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New releases: Baby Driver soundtrack, Big Star, Waxahatchee, Lucy Rose, Last Night From Glasgow

July 17, 2017 Peter Kimpton
Lucy Rose

Lucy Rose

A pick of recent releases and other oddments includes the rip-roaring Baby Driver film soundtrack, a Big Star compilation, Waxahatchee, Lucy Rose, and independent label Last Night From Glasgow

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Tags Songs, vinyl, Baby Driver, film soundtracks, Alexis Korner, Kid Koala, Sky Ferreira, Run The Jewels, Danger Mouse, Big Boi, Big Star, REM, Waxahatchee, Lucy Rose, Last Night From Glasgow, Sun Rose
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New albums: Public Service Broadcasting, Haim, Broken Social Scene, Black Lips and Gareth Dickson

July 4, 2017 Peter Kimpton
Public Service Broadcasting

Public Service Broadcasting

This week's selection includes more ingenious nostalgia and social commentary mined by Public Service Broadcasting, plus the return of Black Lips, Broken Social Scene, LA sisters Haim, and Gareth Dickson

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New album releases: Beach House, Penguin Cafe & Cornelius, Peter Perrett, Jad Fair, Tenniscoats, Floating Points, King Gizzard and more

June 27, 2017 Peter Kimpton
The sleeve of King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard's Murder of the Universe

The sleeve of King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard's Murder of the Universe

This week's selection guarantees taking you to new musical places: Beach House, Penguin Cafe & Cornelius, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, Jad Fair, Tenniscoats & Norman Blake, Floating Points and a reissue from Anne Briggs

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Tags new releases, albums, Anne Briggs, Penguin Cafe, Cornelius, Beach House, Jad Fair, Tenniscoats, Norman Blake, Teenage Fanclub, Floating Points, Peter Perrett, The Only Ones
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New album releases: Radiohead, Songhoy Blues, Algiers, Jeff Tweedy, Mississippi John Hurt

June 21, 2017 Peter Kimpton
Songhoy Blues

Songhoy Blues

This week's highlights include a re-release with extra tracks on the 20th anniversary of Radiohead's OK Computer, plus Songhoy Blues, Algiers, Jeff Tweedy, and a Mississippi John Hurt compilation

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Tags new releases, albums, Radiohead, Songhoy Blues, Mississippi John Hurt, Algiers, Jeff Tweedy, indie, African music, blues, folk
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Exclusive: The Smiths and David Bowie new vinyl releases!

June 16, 2017 Peter Kimpton
The new 12" cover

The new 12" cover

Exciting news for vinyl collectors and fans of David Bowie and The Smiths: a gold, limited edition of Ziggy Stardust & The Spiders From Mars, and a first 12in and picture disc of The Queen Is Dead

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Tags new releases, albums, singles, picture disc, The Smiths, David Bowie
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Fleet Foxes, Royal Blood, Beth Ditto, CAN, and David Bowie – new releases

June 13, 2017 Peter Kimpton
Fleet Foxes' remaining five return with a new album

Fleet Foxes' remaining five return with a new album

This week sees stunning comebacks – Fleet Foxes after six years without Josh Tillman, Beth Ditto without Gossip, and Royal Blood's follow-up, plus Can's first singles compilation and two live Bowie tracks

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Tags new releases, albums, Fleet Foxes, Robin Pecknold, Josh Tillman, Royal Blood, Beth Ditto, Gossip, Can, krautrock, David Bowie
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New album releases for week beginning 5 June 2017

June 6, 2017 Peter Kimpton
Arcade Fire have a new album on the horizon

Arcade Fire have a new album on the horizon

This week's fabulous selection of new releases includes a single heralding Arcade Fire new album, Sufjan Stevens collaborates on a planetary suite, plus Chuck Berry's farewell, Phoenix and Cigarettes After Sex

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Tags new releases, albums, singles, Arcade Fire, Sufjan Stevens, Bryce Dessner, Nico Muhly, James McAlister, Chuck Berry, Cigarettes After Sex, Phoenix, Daft Punk, Thomas Bangalter
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New album releases for week beginning 29 May 2017

May 30, 2017 Peter Kimpton
alt-J

alt-J

Humorous experimentation by alt-J, Roger Waters hitting prime Pink Floyd form, a geographical concept by Saint Etienne, Marika Hacker and Benjamin Booker make up this week's selection

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Tags new releases, albums, alt-J, Roger Waters, Pink Floyd, Nigel Godrich, Saint Etienne, Benjamin Booker, Marika Hackman
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New album releases for week beginning 22 May 2017

May 23, 2017 Peter Kimpton
The Charlatans

The Charlatans

This week we include the Charlatans and starry guests,  plus Jane Weaver, Resistance Radio – early covers including by Kelis and Beck, Kraftwerk's 3D live album, and a Beatles' Sgt Pepper 50th anniversary edition

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Tags new releases, albums, The Charlatans, Jane Weaver, Resistance Radio, Sam Cohen, Dangermouse, Beck, Angel Olsen, Grandaddy, Michael Kiwanuka, Kelis, The Beatles, Kraftwerk, Johnny Marr, Paul Weller, New Order, Lambchop, Kurt Wagner
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New album releases for week beginning 15 May 2017

May 16, 2017 Peter Kimpton
!!! Chk Chk Chk more than paint the town red when their perform live

!!! Chk Chk Chk more than paint the town red when their perform live

This week's selection includess !!! (Chk Chk Chk), the Mountain Goats, Record Store Day specials extended by Thelonius Monk and The Wedding Present, plus a compilation featuring Chris Cornell, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, Mother Love Bone, Mudhoney and Pearl Jam

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Tags albums, new releases, !!! Chk Chk Chk, Thelonius Monk, film soundtracks, film, The Wedding Present, Alice In Chains, Chris Cornell, Soundgarden, Mother Love Bone, Mudhoney, Pearl Jam, The Mountain Goats
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New album releases for week beginning 8 May 2017

May 12, 2017 Peter Kimpton
Paul Weller

Paul Weller

This week's selection dips into Paul Weller's latest solo experiment, Perfume Genius, Animal Collective and Steve Wickham

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Tags albums, new releases, Paul Weller, Perfume Genius, Animal Collective, Steve Wickham, The Waterboys, Mike Scott, Camille O'Sullivan, Jawbone (film), film soundtracks, PP Arnold, Madeleine Bell, The Strypes, Josh McClorey, Robert Wyatt, Boy George
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New album releases for week beginning 1 May 2017

May 2, 2017 Peter Kimpton
Simply cuckoo: From Kasabian's new video for You're In Love With A Psycho …

Simply cuckoo: From Kasabian's new video for You're In Love With A Psycho …

This week's releases include Kasabian, Blondie featuring Johnny Marr and other guests, a classical take on Carl Craig, Bonnie Prince Billy's tribute to Merle Haggard, the Afghan Whigs and Mac Demarco

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Tags albums, new releases, Carl Craig, Bonnie Prince Billy, The Afghan Whigs, Blondie, Johnny Marr, Joan Jett, Laurie Anderson, Mac Demarco, Kasabian, indie, Francesco Tristano, Les Siècles, InFiné, Serge Pizzorno, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
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New album releases for week beginning 24 April 2017

April 26, 2017 Peter Kimpton
Sitting comfortably? Gorillaz return with a new album … Humanz

Sitting comfortably? Gorillaz return with a new album … Humanz

This week includes some of the finest and funkiest collaborations, including Gorillaz, Thurston Moore, Dan Auerbach, Feist with Jarvis Cocker, Mark Lanegan and DJ Format with Abdominal

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Tags albums, new releases, Dan Auerbach, The Black Keys, Thurston Moore, Paul Epworth, Feist, Jarvis Cocker, Gorillaz, Damon Albarn, Jamie Hewlett, Mavis Staples, De La Soul, Danny Brown, Grace Jones, Jehnny Beth, Mark Lanegan, DJ Format, Abdominal, hip-hop
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New album releases for week beginning 17 April 2017

April 18, 2017 Peter Kimpton
Maximo Park's Paul Smith leaps into action

Maximo Park's Paul Smith leaps into action

This week's post-Easter selection cracks open tasty offerings from Maximo Park, Hot Chip's Joe Goddard, The Black Angels and a Bach interpretation by Yo Yo Ma, Chris Thile and Edgar Meyer

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Tags Songs, albums, new releases, Yo-Yo Ma, Chris Thile, Edgar Meyer, JS Bach, Joe Goddard, Hot Chip, 2 Bears, The Black Angels, Maximo Park, indie, classical, electronica, Record Store Day
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New album releases for week beginning 10 April 2017

April 11, 2017 Peter Kimpton
Damned or doomed? A sign of the times. Damn. Kendrick Lamar

Damned or doomed? A sign of the times. Damn. Kendrick Lamar

No genre stone is unturned with this week's eclectic selection, including Kendrick Lamar, Barry Adamson, Jah Wobble, John Power's Cast, plus -M-, Toumani Diabate, Sidiki Diabaté, and Fatoumata Diawara

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Tags songs, Kendrick Lamar, Barry Adamson, Jah Wobble, -M- Toumani Diabate, Sidiki Diabaté, Fatoumata Diawara, Cast, John Power, hip-hop, jazz, African music, reggae, punk, indie, film soundtracks
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New album releases for week beginning 3 April 2017

April 4, 2017 Peter Kimpton
Father John Misty: darkly humorous on politics and social media

Father John Misty: darkly humorous on politics and social media

This week's wistful and humorous selection includes Father John Misty, Future Islands, Karen Elson, Happyness and Yorkston/Thorne/Kahn

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Tags new releases, albums, Yorkston/Thorne/Khan, Karen Elson, The Black Keys, Father John Misty, Laura Marling, Benmont Tench, Wilco, Bright Eyes, Dhani Harrison, Future Islands, Happyness
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New album releases for week beginning 27 March 2017

March 28, 2017 Peter Kimpton
Goldfrapp are back

Goldfrapp are back

This week’s genre-spanning selection is full of treats including Bob Dylan, Goldfrapp, British Sea Power, Miraculous Mule, Julia Holter and Hot 8 Brass Band

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Tags new releases, albums, Bob Dylan, Goldfrapp, Hot 8 Brass Band, British Sea Power, Julia Holter, Miraculous Mule
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New album releases for week beginning 20 March 2017

March 21, 2017 Peter Kimpton
Anarchy in the UK: Johnny Rocket and friends from Moonlandingz

Anarchy in the UK: Johnny Rocket and friends from Moonlandingz

This week's releases are a fabulously noisy blast off, featuring the Moonlandingz, a long-awaited return for Jesus & Mary Chain, plus Johnny Flynn and PINS featuring Iggy Pop

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Tags albums, new releases, The Moonlandingz, Fat White Family, Eccentric Research Council, Jesus & Mary Chain, Slow Club, Johnny Flynn, PINS, Iggy Pop
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New album releases for week beginning 13 March 2017

March 14, 2017 Peter Kimpton
Chilly Gonzales and Jarvis Cocker

Chilly Gonzales and Jarvis Cocker

This week we check in a hotel-based work by Jarvis Cocker and Chilly Gonzales, and visit other great musical locations via Depeche Mode, Japan's Midori Takada, Conor Oberst, Horsebeach and Spoon

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Tags albums, new releases, Jarvis Cocker, Chilly Gonzalez, Midori Takada, Horsebeach, Spoon, Conor Oberst, Depeche Mode
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New album releases for week beginning 6 March 2017

March 7, 2017 Peter Kimpton
Laura Marling

Laura Marling

This week's pick of albums includes Laura Marling, Paul Weller, Ibibio Sound Machine, Max Richter, Circa Waves and a special Bowie tribute album that includes David McAlmont with Clifford Slapper

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Tags albums, new releases, Laura Marling, Ibibio Sound Machine, Max RIchter, Circa Waves, Paul Weller, David Bowie, Clifford Slapper, David McAlmont, Marcella Puppini
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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 9, 2026
Wendy Eisenberg: Wendy Eisenberg
Apr 9, 2026

New album: An absolutely gorgeous, delicate, subtle, brilliantly inventive LP of folk-rock-country-pop by the Brooklyn-based guitarist, improviser, composer and singer-songwriter, themed around the artist’s newfound queerness and love, all coloured by a sense of personal awe and reinvention

Apr 9, 2026
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Apr 8, 2026
LuxJury: Giving Up
Apr 8, 2026

New album: Catchy, funky, witty, insightful and candid soulful indie-pop debut by the London trio fronted by Nicole ‘Lux’ Fermie, with songs inspired by a formative first queer relationship and subsequent exploration of identity

Apr 8, 2026
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Apr 7, 2026
Snail Mail: Ricochet
Apr 7, 2026

New album: American indie singer-songwriter Lindsey Jordan returns with a third LP, awash with natural tendency for shoegaze-y melancholy, but also with a warm embrace of jangly and acoustic guitars in this introspective release about time, fading friendships, mortality, the afterlife, and the quiet terror of watching the things you love slip away

Apr 7, 2026
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Apr 6, 2026
LYR: Dark Sky Reservation
Apr 6, 2026

New album: Filled with beautiful stillness and vivid, intricate images, gentle wit, lilting profundity and contemplative moments, this gorgeously illuminating third experimental LP by the trio of UK poet laureate Simon Armitage and musicians Richard Walters and Patrick J Pearson begins on the constellatory contradiction that the furthest points of light in our skies can only be seen in the dark

Apr 6, 2026

new songs …

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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
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Apr 11, 2026
Song of the Day: Kelela - Idea 1
Apr 11, 2026

Song of the Day: Sensual, smoky, stripped back soul, R&B dream-pop and electronica about facing an uncertain world by the acclaimed American singer-songwriter of Ethiopian ancestry with first new music since her second album Raven (2023), out on Warp Records

Apr 11, 2026
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Apr 10, 2026
Song of the Day: Lambrini Girls - Cult of Celebrity
Apr 10, 2026

Song of the Day: Taking a punchy shot at the sinister, dark underbelly of global elites and backdoor dealings of notorious super-wealthy inner circles who prey on the young and innocent, a fabulously feisty new single by the Brighton British punk duo of Phoebe Lunny and Selin Macieira, out on City Slang

Apr 10, 2026

Word of the week

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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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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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