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New albums: Django Django, Ty Segall, Moon Duo, Nils Frahm, Calexico, Nightmares on Wax, The Limiñanas

January 24, 2018 Peter Kimpton
Django Django return with their third album

Django Django return with their third album

A bumper crop of eclectic releases includes electro-dance krautrock from Django Django, Ty Segall displaying his talented stylistic range, and a long-awaited return from Warp's Nightmares on Wax

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In albums, blues, dance music, electronica, folk, garage, indie, pop, post-punk, rock Tags new releases, albums, Django Django, Ty Segall, Moon Duo, Nils Frahm, Calexico, Nightmares On Wax, The Limiñanas
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New albums: tUnE-yArDs, The Skids, First Aid Kit, & The Go! Team

January 16, 2018 Peter Kimpton
First Aid Kit sisters Klara and Johanna Söderberg

First Aid Kit sisters Klara and Johanna Söderberg

The eclectic New Englander pair, the Swedish singing sisters, the exclamatory Brighton indie band, and the first album for 37 years from Dunfermline's finest punk band make up this week's new LP selection

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In albums, electronica, folk, indie, pop, post-punk, rock, soul, trip-hop Tags new releases, albums, tUnE-yArDs, Merrill Garbus, Nate Brenner, 4AD, The Skids, Bruce Watson, Jamie Watson, First Aid Kit, Klara Söderberg, Johanna Söderberg, The Go! Team, Richard Jobson, Columbia Records, Memphis Industries
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Sexuality, seduction and salutations: favourite albums of 2017 – part 2

December 31, 2017 Peter Kimpton
No swan song ... St Vincent

No swan song ... St Vincent

St Vincent to Queens of the Stone Age, Marika Hackman to Laura Marling, Fleet Foxes to the Mountain Goats, this second part of our readers' favourite albums throws up lots of questions over the self and others

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In albums, blues, classical, country, dance music, electronica, folk, funk, garage, hip hop, indie, metal, pop, punk, rock, soul, trip-hop, jazz Tags albums, new releases, Stormzy, Cigarettes After Sex, Sampha, Courtney Barnett, Kurt Vile, St Vincent, Marika Hackman, The Moonlandingz, Oh Sees, Thee Oh Sees, Jens Lekman, Laura Marling, Chilly Gonzalez, Jarvis Cocker, Conor Oberst, Kendrick Lamar, Thurston Moore, The Mountain Goats, Fleet Foxes, The Duke Spirit, Queens of the Stone Age, Benjamin Clementine, The Surfing Magazines, The Wave Pictures, Slow Club, Beck, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Morrissey, Kamasi Washington, Baxter Dury, Lost Horizons, Shed Seven, Ian Svenonius, Bdy_Prts, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, DJ Format, Abdominal, Miraculous Mule, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, Noel Gallagher, Mammut, Slowdive, Solveig Heilo, United Bottles, The Whiskey Rebellion, London Grammar, Jason Isabell and the 400 Unit, Hunter and the Bear, The Weeks, Martin Harley, Daniel Kimbro, Chris Stapleton, Samantha Fish, Bad Sam, Not Waving, Rag'n'Bone Man, Gorillaz, Bedouine, Arcade Fire, Sparks, Flat Worms, Will Ivy, Justin Sulllivan, Tim Hellman, Ron Mael
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Drunk, dark and humorous: favourite albums of 2017 – part 1

December 30, 2017 Peter Kimpton
Images Father John Misty's Pure Comedy

Images Father John Misty's Pure Comedy

Father John Misty to Randy Newman, Thundercat to Sleaford Mods, Richard Dawson to DUDS, Björk to Lorde – who is on the first part of this week's reader-voted list, and what is the running theme?

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In albums, blues, classical, country, dance music, electronica, folk, funk, garage, hip hop, indie, metal, pop, punk, rock, soul, trip-hop Tags albums, new releases, Black Grape, Shaun Ryder, Kermit, DUDS, Father John Misty, Randy Newman, Nadine Shah, Public Service Broadcasting, Björk, LCD Soundsystem, Lone Taxidermist, IDLES, Royal Blood, Loyle Carner, Richard Dawson, Susanne Sundfør, The Unthanks, Molly Drake, Nick Drake, The National, Robert Plant, Led Zeppelin, Mark Lanegan, The War On Drugs, Perfume Genius, Lorde, The Cravats, Thundercat, Sleaford Mods, alt-J, Jane Weaver, Foxygen, Elbow, Jesus & Mary Chain, Goldfrapp, Future Islands, Kasabian, Mac Demarco, Paul Weller, !!! Chk Chk Chk, Saint Etienne, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Lucy Rose, Lana Del Rey, Girl Ray, Ghostpoet, Grizzly Bear, Tori Amos, Alvvays, Ariel Pink, Marc Almond, Omni, Wolf Alice, Tricky, Liam Gallagher, Four Tet, The The
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New albums: Donald Fagan, The Staves & yMusic, Belle and Sebastian, Tom Rogerson with Brian Eno, plus Morrissey

December 5, 2017 Peter Kimpton
Belle and Sebastian … tackling problems with a series of new EPs

Belle and Sebastian … tackling problems with a series of new EPs

Unreleased material from one half of Steely Dan, singing sisters combine with classical, Glaswegians tackle global problems, experimentation with Eno and Morrissey's new single are among this week's selections

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In albums, electronica, indie, pop, rock, soul, classical, funk, folk Tags new releases, albums, Donald Fagen, Steely Dan, The Staves, yMusic, Belle & Sebastian, Tom Rogerson, Brian Eno, Morrissey
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New albums: Alien Stadium, U2, New Order, plus Rush, Wilco, The Rolling Stones

December 1, 2017 Peter Kimpton
Alien Stadium … taking off with Steve Mason and Martin Duffy

Alien Stadium … taking off with Steve Mason and Martin Duffy

Have U2 bounced back? Beta Band frontman Steve Mason joins forces with Primal Scream's Martin Duffy, a New Order double live album, plus reissues from Wilco, Rush and some 60s sessions from the Stones

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In albums, indie, pop, rock, electronica, dance music, blues Tags Alien Stadium, Steve Mason, The Beta Band, Martin Duffy, Primal Scream, Felt, U2, Steve Lillywhite, Haim, Kendrick Lamar, New Order, Rush, Wilco, The Rolling Stones
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New albums: Morrissey, The Moonlandingz, Karl Blau, Mavis Staples, Charlotte Gainsbourg

November 14, 2017 Peter Kimpton
One of the album covers of Morrissey Low In High School

One of the album covers of Morrissey Low In High School

Brimful with brilliant lyrics, a scattering of controversy but also great tunes, Moz's first since 2014, plus Saul and co with an EP, plus the great Mavis, Karl Blau and Serge's daughter continues to make her mark

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In albums, folk, indie, pop, punk, electronica, soul, rock Tags new releases, albums, Morrissey, The Moonlandingz, Fat White Family, Eccentronic Research Council, Lias Kaci Saoudi, Karl Blau, Mavis Staples, Jeff Tweedy, Charlotte Gainsbourg
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New albums – Lost Horizons, EERA, Angel Olsen, Evanescence, Shed Seven, Quicksand, Spinning Coin, Ian Svenonius/Escape-ism, Paul Weller

November 10, 2017 Peter Kimpton
New EERA: Norway's Anna Lena Bruland

New EERA: Norway's Anna Lena Bruland

A bumper crop this week includes the Bella Union boss and friends, Angel Olsen, Norway's EERA, comebacks for Shed Seven and Quicksand, Evanescence orchestral reworkings, punk electronica from Escape-ism and a single from the Modfather

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In albums, dance music, electronica, hip hop, pop, punk, rock, soul, indie Tags Lost Horizons, Simon Raymonde, Bella Union, Richie Thomas, Marissa Nadler, Midlake, Tim Smith, Liela Moss, The Duke Spirit, Shed Seven, Evanescence, Quicksand, EERA, Angel Olsen, Anna Lena Bruland, David Campbell, Spinning Coin, Ian Svenonius, Escape-ism, Paul Weller, Sean Armstrong, Jack Mellin, Glasgow, Edwyn Collins, Domino Records, Merge Records
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New albums: Bob Dylan, James Holden & The Animal Spirits, Shamir, Autobahn, Fat Boy Slim, Lomond Campbell

November 1, 2017 Peter Kimpton
James Holden & The Animal Spirits

James Holden & The Animal Spirits

Alongside a 13th Dylan Bootleg box set, there's a real mixture of krautrock, psychedelia, rock, pop, pastroral folk and dance music in this week's selections

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In albums, dance music, electronica, folk, indie, pop, punk, rock Tags new releases, albums, James Holden & The Animals Spirits, Shamir, Autobahn, Fat Boy Slim, Lomond Campbell, Bob Dylan
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New albums: The The, John Carpenter, Wu-Tang Clan, Destroyer, Lucinda Williams, The White Stripes, The Smiths

October 20, 2017 Peter Kimpton
The The – Radio Cinéola

The The – Radio Cinéola

Something of a throwback week of new and old: releases from The The, Destroyer and Wu-Tang Clan, plus compilations and box sets of The White Stripes John Peel sessions, John Carpenter film music and a Smiths classic

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In albums, dance music, electronica, folk, hip-hop, indie, pop, rock, soul Tags new releases, albums, The The, Matt Johnson, Johnny Marr, Zeke Manyika, John Carpenter, film soundtracks, Ennio Morricone, Wu-Tang Clan, hip-hop, Redman, Sean Price, Streetlife, Ghostface Killah, Method Man, RZA, Destroyer, Dan Bejar, New Order, Lucinda Williams, The White Stripes, John Peel, Jack White, The Smiths
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New albums: Beck, St Vincent, Four Tet, Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile, Best Girl Athlete

October 10, 2017 Peter Kimpton
St Vincent aka Annie Clark

St Vincent aka Annie Clark

A truly exceptional selection this week includes two supreme indie innovators Beck and St Vincent, plus alt-country from Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile, Four Tet electronica, and a singer-songwriter from Aberdeen

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In albums, electronica, indie, pop, rock, soul Tags new releases, albums, Beck, St Vincent, Four Tet, Courtney Barnett, Kurt Vile, Best Girl Athlete, Jenny Lewis, Kamasi Washington
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New releases: Wolf Alice, Tricky, Pere Ubu, Blancmange, David Gilmour, David Bowie, D.A.F.

September 26, 2017 Peter Kimpton
Wolf Alice

Wolf Alice

The second from Wolf Alice, Tricky's return to 90s glory, experimentation from Pere Ubu, Blancmange continue a sweet return, plus some vinyl revivals from Bowie, the Pink Floyd guitarist and R.A.F complete this week's selection

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In electronica, hip hop, pop, rock, soul, punk, indie Tags new releases, albums, Wolf Alice, Tricky, Pere Ubu, Blancmange, David Gilmour, David Bowie, D.A.F., Jay-Z, Martina Topley-Bird, Pink Floyd
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New albums: Foo Fighters, Gary Numan, Benjamin Clementine, Micah P. Hinson, Ariel Pink, The Surfing Magazines, Death From Above

September 13, 2017 Peter Kimpton
The Surfing Magazines jump on this week's wave of new albums

The Surfing Magazines jump on this week's wave of new albums

Dave Grohl and co aren't the only big release this week - from electronica to garage, soul and psychedelia, this week's selection touches on the future in all sorts of original ways, apocalyptic and otherwise

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In albums, electronica, pop, rock, garage, soul Tags albums, new releases, Foo Fighters, Gary Numan, The Surfing Magazines, Slow Club, The Wave Pictures, Benjamin Clementine, Micah P. Hinson, Death From Above, Ariel Pink
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New albums: Neil Young, The National, Sparks, Tori Amos, The Waterboys, Alvvays

September 5, 2017 Peter Kimpton
Water pair: Sparks are playing it cool by the pool.

Water pair: Sparks are playing it cool by the pool.

The Mael brothers continue to surprise and delight, some unheard 70s archive from Neil Young, Tori Amos takes on the alt-right and climate change, plus The National, Alvvays and The Waterboys colour this week's selection

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In folk, pop, electronica, rock, soul Tags Neil Young, The National, Sparks, Tori Amos, The Waterboys, Alvvays, politics, climate change
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New albums: LCD Soundsystem, Mogwai, OMD, Lone Taxidermist, David Rawlings, Downtown Boys

August 29, 2017 Peter Kimpton
LCD Soundsystem

LCD Soundsystem

This week: a welcome return from James Murphy and co, erotica electronica from Natalie Sharp, acoustic work from Rawlings with Gillian Welch, a poppier Mogwai, rock/hip hop from Downtown Boys and OMD return to Kraftwerk roots

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In albums, electronica, folk, pop, rock, hip hop, dance music Tags albums, new releases, LCD Soundsystem, Lone Taxidermist, electronica, dance, punk, David Rawlings, Gillian Welch, Downtown Boys, OMD Orchestral Manoeuvres In the Dark, Mogwai
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New albums: Queens of the Stone Age, Nadine Shah, Cabbage, Susanne Sundfør, Martin Hannett, Iron & Wine

August 22, 2017 Peter Kimpton
Josh Homme and Queens of the Stone Age take a truth test with their new album

Josh Homme and Queens of the Stone Age take a truth test with their new album

Josh Homme and co work with Mark Ronson, Nadine Shah and Cabbage go political, Martin Hannett's tribute to Delia Derbyshire, plus Susanne Sundfør and Iron & Wine decorate this week's selection

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In rock, pop, albums, electronica, folk, soul Tags new releases, albums, Queens of the Stone Age, Nadine Shah, immigration, politics, Cabbage, privatisation, Martin Hannett, Delia Derbyshire, BBC Radiophonic Workshop, Susanne Sundfør, Scott Walker, John Grant, Mark Ronson, Iron & Wine
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Apr 29, 2026
Sam Grassie: Where Two Hawks Fly
Apr 29, 2026

New album: Beautiful debut LP by the London-based Glaswegian fingerstyle folk guitarist and singer-songwriter, with added saxophone, double bass, flute, clairsach and clarinet in a release of mostly the traditional, covers, sung or instrumental, and supported by the Bert Jansch Foundation

Apr 29, 2026
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Apr 29, 2026
Irmin Schmidt: Requiem
Apr 29, 2026

New album: A strangely mesmeric, avant-garde and analogue-ambient, field recording-based experimental release by the last surviving founding member of experimental ‘krautrock’ band CAN, who, approaching the age of 89, has also written over 40 TV and film scores

Apr 29, 2026
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Apr 28, 2026
Gia Margaret: Singing
Apr 28, 2026

New album: Gently profound, and full of wondrous, mesmeric, slow, delicate experimental songs, this simple title has a powerful resonance – it is the Chicago artist’s first vocal album since 2018’s There’s Always Glimmer (there have been two instrumental LPs since), having suffered and recovered from a severe vocal injury, she returns with a delicate, candid, whispery but hauntingly beautiful delivery

Apr 28, 2026
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Apr 28, 2026
Angelo De Augustine: Angel in Plainclothes
Apr 28, 2026

New album: A beautiful, delicate fifth LP from the Los Angeles singer-songwriter, friend and collaborator with Sufjan Stevens with whom he shares a stylistic resemblance, here with themes on life's fragility, second chances, and picking up the pieces after an undiagnosed illness forced him to re-learn basic abilities

Apr 28, 2026
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Apr 28, 2026
Carla dal Forno: Confession
Apr 28, 2026

New album: This lo-fi, darkly minimalist but also oddly candid fourth LP by the Australian, Castlemaine-based singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist centres on the conflicted, obsessive feelings about “a friendship that became emotionally charged in an unexpected way”, and “an album about closeness that arrives late and unexpectedly. About stability rubbing up against desire.”

Apr 28, 2026
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Apr 26, 2026
Friko: Something Worth Waiting For
Apr 26, 2026

New album: Passionate, powerful, dynamic indie rock in this sophomore LP by the Chicago-based quartet that gallops forwards with a driving momentum, some elements of early PJ Harvey and Radiohead, and is produced by John Congleton

Apr 26, 2026
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Apr 26, 2026
White Denim: 13
Apr 26, 2026

New album: This 13th LP in two decades by the Austin, Texas rock band fronted by James Petralli has a particularly mischievous experimentalism, spreading styles far beyond breathlessly paced prog rock, with wrily humorous, surreal, personal and passionate numbers across heavy funk, dub, soul, psyche, country, dirty blues and more, joined by host of outstanding extra musicians

Apr 26, 2026
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Apr 24, 2026
Hukwe Zawose Foundation: Asili ya Mama
Apr 24, 2026

New album: Wonderfully evocative field recordings release of Wagogo, Waluguru and Wasambaa Tanzanian women singing traditional songs in their villages, rarely heard outside of their own circles, the title is translated as The Origin of Mother, rich in stories and capturing the place where song is first learned, first felt, first shared

Apr 24, 2026
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Apr 23, 2026
They Might Be Giants - The World Is To Dig
Apr 23, 2026

New album: Four decades since their self-titled debut, Brooklyn alternative rockers John Flansburgh and John Linnell return with their 24th LP, packed with of punchy, pacy, wistful, whimsical, clever wordplay and indie rock-pop, buoyantly satirical and also a little world weary at times, they remain oddball, lively commentators on the ongoing absurdity of life

Apr 23, 2026
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Apr 22, 2026
Eaves Wilder: Little Miss Sunshine
Apr 22, 2026

New album: After 2023’s Hookey EP, a strong, passionate indie-dream-pop-shoegaze full debut by the London singer-songwriter, whose breathy voice intertwines with strong, stirring riffs and textured sounds, themed around cycles of nature aiming to explain and celebrate the mercurial nature of human emotional weather

Apr 22, 2026
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Apr 22, 2026
Honey Dijon: The Nightlife
Apr 22, 2026

New album: The irrepressible, prolific and charismatic London-based Chicago DJ, musician, producer and vinyl lover returns with a flamboyantly fun celebration of club and queer culture through the prism of dance music from disco to house, with a wide variety of guest vocalists

Apr 22, 2026
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Apr 21, 2026
Tiga: HOTLIFE
Apr 21, 2026

New album: Montreal’s acclaimed electronica/techno/dance artist Tiga Sontag returns with his fourth album - inventively packed with head-nodding, toe-tapping, oddly itchy, infectious grooves, cleverly crafted retro sounds recalling Kraftwerk to acid house and electroclash, insistent bold beats and synth riffs, with lyrics of the existential, droll and surreal

Apr 21, 2026
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Apr 20, 2026
TOMORA: Come Closer
Apr 20, 2026

New album: A striking, dynamic collaboration between Norwegian experimental pop sensation Aurora and Tom Rowlands, one of half of Chemical Brothers, with a sensual, otherworldly energetic fusion of mystical, sensual ambience, and block-rocking dance beats

Apr 20, 2026
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Apr 20, 2026
Jessie Ware: Superbloom
Apr 20, 2026

New album: Following 2020’s What’s Your Pleasure? and 2023’s That! Feels Good!, as well as the successful food podcast Table Manners she hosts alongside her mother, the British pop singer continues to ride the 70s disco ball train, catering to the clever, kitsch and catchy with an ironic wink, adding also a luxuriant garden metaphor

Apr 20, 2026

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Apr 30, 2026
Song of the Day: Alewya - Selah
Apr 30, 2026

Song of the Day: Striking, stylishly agile electronica and dance with a rich African and Arabian influence by the London-based British singer-songwriter, producer, multidisciplinary artist and model Alewya Demmisse, heralding her upcoming album, Zero, out on 26 June via LDN Records

Apr 30, 2026
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Apr 29, 2026
Song of the Day: Metric - Crush Forever
Apr 29, 2026

Song of the Day: Uplifting, effervescent electro-disco-pop by the Toronto indie rock band, with a song vocalist/keyboardist Emily Haines describes as “my love letter to strong girls in this world”, taken from their recently released 10th album, Romanticize the Dive, out on Metric Music via Thirty Tigers

Apr 29, 2026
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Apr 28, 2026
Song of the Day: Jim Ghedi - The Hungry Child
Apr 28, 2026

Song of the Day: Dark, gripping, visceral folk by the Sheffield singer-songwriter, with a striking number based on an early 19th-century German poem about the fatal story of a child pleading for food, and, following last year’s acclaimed album, Wasteland, also out on Basin Rock, it heralds his upcoming soundtrack for the Hugh Jackman film, The Death of Robin Hood.

Apr 28, 2026
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Apr 27, 2026
Song of the Day: holybones (with Baxter Dury) - SLUGBOY
Apr 27, 2026

Song of the Day: Dark, unsettling, sleazy and strange, this is arrestingly vivid new collaborative single between the clandestine London electronic collective and the downbeat, deep-voiced poetic Londoner, out on Promised Land Recordings

Apr 27, 2026
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Apr 26, 2026
Song of the Day: Hand Habits - Good Person
Apr 26, 2026

Song of the Day: Gentle, droll, humorously self-deprecatingly, and also delicately beautiful, this new experimental folk single by the moniker of Los Angeles singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Meg Duffy addresses the love-hate relationship with making music, out on Fat Possum

Apr 26, 2026
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Apr 25, 2026
Song of the Day: Pigeon - Miami
Apr 25, 2026

Song of the Day: Catchy, sunny, upbeawt indie synth-pop with an African twist by the Margate band fronted by Falle Nioke, with flavours of William Onyeabor, Hot Chip and New York 70s disco, heralding their upcoming album OUTTANATIONAL, out on 1 May via Memphis Industries

Apr 25, 2026
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Apr 24, 2026
Song of the Day: Tricky - Out of Place (featuring Marta Złakowska)
Apr 24, 2026

Song of the Day: A pulsating fusion of beats, orchestral strings and the Bristol trip-hop pioneer’s distinctive, deep, croaky voice, with an emotional reference to his daughter Mina Topley-Bird (1995–2019), and heralding his first solo album for six years, Different When It’s Silent, out on 17 June via False Idols

Apr 24, 2026
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Apr 23, 2026
Song of the Day: Beck - Ride Lonesome
Apr 23, 2026

Song of the Day: Beautiful, simmering, slow, melancholy and reflective, a surprise single and welcome return by the acclaimed US artist, evoking the haunting, sun-bleached landscapes and musical textures of his 2015 Grammy winning album Morning Phase, out now on Iliad Records/Capitol Records

Apr 23, 2026
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Apr 22, 2026
Song of the Day: Gelli Haha - Klouds Will Carry Me To Sleep
Apr 22, 2026

Song of the Day: Described appropriately as somewhere between Studio 42 and Area 51, eccentric, effervescent, spacey, catchy and eclectic disco pop by the Los Angeles artist (aka Angel Abaya, co-written with Sean Guerin) out on Innovative Leisure

Apr 22, 2026
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Apr 21, 2026
Song of the Day: LEENALCHI 이날치 - Here Comes That Crow 떴다 저 가마귀
Apr 21, 2026

Song of the Day: Wonderfully catchy, funky, psychedelic and quirky new work by the seven-piece Seoul-based Korean pansori band led by bassist Jang Young Gyu with the title track of their new EP, out on 12 June via Luaka Bop, and heralding a European and North American tour

Apr 21, 2026
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Apr 20, 2026
Song of the Day: Jesca Hoop - Big Storm
Apr 20, 2026

Song of the Day: Catchy, quirky experimental indie folk-pop by the innovative Manchester-based California artist, featuring a clever video that old footage and Hoop in various vintage guises, heralding her upcoming album Long Wave Home, out on 1 May via Last Laugh / Republic of Music

Apr 20, 2026
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Apr 19, 2026
Song of the Day: Gia Margaret - Alive Inside
Apr 19, 2026

Song of the Day: Delicate, dream-like, reflective experimental folk-pop by the American singer-songwriter and producer from Chicago, heralding her upcoming fourth album, Singing, out on Jagjaguwar

Apr 19, 2026

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Apr 23, 2026
Word of the week: throstle
Apr 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

Apr 23, 2026
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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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