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New albums: White Denim, Tunng, The Lemon Twigs, Ólafur Arnalds, Mark Lanegan and Duke Garwood, Her's, Blood Orange, Candi Staton, Interpol

August 24, 2018 Peter Kimpton
Tunng – Songs You Make At Night

Tunng – Songs You Make At Night

Our bumper roundup includes a welcome return to the folktronica innovators Tunng, plus White Denim, Mark Lanegan, a concept album from the Lemon Twigs, 80s-style pop from Her’s, and the soul star Candi Staton

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In albums, dance music, electronica, folk, funk, garage, hip hop, indie, jazz, metal, pop, post-punk, rock, soul Tags new releases, albums, White Denim, Tunng, The Lemon Twigs, Ólafur Arnalds, Mark Lanegan, Duke Garwood, Her's, Blood Orange, Dev Hynes, Lightspeed Champion, Candi Staton, Interpol, City Slang, Full Time Hobby, Mercury KX, 4AD, Heist Or Hit, Heavenly Recordings, Domino Records, Beracah/Thirty Tigers, Matador Records
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New albums: Slaves, Kathryn Joseph, The Beths, Oh Sees, Our Girl, Mitski, Death Cab For Cutie, The Yossarians

August 17, 2018 Peter Kimpton
The Beths debut album cover

The Beths debut album cover

A bumper roundup of new albums includes prog rock from Oh Sees, outstanding indie from New Zealand and the UK, including Slaves and The Beths, ghostly beauty from Scotland’s Kathryn Joseph, plus Death Cab For Cutie

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In albums, dance music, electronica, indie, pop, post-punk, rock Tags new releases, albums, Slaves, Kathryn Joseph, The Beths, Oh Sees, Our Girl, Mitski, Death Cab For Cutie, The Yossarians, Rock Action Records, Carpark Records, Virgin EMI, Cannibal Hymns, Castle Face, Atlantic Records, Dead Oceans
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New albums – Underworld & Iggy Pop, Dusty Limits, The Internet, Trojan artists, Rex Orange County, Phantastic Ferniture

August 2, 2018 Peter Kimpton
Underworld's Karl Hyde and Rick Smith with Iggy Pop

Underworld's Karl Hyde and Rick Smith with Iggy Pop

It’s slow summer season, but that doesn’t stop selection of variety and quality from Iggy and Underworld to cabaret legend Dusty Limits, songwriting from Surrey to Australia and a superb reggae compilation

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In albums, classical, dance music, electronica, folk, funk, garage, hip hop, indie, jazz, pop, post-punk, reggae, rock, soul, musical theatre Tags albums, new releases, Iggy Pop, Underworld, Karl Hyde, Rick Smith, Dusty Limits, Michael Roulston, The Internet, Trojan Records, reggae, Jamaica, Lee Gopthal, Chris Blackwell, Public Image Limited, Apricot Princess, Phantastic Ferniture, Rex Orange County
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New albums – Mattiel / Ty Segall & White Fence / Dirty Projectors / Wimps / RVG / Primo! / Body/Head / The Jayhawks

July 19, 2018 Peter Kimpton
Riding high: Mattiel

Riding high: Mattiel

A selection of new releases from the past fortnight, including the Atlanta singer, the prolific Californian guitarists, a return to form for the Brooklyn band, and two bright debuts from Australia

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In albums, blues, country, electronica, folk, funk, indie, pop, post-punk, punk, rock, soul Tags new releases, albums, Mattiel, Ty Segall, White Fence, Tim Presley, Dirty Projectors, Wimps, RVG, Primo!, Body/Head, Kim Gordon, Bill Nace, The Jayhawks, Heavenly Recordings, Domino Records, Kill Rock Stars, Fat Possum, Upset The Rhythm, Matador Records, Drag City
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New albums: Gorillaz, Florence + The Machine, Kamasi Washington, Nine Inch Nails, The Wave PIctures, Let's Eat Grandma, Gwenifer Raymond, Thee Dagger Debs

June 29, 2018 Peter Kimpton
Furiously great: Kamasi Washington

Furiously great: Kamasi Washington

A bumper crop of recent and new releases includes Damon Albarn back in 2D, Florence toning down the volume, an industrial political comeback from Nine Inch Nails, and a colossal work by a modern jazz great

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In albums, blues, country, dance music, electronica, folk, funk, garage, hip hop, indie, jazz, metal, pop, post-punk, punk, rock, soul Tags albums, new releases, Kamasi Washington, Kendrick Lamar, jazz, Gorillaz, Damon Albarn, Snoop Dogg, George Benson, Florence + The Machine, Florence Welch, Nine Inch Nails, Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Gwenifer Raymond, John Fahey, The Wave Pictures, David Tattersall, Let's Eat Grandma, Rosa Walton, Jenny Hollingworth, Thee Dagger Debs, Young Turks, Warner Bros, Virgin EMI, Republic, The Null Corporation, Tompkins Square, Moshi Moshi, Transgressive, Damaged Goods
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New albums: Johnny Marr, Sophie, Rolling BlackOuts Coastal Fever, Here Lies Man, Wilko Johnson

June 16, 2018 Peter Kimpton
Sophie: Fascinating, original and utterly different

Sophie: Fascinating, original and utterly different

The Smiths guitarist brings out his best solo album to date, Scotland’s Sophie creates otherworldly electronica pop, psych pop and rock from two other Australia and the US, plus the former Dr Feelgood guitarist brings pain relief

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In electronica, albums, blues, dance music, indie, pop, post-punk, rock, trip-hop Tags albums, new releases, Johnny Marr, The Smiths, Sophie, Rolling BlackOuts Coastal Fever, Here Lies Man, Wilko Johnson, Dr Feelgood, New Voodoo, Sub Pop, RidingEasy Records, Transgressive, Chess
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New albums: Gruff Rhys, Lily Allen, Lykke Li, Boy Azooga, Jorja Smith, Echo Ladies

June 8, 2018 Peter Kimpton
Modern dystopia: a gif for Gruff Rhys's Babelsberg

Modern dystopia: a gif for Gruff Rhys's Babelsberg

Wales and Sweden feature much this week, with interweaving solo artists’ melancholy-pop with the Furry Animals man, Lily Allen and Lykke Li, plus three promising debuts from Jorja Smith, Boy Azooga and Echo Ladies

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In albums, country, dance music, electronica, classical, indie, jazz, soul Tags Gruff Rhys, Super Furry Animals, Lily Allen, Lykke Li, Boy Azooga, Jorja Smith, Echo Ladies, Rough Trade, Parlophone, RCA, Heavenly Recordings, The Orchard, Sonic Cathedral
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New albums: Father John Misty, LUMP (Laura Marling / Mike Lindsay), Bodega, Neko Case, Warmduscher, Natalie Prass, Sam Evian, Morcheeba

June 1, 2018 Peter Kimpton
LUMP: Laura Marling and Mike Lindsay, inspired by the hairy one

LUMP: Laura Marling and Mike Lindsay, inspired by the hairy one

This week we lavish you with a bumper crop of top-quality LPs: ethereal beauty in a Laura Marling collaboration, Father John Misty parodying narcissism, brilliant Brooklyn punk band Bodega, blues funk from Warmduscher, and superb solo female work by Neko Case and Natalie Prass

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In albums, blues, country, dance music, electronica, folk, funk, garage, hip hop, indie, jazz, pop, post-punk, punk, rock, soul, trip-hop Tags Father John Misty, Josh Tillman, Laura Marling, Mike Lindsay, Tunng, new releases, albums, Bodega, Brooklyn, internet, Warmduscher, Saul Adamczewski, Lias Kaci Saoudi, The Moonlandingz, Insecure Men, Natalie Prass, Neko Case, Matthew E. White, Laura Veirs, Beth Ditto, Peter Bjorn and John, Sam Evian, Morcheeba, Root Manuva, Dead Oceans, Bella Union, What's Your Rupture?, The Leaf Label, ATO Records, ANTI Records, Saddle Creek Records, Fly Agaric Records
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New albums: Chvches, Tracyanne & Danny, Wooden Shjips, Lindi Ortega, A$AP Rocky, Agnes Obel & Various

May 29, 2018 Peter Kimpton
Heads up for Wooden Shjips

Heads up for Wooden Shjips

Synth-pop from the Scottish trio, a new collaboration featuring Camera Obscura’s singer, psych-rock from Wooden Shjips, filmic country from Lindi Ortega, braggadocio from Rocky A$AP, and a great new Late Night Tales

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In albums, country, dance music, electronica, folk, funk, hip hop, indie, pop, post-punk, rock, soul, jazz, soundtracks Tags songs, new releases, albums, Chvches, Lauren Mayberry, Glassnote Records, Virgin, Tracyanne & Danny, Tracyanne Campbell, Camera Obscura, Danny Coughlan, Crybaby, Edwyn Collins, Merge Records, Lindi Ortega, Quentin Tarantino, Wooden Shjips, Ripley Johnson, Thrill Jockey, A$AP Rocky, Skepta, Stormzy, Frank Ocean, Snoop Dogg, Moby, Agnes Obel, Ennio Morricone, Can, Yello, Ray Davies, Lee Hazlewood, Nora Dean, The Roger Webb Sound
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New albums: Courtney Barnett, ​​​​​​​Parquet Courts, Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks, Wax Chattels, Ryley Walker, Ray LaMontage, TT, Mary Lattimore, James Bay

May 18, 2018 Peter Kimpton
Courtney Barnett

Courtney Barnett

A bumper crop this week includes sharp lyricists Courtney Barnett and Stephen Malkmus, postpunk greats Parquet Courts, jazz indie from kiwis Wax Chattels, and a solo album by Warpaint’s singer and a lovely harp album

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In albums, classical, country, dance music, electronica, folk, funk, garage, hip hop, indie, jazz, pop, post-punk, punk, rock, soul Tags albums, new releases, Courtney Barnett, Parquet Courts, Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks, Pavement, Silver Jews, Wax Chattels, Ryley Walker, Ray LaMontagne, TT, Theresa Wayman, Warpaint, Mary Lattimore, James Bay
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New albums: Arctic Monkeys, La Luz, Beach House, Jess Williamson, Wajatta, Simian Mobile Disco, The Magic Numbers

May 12, 2018 Peter Kimpton
Arctic Monkeys. Boys to men.

Arctic Monkeys. Boys to men.

The Sheffield band return after four years with a very sixties sound, plus Jess Williamson’s acoustic philosophy, La Luz and a variety of psyche pop, dance and electronica from either sides of the Atlantic

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In albums, electronica, dance music, folk, indie, pop, post-punk, rock, soul Tags new releases, albums, Arctic Monkeys, Alex Turner, La Luz, Beach House, Jess Williamson, Wajatta, Reggie Watts, Simian Mobile Disco, The Magic Numbers, Domino Records, Hardly Art, Bella Union, Sub Pop, Mexican Summer, Comedy Dynamics, Wichita, Juno Records
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New albums: Eleanor Friedberger, Plan B, Jon Hopkins, Gaz Coombes, DJ Koze, Daniel Blumberg, Leon Bridges, Iceage

May 4, 2018 Peter Kimpton
The cover of Eleanor Friedberger's new album, Rebound

The cover of Eleanor Friedberger's new album, Rebound

A varied and fascinating selection of mainly solo artists decorate this week’s selection, including the former singers of Fiery Furnaces and Supergrass, two dance DJs, Plan B returning to soul, and Danish rockers Iceage

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In albums, dance music, electronica, folk, funk, garage, hip hop, indie, pop, post-punk, reggae, rock, soul, trip-hop Tags Eleanor Friedberger, Fiery Furnaces, Plan B, Jon Hopkins, Gaz Coombes, Supergrass, DJ Koze, Roisin Murphy, Daniel Blumberg, Leon Bridges, Iceage, Frenchkiss Records, Atlantic Records, 679 Records, Domino Records, Hot Fruit, Caroline International, Pampa Records, Mute Records, Columbia Records, Matador Records
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New albums: Janelle Monáe, Brian Eno, Blossoms, Okkervil River, Speedy Ortiz, We Are Scientists

April 27, 2018 Peter Kimpton
Janelle Monáe

Janelle Monáe

Funk, pop and rap from the Prince-influence Janelle Monae, Brian Eno’s art installation ambient work, plus an electric selection of British and American indie, rock and pop make up our latest selection

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In albums, dance music, electronica, folk, funk, hip hop, indie, pop, rock, soul Tags new releases, albums, Janelle Monáe, Brian Eno, Blossoms, Leo Abrahams, Okkervil River, Will Sheff, Speedy Ortiz, Sadie Dupuis, We Are Scientists, Bad Boy Records, UMC, ATO Records, Carpark Records, Virgin, EMI, 100% Records
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New albums: Drinks (Cate Le Bon), Alexis Taylor (Hot Chip), Jeffrey Lewis, Gurrumul, Sting & Shaggy, Perel

April 24, 2018 Peter Kimpton
A unique and beautiful voice: Geoffrey Gurrumul

A unique and beautiful voice: Geoffrey Gurrumul

This week’s selection includes a farewell from great blind Aboriginal singer, plus Kate Le Bon’s new collaboration, the Hot Chip singer, East Berliner Perel, a Jeffrey Lewis tribute to counterculture, and a strange joint album between Sting and Shaggy

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In albums, classical, electronica, folk, dance music, funk, garage, hip hop, indie, jazz, pop, post-punk, rock, soul, trip-hop, reggae Tags new releases, albums, Drinks, Cate Le Bon, Tim Presley, Alexis Taylor, Hot Chip, Jeffrey Lewis, Tuli Kupferberg, The Fugs, Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu, Perel, Sting, Shaggy, Annegret Fiedler
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New albums: EELS, Manic Street Preachers, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Kylie Minogue, Goat Girl, Ultimate Painting, Hop Along

April 4, 2018 Peter Kimpton
Goat Girl

Goat Girl

This week's selection sees EELS at their best, Unknown Mortal Orchestra rocking out, Kylie going country pop, Goat Girl on London life, the Manics coming back strong, and gentle guitar folk from Ultimate Painting and Hop Along

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In albums, country, dance music, electronica, folk, funk, garage, indie, pop, post-punk, rock, soul Tags new releases, albums, EELS, Mark Oliver Everett, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Ruban Nielson, E Works Records, Jagjaguwar, 4AD, Goat Girl, Rough Trade, Manic Street Preachers, Sony Records, Hop Along, Saddle Creek Records, Ultimate Painting, Bella Union, Kylie Minogue, BMG
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New albums: Cabbage, The Vaccines, Kacey Musgraves, Czarface & MF DOOM

March 30, 2018 Peter Kimpton
Cabbage. Serious political jokers.

Cabbage. Serious political jokers.

This week's selection covers political punk form Manchester's Cabbage the return of London rockers Vaccines, gay Nashville icon Kacey Musgraves and wondrous wordplay from MF DOOM and a Wu-Tang Clan friend

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In albums, country, hip hop, indie, pop, punk, rock Tags albums, new releases, Cabbage, The Vaccines, Kacey Musgraves, Czarface, MF DOOM, Wu-Tang Clan, Inspectah Deck, MC Esoteric, 7L
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New albums: Jack White, Sunflower Bean, Cavern Of Anti-Matter, Preoccupations, George Ezra, Led Zeppelin (live)

March 20, 2018 Peter Kimpton
Jack White returns with his third solo album

Jack White returns with his third solo album

The White Stripes man returns with his third solo effort, plus big-voiced pop folk star George Ezra, New York rockers Sunflower Bean, synth experimenters Cavern Of Anti-Matter, postpunkers Preoccupations and a reissue of a classic Led Zep live album

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In albums, blues, country, folk, indie, pop, rock, soul Tags new releases, albums, Jack White, The White Stripes, Sunflower Bean, Cavern of Anti-Matter, Preoccupations, Led Zeppelin, Third Man Records, Jagjaguwar, Duophonic, Lucky Number, George Ezra, Columbia Records
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New albums: Yo La Tengo, Cut Chemist, Creep Show (John Grant/Wrangler), The Decemberists, plus Thundercat remix

March 13, 2018 Peter Kimpton
Creep Show, a collaboration between John Grant and Stephen Mallinder (ex-Cabaret Voltaire, now with Wrangler)

Creep Show, a collaboration between John Grant and Stephen Mallinder (ex-Cabaret Voltaire, now with Wrangler)

On this week's new selection, John Grant joins forces with ex-Cabaret Voltaire's Stephen Mallinder, now with Wrangler, along with Yo La Tengo, fresh raps with Coldcut, The Decemberists and a remix of Thundercat's already classic album Drunk

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In albums, dance music, electronica, funk, hip hop, indie, jazz, pop, post-punk, rock, soul, trip-hop Tags albums, new releases, Yo La Tengo, Cut Chemist, Creep Show, John Grant, Wrangler, Stephen Mallinder, Cabaret Voltaire, DJ Shadow, Deantoni Parks, The Mars Volta, Biz Markie, tUnE-yArDs, Farmer Dave Scher, Dexter Story, Chali 2na, Hymnal, The Decemberists, Thundercat, OG Ron C, The Chopstars
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New albums: David Byrne, Young Fathers, Whyte Horses, Ady Suleiman, Editors

March 9, 2018 Peter Kimpton
David Byrne. Forever positive.

David Byrne. Forever positive.

This week's selection includes a first solo album for 18 years from the ex-Talking Heads frontman, the acclaimed Edinburgh tirp-hop trio, the enigmatic Manchester psych band, and a singer-songwriter

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In albums, dance music, electronica, hip hop, indie, pop, rock, soul, trip-hop Tags new releases, albums, David Byrne, Brian Eno, Talking Heads, Young Fathers, Whyte Horses, Ady Suleiman, Todomundo, Nonesuch Records, Ninja Tune, CRC Music, Pemba, Editors, Judas Priest, Columbia Records, PIAS
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New albums: The Breeders, Go-Kart Mozart, Superorganism, Suuns, Phobophobes, Gwenno, Jonathan Wilson

March 2, 2018 Peter Kimpton
The Breeders return with their first album for 10 years

The Breeders return with their first album for 10 years

Kim Deal and co return with their first for decade, Lawrence pops up with Go-Kart Mozart, plus Superorganism, Suuns, Phobophobes, Gwenno and Jonathan Wilson

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In albums, electronica, folk, indie, pop, post-punk, punk, rock Tags The Breeders, Go-Kart Mozart, Felt, Superorganism, Suuns, Phobophobes, Gwenno, Jonathan Wilson, Kim Deal
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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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