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Emily Breeze: Rapture

February 14, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Emily Breeze’s Rapture

New album: Wonderfully engaging, darkly humorous, catchy, clever noir pop by the self-deprecatory but talented Bristol artist presenting “a collection of coming-of (middle) age stories which celebrate flamboyant failure, excess and acceptance.”

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In albums, pop, rock, country Tags Emily Breeze, albums, new releases, Sugar Shack Records
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Quasi: Breaking the Balls of History

February 13, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Quasi return, with Breaking the Balls of History

New album: A welcome return with clever, punchy, alternative indie and a wry look at the world, from the Portland, Oregon indie duo of Sam Coomes and Janet Weiss, in their 10th album, and first for a decade

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In albums, alternative, experimental, indie, rock Tags Quasi, Sub Pop, albums, new releases
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Yo La Tengo: This Stupid World

February 11, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Yo La Tengo: This Stupid World

New album: Nearly four decades into the New Jersey trio’s prolific career, Ira Kaplan Georgia Hubley and James McNew’s 17th studio LP one of their best, mesmeric, krautrock-inspired, semi-improvisational, shoegaze indie

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In albums, alternative, indie, rock Tags Yo La Tengo, Matador Records, albums, new releases
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The Arcs: Electrophonic Chronic

January 31, 2023 Peter Kimpton

The Arcs’ second album is a tribute to the late singer Richard Swift

New album: Classy rockin’ psychedelic soul from the Black Keys man Dan Auerbach’s side project, returning with a stellar supergroup of musicians including co-founder Leon Michels and members of the Dap-Kings, as well as a moving tribute LP to the Arcs’ late singer Richard Swift

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In albums, blues, psychedelia, rock, soul Tags The Arcs, Dan Auerbach, The Black Keys, Leon Michels, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, Easy Eye Sound, albums, new releases
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Sweet Baboo: The Wreckage

January 28, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Sweet Baboo: The Wreckage

New album: A very welcome return after five years from Wales’s Stephen Black, who having worked with Gruff Rhys, Cate Le Bon and others, releases a selection of beautiful, gentle folk rock songs of delicious melody, creativity and sensitivity

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In albums, folk, indie, rock Tags songs, albums, new releases, Sweet Baboo, Stephen Black, Amazing Tapes From Canton, Cate Le Bon, Gruff Rhys
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Guided By Voices: La La Land

January 23, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Guided By Voices: La La Land

New album: Following 2022’s Tremblers And Goggles By Rank and compilation Scalping The Guru, another strong new LP of strident, passionate, original alternative rock by the Ohio indie band decorated by the utterly unpredictable lyricism of frontman Robert Pollard

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In albums, alternative, indie, rock Tags albums, new releases, Guided By Voices, Robert Pollard
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The Murder Capital: Gigi's Recovery

January 23, 2023 Peter Kimpton

The Murder Capital’s second album Gigi's Recovery

New album: Passionate, visceral and powerful, the new Dublin band’s follow-up to 2019’s When I Have Fears builds on their promise, aswirl with stark emotion, packed with strong perspectives and carefully hewn sounds in a journey of introspection, self-analysis and defiance

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In albums, alternative, post-punk, rock Tags The Murder Capital, Human Season Records, albums, new releases
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Margo Price: Strays

January 16, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Margo Price: Strays

New album: Country, pop, rock psych, and blues all merge seamlessly in this fabulous, defiant, soaring new LP by the Nashville star who wrote these 10 songs, after a six-day magic mushroom session with husband/collaborator Jeremy Ivey

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In albums, Americana, country, blues, psychedelia, rock, pop Tags Margo Price, Loma Vista, albums, new releases
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Gaz Coombes: Turn The Car Around

January 16, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Gaz Coombes’ fourth LP Turn The Car Around

New album: The Supergrass frontman’s fourth solo album sees him on strong, refined, thoughtful form in soulful indie-pop songs recorded in his new studio next door to his home

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In albums, indie, pop, rock Tags Gaz Coombes, Supergrass, albums, new releases, Hot Fruit, Virgin
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Billy Nomates: CACTI

January 14, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Billy Nomates’s second album Cacti

New album: A very strong second album by Bristol’s Tor Maries moves from her alt-punk debut to a darker, ironic, caustic anti-love set of songs bringing in more rock and pop styles

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In albums, indie, pop, post-punk, rock Tags Billy Nomates, Tor Maries, Invada Records, albums, new releases
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Iggy Pop: Every Loser

January 8, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Iggy Pop’s explosive Every Loser

New album: Growing old gracefully? Not this 75-year-old, who after mult-genre collaborations including spoken word poetry (2019’s Free), explodes back with a full-on heavy rock and punk LP - lewd, loud, crude, satirical, sweary and angry

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In albums, punk, rock Tags Iggy Pop, albums, new releases, Gold Tooth Records, Atlantic Records, Andrew Watt, Taylor Hawkins, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Guns N Roses
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The Nightingales: The Last Laugh

December 31, 2022 Peter Kimpton

The Nightingales: The Last Laugh

New album: The very best ‘til last for 2022? Quite possibly, with this absolute belter from Robert Lloyd, Fliss Kitson and co, this October release packed with superbly Beefheart-esque, stompy, infinite wit, riff and rhythm change

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In albums, alternative, experimental, indie, post-punk, psychedelia, rock Tags albums, new releases, The Nightingales, Tiny Global Productions, Robert Lloyd
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Santigold: Spirituals

December 21, 2022 Peter Kimpton

Santigold: Spirituals

New album: Inspired by African-American folk and gospel, this powerful, feverishly intense, emotional fourth LP released in September by the singer-songwriter brings an electric mix of punk, hip-hop, funk, afrobeat, electro-pop, and reggae wrapped in rage, anxiety and reflection

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In albums, avant garde, dance, electronica, dub, hip hop, funk, reggae, rock, trip-hop, hip-hop, gospel, experimental, alternative Tags Santigold, albums, new releases, Little Jerk Records
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The Bug Club: Green Dream in F#

December 19, 2022 Peter Kimpton

The Bug Club: Green Dream in F#

New album: Out in October, following 2021’s Pure Particles, further wonderfully fresh, melodious marvels by the Welsh trio of Sam, Tilly and Dan, with wistful, romantic, upbeat, humorous indie rock with a splash of Jonathan Richman

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In albums, indie, pop, rock Tags The Bug Club, Bingo Records, albums, new releases
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Gaye Su Akyol: Anadolu Ejderi

December 1, 2022 Peter Kimpton

Gaye Su Akyol’s fourth album Anadolu Ejderi

New album: The Istanbul singer’s fourth album is an alluring fusion of Turkish folk and pop rhythms and instruments with psych-rock riffing with a spicier flavour, her seductive voice delivering heartbreak love stories and dark anthems of dissidence

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In albums, alternative, experimental, folk, pop, psychedelia, rock Tags albums, Gaye Su Akyol, Dunganga Records, Glitterbeat Records, new releases
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Sault: Aiir, Earth, Today & Tomorrow, Untitled (God), 11

November 16, 2022 Peter Kimpton

Five more fabulous albums by Sault

New albums: An unprecedented five albums landing simultaneously without warning, and with a temporary free download period on the mysterious London collective’s website, producer Inflo (Dean Josiah Cover) and co have again brought untold riches in soul, funk, gospel, jazz, RnB, hip-hop, experimental and contemporary classical

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In albums, experimental, folk, gospel, hip hop, jazz, psychedelia, rock, soul, spoken word, trip-hop, pop, African Tags Sault, Inflo, Dean Josiah Cover, Forever Living Originals, albums, new releases
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Special Interest: Endure

November 7, 2022 Peter Kimpton

Special Interest’s third album, Endure

New album: A third LP of unstoppably energetic fierce, camp, queer, intelligent glam and post-punk by the New Orleans band fronted by Alli Logout following 2018’s Spiralling and 2020’s The Passion Of, a hot potent cauldron of art, sex, drugs and politics

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In albums, indie, post-punk, rock, disco, dance music Tags Special Interest, albums, new releases, Rough Trade
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Nancy: English Leather

November 2, 2022 Peter Kimpton

Nancy wears it well - English Leather

New album: Clever, catchy and beautifully crafted, drawing on 60s and 70s pop influences from Beach Boys and Zombies to glam rock, the British artist’s mischievous new LP is described as a “psychedelic portrait of repression, self-denial and introspection, with a perverted underbelly of indulgence and depravity at its core. After all, it’s the English way”

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In albums, pop, rock Tags albums, new releases, Nancy, Blame Recordings
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Various (ΠϢΑϪЄ) - The Psychedelic World Of Witchcraft

October 31, 2022 Peter Kimpton

A heady potion perfect for Halloween: ΠϢΑϪЄ’s compilation, The Psychedelic World Of Witchcraft

New album: This magical Halloween compilation release from the radio station and collective ΠϢΑϪЄ is a mesmeric blend of Eastern psych, ancient trance and more, themed around “Magick and the Occult” is packed with dancey grooves and dark allure

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In albums, dance, dance music, electronica, experimental, folk, prog-rock, psychedelia, rock Tags songs, albums, new releases, ΠϢΑϪЄ, Mary Bloody Christ, The OS Iris, Ai​æ​lian, Vampiron, Enchanted Mask, Electric Barbello, The Dead Æon
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Witch Fever: Congregation

October 26, 2022 Peter Kimpton

Witch Fever: Congregation

New album: Dark, seething, searing, angry and explosive, this impressive heavy-rock-punk debut by the Manchester quartet takes no prisoners, especially when it comes to taking aim the harms and hypocrisy of Christianity

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In albums, metal, punk, rock Tags Witch Fever, Music For Nations, albums, new releases
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Feb 2, 2026
Plantoid: FLARE
Feb 2, 2026

New album: The nimbly inventive, experimental prog trio from Brighton return following their debut LP Terrapath, with an evolved, often catchier style of oddball riffs, licks, clever tempo changes, unusual rhythms, and unconventional chord progressions with a stirring of jazz inflections, dream pop, psych rock and shoegaze

Feb 2, 2026
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Feb 1, 2026
Yumi Zouma: No Love Lost To Kindness
Feb 1, 2026

New album: A bolder, more strident, indie-rock urgency of style by the New Zealand quartet previously known more for dream pop, particularly front-loading this fifth LP with a pacier, spikier material in their decade-long career

Feb 1, 2026
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Jan 30, 2026
Tyler Ballgame: For The First Time, Again
Jan 30, 2026

New album: With that sublime, soaring, soulful voice, and echoes of Roy Orbison, the Rhode Island-raised singer-songwriter’s truly gorgeous debut LP captures all the range of of the love – warmth, longing, tenderness and heartbreak through classy and crafted retro sound of 60s and 70s rock

Jan 30, 2026
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Jan 29, 2026
Tessa Rose Jackson: The Lighthouse
Jan 29, 2026

New album: Beautiful, intricate, understated, poetic and intelligent, this warm, inviting experimental folk by the Dutch-British singer-songwriter is the first LP under her own name, having previously released three as the artist Someone

Jan 29, 2026
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Jan 28, 2026
Lucinda Williams: World's Gone Wrong
Jan 28, 2026

New album: The acclaimed veteran country, rock and Americana singer-songwriter and multi-Grammy winner’s latest LP has a title that speaks for itself, but is powerful, angry, defiant and uplifting, and, recorded in Nashville, features guest vocals from Norah Jones, Mavis Staples and Brittney Spencer

Jan 28, 2026
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Jan 27, 2026
Clothesline From Hell: Slather On The Honey
Jan 27, 2026

New album: His moniker mischievously named after a wrestling move, a highly impressive, independently-created experimental, psychedelic rock debut the the Toronto-based multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter Adam LaFramboise

Jan 27, 2026
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Jan 27, 2026
Dead Dads Club: Dead Dads Club
Jan 27, 2026

New album: Dynamic, passionate, heart-stirring indie rock in this project fronted by Chilli Jesson (formerly bassist of Palma Violets) with songs spurred by the trauma of losing his father 20 years ago, retelling a defiant and difficult aftermath, with sound boosted by producer Carlos O’Connell of Fontaines D.C.

Jan 27, 2026
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Jan 25, 2026
The Paper Kites: If You Go There, I Hope You Find It
Jan 25, 2026

New album: Warm, tender, gently-paced, calmly reflective, beautifully soothing, poetic, melancholic alternative folk and Americana by the band from Melbourne in their seventh LP in 15 years

Jan 25, 2026
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Jan 24, 2026
PVA: No More Like This
Jan 24, 2026

New album: Inventive, alluring, sensual, mysterious, minimalistic electronica, trip-hop and experimental pop by the London trio of Ella Harris, Joshua Baxter and Louis Satchell, in this second album following 2022’s Blush, boosted by the creativity of producer and instrumentalist Kwake Bass

Jan 24, 2026
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Jan 20, 2026
Imarhan: Essam
Jan 20, 2026

New album: A mesmeric fourth LP in a decade by the band from Tamanrasset, Algeria, whose name means ‘the ones I care about’, their Tuareg music mixing guitar riffs, pop melodies and African rhythms, but this time also evolves slightly away from the desert blues rocky, bluesy influence of contemporaries Tinariwen with electronic elements

Jan 20, 2026
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Jan 20, 2026
Courtney Marie Andrews: Valentine
Jan 20, 2026

New album: Emotional, beautiful, stirring, Americana, folk and indie-pop by singer-songwriter from Phoenix, Arizona, in this latest studio LP in of soaring voice, strong melodies, love, vulnerability and heartbreak, longing and bravery

Jan 20, 2026
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Jan 18, 2026
Julianna Barwick & Mary Lattimore: Tragic Magic
Jan 18, 2026

New album: Delicate, beautiful, ethereal, meditative new work by the two American experimental composers in their first collaborative LP, with gentle understated vocals, classic synth sounds, and rare harps chosen from from the Paris Musée de la Musique Collection

Jan 18, 2026
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Jan 16, 2026
Sleaford Mods: The Demise of Planet X
Jan 16, 2026

New album: The caustic wit of Nottingham’s Jason Williamson and Andrew Fearn return with a 13th LP of brilliantly abrasive, dark humoured hip-hop and catchy beats, addressing the rubbish state of the world, as well as local, personal and social irritations through slick nostalgic cultural reference, some expanded sounds, and an eclectic set of guests

Jan 16, 2026
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Jan 14, 2026
SAULT: Chapter 1
Jan 14, 2026

New album: As ever, released suddenly without fanfare or any publicity, the prolific experimental soul, jazz, gospel, funk, psychedelia and disco collective of Cleo Sol, Info (aka Dean Josiah Cover) and co return with a stylish, mysterious LP

Jan 14, 2026

new songs …

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Feb 2, 2026
Song of the Day: Sego - Buy It Break It
Feb 2, 2026

Song of the Day: Punchy, sharp, witty super-catchy art-punk indie by the Los Angeles-based band from Utah, consisting of Spence (guitar/ lead vocals), Tom (drums), Derv (bass), and Kathleen (keyboards and guitar)

Feb 2, 2026
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Feb 1, 2026
Song of the Day: Chris Brain - Red Sun Rising
Feb 1, 2026

Song of the Day: A beautiful Nick Drake-reminiscent new folk number with intricate finger-picking by the Yorkshire-based singer-songwriter, and the title track heralding his new album Red Sun Rising, out 1 May via Big Sun Records

Feb 1, 2026
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Jan 31, 2026
Song of the Day: Bruce Springsteen - Streets of Minneapolis
Jan 31, 2026

Song of the Day: A powerful brand new protest song by the Boss, tackling America’s controversial influx of ICE agents into Minneapolis and their recent murders of innocent bystanders Alex Pretti and Renée Good, released on Columbia

Jan 31, 2026
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Jan 30, 2026
Song of the Day: Robber Robber - The Sound It Made
Jan 30, 2026

Song of the Day: Striking, dynamic, noisy stop-and-start, stylish experimental post-rock and post-rock by the band from Burlington, Vermont, fronted by Nina Cates, heralding their new album, Two Wheels Move the Soul, out on 3 April via on Fire Talk

Jan 30, 2026
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Jan 29, 2026
Song of the Day: Holly Humberstone - To Love Somebody
Jan 29, 2026

Song of the Day: Shimmeringly catchy and singalong, effervescent Abba-esque and Fleetwood Mac-ish piano and synth pop with an eye-catching, vampiric-themed video by the British singer-songwriter from Grantham, heralding her second album Cruel World out on 10 April via Polydor/Universal.

Jan 29, 2026
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Jan 28, 2026
Song of the Day: Nathan Fake - Slow Yamaha
Jan 28, 2026

Song of the Day: Hypnotic electronica with woozy layers of smooth resonance and a lattice of shifting analogue patterns by the British artist from Norfolk, taken from his forthcoming album, Evaporator, out on InFiné Music

Jan 28, 2026
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Jan 27, 2026
Song of the Day: Charlotte Day Wilson - Lean (featuring Saya Gray)
Jan 27, 2026

Song of the Day: Stylish, striking, sensual experimental electro-pop and R&B in this fabulous collaboration between the two Canadian singer/ multi-instrumentalist from Toronto, out on Stone Woman Music/ XL Recordings

Jan 27, 2026
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Jan 26, 2026
Song of the Day: Lime Garden - 23
Jan 26, 2026

Song of the Day: Wonderfully catchy, witty, quirky indie pop about age and adjustment by the Brighton-formed quartet fronted by Chloe Howard, heralding their upcoming album Maybe Not Tonight, out on So Young Records on 10 April

Jan 26, 2026
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Jan 25, 2026
Song of the Day: Madra Salach - The Man Who Seeks Pleasure
Jan 25, 2026

Song of the Day: A powerful, slow-simmering and gradually intensifying, drone-based original folk number about the the flipsides of love and hedonism by the young Irish traditional and alternative folk band, with comparisons to Lankum, from the recently released EP It's a Hell of an Age, out on Canvas Music

Jan 25, 2026
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Jan 24, 2026
Song of the Day: Adult DVD - Real Tree Lee
Jan 24, 2026

Song of the Day: Catchy, witty, energised acid-dance-punk with echoes of Underworld and Snapped Ankles by the dynamic, innovative band from Leeds in a new number about a dodgy character of toxic masculinity and online ignorance, and their first release on signing to Fat Possum

Jan 24, 2026
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Jan 23, 2026
Song of the Day: Arctic Monkeys - Opening Night (for War Child HELP 2 charity album)
Jan 23, 2026

Song of the Day: A simmering, potent, contemplative new track by acclaimed Sheffield band, their first song since 2022’s album The Car, with proceeds benefiting the charity War Child, heralding the upcoming HELP (2) compilation out on 6 March with various contributors

Jan 23, 2026
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Jan 22, 2026
Song of the Day: White Denim - (God Created) Lock and Key
Jan 22, 2026

Song of the Day: The Austin, Texas-formed LA-based rockers return with an infectiously catchy groove fusing rock, funk, dub, soul, and down-dirty blues with some playful self-mythologising and darker themes, heralding 13th album, 13, out on 24 April via Bella Union

Jan 22, 2026

Word of the week

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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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Dec 24, 2025
Word of the week: bellonion (or belloneon)
Dec 24, 2025

Word of the week: It sounds like a bulbous, multi-layered peeling vegetable, but this obscure mechanical musical instrument invented in 1812 in Dresden consisted of 24 trumpets and two kettle drums and, designed to mimic the sound of a marching band, might also make your eyes water

Dec 24, 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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