pop, Dusty Limits, The Internet, Trojan artists, Rex Orange County, Phantastic Ferniture

August 2, 2018 Peter Kimpton
Underworld's Karl Hyde and Rick Smith with Iggy Pop

Underworld's Karl Hyde and Rick Smith with Iggy Pop

It’s slow summer season, but that doesn’t stop selection of variety and quality from Iggy and Underworld to cabaret legend Dusty Limits, songwriting from Surrey to Australia and a superb reggae compilation

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In albums, classical, dance music, electronica, folk, funk, garage, hip hop, indie, jazz, pop, post-punk, reggae, rock, soul, musical theatre Tags albums, new releases, Iggy Pop, Underworld, Karl Hyde, Rick Smith, Dusty Limits, Michael Roulston, The Internet, Trojan Records, reggae, Jamaica, Lee Gopthal, Chris Blackwell, Public Image Limited, Apricot Princess, Phantastic Ferniture, Rex Orange County
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New albums – Mattiel / Ty Segall & White Fence / Dirty Projectors / Wimps / RVG / Primo! / Body/Head / The Jayhawks

July 19, 2018 Peter Kimpton
Riding high: Mattiel

Riding high: Mattiel

A selection of new releases from the past fortnight, including the Atlanta singer, the prolific Californian guitarists, a return to form for the Brooklyn band, and two bright debuts from Australia

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In albums, blues, country, electronica, folk, funk, indie, pop, post-punk, punk, rock, soul Tags new releases, albums, Mattiel, Ty Segall, White Fence, Tim Presley, Dirty Projectors, Wimps, RVG, Primo!, Body/Head, Kim Gordon, Bill Nace, The Jayhawks, Heavenly Recordings, Domino Records, Kill Rock Stars, Fat Possum, Upset The Rhythm, Matador Records, Drag City
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New albums: Gorillaz, Florence + The Machine, Kamasi Washington, Nine Inch Nails, The Wave PIctures, Let's Eat Grandma, Gwenifer Raymond, Thee Dagger Debs

June 29, 2018 Peter Kimpton
Furiously great: Kamasi Washington

Furiously great: Kamasi Washington

A bumper crop of recent and new releases includes Damon Albarn back in 2D, Florence toning down the volume, an industrial political comeback from Nine Inch Nails, and a colossal work by a modern jazz great

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In albums, blues, country, dance music, electronica, folk, funk, garage, hip hop, indie, jazz, metal, pop, post-punk, punk, rock, soul Tags albums, new releases, Kamasi Washington, Kendrick Lamar, jazz, Gorillaz, Damon Albarn, Snoop Dogg, George Benson, Florence + The Machine, Florence Welch, Nine Inch Nails, Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Gwenifer Raymond, John Fahey, The Wave Pictures, David Tattersall, Let's Eat Grandma, Rosa Walton, Jenny Hollingworth, Thee Dagger Debs, Young Turks, Warner Bros, Virgin EMI, Republic, The Null Corporation, Tompkins Square, Moshi Moshi, Transgressive, Damaged Goods
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New albums: Father John Misty, LUMP (Laura Marling / Mike Lindsay), Bodega, Neko Case, Warmduscher, Natalie Prass, Sam Evian, Morcheeba

June 1, 2018 Peter Kimpton
LUMP: Laura Marling and Mike Lindsay, inspired by the hairy one

LUMP: Laura Marling and Mike Lindsay, inspired by the hairy one

This week we lavish you with a bumper crop of top-quality LPs: ethereal beauty in a Laura Marling collaboration, Father John Misty parodying narcissism, brilliant Brooklyn punk band Bodega, blues funk from Warmduscher, and superb solo female work by Neko Case and Natalie Prass

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In albums, blues, country, dance music, electronica, folk, funk, garage, hip hop, indie, jazz, pop, post-punk, punk, rock, soul, trip-hop Tags Father John Misty, Josh Tillman, Laura Marling, Mike Lindsay, Tunng, new releases, albums, Bodega, Brooklyn, internet, Warmduscher, Saul Adamczewski, Lias Kaci Saoudi, The Moonlandingz, Insecure Men, Natalie Prass, Neko Case, Matthew E. White, Laura Veirs, Beth Ditto, Peter Bjorn and John, Sam Evian, Morcheeba, Root Manuva, Dead Oceans, Bella Union, What's Your Rupture?, The Leaf Label, ATO Records, ANTI Records, Saddle Creek Records, Fly Agaric Records
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New albums: Chvches, Tracyanne & Danny, Wooden Shjips, Lindi Ortega, A$AP Rocky, Agnes Obel & Various

May 29, 2018 Peter Kimpton
Heads up for Wooden Shjips

Heads up for Wooden Shjips

Synth-pop from the Scottish trio, a new collaboration featuring Camera Obscura’s singer, psych-rock from Wooden Shjips, filmic country from Lindi Ortega, braggadocio from Rocky A$AP, and a great new Late Night Tales

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In albums, country, dance music, electronica, folk, funk, hip hop, indie, pop, post-punk, rock, soul, jazz, soundtracks Tags songs, new releases, albums, Chvches, Lauren Mayberry, Glassnote Records, Virgin, Tracyanne & Danny, Tracyanne Campbell, Camera Obscura, Danny Coughlan, Crybaby, Edwyn Collins, Merge Records, Lindi Ortega, Quentin Tarantino, Wooden Shjips, Ripley Johnson, Thrill Jockey, A$AP Rocky, Skepta, Stormzy, Frank Ocean, Snoop Dogg, Moby, Agnes Obel, Ennio Morricone, Can, Yello, Ray Davies, Lee Hazlewood, Nora Dean, The Roger Webb Sound
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New albums: Courtney Barnett, ​​​​​​​Parquet Courts, Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks, Wax Chattels, Ryley Walker, Ray LaMontage, TT, Mary Lattimore, James Bay

May 18, 2018 Peter Kimpton
Courtney Barnett

Courtney Barnett

A bumper crop this week includes sharp lyricists Courtney Barnett and Stephen Malkmus, postpunk greats Parquet Courts, jazz indie from kiwis Wax Chattels, and a solo album by Warpaint’s singer and a lovely harp album

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In albums, classical, country, dance music, electronica, folk, funk, garage, hip hop, indie, jazz, pop, post-punk, punk, rock, soul Tags albums, new releases, Courtney Barnett, Parquet Courts, Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks, Pavement, Silver Jews, Wax Chattels, Ryley Walker, Ray LaMontagne, TT, Theresa Wayman, Warpaint, Mary Lattimore, James Bay
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New albums: Eleanor Friedberger, Plan B, Jon Hopkins, Gaz Coombes, DJ Koze, Daniel Blumberg, Leon Bridges, Iceage

May 4, 2018 Peter Kimpton
The cover of Eleanor Friedberger's new album, Rebound

The cover of Eleanor Friedberger's new album, Rebound

A varied and fascinating selection of mainly solo artists decorate this week’s selection, including the former singers of Fiery Furnaces and Supergrass, two dance DJs, Plan B returning to soul, and Danish rockers Iceage

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In albums, dance music, electronica, folk, funk, garage, hip hop, indie, pop, post-punk, reggae, rock, soul, trip-hop Tags Eleanor Friedberger, Fiery Furnaces, Plan B, Jon Hopkins, Gaz Coombes, Supergrass, DJ Koze, Roisin Murphy, Daniel Blumberg, Leon Bridges, Iceage, Frenchkiss Records, Atlantic Records, 679 Records, Domino Records, Hot Fruit, Caroline International, Pampa Records, Mute Records, Columbia Records, Matador Records
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New albums: Janelle Monáe, Brian Eno, Blossoms, Okkervil River, Speedy Ortiz, We Are Scientists

April 27, 2018 Peter Kimpton
Janelle Monáe

Janelle Monáe

Funk, pop and rap from the Prince-influence Janelle Monae, Brian Eno’s art installation ambient work, plus an electric selection of British and American indie, rock and pop make up our latest selection

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In albums, dance music, electronica, folk, funk, hip hop, indie, pop, rock, soul Tags new releases, albums, Janelle Monáe, Brian Eno, Blossoms, Leo Abrahams, Okkervil River, Will Sheff, Speedy Ortiz, Sadie Dupuis, We Are Scientists, Bad Boy Records, UMC, ATO Records, Carpark Records, Virgin, EMI, 100% Records
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New albums: Drinks (Cate Le Bon), Alexis Taylor (Hot Chip), Jeffrey Lewis, Gurrumul, Sting & Shaggy, Perel

April 24, 2018 Peter Kimpton
A unique and beautiful voice:  Geoffrey Gurrumul

A unique and beautiful voice: Geoffrey Gurrumul

This week’s selection includes a farewell from great blind Aboriginal singer, plus Kate Le Bon’s new collaboration, the Hot Chip singer, East Berliner Perel, a Jeffrey Lewis tribute to counterculture, and a strange joint album between Sting and Shaggy

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In albums, classical, electronica, folk, dance music, funk, garage, hip hop, indie, jazz, pop, post-punk, rock, soul, trip-hop, reggae Tags new releases, albums, Drinks, Cate Le Bon, Tim Presley, Alexis Taylor, Hot Chip, Jeffrey Lewis, Tuli Kupferberg, The Fugs, Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu, Perel, Sting, Shaggy, Annegret Fiedler
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New albums: Josh T. Pearson, The Damned, Laura Veirs, Slug, Daniel Avery, Hinds, Wiley, Derek Smalls/Harry Shearer

April 11, 2018 Peter Kimpton
Josh T. Pearson, a new beardless look on his new album cover

Josh T. Pearson, a new beardless look on his new album cover

The Texan returns with more forceful work, The Damned show more than punk, plus comedy rock from Harry Shearer, psych folk from Laura Veirs, Daniel Avery electrionica, Wiley's grime and offbeat indie from Slug and Hinds

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In albums, blues, country, dance music, electronica, folk, funk, garage, hip hop, pop, metal, punk, post-punk, rock, soul Tags new releases, albums, Josh T Pearson, The Damned, Captain Sensible, Dave Vanian, Laura Veirs, Slug, Daniel Avery, Hinds, Wiley, Harry Shearer, Derek Smalls, This is Spinal Tap, Steely Dan, Donald Fagen, David Crosby, Rick Wakeman, The Simpsons
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New albums: EELS, Manic Street Preachers, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Kylie Minogue, Goat Girl, Ultimate Painting, Hop Along

April 4, 2018 Peter Kimpton
Goat Girl

Goat Girl

This week's selection sees EELS at their best, Unknown Mortal Orchestra rocking out, Kylie going country pop, Goat Girl on London life, the Manics coming back strong, and gentle guitar folk from Ultimate Painting and Hop Along

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In albums, country, dance music, electronica, folk, funk, garage, indie, pop, post-punk, rock, soul Tags new releases, albums, EELS, Mark Oliver Everett, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Ruban Nielson, E Works Records, Jagjaguwar, 4AD, Goat Girl, Rough Trade, Manic Street Preachers, Sony Records, Hop Along, Saddle Creek Records, Ultimate Painting, Bella Union, Kylie Minogue, BMG
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New albums: Yo La Tengo, Cut Chemist, Creep Show (John Grant/Wrangler), The Decemberists, plus Thundercat remix

March 13, 2018 Peter Kimpton
Creep Show, a collaboration between John Grant and Stephen Mallinder (ex-Cabaret Voltaire, now with Wrangler)

Creep Show, a collaboration between John Grant and Stephen Mallinder (ex-Cabaret Voltaire, now with Wrangler)

On this week's new selection, John Grant joins forces with ex-Cabaret Voltaire's Stephen Mallinder, now with Wrangler, along with Yo La Tengo, fresh raps with Coldcut, The Decemberists and a remix of Thundercat's already classic album Drunk

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In albums, dance music, electronica, funk, hip hop, indie, jazz, pop, post-punk, rock, soul, trip-hop Tags albums, new releases, Yo La Tengo, Cut Chemist, Creep Show, John Grant, Wrangler, Stephen Mallinder, Cabaret Voltaire, DJ Shadow, Deantoni Parks, The Mars Volta, Biz Markie, tUnE-yArDs, Farmer Dave Scher, Dexter Story, Chali 2na, Hymnal, The Decemberists, Thundercat, OG Ron C, The Chopstars
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Featured
Oct 12, 2018
New albums: John Grant, Connan Mockasin, Elvis Costello, Kurt Vile, Jerry Paper, Anna St Louis, Ambrose Akinmusire, The Aints, Goatman, A Certain Ratio
Oct 12, 2018

Elvis Costello triumphantly turns back the clock, John Grant at his bitchy, heartfelt best, and a heap of various laid-back and wonderfully eclectic, oddball records come with likes of Connan Mockasin, Kurt Vile, Jerry Paper and more

Oct 12, 2018
Oct 5, 2018
New albums: Cat Power, The Nightingales, Molly Burch, Phosphorescent, Marie Davidson, Fucked Up, Cypress Hill, Kristin Hersh, The Blinders, Echo & the Bunnymen
Oct 5, 2018

Cat Power’s blues-folk to angry techno from Marie Davidson, cross-genre punk from Fucked Up, punchy postpunk by the NIghtingales, to reworked and tracks by Echo and the Bunnymen? This week’s selection offers something for everyone

Oct 5, 2018
Featured
Oct 16, 2018
Word of the week: umbrella … umbracious ... umbraculum
Oct 16, 2018

Word of the Week: It’s a word with a beautiful sound formed from the Latin word, umbra, for shade, is not merely an expanding accessory to shelter from the rain, also a general term of protection or a thing made of many parts

Oct 16, 2018
Oct 9, 2018
Word of the week: vesper, vespertine, vespertilian …
Oct 9, 2018

Word of the Week: It’s a famous Bjork album, but where does it come up in lyrics? The root of this word relates to the evening and its tolling bell, but also bats, Venus, a cocktail, and in slang – a kind, smart, cool girl

Oct 9, 2018
Oct 2, 2018
Word of the week: whippet
Oct 2, 2018

Word of the Week: It’s a slim, fast dog, the name of a car, a ship, a tank and a light aircraft, and also slang for recreational use of nitrous oxide from small metal containers, but where does it appear in song?

Oct 2, 2018
Sep 25, 2018
Word of the week: Xanadu
Sep 25, 2018

Word of the week: It’s an idealised location of magnificence and beauty with Chinese origins described in Coleridge’s poem, and a 1980 film starring Olivia Newton-John and song performed with ELO, but where else does it appear in lyrics?

Sep 25, 2018
Sep 18, 2018
Word of the week: yellowback or yellow-back
Sep 18, 2018

Word of the week: Following on from zephyr last week, we work backwards to a colour term that can pertain to cheap books, a fish, a mussel, insect, a certificate for gold, and in urban slang, council workers wearing hi-vis jackets

Sep 18, 2018
Sep 11, 2018
Word of the week: zephyr
Sep 11, 2018

Word of the week: Launching a new Song Bar series highlighting words or phrases used in lyrics for the oddness or musicality, let’s start with a z-word, and several examples including Madonna, Bill Callaghan, Frank Sinatra and Ian Dury

Sep 11, 2018
Featured
Oct 17, 2018
Bernard Herrmann – Taxi Driver / Vertigo / Psycho
Oct 17, 2018

Song of the Day: It is hardly a stab in the dark to pick out the great American composer’s film work as the next entry in film score music, but here is an artist surely among the greatest for matching image and sound

Oct 17, 2018
Oct 16, 2018
Elmer Bernstein – The Magnificent Seven / The Great Escape / Sweet Smell of Success
Oct 16, 2018

Song of the Day: More outstanding film theme music, this time with three contrasting examples from the New Yorker with a huge, award-winning repertoire, reaching deep into the American and British psyche

Oct 16, 2018
Oct 15, 2018
Jerry Goldsmith - Chinatown / Planet of the Apes
Oct 15, 2018

Song of the Day: Moving on from Britain’s John Barry, two pieces of work from the highly versatile US composer and conductor here showing contrasting styles that equally express the dark and disturbing

Oct 15, 2018
Oct 14, 2018
John Barry – The Ipcress File
Oct 14, 2018

Song of the Day: Completing a Michael Caine leading role trio, the beautiful, haunting theme composed by one of film and TV’s all-time great composers who is best known for the James Bond films

Oct 14, 2018
Oct 13, 2018
Sonny Rollins – Theme from Alfie
Oct 13, 2018

Song of the Day: From one jazz giant to another, this time led by tenor saxophone, with Sonny Rollins’s superb soundtrack composition to another Michael Caine film, 1966’s tale of that cheeky Cockney lothario

Oct 13, 2018
Oct 12, 2018
Miles Davis – Ascenseur pour l'échafaud
Oct 12, 2018

Song of the Day: Returning to film scores but remaining on the jazz genre, a sublime example of Miles Davis in his early modal style, from his 1958 soundtrack to Louis Malle’s adaptation of a crime novel, starring Jeanne Moreau

Oct 12, 2018
Oct 11, 2018
Oscar Peterson – Hymn To Freedom
Oct 11, 2018

Song of the Day: Continuing from yesterday’s jazz ode to freedom by Billy Taylor, with a version by Nina Simone, let’s move onto another piano great, and an instrumental number from 1963 that definitely echoes it

Oct 11, 2018