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Playlists: songs about ice cream

August 7, 2024 Peter Kimpton

Serving now …

Seductive servings, unusual flavours, and mystery men and women. This week’s musical serving has got it all, packed with colours and innuendo, it’s a delicious combination put together by guest skilful scooper EnglishOutlaw from last week’s topic

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In blues, avant-garde, calypso, comedy, country, dance, disco, easy listening, electronica, exotica, experimental, folk, funk, indie, instrumentals, jazz, music, playlists, pop, postpunk, prog, psychedelia, rock, reggae, songs, soul, traditional Tags ice cream, dessert, Metronomy, Louis Prima, The Bedroom Philosopher, Paolo Conte, Tom Waits, Lorraine Bowen, Raye, Holy Fuck, James Lee Stanley, Peter Tork, Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, Sarah McLachlan, Doris Day, Ellis Paul, Eliseo Román, Art Brut, Kelis, The White Stripes, Delta 5, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Wilco, EnglishOutlaw
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Playlists: itchy and scratchy songs

February 28, 2024 Peter Kimpton

Itching to have a go …

Got that tingle but don’t know how to reach it? Found the right spot but scratching makes it itchier? Inspired by last week’s topic, guest playlister EnglishOutlaw has a variety of melodious ointment to express and find musical relief

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In African, avant-garde, blues, calypso, classical, comedy, country, dance, disco, drone, dub, electronica, experimental, folk, funk, gospel, hip hop, indie, instrumentals, jazz, krautrock, metal, music, musical hall, musicals, playlists, pop, postpunk, prog, psychedelia, punk, reggae, rock, rocksteady, showtime, ska, songs, soul, soundtracks, traditional, trip hop Tags songs, playlists, scratching, itching, skin, Ani di Franco, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, James Domestic, quinnie, Willie Nelson, Harry Belafonte, T. Texas Tyler, Glen Campbell, Clarence Carter, 100º Proof Aged In Soul, Busdriver, Roxanne Shanté, Tarwater, Gabriel Prokofiev, Prokofiev, Peter Gregson, The Caretaker, Butthole Surfers, Lucifer and the Peppermint, The Coasters, Devo, Kid Koala, JJ Burnel, The Crabs, Joan Jett, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, The Soul Snatchers, DJ Krush, Mista Sinista, Cachao, Darius Jones, Days N' Daze, EnglishOutlaw
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Playlists: songs about museums, galleries and exhibitions

July 13, 2021 Peter Kimpton
Airing the sound: MOMA’s Music Gallery

Airing the sound: MOMA’s Music Gallery

It’s a private view where all are invited. Led by our expert guest curator EnglishOutlaw, chosen from a range of musical hanging fruit, welcome to the grand tour reopening of an entirely unique grand expo - a canticular spectacular

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In African, avant-garde, blues, comedy, dance, country, disco, drone, dub, electronica, experimental, folk, funk, gospel, hip hop, indie, instrumentals, jazz, music, musicals, playlists, pop, postpunk, prog, punk, rocksteady, rock, reggae, ska, songs, soul, traditional Tags songs, playlists, exhibitions, art galleries, museums, 10000 Maniacs, The Strawbs, P-Model, Regina Spektor, Mick Thomas' Roving Commission, Phillip Jeays, Andre Williams, David Dondero, Tiny Ruins, They Might Be Giants, Gecko, Grant Hart, Steve Taylor, Kraftwerk, 4Hero, Gretchen Peters, Rufus Wainwright, Josh Ritter, Sparks, Croydon Tourist Office, Perfume, Lorde, King Missile, X-Ray Spex, Weird Al Jankovic, EnglishOutlaw, Bongwater
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Playlists: songs that reference nursery rhymes

February 12, 2020 Peter Kimpton
Nice guitar licks …

Nice guitar licks …

From Beautiful Pea Green Boat to Rockabye, they float up in a whole range song contexts and genres. Picking out perfect examples nominated in last week’s topic, guest playlister EnglishOutlaw takes us from innocence to experience

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In African, blues, calypso, avant-garde, experimental, electronica, dub, disco, dance, country, folk, funk, gospel, hip hop, indie, jazz, music, musicals, playlists, pop, postpunk, prog, punk, reggae, rock, rocksteady, ska, showtime, songs, soul, traditional Tags songs, playlists, nursery rhymes, Fay Hield, Laurie Anderson, Ange Hardy, José Feliciano, Dr Feelgood, The Move, The Grateful Dead, The Mighty Sparrow, Clean Bandit, Sean Paul, Anne-Marie, Eminem, Snap!, Run DMC, Grinderman, Nick Cave, Green Jelly, Set It Off, Morgen, Peter and the Wolves, Aimee Mann, King Creosote, Jon Hopkins, Guns 'n' Roses, Dusty Springfield, Leonard Nimoy, Judge Dread, The Dogs D'Amour, EnglishOutlaw
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Playlists: songs about inversions – upside down to inside out

September 4, 2019 Peter Kimpton
Cabinet meeting? Alice, Hatter, Dormouse, but who is that guy with the floppy ears? Read to find out more …

Cabinet meeting? Alice, Hatter, Dormouse, but who is that guy with the floppy ears? Read to find out more …

The table is set for tea, except not all is quite as it seems … guest playlister EnglishOutlaw explores the topsy-turvy, inside out and upside through a fictional Lewis Carroll universe, in lyrics and music, inspired by last week’s topic

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In avant-garde, blues, country, disco, dance, dub, electronica, experimental, folk, funk, indie, jazz, instrumentals, metal, music, playlists, pop, postpunk, prog, punk, reggae, rock, soul, songs, traditional Tags songs, playlists, inversions, Johnny Cash, Tracy Chapman, Terminal Heads, Chumbawumba, Maddy Prior, The Carnival Band, Jan Garbarek, Lothar and the Hand People, The Stone Roses, Frank Zappa, Ziggy Marley, Meryl Streep, Kraftwerk, The Soft Machine, Amaral, Billie Eilish, Louis Jordan, The Kinks, Peter Hammill, Adrian Borland, Fela Kuti, Blancmange, Diana Ross, Frightened Rabbit, Tyla J Pallas, EnglishOutlaw, Lewis Carroll
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Playlists: songs about electricity

May 8, 2019 Peter Kimpton
Where will lightning strike in this week’s playlists?

Where will lightning strike in this week’s playlists?

Ancient lightning gods and rods to pioneers of current, this week’s bright spark EnglishOutlaw connects nature, history and scientific experiment into musical form with playlists inspired by last week’s electrifying topic

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In avant-garde, comedy, country, dance, electronica, experimental, folk, indie, music, playlists, pop, postpunk, prog, punk, rock, reggae, soul Tags songs, playlists, electricity, science, Screeching Wheel, White Noise, The Grateful Dead, MGMT, Buzzcocks, The Decemberists, The Bee Gees, Laurie Anderson, Peter Gabriel, Frank Sidebottom, Photomartyr, Band of Holy Joy, The Cure, They Might Be Giants, The Waterproof Candle, Man or Astro-Man?, The Ramones, Jenny Hval, Joni Mitchell, Barenaked Ladies, Albert Hammond, Captain Beefheart, Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark, The Cravats, Mischief Brew, EnglishOutlaw
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Playlists: songs about photographs and photography

March 6, 2019 Peter Kimpton
Which will make the album?

Which will make the album?

Photography isn’t always happy holiday snaps and selfies. This week’s musical cameraman, EnglishOutlaw, creates two albums of perceptive, sensitive, thought-provoking songs, with a tale of love portraits that develop unexpectedly

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In blues, country, disco, folk, indie, music, pop, playlists, punk, rock, songs, soul Tags songs, playlists, photography, relationships, Nina Nesbitt, The Would-Be-Goods, Bishop Allen, Weddings, Weddings Parties Anything, Melanie, Mark Knopfler, Emmylou Harris, Radio Stars, Lady Gaga, The Vapors, Satellites, Goose House, Uriah Heep, Arcade Fire, Saint Etienne, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Ballboy, 10cc, The Kinks, The Lucksmiths, Strangelove, Michael Chapman, Damon Albarn, "Whispering" Jack Smith, EnglishOutlaw, FKA Twigs
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Playlists: song lyrics with strange, rare or unlikely words

September 19, 2018 Peter Kimpton
The divine Joanna Newsom: diluvian shoulders to magnetic embrace, balletic and glacial, of bear’s insatiable shadow

The divine Joanna Newsom: diluvian shoulders to magnetic embrace, balletic and glacial, of bear’s insatiable shadow

From antirrhinums of Jake Thackray to the pretentious Pet Shop Boys to the hyperbolic hippopotamus of Sparks, this week’s guest EnglishOutlaw articulates wonderfully wordy playlists from last week’s topic

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In blues, comedy, country, dance, disco, electronica, folk, hip hop, indie, jazz, metal, music, playlists, pop, postpunk, prog, punk, rock, songs, soul Tags Songs, playlists, words, dictionary, Kirsty MacColl, Sparks, Oi Polloi, Pet Shop Boys, Momus, Frank Zappa, Ian Dury & The Blockheads, Jake Thackray, Organized Konfusion, Teenage Fanclub, Stevie Wonder, Joanna Newsom, Travelling Wilburys, The Gourds, The Divine Comedy, Mighty Sparrow, John Betjeman, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Lorde, Paul Kelly, Mose Allison, Vivian Stanshall, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Inkubus Sukkubus, Tyla J Pallas, EnglishOutlaw
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Playlists: songs about travelling in time

March 7, 2018 Peter Kimpton
Multiverse or multiple verse? Read on to travel and transcend musical dimensions …

Multiverse or multiple verse? Read on to travel and transcend musical dimensions …

Multiverse or multiple-verse? This week our playlists, from last week's topic, are presented a by time-travel scientist, who with skilful manipulation of reality from guest writer EnglishOutlaw, puts on a timeless playlist gig

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In blues, comedy, country, dance, electronica, folk, indie, metal, music, playlists, pop, postpunk, punk, rock, songs, soul, soundtracks, musicals Tags Black Sabbath, Busted, MC Lars, AKB48, The Average White Band, David Childers, The Grateful Dead, Buzzcocks, Momus, Vernian Process, Secret Chiefs 3, Kevin Hearn, Thin Buckle, Eddie Money, Man, Peter Hammill, Tame Impala, Twenty One Pilots, Guster, The Steppes, Uriah Heep, The Yardbirds, Tony Bennett, Beggars Opera, Tim Minchin, musicals, Tyla J Pallas, EnglishOutlaw
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Going once, going twice … playlists: songs about sales, selling and bargains

January 17, 2018 Peter Kimpton
Gone!

Gone!

Sold! Paddle at the ready, and waiting for the gavel to drop, this week's excellent guest playlister EnglishOutlaw takes on a musical journey through the auction house, watching other punters and bidding for with some fabulous songs

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In folk, hip hop, indie, music, playlists, metal, pop, punk, rock, songs, soul, country, blues Tags Songs, playlists, selling, bargains, auctions, Fugazi, Tom Waits, Bobby Bare, The Who, Junior Wells, The Velvet Underground, Conflict, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, Public Enemy, Alan Jackson, Jake Thackray, John McCutcheon, Memphis Minne, Ronnie Spektor, Lambchop, The Mississippi Sheiks, The Streets, Loudon Wainwright III, The Saints, Antidote, The (International) Noise Conspiracy, Manic Street Preachers, Sammy Davis Jr, Weird Al Jankovic, Mischief Brew, EnglishOutlaw
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Playlists: songs about alternative outcomes

October 25, 2017 Peter Kimpton
Beyoncé ... imagining herself as a boy, if that's not a stretch …

Beyoncé ... imagining herself as a boy, if that's not a stretch …

If only, maybe or perhaps it happened differently? From Beyoncé to Beach Boys and Belle & Sebastian, this week's guest playlister EnglishOutlaw skilfully treads alternative paths inspired by last week's song nominations

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In indie, folk, country, music, playlists, rock, punk, songs, soul, comedy Tags songs, playlists, Bruce Hornsby and the Range, Belle & Sebastian, The Actress, Barenaked Ladies, The Beach Boys, Glasvegas, Hello Saferide, Paul Kelly, Moddi, The Steeldrivers, Beyonce, Tim Minchin, Flight of the Conchords, Pulp, Kate Miller-Heidke, The Call, Willie Nelson, Judy Garland, Dusty Springfield, John Lennon, Gene Pitney, Counting Crows, Olu Dara, Tom Petty, Tyla J Pallas, EnglishOutlaw
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Playlists: songs about rooms

August 30, 2017 Peter Kimpton
Room for imagination. House shown in picture may differ from that which is advertised …

Room for imagination. House shown in picture may differ from that which is advertised …

Leaving plenty of room for the imagination from a palace of nominations from last week's topic, guest agent EnglishOutlaw presents a musical property currently on the market that's a must-see and listen

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In music, playlists, songs Tags songs, rooms, property, The Pretenders, Cream, Half Man Half Biscuit, Frazier Chorus, Bill Fay, The Ramones, The Cure, The Strokes, Elvis Costello, The Bangles, Tom Petty, Everything But The Girl, Bessie Smith, Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen, Kate Bush, Phish, Lee Scratch Perry, Klymaax, John Cooper Clarke, Fugazi, Dropkick Murphys, Kings of Leon, Eminem, Cadaver Club, EnglishOutlaw
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Playlists: incidental music and songs

July 19, 2017 Peter Kimpton
A Granstand finish? Des Lynam back in the day, with almost everything except the medallion

A Granstand finish? Des Lynam back in the day, with almost everything except the medallion

From unforgettable film and TV soundtracks to readers' associated memories, this week's guest director EnglishOutlaw calls the action on a wide variety of genres inspired by last week's topic

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In music, playlists, songs Tags incidental music, songs, Grinderswitch, blues, Dick Barton, film, film soundtrack, classical, Richard Wagner, Indian Ocean, Tom Waits, Down By Law, The Clash, Bad Brains, Stephen Tin Tin Duffy, video games, Labyrinth of Time, All Saints, U2, Keith Mansfield, theme music, television, Richard Strauss, Booker T and the MGs, The Lightning Seeds, Chuck Berry, Urge Overkill, Frank Sinatra, Serge Gainsbourg, The Move, The National, Alabama 3, Richard Thompson, Peter Moore, Vera Lynn, Howard Shore, Lord of the Rings, Grosse Point Blank, EnglishOutlaw, Apocalypse Now, Geoff Love & His Orchestra, Charles Willliams
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Playlists: songs about news, reporting and media

June 14, 2017 Peter Kimpton
Iggy Pop and friend are watching the news

Iggy Pop and friend are watching the news

How did it all unfold on election night? Narrated through perfect playlists of running coverage, our guest reporter EnglishOutlaw, inspired by last week's topic, cleverly sneaked inside No 10 Downing Street … 

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In playlists, music, songs Tags Songs, playlists, general election, Theresa May, Hüsker Dü, The Vapors, Iggy Pop, Cock Sparrer, Robert Plant, Nick Cave, Skyhooks, Madness, Prince, Kaiser Chiefs, John Fogerty, Roger Taylor, Elvis Costello, Betty Davis, UK Subs, Crass, The Imposter, Smog, Wire, The Clash, Flatt & Scruggs, Mischief Brew, New Model Army, Billy Bragg, EnglishOutlaw, politics, BBC, David Dimbleby, media, television news
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Playlists: songs about days of the week

March 15, 2017 Peter Kimpton
Who's going big on a Saturday night? Kirsty MacColl, of course.

Who's going big on a Saturday night? Kirsty MacColl, of course.

Lazy Sundays to stormy Mondays, wet Wednesdays to going big on Saturday night, our guest writer EnglishOutlaw fills out a week of wonderful music inspired by our most recent topic 

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In songs, playlists, music Tags Al Bowlly, playlists, Songs, The Stairs, T-Bone Walker, Chairman of the Board, The Siddelys, The Icicle Works, Shed Seven, Jens Lekman, Alia Bhatt, Varun Dhawan, Kirsty MacColl, Beau Dommage, The Levellers, Queen, Fats Domino, Curtis Mayfield, Men Without Hats, Elvis Perkins, Isobel Campbell, Bob Evans, Paul Kelly, Johnny Farnham, The Beatles, Mischief Brew, Ricky Warwick, Misfits, The Quireboys, Johnny Cash, Badshah, Indeep Bakshi, EnglishOutlaw
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Playlists: songs and music from or about Russia

January 25, 2017 Peter Kimpton
Four of the Alexandrov Red Army Ensemble's finest

Four of the Alexandrov Red Army Ensemble's finest

Prokofiev to Prince to Pussy Riot, Mussorgsky to Marc Almond, east meets west in a perfect political and personal parade encoded by this week's secret agent, EnglishOutlaw, from last week's topic

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Tags Songs, EnglishOutlaw, Russia, Vladimir Putin, Al Stewart, Prince, Pig With the Face of a Boy, Robert Wyatt, Pussy Riot, Leningrad Cowboys, Alexandrov Red Army Ensemble, Prokofiev, Mussorgsky, Marc Almond, Pinkshinyltrablast, Punk TV, Nic Jones, Iron Maiden, Billy Joel, Katzenjammer, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Skyhooks, Aram Khachaturian, Boris Grebenshikov, Oleg Lundstrem Orchestra, Tchaikovsky
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Playlists: songs about the apocalypse

November 9, 2016 Peter Kimpton
Is that the zombie apocalypse, or just Hawkwind?

Is that the zombie apocalypse, or just Hawkwind?

Star date 9/11/2016, and in his final log, the admirable Admiral EnglishOutlaw records the last available data about humanity on the eve of election doomsday, with songs from last week's catastrophic topic

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Tags songs, EnglishOutlaw, apocalypse, Genesis, armageddon, The The, The Jam, Sheldon Allman, Janelle Monae, Ella Fitzgerald, Barry Maguire, The Levellers, Hawkwind, Time Zone, Wah! Heat, Mozart, Richard Shindell, Charles Mingus, Course of Empire, Europe, Rezillos, Katzenjammer, Bill Fay, Tonio K, The Dirtbombs, The Grateful Dead, Prince Far I, Tom Lehrer, Last Great Dreamers
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Playlists: songs with surprising, strange or disguised intros

September 14, 2016 Peter Kimpton
What is this foot doing at the start of this? It's a clue. Read on to find out more …

What is this foot doing at the start of this? It's a clue. Read on to find out more …

Wanna be starting something? Then what's the best foot forward? Guest writer EnglishOutlaw artfully identifies the absurd and surprising in song starts to pick perfect playlists from last week's suggestions

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Tags songs, intros, EnglishOutlaw, My Chemical Romance, Foo Fighters, Yoshida Brothers & Monkey Majik, Pinkshinyltrablast, REO Speedwagon, Paramore, Jet, The Barracudas, Status Quo, ELO, Humble Pie, Emiliana Torrini, The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, The Marcels, Green Day, Peter Hammill, Eminem, Tom Tom Club, Kate Bush, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Montrose, Jennifer Warnes, The Clash, Kilamanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble, Wax Fang
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Playlists: songs about leadership

July 20, 2016 Peter Kimpton
Conch or conscience? Oh, the toils of leading ...

Conch or conscience? Oh, the toils of leading ...

Who's the head honcho holding the conch? Who is piggy in the middle? From bands to bloody revolutions, this week's guest writer EnglishOutlaw takes your song nominations on a wild and novel adventure 

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Tags songs, leadership, Lord of the Flies, William Golding, EnglishOutlaw, Tom Petty, Neil Young, Thunder, Mark Knopfler, Bob and Marcia, Coldplay, The Marcels, Bruce Springsteen, Dan Fogelberg, The Neville Brothers, Joan Armatrading, rass, Prince Far I, Bat For Lashes, Jack Off Jill, Styx, James Brown, Tom T Hall, David Rovics, The Levellers, Oh What A Lovely War, James Taylor, Soul Asylum, ting, Spitting Image, The Dogs D'Amour
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New Albums …

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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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May 1, 2026
Song of the Day: Bleachers - I'm Not Joking
May 1, 2026

Song of the Day: Featuring harpsichord, Hammond organ, Dobro and more, producer Jack Antonoff and his New Jersey rock band return with a heartfelt love song single heralding the upcoming album, Everyone For Ten Minutes, out on 22 May via Dirty Hit

May 1, 2026
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Apr 30, 2026
Song of the Day: Alewya - Selah
Apr 30, 2026

Song of the Day: Striking, stylishly agile electronica and dance with a rich African and Arabian influence by the London-based British singer-songwriter, producer, multidisciplinary artist and model Alewya Demmisse, heralding her upcoming album, Zero, out on 26 June via LDN Records

Apr 30, 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 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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