Cast: Yeah Yeah Yeah

February 3, 2026 Peter Kimpton

New album: Liverpool’s John Power and co returns after 2024’s Love Is The Call with an eighth LP, packed with anthemic, catchy, voluminous indie rock bangers with P.P. Arnold adding classy backing vocals

New album releases for week beginning 10 April 2017

April 11, 2017 Peter Kimpton

Damned or doomed? A sign of the times. Damn. Kendrick Lamar — Damned or doomed? A sign of the times. Damn. Kendrick Lamar

No genre stone is unturned with this week's eclectic selection, including Kendrick Lamar, Barry Adamson, Jah Wobble, John Power's Cast, plus -M-, Toumani Diabate, Sidiki Diabaté, and Fatoumata Diawara

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New Albums …

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Mar 5, 2026

DEADLETTER: Existence Is Bliss

Mar 5, 2026

New album: This second LP by the South Yorkshire/London six-piece expands their post-punk sound palette with a collection of arresting, thrumming songs, often dark and challenging, with richly exploratory lyrics across dystopian and existential questions, yet despite a climate of difficult, shows how gasping for life’s oxygen is essential

Mar 5, 2026

Lala Lala: Heaven 2

Mar 5, 2026

New album: Moving from Chicago to New Mexico, Reykjavík, then London and now Los Angeles, the UK-born artist Lillie West’s experimental indie dream pop is a fascinating release about restless escapism while trying to stay where she is

Mar 5, 2026

Mar 3, 2026

Iron & Wine: Hen's Teeth

Mar 3, 2026

New album: Timeless, poetic, gentle folk-rock in this eighth solo album by the North Carolina multi-instrumentalist and producer Sam Beam, in warm, tender album with a title that suggests the idea of the impossible yet real, and an earthier, darker, more more tactile companion to his Grammy-nominated 2024 album Light Verse

Mar 3, 2026

Buck Meek: The Mirror

Mar 3, 2026

New album: The Brooklyn-based Texan guitarist of Big Thief returns with his fourth solo LP filled with tender, thoughtful, beautiful folk-country-rock, a tiny splash of analogue synths, joined by bandmate James Krivchenia as producer, Adrianne Lenker on backing vocals, plus guitarist Adam Brisbin and harp player Mary Lattimore

Mar 3, 2026

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Mar 1, 2026

Mitski: Nothing’s About To Happen To Me

Mar 1, 2026

New album: Following 2023’s acclaimed The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We, now an eighth LP of sublime beauty, wit and melancholy and silken vocal tones from the American singer-songwriter, mixing pop, rock, echoes of Laurel Canyon era, and stories and metaphors of love and loss, insecurity, independence and solitude all set at home – and no shortage of cats

Mar 1, 2026

Gorillaz: The Mountain

Mar 1, 2026

New album: Released with an art book, new games, and extended videos, a multicultural, multifarious and multilingual return for the collective cartoon pop-hip-hop project led by Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett, with many intercontinental guest appearances, and a particular Indian musical and visual flavour centred on fictional Himalayan peak as metaphor for life’s journey and illusionary truths

Mar 1, 2026

Bill Callahan: My Days of 58

Mar 1, 2026

New album: His first since 2022’s REALITY, and one of his finest for several years since his many albums under the Smog moniker, the Texan, rich-voiced, witty, droll, singer-songwriter returns with lo-fi, resonant, frank reflections from his 58 years, on songwriting, family life, touring and death, with a free-flowing, sometimes improvised sound that refreshing, stripped back and direct

Mar 1, 2026

Feb 26, 2026

The Wave Pictures: Gained/Lost

Feb 26, 2026

New album: A very warm return from the very likeable, prolific British trio of David Tattersall (guitar and lead vocals), Franic Rozycki (bass), and Jonny Helm (drums) with finely crafted, clever and emotional songs in flavours of 60s garage rock, 70s classic rock and 90s American indie

Feb 26, 2026

Feb 25, 2026

Hedera: Hedera

Feb 25, 2026

New album: A beautiful, delicate, minimalist debut of finely crafted chamber folk by the Bristol quintet of Lulu Austin, Maisie Brett, Tamsin Elliott, Beth Roberts and Isis Wolf-Light mixing originals and the traditional with flavours and influences from England to Egypt, Bulgaria to Bali, Afrikaans to Arabic, Ireland to Georgia

Feb 25, 2026

Feb 24, 2026

Altin Gün: Garip

Feb 24, 2026

New album: The Grammy-nominated Turkish psych-groove quintet from Amsterdam return with a stylish and expansive sixth LP — a heartfelt tribute to the work of the legendary Turkish folk bard Neşet Ertaş (1938–2012), a legend of Anatolian music

Feb 24, 2026

Momoko Gill: Momoko

Feb 24, 2026

New album: A classy, clever, subtle, experimental jazz and soul debut by the London-based singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer, part of the east London scene at Total Refreshment Centre, rich in grooves, personal and poetic reflections

Feb 24, 2026

Feb 23, 2026

Peaches: No Lube So Rude

Feb 23, 2026

New album: Unapologetically brash, overtly sexual, crazily catchy and entertaining, the charismatic, colourful Canadian electroclash and musician and performance artist Merrill Beth Nisker returns with her seventh LP and first for 11 years, a striking mix of sex, gender identity, freedom of expression, and an antidote to miserable times

Feb 23, 2026

Apparat: A Hum of Maybe

Feb 23, 2026

New album: The sixth LP and the first for six years by the German experimental electronic artist Sascha Ring (Grammy nominated for 2019’s LP5), on the theme of flux and uncertainty, balancing family and work life, and built on the back of stressful three years of writer’s block but filled with unusual sonic textures, sonic and acoustic and vulnerable emotions

Feb 23, 2026

Feb 21, 2026

Hen Ogledd: DISCOMBOBULATED

Feb 21, 2026

New album: Wonderfully colourful, mystical and socio-political, the British psychedelic-folk-rock quartet return with their special brand of eccentric, oddball originality, here including Welsh poems, ‘bard rap’ and an a protest manifesto for social change and mental wellbeing in a world gone mad

Feb 21, 2026

new songs …

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Mar 5, 2026

Song of the Day: Jordan Rakei & Tom McFarland - Easy to Love

Mar 5, 2026

Song of the Day: Elevating, soaring soul with the high vocals of the New Zealand-Australian singer and songwriter joined by one half the British band Jungle, heralding the collaborative EP Between Us, out on 24 April on Fontana Records / Universal Music

Mar 5, 2026

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Mar 4, 2026

Song of the Day: José González - A Perfect Storm

Mar 4, 2026

Song of the Day: A beautiful, delicate, evocative and profound new single about impending Earth disaster by the Swedish indie folk singer-songwriter and acoustic guitarist from Gothenburg, heralding his fifth album Against the Dying of the Light out on 27 March via Imperial Recordings / City Slang

Mar 4, 2026

Mar 3, 2026

Song of the Day: Jesus Cringe - Disastrology

Mar 3, 2026

Song of the Day: A striking collision and fusion of space rock, prog rock, jazz, and sci-fi cinema, with an orchestral, avant-garde, tumultuous interplay between violin and baritone saxophone by the Belgian artist Alexis Pfrimmer, expressing the characterisation of solitary figure witnessing Earth’s collapse before escaping into space, and out on Epictronic

Mar 3, 2026

Mar 2, 2026

Song of the Day: LuxJury - Both Teams

Mar 2, 2026

Song of the Day: Stylish, witty, catchy, rich groove, brassy and soulful indie-rock by the London-based duo of singer/guitarist Nicole ‘Lux’ Fermie and drummer Howey Gill, heralding their debut album Giving Up, out on on 27 March via Bella Union

Mar 2, 2026

Mar 1, 2026

Song of the Day: Angine de Poitrine - FabienK

Mar 1, 2026

Song of the Day: Fabulously fun, catchy, funky, clever, complex, proggy syncopated instrumental experimentalism by the stylishly disguised rock duo known as Khn and Klek de Poitrine from Quebec, Canada, from their upcoming album Vol. II, out on 3 April via Les Cassettes Magiques

Mar 1, 2026

Feb 28, 2026

Song of the Day: Foo Fighters - Your Favorite Toy

Feb 28, 2026

Song of the Day: A snarling banger with a striking, fiery punk edge and lyrics about disposability by the veteran Californian rockers fronted by Dave Grohl in this title track to the upcoming 12th album, out on 24 April via RCA / Roswell Records

Feb 28, 2026

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Feb 27, 2026

Song of the Day: The Twilight Sad - Attempt A Crash Landing - Theme

Feb 27, 2026

Song of the Day: Tender and tempestuous in sound and lyrics, a passionate, powerful epic new single by Glasgow’s much loved indie post-punk band fronted by James Graham with Andy MacFarlane on guitar, heralding their upcoming sixth album, It’s The Long Goodbye out on 27 March via Rock Action Records

Feb 27, 2026

Feb 26, 2026

Song of the Day: Gnarls Barkley – Pictures

Feb 26, 2026

Song of the Day: With their first release together for 18 years and those Crazy days of the noughties, the potent US combination of CeeLo Green and Danger Mouse return with soul-stirring vocals and innovative production, heralding the upcoming new album, Atlanta, out on 6 March via TenThousand Projects

Feb 26, 2026

Feb 25, 2026

Song of the Day: Thundercat - She Knows Too Much

Feb 25, 2026

Song of the Day: Catchy groove funk and hip-hop with a Stevie Wonder vibe, with added jazz trumpet and keyboards by the acclaimed American LA multi-genre bassist, featuring the late rapper Mac Miller in a track fantasising about a woman out of his league, and the latest heralding his upcoming album Distracted, out on 3 April via Brainfeeder

Feb 25, 2026

Feb 24, 2026

Song of the Day: L.Y.R. - Dark Sky Reservation

Feb 24, 2026

Song of the Day: Delicate, beautiful profound new work by the trio of British poet laureate Simon Armitage, multi-instrumentalist Patrick J. Pearson and singer-songwriter Richard Walters, about areas where light pollution is outlawed with this title track of their upcoming third album, out on 3 April via Real World Records

Feb 24, 2026

Feb 23, 2026

Song of the Day: My New Band Believe - Numerology

Feb 23, 2026

Song of the Day: Energetic, eclectic, stylish new work by Cameron Picton, formerly bassist of Black Midi, with new band lineup and a pacy mix of saxophone-filled jazz, acoustic guitar and frenetic stop-start rhythms, heralding the forthcoming eponymous debut album, out on 19 April via Rough Trade

Feb 23, 2026

Feb 22, 2026

Song of the Day: Molina - Golden Brown Sugar

Feb 22, 2026

Song of the Day: Dreamy, blurry and strangely beautiful, woozy shoegaze with washes of textured sound and some echoes of gentler My Bloody Valentine by the Copenhagen-based Chilean-Danish artist Rebecca Molina, out now on Escho Records

Feb 22, 2026

Word of the week

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Feb 25, 2026

Word of the week: xiphias

Feb 25, 2026

Word of the week: Get the point? This is the scientific name for the swordfish, in full Xiphias gladius (from the Greek and Latin for sword), that extraordinary sea creature with the long, pointy bill. But what of it in song?

Feb 25, 2026

Feb 12, 2026

Word of the week: yanggeum

Feb 12, 2026

Word of the week: A form or hammered dulcimer, this traditional Korean instrument, with a flat and trapezoidal shape, has seven sets of four metal strings hit by thin bamboo stick

Feb 12, 2026

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Jan 22, 2026

Word of the week: zumbador

Jan 22, 2026

Word of the week: A wonderfully evocative noun from the Spanish for word buzz, and meaning both a South American hummingbird, a door buzzer, and symbolic of resurrection of the soul in ancient Mexican culture, while also serving as the logo for a tequila brand

Jan 22, 2026

Jan 8, 2026

Word of the week: aspectabund

Jan 8, 2026

Word of the week: This rare adjective describes a highly expressive face or countenance, where emotions and reactions are readily shown through the eyes or mouth

Jan 8, 2026

Dec 24, 2025

Word of the week: bellonion (or belloneon)

Dec 24, 2025

Word of the week: It sounds like a bulbous, multi-layered peeling vegetable, but this obscure mechanical musical instrument invented in 1812 in Dresden consisted of 24 trumpets and two kettle drums and, designed to mimic the sound of a marching band, might also make your eyes water

Dec 24, 2025