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New albums: Insecure Men, The Orielles, Ought, Screaming Females, Superchunk, FRIGS

February 21, 2018 Peter Kimpton
Insecure Men's Saul Adamczewski, also of Fat White Family and Moonlandingz

Insecure Men's Saul Adamczewski, also of Fat White Family and Moonlandingz

Indie and postpunk are very much in evidence this week, alongside Saul from Fat White Family's new project and Montreal's Ought, female voices and songwriting talent shine out

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In albums, electronica, funk, indie, pop, post-punk, punk, rock Tags new releases, albums, indie, postpunk, Insecure Men, Saul Adamczewski, The Moonlandingz, Fat White Family, The Orielles, Ought, Tim Darcy, Screaming Females, Marissa Paternoster, Superchunk, Stephin Merritt, The Magnetic Fields, David Bazan, FRIGS
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New albums and more: Wild Beasts, Björk, Belle & Sebastian, Laurie Anderson & Kronos Quartet, Anne Briggs, Whyte Horses, Car Seat Headrest

February 13, 2018 Peter Kimpton
Laurie Anderson

Laurie Anderson

A cornucopia of classical, electronica, rock, pop and alt-indie decorates this week's selection

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In albums, classical, electronica, folk, funk, indie, jazz, pop, post-punk, rock, soul Tags new releases, albums, Wild Beasts, Björk, Belle & Sebastian, Laurie Anderson, Kronos Quartet, Anne Briggs, Whyte Horses, Car Seat Headrest
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New albums: Franz Ferdinand, Ezra Furman, Joan As Police Woman, Factory Floor, Brigid Mae Power

February 6, 2018 Peter Kimpton
Ezra Furman … more than roadworthy

Ezra Furman … more than roadworthy

An outstanding week of releases includes the return of the excellent Glasgow indie band,  Ezra Furman's wonderful road trip odyssey, and strong, slow simmering work from Joan As Police Woman

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In albums, electronica, indie, pop, rock, soul Tags albums, new releases, Franz Ferdinand, Ezra Furman, Joan As Police Woman, Factory Floor, Brigid Mae Power
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New albums: Hookworms, Field Music, BEAK>, Cut Chemist, Hidden Orchestra, and Simple Minds

January 30, 2018 Peter Kimpton
Stop-animation polar bear? That'll be BEAK> then.

Stop-animation polar bear? That'll be BEAK> then.

A new, catchier electronica evolution of the Leeds psych rockers, the Sunderland indie innovators address a turbulent world, and a return for the Glasgow veterans are just three of the six on this week's selection

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In albums, dance music, electronica, folk, indie, garage, pop, post-punk, punk, rock, soul Tags new releases, albums, Hookworms, Field Music, BEAK, Cut Chemist, Hidden Orchestra, Simple Minds, DJ Shadow, The Mars Volta, Biz Markie, tUnE-yArDs, Joe Acheson, Max Cooper, Jim Kerr, Domino Records, Memphis Industries, Invada Records, Juno Records, BMG, Portishead
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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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New releases: Shame, Jack White, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein, Panda Bear

January 12, 2018 Peter Kimpton
Farm hands. A moment of calm captured Shame's debut album cover

Farm hands. A moment of calm captured Shame's debut album cover

Anger, irony and eeriness appear across these new releases, including the young London punk band, Jack White's new single, music from the TV series Stranger Things, and Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

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In albums, blues, indie, pop, rock, post-punk, jazz Tags new releases, albums, Shame, Charlie Steen, Kyle Dixon, Michael Stein, Stranger Things, tv soundtracks, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Jack White, Panda Bear, Noah Lennox, Animal Collective
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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: Catholic Action, Baxter Dury, Out Lines, Margo Price, Bootsy Collins, plus Morrissey

October 25, 2017 Peter Kimpton
Bootsy's back. As understated as ever …

Bootsy's back. As understated as ever …

There's a distinctly Scottish flavour to this week's selection with releases from Glasgow and Edinburgh, plus Ian Dury's son Baxter, Margo Price, Bootsy Collins and a new vinyl single from Morrissey

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In albums, hip hop, indie, pop, rock, funk, country Tags albums, new releases, Catholic Action, Baxter Dury, Ian Dury, Rose Elinor Dougall, Sleaford Mods, Jason Williamson, Out Lines, The Twilight Sad, Margo Price, Bootsy Collins, Morrissey
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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 albums: Liam Gallagher, Kamasi Washington, Pale Seas, DUDS, Marilyn Manson, Benjamin Clementine, Gregg Allman

October 6, 2017 Peter Kimpton
Liam Gallagher: charm offensive

Liam Gallagher: charm offensive

This week's selection picks out the younger Gallagher, the jazz musician, the rhythmic Mancunians, a great British guitar band, the US country singer, the former Mercury winner and the inimitable goth metal rocker

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In albums, rock, soul, pop, metal, indie Tags new releases, albums, Kamasi Washington, Pale Seas, Gregg Allman, DUDS, Marilyn Manson, Liam Gallagher, Oasis, Benjamin Clementine
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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: The Killers, Marc Almond, Prophets of Rage, Omni, The Horrors, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, The Wedding Present, plus Björk

September 19, 2017 Peter Kimpton
Stadium Killers: Brandon Flowers and friends are back

Stadium Killers: Brandon Flowers and friends are back

A bountiful selection this week brings you everything from rap-metal righteous anger to soulful 60s torch songs, stadium rock to innovative indie, plus a sneak preview of Björk's new single - her own category completely

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In hip hop, albums, pop, rock, garage, metal, indie, soul Tags new releases, albums, Marc Almond, Burt Bacharach, The Action, The Yardbirds, Bobby Darin, Julie Driscoll, Billy Fury, The Young Rascals, Prophets of Rage, Rage Against The Machine, Public Enemy, Chuck D, Cypress Hill, B-Real, Michael Moore, Omni, The Killers, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, The Horrors, Björk, The Wedding Present
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May 10, 2026
Aldous Harding: Train on the Island
May 10, 2026

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

May 10, 2026
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May 7, 2026
Chris Brain: Red Sun Rising
May 7, 2026

New album: Beautifully warm, quiet, tender and bucolic new folk LP by the Yorkshire-based singer-songwriter, following a pastoral tradition of landscapes literal and emotional, very much influenced by and echoing the delivery of Nick Drake

May 7, 2026
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May 7, 2026
Lip Critic: Theft World
May 7, 2026

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

May 7, 2026
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May 6, 2026
Tori Amos: In Times of Dragons
May 6, 2026

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

May 6, 2026
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May 6, 2026
Kacey Musgraves: Middle of Nowhere
May 6, 2026

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

May 6, 2026
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May 5, 2026
Pigeon: OUTTANATIONAL
May 5, 2026

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

May 5, 2026
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May 3, 2026
KNEECAP: FENIAN
May 3, 2026

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

May 3, 2026
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May 2, 2026
Jesca Hoop: Long Wave Home
May 2, 2026

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

May 2, 2026
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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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May 9, 2026
Song of the Day: Mike D - Switch Up
May 9, 2026

Song of the Day: A dynamic, eclectic, pacy, syncopated fusion of hip-hop, electronica and rock in this debut solo single one-third of the Beastie Boys in this new single, out on Capitol Records

May 9, 2026
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May 8, 2026
Song of the Day: Father John Misty - The Payoff
May 8, 2026

Song of the Day: The acclaimed American singer-songwriter aka Josh Tillman returns with a caustic, dark, menacing new track referencing an underbelly of dodgy deal-making, out now on Sub Pop. It’s the second Father John Misty single of 2026, following The Old Law, released in January

May 8, 2026
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May 7, 2026
Song of the Day: Balming Tiger - Home
May 7, 2026

Song of the Day: A stylishly fun, funky, eccentric electronica, indie and hip-hop fusion by the South Korean collective known as “alternative K-pop”, heralding their new album, Gongbu, out on 19 May, via MOAH

May 7, 2026
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May 6, 2026
Song of the Day: Zoh Amba - Eyes Full
May 6, 2026

Song of the Day: An impassioned, stirring, dark and driving country/indie-rock number about what makes someone’s heart full and questioning why by the NY-based band with Kingsport, Tennessee roots, with this title track of the forthcoming debut LP Eyes Full, out on 5 June via Matador Records

May 6, 2026
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May 5, 2026
Song of the Day: Sofie Royer - Cowboy Mouth
May 5, 2026

Song of the Day: A catchy, cool, stylish fusion of indie and electro-pop by the classically trained, California-born, Vienna-based Iranian-Austrian artist, inspired by reading Patti Smith and Sam Shepard’s play of the same title, reimagining the play’s characters as Angel and Cowboy, and out now on Stones Throw Records

May 5, 2026
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May 4, 2026
Song of the Day: Hodge - Wiggler
May 4, 2026

Song of the Day: A hugely fun, energising, infectious, effervescent, repetitive electronic dance track by the Bristol-based DJ/producer (aka Jake Martin) featuring a 3D pipe bassline by Memotone, and released alongside another track,Trust, out on Local Action

May 4, 2026
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May 3, 2026
Song of the Day: Ibibio Sound Machine - Return To Sender
May 3, 2026

Song of the Day: Fizzing with vibrant energy and intricate rhythms, a fabulous new single with a personal accidental backstory by the London electronic afro-funk band out of London fronted by vocalist Eno Williams, out Merge Record

May 3, 2026
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May 2, 2026
Song of the Day: The Puppini Sisters - Total Eclipse of the Heart
May 2, 2026

Song of the Day: A fabulous new version of the Jim Steinman-penned 1983 Bonnie Tyler power pop hit, arranged by Marcello Puppini in an entirely different style for her swing-jazz trio and band, part of their 20th anniversary celebrations and album, The Birthday Party, out now on Millionaire Records

May 2, 2026
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May 1, 2026
Song of the Day: Bleachers - I'm Not Joking
May 1, 2026

Song of the Day: Featuring harpsichord, Hammond organ, Dobro and more, producer Jack Antonoff and his New Jersey rock band return with a heartfelt love song single heralding the upcoming album, Everyone For Ten Minutes, out on 22 May via Dirty Hit

May 1, 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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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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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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