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New album releases for week beginning 27 February 2017

February 28, 2017 Peter Kimpton
Well fuckin' tasty … Sleaford Mods' new album English Tapas is out this Friday on Rough Trade

Well fuckin' tasty … Sleaford Mods' new album English Tapas is out this Friday on Rough Trade

This week's tasty selection includes Sleaford Mods' English Tapas, plus Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Blanck Mass, Temples, and a reissue of the first FKA Twigs EP

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New album releases for week beginning 20 February 2017

February 21, 2017 Peter Kimpton
Big guitar man … Thundercat

Big guitar man … Thundercat

This week we highlight Thundercat and his collaborations, new David Bowie from the Blackstar sessions, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Dirty Projectors and D.O.A.'s Trump update

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Tags albums, new releases, Thundercat, Michael McDonald, Kenny Loggins, Pharrell, Kendrick Lamar, David Bowie, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Dirty Projectors, D.O.A., Donald Trump
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New album releases for week beginning 13 February 2017

February 14, 2017 Peter Kimpton
The Damned reunited ...

The Damned reunited ...

This week's colourful selection includes Dutch Uncles, Ryan Adams, Hanni El Khatib, Jens Lekman, plus an informative anniversary re-release for The Damned and Twin Peaks Fire Walk With Me OST

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Tags albums, new releases, Dutch Uncles, Ryan Adams, Jens Lekman, Hanni El Khatib, The Damned, Anglo Badalmenti, film, David Lynch, Twin Peaks
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New album releases for week beginning 6 February 2017

February 7, 2017 Peter Kimpton
Tinariwen

Tinariwen

This week's selection includes Chuck Prophet, Tinariwen, Thievery Corporation, Tall Ships, some live gems from Elvis Costello and a treasure for David Bowie fans

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New album releases for the week beginning 30 January 2017

January 31, 2017 Peter Kimpton
Uplifting rock? Elbow are back with a distinctly upbeat and experimental album, but without their drummer.

Uplifting rock? Elbow are back with a distinctly upbeat and experimental album, but without their drummer.

This week's pick of the pops includes Elbow's new album, alongside Moon Duo, Eliza Carthy, Fufanu and YouTube big hitters Cigarettes After Sex

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Tags albums, new releases, Moon Duo, Elbow, Fufanu, Eliza Carthy & The Wayward Band, Cigarettes After Sex
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New album releases for week beginning 23 January 2017

January 24, 2017 Peter Kimpton
More lust for life? Trainspotting T2's boys are back

More lust for life? Trainspotting T2's boys are back

This week's selection focuses on the Trainspotting T2 soundtrack including Young Fathers, plus Cloud Nothings, Ty Segall, Ariel Pink & Weyes Blood, plus vinyl reissues from Bob Dylan, Buzzcocks and the White Stripes

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Tags Trainspotting, film, Young Fathers, Cloud Nothings, Ty Segall, Ariel Pink, Weyes Blood, Bob Dylan, Buzzcocks, The White Stripes, new releases, albums
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New album releases for week beginning 16 January 2017

January 17, 2017 Peter Kimpton
Loyle Carner. Quirky.

Loyle Carner. Quirky.

This week's selection includes new material by Loyle Carner, Menace Beach, AFI, Foxygen, plus another Serge Gainsbourg collection by Mick Harvey and some Paul Weller vinyl reissues

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New album releases for week beginning 9 January 2017

January 10, 2017 Peter Kimpton
The Flaming Lips ... a return to form?

The Flaming Lips ... a return to form?

Our selection of new releases includes The XX, The Flaming Lips, Run The Jewels, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Cavern of Anti-Matter and A Winged Victory for the Sullen

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Tags albums, new releases, The XX, The Flaming Lips, A Winged Victory For The Sullen, Cavern of Anti-Matter, Run The Jewels, The Brian Jonestown Massacre
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New album releases for week beginning 2 January 2017

January 3, 2017 Peter Kimpton
Time to think ... Eno

Time to think ... Eno

Brian Eno opens 2017's album releases with some thinking time, alongside new offerings from C Duncan, You Me At Six, The Moonlandingz, and Sundara Karma

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Tags new releases, albums, Brian Eno, C Duncan, The Moonlandingz, Sundara Karma, You Me At Six
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Blonder, stranger, lighter, darker: favourite and fitting albums of 2016 – part 2

December 27, 2016 Peter Kimpton
Angel Olsen is on the line.

Angel Olsen is on the line.

From Frank Ocean's Blonde to a fitting sign-off by Leonard Cohen, we complete our two-part list of a total of 50 album releases suggested by readers that reflected the mood and events of the past 12 months

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Tags albums, Thee Oh Sees, Frank Ocean, Blossoms, Anchorsong, The Lemon Twigs, The Monkees, Pixies, Parquet Courts, Cadaver Club, Badbadnotgood, Skepta, Michael Kiwanuka, Angel Olsen, Anderson Paak, Wire, Fat White Family, The Moonlandingz, Paul Simon, PJ Harvey, Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, System of Hate, Moddi, King, Weaves, Warhaus, The Avalanches, Leonard Cohen, Yak, Chance The Rapper, Joan As Policewoman, Benjamin Lazar Davis, Steve Mason, Kano, Midnight Dogs, Steve Ignorant & Paranoid Visions, Matty James, Kanye West, Miranda Lambert, Last Great Dreamers, Mark Pritchard, DJ Shadow
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Bowie to the Beach: favourite and fitting albums of 2016 – part 1

December 20, 2016 Peter Kimpton
Farewell, Mr Bowie. And thank you.

Farewell, Mr Bowie. And thank you.

Bowie? Beyonce? There's no such thing as the best album of the year. But instead we round up favourites, apt and lesser known new albums as suggested by readers in part 1 from a profound 2016

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Tags new releases, albums, 2016, David Bowie, Beyonce, Bon Iver, Savages, Radiohead, Mogwai, Okkervil River, Cate Le Bon, Biffy Clyro, Lambchop, Blood Orange, Divine Comedy, Weyes Blood, Unloved, Anohni, Antony Hegarty, Cass McCombs, Whiskey Myers, Mudcrutch, Frightened Rabbit, Whyte Horses, Iggy Pop, Car Seat Headrest, Nick Cave, A Tribe Called Quest, Viola Beach
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New album and vinyl releases for week beginning 12 December

December 13, 2016 Peter Kimpton
Mr B. The Gentleman Rhymer

Mr B. The Gentleman Rhymer

Before Christmas madness descends, peruse our selection of vinyl and other releases including rare stuff from the Doors, Bat For Lashes, Gold Panda and polished new work from Mr B. The Gentleman Rhymer

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Tags albums, new releases, vinyl, The Doors, Bohren & der Club of Gore, Mr B. The Gentleman Rhymer, Bat For Lashes, Gold Panda, Jean-Michel Jarre
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New album releases for week beginning 5 December 2016

December 6, 2016 Peter Kimpton
Neil Young … can't stop moving, and now on the Peace Trail

Neil Young … can't stop moving, and now on the Peace Trail

Neil Young continues his prolific streak with another 2016 album, and is joined by Babes in Toyland, Felice Brothers, Peter Broderick, Mos Def as Dec 99th, and Blueneck

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New album releases for week beginning 28 November 2016

November 29, 2016 Peter Kimpton
All systems are go. Public Service Broadcasting have launched a live album

All systems are go. Public Service Broadcasting have launched a live album

Check out new material from Pete Doherty, Public Service Broadcasting, Living Body, the Rolling Stones doing the blues, Black Milk & Nat Turner, and a new single from the XX

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New album releases for week beginning 20 November 2016

November 22, 2016 Peter Kimpton
Not sinking, but singing ...

Not sinking, but singing ...

Missed Kate Bush's live show? Now, at last, is your chance to hear it. Plus new albums from those obscure artists, the Rolling Stones and Prince

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New album releases for week beginning 14 November 2016

November 15, 2016 Peter Kimpton
The US and the rest of the world might be hardwired to self-destruct, but what about Metallica?

The US and the rest of the world might be hardwired to self-destruct, but what about Metallica?

Metallica, Justice, Gavin Bryars, Frederic Robinson, and a Human League anthology make up this week's multi-genre selection

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New album releases for week beginning 7 November 2016

November 8, 2016 Peter Kimpton
Can they still kick it? A Tribe Called Quest's final album coming up ...

Can they still kick it? A Tribe Called Quest's final album coming up ...

A Tribe Called Quest and friends, the Wave Pictures, Kathryn Williams, Martha Wainwright, Bob Dylan (live) and a new Trainspotting soundtrack release are set to warm up this November week

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New album releases for week beginning 31 October 2016

November 2, 2016 Peter Kimpton
Lambchop's Kurt Wagner ... listen out for some electronica on their new album

Lambchop's Kurt Wagner ... listen out for some electronica on their new album

Lambchop, Shirley Collins, Honeyblood, Hope Sandoval & The Warm Intentions bring top-quality alt-country, electronica, folk, grooves and garage pop

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New album releases for week beginning 24 October 2016

October 25, 2016 Peter Kimpton
Weyes Blood ... otherworldly

Weyes Blood ... otherworldly

The Pop Group, Toy, the Brian Jonestown Massacre, Weyes Blood and the No Sorrows bring you a mixt of post-punk, pop, rock, folk, psychedelic and retro joy

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New album releases for week beginning 17 October 2016

October 18, 2016 Peter Kimpton
Darker, deeper ... it's Leonard Cohen. Who else?

Darker, deeper ... it's Leonard Cohen. Who else?

Listen to Leonard Cohen, a taste of unreleased David Bowie for the Lazarus musical, Denmark's innovative Agnes Obel, Hooton Tennis Club's tasty box and American Football

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New Albums …

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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 16, 2026
Juni Habel: Evergreen In Your Mind
Apr 16, 2026

New album: Exquisite, delicate, ethereal finger-picking folk by the Norwegian singer-songwriter in this third album, one that poetically and musically inhabits a mysterious half-dream state flitting between two worlds

Apr 16, 2026
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Apr 16, 2026
Gretel: Squish
Apr 16, 2026

New album: After several years of excellent EPs and singles such as Drive, a much anticipated and strong rock-pop debut by the London singer-songwriter who delivers catchy, energising numbers, here themed around wanting the warmly craved feelings of love, lust and relationships, but also finding overwhelming of being squashed and consumed by them

Apr 16, 2026
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Apr 15, 2026
Squarepusher: Kammerkonzert
Apr 15, 2026

New album: An eclectic, dramatic, polyrhythmic mix of jazz, modern classical and drum’n’bass by the experimental British musician and producer Tom Jenkinson, in this dramatic, abstract, cerebral and cinematic release featuring a host of instruments from bass to chamber strings and harpischord

Apr 15, 2026
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Apr 15, 2026
Pictish Trail: Life Slime
Apr 15, 2026

New album: Mesmeric, slow-build, mid-tempo, woozy, psychedelic-electronica folk of gentle, personal, reflective dark humour, profundity and melancholy by the Isle of Eigg-based Scottish musician Johnny Lynch in his sixth LP, here produced by Mike Lindsay of Tunng and LUMP themed around metaphorical ooze, transformation, exhaustion, hope, guilt, and renewal

Apr 15, 2026
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Apr 14, 2026
Flea: Honora
Apr 14, 2026

New album: The Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist turns his skills to another passion – trumpet – and the result is an absorbing, eclectic, fusion of experimental jazz, electronica, spoken word of six originals and four covers, with collaborators including Radiohead’s Thom Yorke, Tortoise’s Jeff Parker, and Nick Cave

Apr 14, 2026
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Apr 12, 2026
Lime Garden: Maybe Not Tonight
Apr 12, 2026

New album: Zesty, fresh, infectiously catchy, smash-and-grab synthy indie-pop-rock by the Brighton quartet, packed with fabulous riffs and melodies and droll, tongue-in-cheek lyrics that engagingly chart the highs and lows, the joys and insecurities of a big night out

Apr 12, 2026
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Apr 11, 2026
My New Band Believe: My New Band Believe
Apr 11, 2026

New album: A superb, rapturous swirl of energy, invention, passionate emotions and originality, this debut album by Cameron Picton, the bassist of the acclaimed British experimentalists Black Midi, features shapeshifting structures with a host of acoustic instruments, all originating from a hotel room fever dream of weird imagery and scrambled text

Apr 11, 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 17, 2026
Song of the Day: Olivia Rodrigo - Drop Dead
Apr 17, 2026

Song of the Day: A bright, shimmering, effervescent, soaring new single by the American pop superstar, with stylistic parallels to Chappell Roan and ABBA, heralding her upcoming third album You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love, out on 12 June via Geffen

Apr 17, 2026
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Apr 16, 2026
Song of the Day: Massive Attack with Tom Waits – Boots on the Ground
Apr 16, 2026

Song of the Day: Now 35 years since the hugely influential Blue Lines, and 16 since their last LP, Robert Del Naja and co return, joined by the unmistakeable voice of the American musician, with a powerful, poignant, topically political number portraying the perspective of a boorish, monstrous warmonger

Apr 16, 2026
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Apr 15, 2026
Song of the Day: The Gnomes - Magic Man
Apr 15, 2026

Song of the Day: Fresh, energised, guitar-driven 60s-style retro garage-rock-pop fun from the young Melbourne four-piece taken from their the new EP, More, out on 13 May

Apr 15, 2026
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Apr 14, 2026
Song of the Day: Getdown Services - The Radiator
Apr 14, 2026

Song of the Day: Weirdly wonderful and oddly mesmeric, catchy, surreal and silly groove electro-pop by the Bristol duo of Josh Law and Ben Sadler, best known for the single Dog Dribble and their joyous, comedic, frenzied live shows, out on Breakfast Records

Apr 14, 2026
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Apr 13, 2026
Song of the Day: Tamikrest - Imanin
Apr 13, 2026

Song of the Day: A stirring, evocative song of defiance and resistance to the repression of northern Mali people by the acclaimed Saharan rock band, from their upcoming sixth album, Assikel, out on 15 May via Glitterbeat Records

Apr 13, 2026
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Apr 12, 2026
Song of the Day: Royel Otis - Sweet Hallelujah
Apr 12, 2026

Song of the Day: Soaring, strident, anthemic rock about a bittersweet farewell and enriched with stirring orchestral backing in this latest single by the Sydney, Australia duo of Royel Maddell and Otis Pavlovic, out on Ourness/Capitol Records/UMG

Apr 12, 2026

Word of the week

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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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