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New albums: Cate Le Bon, Amyl and the Sniffers, Mavis Staples, Steve Lacy, Flying Lotus, Areni Agbabian, Youssou N'Dour, Faye Webster, Honeyblood, Frankie Lee, Gia Margaret, The Claim, Petrol Girls

May 28, 2019 Peter Kimpton
Which way? Her way. Cate Le Bon

Which way? Her way. Cate Le Bon

A huge selection and range this week includes the unique and original sound of Welsh artist Cate Le Bon, Australian punk rockers Amyl and the Sniffers, soul, funk and hip from The Internet’s Steve Lacy and cinematic rap from Flying Lotus

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In albums, ambient, blues, classical, country, dance music, electronica, experimental, folk, funk, garage, hip hop, indie, jazz, metal, pop, post-punk, punk, rock, soul, African, traditional Tags new releases, albums, Cate Le Bon, Amy and the Sniffers, Mavis Staples, Steve Lacy, The Internet, Flying Lotus, Arena Agbabian, Youssou N'Dour, Faye Webster, Honeyblood, Frankie Lee, Gia Margaret, The Claim, Petrol Girls, Mexican Summer, ANTI Records, Rough Trade, 3QTR, ECM, Warp Records, Naive Records, Secretly Canadian, Marathon Artists, Loose Records, Dalliance Recordings, A Turntable Friend, Hassle Records
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New albums: The National, Erland Cooper, BCUC, Lewis Capaldi, Slowthai, Josephine Wiggs, Steel Pulse, Hey Colossus, Tyler The Creator, Carly Rae Jepson

May 22, 2019 Peter Kimpton
Stock image? From the cover of Slowthai’s Nothing Great About Britain

Stock image? From the cover of Slowthai’s Nothing Great About Britain

This week’s new album roundup has something for everyone – soft, soothing, moving gentle experimental and lo-fi, fierce and soulful hip-hop, African dance music, political reggae and cheesy pop

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In albums, ambient, dance music, electronica, experimental, folk, funk, hip hop, indie, jazz, metal, pop, post-punk, reggae, punk, rock, rocksteady, soul Tags albums, new releases, The National, Erland Cooper, BCUC, Lewis Capaldi, Slowthai, Josephine Wiggs, The Breeders, Steel Pulse, Hey Colossus, Tyler The Creator, Carly Rae Jepson, Phases Records, 4AD, Buda Musique, The Sound of Sinners, Method Records, Virgin EMI, Rootfire Cooperative, Alter Records, Schoolboy/Interscope, Columbia Records
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New albums: Clinic, Holly Herndon, Mac Demarco, Viagra Boys, AA Bondy, Jamila Woods, The Mystery Lights, Laurence Pike, Death And Vanilla

May 15, 2019 Peter Kimpton
Clinic: summoning wonderfully woozy images of 1970s showbiz

Clinic: summoning wonderfully woozy images of 1970s showbiz

Wonderfully otherworldly and woozy work is a theme this week, especially from Liverpool’s fabulous Clinic and choral groundbreaking brilliance from Holly Herndon, alongside a variety of other oddities including Mac Demarco

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In albums, ambient, country, dance music, electronica, experimental, folk, funk, garage, hip hop, indie, jazz, pop, post-punk, punk, rock, soul Tags new releases, albums, Clinic, Holly Herndon, Mac Demarco, Viagra Boys, A.A. Bondy, Jamila Woods, The Mystery Lights, Laurence Pike, Death And Vanilla, Domino Records, 4AD, Mac's Record Label, YEAR0001, Jagjaguwar, Daptone Records, The Leaf Label, Fire Records
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New albums: Vampire Weekend, Drahla, Kedr Livanskiy, Filthy Friends, Big Thief, Rhiannon Giddens, Flamingods, Jesse Mac Cormack

May 8, 2019 Peter Kimpton
Russia’s Kedr Livanskiy

Russia’s Kedr Livanskiy

This week’s selection includes an experimental and expansive double album return from Vampire Weekend, Leeds post-punkers Drahla, Russian underground dance queen Kedr Livanskiy and members of REM and Sleater-Kinney

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In albums, ambient, country, dance music, electronica, folk, garage, funk, hip hop, indie, jazz, metal, pop, post-punk, punk, reggae, rock, soul Tags new releases, albums, Vampire Weekend, Drahla, Kedr Livanskiy, Yana Kedrina, Filthy Friends, Corin Tucker, Sleater-Kinney, Peter Buck, REM, Big Thief, Rhiannon Giddens, Francesco Turrisi, Flamingods, Jesse Mac Cormack, Columbia Records, Captured Tracks, 2MR, Kill Rock Stars, 4AD, Nonesuch Records, Moshi Moshi, Secret City Records
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New albums: Aldous Harding, The Mountain Goats, Kevin Morby, Pete Doherty, Soak, Minyo Crusaders, The Cranberries, Foxygen, Rodrigo Y Gabriela, Ezra Collective, King Gizzard, Marina

May 3, 2019 Peter Kimpton
Deliciously eccentric: Aldous Harding

Deliciously eccentric: Aldous Harding

A bumper selection from the past week includes the beautiful voice of Aldous Harding, superb songwriting from Kevin Morby, The Mountain Goats, Pete Doherty’s latest project and an acoustic rock-out from Rodrigo Y Gabriela

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In albums, ambient, blues, country, dance music, electronica, experimental, folk, funk, hip hop, indie, jazz, metal, pop, post-punk, rock, soul Tags albums, new releases, Aldous Harding, John Parish, The Mountain Goats, John Darnielle, Kevin Morby, Pete Doherty, SOAK, Minyo Crusaders, The Cranberries, Dolores O'Riordan, Foxygen, Rodrigo Y Gabriela, Ezra Collective, Femi Koleoso, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Marina, 4AD, Merge Records, Dead Oceans, Strap Originals, Rough Trade, Mais Um, BMG, Jagjaguwar, Enter The Jungle, Flightless Records, Atlantic Records
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New albums: Fat White Family, Kelsey Lu, Loyle Carner, Lizzo, Stealing Sheep, Wand, Jade Bird, Elva

April 23, 2019 Peter Kimpton
Fat White Family – seamless dipped in humorous wooziness

Fat White Family – seamless dipped in humorous wooziness

The Fat White Family return. leading a procession of wonderful musical mischief, while there’s a follow-up from rapper Loyle Carner, debuts from singer-songwriters Kelsey Lu and Lizzo and a whole lot more in this week’s selection

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In albums, ambient, blues, country, dance music, electronica, experimental, folk, funk, hip hop, indie, jazz, pop, post-punk, punk, rock, soul, trip-hop Tags albums, new releases, Fat White Family, Kelsey Lu, Loyle Carner, Lizzo, Melissa Jefferson, Stealing Sheep, Wand, Jade Bird, Elva, Domino Records, Columbia Records, AMF, Nice Life, Atlantic Records, Heavenly Recordings, Drag City, Glassnote Records, Tapete
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New albums: Fontaines D.C., Anderson Paak, Chemical Brothers, Pom Poko, Labrinth, Sia and Diplo (LSD), The Leisure Society, Sun Kil Moon, Stubbleman, Band of Skulls, Eli 'Paperboy' Reed, Bibio

April 17, 2019 Peter Kimpton
Fresh new voice. Dublin’s Fontaines D.C.

Fresh new voice. Dublin’s Fontaines D.C.

Alongside frenetic and fresh punk and postpunk from Fontaines D.C. and Pom Poko, and dance music from Chemical Brothers, this week’s selection also includes a beautiful spread of mellow records from Anderson Paak and others

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In albums, ambient, blues, country, dance music, electronica, experimental, folk, funk, hip hop, garage, indie, jazz, pop, post-punk, punk, reggae, rock, soul Tags Fontaines D.C., albums, new releases, Anderson Paak, Chemical Brothers, Pom Poko, Labrinth, Sia, Diplo, LSD, The Leisure Society, Sun Kil Moon, Stubbleman, Band of Skulls, Eli 'Paperboy' Reed, Bibio, Partisan Records, Aftermath Entertainment, Virgin EMI, Bella Union, Syco, Ego Drain Records, Calvo Verde, Crammed Discs, So Recordings, Yep Roc, Warp Records
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New albums: Weyes Blood, David Bowie, Jess Ribeiro, W.H. Lung, Pozi, Ratso, Lee Fields & The Expressions, Shana Cleveland, Rozi Plain, Priests

April 9, 2019 Peter Kimpton
Natalie Mering aka Weyes Blood

Natalie Mering aka Weyes Blood

Exquisite vocals and electronica and female vocalists decorate this weeks list, from Weyes Blood to Jess Ribeiro and Shana Cleveland, plus sharp postpunk from Pozi, beautiful songs by Ratso with Nick Cave, and rare, early Bowie

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In albums, ambient, country, dance music, electronica, experimental, folk, funk, garage, indie, pop, punk, post-punk, rock, soul, trip-hop Tags Songs, albums, new releases, Weyes Blood, David Bowie, Jess Ribeiro, W.H. Lung, Pozi, Ratso, Nick Cave, Lee Fields & The Expressions, Shana Cleveland, Rozi Plain, Priests, Sub Pop, Barely Dressed Records, Melodic Records, Prah Recordings, Lucky Number, Big Crown Records, Hardly Art, Memphis Industries, Sister Polygon, Parlophone
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New albums: Edwyn Collins, Billie Eilish, White Denim, Beth Gibbons, Unkle, Ohtis, Gerry Cinnamon, Show Me The Body, The Matthew Herbert Big Band

April 3, 2019 Peter Kimpton
Twisted sister: Billie Eilish gets on up with a highly original debut LP

Twisted sister: Billie Eilish gets on up with a highly original debut LP

This week’s selection spans the full range from the quirky pop of Billie Eilish to the triumphant return of Edwyn Collins, masterful prog from White Denim to Beth Gibbons doing Henryk Górecki with a Polish orchestra

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In albums, ambient, classical, country, dance music, electronica, experimental, folk, funk, garage, hip hop, indie, jazz, metal, pop, post-punk, punk, rock, soul, trip-hop Tags Songs, albums, new releases, Edwyn Collins, Billie Eilish, White Denim, James Petrali, Steve Terebecki, Beth Gibbons, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Henryk Górecki, Portishead, Unkle, James Lavelle, Ellliot Power, Miink, Liela Moss, The Duke Spirit, Mark Lanegan, Dhani Harrison, Editors, Tom Smith, Ohtis, Gerry Cinnamon, Show Me The Body, The Matthew Herbert Big Band, AED, Darkroom, Interscope, Polydor, City Slang, Domino Records, Songs For The Def, Full Time Hobby, Lorna Vista Recordings, Caroline Records, Accidental Records
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New albums: Lambchop, Ibibio Sound Machine, These New Puritans, Lucy Rose, Jenny Lewis, The Hare and Hoofe, Olcay Bahir, Jayda G

March 26, 2019 Peter Kimpton
Ibibio Sound Machine’s Eno Williams

Ibibio Sound Machine’s Eno Williams

This week? New experimentation by Lambchop’s Kurt Wagner, dance-funk from Ibibio Sound Machine, complex melancholy from These New Puritans, hilarious prog rockers Hare and Hoofe, and fabulous female singer-songwriters

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In albums, ambient, classical, country, dance music, electronica, experimental, funk, folk, indie, jazz, pop, post-punk, punk, soul Tags albums, new releases, Lambchop, Kurt Wagner, Ibibio Sound Machine, These New Puritans, Lucy Rose, Jenny Lewis, The Hare and Hoofe, Olcay Bahir, Jayda G, City Slang, Merge Records, Infectious Records, Communion Records, Warner Bros, Arc Music, Ninja Tune
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New albums: Karen O & Danger Mouse, Cinematic Orchestra, Stephen Malkmus, Nilüfer Yanya, Uranium Club, Chai, Kathryn Tickell, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Low Life, Dwight Trible

March 19, 2019 Peter Kimpton
Stylish and cinematic: Karen O and Danger Mouse

Stylish and cinematic: Karen O and Danger Mouse

This week’s selection includes a collaboration between the Yeah Yeah Yeahs singer and Danger Mouse, plus The Cinematic Orchestra, Stephen Malkmus going electronic, and original sounding pop from Nilüfer Yanya

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In albums, ambient, blues, electronica, dance music, experimental, folk, funk, hip hop, indie, jazz, pop, post-punk, punk, rock, soul Tags albums, new releases, Karen O, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Danger Mouse, The Cinematic Orchestra, Stephen Malkmus, Nilüfer Yanya, Uranium Club, Chai, Kathryn Tickell, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Low Life, Dwight Trible, BMG, ATO Records, PIAS, Static Shock, Fashionable Idiots Records, Heavenly Recordings, Ninja Tune, Domino Records, Resilient Records, Alter Records, A Recordings, Gearbox Records
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New albums: Solange, Dave, Foals, Townes Van Zandt, Flight of the Conchords, Stella Donnelly, Money For Rope, Test Dept, Nick Waterhouse, The Coathangers, Phillipi and Rodrigo, Bilge Pump

March 12, 2019 Peter Kimpton
Dave. Articulate, analytical, angry, honest.

Dave. Articulate, analytical, angry, honest.

A selection of great contrasts and innovations includes a debut from the British rapper, experimental work from Solange, rare and unreleased material from folk legend Townes Van Zandt, and the return of industrial artists Test Dept

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In albums, ambient, blues, dance music, electronica, experimental, folk, funk, garage, hip hop, indie, jazz, metal, pop, post-punk, punk, rock, soul Tags new releases, albums, Dave, Solange, Beyonce, Foals, Townes Van Zandt, Flight of the Conchords, Stella Donnelly, Money For Rope, Test Dept, Nick Waterhouse, The Coathangers, Phillipi and Rodrigo, Bilge Pump, Neighbourhood Records, Columbia Records, Warner Bros, Fat Possum, Secretly Canadian, Sub Pop, Cheersquad Records and Tapes, One Little Indian, Innovative Leisure, Suicide Squeeze, Deewee, Gringo Records
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New albums: Snapped Ankles, Royal Trux, Self Esteem, The Comet Is Coming, Alice Phoebe Lou, Our Native Daughters, Hand Habits, Hejira, Robert Forster, Teen, Durand Jones, Japanese House

March 6, 2019 Peter Kimpton
Snapped Ankles

Snapped Ankles

This week’s selection roundup includes a raucous return for Royal Trux after 19 years and Robert Forster’s second in a decade, plus a chorus of of beautiful vocalists from Self Esteem to Alice Phoebe Lou and a whole lot more

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In albums, ambient, blues, country, dance music, electronica, experimental, folk, funk, garage, hip hop, indie, jazz, metal, pop, post-punk, punk, rock, soul Tags Songs, albums, new releases, Royal Trux, Self Esteem, Rebecca Taylor, Slow Club, The Comet Is Coming, Alice Phoebe Lou, Our Native Daughters, Hand Habits, Hejira, Robert Forster, Teen, Durand Jones and the Indications, The Japanese House, Fiction Records, Impulse Records, Smithsonian Folkways, Fat Possum, Saddle Creek Records, Lima Limo Records, Tapete, Carpark Records, Dead Oceans, Dirty Hit, Snapped Ankles, Hawkwind
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New albums: Sleaford Mods, Julia Jacklin, Yola, Little Simz, The Unthanks, Du Blonde, Desperate Journalist, Teeth of the Sea, James Yorkston, Tullycraft, Spellling, Drenge, Moto Vamp, Le Superhomard

February 27, 2019 Peter Kimpton
Sleaford Mods whip it up with Policy Cream and more songs from their new album

Sleaford Mods whip it up with Policy Cream and more songs from their new album

A mammoth selection of new releases across many genres includes the Notts duo Sleaford Mods, Australian singer-songwriter Julia Jacklin, rapper LIttle Simz, and exquisite settings by The Unthanks

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In albums, ambient, blues, country, dance music, electronica, experimental, folk, funk, garage, hip hop, indie, jazz, pop, post-punk, punk, rock, soul, trip-hop Tags albums, new releases, Sleaford Mods, Andrew Fearns, Jason Williamson, Julia Jacklin, Yola, Little Simz, Teeth of the Sea, The Unthanks, Maxine Peake, Emily Brontë, Du Blonde, Beth Jeans Houghton, James Yorkston, Desperate Journalist, Tullycraft, Spellling, Chrystia Cabral, Drenge, Moto Vamp, Le Superhomard, Various, Extreme Eating Records, Transgressive, Nonesuch Records, AGE 101, Rocket Recordings, Rabble Rouser, Moshi Moshi, Domino Records, Fierce Panda, Happy Happy Birthday To Me Records, Sacred Bones Records, Infectious Records, Elefant, Cherry Red Records
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New albums: Chaka Khan, Ladytron, Piroshka, Methyl Ethel, Cass McCombs, Stats, Czarface and Ghostface Killah, Bis, Homeshake

February 18, 2019 Peter Kimpton
Back in business: Glasgow’s Bis

Back in business: Glasgow’s Bis

Alongside full funk and pop from Prince’s great friend Chaka, experimental, indie and electronica dominate this week’s roundup, including Australia’s Methyl Ethel and long due return from Glasgow’s catchy popsters Bis

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In albums, ambient, dance music, electronica, experimental, funk, hip hop, indie, jazz, post-punk, punk, rock Tags new releases, albums, Piroshka, Lush, Moose, Elastica, Chaka Khan, Methyl Ethel, Cass McCombs, Stats, Ladytron, Czarface, Ghostface Killah, Wu-Tang Clan, Bis, Homeshake, Bella Union, Diary Records, Island Records, 4AD, ANTI Records, Memphis Industries, !K7, Silver Age, Last Night From Glasgow, Sinderlyn
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New albums: International Teachers of Pop, Yak, LCD Soundsystem, Elder Island, Mercury Rev (& various), Flat Worms, Jessica Pratt, Cosey Fanni Tutti, Panda Bear, Lemonheads

February 11, 2019 Peter Kimpton
Listen and learn: Adrian, Leonore and Dean from International Teachers of Pop

Listen and learn: Adrian, Leonore and Dean from International Teachers of Pop

Electronic pop from the International Teacher and Elder Island, Yak’s long -awaited indie, covers by Mercury Rev and Lemonheads, slow beauty by Jessica Pratt and lo-fi live studio recordings by LCD Soundsystem are among this week’s bumper roundup

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In albums, dance music, electronica, folk, funk, indie, post-punk, pop, rock, soul Tags Songs, albums, new releases, International Teachers of Pop, Yak, LCD Soundsystem, Elder Island, Mercury Rev, Susanne Sundfør, Margo Price, Bobbie Gentry, Beth Orton, Hope Sandoval, Lucinda Williams, Flat Worms, Jessica Pratt, Cosey Fanni Tutti, Panda Bear, Lemonheads, Evan Dando, Desolate Spools Records, Third Man Records, Bella Union, Columbia Records, God? Records, City Slang, CTI, Domino Records, Fire Records
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New albums: Beirut, The Specials, Ian Brown, Rustin Man, Tiny Ruins, Unloved, The Cool Greenhouse, Angel Bat Dawid, Cherry Glazerr

February 4, 2019 Peter Kimpton
The Specials are in their 40th anniversary, but how does the new album shape up?

The Specials are in their 40th anniversary, but how does the new album shape up?

Brass beauty from Beirut, a 40th anniversary album from The Specials. and a new solo album from the Stone Roses frontman are among this week’s roundup of releases that are various experimental, rock, electronica and more

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In ambient, classical, dance music, electronica, experimental, folk, funk, hip hop, indie, jazz, metal, pop, post-punk, punk, rock, soul Tags Songs, new releases, albums, Beirut, Zach Condon, The Specials, Terry Hall, Ian Brown, The Stone Roses, Rustin Man, Paul Webb, Talk Talk, Unloved, David Holmes, Tiny Ruins, Hollie Fullbrook, The Cool Greenhouse, Tom Greenhouse, Angel Bat Dawid, Cherry Glazerr, 4AD, UMC, Virgin EMI, Domino Records, Heavenly Recordings, Marathon Records, Hidden Bay Records, International Anthem Co, Secretly Canadian
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New albums: Toy, Swervedriver, Better Oblivion Community Center (Conor Oberst & Phoebe Bridgers), DAWN, Rat Boy, Sunflower Bean, Mike Krol

January 29, 2019 Peter Kimpton
Dawn Richard - spreading her musical wings

Dawn Richard - spreading her musical wings

From an experimental album by New Orleans artist DAWN to a collaboration between Conor Oberst and Phoebe Bridgers, as well as a return by 90s shoegazers Swervedriver, this week’s roundup has plenty of surprises

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In albums, country, dance music, electronica, experimental, funk, hip hop, indie, pop, post-punk, punk, reggae, rock, soul Tags albums, new releases, Toy, Swervedriver, Better Oblivion Community Center, Conor Oberst, Phoebe Bridgers, DAWN, Rat Boy, Sunflower Bean, Mike Krol, Tough Love, Rock Action Records, Dead Oceans, Local Action Records, Parlophone, Lucky Number, Merge Records
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New albums: Toro y Moi, The Twilight Sad, Steve Mason, Steve Gunn, James Blake, Juliana Hatfield, Lost Under Heaven, Be Svendsen

January 18, 2019 Peter Kimpton
Quirky, funky and colourful: freelance Tory y Moi

Quirky, funky and colourful: freelance Tory y Moi

Our latest roundup of new releases includes an emotional return for The Twilight Sad and Steve Gunn, catchy quirkiness from Toro Y Moi, solid alt-rock from Juliana Hatfield, cosmic pop from Steve Mason, and dire warnings from Lost Under Heaven

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In albums, ambient, blues, dance music, electronica, experimental, funk, garage, hip hop, indie, pop, post-punk, punk, rock, soul, trip-hop Tags Songs, albums, new releases, Toro y Moi, The Twilight Sad, Steve Mason, Steve Gunn, James Blake, Juliana Hatfield, Lost Under Heaven, Be Svendsen, The Beta Band, Scott Hutchison, Carpark Records, Rock Action Records, Double Six, Domino Records, Matador Records, Polydor, American Laundromat, Mute Records, Music For Dreams
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New albums: Deerhunter, Sharon Van Etten, You Tell Me, Jeffrey Lewis, Lorelle Meets The Obsolete, Tallies, The Silver Field

January 11, 2019 Peter Kimpton
Deerhunter

Deerhunter

Getting ahead with the forthcoming releases over mid-January, melancholy, dystopian beauty is a predominant trend from Deerhunter, Sharon Van Etten, You Tell Me and more, with a dash of joy from Jeffrey Lewis covering The Fall

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In albums, ambient, dance music, electronica, experimental, folk, indie, jazz, pop, post-punk, rock Tags new releases, albums, Deerhunter, Bradley Cox, Sharon Van Etten, You Tell Me, Peter Brewis, Field Music, Jeffrey Lewis, Lorelle Meets The Obsolete, Tallies, The Silver Field, Coral Rose, 4AD, Jagjaguwar, Memphis Industries, Rough Trade, Sonic Cathedral, Kanine, Fear of Missing Out Records, O Genesis
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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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