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Desire Marea: Desire

August 6, 2021 Peter Kimpton
Desire Marea

Desire Marea

New album: The singer and African queer artist icon from Durban and founder of the FAKA collective offers something truly different with this startling LP mixing operatic voice, disco and alternative, experimental electronica with Zulu language

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In albums, electronica, experimental, disco, African Tags albums, new releases, Desire Marea, Mute Records
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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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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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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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The Go! Team: Get Up Sequences Part One

July 5, 2021 Peter Kimpton
The Go! TeamGet Up Sequences Part One


The Go! TeamGet Up Sequences Part One

New album: The Brighton sextet return with their sixth LP and their distinctive brand of joyous sound clash, syncopated big drums, female singing and rapping, flutes, glockenspiels, steel drums and the full kitchen sink

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In albums, experimental, hip hop, pop, soul Tags albums, new releases, The Go! Team, Memphis Industries
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Snapped Ankles: Forest Of Your Problems

July 2, 2021 Peter Kimpton
Snapped Ankles in the urban forest with their third LP

Snapped Ankles in the urban forest with their third LP

New album: An excellent third LP by the east London be-leafed electro-krautrock-dance-pop band bursts with vigour and ideas, themed and fuelled by a troubled world coming out of lockdown in this folllow-up to their last, Stunning Luxury

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In albums, electronica, experimental, indie, pop, dance Tags albums, Snapped Ankles, The Leaf Label
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L'Rain: Fatigue

July 2, 2021 Peter Kimpton
L’Rain’s second album - Fatigue

L’Rain’s second album - Fatigue

New album: This second album by the Brooklyn-born multi-instrumentalist and singer Taja Cheek is an entrancing mix of keyboards, synths, and haunting vocals, a woozily wonderful and unique style of dream-like delicacy

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In albums, electronica, experimental, jazz, indie, funk Tags L'Rain, albums, new releases, Mexican Summer
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Hiatus Kaiyote: Mood Valiant

June 26, 2021 Peter Kimpton
The third album by Hiatus Kaiyote

The third album by Hiatus Kaiyote

New album: This wonderful third album by the Melbourne band is a free-flowing beauty - like a butterfly garden of jazz, soul as well as Brazilian influences from time spent with veteran composer Arthur Verocai and Amazonian indigenous Varinawa communities

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In albums, electronica, experimental, funk, jazz, soul Tags Songs, new releases, albums, Hiatus Kaiyote, Brainfeeder, Ninja Tune
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Dean Blunt: Black Metal 2

June 21, 2021 Peter Kimpton
Dean Blunt

Dean Blunt

New album: This follow-up to the 2014 album by the East Londoner frontman of the mischievous alt-pop duo Hype Williams (named after the video director) is a bizarre, offbeat collection of 10 short songs mixing droll, deep-voiced delivery with a range of almost cinematic instrumentation

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In albums, hip hop, pop, experimental, trip-hop, spoken word, soul Tags albums, Dean Blunt, Hype Williams, Rough Trade
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Ìxtahuele: Eden Ahbez's Dharmaland

June 12, 2021 Peter Kimpton
Ìxtahuele: Eden Ahbez's Dharmaland

Ìxtahuele: Eden Ahbez's Dharmaland

Album review: Serene, strange, magical a wonderful collection performed by the Swedish experimental band of newly discovered sheet music of instrumentals and songs by the composer best known for Nature Boy, written for Nat King Cole

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In albums, classical, experimental, jazz, traditional, soundtracks Tags Ìxtahuele, Eden Ahbez, Subliminal Sounds
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Loraine James: Reflection

June 9, 2021 Peter Kimpton
Loraine James’s third album, Reflection.

Loraine James’s third album, Reflection.

Album review: Restlessly imaginative, with arrhythmic oddness, jittery beats, sounds and disembodied voices, spoken word and trap-hop, this experimental electronica album by the London producer by is an candid expression of the mind in 2020 lockdown

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In albums, ambient, electronica, experimental, hip hop, trip-hop, spoken word Tags albums, new releases, Loraine James, Eden Samara, Xzavier Stone, Le3 bLACK, Hyperdub
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Greentea Peng: Man Made

June 7, 2021 Peter Kimpton
Greentea Peng’s debut LP Man Made

Greentea Peng’s debut LP Man Made

Album review: The debut album by the south Londoner is has woozy, easy, hazy, lazy summer feel, a mix of languid hip hop, reggae, jazz, and soul with a dash of dub, a dribble of drum’n’bass and even psych with a hippie sprinkle

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In albums, dub, experimental, hip hop, jazz, reggae, spoken word, trip-hop, soul Tags albums, new releases, Greentea Peng, Universal Music, AMF
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Japanese Breakfast: Jubilee

June 6, 2021 Peter Kimpton
Japanese Breakfast’s Jubilee

Japanese Breakfast’s Jubilee

Song of the Day: This third album by the American alt-pop singer-songwriter Michelle Zauner is full of tasty textures and ethereal melodies, inspired by the likes of Bjork, with songs, as she says “about recalling the optimism of youth and applying it to adulthood”

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In albums, experimental, pop Tags albums, new releases, Japanese Breakfast, Michelle Zauner
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Lord Huron: Long Lost

June 1, 2021 Peter Kimpton
Beautiful and strange: Long Lost by Lord Huron

Beautiful and strange: Long Lost by Lord Huron

Album review: Serene, dreamy, beautifully melodic alt-country-folk by the Michigan-bred, LA-based group, their fourth and perhaps best yet album is awash with road imagery, rich cinematic inserts and classic retro guitar sounds

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In albums, country, folk, pop, experimental Tags albums, new releases, Lord Huron, Whispering Pines Studios
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black midi: Cavalcade

May 30, 2021 Peter Kimpton
Black Midi’s Cavalcade album cover looks as it sounds

Black Midi’s Cavalcade album cover looks as it sounds

Album review: The British quartet’s second album after 2019’s Schlagenheim continues their boundary-pushing direction of frenetic, eclectic mix of the avant garde – jazz, funk, prog in a skilled delirium of wonderful compositions

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In albums, experimental, jazz, prog-rock, post-punk, psychedelia Tags albums, new releases, black midi, Rough Trade
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Gruff Rhys: Seeking New Gods

May 21, 2021 Peter Kimpton
Gruff Rhys – Seeking New Gods

Gruff Rhys – Seeking New Gods

Album review: This seventh solo album by the Super Furry Animals frontman set out as conceptual biography of East Asian active mountain volcano Mount Paektu, but this piano-led set of songs with a 70s psych-pop grandeur also has personal elements, and is produced by Beastie Boys producer Mario C

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In albums, electronica, experimental, pop, psychedelia Tags albums, new releases, Gruff Rhys, Mario C, Rough Trade
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Dodie: Build A Problem

May 12, 2021 Peter Kimpton
Dodie’s debut album Build A Problem

Dodie’s debut album Build A Problem

Album review: Intimate, delicate, often whispered and candid, the debut album from the 25-year-old Essex singer-songwriter and YouTube star Dodie Clark magically minimal through subtle cinematic arrangements of strings, piano guitar and clarinet

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In albums, experimental, folk Tags albums, new releases, Dodie
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Sophia Kennedy: Monsters

May 10, 2021 Peter Kimpton
Sophia Kennedy’s Monsters - impossible to control or define

Sophia Kennedy’s Monsters - impossible to control or define

Album review: An unholy, beguiling and at times mischievously brilliant mixture of pop, Tin Pan Alley, vintage showtunes, hip hop, abstract electronica and horror film culture, the Baltimore-born, Hamburg-bred artist is just as impossible to define as to not enjoy

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In albums, electronica, experimental, hip hop, indie, jazz, musical theatre, R&B, soul, trip-hop Tags albums, new releases, Sophia Kennedy, City Slang
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Squid: Bright Green Field

May 8, 2021 Peter Kimpton
Squid’s full debut LP Bright Green Field

Squid’s full debut LP Bright Green Field

Album review: A bold, expansive, experimental and exciting full debut by the postpunk Brighton five-piece, with songs full of musical adventure and dynamic changes, combining krautrock, prog and even a dash of jazz

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In albums, experimental, indie, post-punk, prog-rock Tags albums, new releases, Squid, Dan Carey, Warp Records
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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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Mar 26, 2026
Ego Ella May: Good Intentions
Mar 26, 2026

New album: Beautifully crafted but effortlessly performed, a wonderful release of delicious, classy, smooth and smoky soul, jazz and RnB by the London singer-songwriter who has vocal and stylistic qualities reminiscent of Erykah Badu and Sade

Mar 26, 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-singer 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
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Mar 29, 2026
Song of the Day: The Ocelots - Motor Hotel
Mar 29, 2026

Song of the Day: Beautiful, reflective, uplifting alternative folk with banjo, guitar, flute and more by the Wexford Irish twin brothers Brandon and Ashley Watson, from their new five-track EP, Revisions, a mix of new and re-worked, re-recorded numbers

Mar 29, 2026
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Mar 28, 2026
Song of the Day: Lee "Scratch" Perry & Mouse On Mars - Rockcurry
Mar 28, 2026

Song of the Day: A stylish, eclectic, cross-genre single from the late, great, legendary Jamaican producer and performer’s ongoing legacy, heralding his last official album - the project in Berlin with electronic pioneers Mouse on Mars (aka Jan St. Werner and Andi Toma) and the LP - Spatial, No Problem on on 5 June via Domino Records

Mar 28, 2026

Word of the week

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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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Jan 22, 2026
Word of the week: zumbador
Jan 22, 2026

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

Jan 22, 2026

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