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Bleachers: Everyone For Ten Minutes

May 24, 2026 Peter Kimpton

Bleachers: Everyone For Ten Minutes

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

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In albums, indie, pop, rock Tags Bleachers, Jack Antonoff, Dirty Hit, albums, new albums, new releases
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Ed O'Brien: Blue Morpho

May 23, 2026 Peter Kimpton

Ed O'Brien: Blue Morpho

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

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In albums, alternative, experimental, jazz, psychedelia, rock Tags Ed O'Brien, albums, new albums, new releases, Radiohead, Transgressive, Transgressive Records
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Balming Tiger: Gongbu

May 20, 2026 Peter Kimpton

Balming Tiger: Gongbu

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

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In albums, alternative, experimental, funk, hip-hop, indie, pop Tags Balming Tiger, AWAL, albums, new albums, new releases, Korea
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Tamikrest: Assikel

May 20, 2026 Peter Kimpton

Assikel by Tamikrest

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

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In albums, African, blues, rock, Tuareg Tags Tamikrest, Glitterbeat Records, Tinariwen, Mali, albums, new albums, new releases
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Dua Saleh: Of Earth & Wires

May 20, 2026 Peter Kimpton

Dua Saleh: Of Earth & Wires

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

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In albums, alternative, afrobeat, African, dance, experimental, funk, fusion, indie, pop, R&B, soul Tags Dua Saleh, Justin Vernon, Bon Iver, Ghostly International, Aja Monet, albums, new albums, new releases
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Genesis Owusu: Redstar Wu & The Worldwide Scourge

May 19, 2026 Peter Kimpton

Genesis Owusu: Redstar Wu & the Worldwide Scourge

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

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In albums, alternative, dance music, electronica, experimental, hip-hop, hip hop, post-punk, punk, soul, funk Tags Genesis Owusu, Ourness Records, Ladyhawke, albums, new albums, new releases
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Kevin Morby: Little Wide Open

May 15, 2026 Peter Kimpton

Kevin Morby: Little Wide Open

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

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In albums, alternative, country, folk, indie, rock Tags Kevin Morby, Aaron Dessner, Meg Duffy, Lucinda Williams, Justin Vernon, Bon Iver, Dead Oceans, albums, new albums, new releases
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Cola: Cost Of Living Adjustment

May 14, 2026 Peter Kimpton

Cola: Cost Of Living Adjustment

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

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In albums, alternative, post-punk, indie, rock Tags Cola, Fire Talk, Ought, albums, new albums, new releases
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Ana Roxanne: Poem 1

May 13, 2026 Peter Kimpton

Ana Roxanne: Poem 1

New album: Ambient, minimalist, experimental synth-chamber pop by the American artist with a collection of resonantly beautiful, vulnerable and mournful ballads fuelled by heartbreak

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In albums, alternative, ambient, dream pop, experimental Tags Ana Roxanne, albums, new albums, new releases, Kranky
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Olof Dreijer: Loud Bloom

May 12, 2026 Peter Kimpton

Olof Dreijer: Loud Bloom

New album: An effervescent colourful, spring-like, flower-themed fusion of electronica, dance music, Chicago techno, cumbia, kuduro, dancehall, African and south American influences in this energetic release by the Stockholm-based Swedish artist and brother and sometime collaborator of Karin Dreijer (aka Fever Ray), in an LP of two different halves

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In albums, alternative, dance, dance music, electronica Tags Olof Dreijer, Toya DeLazy, Diva Cruz, MaMan, dh2, albums, new albums, new releases
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Lykke Li: The Afterparty

May 12, 2026 Peter Kimpton

Lykke Li: The Afterparty

New album: A brief, 24-minute burst of shimmering alternative pop by the Swedish singer-songwriter sees this sixth LP’s concept capturing the experience of fictional bad-boy pop star persona, moving from a messy night out into aftermath, variously mixing mood-shifting jubilation, loneliness and comedown

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In albums, alternative, experimental, pop, chamber pop Tags Lykke Li, Neon Gold Records, Futures, albums, new albums, new releases
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The Lemon Twigs: Look For Your Mind!

May 11, 2026 Peter Kimpton

The Lemon Twigs: Look For Your Mind!

New album: With a title for calling for sanity in crazy times, this latest LP by the multi-instrumental New York brothers Brian and Michael D’Addario is a pristine release of beautiful new songs inspired by a 60s rock and pop sound, echoing artists from the Hollies to Byrds, mid-career Beatles, Beach Boys and the Who

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In albums, pop, psychedelia, rock, rockabilly Tags The Lemon Twigs, Brian D'Addario:, Michael D’Addario, Captured Tracks, albums, new albums, new releases
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Broken Social Scene: Remember The Humans

May 10, 2026 Peter Kimpton

Broken Social Scene: Remember The Humans

New album: Driven by a sense of reunion, renewal, collaboration, community and re-finding values lost, a superbly stirring, emotionally uplifting, profound and dynamic return by the Toronto indie rock collective with their first in almost a decade

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In albums, alternative, indie, post-rock, rock, pop Tags Broken Social Scene, albums, new albums, new releases, City Slang, David Newfeld
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Aldous Harding: Train on the Island

May 10, 2026 Peter Kimpton

Aldous Harding: Train on the Island

New album: The enigmatic New Zealand artist returns with her fifth album, a blend of folk and experimental rock packed with gnomic lyrics and experimental musical blends, her beguiling presence as deliciously strange as ever in another release co-produced with long-time collaborator John Parish

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In alternative, albums, folk, experimental, indie, pop, rock Tags Aldous Harding, 4AD, John Parish, H. Hawkline, albums, new albums, new releases
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Lip Critic: Theft World

May 7, 2026 Peter Kimpton

Lip Critic: Theft World

New album: Following 2024’s acclaimed debut Hex Dealer, a newly challenging but also exciting experimental fusion of post-punk, noise rock, electronica and hip-hop by the New York band in this second LP, inspired by the anxiously oddball situation of frontman Bret Kaser’s identity being stolen by a real-life fan, and making hundreds of purchases in his name, including the band’s catalogue

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In albums, alternative, avant garde, electronica, experimental, post-punk, punk, hip hop, hip-hop, noise rock, rock Tags Lip Critic, Partisan Records, albums, new albums, new releases
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Tori Amos: In Times of Dragons

May 6, 2026 Peter Kimpton

Tori Amos: In Times of Dragons

New album: The acclaimed American singer-songwriter and pianist’s 18th album in a 35-year career is a grandiose, powerful 17-track album of odyssey and allegory around politics, power and feminist resistance, fuelled by the current state of her nation, set from the view of fictionalised marriage to a dangerous billionaire and an escape across the country with a narrative twist

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In albums, alternative, baroque pop, pop, rock Tags Tori Amos, Fontana Records, Universal Music, albums, new albums, new releases
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Kacey Musgraves: Middle of Nowhere

May 6, 2026 Peter Kimpton

Kacey Musgraves: Middle of Nowhere

New album: Moving away from the pop-folk direction of 2021’s Star-Crossed and 2024’s Deeper Well, the Nashville singer-songwriter returns with this seventh LP back to her country roots with gently trotting, stripped-back finely crafted collection of witty, catchy, candid numbers covering a spectrum of moods

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In albums, country, pop, rock Tags Kacey Musgraves, albums, new albums, new releases, Lost Highway
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Pigeon: OUTTANATIONAL

May 5, 2026 Peter Kimpton

Pigeon: OUTTANATIONAL

New album: Hugely enjoyable, stylish, playfully eclectic debut LP of indie, electronica and Afro-disco and krautrock grooves by the Margate band fronted by the multi-lingual artist Falle Nioke from Guinea Conakry, West Africa, with songs about identity and ancestry, and a sound somewhere between New Order and William Onyeabor

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In albums, afrobeat, African, alternative, experimental, indie, fusion, funk, dance, disco, electronica, krautrock Tags Pigeon, Falle Nioke, Memphis Industries, albums, new albums, new releases
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KNEECAP: FENIAN

May 3, 2026 Peter Kimpton

KNEECAP: FENIAN

New album: Still the scourge of the establishment after 2024’s debut LP Fine Art, a hugely entertaining second LP of punchy, slick, defiant Irish Gaelic rap by Belfast’s Mo Chara and Móglaí Bap, and beatmaker DJ Próvaí, with an expanded sound aided by innovative producer Dan Carey and an appearance by Kae Tempest

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In albums, alternative, hip-hop, hip hop, punk, Celtic, electronica Tags KNEECAP, Heavenly Recordings, Dan Carey, Kae Tempest, albums, new albums, new releases
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Jesca Hoop: Long Wave Home

May 2, 2026 Peter Kimpton

Jesca Hoop: Long Wave Home

New album: Brilliantly inventive, eclectic, poetic, experimental folk and art-pop by the acclaimed Manchester-based Californian singer-songwriter and guitarist in her first self-produced album, variously about the end of relationships, life changes, technology’s social effects, Gaza victims and other contemporary issues with perhaps her finest yet

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In albums, alternative, experimental, folk, pop Tags Jesca Hoop, Last Laugh Records, Republic of Music, albums, new albums, new releases
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June 16, 2026
Olivia Rodrigo: you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love
June 16, 2026

New album: The 23-year-old American singer-songwriter, actress, and evidently big fan of The Cure returns with consummately crafted, smart, witty pop and indie rock, featuring an appearance by Robert Smith, and charting the arc of a romantic relationship from unbridled joy to bitter aftermath in her third LP

June 16, 2026
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June 15, 2026
La Sécurité: Bingo!
June 15, 2026

New album: Fabulously fun, vibrant, feisty, catchy, wittily droll post-punk, new wave and art-punk in this pacy, vivacious sophomore LP by the Montréal collective with themes from mental health, dysfunctional relationships, food to enjoyable elderly activities, with styles reminiscent of The B-52s and Devo

June 15, 2026
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June 13, 2026
Kelsey Lu: So Help Me God
June 13, 2026

New album: Luxuriant, ethereal, dramatic and passionate experimental and chamber dream pop by the American singer-songwriter and cellist, with their second LP, seven years since 2019 debut Blood, with guests including Sampha, Kamasi Washington, Kim Gordon, and co-producer Jack Antonoff

June 13, 2026
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June 10, 2026
Vince Staples: Cry Baby
June 10, 2026

New album: The Compton/ Long Beach, Californian rapper returns with a potent, punchy, overtly political rock-hip hop seventh LP that heavily critiques American society and power, racism, police violence, gun culture, media and the music industry, largely accompanied by a tight, riff-heavy electric guitars, bass and drums

June 10, 2026
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June 9, 2026
Liz Lawrence: Vespers
June 9, 2026

New album: More acoustic, stripped back and lo-fi than her previous four albums, yet with deeply powerful and moving songwriting and performance, the British artist’s latest is suffused with grief, reflection and devotion for the premature loss of her sister Jessie, capturing life and death, poetically expressing devotion and reflection

June 9, 2026
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June 9, 2026
Bedouine: Neon Summer Skin
June 9, 2026

New album: A serenely beautiful, but also nostalgically sorrowful fourth LP by American singer-songwriter Azniv Korkejian who has Armenian-Syrian heritage, with songs about displacement and identity, very mindful of Middle Eastern conflicts, atrocities and her family history, while broadening her sound into the lush mould of 1970s Carole King and Laurel Canyon

June 9, 2026
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June 8, 2026
Lee "Scratch" Perry and Mouse on Mars: Spatial, No Problem
June 8, 2026

New album: This wondrously eclectic and entertaining final official album project by the legendary Jamaican producer and artist, made before his passing in 2021, is a collaboration with the German electronic duo Jan St. Werner and Andi Toma, mixing reggae, krautrock, ambient, dub, jazz, New Orleans brass and more, alongside Perry’s distinctive voice

June 8, 2026
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June 7, 2026
Jalen Ngonda: Doctrine of Love
June 7, 2026

New album: Following his acclaimed 2023 debut Come Around And Love Me, the American UK-based impressive soul singer’s second LP is another classy collection of beautifully uplifting, sublime Northern soul and Motown-era love songs

June 7, 2026
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June 7, 2026
Death Cab For Cutie: I Built You A Tower
June 7, 2026

New album: Elegantly expressed emotional turmoil unfolds across 11 cleverly crafted songs in this 11th album by the Seattle indie rock band fronted by Ben Gibbard and produced by the brilliant John Congleton around a metaphor for post-marriage grief

June 7, 2026
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June 6, 2026
Zoh Amba: Eyes Full
June 6, 2026

New album: The NY-scene free jazz saxophonist forms an indie-folk-country-rock-muddy-blues trio with fabulously strong results in this passionate, raw, free-flowing debut as guitarist-singer-songwriter, lyrics themed around their original hometown of Kingsport, Tennessee, and coloured by Appalachian roots

June 6, 2026
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June 5, 2026
ear: Rumspringa
June 5, 2026

New album: Minimalistic, introverted, nuanced quirky laptop experimental electronica by the New York duo Jonah Paz and Yaelle Avtan, following last year’s debut The Most Dear and the Future, this one named after a a rite of passage for Amish adolescents translated as "running around" in Pennsylvania German

June 5, 2026
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June 3, 2026
Greg Mendez: Beauty Land
June 3, 2026

New album: A gently ironic title, but no doubting beauty of the sound, reminiscent of the late, great Elliott Smith, this new gem of a lo-fi LP is full of mildly tragic, sensitive, thoughtful 14 short numbers by the Philadelphia high falsetto singer-songwriter

June 3, 2026
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June 3, 2026
Iceage: For Love of Grace & The Hereafter
June 3, 2026

New album: A stylishly ramshackle, brilliantly brash’n’breezy punk-shoegaze feral sixth studio LP, streamlining sounds from 50s rock’n’roll through to early 00s indie by the Copenhagen band fronted by Elias Rønnenfelt, successfully fulfilling their aim on this to be “immediate, urgent, raw and fast” across themes of romantic devotion with violent chaos and nihilism

June 3, 2026
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June 2, 2026
Boards of Canada: Inferno
June 2, 2026

New album: Scotland’s hugely influential electronic experimental sibling duo Mike Sandison and Marcus Eoin return 13 years after their last LP, Tomorrow’s Harvest, with an epic 18-track collection that dissects the psychology of religion with distorted vocal samples and cut-ups across landscapes of dystopian synth textures and beats

June 2, 2026

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June 16, 2026
Song of the Day: Surusinghe - FRIED
June 16, 2026

Song of the Day: A mesmeric, eclectic opening track by the Naarm/Melbourne-raised, London-based electronic artist, DJ and producer aka Suze Gurusinghe, from her recently released EP, Cutting Thread, out on Dh2

June 16, 2026
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June 15, 2026
Song of the Day: L'Rain - Soulless Cycle
June 15, 2026

Song of the Day: A whoosh of thunderous, mesmeric alternative rock marks this striking new single by the Brooklyn experimental composer, musician, artist and singer Taja Cheek, heralding her upcoming fourth album Fata Morgana, out on 14 August via Mexican Summer

June 15, 2026
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June 14, 2026
Song of the Day: Fenne Lily - Uh Huh
June 14, 2026

Song of the Day: Beautiful, banjo accompanied, reflective wistful indie folk-pop by the the Brooklyn-based British singer-songwriter with this first single heralding her upcoming fourth album, Win Win, out on 23 October via Nettwerk Music

June 14, 2026
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June 13, 2026
Song of the Day: Interpol - See Out Loud
June 13, 2026

Song of the Day: Pulsating indie rock by the seasoned New York band fronted by singer Paul Banks and guitarist Daniel Kessler, heralding their upcoming eighth album This Mirror Weighs a Ton, out on 28 August, and newly signed to Partisan Records

June 13, 2026
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June 12, 2026
Song of the Day: Jack White - Dollar Bill
June 12, 2026

Song of the Day: The White Stripes man returns with a blistering, bluesy rock guitar, Led Zeppelin-ish single, heralding his upcoming seventh solo album, Frozen Charlotte, out on 10 July via Third Man Records

June 12, 2026
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June 11, 2026
Song of the Day: Sylvan Esso - Hot Slob
June 11, 2026

Song of the Day: A proudly messy, rowdy, pointed and punchy new indie rock single embracing the spirit and chaos of living in the glitch by the North Carolina duo of Amelia Meath and Nick Sanborn, here featuring Jenn Wasner and TJ Maiani and out on Psychic Hotline

June 11, 2026
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June 10, 2026
Song of the Day: Rodrigo y Gabriela - Monster
June 10, 2026

Song of the Day: The hugely popular and Grammy-winning Mexico City-raised guitar duo return with a dextrously brilliant new single mixing acoustic and rock styles, heralding their new upcoming new album OurHome out 18 September via ATO Records

June 10, 2026
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June 9, 2026
Song of the Day: JJerome87 - Mr. Alligator
June 9, 2026

Song of the Day: A bluesy, smooth, luxuriantly produced Americana number about a dubious authority figure by the British songwriter and musician Joe Newman, frontman of the Mercury winning band alt-J, in this latest single from his debut solo album, The Canyon, out on 26 June via Mushroom Music/ Virgin

June 9, 2026
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June 8, 2026
Song of the Day: Baalti & Lapgan - Romance / Ipa Ma
June 8, 2026

Song of the Day: Vibrant, rhythmic, experimental electronica and dance music sampling Bollywood, Bengali disco, Hindustani classical and Gujarati folk by the NY-based pair Jaiveer Singh, Mihir Chauhan, joined by producer Gaurav Nagpa, from their recent album, Threads, out on Azal/FADER

June 8, 2026
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June 7, 2026
Song of the Day: Margaret Glaspy - Michigan
June 7, 2026

Song of the Day: A beautiful finger-picked acoustic single by New York-based Californian singer-songwriter about escaping the big city post breakup, heralding her upcoming album I Am Both out on 7 August via ATO

June 7, 2026
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June 6, 2026
Song of the Day: LA Priest - Into The Sky
June 6, 2026

Song of the Day: High-octane electronica and euphoric, dance music by the eccentric, eclectic US artist Sam Eastgate with his first music for two years, and a highly entertaining video, out on Domino Records

June 6, 2026
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June 5, 2026
Song of the Day: Ibeyi - Aset / Offerings
June 5, 2026

Song of the Day: A pair of sensual, soulfully vivid new singles partly sung in Spanish, and the first new music for four years from the French-Cuban twin sisters Lisa-Kaindé Diaz and Naomi Diaz, heralding their upcoming fourth album, Offering, out on 26 June via AWAL Recordings

June 5, 2026

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June 11, 2026
Word of the week: phialiform
June 11, 2026

Word of the week: This rare but oddly beautiful rare adjective means "saucer-shaped" or having the form of a small, shallow cup or vessel, from the Latin root phiala (a shallow bowl or phial) and the suffix -iform, meaning shape

June 11, 2026
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June 4, 2026
Word of the week: quamoclit
June 4, 2026

Word of the week: Also known as cypress vine, cardinal creeper, cardinal vine, star glory, star of Bethlehem or hummingbird vine, this striking climbing flower, Ipomoea quamoclit, is native tropical regions of the Americas and has a distinctive trumpet with five-point star-shaped petals

June 4, 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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