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Magic Tuber Stringband: Heavy Water

May 27, 2026 Peter Kimpton

Magic Tuber Stringband: Heavy Water

New album: Mesmerically skilful, oddly beautiful expressive and sometimes powerfully disturbing experimental instrumental folk and bluegrass by the debut South Carolina trio of fiddler Courtney Werner, guitarist Evan Morgan and bassist/banjoist Michael Devito, together weaving extraordinary sounds within and beyond traditional on a dark and tragic ecological theme

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In albums, alternative, Americana, bluegrass, experimental, folk Tags Magic Tuber Stringband, Courtney Werner, Evan Morgan, Michael Devito, South Carolina, Thrill Jockey, albums, new albums, new releases
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May 27, 2026
Magic Tuber Stringband: Heavy Water
May 27, 2026

New album: Mesmerically skilful, oddly beautiful expressive and sometimes powerfully disturbing experimental instrumental folk and bluegrass by the debut South Carolina trio of fiddler Courtney Werner, guitarist Evan Morgan and bassist/banjoist Michael Devito, together weaving extraordinary sounds within and beyond traditional on a dark and tragic ecological theme

May 27, 2026
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May 27, 2026
Little Barrie: Gravity Freeze
May 27, 2026

New album: Classy, catchy psychedelic rock and 60s blues grooves come thick and fast in this sixth LP from the British band fronted by Barrie Cadogan, and their first under their name since the death of drummer Virgil Howe in 2017

May 27, 2026
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May 26, 2026
Aja Monet: The Color of Rain
May 26, 2026

New album: A mystical, spiritual fusion of jazz, soul, electronica and spoken word poetry in this second LP by the Los Angeles writer, poet, performer and activist, filled with sensual sounds and personal mantras to political and social commentary about her country and beyond, her delivery particularly reminiscent of the smooth and smoky Dana Bryant from the 1990s

May 26, 2026
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May 26, 2026
Marisa Anderson: The Anthology Of UnAmerican Folk Music
May 26, 2026

New album: Beautifully evocative instrumental interpretations of older folk tunes from Southeast Asia, the USSR and the Arabic and Islamic regions of the world, all areas subject to US conflict since 1970s, brought by by the American guitarist from the private 78rpm archive of the late Harry Smith

May 26, 2026
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May 25, 2026
The Coral: 388
May 25, 2026

New album: A surprise release but a very welcome one from the Merseyside band, following 2021’s hit LP Coral Island, with songs that slip effortlessly out, deceptively simple and catchy, with elements of Jamaican rocksteady, ska and Ethiopian jazz into their familiar psych-indie-pop sound

May 25, 2026
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May 24, 2026
Bleachers: Everyone For Ten Minutes
May 24, 2026

New album: With a title that point to the very transitional nature of contemporary culture, Jack Antonoff and co return with a sixth album of harmony-laden folk rock, synth and indie pop with that specifi sax-rich New Jersey sound, expressing personal memories and mixed feelings of insecurity and optimism

May 24, 2026
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May 23, 2026
Ed O'Brien: Blue Morpho
May 23, 2026

New album: Emanating from a period of dark depression during lockdown 2020, the Radiohead guitarist’s solo album is a meditative, soothing, catharsis piece, beautiful uplifting at times, found through experimental rock, jazz, drone, psychedelia, and of course, a flavour his career band

May 23, 2026
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May 20, 2026
Balming Tiger: Gongbu
May 20, 2026

New album: A stylishly fun, funky, eccentric electronica, indie and hip-hop creative concoction by the South Korean collective known as “alternative K-pop”, who perform partly in English with a madcap second LP, this time a concept around “the narrative of ‘Gongbu Korea,’ a fictional research institute where experimental technologies are used to observe and document human dreams and the unconscious

May 20, 2026
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May 20, 2026
Tamikrest: Assikel
May 20, 2026

New album: An evocative, stirring, atmospheric and moving sixth album of desert blues and rock by the Malian Kel Tamasheq (Touareg) band whose name means ‘connection’ or ‘union’ in Tamasheq and this title pointing to ‘voyage’ to chart their two-decade journey

May 20, 2026
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May 20, 2026
Dua Saleh: Of Earth & Wires
May 20, 2026

New album: This eclectic, experimental second LP by the Minneapolis-based Sudanese-American non-binary singer and actor features Bon Iver (aka Justin Vernon) on three tracks, and plays with deconstructions of indie, R&B, electronic pop dance, baile funk and Sudanese folk, themed around home, identity and difficult relationship in the shadow of climate change and AI’s advancement

May 20, 2026
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May 19, 2026
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May 19, 2026

New album: Superbly striking and stylish, eclectic third album by the Australian-Ghanaian artist Kofi Owusu-Ansah with punchy, political and social critique surge of hip-hop, punk, synth-pop, funk and dance music, he takes no prisoners with articulate anger at many ongoing subjects from billionaires to ignorance and racism

May 19, 2026
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May 18, 2026
Rostam: American Stories
May 18, 2026

New album: The Iranian-American singer-songwriter, star producer and Vampire Weekend co-founder Rostam Batmanglij’s third solo LP mixes Americana with Persian sounds in a mellow, beautiful reflection of love songs also inspired by challenging, changing times

May 18, 2026
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May 15, 2026
Kevin Morby: Little Wide Open
May 15, 2026

New album: The Kansas City-raised singer-songwriter’s eighth solo LP of folk, rock and country is inspired by Missouri’s vast space, and features guests including Justin Vernon (Bon Iver), Katie Gavin, Lucinda Williams, Meg Duffy (Hand Habits) with production by The National’s Aaron Dessner

May 15, 2026
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May 14, 2026
Cola: Cost Of Living Adjustment
May 14, 2026

New album: A third album of clever, angular, abstract, oddly appealing and also retro indie postpunk by the Montreal trio of former Ought members Tim Darcy (vocals/guitar) and Ben Stidworthy (bass), along with Evan Cartwright (percussion) with a title reflecting their name as an acronym and a call to re-appraise the way the the world should work

May 14, 2026

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Song of the Day: Matilda Mann: The Fig Tree
May 28, 2026

Song of the Day: Breezy, gently wistful and witty, warm and dreamy 70s-style pop about career ladder confusion with orchestral strings and flute by the London-based singer-songwriter, heralding her upcoming second album, Kismet, out on 4 September

May 28, 2026
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Song of the Day: Westside Cowboy - Kick Stones (The Boys)
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May 27, 2026
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May 26, 2026

Song of the Day: Flamboyant, panache-filled art-pop, new wave, and 1980s glam post-punk by the Glasgow five-piece band with singer Jocelyn Potter having some stylistic echoes The Associates and the great Billy Mackenzie, it follows their 2024 album The Warping.

May 26, 2026
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May 25, 2026

Song of the Day: An unusual experimental mix of jazz nd electronica with chopped classical strings, thumping breakbeats and Jersey club bass rhythms, by Glasgow’s multi-instrumentalist producer, composer and performer Liam Shortall, out on Ninja Tune

May 25, 2026
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Song of the Day: Rapturous soaring pop and soul with luscious orchestration by the London artist, heralding her upcoming album So Help Me God, out on 12 June via Dirty Hit Records

May 24, 2026
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May 23, 2026
Song of the Day: Mary In The Junkyard - New Muscles
May 23, 2026

Song of the Day: Quirky, droll, entertaining, cleverly rhythmic, lo-fi experimental indie rock by the London trio and a song about personal improvement, heralding their debut album Role Model Hermit out on 3 July via AMF Records

May 23, 2026
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May 22, 2026

Song of the Day: Catchy, wry, upbeat, perky whistle-along songwriting with lyrics about passive jealousy with echoes of classic Kinks come in this solo single by the Blur guitarist, heralding his upcoming album Castle Park out 19 June via Transgressive Records

May 22, 2026
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May 21, 2026
Song of the Day: Arab Strap: You You You
May 21, 2026

Song of the Day: Darkly witty, humorous and catchy, and described as “a sort of disco-metal incantation” and themed around mental and physical health struggles but also love, this welcome return from Scotland’s Malcolm Middleton and Aidan Moffat, heralds their upcoming new album, Half-Told Tales, out on September 4, via Rock Action Records

May 21, 2026
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May 20, 2026

Song of the Day: A beautiful, fragile, quietly defiant new lo-fi folk number about vulnerability in an uneasy world by the revered Portland, Oregon singer-songwriter heralding her upcoming new albumTemple Songs, out on 14 August via her label Raven Marching Band Records

May 20, 2026
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Song of the Day: Sofia Cordoba - Symptom of Love
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May 17, 2026

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May 21, 2026
Word of the week: riqq
May 21, 2026

Word of the week: An appropriately onomatopoeic noun for name for Middle Eastern tambourine, able to produce a range of percussive sounds, and commonly heard in traditional Egyptian, Arab, Greek and Turkish music

May 21, 2026
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May 7, 2026
Word of the week: salpinx
May 7, 2026

Word of the week: This very imposing, loud, resonant noun is an ancient Greek, trumpet-like instrument used as a tactical signal on the battle field, as well as to signal the beginnings of gatherings, or of races in sport

May 7, 2026
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April 23, 2026
Word of the week: throstle
April 23, 2026

Word of the week: An archaic, evocative noun with two connected meanings, originally for the song thrush, then later a textiles industrial frame for spinning, twisting and winding machine for cotton, wool, and other fibres simultaneously

April 23, 2026
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April 9, 2026
Word of the week: undine
April 9, 2026

Word of the week: It might sound like the act of abstaining from food, but this noun from derived from undina (Latin unda) meaning wave, refers to mythical, elemental beings associated with water, such as mermaids, and stemming from the alchemical writings of the 16th-century Swiss physician, alchemist and philosopher Paracelsus

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March 27, 2026
Word of the week: veena
March 27, 2026

Word of the week: This ornate, curvaceous, south Indian classical instrument, the saraswati veena, is a special bowl lute with a rich, resonant tone, has 24 copper frets with four playing strings and three drone strings, and is used for Carnatic music

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