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New albums: The Flaming Lips, Purple Mountains, Blood Orange, Banks, IDER, Sarathy Korwar, Various (Frightened Rabbit tribute)

August 3, 2019 Peter Kimpton
From The Flaming Lip’s an immersive art exhibition to accompany their new album, King’s Mouth.

From The Flaming Lip’s an immersive art exhibition to accompany their new album, King’s Mouth.

A catchup of recent releases includes The Flaming Lips going concept again with with their best for years, Silver Jews frontman David Berman’s new band, innovations from IDER, Blood Orange and Banks and an all-star Frightened Rabbit tribute

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In albums, ambient, dance music, electronica, experimental, folk, hip hop, indie, jazz, metal, pop, punk, rock, funk, trip-hop, soul Tags albums, new releases, The Flaming Lips, Purple Mountains, David Berman, Silver Jews, Blood Orange, Banks, IDER, Sarathy Korwar, Frightened Rabbit, Scott Hutchison, Biffy Clyro, Daughter, The Hold Steady, Sarah Silverman, The National, Drag City, Bella Union, Glassnote Records, The Leaf Label, Domino Records, Atlantic Records, Harvest Records
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New albums: black midi, Hot Chip, Mark Ronson, Prince, The Raconteurs, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Black Pumas, Luedji Luna, Merz, Bedouine, Hatchie, Titus Andronicus, Divino Niño, Bad Breeding

June 25, 2019 Peter Kimpton
Knockout stuff: black midi

Knockout stuff: black midi

This week’s huge selection includes the buzzy experimentalists black midi, rave pop from Hot Chip, funk from Georgia Anne Mulgrow, beautiful folk by Bedouine, soul from Black Pumas, and original versions from the Prince vault

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In African, albums, ambient, blues, dance music, electronica, experimental, folk, funk, hip hop, indie, jazz, metal, pop, post-punk, punk, reggae, rock, soul, soundtracks, traditional Tags new releases, albums, black midi, Hot Chip, Mark Ronson, Miley Cyrus, Lykke Li, Prince, The Raconteurs, Jack White, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Black Pumas, Luedji Luna, Merz, Bedouine, Hatchie, Titus Andronicus, Divino Niño, Bad Breeding, Rough Trade, Domino Records, Mello Music Group, ATO Records, Stems Records, Dampfzentrale, Laraaji, Ismaily, Third Man Records, Spacebomb Records, Heavenly Recordings, Merge Records, Columbia Records, Winspear Records, One Little Indian, Warner Bros, Tidal Records
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New albums: Bill Callahan, Kate Tempest, Bruce Springsteen, Radiohead, Calexico/Iron & Wine, Baroness, Jordan Rakei, Crumbs, Tusks, The Catenary Wires

June 19, 2019 Peter Kimpton
Strong likeness: detail from the cover of Bill Callahan’s Shepherd In A Sheepskin

Strong likeness: detail from the cover of Bill Callahan’s Shepherd In A Sheepskin

A mellowness touches the landscape of this week’s releases, with various artists taking a more reflective, gentler direction, with a beauty from Bill Callahan, a more personal Kate Tempest, a lusher Bruce Springsteen and more

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In albums, ambient, blues, country, dance music, electronica, experimental, folk, funk, hip hop, jazz, indie, metal, pop, post-punk, rock, soul Tags Songs, albums, new releases, Bill Callahan, Smog, Kate Tempest, Bruce Springsteen, Radiohead, Calexico, Iron & Wine, Baroness, Jordan Rakei, Crumb, Tusks, Emily Underhill, The Catenary Wires, Drag City, Fiction Records, Columbia Records, Bandcamp, City Slang, Abraxan Hymns, Ninja Tune, Crumb Records, One Little Indian, Tapete
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New albums: Richard Hawley, Madonna, Lee 'Scratch' Perry, Skepta, Psychedelic Porn Crumpets, Pip Blom, Sacred Paws, Yonaka

June 4, 2019 Peter Kimpton
Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry, from the video for Let It Rain

Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry, from the video for Let It Rain

A mixture of old-timers and young bucks make up this week’s selection, from the youthful Amsterdam indie band debutants Pip Blom to the dub legend Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry releasing one of his finest and most eccentric records yet

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In African, albums, ambient, blues, country, dance music, electronica, experimental, folk, funk, garage, hip hop, indie, metal, pop, post-punk, punk, reggae, rock, soul, traditional, dub Tags albums, new releases, Richard Hawley, Madonna, Lee 'Scratch' Perry, Skepta, Psychedelic Porn Crumpets, Pip Blom, Sacred Paws, Yonaka, Adrian Sherwood, BMG, Interscope, Live Nation, Maverick, On-U Sound Records, Boy Better Know Records, Marathon Artists, Heavenly Recordings, Rock Action Records, Atlantic Records
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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: 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: 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: 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: 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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Gazelle Twin to Villagers: favourite albums of 2018 – part 2

December 30, 2018 Peter Kimpton
Gazelle Twin - aka Elizabeth Bernholz, pushing the musical boundaries on Brexit Britain, past and present, with her extraordinary album Pastoral

Gazelle Twin - aka Elizabeth Bernholz, pushing the musical boundaries on Brexit Britain, past and present, with her extraordinary album Pastoral

The second part of our roundup of outstanding albums of 2018, in alphabetical order by title, marked by a number of great debuts from young bands, as well as more established artists releasing their best work to date

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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, reggae, rock, soul, trip-hop Tags albums, new releases, Marlowe, L'Orange, Solemn Brigham, Mattiel, Hookworms, Go-Kart Mozart, Lawrence, Creep Show, John Grant, Stephen Mallinder, Cabbage, Cabaret Voltaire, Field Music, Gazelle Twin, White Denim, The Nightingales, Farao, Ólafur Arnalds, Ought, First Aid Kit, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, The Orielles, Jon Hopkins, Thee Oh Sees, Shame, Tunng, Jon Spencer, Courtney Barnett, Villagers, Suede, Josh T Pearson, Arctic Monkeys, Ezra Furman, Sunflower Bean, Wax Chattels, Parquet Courts, Jeffrey Lewis, Olivia Chaney, Hen Oggled, Richard Dawson, Domino Records
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Anna Calvi to Idles: favourite albums of 2018 – part 1

December 29, 2018 Peter Kimpton
Dystopia depicted: Gruff Rhys’s album Babelsberg

Dystopia depicted: Gruff Rhys’s album Babelsberg

The first part of our annual roundup of notable albums includes several great debuts by young bands, plus work that reflects dystopian political turmoil, gender issues and growing human relationship with technology

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In albums, blues, country, classical, dance music, electronica, experimental, folk, funk, garage, hip hop, indie, jazz, metal, pop, post-punk, punk, reggae, rock, soul Tags albums, new releases, BEAK, The Breeders, Franz Ferdinand, David Byrne, Julia Holter, Gruff Rhys, Jack White, Paul Steel, Young Fathers, Aphex Twin, Czarface, MF DOOM, Joan As Policewoman, Mastersystem, Scott Hutchison, Frightened Rabbit, Low, Trembling Bells, Whyte Horses, The Beths, Goat Girl, Father John Misty, Kamasi Washington, Drinks, Cate Le Bon, Bodega, Teleman, Kathryn Joseph, Anna Calvi, IDLES, Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs, Gwenno, LUMP, Laura Marling, Mike Lindsay, Django Django, BC Camplight, Dream Wife
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New albums: J Mascis, Liela Moss, Muse, Part Time, Laura Jane Grace, Boygenius and various

November 10, 2018 Peter Kimpton
Liela Moss

Liela Moss

It’s indie week in every way, including solo projects by singers from Dinosaur Jr., The Duke Spirit, and Against Me!, plus Muse doing a full-on dystopia, Part Time, and German post-punk compilation

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In albums, ambient, electronica, experimental, folk, funk, metal, pop, post-punk, punk, rock Tags albums, new releases, J Mascis, Dinosaur Jr., Liela Moss, The Duke Spirit, Part Time, David Loca, Muse, Laura Jane Grace and the Devouring Mothers, Against Me!, JD Twitch, Die Haut, Sprung Aus Den Wolken, Malaria!, Leben Und Arbeiten, Mania D, Boygenius, Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers, Lucy Dacus, Sub Pop, Bella Union, Tough Love, Warner Bros, Bloodshot Records, Strut Records, Matador Records
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New albums: Cat Power, The Nightingales, Molly Burch, Phosphorescent, Marie Davidson, Fucked Up, Cypress Hill, Kristin Hersh, The Blinders, Echo & the Bunnymen

October 5, 2018 Peter Kimpton
Molly Burch

Molly Burch

Cat Power’s blues-folk to angry techno from Marie Davidson, cross-genre punk from Fucked Up, punchy postpunk by the NIghtingales, to reworked and tracks by Echo and the Bunnymen? This week’s selection offers something for everyone

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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 new releases, albums, Cat Power, Chan Marshall, The Nightingales, Molly Burch, Phosphorescent, Matthew Houck, Marie Davidson, Fucked Up, Cypress Hill, The Blinders, Kristin Hersh, Echo & The Bunnymen, Ian McCulloch, Will Sergeant, Domino Records, Tiny Global Productions, Captured Tracks, Dead Oceans, Ninja Tune, Merge Records, BMG, WMG, Fire Records
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New albums: Villagers, Chic & Nile Rodgers, Amber Arcades, The Joy Formidable, Pigs x 7, Mudhoney, Max Cooper

September 28, 2018 Peter Kimpton
Villagers’ Conor O’Brien

Villagers’ Conor O’Brien

A beauty from Villagers, an modern update attempt by Nile Rodgers, blistering metal by Pigs x 7, Brexit lament by Amber Arcades, plus The Joy Formidable, Mudhoney and Max Cooper make up this week’s selection

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In albums, ambient, dance music, electronica, folk, funk, hip hop, indie, metal, pop, post-punk, punk, rock, soul, trip-hop, experimental Tags songs, albums, new releases, Villagers, Chic, Nile Rodgers, Amber Arcades, The Joy Formidable, Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs, Mudhoney, Max Cooper, Domino Records, Virgin, Virgin EMI, Heavenly Recordings, Hassle Records, Rocket Recordings, Sub Pop
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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: 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: Josh T. Pearson, The Damned, Laura Veirs, Slug, Daniel Avery, Hinds, Wiley, Derek Smalls/Harry Shearer

April 11, 2018 Peter Kimpton
Josh T. Pearson, a new beardless look on his new album cover

Josh T. Pearson, a new beardless look on his new album cover

The Texan returns with more forceful work, The Damned show more than punk, plus comedy rock from Harry Shearer, psych folk from Laura Veirs, Daniel Avery electrionica, Wiley's grime and offbeat indie from Slug and Hinds

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In albums, blues, country, dance music, electronica, folk, funk, garage, hip hop, pop, metal, punk, post-punk, rock, soul Tags new releases, albums, Josh T Pearson, The Damned, Captain Sensible, Dave Vanian, Laura Veirs, Slug, Daniel Avery, Hinds, Wiley, Harry Shearer, Derek Smalls, This is Spinal Tap, Steely Dan, Donald Fagen, David Crosby, Rick Wakeman, The Simpsons
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Dec 9, 2025
Dove Ellis: Blizzard
Dec 9, 2025

New album: An extraordinarily mature, passionate, poetic, and outstandingly powerful debut by the Manchester-based Galway-born singer-songwriter, whose soaring delivery has instant echoes of Jeff Buckley and lyrics that go above and beyond

Dec 9, 2025
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Dec 5, 2025
Ólöf Arnalds: Spíra
Dec 5, 2025

New album: A gorgeous, delicate, ethereal first release in a decade by the Icelandic singer-songwriter, acoustic instruments and her gentle, high, pure voice, all in her native language, caressing this listening experience like pure waters of some slowly trickling glacial stream

Dec 5, 2025
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Dec 5, 2025
Melody's Echo Chamber: Unclouded
Dec 5, 2025

New album: A fourth album, here full of delicious uplifting, dreamily chic, psychedelic soul pop by the French musician Melody Prochet, with bright, upbeat, optimistic numbers and a title lifted from a quote by the acclaimed Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki, about achieving equilibrium

Dec 5, 2025
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Dec 2, 2025
anaiis: Devotion & The Black Divine
Dec 2, 2025

New album: Following a summer Song of the Day - Deus Deus, a review of the autumn release and third LP by the London-based French-Senegalese singer-songwriter of resonantly beautiful, dynamic, sensual soul, gospel, R&B and experimental and chamber pop, with themes of new motherhood, uncertainty, religion, self-love and acceptance

Dec 2, 2025
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Nov 26, 2025
De La Soul: Cabin In The Sky
Nov 26, 2025

New album: The hip-hop veterans return with their first without, yet including the voice of, and a tribute to, founding member Trugoy the Dove, AKA Dave Jolicoeur who passed away in 2023, alongside many hip-hop luminary guests, with trademark playful skits, and all themed around the afterlife

Nov 26, 2025
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Nov 26, 2025
The Mountain Goats: Through This Fire Across From Peter Balkan
Nov 26, 2025

New album: An evocative musical journey of a concept album by the indie-folk band from Claremont, California, fronted by singer-songwriter John Darnielle, based on a dream of his in 2023 about a voyage to a fictional island by the titular captain, charting adventure, wonder and tragedy

Nov 26, 2025
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Nov 26, 2025
Allie X: Happiness Is Going To Get You
Nov 26, 2025

New album: A hugely entertaining, witty, droll, inventive, chamber and synth-pop fourth LP with a goth twist by the charismatic and theatrical Canadian artist Alexandra Hughes, who brings paradox and dark themes through sounds that include string quartet, harpsichord, classical and pure pop piano with killer lyrics

Nov 26, 2025
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Nov 25, 2025
Tortoise: Touch
Nov 25, 2025

New album: A welcome return with a cinematic and mesmeric groove-filled first studio LP in nine years, and the eighth over all by the eclectic Chicago post-rock/jazz/krautrock multi-instrumentalists Dan Bitney, John Herndon, Douglas McCombs, John McEntire and Jeff Parker

Nov 25, 2025
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Nov 24, 2025
Haley Heynderickx and Max García Conover: What of Our Nature
Nov 24, 2025

New album: Beautiful, precise, poignant and poetic new folk numbers inspired by the life and music style of Woody Guthrie as the Portland, Oregon and New Yorker, now Portland, Maine-based singer-songwriters bring a delicious duet album, alternating and sharing songs covering a variety of forever topical social issues

Nov 24, 2025
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Nov 24, 2025
Oneohtrix Point Never: Tranquilizer
Nov 24, 2025

New album: Ambient, otherworldly, cinematic, mesmeric, and at times very odd, the Brooklyn-based electronic artist and producer Daniel Lopatin returns with a new nostalgia-based concept – constructing tracks from lost-then-refound Y2K CDs of 1990s and early 2000s royalty-free sample electronic sounds

Nov 24, 2025
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Nov 24, 2025
Iona Zajac: Bang
Nov 24, 2025

New album: A powerful, stirring, passionate and mature debut LP by the 29-year-old Glasgow-based Scottish singer with Polish and Ukrainian heritage who has toured as the new Pogues singer, and whose alternative folk songs capture raw emotions and the experience of modern womanhood, with echoes of PJ Harvey, Patti Smith, Aldous Harding and Lankum

Nov 24, 2025
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Nov 19, 2025
Austra: Chin Up Buttercup
Nov 19, 2025

New album: This fifth studio LP as Austra by the Canadian classically trained vocalist and composer Katie Stelmanis brings beautiful electronica-pop and dance music, and has a bittersweet ironic title – a caustically witty reference to societal pressure to keep smiling despite a devastating breakup

Nov 19, 2025
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Nov 18, 2025
Mavis Staples: Sad and Beautiful World
Nov 18, 2025

New album: A timelessly classy release by the veteran soul, blues and gospel singer and social activist from the Staples Singers, in a release of wonderfully moving and poignant cover versions, beautifully interpreting works by artists including Tom Waits, Curtis Mayfield, Leonard Cohen, and Gillian Welch

Nov 18, 2025
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Nov 18, 2025
Stella Donnelly: Love and Fortune
Nov 18, 2025

New album: Finely crafted, stripped back musical simplicity combined with complex melancholic emotions mark out this beautiful, poetic, and deeply personal third folk-pop LP by the Australian singer-songwriter reflecting on the past and present

Nov 18, 2025

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Dec 12, 2025
Song of the Day: Peter Perrett - PROUD TO BE SELF-HATING (irony and provocation)
Dec 12, 2025

Song of the Day: The veteran British artist, originally frontman of The Only Ones, and now with three solo albums, who actually has Jewish heritage, releases a gently powerful, nuanced, pro-Palestine acoustic number as a response to ongoing genocide by the Israeli government, out on Domino Records

Dec 12, 2025
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Dec 11, 2025
Song of the Day: Maddie Ashman - Jaded
Dec 11, 2025

Song of the Day: Magical, delicate, eclectic, intricate, experimental microtonal music by the London musician and singer, released alongside a longer track, In Autumn My Heart Breaks

Dec 11, 2025
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Dec 10, 2025
Song of the Day: Ye Vagabonds - The Flood
Dec 10, 2025

Song of the Day: Wonderfully warm, rich, lively fiddle-driven Irish folk by the award-winning band fronted by Carlow brothers Brían and Diarmuid Mac Gloinn with a heartbreaking number about the housing crisis, heralding their upcoming new album, All Tied Together, out on Rough Trade’s River Lea Recordings on 30 January

Dec 10, 2025
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Dec 9, 2025
Song of the Day: DBA! A Poet And A Clown
Dec 9, 2025

Song of the Day: Catchy fuzz-guitar indie rock with a swagger by the Liverpool-formed trio of Sam Warren, James Lindberg and Joshua Grant in a song described as “a confessional story of desire tangled with religious guilt”

Dec 9, 2025
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Dec 8, 2025
Song of the Day: Puma Blue - Croak Dream
Dec 8, 2025

Song of the Day: A dark, esoteric, mysterious and stylish title track with a hint of Radiohead and playing with the idea of knowing your future death, from the experimental indie/goth/ambient London artist Jacob Allen’s forthcoming album out on 6 February via Play It Again Sam

Dec 8, 2025
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Dec 7, 2025
Song of the Day: ELIZA - Anyone Else
Dec 7, 2025

Song of the Day: Stripped-back, bluesy, fuzzy funk with slight echoes of Prince and alt-R&B are conjured up in this love song by the London-based singer-songwriter Eliza Caird, her first single for two years, now off the mainstream and out on Log Off Records

Dec 7, 2025
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Dec 6, 2025
Song of the Day: Tiga (featuring Fcukers) - Silk Scarf
Dec 6, 2025

Song of the Day: A fun, sensual, quirkily oddball electronica dance single with a slick, fetish-flirtatious ode to a favourite smooth material by the Montreal musician (Tiga James Sontag) joined here with vocals by the New York band (Shanny Wise and Jackson Walker Lewis), and heralding Tiga’s upcoming album Hotlife, out in April on Secret City Records

Dec 6, 2025
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Dec 5, 2025
Song of the Day: Flea - A Plea
Dec 5, 2025

Song of the Day: A striking, powerful new single by the Red Hot Chilli Peppers bassist (aka Michael Balzary), who brings a fusion of jazz and spoken word with a fabulous band on an impassioned number about the state of the US in a culture of hatred, social and political tensions, out now on Nonesuch Records

Dec 5, 2025
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Dec 4, 2025
Song of the Day: The Lemon Twigs - I've Got A Broken Heart
Dec 4, 2025

Song of the Day: Despite the title, this new double-A single (with Friday I’m Gonna Love You) has a wonderfully uplifting guitar-jangling beauty, with echoes of The Byrds and Stone Roses, but is of course the brilliant 60s and 70s retro sound of the Long Island brothers Brian and Michael D'Addario, out on Captured Tracks

Dec 4, 2025
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Dec 3, 2025
Song of the Day: Alewya - Night Drive (featuring Dagmawit Ameha)
Dec 3, 2025

Song of the Day: A sensual, stylish, dreamy electro-pop single by the striking British singer-songwriter, producer, multidisciplinary artist and model Alewya Demmisse, musically influenced by her rich Ethiopian-Egyptian heritage and early childhood upbringings in Saudi Arabia and Sudan

Dec 3, 2025
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Dec 2, 2025
Song of the Day: Radio Free Alice - Rule 31
Dec 2, 2025

Song of the Day: Stirring, passionate indie postpunk by the band based in Melbourne, Australia, with echoes of The Cure’s core sound, new wave, and 90s indie-rock influences, and out on Double Drummer

Dec 2, 2025
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Dec 1, 2025
Song of the Day: Sailor Honeymoon - Armchair
Dec 1, 2025

Song of the Day: Catchy, punchy, fuzz-guitar indie rock with a droll lyrical delivery and some echoes of Wet Leg come in this new single by the trio from Seoul, South Korea, out on Good Good Records

Dec 1, 2025

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Dec 4, 2025
Word of the week: crapulence
Dec 4, 2025

Word of the week: A term that may apply regularly during Xmas party season, from the from the Latin crapula, in turn from the Greek kraipálē meaning "drunkenness" or "headache" pertains to sickness symptoms caused by excess in eating or drinking, or general intemperance and overindulgence

Dec 4, 2025
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Nov 20, 2025
Word of the week: discalceate
Nov 20, 2025

Word of the week: A rarely used, but often practised verb, especially when arriving home, it means to take off your shoes, but is also a slightly more common adjective meaning barefoot or unshod, particularly for certain religious orders that wear sandals instead of shoes. But in what context does this come up in song?

Nov 20, 2025
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Nov 6, 2025
Word of the week: erythrophyll
Nov 6, 2025

Word of the week: A seasonally topical word relating to the the red pigment of tree leaves, fruits and flowers, that appears particularly when changing in autumn, as opposed to the green effect of chlorophyll, from the Greek erythros for red, and phyll for leaves. But what of songs about this?

Nov 6, 2025
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Oct 22, 2025
Word of the week: fennec
Oct 22, 2025

Word of the week: It’s a small pale-fawn nocturnal fox with unusually large, highly sensitive ears, that inhabits from African and Arab deserts areas from Western Sahara and Mauritania to the Sinai Peninsula. But has it ever been seen in a song?

Oct 22, 2025
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Oct 9, 2025
Word of the week: gongoozler
Oct 9, 2025

Word of the week: A fabulous old English slang term for someone who tends to stand or sit for long periods staring at the passing of boats on canals, sometimes with a derogatory or at least ironic use for someone who is useless or lazy. But what of songs about this activity and culture?

Oct 9, 2025
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