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Playlists: songs featuring the melodica

June 3, 2026 Peter Kimpton

Who else but the mighty master of the melodica himself …

Its gentle distinctive organ sound permeates and decorates a variety of genres with a catchy solo or drone sound. Inspired by last week’s topic, guest ParaMhor picks perfect playlists to bring the instrument out in highlights

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New Albums …

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June 3, 2026
Iceage: For Love of Grace & The Hereafter
June 3, 2026

New album: A stylishly ramshackle, brilliantly brash’n’breezy punk-shoegaze feral sixth studio LP, streamlining sounds from 50s rock’n’roll through to early 00s indie by the Copenhagen band fronted by Elias Rønnenfelt, successfully fulfilling their aim on this to be “immediate, urgent, raw and fast” across themes of romantic devotion with violent chaos and nihilism

June 3, 2026
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June 2, 2026
Boards of Canada: Inferno
June 2, 2026

New album: Scotland’s hugely influential electronic experimental sibling duo Mike Sandison and Marcus Eoin return 13 years after their last LP, Tomorrow’s Harvest, with an epic 18-track collection that dissects the psychology of religion with distorted vocal samples and cut-ups across landscapes of dystopian synth textures and beats

June 2, 2026
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June 2, 2026
Kurt Vile: Philadelphia's Been Good To Me
June 2, 2026

New album: A selection of fond love-letter songs to the city where he was raised and has remained by the 46-year-ld American singer-songwriter, in this deliciously laid back 10th LP of songs of interweaving guitars, folk, rock, country and psychedelia, all with his inimitably relaxed vocal delivery

June 2, 2026
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June 1, 2026
Paul McCartney: The Boys of Dungeon Lane
June 1, 2026

New album: His voice now may be thinner and weaker, yet his genius for melody remains in this warm, tender LP, inspired by vivid childhood reminiscences in the Speke area of Liverpool and beyond, with references to friends, parents, girlfriends, his bandmates, and includes a duet with Ringo Starr

June 1, 2026
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May 27, 2026
Magic Tuber Stringband: Heavy Water
May 27, 2026

New album: Mesmerically skilful, oddly beautiful expressive and sometimes powerfully disturbing experimental instrumental folk and bluegrass by the debut South Carolina trio of fiddler Courtney Werner, guitarist Evan Morgan and bassist/banjoist Michael Devito, together weaving extraordinary sounds within and beyond traditional on a dark and tragic ecological theme

May 27, 2026
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May 27, 2026
Little Barrie: Gravity Freeze
May 27, 2026

New album: Classy, catchy psychedelic rock and 60s blues grooves come thick and fast in this sixth LP from the British band fronted by Barrie Cadogan, and their first under their name since the death of drummer Virgil Howe in 2017

May 27, 2026
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May 26, 2026
Aja Monet: The Color of Rain
May 26, 2026

New album: A mystical, spiritual fusion of jazz, soul, electronica and spoken word poetry in this second LP by the Los Angeles writer, poet, performer and activist, filled with sensual sounds and personal mantras to political and social commentary about her country and beyond, her delivery particularly reminiscent of the smooth and smoky Dana Bryant from the 1990s

May 26, 2026
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May 26, 2026
Marisa Anderson: The Anthology Of UnAmerican Folk Music
May 26, 2026

New album: Beautifully evocative instrumental interpretations of older folk tunes from Southeast Asia, the USSR and the Arabic and Islamic regions of the world, all areas subject to US conflict since 1970s, brought by by the American guitarist from the private 78rpm archive of the late Harry Smith

May 26, 2026
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May 25, 2026
The Coral: 388
May 25, 2026

New album: A surprise release but a very welcome one from the Merseyside band, following 2021’s hit LP Coral Island, with songs that slip effortlessly out, deceptively simple and catchy, with elements of Jamaican rocksteady, ska and Ethiopian jazz into their familiar psych-indie-pop sound

May 25, 2026
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May 24, 2026
Bleachers: Everyone For Ten Minutes
May 24, 2026

New album: With a title that point to the very transitional nature of contemporary culture, Jack Antonoff and co return with a sixth album of harmony-laden folk rock, synth and indie pop with that specifi sax-rich New Jersey sound, expressing personal memories and mixed feelings of insecurity and optimism

May 24, 2026
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May 23, 2026
Ed O'Brien: Blue Morpho
May 23, 2026

New album: Emanating from a period of dark depression during lockdown 2020, the Radiohead guitarist’s solo album is a meditative, soothing, catharsis piece, beautiful uplifting at times, found through experimental rock, jazz, drone, psychedelia, and of course, a flavour his career band

May 23, 2026
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May 20, 2026
Balming Tiger: Gongbu
May 20, 2026

New album: A stylishly fun, funky, eccentric electronica, indie and hip-hop creative concoction by the South Korean collective known as “alternative K-pop”, who perform partly in English with a madcap second LP, this time a concept around “the narrative of ‘Gongbu Korea,’ a fictional research institute where experimental technologies are used to observe and document human dreams and the unconscious

May 20, 2026
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May 20, 2026
Tamikrest: Assikel
May 20, 2026

New album: An evocative, stirring, atmospheric and moving sixth album of desert blues and rock by the Malian Kel Tamasheq (Touareg) band whose name means ‘connection’ or ‘union’ in Tamasheq and this title pointing to ‘voyage’ to chart their two-decade journey

May 20, 2026
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May 20, 2026
Dua Saleh: Of Earth & Wires
May 20, 2026

New album: This eclectic, experimental second LP by the Minneapolis-based Sudanese-American non-binary singer and actor features Bon Iver (aka Justin Vernon) on three tracks, and plays with deconstructions of indie, R&B, electronic pop dance, baile funk and Sudanese folk, themed around home, identity and difficult relationship in the shadow of climate change and AI’s advancement

May 20, 2026

new songs …

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June 3, 2026
Song of the Day: Kristin Hersh - Dark Eyed Junco
June 3, 2026

Song of the Day: Following 2023’s Clear Pond Road, the Rhode Island-raised former Throwing Muses artist returns with a powerful, dark, resonant number about her and her brother’s childhood, heralding a 12th solo LP, Sugar On Blackstone, out on 18 August via Fire Records

June 3, 2026
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June 2, 2026
Song of the Day: Dead Pioneers - The Worst Among Us​ (featuring Jason Williamson)
June 2, 2026

Song of the Day: Sharply identifying sources of much of the world’s problems with this catchy, punchy new track, the Pyramid Lake Paiute artist and activist Gregg Deal and his indie-punk Denver, Colorado band are joined here by the Sleaford Mods’ rapper, heralding the upcoming new album Wagon Burner, out on 26 June via Hassle Records

June 2, 2026
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June 1, 2026
Song of the Day: Cheekface: I Don’t Work Here
June 1, 2026

Song of the Day: The Los Angeles indie trio return with a pacy, catchy, funky, witty, playfully philosophical and political new single with video based in a grocery store, and heralding their upcoming album Podium, out on 28 July

June 1, 2026
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May 31, 2026
Song of the Day: Gotts Street Park – Some Birds Don’t Fly (featuring Matt Maltese)
May 31, 2026

Song of the Day: Sumptuously slow, simmering, smoky, bittersweet new soulful single by the Leeds-based trio of Josh Crocker Tom Henryand Joe Harris, joined on vocals by the British-Canadian singer-songwriter, out on Play It Again Sam

May 31, 2026
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May 30, 2026
Song of the Day: Cornelius - Aeons (featuring Sean Ono Lennon)
May 30, 2026

Song of the Day: Smooth, effervescent funk-jazz synth-pop by the Japanese composer and singer-songwriter Keigo Oyamada, joined here by the younger son of John Lennon (with Yoko Ono), and heralding Cornelius’s upcoming album Refractions, his first for the Eat Your Own Ears label

May 30, 2026
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May 29, 2026
Song of the Day: Gilla Band - Giraffe
May 29, 2026

Song of the Day: With their first new music in almost four years, the influential and innovative Dublin quartet unleash an arresting, visceral hybrid of post-punk and noise rock, a stream of consciousness in dynamic, evolving sections, and with some echoes of The Fall, out now on Rough Trade

May 29, 2026
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May 28, 2026
Song of the Day: Matilda Mann: The Fig Tree
May 28, 2026

Song of the Day: Breezy, gently wistful and witty, warm and dreamy 70s-style pop about career ladder confusion with orchestral strings and flute by the London-based singer-songwriter, heralding her upcoming second album, Kismet, out on 4 September

May 28, 2026
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May 27, 2026
Song of the Day: Westside Cowboy - Kick Stones (The Boys)
May 27, 2026

Song of the Day: A stirring, catchy, rousing indie rock number with a video inspired by local community football club in this single by the Manchester band, heralding their forthcoming debut album It Goes On, out on 21 August via Island Records

May 27, 2026
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May 26, 2026
Song of the Day: Walt Disco - Coup de foudre
May 26, 2026

Song of the Day: Flamboyant, panache-filled art-pop, new wave, and 1980s glam post-punk by the Glasgow five-piece band with singer Jocelyn Potter having some stylistic echoes The Associates and the great Billy Mackenzie, it follows their 2024 album The Warping.

May 26, 2026
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May 25, 2026
Song of the Day: corto.alto - THIEF
May 25, 2026

Song of the Day: An unusual experimental mix of jazz nd electronica with chopped classical strings, thumping breakbeats and Jersey club bass rhythms, by Glasgow’s multi-instrumentalist producer, composer and performer Liam Shortall, out on Ninja Tune

May 25, 2026
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May 24, 2026
Song of the Day: Kelsey Lu - Comfort
May 24, 2026

Song of the Day: Rapturous soaring pop and soul with luscious orchestration by the London artist, heralding her upcoming album So Help Me God, out on 12 June via Dirty Hit Records

May 24, 2026
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May 23, 2026
Song of the Day: Mary In The Junkyard - New Muscles
May 23, 2026

Song of the Day: Quirky, droll, entertaining, cleverly rhythmic, lo-fi experimental indie rock by the London trio and a song about personal improvement, heralding their debut album Role Model Hermit out on 3 July via AMF Records

May 23, 2026

Word of the week

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May 21, 2026
Word of the week: riqq
May 21, 2026

Word of the week: An appropriately onomatopoeic noun for name for Middle Eastern tambourine, able to produce a range of percussive sounds, and commonly heard in traditional Egyptian, Arab, Greek and Turkish music

May 21, 2026
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May 7, 2026
Word of the week: salpinx
May 7, 2026

Word of the week: This very imposing, loud, resonant noun is an ancient Greek, trumpet-like instrument used as a tactical signal on the battle field, as well as to signal the beginnings of gatherings, or of races in sport

May 7, 2026
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April 23, 2026
Word of the week: throstle
April 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

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

April 9, 2026
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March 27, 2026
Word of the week: veena
March 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

March 27, 2026
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