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New albums: Ezra Furman, Taylor Swift, Rapsody, Sheer Mag, Jay Som, Miles Davis, Tropical Fuck Storm, Modern Nature, Raphael Saadiq, Rowan Rheingans, Shannon Lay

September 4, 2019 Peter Kimpton
Ezra Furman

Ezra Furman

A return to humorous pop for Taylor Swift, a dirty dozen of postpunk angst by Ezra Furman, and a hip hop album dedicated to black female icons by Rapsody are among the this week’s selection

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In albums, ambient, blues, country, dance music, electronica, experimental, folk, funk, hip hop, indie, jazz, metal, pop, post-punk, punk, soul, trip-hop, psychedelia Tags albums, new releases, Ezra Furman, Taylor Swift, Rapsody, Sheer Mag, Jay Som, Miles Davis, Tropical Fuck Storm, Modern Nature, Raphael Saadiq, Rowan Rheingan, Shannon Lay, Bella Union, Republic, Roc Nation, Wilsuns RC, Polyvinyl, Flightless Records, Rhino Records, Warner Bros, Columbia Records, Red Dress Records, Sub Pop
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New albums: Sleater-Kinney, The Murder Capital, Shura, The Hold Steady, Ride, Blanck Mass, Oh Sees, Friendly Fires, Kurt Vile, King Gizzard and TLW, The Rails

August 30, 2019 Peter Kimpton
Shura

Shura

Cracking returns from Sleater-Kinney, The Murder Capital, Ride, Oh Sees, The Hold Steady, and some Prince-style funk pop from Manchester’s Shura are among this week’s latest roundup of album releases

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In albums, ambient, dance music, electronica, folk, funk, experimental, indie, jazz, metal, pop, post-punk, punk, rock, rocksteady, soul, traditional Tags albums, new releases, Sleater-Kinney, The Murder Capital, Shura, The Hold Steady, Ride, Blanck Mass, Thee Oh Sees, Friendly Fires, Kurt Vile, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, The Rails, St Vincent, Richard and Linda Thompson, Fuck Buttons, Mom + Pop Records, Human Season Records, Secretly Canadian, Sacred Bones Records, Psychonaut Sounds, Casablanca Records, Polydor, Castle Face, Wichita, Mexican Summer, Frenchkiss Records, Flightless Records
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New albums: Bon Iver, Marika Hackman, Chali 2na and Krafty Kuts, Fionn Regan, The Regrettes, Trippie Redd, Rắn Cạp Đuôi Collective

August 14, 2019 Peter Kimpton
Marika Hackman

Marika Hackman

The American indie folk band return with their newly alternative fourth, the British singer-songwriter has a direct and earthy breakup, the ex-Jurassic 5 rapper joins forces, plus other wonders including an album inspired by Vietnamese monsoons

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In albums, ambient, dance music, experimental, electronica, folk, hip hop, garage, indie, pop, post-punk, punk, rock, soul Tags albums, new releases, Bon Iver, Marika Hackman, Chali 2na, Krafty Kuts, Fionn Regan, The Regrettes, Trippie Redd, Rắn Cạp Đuôi Collective, Jagjaguwar, EMI, Manphibian Music, Abbey Records, Warner Bros, Caroline Records, Bandcamp
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New albums: Ty Segall, Francis Lung, Mabel, Clairo, Föllakzoid, Cross Record, Nérija, Native Harrow, Haiku Salut, Tyler Childers, Teskey Brothers, Mick Trouble

August 7, 2019 Peter Kimpton
New art … Ty Segall

New art … Ty Segall

A bumper selection includes a lauded 13th album by the Californian rocker, Mancunian musician Francis Lung, Mabel the daughter of Neneh Cherry, and a project for a new electronica soundtrack to a Buster Keaton film

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In albums, ambient, blues, classical, country, dance music, dub, electronica, experimental, folk, funk, garage, hip hop, indie, jazz, metal, post-punk, pop, punk, reggae, rock, soul, soundtracks, traditional Tags albums, new releases, Ty Segall, Francis Lung, Tom McClung, Mabel, Neneh Cherry, Clairo, Föllakzoid, Cross Record, Nérija, Native Harrow, Haiku Salut, Tyler Childers, The Teskey Brothers, Mick Trouble, Drag City, Memphis Industries, Polydor, Fader Label, Sacred Bones Records, Ba Da Bing! Records, Domino Records, Different Time Records, Secret Name Records, RCA, Decca, Emotional Response, Rough Trade
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New albums: Chance The Rapper, Kaiser Chiefs, Lloyd Cole, Burna Boy, Violent Femmes, School of Language, Karine Polwart

August 4, 2019 Peter Kimpton
Sparkling ideas? Chance The Rapper

Sparkling ideas? Chance The Rapper

Bright sparks of the 80s attempt past glories, as do Kaiser Chiefs, Nigeria’s Burna Boy brings Africa to grime, but a Trump satire, Chance The Rapper’s wedding album and Karine Polwart’s covers are this week’s standout releases

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In African, albums, ambient, blues, country, dance music, electronica, experimental, funk, folk, hip hop, indie, pop, post-punk, rock, soul, trip-hop Tags albums, new releases, Chance The Rapper, Kaiser Chiefs, Lloyd Cole, Burna Boy, Violent Femmes, School of Language, Field Music, Karine Polwart, Ear Music, Polydor, Atlantic Records, Memphis Industries, PIAS, Hegri Records
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New albums: Thom Yorke, The Black Keys, The Tallest Man On Earth, Tunng, Molly, House and Land, Body Type, 75 Dollar Bill, Kim Petras

July 9, 2019 Peter Kimpton
From Paul Thomas Anderson’s film to Thom Yorke’s Anima

From Paul Thomas Anderson’s film to Thom Yorke’s Anima

The latest roundup includes the Radiohead frontman’s collaboration with Paul Thomas Anderson, a return for The Black Keys, beautiful heights by The Tallest Man On Earth, plus a variety of indie, pop and mostly folk in many forms

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In African, albums, ambient, blues, country, dance music, electronica, experimental, folk, indie, jazz, pop, post-punk, rock, soul, traditional, trip-hop Tags albums, new releases, Thom Yorke, Radiohead, Nigel Godrich, Paul Thomas Anderson, The Black Keys, The Tallest Man On Earth, Molly, House and Land, Tunng, Body Type, 75 Dollar Bill, Kim Petras, XL Recordings, Nonesuch Records, Rivers Records, Birds Records, Sonic Cathedral, Thrill Jockey, Full Time Hobby, Partisan Records, Inertia Music, tak:til Records, Thin Wrist Records, Bunhead 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: Peter Perrett, The Divine Comedy, Vanishing Twin, Wovoka Gentle, Mattiel, Aurora, Pixx, Jake Xerxes Fussell, Plaid, Younghusband

June 11, 2019 Peter Kimpton
The one and only Peter Perrett

The one and only Peter Perrett

A second great solo album by the former The Only Ones frontman, bright, witty work by The Divine Comedy, and outstanding innovation from Wovoka Gentle, Pixx, Mattiel and more make up this week’s roundup of releases

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In albums, ambient, blues, country, electronica, experimental, folk, funk, indie, pop, post-punk, punk, rock Tags albums, new releases, Peter Perrett, The Only Ones, Divine Comedy, Neil Hannon, Vanishing Twin, Mattiel, Aurora, Pixx, Jake  Xerxes Fussell, Plaid, Younghusband, Domino Records, Fire Records, Nude Records, Heavenly Recordings, ATO Records, Decca, 4AD, Paradise of Bachelors, Warp Records, Opposite Number
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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: Clinic, Holly Herndon, Mac Demarco, Viagra Boys, AA Bondy, Jamila Woods, The Mystery Lights, Laurence Pike, Death And Vanilla

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

Clinic: summoning wonderfully woozy images of 1970s showbiz

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

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

May 8, 2019 Peter Kimpton
Russia’s Kedr Livanskiy

Russia’s Kedr Livanskiy

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

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

May 3, 2019 Peter Kimpton
Deliciously eccentric: Aldous Harding

Deliciously eccentric: Aldous Harding

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

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

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

Fat White Family – seamless dipped in humorous wooziness

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

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

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

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

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

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

April 9, 2019 Peter Kimpton
Natalie Mering aka Weyes Blood

Natalie Mering aka Weyes Blood

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ibibio Sound Machine’s Eno Williams

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

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In albums, ambient, classical, country, dance music, electronica, experimental, funk, folk, indie, jazz, pop, post-punk, punk, soul Tags albums, new releases, Lambchop, Kurt Wagner, Ibibio Sound Machine, These New Puritans, Lucy Rose, Jenny Lewis, The Hare and Hoofe, Olcay Bahir, Jayda G, City Slang, Merge Records, Infectious Records, Communion Records, Warner Bros, Arc Music, Ninja Tune
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Mar 25, 2026
Ellie O'Neill: Time of Fallow
Mar 25, 2026

New album: A gorgeous, delicate debut folk LP by the Dublin-based singer-songwriter from County Meath with an exquisite voice, not unlike that of Joni Mitchell, that hovers and rises with expressive control, with themes of memory, grief, desire, and self-reckoning

Mar 25, 2026
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Mar 25, 2026
Ladytron: Paradises
Mar 25, 2026

New album: Following 2023’s Time’s Arrow, the Liverpool synth-pop band fronted by Helen Marnie, now a trio, return with substantial 16-track eighth LP that combines simplicity of chord progressions with rich textures, styles retro and futuristic with classic, catchy pop melodies

Mar 25, 2026
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Mar 25, 2026
Grace Ives: Girlfriend
Mar 25, 2026

New album: Best known as a bedroom pop artist on her DIY produced first two LPs, the New Yorker returns with an expanded sound of eclectic, striking synth-pop, fuelled by a sense of personal and musical rebirth, inspired by some Californian sunshine where she recorded, and referencing an escape from addictions

Mar 25, 2026
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Mar 23, 2026
Tinariwen: Hoggar
Mar 23, 2026

New album: After 2023’s Amatssou, the collective of Tuareg musicians from the Sahara region of southern Algeria and of northern Mali return with a 10th LP iteration of their signature desert blues style sung in Tamasheq, and joined this time by younger younger musicians from the bands Imarhan and Terakaft, as well as guests José González and Sulafa Elyas

Mar 23, 2026
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Mar 23, 2026
Avalon Emerson & The Charm: Written Into Changes
Mar 23, 2026

New album: A fabulous, bright, catchy and expanded, more live sound by the innovative New York multi-instrumentalist of experimental indie and synth-pop, moving on from the more bedroom feel of her first self-titled & The Charm LP, and here with lyrical themes of personal and relationship evolution

Mar 23, 2026
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Mar 22, 2026
Anna Calvi: Is This All There Is?
Mar 22, 2026

New EP: A powerful, passionate, dynamic return by the extraordinary singer-songwiter and guitarist on a four-track EP, in which she duets with Iggy Pop, Perfume Genius, Laurie Anderson and The National’s Matt Berninger, and the first of a trilogy

Mar 22, 2026
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Mar 19, 2026
Book of Churches: Book of Churches
Mar 19, 2026

New album: Beautiful, tender, melancholic and poetic, a walking-pace acoustic folk and Americana debut solo release by the singer-songwriter Felix Mackenzie-Barrow, co-lead singer with the Nottingham alternative indie band Divorce

Mar 19, 2026
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Mar 18, 2026
The Black Crowes: A Pound of Feathers
Mar 18, 2026

New album: Following 2024’s resurgent release Happiness Bastards, Atlanta, Georgia brothers Chris and Rich Robinson return with their 10th album in four up-and-down decades, with a belting release packed with Stones/ Keith Richards-style riffs, and a full-blooded, full-throttle classic and catchy rock

Mar 18, 2026
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Mar 18, 2026
Alexis Taylor: Paris In The Spring
Mar 18, 2026

New album: The clarity and high range of the distinctive Hot Chip lead singer returns with his seventh solo LP, packed with personal, candid, philosphofical and sometimes melancholy lyrics allided with bright, melodic leftfield electro-pop, a dash of country, elegant disco-house, and Vangelis-inspired soundscapes, and a title echoing a psychological test where things are not as they seem

Mar 18, 2026
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Mar 18, 2026
Diagonale Des Yeux: Madeleine
Mar 18, 2026

New album: Wonderfully weird, wonky, woozy, avant-garde, absurdist oddness by the French duo of Laurène Exposito and Théo Delaunay, with their lo-fi, ramshackle, DIY postpunk and retro-electronica, sharing sung and spoken vocals across French, German, English and Spanish

Mar 18, 2026
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Mar 18, 2026
Yebba: Jean
Mar 18, 2026

New album: Following 2021’s Dawn, a second LP by the American singer and songwriter from West Memphis, Arkansas, aka Abigail Smith, moves towards an eclectic mix of gentler, more understated pop, folk, gospel, R&B, and soul, is named after her late grandmother, and has candid, personal themes of mourning and spiritual healing

Mar 18, 2026
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Mar 17, 2026
The Sophs: Goldstar
Mar 17, 2026

New album: A fairytale story of a debut for the Los Angeles six-piece fronted by Ethan Ramon, who cold-emailed demos to Rough Trade Records before even playing a live gig and were signed – that instinctive leap of faith rewarded by this stylish, bold, mercurial, confident, darkly humorous, eclectic debut leaping between rock, indie, pop, hoedown country, delta blues and beyond

Mar 17, 2026
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Mar 13, 2026
Kim Gordon: Play Me
Mar 13, 2026

New album: Following 2024’s The Collective, the former Sonic Youth frontwoman’s fourth solo LP continues her extraordinary experimental, innovative journey, moving to more melodic beats and shorter tracks with a motorik krautrock-style driven coloured by strange sounds, intense emotions and sharply angled, dark, droll social commentary

Mar 13, 2026
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Mar 11, 2026
ELIZA: The Darkening Green
Mar 11, 2026

New album: The London artist Eliza Caird (formerly under the mainstream pop moniker Eliza Doolittle) returns with more of the cool, slow, sensual, gentle, sophisticated experimental soul-funk style evolving from her 2022 album A Sky Without Stars, here with particularly polished, silky, stripped back grooves and vocals

Mar 11, 2026

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Mar 25, 2026
Song of the Day: Model/Actriz - Glassman
Mar 25, 2026

Song of the Day: Violently sensual, truly alternative and viscerally arresting experimental noise/ industrial rock with guitar sounds unlike any other band, all conjured up by the Brooklyn quartet from their new EP Swan Songs out on Dirty Hit Records

Mar 25, 2026
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Mar 24, 2026
Song of the Day: Death Cab For Cutie - Riptides
Mar 24, 2026

Song of the Day: With a gradual, powerfully growing intensity, this new indie-rock single about personal and universal challenges by the Washington band fronted by Ben Gibbard, heralds the upcoming 11th album, I Built a Tower, produced by John Congleton, and out on 5 June via ANTI- Records

Mar 24, 2026
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Mar 23, 2026
Song of the Day: Ed O'Brien - Blue Morpho
Mar 23, 2026

Song of the Day: An orchestral, atmospheric, textured, gently serene new number with background birdsong by the Radiohead co-founder and guitarist with the title track heralding his second solo album, out on 22 May via Transgressive

Mar 23, 2026
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Mar 22, 2026
Song of the Day: MRCY - Better Days (featuring Yazmin Lacey)
Mar 22, 2026

Song of the Day: Fabulous, uplifting, classic soul by the British duo of producer Barney Lister and vocalist Kojo Degraft-Johnson, joined by the soaring voice of the London singer, out now on Dead Oceans

Mar 22, 2026
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Mar 21, 2026
Song of the Day: Eaves Wilder - Mountain Sized
Mar 21, 2026

Song of the Day: Stirring, dynamic indie-shoegaze by the breathy, sensual-voiced North London artist, expressing a fomenting anxiety morphing into a cathartic, explosive chorus to escape real-world restrictions, and after a series of singles and EPs, heralding her debut album Little Miss Sunshine, out on 17 April via Secretly Canadian

Mar 21, 2026
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Mar 20, 2026
Song of the Day: Jorja Smith - Price Of It All
Mar 20, 2026

Song of the Day: Sumptuous, soaring, classic soul/R&B/pop by the British smooth-voiced singer-songwriter from Walsall, West Midlands, in this number from the soundtrack for new TV series, Bait, starring Riz Ahmed, and released on FAMM

Mar 20, 2026
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Mar 19, 2026
Song of the Day: Liza Lo - Birdsong
Mar 19, 2026

Song of the Day: Following her acclaimed debut album Familiar, a beautiful, warm, intimate, tender folk number featuring guitar, fiddle and double bass by the Amsterdam-born, London-based producer and singer-songwriter, Liza Lo Hoek, out on Gearbox Records

Mar 19, 2026
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Mar 18, 2026
Song of the Day: Rostam - Like A Spark
Mar 18, 2026

Song of the Day: A beautiful new acoustic folk-pop single with echoes of early 70s Van Morrison by the US musician, producer and former member of Vampire Weekend, heralding his upcoming third solo album American Stories out on 15 May via Matsor Projects

Mar 18, 2026
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Mar 17, 2026
Song of the Day: Kacey Musgraves - Dry Spell
Mar 17, 2026

Song of the Day: A catchy, witty, innuendo-filled new number about being and single and lonely, with some stylistic echoes of Rumours-era Fleetwood Mac, heralding the acclaimed Grammy-winning Texas country singer-songwriter’s upcoming seventh album, Middle of Nowhere, out 1 May on Lost Highway

Mar 17, 2026
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Mar 16, 2026
Song of the Day: Jaakko Eino Kalevi - Black Diamond
Mar 16, 2026

Song of the Day: A splendidly rousing eight-minute retro-style electro-pop baroque melodrama by the Finnish artist with the deep, rich voice, one that stylistically and in his own fashion, draws a pentagram between Goblin, Rondo Veneziano, Cerrone, Doris Norton and Lindstrom, out on Domino Records

Mar 16, 2026
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Mar 15, 2026
Song of the Day: Hannah Lew - Sunday
Mar 15, 2026

Song of the Day: An appropriate day to highlight this classy latest single of shimmering 80s-style synth-pop with echoes of OMD, with themes about pain, love and grief from the upcoming debut album by the Richmond, California artist, out on 10 April via Night School Records

Mar 15, 2026
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Mar 14, 2026
Song of the Day: Mei Semones - Tooth Fairy (featuring John Roseboro)
Mar 14, 2026

Song of the Day: A charming cross-genre fusion of bossa nova, jazz, folk and chamber pop sung in English and Japanese by the Brooklyn-based American musician with a tale of losing a tooth on the subway and friendship, from the upcoming album Kurage, out 10 April on Bayonet Records

Mar 14, 2026

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Mar 12, 2026
Word of the week: wallfish
Mar 12, 2026

Word of the week: It sounds like the singing finned picture ornament Big Mouth Billy Bass that became popular in the late 1990s, but this is a much older noun, derived in Somerset, England, pertains to the climbing gastropod that can slowly climb up any surface

Mar 12, 2026
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Feb 25, 2026
Word of the week: xiphias
Feb 25, 2026

Word of the week: Get the point? This is the scientific name for the swordfish, in full Xiphias gladius (from the Greek and Latin for sword), that extraordinary sea creature with the long, pointy bill. But what of it in song?

Feb 25, 2026
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Feb 12, 2026
Word of the week: yanggeum
Feb 12, 2026

Word of the week: A form or hammered dulcimer, this traditional Korean instrument, with a flat and trapezoidal shape, has seven sets of four metal strings hit by thin bamboo stick

Feb 12, 2026
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Jan 22, 2026
Word of the week: zumbador
Jan 22, 2026

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

Jan 22, 2026
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Jan 8, 2026
Word of the week: aspectabund
Jan 8, 2026

Word of the week: This rare adjective describes a highly expressive face or countenance, where emotions and reactions are readily shown through the eyes or mouth

Jan 8, 2026

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