Song of the Day: The Leeds band fronted by James Smith return with another catchy, clever, talky, ironic post-punk single, here parodying the very nature of what they do, and heralding the new album, Where’s My Utopia
Read moreSong of the Day: Sans Soucis - Mexico City (featuring Charles)
Song fo the Day: An uplifting single for a winter Monday of pop-funk escapism to a hotter climate by the London-based Italian singer-songwriter Giulia Grispino and co-producer Cid Rim (Clemens Bacher) with guest vocals by Charles
Read moreSong of the Day: Ratbag - Dead End Kids (Why Aren't You Laughing EP)
Song of the Day: Sharp, catchy, renegade-themed indie post-punk from New Zealand by the band of Auckland artist Sophie Brown with the opening track from her debut EP, Why Aren’t You Laughing, alongside a panache for Gorillaz-style visuals
Read moreSong of the Day: English Teacher - Nearly Daffodils
Song of the Day: Another intricate, clever, dynamically palyed, passionately sung indie single by the Leeds band of Douglas Frost, Lewis Whiting, Lily Fontaine and Nicholas Eden, here about about life’s unstoppability no matter how hard you struggle against it
Read moreSong of the Day: The Beatles - Now and Then
Song of the Day: Old but new, this stirring, walking-pace, piano-based John Lennon demo from the 1970s originally had some reworking by the remaining three members in 1995, but is finally complete with some Paul MacCartney vocals, guitar and some help from AI
Read moreSong of the Day: Jordan Rakei - Flowers
Song of the Day: A beautiful, soaring, ode to patience, growth, his first love and wife, by the silky-voiced New Zealand-Australian musician, singer, songwriter and producer.
Read moreSong of the Day: Enola Gay: Terra Firma
Song of the Day: A powerful, valedictory-style number, the final from their latest EP, Casement, the explosive Dublin punk/hip-hop quartet with an evolved, more tender sound mixing elements electronica with Belfast music producer Mount Palomar
Read moreSong of the Day: Nadine Shah - Topless Mother
Song of the Day: A wonderfully potent title and lyrics brings the welcome return of the powerful voiced singer-songwriter from Whitburn, South Tyneside with darkly humorous single about comically tense exchanges with a counsellor
Read moreSong of the Day: The Last Dinner Party - My Lady of Mercy
Song of the Day: Another dynamic, passionate, luxuriant pop-rock single by the British five-piece, this time about girl admiringly seeing for the first time a painting of Joan of Arc, feeling a huge romantic crush, but also one that’s affected by the “bloody, carnal language of religious experience”
Read moreSong of the Day: Jessie Ware with Róisín Murphy - Freak Me Now
Song of the Day: A disco banger with an updated double dose of fun and funk and fabulous costumes from Jessie’s latest album, That! Feels Good!, now released in a new version with the Irish iconic singer
Read moreSong of the Day: Yard Act - The Trench Coat Museum
Song of the Day: The Leeds post-punk quartet return with a blistering new single about constant social shifts in perception, ownership and recognition through the metaphor of a classic piece of clothing, with frontman James Smith’s biting lyrics alongside a driving dance-punk energy
Read moreSong of the Day: The Last Dinner Party - Nothing Matters
Song of the Day: A polished, catchy, candid and declamatory art-pop-rock debut by the south London five-piece band with chorus that has musical shades of ABBA and Sparks
Read moreSong of the Day: Jessie Ware - Begin Again
Song of the Day: The British singer-songwriter’s luxuriant latest return comes in a wonderfully opulent and upbeat mix of disco, pop, funk, soul and gospel with brass, and heralds her forthcoming fifth album, the appropriately titled That! Feels Good!
Read moreSong of the Day: Underworld - And The Colour Red
Song of the Day: British electronic dance music veterans Karl Hyde and Rick Smith return with a mesmeric, infectiously brilliant banger filled with oddball phrased-in sounds and gnomic phrases
Read moreSong of the Day: Sparks - The Girl Is Crying In Her Latte
Song of the Day: Legendary brothers Ron and Russell Mael return with fabulously catchy, fun, satirical cafe-context single and the title track of their forthcoming album, with a video featuring eccentric dance moves by film star Cate Blanchett. What could be finer than that?
Read moreSong of the Day: Chappaqua Wrestling - Wide Asleep
Song of the Day: Powerfully building, anthemic wake-up call indie-pop with a big splash of 90s Oasis-style Britpop and shoegaze by the Brighton quartet from their forthcoming album Plus Ultra
Read moreSong of the Day: Billie Marten - This Is How We Move
Song of the Day: An exquisite new folk number about a relationship out of sync, by the singer-songwriter Isabella Sophie Tweddle from Ripon in North Yorkshire, taken from her forthcoming next album, Drop Cherries' out on 7 April on Fiction Records/ Universal
Read moreSong of the Day: Steam Down - Overcome (feat. Afronaut Zu, TINYMAN, Germane Marvel)
Song of the Day: A superb, powerful, stirring fusion of hip hop, jazz, afrobeat and other genres with guest rappers, by Deptford-based collective formed by multi-instrumentalist, composer and producer Ahnansé
Read moreSong of the Day: Brian Eno – There Were Bells
Song of the Day: A full smooth, rich voice, rarely heard, comes from the artist better known for his instrumentals and ambient tracks. in this strong, delicate and very moving and poignant new number about climate emergency
Read moreSong of the Day: Lizzo - About Damn Time
Song of the Day: It’s Friday, and about damn time some brand new disco funk - and who better to supply it than the colourful, charismatic American singer with a number that heralds her forthcoming new album, three years in the making
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