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Billie Eilish: Happier Than Ever

August 2, 2021 Peter Kimpton
Billie Eilish

Billie Eilish

New album: The teen queen of dark, teenage bedroom pop returns with her second LP, astonishingly mature, with supremely low-key, close-mic intimacy, and innovative songs about inevitable concerns - stardom, the difficulty of privacy and relationships and all their associated dangers

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In albums, experimental, pop Tags albums, new releases, Billie Eilish, Finneas O'Connell, Interscope, Darkroom
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LUMP: Animal

July 30, 2021 Peter Kimpton
Animal is the second LUMP album by Laura Marling and Mike Lindsay

Animal is the second LUMP album by Laura Marling and Mike Lindsay

New album: With a suite of exquisite sounds from flutes to the soft thunk of bass and ethereal vocals, the second album by Laura Marling and Tunng’s Mike Lindsay is a little more stripped back than the first, but still brings otherworldly beauty

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In albums, experimental, electronica, folk Tags albums, new releases, LUMP, Laura Marling, Mike Lindsay, Tunng, Partisan Records, Chrysalis
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Dave: We're All Alone In This Together

July 28, 2021 Peter Kimpton
Dave’s second LP We're All Alone In This Together

Dave’s second LP We're All Alone In This Together

New album: Second LP by the much lauded Mercury-winning David Omoregie for his first, Psychodrama, shows his talent for diversity of rap styles through social commentary and relationship themes, comprising R&B, Afrobeat, gospel, electronica and piano-led melancholy

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In albums, hip-hop, R&B, gospel, electronica Tags albums, new releases, Dave, Stormzy, James Blake, Ghetts, Giggs, Fredo, Meekz, Snoh Aalegra, ShaSimone, Neighbourhood Records
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Leon Bridges: Gold-Diggers Sound

July 26, 2021 Peter Kimpton
Leon Bridges: Gold-Diggers Sound

Leon Bridges: Gold-Diggers Sound

New album: Delicate soul mixed with R&B, Afrobeat, late-night jazz and even a dash of country come in this third LP by the 32-year-old singer, songwriter and record producer, filled with heartbreak and hope stemming from events of the past year

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In albums, soul, R&B, jazz Tags Songs, albums, new releases, Leon Bridges, Columbia Records
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Prince: Welcome 2 America

July 24, 2021 Peter Kimpton
Welcome 2 America is the third Prince LP since his death in 2016

Welcome 2 America is the third Prince LP since his death in 2016

New album: The third posthumous album since the Purple One’s untimely passing in 2016 stands out as the best for a long time, including when he was alive, packed with punchy funk, soul, and social commentary that echoes peak-period Curtis Mayfield

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In albums, funk, pop, soul Tags new releases, albums, Prince
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Joel Culpepper: Sgt Culpepper

July 24, 2021 Peter Kimpton
Joel Culpepper’s debut LP

Joel Culpepper’s debut LP

New album: With an impressive, extraordinary vocal range, especially in falsetto, the south-east Londoner’s debut LP feels like an instant soul and funk classic, bulked great bass and brass, and shored up with a team of top-notch producers

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In albums, funk, soul Tags albums, new releases, Joel Culpepper, Prince, Curtis Mayfield, Guy Chambers, Pepper Records
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Shungudzo: I'm Not A Mother, But I Have Children

July 21, 2021 Peter Kimpton
Shungudzo

Shungudzo

New album: An impassioned, political debut album by the Zimbabwean-American artist, activist former gymnast and soul singer touching on climate change to race issues to women’s rights, typified in first singe It’s a Good Day (To Fight The System)

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In albums, pop, soul, gospel Tags albums, new releases, Shungudzo, Svikiro Records, Young Forever, BMG
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Fryars: God Melodies

July 20, 2021 Peter Kimpton
Fryars: God Melodies

Fryars: God Melodies

New album: Mischievously wry and marvellously inventive twinkling electro-pop in the third full album by the multi-instrumentalist and producer Benjamin Garrett who has also released multiple EPs and mixtapes

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In albums, electronica, indie, pop Tags albums, new releases, Fryars, Benjamin Garrett, Rae Morris, Fiction Records, Universal Music
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Clairo: Sling

July 19, 2021 Peter Kimpton
Clairo’s new album - Sling

Clairo’s new album - Sling

New album: Willow-the-wisp delicately soft and profoundly beautiful, this second LP by Massachusetts singer-songwriter Claire Cottrill, 22, has refined her bedroom indie pop of 2019’s acclaimed debut album Immunity for something more akin to Elliott Smith or Sufjan Stevens

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In albums, folk, pop Tags albums, new releases, Clairo, Fader Records, Jack Antonoff
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Stephen Fretwell: Busy Guy

July 16, 2021 Peter Kimpton
Stephen Fretwell is finally getting busy again …

Stephen Fretwell is finally getting busy again …

New album: Very welcome fourth album by the Scunthorpe guitarist-singer-songwriter after a 14-year-old absence with a life “song cycle of sorts,” sensitive, quiet and eloquent exploring fatherhood, grief and rebirth

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In albums, folk Tags albums, new releases, Stephen Fretwell, Dan Carey, Speedy Wunderground
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Half Waif: Mythopoetics

July 14, 2021 Peter Kimpton
Half Waif: Mythopoetics

Half Waif: Mythopoetics

New album: This fifth solo LP by American Nandi Rose Plunkett strips her music back to a piano ballad pop format but with added electronica, and her subject matter is again infused with intense emotions and dark humour, even to fear of total identify loss

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In albums, pop Tags albums, new releases, ANTI Records, Half Waif, Nandi Rose Plunkett
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Ruth Goller: Skylla

July 14, 2021 Peter Kimpton
Ruth Goller’s Skylla

Ruth Goller’s Skylla

New album: A strange and alluring debut solo LP of experimental work by the jazz bassist, singer, environmentalist and composer whose combination of pieces, each with different tunings, often uses harmonics and atypical vocal harmonies to often create a chiming bell effect

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In albums, experimental Tags albums, new releases, Ruth Goller
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Charlotte Day Wilson: ALPHA

July 13, 2021 Peter Kimpton
Charlotte Day Wilson: ALPHA

Charlotte Day Wilson: ALPHA

New album: This serenely soulful debut by the Toronto singer-songwriter and producer is a slow, sensual, and mature, drawing on elements of gospel, folk, jazz and R&B, but is beautifully minimal and restrained

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In albums, soul, pop, gospel Tags Charlotte Day Wilson, albums, new releases, Badbadnotgood
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Tashaki Miyaki: Castaway

July 12, 2021 Peter Kimpton
Tashaki Miyaki

Tashaki Miyaki

New album: Better known as an innovative 20th-century songbook covers band, the LA trio's LP of original material offers a lush, smooth 90s shoegaze menu of woozy delight, richly mellow work, with rich orchestration, drone and languid vocals by singer-drummer Paige Stark

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In albums, indie, shoegaze Tags albums, new releases, Tashaki Miyaki, Paige Stark, Metropolis Records
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Blank Gloss: Melt

July 11, 2021 Peter Kimpton
Melt by Blank Gloss

Melt by Blank Gloss

New album: The duo of Patrick Hills and Morgan Fox from Sacramento, California release a set of serene pieces that capture wide American landscapes and skies with beat-less reverberating ambient guitar, violin, piano and and synths

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In ambient, albums, experimental, electronica Tags albums, new releases, Blank Gloss, Patrick Hills, Morgan Fox, ambient, instrumentals
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Sault: Nine

July 10, 2021 Peter Kimpton
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New album: With limited availability, an excellent fifth album in two years by the collective headed by producer Inflo (Dean Josiah) centres around growing up in inner city London with a mix of old-school soul and African styles

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In albums, soul, spoken word Tags Sault, albums, new releases, Forever Living Originals, Michael Ofo, Little Simz
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Hiss Golden Messenger: Quietly Blowing It

July 7, 2021 Peter Kimpton
MC Taylor aka Hiss Golden Messenger

MC Taylor aka Hiss Golden Messenger

New album: This LP of Bob Dylanesque country Americana by the North Carolina singer-songwriter MC Taylor offers a gentle set of songs that gentle protest about how society is tacitly controlled, but mixed with the desire and sweet moments of hope

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In country, blues, albums, folk Tags Hiss Golden Messenger, MC Taylor, Bob Dylan, Merge Records
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Bobby Gillespie and Jehnny Beth: Utopian Ashes

July 7, 2021 Peter Kimpton
Bobby Gillespie and Jehnny Beth: Utopian Ashes

Bobby Gillespie and Jehnny Beth: Utopian Ashes

New album: The Primal Scream frontman and former Savages singer collaborate in an unusually mellow set of heartbreak numbers that recall the country rock duos between Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris

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In albums, country, pop, rock Tags albums, new releases, Bobby Gillespie, Primal Scream, Jehnny Beth, Savages, Sony Records, Gram Parsons, Emmylou Harris
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Modest Mouse: The Golden Casket

July 6, 2021 Peter Kimpton
Seventh heaven: Modest Mouse’s The Golden Casket

Seventh heaven: Modest Mouse’s The Golden Casket

New album: Sharp, witty, and highly entertaining, this dynamic new LP American indie rockers Isaac Brock and co with post-punk, psychedelia and pop on subjects from degradation of our psychic landscapes and invisible technology and fatherhood

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In albums, indie, psychedelia, rock Tags albums, new releases, Modest Mouse, Isaac Brock, Epic
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Squirrel Flower: Planet (i)

July 5, 2021 Peter Kimpton
Squirrel Flower’s Planet (i)

Squirrel Flower’s Planet (i)

New album: A powerful, dark, simmering, emotional new album by the Boston-born indie-folk artist Ella Williams titled as a love letter to disaster in every form imaginable and embracing a planet in ruin, on a journey of decay and healing

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In albums, folk, indie Tags albums, new releases, Squirrel Flower, Ella Williams
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Apr 9, 2026
Wendy Eisenberg: Wendy Eisenberg
Apr 9, 2026

New album: An absolutely gorgeous, delicate, subtle, brilliantly inventive LP of folk-rock-country-pop by the Brooklyn-based guitarist, improviser, composer and singer-songwriter, themed around the artist’s newfound queerness and love, all coloured by a sense of personal awe and reinvention

Apr 9, 2026
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Apr 8, 2026
LuxJury: Giving Up
Apr 8, 2026

New album: Catchy, funky, witty, insightful and candid soulful indie-pop debut by the London trio fronted by Nicole ‘Lux’ Fermie, with songs inspired by a formative first queer relationship and subsequent exploration of identity

Apr 8, 2026
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Apr 7, 2026
Snail Mail: Ricochet
Apr 7, 2026

New album: American indie singer-songwriter Lindsey Jordan returns with a third LP, awash with natural tendency for shoegaze-y melancholy, but also with a warm embrace of jangly and acoustic guitars in this introspective release about time, fading friendships, mortality, the afterlife, and the quiet terror of watching the things you love slip away

Apr 7, 2026
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Apr 6, 2026
LYR: Dark Sky Reservation
Apr 6, 2026

New album: Filled with beautiful stillness and vivid, intricate images, gentle wit, lilting profundity and contemplative moments, this gorgeously illuminating third experimental LP by the trio of UK poet laureate Simon Armitage and musicians Richard Walters and Patrick J Pearson begins on the constellatory contradiction that the furthest points of light in our skies can only be seen in the dark

Apr 6, 2026
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Apr 5, 2026
deary: Birding
Apr 5, 2026

New album: A shimmering, sparkling, ethereal dream-pop and shoegaze debut by the London trio with an ornithological theme in the context of human impact, and significant echoes in flight of their key influences Cocteau Twins, Lush, My Bloody Valentine, and Slowdive

Apr 5, 2026
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Apr 4, 2026
Angine de Poitrine: Vol. II
Apr 4, 2026

New album: A weirdly wonky hot sensation on social media, the mysterious Quebec duo are instantly recognisable by their oddball, masked polka dot disguises, but this second release of mostly instrumental prog-rock bendy loops and riffs between guitar and drums remain just as mesmeric in their musical skill and complexity

Apr 4, 2026
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Apr 4, 2026
Thundercat: Distracted
Apr 4, 2026

New album: Rich, deep, squelchy grooves and high falsetto in the distinctively funky-jazz-soul-afrofuturistic-cosmic-rock return of the outstanding Los Angeles bass player with his first LP for six years, and an impressive array of collaborators, including Mac Miller, Tame Impala, Flying Lotus, A$AP Rocky, and The Lemon Twigs

Apr 4, 2026
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Apr 1, 2026
MEMORIALS: All Clouds Bring Not Rain
Apr 1, 2026

New album: Innovative, eclectic fusion of psychedelia, folk, dub, krautrock, 60s soul, garage rock, prog, pop, electronica and 70s spiritual jazz by the Canterbury experimental duo of Verity Susman and Matthew Simms

Apr 1, 2026
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Apr 1, 2026
José González: Against The Dying Of The Light
Apr 1, 2026

New album: A gentle, reflective, meditative, but quietly defiant fifth LP by the Swedish-Argentine indie-folk guitarist and singer-songwriter, following his last, Local Valley, broadening his perspective in an urgent call to preserve the light of humanity as technology advances in ironically darkening world

Apr 1, 2026
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Apr 1, 2026
RAYE: This Music May Contain Hope
Apr 1, 2026

New album: A highly entertaining, exuberantly stylish, cross-genre 17-track, 73-minute odyssey by the London popstar, with a huge musical show of a second LP, spanning swing-era jazz to soul, R&B, house music, pop, dance, gospel, classical and the full kitchen sink, with orchestral band, family members, Hans Zimmer, and even Al Green

Apr 1, 2026
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Mar 30, 2026
Pitou: P2
Mar 30, 2026

New album: Brilliantly quirky, original second LP of experimental folk pop by the Amsterdam artist, who has the free spirited musical adventurousness reminiscent of Tune-Yards’ Merrill Garbus and Fiona Apple in this clever, playful, stop-start work with oodles of vocal loops and layering, electronica and unusual field recordings across themes of freedom and restlessness

Mar 30, 2026
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Mar 29, 2026
Robyn: Sexistential
Mar 29, 2026

New album: After a break of seven years, the hugely influential 46-year-old Swedish pop star returns with a new burst of alternative, electro-pop bangers, in this ninth LP, now subverting themes of romantic love in another context since having gone through having IVF and becoming a single parent

Mar 29, 2026
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Mar 29, 2026
The Twilight Sad: It's The Long Goodbye
Mar 29, 2026

New album: The Glasgow indie rockers fronted by vocalist James Graham and guitarist Andy MacFarlane return with a tempestuous, highly emotional and moving sixth LP, their first for seven years, with musical input from The Cure’s Robert Smith, fuelled by the illness and passing of Graham’s mother and his subsequent mental health struggles

Mar 29, 2026
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Mar 28, 2026
Courtney Barnett: Creature of Habit
Mar 28, 2026

New album: The Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist returns after a five-year gap to bring more of her witty, indie-country-rock, but with a bittersweet flavour, and an emotionally resonant record that explores change and the central question: how to get out of your own way so you can truly feel your life

Mar 28, 2026

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Apr 10, 2026
Song of the Day: Lambrini Girls - Cult of Celebrity
Apr 10, 2026

Song of the Day: Taking a punchy shot at the sinister, dark underbelly of global elites and backdoor dealings of notorious super-wealthy inner circles who prey on the young and innocent, a fabulously feisty new single by the Brighton British punk duo of Phoebe Lunny and Selin Macieira, out on City Slang

Apr 10, 2026
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Apr 9, 2026
Song of the Day: Surfbort - Hot Dog
Apr 9, 2026

Song of the Day: Tasty, catchy, satirical fun, suggestively themed around the popular fast-food snack, with an even more entertaining video filled with colourful characters by the Brooklyn punk band, taken from their recent third album Reality Star, out on TODO

Apr 9, 2026
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Apr 8, 2026
Song of the Day: Beth Orton - The Ground Above
Apr 8, 2026

Song of the Day: The British singer-songwriter returns with a profound and beautiful new 8-minute eclectic folk-rock number about how humans are “all vulnerable beings living out invincible lives”, suffused with piano and trumpet, and out on Partisan Records

Apr 8, 2026
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Apr 7, 2026
Song of the Day: Liz Lawrence - Black Ulysses
Apr 7, 2026

Song of the Day: A beautifully moving, melodic and poignant acoustic indie-pop single by the acclaimed British singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer, from the upcoming album fifth album Vespers, out on 5 June via Chrysalis Records

Apr 7, 2026
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Apr 6, 2026
Song of the Day: Angelo De Augustine - Empty Shell
Apr 6, 2026

Song of the Day: Beautiful, delicate, tender, elegiac indie folk with chamber strings, by the California singer-songwriter, and friend and associate of Sufjan Stevens, who is an inspiration, heralding his upcoming fifth album Angel in Plainclothes, out on 24 April via Asthmatic Kitty Records

Apr 6, 2026
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Apr 5, 2026
Song of the Day: U2 - Easter Parade
Apr 5, 2026

Song of the Day: After February’s politically themed protest EP Days of Ash, another surprise single and EP, Easter Lily, by the veteran Irish rock band, seasonally themed and reflecting the band’s beliefs, with a classic sound harking back to the past, guitar and synths, and a number described as a devotional song, a celebration of new life, rebirth and resurrection

Apr 5, 2026
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Apr 4, 2026
Song of the Day: Bedouine - Long Way To Fall
Apr 4, 2026

Song of the Day: A beautiful, tender, poignant return by the Syrian-American singer-songwriter Azniv Korkejian, with a strings and piano-based indie-folk number heralding her fourth album Neon Summer Skin, out on 5 June via Bedouine Music/ Thirty Tigers

Apr 4, 2026
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Apr 3, 2026
Song of the Day: Jack White - G.O.D. AND THE BROKEN RIBS / Derecho Demonico
Apr 3, 2026

Song of the Day: The acclaimed rock guitarist-singer-songwriter of White Stripes fame returns with this punchy, scorching catchy organ-backed, biblical-modern-fable-apocalypse-themed number alongside another, the Led Zeppelin-esque Derecho Demonico, out on his label Third Man Records

Apr 3, 2026
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Apr 2, 2026
Song of the Day: Julia Cumming - Please Let Me Remember This
Apr 2, 2026

Song of the Day: Lush, classic, piano-pop by the New York–born multi-instrumentalist and Sunflower Bean singer and bassist, influenced by Burt Bacharach, Carole King, and heralding her debut solo album, Julia, out on 24 April via Partisan Records

Apr 2, 2026
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Apr 1, 2026
Song of the Day: Jessie Ware - Automatic
Apr 1, 2026

Song of the Day: Infectiously catchy, funk-soul-disco pop by the charismatic singer-songwriter featuring a deep-voiced spoken intro by actor Colman Domingo, and the latest single heralding upcoming sixth album, Superbloom, out on 17 April via Interscope

Apr 1, 2026
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Mar 31, 2026
Song of the Day: Mount Palomar ft. Enola Gay - Feeding Frenzy
Mar 31, 2026

Song of the Day: Pulsating, dark, hard-hitting dance and hip-hop by the Northern Irish music producer, DJ and live electronic hardware artist Neil Kerr, joined by the Belfast indie-noise-punk quartet, on this title track of a new four-track EP, out on Ursa Minor

Mar 31, 2026
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Mar 30, 2026
Song of the Day: Jungle - Carry On
Mar 30, 2026

Song of the Day: Swoonful, beautiful, but also bittersweet and vulnerable, old-fashioned soul-pop by the British band featuring the vocals of Lydia Kitto in a number co-penned with producer Joshua Lloyd Watson, heralding the upcoming album, Sunshine, out on 14 August via Caiola Records / AWAL Recordings

Mar 30, 2026

Word of the week

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Apr 9, 2026
Word of the week: undine
Apr 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

Apr 9, 2026
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Mar 27, 2026
Word of the week: veena
Mar 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

Mar 27, 2026
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Mar 12, 2026
Word of the week: wallfish
Mar 12, 2026

Word of the week: It sounds like the singing finned picture ornament Big Mouth Billy Bass that became popular in the late 1990s, but this is a much older noun, derived in Somerset, England, pertains to the climbing gastropod that can slowly climb up any surface

Mar 12, 2026
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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
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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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