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Matt Berry: Blue Elephant

May 17, 2021 Peter Kimpton
Matt Berry’s latest LP. If Francis Bacon had painted the Elephant Man.

Matt Berry’s latest LP. If Francis Bacon had painted the Elephant Man.

Album review: Like a boy in a music shop let loose with all the toys, a thoroughly enjoyable and musically impressive psych-prog journey full of sonic humour and riffing adventure in this latest LP by the popular British comic actor

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In albums, funk, psychedelia, prog-rock, rock Tags albums, Matt Berry, Acid Jazz
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Paul Weller: Fat Pop (Volume 1)

May 16, 2021 Peter Kimpton
Paul Weller’s Fat Pop is an album of catchy singles

Paul Weller’s Fat Pop is an album of catchy singles

Album review: Woking’s finest returns with his own lockdown LP after 2020’s acclaimed On Sunset, and this 16th solo LP is a fun bag bursting full of catchy melodies and fabulous toe-tapping pop tunes

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In albums, rock, pop Tags Paul Weller, albums, new releases, Polydor, The Mysterines, Andy Fairweather Low, Hannah Peel
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Sons of Kemet: Black to the Future

May 16, 2021 Peter Kimpton
Sons of Kemet: Black to the Future

Sons of Kemet: Black to the Future

Album review: A wonderful return by the pioneering UK-based jazz quartet after 2018’s acclaimed Your Queen is a Reptile, here with fuller compositions and arrangements, and featured vocalists including Kojey Radical, Moor Mother, Angel Bat Dawid, Joshua Idehen and D Double E

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In African, albums, hip hop, jazz Tags albums, new releases, Sons of Kemet, Shabaka Hutchings, Kojey Radica, Kojey Radical, Moor Mother, Joshua Idehen, Lianne La Havas, Impulse Records
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St Vincent: Daddy's Home

May 14, 2021 Peter Kimpton
St Vincent: Daddy’s Home now …

St Vincent: Daddy’s Home now …

Album review: This superb new LP by Annie Clark is inspired by the look, sounds and feel of grimy early 70s New York, creating a work of of sleazy sophistication, the sounds of electric sitar, a Steely Dan, and an edgy joke title referring to the release of her father from prison

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In albums, funk, indie, pop, psychedelia, soul Tags albums, new releases, St Vincent, Annie Clark, Loma Vista
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Dodie: Build A Problem

May 12, 2021 Peter Kimpton
Dodie’s debut album Build A Problem

Dodie’s debut album Build A Problem

Album review: Intimate, delicate, often whispered and candid, the debut album from the 25-year-old Essex singer-songwriter and YouTube star Dodie Clark magically minimal through subtle cinematic arrangements of strings, piano guitar and clarinet

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In albums, experimental, folk Tags albums, new releases, Dodie
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Angrusori: Live at Tou

May 11, 2021 Peter Kimpton
Angrusori: Live at Tou

Angrusori: Live at Tou

Album review: An extraordinary album of traditional Romany songs and tragic ballads of migration by the Slovakian-Norwegian orchestra, performed with Bulgarian-style voices, strings and percussion with Hindustani to Yiddish echoes

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In albums, folk, traditional, gypsy Tags albums, new releases, Angrusori, Jana Belišová, Iva Bittová, Kitchen Orchestra, Nils Henrik, Hudson Records
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Sophia Kennedy: Monsters

May 10, 2021 Peter Kimpton
Sophia Kennedy’s Monsters - impossible to control or define

Sophia Kennedy’s Monsters - impossible to control or define

Album review: An unholy, beguiling and at times mischievously brilliant mixture of pop, Tin Pan Alley, vintage showtunes, hip hop, abstract electronica and horror film culture, the Baltimore-born, Hamburg-bred artist is just as impossible to define as to not enjoy

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In albums, electronica, experimental, hip hop, indie, jazz, musical theatre, R&B, soul, trip-hop Tags albums, new releases, Sophia Kennedy, City Slang
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Will Graefe: Marine Life

May 10, 2021 Peter Kimpton
Beautiful emptiness: Will Graefe’s breakup album Marine Life

Beautiful emptiness: Will Graefe’s breakup album Marine Life

Album review: This fragile solo album of exquisite melancholy from the Brooklyn-based Okkervil River guitarist was written and recorded after a devastating breakup during Covid lockdown and echoes the sensitivity of Elliott Smith

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In albums, folk Tags albums, new releases, Will Graefe, Okkervil River, 11A Records, lo-fi
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Squid: Bright Green Field

May 8, 2021 Peter Kimpton
Squid’s full debut LP Bright Green Field

Squid’s full debut LP Bright Green Field

Album review: A bold, expansive, experimental and exciting full debut by the postpunk Brighton five-piece, with songs full of musical adventure and dynamic changes, combining krautrock, prog and even a dash of jazz

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In albums, experimental, indie, post-punk, prog-rock Tags albums, new releases, Squid, Dan Carey, Warp Records
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Tony Allen (and various): There Is No End

May 7, 2021 Peter Kimpton
More of Tony Allen’s work posthumously in collaboration with guest artists

More of Tony Allen’s work posthumously in collaboration with guest artists

Album review: Entertainingly diverse posthumous album bringing together recordings by the great drummer and Afrobeat pioneer with Femi Kuti, here matched here with guests from soul to hip hop, including Sampa The Great, Skepta, Damon Albarn, and Lava La Rue

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In African, dub, funk, hip hop, jazz, trip-hop, soul Tags albums, new releases, Tony Allen, Vincent Taeger, Sampa The Great, Skepta, Ben Okri, Tsunami, Damon Albarn, Lava La Rue, Nah Eeto, Marlowe
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Royal Blood: Typhoons

May 5, 2021 Peter Kimpton
Rocking the dance floor: Royal Blood’s Typhoon

Rocking the dance floor: Royal Blood’s Typhoon

Album review: Third album across a decade of of signature thumping bangers of big fuzz guitar, heavy drums and high rock from the Brighton duo of Mike Kerr and Ben Thatcher is also given an extra disco kick alongside producer Josh Homme

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In albums, disco, rock Tags albums, new releases, Royal Blood, Josh Homme, Daft Punk, Warner Bros
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Julia Stone: Sixty Summers

May 5, 2021 Peter Kimpton
Julia Stone’s Sixty Summers

Julia Stone’s Sixty Summers

Album review: Third album leaning towards quirky, intelligent and inventively experimental pop by the artist from Sydney with oodles of brass, drums and funk guitar and electronica – by Annie Clark aka St Vincent and Thomas Bartlett

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In albums, electronica, pop Tags albums, new releases, Julia Stone, St Vincent, Annie Clark, Cyndi Lauper
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Girl In Red: If I Could Make It Go Quiet

May 3, 2021 Peter Kimpton
Girl In Red

Girl In Red

Album review: “Honey, I’m not doing so well". Impressively candid, clever pop debut capturing a variety of emotional, relationship and sexuality traumas through catchy songwriting by Norway’s Marie Ulven who has already become a bedroom-produced YouTube star

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In albums, pop Tags albums, new releases, Girl In Red, Marie Ulven, World In Red, AWAL
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Manchester Orchestra: The Million Masks of God

May 3, 2021 Peter Kimpton
Epic scale: The Million Masks of God by Manchester Orchestra

Epic scale: The Million Masks of God by Manchester Orchestra

Album review: The Atlanta indie-rockers’ latest LP is has an even more expansive, full-bodied sound of vocal harmonies led by frontman Andy Hull that echo Fleet Foxes with strong songwriting, psychedelic parts and a sense of epic scale that would fill large venues or festivals

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In albums, indie, psychedelia, rock Tags albums, new releases, Manchester Orchestra, Loma Vista
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Teenage Fanclub: Endless Arcade

May 3, 2021 Peter Kimpton
Teenage Fanclub’s Endless Arcade

Teenage Fanclub’s Endless Arcade

Album review: This first album for five years by Scotland’s indie veterans as ever is wonderfully consistent, here marrying the musically sunny and uplifting with dark, tragic subject matter to reflect recent times

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In albums, indie, pop Tags albums, new releases, Teenage Fanclub, PeMa
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Matt Sweeney and Bonnie 'Prince' Billy: Superwolves

May 2, 2021 Peter Kimpton
Superwolves by Matt Sweeney and Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy

Superwolves by Matt Sweeney and Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy

Album review: Gorgeously sensitive and emotional collaborative album between old friends, guitarist and singer-songwriter of folk, Nashville country, Appalachian and some Malian in the mix with guest players

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In African, country, folk, traditional, albums, blues Tags albums, new releases, Bonnie Prince Billy, Will Oldham, Matt Sweeney, Mdou Moctar, Ahmoudou Madassane, Domino Records, Drag City
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Gojira: Fortitude

May 2, 2021 Peter Kimpton
A cri de coeur on climate change: Gojira’s new album, Fortitude

A cri de coeur on climate change: Gojira’s new album, Fortitude

Album review: Metal may not be to everyone’s taste, but there’s no denying the songwriting and musicianship of this seventh album by the French quartet which is a powerful, engaging and stormy cri de coeur about climate change

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In albums, metal, rock Tags albums, new releases, Gojira, climate change, protest, Roadrunner Records
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Marianne Faithfull with Warren Ellis: She Walks In Beauty

May 1, 2021 Peter Kimpton
Poetic ends: friends Marianne Faithfull with Warren Ellis

Poetic ends: friends Marianne Faithfull with Warren Ellis

Album review: Alongside music by the Australian composer and musician, the iconic singer recites well-known poems from Coleridge, Keats, Wordsmith and more, with addition sounds by friends Nick Cave, Brian Eno and cellist Vincent Ségal

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In albums, ambient, electronica, experimental, poetry, spoken word Tags albums, new releases, Marianne Faithfull, Warren Elllis, Nick Cave, Brian Eno
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The Coral: Coral Island

April 30, 2021 Peter Kimpton
The Coral’s new double album

The Coral’s new double album

Album review: Themed loosely in setting, characters and narrative around a British seaside resort, this new double album by the Liverpool band glitters with beautifully relaxed, timeless tunes that shimmer with a late-60s psychedelia

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In albums, pop, indie, psychedelia Tags albums, new releases, The Coral, Run On Records
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Alfa Mist: Bring Backs

April 30, 2021 Peter Kimpton
Alfa Mist’s third album, Bring Backs

Alfa Mist’s third album, Bring Backs

Album review: A mellifluous weave of jazz, soul, poetry hip hop by the east London rapper, producer and instrumentalist aka Alfa Sekitoleko with a nod to his various musical influences, especially the capital's vibrant jazz scene

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In albums, hip hop, jazz Tags albums, new releases, Alfa Mist, Lex Amor, Kaya Thomas-Dyke
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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
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Apr 5, 2026
deary: Birding
Apr 5, 2026

New album: A shimmering, sparkling, ethereal dream-pop and shoegaze debut by the London trio with an ornithological theme in the context of human impact, and significant echoes in flight of their key influences Cocteau Twins, Lush, My Bloody Valentine, and Slowdive

Apr 5, 2026
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Apr 4, 2026
Angine de Poitrine: Vol. II
Apr 4, 2026

New album: A weirdly wonky hot sensation on social media, the mysterious Quebec duo are instantly recognisable by their oddball, masked polka dot disguises, but this second release of mostly instrumental prog-rock bendy loops and riffs between guitar and drums remain just as mesmeric in their musical skill and complexity

Apr 4, 2026
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Apr 4, 2026
Thundercat: Distracted
Apr 4, 2026

New album: Rich, deep, squelchy grooves and high falsetto in the distinctively funky-jazz-soul-afrofuturistic-cosmic-rock return of the outstanding Los Angeles bass player with his first LP for six years, and an impressive array of collaborators, including Mac Miller, Tame Impala, Flying Lotus, A$AP Rocky, and The Lemon Twigs

Apr 4, 2026
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Apr 1, 2026
MEMORIALS: All Clouds Bring Not Rain
Apr 1, 2026

New album: Innovative, eclectic fusion of psychedelia, folk, dub, krautrock, 60s soul, garage rock, prog, pop, electronica and 70s spiritual jazz by the Canterbury experimental duo of Verity Susman and Matthew Simms

Apr 1, 2026
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Apr 1, 2026
José González: Against The Dying Of The Light
Apr 1, 2026

New album: A gentle, reflective, meditative, but quietly defiant fifth LP by the Swedish-Argentine indie-folk guitarist and singer-songwriter, following his last, Local Valley, broadening his perspective in an urgent call to preserve the light of humanity as technology advances in ironically darkening world

Apr 1, 2026
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Apr 1, 2026
RAYE: This Music May Contain Hope
Apr 1, 2026

New album: A highly entertaining, exuberantly stylish, cross-genre 17-track, 73-minute odyssey by the London popstar, with a huge musical show of a second LP, spanning swing-era jazz to soul, R&B, house music, pop, dance, gospel, classical and the full kitchen sink, with orchestral band, family members, Hans Zimmer, and even Al Green

Apr 1, 2026
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Mar 30, 2026
Pitou: P2
Mar 30, 2026

New album: Brilliantly quirky, original second LP of experimental folk pop by the Amsterdam artist, who has the free spirited musical adventurousness reminiscent of Tune-Yards’ Merrill Garbus and Fiona Apple in this clever, playful, stop-start work with oodles of vocal loops and layering, electronica and unusual field recordings across themes of freedom and restlessness

Mar 30, 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
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Apr 9, 2026
Song of the Day: Surfbort - Hot Dog
Apr 9, 2026

Song of the Day: Tasty, catchy, satirical fun, suggestively themed around the popular fast-food snack, with an even more entertaining video filled with colourful characters by the Brooklyn punk band, taken from their recent third album Reality Star, out on TODO

Apr 9, 2026
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Apr 8, 2026
Song of the Day: Beth Orton - The Ground Above
Apr 8, 2026

Song of the Day: The British singer-songwriter returns with a profound and beautiful new 8-minute eclectic folk-rock number about how humans are “all vulnerable beings living out invincible lives”, suffused with piano and trumpet, and out on Partisan Records

Apr 8, 2026
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Apr 7, 2026
Song of the Day: Liz Lawrence - Black Ulysses
Apr 7, 2026

Song of the Day: A beautifully moving, melodic and poignant acoustic indie-pop single by the acclaimed British singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer, from the upcoming album fifth album Vespers, out on 5 June via Chrysalis Records

Apr 7, 2026
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Apr 6, 2026
Song of the Day: Angelo De Augustine - Empty Shell
Apr 6, 2026

Song of the Day: Beautiful, delicate, tender, elegiac indie folk with chamber strings, by the California singer-songwriter, and friend and associate of Sufjan Stevens, who is an inspiration, heralding his upcoming fifth album Angel in Plainclothes, out on 24 April via Asthmatic Kitty Records

Apr 6, 2026
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Apr 5, 2026
Song of the Day: U2 - Easter Parade
Apr 5, 2026

Song of the Day: After February’s politically themed protest EP Days of Ash, another surprise single and EP, Easter Lily, by the veteran Irish rock band, seasonally themed and reflecting the band’s beliefs, with a classic sound harking back to the past, guitar and synths, and a number described as a devotional song, a celebration of new life, rebirth and resurrection

Apr 5, 2026
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Apr 4, 2026
Song of the Day: Bedouine - Long Way To Fall
Apr 4, 2026

Song of the Day: A beautiful, tender, poignant return by the Syrian-American singer-songwriter Azniv Korkejian, with a strings and piano-based indie-folk number heralding her fourth album Neon Summer Skin, out on 5 June via Bedouine Music/ Thirty Tigers

Apr 4, 2026
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Apr 3, 2026
Song of the Day: Jack White - G.O.D. AND THE BROKEN RIBS / Derecho Demonico
Apr 3, 2026

Song of the Day: The acclaimed rock guitarist-singer-songwriter of White Stripes fame returns with this punchy, scorching catchy organ-backed, biblical-modern-fable-apocalypse-themed number alongside another, the Led Zeppelin-esque Derecho Demonico, out on his label Third Man Records

Apr 3, 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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