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New albums: Paul Weller, The Irrepressibles, Margo Price, Keleketla!, Dream Wife, A.A. Williams, bdrmm, Hania Rani, The Mystery Jets

July 6, 2020 Peter Kimpton
This week’s magic nine new albums

This week’s magic nine new albums

This week includes a mellow one from the modfather, innovative electronica from The Irrepressibles, gorgeous piano-based work by A.A. Williams and Hani Rani, African and Coldcut collective Kelekelta, and kickass pop-punks Dream Wife

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In African, albums, ambient, classical, country, dance music, dub, electronica, experimental, folk, funk, hip hop, indie, jazz, poetry, pop, post-punk, psychedelia, punk, rock, soul, traditional Tags albums, new releases, Paul Weller, The Irrepressibles, Margo Price, Keleketla!, Tony Allen, Dream Wife, A.A. Williams, bdrmm, Hania Rani, Mystery Jets, Polydor, Of Naked Design, Loma Vista, Ninja Tune, Lucky Number, Bella Union, Sonic Cathedral, Gondwana Records, Caroline Records, Coldcut
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New albums: Nadine Shah, Arca, HAIM, Becca Mancari, Khruangbin, Pottery, LYR (Simon Armitage), Public Practice, Bananagun

July 1, 2020 Peter Kimpton
This week’s fabulous lineup of nine

This week’s fabulous lineup of nine

The latest lineup includes female vocalists of rich original Nadine Shah and Becca Mancari, nonbinary electronica star Arca, wonderful poetry in a band from Simon Armitage, and frenetic work from Pottery and Bananagun

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In albums, ambient, dance music, dub, electronica, experimental, folk, funk, garage, hip hop, grime, indie, jazz, pop, post-punk, prog-rock, psychedelia, punk, rock, soul, traditional, African, classical, poetry Tags albums, new releases, Nadine Shah, Arca, Haim, Becca Mancari, Khruangbin, Pottery, LYR, Simon Armitage, Public Practice, Bananagun, Infectious Records, Dead Oceans, XL Recordings, Captured Tracks, Partisan Records, Mercury KX, Wharf Cat Records, Full Time Hobby, Polydor
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New albums: Phoebe Bridgers, Norah Jones, Neil Young, Chloe x Halle, Jockstrap, Jonah Yano, Noveller, Article 54, Bessie Jones

June 23, 2020 Peter Kimpton
This week’s picture puzzle starts with Phoebe Bridgers, top right

This week’s picture puzzle starts with Phoebe Bridgers, top right

This week’s selection includes albums of marvellous melancholy and mellowness from Phoebe Bridgers and Norah Jones, topical disco, genre-benders Jockstrap and older material newly released from Neil Young and Bessie Jones

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In albums, ambient, blues, dance music, country, electronica, experimental, folk, funk, garage, hip hop, indie, jazz, pop, soul, soundtracks, traditional, gospel Tags albums, new releases, Phoebe Bridgers, Norah Jones, Neil Young, Chloe x Halle, Jonah Yano, Noveller, Article 54, Rhodri Marsden, Jockstrap, Bessie Jones, Dead Oceans, Virgin, Warner Bros, Parkwood Entertainment, Columbia Records, Innovative Leisure, Bandcamp, Warp Records, Alan Lomax Archive
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New albums: Run The Jewels, The Nightingales, Sports Team, Rolling Blackouts CF, Brigid Dawson, Brigid Mae Power, LA Priest, The Stroppies, Westerman

June 9, 2020 Peter Kimpton
Nine more delights to peruse

Nine more delights to peruse

As well as a powerful Run The Jewels release raising funds for protester legal rights, this week’s selection is packed with excellent independent bands’ work, especially The Nightingales, plus Brigid Dawson, Sports Team, The Stroppies and more

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In albums, ambient, dance music, electronica, experimental, folk, funk, hip hop, indie, jazz, pop, post-punk, punk, rock, soul, traditional Tags albums, new releases, Run The Jewels, The Nightingales, Sports Team, Brigid Dawson and the Mothers Network, Brigid Mae Power, Rolling BlackOuts Coastal Fever, LA Priest, The Stroppies, Westerman, RBC, BMG, Bandcamp, Island Records, Sub Pop, Castle Face, Fire Records, Domino Records, PIAS, Partisan Records
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New albums: Lady Gaga, Deerhoof, The Cool Greenhouse, Nicole Atkins, Coriky, Blake Mills, Caleb Landry Jones, PINS, Choir Boy, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

June 3, 2020 Peter Kimpton
Match the covers to the artists …

Match the covers to the artists …

This week’s selection includes Lady Gaga throwing in the full pop kitchen sink, an apocalyptic concept from Deerfhoof, a witty debut by The Cool Greenhouse, plus Nicole Atkins, Blake Mills, PINS and more

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In albums, ambient, blues, classical, dance music, electronica, experimental, folk, funk, indie, jazz, pop, post-punk, prog-rock, psychedelia, punk, rock, soul, traditional, soundtracks Tags new releases, albums, Lady Gaga, Deerhoof, The Cool Greenhouse, Nicole Atkins, Coriky, Blake Mills, Caleb Landry Jones, PINS, Choir Boy, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Streamline, Interscope, Joyful Noise Recordings, Bandcamp, Melodic Records, Single Lock Records, Dischord, New Deal, Sacred Bones Records, Dais Records, Flightless Records
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New albums: Sparks, Perfume Genius, Nick Hakim, Charli XCX, The Magnetic Fields, Jason Isbell, Frazey Ford, Sleaford Mods, Hanni el Khatib, Witch 'n' Monk

May 19, 2020 Peter Kimpton
This week’s shiny new album selection collection

This week’s shiny new album selection collection

This week’s roundup has a wealth of genre-spanning artists from the wit and wisdom of Sparks and Magnetic Fields to the low-key funk of Nick Hakim, the gender-redefining pop of Perfume genius to the fusions of Witch ‘n’ Monk

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In albums, ambient, blues, country, dance music, electronica, dub, experimental, folk, funk, grime, garage, hip hop, indie, jazz, pop, post-punk, prog-rock, psychedelia, punk, rock, soul, traditional Tags albums, new releases, Sparks, Perfume Genius, Nick Hakim, Charli XCX, The Magnetic Fields, Jason Isabell and the 400 Unit, Frazey Ford, Sleaford Mods, Hanni El Khatib, Witch 'n' Monk, BMG, Matador Records, ATO Records, Nonesuch Records, Arts and Crafts, Innovative Leisure, Tzadik Records, Southeastern Records, Rough Trade
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New albums: Car Seat Headrest, Damien Jurado, Ghostpoet, Happyness, Michael J Sheehy, Lavinia Blackwall, The Soft Pink Truth, Rose McGowan, Ben Lukas Boysen, Various for NHS

May 6, 2020 Peter Kimpton
Lavinia Blackwall, formerly of Trembling Bells, releases her debut LP Muggington Lane End

Lavinia Blackwall, formerly of Trembling Bells, releases her debut LP Muggington Lane End

This week’s roundup includes some new music self-definition from Car Seat Headrest and Happyness, an eclectic mix from Ghostpoet, and two wonderful solo albums by Michael J Sheehy and Lavinia Blackwall

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In albums, ambient, blues, electronica, experimental, folk, hip hop, indie, jazz, pop, post-punk, psychedelia, rock, soul, traditional Tags albums, new releases, Car Seat Headrest, Will Toledo, Damien Jurado, Ghostpoet, Happyness, Michael J Sheehy, Miraculous Mule, Lavinia Blackwall, Trembling Bells, The Soft Pink Truth, Drew Daniel, Matmos, Rose McGowan, Ben Lukas Boysen, Various, NHS, Foals, The Vaccines, The Big Moon, Sports Team, Wolf Alice, Baxter Dury, The Wombats, The Magic Gang, Nilüfer Yanya, Spector, Swim Deep, The Orielles, Pixx, Jessica Winter, Oscar Lang, Alfie Templeton, Matador Records, Loose Music, PIAS, Infinit Suds, Bandcamp, Thrill Jockey, Erased Tapes
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New albums: BC Camplight, Ezra Furman, Tom Misch & Yussef Dayes, Hazel English, Lucinda Williams, Santrofi, Lennon Stella, Kirsty Merryn, Sneakbo, Joe Hisaishi, Pole

April 30, 2020 Peter Kimpton
BC Camplight

BC Camplight

This week’s roundup includes the finest yet from humorously dark BC Camplight, the Sex Education soudntrack by Ezra Furman, transcendant pop from Hazel English and a gorgeous compilation by the Studio Ghibili composer Joe Hisaishi

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In African, albums, ambient, blues, classical, country, dance music, dub, electronica, experimental, folk, funk, grime, hip hop, indie, jazz, pop, post-punk, punk, rock, soul, soundtracks, traditional, trip-hop Tags albums, new releases, BC Camplight, Ezra Furman, Tom Misch, Yussef Dayes, Hazel English, Lucinda Williams, Santrofi, Lennon Stella, Kirsty Merryn, Sneakbo, Joe Hisaishi, Pole, Bella Union, Beyond The Groove, Marathon Artists, Highway 20 Records, Outhere, Insanity Records, Island Records, Warp Records, Decca Gold, Decca, UMG Japan, Mute Records
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New albums: Fiona Apple, EOB Ed O'Brien (Radiohead), Rina Sawayama, Gerry Cinnamon, Sonikku, Plone, Shabazz Palaces, Holly Penfield

April 22, 2020 Peter Kimpton
Fiona Apple. Her new album is finally cut free after eight years since the last

Fiona Apple. Her new album is finally cut free after eight years since the last

This week’s roundup includes an extraordinary, viscerally non-digital return by Fiona Apple, Scottish singer-songwriter Gerry Cinnamon, Radiohead’s Ed O’Brien, and Japanese pop star Rina Sawayama

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In albums, ambient, blues, country, dance music, electronica, experimental, folk, funk, hip hop, indie, jazz, metal, pop, post-punk, psychedelia, rock, soul, traditional, trip-hop Tags albums, new releases, Fiona Apple, Ed O'Brien, EOB, Radiohead, Rina Sawayama, Gerry Cinnamon, Sonikku, Plone, Shabazz Palaces, Holly Penfield, Epic, Capitol Records, Dirty Hit, Little Runaway, Bella Union, Ghost Box, Sub Pop
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New albums: The Strokes, Laura Marling, Jackie Lynn, Pokey LaFarge, Flat Worms, Margaret Glaspy, Irma Vep, Hailu Mergia, Denzel Curry + Kenny Beats, DJ Python

April 15, 2020 Peter Kimpton
The Strokes

The Strokes

Strong new LPs from The Strokes and Laura Marling reflect signs of the times, while eclectic records from Jackie Lynn and Pokey LaFarge, and excellent postpunk from Flat Worms and Irma Vep are also among this week’s 10 picks

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In African, albums, ambient, blues, classical, country, dance music, dub, electronica, folk, experimental, funk, grime, garage, hip hop, hip-hop, indie, jazz, metal, musical theatre, pop, post-punk, prog-rock, psychedelia, punk, rock, soul, traditional Tags albums, new releases, The Strokes, Laura Marling, Jackie Lynn, Haley Fohr, Pokey LaFarge, Flat Worms, Margaret Glaspy, Irma Vep, Hailu Mergia, Denzel Curry, Kenny Beats, DJ Python, Cult Records, Columbia Records, Partisan Records, Chrysalis, Drag City, New West Records, God? Records, PIAS, ATO Records, Gringo Records, Awesome Tapes From Africa, Loma Vista, Incensio
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New albums: Dana Gavanski, Waxahatchee, Sorry, Dua Lipa, Sufjan Stevens, Pearl Jam, Stephen Malkmus, Wu Fei, Abigail Washburn, The Chats, Shabaka Hutchings, Daniel Avery, Brian Fallon

March 31, 2020 Peter Kimpton
Dana Gavanski, from the video for Yesterday is Gone

Dana Gavanski, from the video for Yesterday is Gone

This week’s huge roundup includes a wide range of the soft and loud, the traditional and the experimental, from beautiful songwriting by Dana Gavanski and Waxahatchee, Aussie punks The Chats, and ambient music from Sufjan Stevens

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In albums, ambient, country, classical, dance music, electronica, experimental, folk, funk, indie, jazz, metal, pop, post-punk, psychedelia, punk, rock, soul, traditional, grunge Tags albums, new releases, Dana Gavanski, Waxahatchee, Sorry, Dua Lipa, Sufjan Stevens, Lowell Brams, Pearl Jam, Stephen Malkmus, Wu Fei, Abigail Washburn, The Chats, Shabaka Hutchings, Shabaka and the Ancestors, The Comet Is Coming, Sons of Kemet, Daniel Avery, Alessandro Cortini, Brian Fallon, Mike Lindsay, Nine Inch Nails, Full Time Hobby, Merge Records, Domino Records, Warner Bros, Asthmatic Kitty, Smithsonian Folkways, Bargain Bin, Republic, Impulse Records, Phantasy Sound, PIAS, Lesser Known Records
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New albums: Cornershop, Riz Ahmed, Caroline Rose, U.S. Girls, Honey Harper, Disq, Paul Heaton, Jackie Abbott, Georgia Ruth, Brielle Ansems

March 10, 2020 Peter Kimpton
Cornershop’s new album, England Is A Garden

Cornershop’s new album, England Is A Garden

The latest roundup includes A sian perspectives on Britain in different forms by Cornershop and Riz Ahmed, plus clever collage pop from U.S. Girls, Caroline Rose and punchy indie from Disq

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In albums, ambient, country, dance music, electronica, experimental, folk, funk, hip hop, indie, pop, post-punk, psychedelia, punk, rock, reggae, soul, traditional, trip-hop Tags new releases, albums, Cornershop, Tjinder Singh, Riz Ahmed, Caroline Rose, U.S. Girls, Honey Harper, Disq, Paul Heaton, Jackie Abbott, The Beautiful South, Georgia Ruth, Brielle Ansems, Ample Play, Mongrel, New West Records, 4AD, ATO Records, Saddle Creek Records, EMI, Bubblewrap Collective, Mosaic Music
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New albums: Moses Sumney, Caribou, The Orielles, Soccer Mommy, The Lost Brothers, Myrkur, Vladislav Delay, The Heliocentrics, Alabaster DePlume, Cold Beat, Kevin Krauter

March 3, 2020 Peter Kimpton
Moses Sumney

Moses Sumney

The latest roundup includes a multi-genre double by Moses Sumney, melancholy electronica from Caribou, funk-indie-pop from the Orielles as well as Scandinavian selections from Denmark’s black metal queen doing folk

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In albums, ambient, dance music, dub, electronica, experimental, folk, funk, grime, hip hop, indie, jazz, metal, pop, post-punk, prog-rock, psychedelia, punk, rock, soul, traditional, trip-hop Tags albums, new releases, Moses Sumney, Caribou, Dan Snaith, The Orielles, Soccer Mommy, Sophie Allison, The Lost Brothers, Oisin Leech, Mark McCausland, Myrkur, Amalie Bruun, Vladislav Delay, Sasu Ripatti, The Heliocentrics, Cold Beat, Kevin Krauter, Jagjaguwar, City Slang, Heavenly Recordings, Concord Records, Bird Dog, Relapse, Cosmo Rhythmatic, Madlib Invazion, DFA, Bayonet, Alabaster DePlume, Lost Map Records, Total Refreshment Centre
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New albums: Algiers, Halsey, Courteeners, Eminem, Mura Masa, Mac Miller, Keeley Forsyth, Alice Boman, Bill Fay, Bombay Bicycle Club, Pinegrove, Whyte Horses (with John Grant), Ivor Cutler tribute

January 21, 2020 Peter Kimpton
Halsey

Halsey

A mixture of dark and light, hope and hopelessness decorate this week’s huge roundup of releases across many genres, including oddities and eccentricities, passions and playfulness from Emimen to Ivor Cutler, Halsey to Keeley Forsyth

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In albums, ambient, dance music, electronica, experimental, folk, funk, garage, grime, hip hop, hip-hop, indie, jazz, metal, pop, post-punk, prog-rock, psychedelia, punk, rock, soul, traditional Tags albums, new releases, Algiers, Halsey, Courteeners, Eminem, Mura Masa, Mac Miller, Keeley Forsyth, Alice Boman, Bill Fay, Bombay Bicycle Club, Pinegrove, Whyte Horses, John Grant, Gruff Rhys, La Roux, Ivor Cutler, Citizen Bravo, Raymond MacDonald, Matador Records, Ignition, Interscope, Aftermath Entertainment, Polydor, Warner Bros, Capitol Records, The Leaf Label, PIAS, Dead Oceans, Mmm…Records, Rough Trade, CRC Music, Chemikal Underground
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Billie Eilish to FKA twigs to Weyes Blood: favourite albums of 2019 – part 2

December 31, 2019 Peter Kimpton
FKA twigs

FKA twigs

The second part of this year’s LP favourites again includes several superb female artists. Also check out the first part published yesterday

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In African, albums, ambient, blues, classical, country, dance music, dub, electronica, experimental, folk, funk, garage, grime, hip hop, indie, jazz, musical theatre, pop, post-punk, prog-rock, psychedelia, punk, reggae, rock, rocksteady, soul, traditional, trip-hop Tags albums, favourites of the year, FKA Twigs, Nilüfer Yanya, Shana Cleveland, Kim Gordon, Lana Del Rey, Slowthai, Tindersticks, Divine Comedy, Gruff Rhys, Ebony Street Band, The Futureheads, Holly Herndon, Dave, Purple Mountains, David Berman, Cate Le Bon, black midi, Fat White Family, Bill Callahan, Snapped Ankles, Warmduscher, Leonard Cohen, Vanishing Twin, Kate Tempest, Weyes Blood, The Comet Is Coming, Clinic, Solange, Billie Eilish, Deerhunter, 4AD, Darkroom, Interscope, Columbia Records, Domino Records, Impulse Records, Sub Pop, Fiction Records, Fire Records, The Leaf Label, Drag City, Rough Trade, Mexican Summer, Neighbourhood Records, Nul Records, OM Swagger Music, City Slang, Method Records, Polydor, Matador Records, Hardly Art, ATO Records, PIAS, Young Turks
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Aldous Harding to Richard Dawson to Michael Kiwanuka: favourite albums of 2019 – part 1

December 30, 2019 Peter Kimpton
Aldous Harding wins the prize for most unusual moves for her song, The Barrel

Aldous Harding wins the prize for most unusual moves for her song, The Barrel

The first part of our selection of the pick of albums from 2019 by Song Bar readers and the Landlord editor, in alphabetical order by title, not a ‘best of’ or countdown. The second part is here.

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In African, albums, ambient, blues, classical, country, dance music, dub, electronica, experimental, folk, funk, garage, grime, hip hop, indie, jazz, pop, musical theatre, metal, post-punk, prog-rock, psychedelia, punk, reggae, rock, rocksteady, soul, soundtracks, traditional, trip-hop Tags albums, favourites of the year, Richard Dawson, Chali 2na, Krafty Kuts, Angel Olsen, Amyl and the Sniffers, Marika Hackman, Sudan Archives, Edwyn Collins, Pom Poko, Self Esteem, Rebecca Taylor, Lizzo, Julia Jacklin, Beck, Aldous Harding, Fontaines D.C., Minyo Crusaders, WaqWaq Kingdom, Sleaford Mods, Vampire Weekend, Anna Meredith, Shura, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Peter Perrett, Little Simz, Bonnie Prince Billy, Nilüfer Yanya, International Teachers of Pop, Brittany Howard, Alabama Shakes, Michael Kiwanuka, Polydor, Columbia Records, Desolate Spools Records, ATO Records, PIAS, Domino Records, AGE 101, Secretly Canadian, Moshi Moshi, Black Prince Fury, Extreme Eating Records, Phantom Limb, Mais Um, Partisan Records, 4AD, Capitol Records, Transgressive, Nice Life, Atlantic Records, Fiction Records, Bella Union, AED, Stones Throw, EMI, Rough Trade, Jagjaguwar, Manphibian Music
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New albums: FKA twigs, Moor Mother, Kele, Girl Ray, Omni, Land of Kush, Mount Eerie, Son Of Town Hall, Bjork remixes

November 14, 2019 Peter Kimpton
FKA twigs

FKA twigs

This week’s roundup is highlighted by extraordinarily alternative female artists - FKA twigs and Moor Mother, as well as a new solo album by Block Party frontman Kele, bringing another political edge

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In African, albums, ambient, country, blues, dance music, electronica, experimental, folk, funk, garage, grime, hip hop, indie, jazz, metal, pop, post-punk, psychedelia, punk, reggae, traditional, soundtracks, soul, trip-hop Tags albums, new releases, FKA Twigs, Moor Mother, Kele, Bloc Party, Girl Ray, Land of Kush, Mount Eerie, Phil Everum, Julie Doiron, Son of Town Hall, Björk, Fever Ray, The Knife, Young Turks, Giovanni Records, KOLA Records, !K7, Moshi Moshi, Sub Pop, Omni, Constellation Records, PW Elverum, Sun Records, One Little Indian
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New albums: Angel Olsen, Wilco, Chromatics, The Sherlocks, Danny Brown, Wives, Penguin Cafe, Vivian Girls, Minor Pieces, Empath

October 14, 2019 Peter Kimpton
Angel Olsen

Angel Olsen

This latest roundup includes a seismic album of emotion turmoil from Angel Olsen, a stripped-back release from Wilco, snappy hip hop from Danny Brown and gritty Brooklyn postpunk from Wives

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In albums, ambient, blues, country, dance music, electronica, experimental, folk, funk, garage, hip hop, indie, jazz, pop, post-punk, psychedelia, punk, rock, soul, traditional Tags new releases, albums, Angel Olsen, Wilco, Chromatics, The Sherlocks, Danny Brown, Wives, Penguin Cafe, Vivian Girls, Minor Pieces, Empath, Jagjaguwar, dBpm Records, Italians Do It Better, Infectious Records, BMG, Warp Records, City Slang, Erased Tapes, Polyvinyl, Fat Cat Records, Fat Possum
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New albums: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Sturgill Simpson, Black String, Girl Band, Serafina Steer, Jarvis Cocker various, Kejaya and Elaha Soroor, Temples, Young MA, Tegan and Sara

October 12, 2019 Peter Kimpton
Nick Cave returns with the hauntingly beautiful album Ghosteen

Nick Cave returns with the hauntingly beautiful album Ghosteen

The latest album roundup includes a new level of beauty from Nick Cave, a new style for Sturgill Simpson, Afghan eclectic music from Kejaya and Elaha Soroor, and scary scratchy postpunk from Ireland’s Girl Band

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In African, albums, ambient, country, blues, dance music, dub, electronica, experimental, folk, funk, garage, hip hop, indie, jazz, metal, pop, post-punk, psychedelia, punk, rock, reggae, soul, traditional Tags new releases, albums, Nick Cave, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Sturgill Simpson, Black String, Girl Band, Serafina Steer, Jarvis Cocker, Elaha Soroor, Kejaya, Temples, Young M.A, Tegan and Sara, Elektra, ACT Records, Rough Trade, Concept Records, Ace Records, Bella Union, ATO Records, 3D, Sire
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New albums: Brittany Howard, Liam Gallagher, Hiss Golden Messenger, Thurston Moore, Roxy Girls, LIFE, Andrew Combs, Chastity Belt, One True Painting, Joe Armon–Jones, Ebony Steel Band

October 3, 2019 Peter Kimpton
Wonderful soul voice: Brittany Howard from Alabama Shakes

Wonderful soul voice: Brittany Howard from Alabama Shakes

This latest roundup includes solo projects by previous performers with Alabama Shakes, Oasis and Wild Beasts, plus postpunk from Roxy Girls and LIFE, and a reunion for the members of Chastity Belt

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In albums, ambient, country, dance music, electronica, dub, experimental, folk, funk, garage, hip hop, indie, jazz, pop, post-punk, psychedelia, punk, rock, soul, traditional Tags albums, new releases, Brittany Howard, Alabama Shakes, Liam Gallagher, Oasis, Hiss Golden Messenger, Thurston Moore, Roxy Girls, LIFE, Andrew Combs, Chastity Belt, One True Pairing, Wild Beasts, Joe Armon-Jones, Ebony Street Band, Kraftwerk, Columbia Records, Warner Bros, Merge Records, Daydream Library, Rough Trade, Afghan Moon, New West Records, Hardly Art, Domino Records, Brownswood Recordings, OM Swagger Music
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Apr 29, 2026
Sam Grassie: Where Two Hawks Fly
Apr 29, 2026

New album: Beautiful debut LP by the London-based Glaswegian fingerstyle folk guitarist and singer-songwriter, with added saxophone, double bass, flute, clairsach and clarinet in a release of mostly the traditional, covers, sung or instrumental, and supported by the Bert Jansch Foundation

Apr 29, 2026
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Apr 29, 2026
Irmin Schmidt: Requiem
Apr 29, 2026

New album: A strangely mesmeric, avant-garde and analogue-ambient, field recording-based experimental release by the last surviving founding member of experimental ‘krautrock’ band CAN, who, approaching the age of 89, has also written over 40 TV and film scores

Apr 29, 2026
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Apr 28, 2026
Gia Margaret: Singing
Apr 28, 2026

New album: Gently profound, and full of wondrous, mesmeric, slow, delicate experimental songs, this simple title has a powerful resonance – it is the Chicago artist’s first vocal album since 2018’s There’s Always Glimmer (there have been two instrumental LPs since), having suffered and recovered from a severe vocal injury, she returns with a delicate, candid, whispery but hauntingly beautiful delivery

Apr 28, 2026
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Apr 28, 2026
Angelo De Augustine: Angel in Plainclothes
Apr 28, 2026

New album: A beautiful, delicate fifth LP from the Los Angeles singer-songwriter, friend and collaborator with Sufjan Stevens with whom he shares a stylistic resemblance, here with themes on life's fragility, second chances, and picking up the pieces after an undiagnosed illness forced him to re-learn basic abilities

Apr 28, 2026
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Apr 28, 2026
Carla dal Forno: Confession
Apr 28, 2026

New album: This lo-fi, darkly minimalist but also oddly candid fourth LP by the Australian, Castlemaine-based singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist centres on the conflicted, obsessive feelings about “a friendship that became emotionally charged in an unexpected way”, and “an album about closeness that arrives late and unexpectedly. About stability rubbing up against desire.”

Apr 28, 2026
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Apr 26, 2026
Friko: Something Worth Waiting For
Apr 26, 2026

New album: Passionate, powerful, dynamic indie rock in this sophomore LP by the Chicago-based quartet that gallops forwards with a driving momentum, some elements of early PJ Harvey and Radiohead, and is produced by John Congleton

Apr 26, 2026
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Apr 26, 2026
White Denim: 13
Apr 26, 2026

New album: This 13th LP in two decades by the Austin, Texas rock band fronted by James Petralli has a particularly mischievous experimentalism, spreading styles far beyond breathlessly paced prog rock, with wrily humorous, surreal, personal and passionate numbers across heavy funk, dub, soul, psyche, country, dirty blues and more, joined by host of outstanding extra musicians

Apr 26, 2026
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Apr 24, 2026
Hukwe Zawose Foundation: Asili ya Mama
Apr 24, 2026

New album: Wonderfully evocative field recordings release of Wagogo, Waluguru and Wasambaa Tanzanian women singing traditional songs in their villages, rarely heard outside of their own circles, the title is translated as The Origin of Mother, rich in stories and capturing the place where song is first learned, first felt, first shared

Apr 24, 2026
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Apr 23, 2026
They Might Be Giants - The World Is To Dig
Apr 23, 2026

New album: Four decades since their self-titled debut, Brooklyn alternative rockers John Flansburgh and John Linnell return with their 24th LP, packed with of punchy, pacy, wistful, whimsical, clever wordplay and indie rock-pop, buoyantly satirical and also a little world weary at times, they remain oddball, lively commentators on the ongoing absurdity of life

Apr 23, 2026
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Apr 22, 2026
Eaves Wilder: Little Miss Sunshine
Apr 22, 2026

New album: After 2023’s Hookey EP, a strong, passionate indie-dream-pop-shoegaze full debut by the London singer-songwriter, whose breathy voice intertwines with strong, stirring riffs and textured sounds, themed around cycles of nature aiming to explain and celebrate the mercurial nature of human emotional weather

Apr 22, 2026
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Apr 22, 2026
Honey Dijon: The Nightlife
Apr 22, 2026

New album: The irrepressible, prolific and charismatic London-based Chicago DJ, musician, producer and vinyl lover returns with a flamboyantly fun celebration of club and queer culture through the prism of dance music from disco to house, with a wide variety of guest vocalists

Apr 22, 2026
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Apr 21, 2026
Tiga: HOTLIFE
Apr 21, 2026

New album: Montreal’s acclaimed electronica/techno/dance artist Tiga Sontag returns with his fourth album - inventively packed with head-nodding, toe-tapping, oddly itchy, infectious grooves, cleverly crafted retro sounds recalling Kraftwerk to acid house and electroclash, insistent bold beats and synth riffs, with lyrics of the existential, droll and surreal

Apr 21, 2026
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Apr 20, 2026
TOMORA: Come Closer
Apr 20, 2026

New album: A striking, dynamic collaboration between Norwegian experimental pop sensation Aurora and Tom Rowlands, one of half of Chemical Brothers, with a sensual, otherworldly energetic fusion of mystical, sensual ambience, and block-rocking dance beats

Apr 20, 2026
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Apr 20, 2026
Jessie Ware: Superbloom
Apr 20, 2026

New album: Following 2020’s What’s Your Pleasure? and 2023’s That! Feels Good!, as well as the successful food podcast Table Manners she hosts alongside her mother, the British pop singer continues to ride the 70s disco ball train, catering to the clever, kitsch and catchy with an ironic wink, adding also a luxuriant garden metaphor

Apr 20, 2026

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Apr 29, 2026
Song of the Day: Metric - Crush Forever
Apr 29, 2026

Song of the Day: Uplifting, effervescent electro-disco-pop by the Toronto indie rock band, with a song vocalist/keyboardist Emily Haines describes as “my love letter to strong girls in this world”, taken from their recently released 10th album, Romanticize the Dive, out on Metric Music via Thirty Tigers

Apr 29, 2026
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Apr 28, 2026
Song of the Day: Jim Ghedi - The Hungry Child
Apr 28, 2026

Song of the Day: Dark, gripping, visceral folk by the Sheffield singer-songwriter, with a striking number based on an early 19th-century German poem about the fatal story of a child pleading for food, and, following last year’s acclaimed album, Wasteland, also out on Basin Rock, it heralds his upcoming soundtrack for the Hugh Jackman film, The Death of Robin Hood.

Apr 28, 2026
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Apr 27, 2026
Song of the Day - holybones (with Baxter Dury) - SLUGBOY
Apr 27, 2026

Song of the Day: Dark, unsettling, sleazy and strange, this is arrestingly vivid new collaborative single between the clandestine London electronic collective and the downbeat, deep-voiced poetic Londoner, out on Promised Land Recordings

Apr 27, 2026
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Apr 26, 2026
Song of the Day: Hand Habits - Good Person
Apr 26, 2026

Song of the Day: Gentle, droll, humorously self-deprecatingly, and also delicately beautiful, this new experimental folk single by the moniker of Los Angeles singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Meg Duffy addresses the love-hate relationship with making music, out on Fat Possum

Apr 26, 2026
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Apr 25, 2026
Song of the Day: Pigeon - Miami
Apr 25, 2026

Song of the Day: Catchy, sunny, upbeawt indie synth-pop with an African twist by the Margate band fronted by Falle Nioke, with flavours of William Onyeabor, Hot Chip and New York 70s disco, heralding their upcoming album OUTTANATIONAL, out on 1 May via Memphis Industries

Apr 25, 2026
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Apr 24, 2026
Song of the Day: Tricky - Out of Place (featuring Marta Złakowska)
Apr 24, 2026

Song of the Day: A pulsating fusion of beats, orchestral strings and the Bristol trip-hop pioneer’s distinctive, deep, croaky voice, with an emotional reference to his daughter Mina Topley-Bird (1995–2019), and heralding his first solo album for six years, Different When It’s Silent, out on 17 June via False Idols

Apr 24, 2026
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Apr 23, 2026
Song of the Day: Beck - Ride Lonesome
Apr 23, 2026

Song of the Day: Beautiful, simmering, slow, melancholy and reflective, a surprise single and welcome return by the acclaimed US artist, evoking the haunting, sun-bleached landscapes and musical textures of his 2015 Grammy winning album Morning Phase, out now on Iliad Records/Capitol Records

Apr 23, 2026
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Apr 22, 2026
Song of the Day: Gelli Haha - Klouds Will Carry Me To Sleep
Apr 22, 2026

Song of the Day: Described appropriately as somewhere between Studio 42 and Area 51, eccentric, effervescent, spacey, catchy and eclectic disco pop by the Los Angeles artist (aka Angel Abaya, co-written with Sean Guerin) out on Innovative Leisure

Apr 22, 2026
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Apr 21, 2026
Song of the Day: LEENALCHI 이날치 - Here Comes That Crow 떴다 저 가마귀
Apr 21, 2026

Song of the Day: Wonderfully catchy, funky, psychedelic and quirky new work by the seven-piece Seoul-based Korean pansori band led by bassist Jang Young Gyu with the title track of their new EP, out on 12 June via Luaka Bop, and heralding a European and North American tour

Apr 21, 2026
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Apr 20, 2026
Song of the Day: Jesca Hoop - Big Storm
Apr 20, 2026

Song of the Day: Catchy, quirky experimental indie folk-pop by the innovative Manchester-based California artist, featuring a clever video that old footage and Hoop in various vintage guises, heralding her upcoming album Long Wave Home, out on 1 May via Last Laugh / Republic of Music

Apr 20, 2026
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Apr 19, 2026
Song of the Day: Gia Margaret - Alive Inside
Apr 19, 2026

Song of the Day: Delicate, dream-like, reflective experimental folk-pop by the American singer-songwriter and producer from Chicago, heralding her upcoming fourth album, Singing, out on Jagjaguwar

Apr 19, 2026
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Apr 18, 2026
Song of the Day: Prima Queen - Crumb
Apr 18, 2026

Song of the Day: Catchy, playful, gently humorous, self-deprecating experimental indie pop by the inventive transatlantic duo of Louise Macphail and Kristin McFadden, with a number about having a fragile crush on someone, and their first new music of 2026, out on Submarine Cat Records

Apr 18, 2026

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Apr 23, 2026
Word of the week: throstle
Apr 23, 2026

Word of the week: An archaic, evocative noun with two connected meanings, originally for the song thrush, then later a textiles industrial frame for spinning, twisting and winding machine for cotton, wool, and other fibres simultaneously

Apr 23, 2026
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Apr 9, 2026
Word of the week: undine
Apr 9, 2026

Word of the week: It might sound like the act of abstaining from food, but this noun from derived from undina (Latin unda) meaning wave, refers to mythical, elemental beings associated with water, such as mermaids, and stemming from the alchemical writings of the 16th-century Swiss physician, alchemist and philosopher Paracelsus

Apr 9, 2026
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Mar 27, 2026
Word of the week: veena
Mar 27, 2026

Word of the week: This ornate, curvaceous, south Indian classical instrument, the saraswati veena, is a special bowl lute with a rich, resonant tone, has 24 copper frets with four playing strings and three drone strings, and is used for Carnatic music

Mar 27, 2026
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Mar 12, 2026
Word of the week: wallfish
Mar 12, 2026

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

Mar 12, 2026
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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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