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Playlists: songs about fountains

August 27, 2025 Peter Kimpton

Songs pour out …

A fluid topic, fountains strike a deep emotional chord, while sometimes reflective and philosophical, cover a range from loneliness and sorrow to exaltation and celebration. Marco den Ouden turns on the the tap, inspired by the past week’s nominations

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In African, blues, classical, comedy, country, dance, disco, drone, dub, easy listening, electronica, exotica, experimental, folk, funk, gospel, hip hop, indie, instrumentals, jazz, krautrock, lounge, music, musicals, playlists, pop, postpunk, prog, psychedelia, punk, reggae, RnB, rock, rocksteady, samba, showtime, ska, songs, soul, soundtracks, traditional Tags songs, playlists, music, fountains, water, Jackie Wilson, Peter Perrett, Al Green, Echo and the Bunnymen, Jackson Browne, Alec Benjamin, Tracy Chapman, Lady Gaga, Grandmaster Melle Mel, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, Indigo Girls, Jackie Leven, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Charlotte Church, Judikay, Playing For Change, Frank Sinatra, The Sweet, Arrested Development, Buffalo Tom, Doll By Doll, Georges Brassens, Elvis Presley, Leon Ware, Janis Siegel, Sufjan Stevens, King Crimson, Kate Rusby, Joe Bonamassa, The Byrds, Black Uhuru, Carl Perkins, PJ Harvey, Fleetwood Mac, Clamavi de Profundis, Jorge Ben, Jah9, Rolf Stimson, Gran-Lee Phillips, Tom Harrell, Carol Rosenberger, Duke Ellington, Los Pekenikes, Paco de Lucia, Cyrus Chestnut, Lyle Lovett, Laurence Juber, Mad Unity, Lloyd McNeil Quartet, Geffion, Franz Schubert, Shang Wen-Jie, The Choir Of Beijing Takah, Les Cailloux, Camille, Marco den Ouden, Marconius
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Playlists: songs about unity and togetherness

July 15, 2025 Peter Kimpton

Neil Young, playing at Live Aid in 1985, also features on this week’s playlist

Inspired by last week’s topic about the 40th anniversary of Live Aid and song nominations, guest of the week tincanman reflects on the outcomes, Bob Geldof, and some songs that made it against the odds

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In African, avant-garde, blues, country, dance, disco, drone, easy listening, dub, electronica, experimental, folk, funk, gospel, hip hop, indie, instrumentals, jazz, music, playlists, pop, postpunk, prog, psychedelia, punk, reggae, RnB, rock, rocksteady, ska, songs, soul, traditional, trip hop Tags Live Aid, charity, Bob Geldof, Boukan Ginen, Richard Strange, Cee ElAssaad, Thandi Draai, The Comet Is Coming, Todd Rundgren, Matata, Neil Young, Zero 7, Mozez, Grant Lee Buffalo, Lost T Shirts of Atlantis, Siouxsie and the Banshees, H20, Dead Can Dance, Doyal Naniou, Oumou Sangaré, Woody Guthrie, Bryn Haworth, Benjamin Zephaniah, Jackson Browne, tincanman
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Playlists: songs about the Roman Empire

February 11, 2025 Peter Kimpton

A few members of Rome’s classic band lineup

Empires rise and crumble, but few on a scale as that of Ancient Rome. Following last week’s topic, guest playlister Marco den Ouden is inspired to create a musical arc to match Gibbon’s famous historical magnus opus

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In avant-garde, blues, calypso, classical, comedy, country, dance, disco, drone, dub, easy listening, electronica, exotica, experimental, folk, funk, gospel, hip hop, indie, instrumentals, jazz, krautrock, lounge, music, musical hall, musicals, playlists, pop, postpunk, prog, psychedelia, punk, reggae, rock, rocksteady, showtime, ska, soul, soundtracks, songs, traditional, trip hop Tags songs, playlists, Ancient Rome, emperors, Marco den Ouden, Caligula, Claudius, Momus, Angela & Jeff Van Dyck, Miles Davis, Triumvirat, Bob Dylan, spin doctors, The Last Dinner Party, Frances Barber, Groundation, Theatre of Hate, Bastille, Goldblade, Christopher Purves, Monty Python, Eric Idle, Bulat Okudsava, Saul Williams, Zack de la Rocha, Morcheeba, Nova Mob, The Stranglers, Soft Cell, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Inner Circle, Oli Julian, Sam Cooke, Frankie Howerd, Lloyd Jones, Perry Keyes, Terry Callier, Sugar Minott, Current 93, Molly Nilsson, James Reynes, Lisa Gerrard, Hans Zimmer, Matt Pless, Mark Knopfler, The Divine Comedy, Olivia Chaney, Wilfred Joseph, Julius Fucik, Colosseum, Nero & The Gladiators, Jo Jo Bennett, Chris Potter, Bud Powell, The Fleshtones, Land Observations
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Playlists: puzzling and mysterious songs

November 13, 2024 Peter Kimpton

Captain Beefheart … of course

Prepare for a journey into the unknown and deeply strange. Whether in lyrics or musical sound or structure, guest playlister severin leads us through canticular caverns of wonder, inspired by last week’s topic

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In avant-garde, blues, classical, comedy, country, dance, disco, drone, dub, electronica, exotica, experimental, folk, funk, gospel, hip hop, indie, instrumentals, jazz, krautrock, lounge, metal, music, playlists, pop, postpunk, prog, psychedelia, punk, reggae, rock, songs, soul, soundtracks, traditional, trip hop Tags songs, playlists, Future of the Left, Gong, Nora Dean, Slapp Happy, Syd Barrett, Sarah Vaughan, Captain Beefheart, Miles Davis, Adam Green, Futureheads, Ane Brun, John Jacob Niles, Amelia Coburn, Brian Eno, Tim Buckley, Tangerine Dream, Elvis Costello, The Grateful Dead, Sinead O'Connor, Maurice Ravel, The Lovin' Spoonful, The New York Dolls, Peter Hammill, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Siouxsie Sioux, Agnes Obel, Talking Heads, Roxy Music, The Fall, Edward Elgar, Shonen Knife, 17 Hippies, Toyah, Roy Orbison, Radiohead, Nina Simone, Massive Attack, Anais Mitchell, Jefferson Hamer, VNV Nation, John Zorn, Nik Bärtsch's Ronin, Joan Armatrading, Kevin Coyne, Anita Baker, severin, Severin
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Playlists: songs about makeup and cosmetics

September 10, 2024 Peter Kimpton

Siouxsie Sioux

Lipstick, eyeliner, powder and more, it's all going in these beautifully made-up lists by guest of the week Suzi capturing all the looks, identities and the emotions and dreams behind the creams, inspired by last week's nominations

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In avant-garde, blues, country, disco, drone, easy listening, electronica, experimental, folk, funk, indie, jazz, lounge, music, musicals, playlists, pop, postpunk, prog, punk, psychedelia, reggae, rock, traditional, soul, songs Tags makeup, Big Joe Turner, Prince, Chai, X-Ray Spex, Soft Cell, No Doubt, REM, Lou Reed, Caro Emerald, Suzi Quatro, Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Replacements, Black Box Recorder, Joe Ely, Dolly Parton, Jazmine Sullivan, TLC, The Exciters, Richard Thompson, Mecano, Cornershop, Abbey Lincoln, Ralph Myerz, Jack Herren Band, Jonathan Richman, Glen Lewis, Carla Bruni, WB Yeats, Dixie Chicks, Suzi
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Playlists: songs that raise or lower your heart rate

October 25, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Elvis Costello. But which side?

What music pumps up, or becalms your pulse? From fast pace, to a fierce vocal, searing lyrics, to minimalism, silence and space? Inspired by nominations from last week’s topic, guest playlister MussoliniHeadkick picks two highly effective and contrasting A-lists …

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In African, avant-garde, classical, country, dance, disco, drone, electronica, experimental, folk, funk, indie, hip hop, instrumentals, jazz, krautrock, music, playlists, pop, postpunk, prog, psychedelia, punk, reggae, rock, rocksteady, songs, soul Tags songs, playlists, heartbeat, health, The Saints, The Undertones, Elvis Costello & The Attractions, Elvis Costello, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Brian Eno, 23 Skidoo, Deep Sensation, Afronaught, Double Exposure, The Mighty Clouds of Joy, Lotti Golden, Erik Satie, Philip Glass, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Luca, Sister Drum, Miles Davis, Don Rendell, Ian Carr Quintet, Jan Hammer, Max Richter, Andrew Duhon, The Fire Engines, CYB, Death In Vegas, Chris and Cosey, Robert Haigh, Sema, MussoliniHeadkick, Leftfield
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Playlists: songs about the id, ego and superego

September 27, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Hyde and seek: it wasn’t me, it was him …

Will with the conscious and subconscious play out? Inspired by the theories of Freud, but mostly by all the nominations from last week’s topic, guest picker Loud Atlas presents an engaging inner dialogue explaining his excellent choices

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In blues, classical, comedy, country, dance, electronica, experimental, folk, funk, hip hop, indie, jazz, krautrock, instrumentals, music, musicals, musical hall, pop, postpunk, prog, psychedelia, punk, reggae, rock, ska, songs, soul, soundtracks, traditional Tags Sigmund Freud, psychoanalysis, psychology, Devo, The Beatles, De La Soul, Landscape, The Chills, Mitski, The Rakes, Moloko, Randy Newman, Johnny Cash, The Beach Boys, Self Esteem, David Bowie, The Damned, Ren, The Chad Mitchell Trio, Skyhooks, Peter Gabriel, Joan Armatrading, The Vaselines, Eddie & The Hot Rods, Echo and the Bunnymen, The Cramps, Gabby Young and Other Animals, The United States of America (band), The Cranberries, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Tom Lehrer, Daysormay, Ron Moody, Lionel Bart, musicals, Loud Atlas
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Playlists: songs about illusions

March 22, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Spellbinding Siouxsie ...

Can you believe your eyes? You’d better believe your ears, as, from mirages to tricks of the light, we reveal playlists inspired by last week’s illusion topic, as chosen by the sharp senses of guest picker Maki

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In dance, country, disco, dub, electronica, experimental, folk, funk, indie, jazz, music, musicals, playlists, pop, postpunk, prog, psychedelia, punk, reggae, rock, ska, songs, soul, traditional Tags songs, playlists, illusions, imagination, Say She She, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Siouxsie Sioux, Talking Heads, Shelagh McDonald, Santana, Pearl Jam, Jah Wobble, Jah Wobble Presents PJ Higgins, Omara Portumondo, Ondara, Eric Burdon, war, Marlene Dietrich, Herman's Hermits, Buzzcocks, Shellac, Peter Hammill, Kid Cudi, Sinead O'Connor, Orange Juice, Leyton Buzzards, Altered Images, Keith Richards, Norah Jones, Anni B Sweet, Maki
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Playlists: gothic, creepy, scary, horror-inspired songs

October 26, 2021 Peter Kimpton

Goblin: legendary Italian creators of the 1977 Suspiria soundtrack

After a marvellously monstrous nomination response to this topic, guest playlister Amylee picks out a huge house of horror to be enjoyed, from scary soundtracks to freaky folk traditional, zombie rock apocalypses to gruesome gore. The devil has all the best tunes …

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Goth, gore and more: scary, creepy, horror-inspired songs

October 21, 2021 Peter Kimpton

Nosferatu, 1922

Whether inspired by fictional horror in books or film, or indeed horrors of the real world, physical or psychological, stylishly goth or gruesomely gory, this Halloween-inspired topic is all about songs that send a shiver up the spine

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Playlists: songs about stereotypes

July 20, 2021 Peter Kimpton
The Specials. A most atypical and brilliant band …

The Specials. A most atypical and brilliant band …

Band member types to black racial stereotyping, standard gender attributes to cultural cliches, this week our guest writer Loud Atlas explores all the standard norms and from a huge choices picks playlists are outstandingly atypical

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In African, avant-garde, blues, calypso, comedy, country, dance, disco, dub, electronica, experimental, folk, funk, gospel, hip hop, indie, instrumentals, jazz, music, musical hall, musicals, playlists, pop, postpunk, prog, punk, reggae, rock, songs, soul, soundtracks Tags stereotyping, stereotypes, songs, playlists, Thin Lizzy, Peggy Lee, The Specials, Stromae, En Vogue, Maddie & Tae, Matt Andersen, Sylvia Vrethammar, Big Bill Broonzy, Joni Mitchell, Ben Folds, Bobbie Gentry, The Beatles, Kool & The Gang, Flanders and Swann, The Whatnauts, Blur, Johnny Cash, Monty Python, Consolidated, Lord Kitchener, Septic Psychos, The Jam, The Gourds, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Tom Lehrer, Dario G, Queen Latifah, Monie Love, Bad Religion, The Book of Mormon, Loud Atlas
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Playlists: songs about fun

May 5, 2021 Peter Kimpton
Koko Taylor: fun at work …

Koko Taylor: fun at work …

From various locations – in the bar, on the beach, down the street, and many forms – reggae to soul, rock to new wave. From a huge wave of fun nominations guest picker Olive Butler has a blast with brilliant set of playlists

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Playlists: songs about masks

September 23, 2020 Peter Kimpton
A signature cover version

A signature cover version

Whether current or the historic, for survival or entertainment, metaphorical, literal, medical, protective, theatrical, comical or disguise, inspired a sea of masks in last week’s topic, guest playlister severin has got it totally covered

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Playlists: songs that quote Shakespeare

March 11, 2020 Peter Kimpton
Pop art? The playlist is the thing … and Shakespeare comes in many colours

Pop art? The playlist is the thing … and Shakespeare comes in many colours

Prithee, come along, the bell doth ring! Hear thy song, the playlist is the thing! Rock, classical, funk, soul, hip hop, the Bard is present in all genres, here played out in three splendid acts by guest magicman from a cast of nominations

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In blues, classical, comedy, country, dance, disco, electronica, experimental, folk, funk, gospel, hip hop, indie, instrumentals, metal, music, musicals, playlists, pop, postpunk, prog, rock, songs, soul, traditional Tags Shakespeare, William Shakespeare, theatre, Iron Maiden, Franz Schubert, Lucia Pop, Laurie Anderson, Jeff Buckley, Kevin Johansen, GLM, Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, Gentle Giant, Shelagh McDonald, Stormzy, Rufus, Chaka Kahn, Alec Costandinos, Motorhead, Henry Purcell, Half Man Half Biscuit, The Zombies, Bryan Ferry, Inkubus Sukkubus, Kilburn and the High Roads, Ian Dury, Queen, Meic Stevens, Ken 'Snakehips' Johnson, Prince, Roberta Flack, Donny Hathaway, Noel Coward, The Four Tops, Kate Tempest, Taylor Swift, Frank Ocean, magicman, Al Bowlly, Siouxsie and the Banshees
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Playlists: songs about collecting, cataloguing and listing

September 18, 2019 Peter Kimpton
Cat-alogue of course …

Cat-alogue of course …

1) Why do them? 2) What are they for? 3) Are they positive or negative? 4) How do they appear in song? This set of questions and more are creatively catalogued and crafted into playlists by this week’s skilful guest Severin from the recent topic

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In avant-garde, blues, country, disco, dance, dub, electronica, experimental, folk, funk, hip hop, indie, jazz, music, musicals, playlists, pop, postpunk, punk, prog, reggae, rock, songs, soul, traditional Tags songs, catalogues, lists, playlists, Nine Inch Nails, Sarah Vaughan, Johnny Winter, Nina Nastasia, Yapoos, Wilson Pickett, Marisa Monte, Saul Williams, Tracy Chapman, Husker Du, Mark Knopfler, The Legendary Pink Dots, Leonard Cohen, Diana Ross, Marvin Gaye, The Monkees, The Fall, Sparky, Christina Perry, The Go-Go's, Jeffrey Lewis, Joaquin Sabina, Talking Heads, Cate Le Bon, Kate Bush, Stephen Fry, Bryan Ferry, Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Rolling Stones, Art Pepper, Milcho Leviev Quartet, Honolulu Mountain Daffodils, Severin, severin
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Playlists: songs about witches and witchcraft

April 17, 2019 Peter Kimpton
Spellbinding: Koko Taylor

Spellbinding: Koko Taylor

What’s been brewing in the musical cauldron this week? Making the magic happen from a huge casting of spells and songs from readers is guest playlister George Boyland, who conjures up two miraculous selections

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In avant-garde, blues, classical, country, dance, dub, electronica, folk, experimental, gospel, indie, jazz, music, playlists, pop, postpunk, prog, punk, rock, rocksteady, ska, songs, soul Tags songs, playlists, witchcraft, witches, superstition, supernatural, Martin Carthy, Tampa Red, Koko Taylor, Cream, The Temptations, Jimi Hendrix, Sharon Forrester, Redbone, Frank Zappa, The Mothers of Invention, Captain Beefheart, Supergrass, Hen Ogledd, Richard Dawson, Princess Nokia, Royal Trux, The Sonics, Betty Lavette, Thurston Moore, The Lollipop Shoppe, Cowboy Junkies, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Van Der Graaf Generator, The Cramps, The Audience, Jethro Tull, October Country, Return To Forever, George Boyland, Nina Simone
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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: krautrock songs and beyond

June 21, 2017 Peter Kimpton
Faust in their Wümme studio in 1971

Faust in their Wümme studio in 1971

Kraftwerk to Neu! Bowie to The Fall! Leaping into last week's surprise topic, guest writer Flatfrog takes a voyage of discovery to playlist prime originals and others hugely influenced by this German genre

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In playlists, music, songs Tags songs, playlists, krautrock, electronica, Germany, Kraftwerk, The Cure, Faust, Hawkwind, Cluster, Julian Cope, Neu!, Stereolab, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Brian Eno, Udo Lindenberg, The Fall, Mark E Smith, Nina Hagen, Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark, OMD, Joy Division, DAF (Deutsche-Amerikanishe-Freundshaft), Amon Düül II, Amon Düül, Einstürzende Neubaten, Einstürzende Neubauten, Groep 1850, Kraan, David Sylvian, Tangerine Dream, Vangelis, David Bowie, film soundtrack, Flatfrog
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Playlists: songs about bad decisions, poor judgement and U-turns

April 5, 2017 Peter Kimpton
The Ramones … slightly regretting opening that door …

The Ramones … slightly regretting opening that door …

Brexit or breakup? Heartbreak or international crisis? Hitting the hurt and mistakes hard, from Ramones to Radiohead, guest writer Violet Vivid tells a personal tale of woe with a wonderful set of playlists from last week's topic

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In playlists, music, songs Tags Songs, playlists, The Woodentops, Kim Weston, The Rose of Avalanche, The Dirtbombs, Soft Cell, Cadaver Club, Half Man Half Biscuit, Everything But The Girl, The Adverts, KKKKitchens, The Long Blondes, The Ramones, Megadeth, Radiohead, Meatload, Meatloaf, New Model Army, The Housemartins, Bobby Vee, Fela Kuti, Public Image Limited, Cassette Boy, UK Subs, Mischief Brew, Sex Pistols, Desmond Dekker, Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Stranglers, Cornershop, Violet Vivid, KK Kitchens
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Playlists: songs about the colour or term green

October 5, 2016 Peter Kimpton
Siouxsie's verdant moment

Siouxsie's verdant moment

Siouxsie to XTC, Cure to Coltrane, this week's guest writer severin picks and musical colour scheme from your songs suggestions with a full range of shades. It will definitely grow on you

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Tags songs, colours, green, Severin, Wynder K Frog, Franz Schubert, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Agnes Obel, Blackalicious, XTC, Eddie Reader, The Cure, David Kirton, Laura Mvula, Mary Coughlan, John Coltrane, Maggie Holland, Kermit, Beyonce, Amalia Rodrigues, Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Good The Bad and the Queen, Housse de Racket, Alison Krauss, Goldfrapp, David Bowie, Maximum Joy, St Paul and the Broken Bones, Corinne Bailey Rae, Bardo Pond, Wilson Picket, Sibylle Baier
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New album: An evocative musical journey of a concept album by the indie-folk band from Claremont, California, fronted by singer-songwriter John Darnielle, based on a dream of his in 2023 about a voyage to a fictional island by the titular captain, charting adventure, wonder and tragedy

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New album: A hugely entertaining, witty, droll, inventive, chamber and synth-pop fourth LP with a goth twist by the charismatic and theatrical Canadian artist Alexandra Hughes, who brings paradox and dark themes through sounds that include string quartet, harpsichord, classical and pure pop piano with killer lyrics

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New album: Beautiful, precise, poignant and poetic new folk numbers inspired by the life and music style of Woody Guthrie as the Portland, Oregon and New Yorker, now Portland, Maine-based singer-songwriters bring a delicious duet album, alternating and sharing songs covering a variety of forever topical social issues

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New album: Ambient, otherworldly, cinematic, mesmeric, and at times very odd, the Brooklyn-based electronic artist and producer Daniel Lopatin returns with a new nostalgia-based concept – constructing tracks from lost-then-refound Y2K CDs of 1990s and early 2000s royalty-free sample electronic sounds

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Iona Zajac: Bang
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New album: A powerful, stirring, passionate and mature debut LP by the 29-year-old Glasgow-based Scottish singer with Polish and Ukrainian heritage who has toured as the new Pogues singer, and whose alternative folk songs capture raw emotions and the experience of modern womanhood, with echoes of PJ Harvey, Patti Smith, Aldous Harding and Lankum

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Austra: Chin Up Buttercup
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New album: This fifth studio LP as Austra by the Canadian classically trained vocalist and composer Katie Stelmanis brings beautiful electronica-pop and dance music, and has a bittersweet ironic title – a caustically witty reference to societal pressure to keep smiling despite a devastating breakup

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Mavis Staples: Sad and Beautiful World
Nov 18, 2025

New album: A timelessly classy release by the veteran soul, blues and gospel singer and social activist from the Staples Singers, in a release of wonderfully moving and poignant cover versions, beautifully interpreting works by artists including Tom Waits, Curtis Mayfield, Leonard Cohen, and Gillian Welch

Nov 18, 2025
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Nov 18, 2025
Stella Donnelly: Love and Fortune
Nov 18, 2025

New album: Finely crafted, stripped back musical simplicity combined with complex melancholic emotions mark out this beautiful, poetic, and deeply personal third folk-pop LP by the Australian singer-songwriter reflecting on the past and present

Nov 18, 2025
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Nov 17, 2025
Picture Parlour: The Parlour
Nov 17, 2025

New album: Following last year’s EP Face in the Picture, a fabulously stylish, smart, swaggering glam-rock-pop debut LP by the Manchester-formed, London-based band fronted by the impressively raspy, gritty, vibratro delivery of Liverpudlian vocalist and guitarist Katherine Parlour and distinctive riffs from North Yorkshire-born guitar Ella Risi

Nov 17, 2025
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Nov 16, 2025
FKA twigs: EUSEXUA Afterglow
Nov 16, 2025

New album: Springing from her much lauded third LP Eusexua, out in January this year, and following a hugely successful and spectacular tour, the innovative British experimental pop artist, dancer and producer extends her palette of ethereal, otherworldly and sensual creations in this new, more carnal, harder, beat-filled parallel release

Nov 16, 2025
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Nov 15, 2025
Celeste: Woman of Faces
Nov 15, 2025

New album: The outstanding British singer returns, a long four years after her acclaimed debut Not Your Muse, with a classy, passionate set of nine, simmering, smoky, rippling dramatic, timeless numbers in which her vocal prowess is magnificently on show on songs playing on the theme of self and identity

Nov 15, 2025

new songs …

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Dec 4, 2025
Song of the Day: The Lemon Twigs - I've Got A Broken Heart
Dec 4, 2025

Song of the Day: Despite the title, this new double-A single (with Friday I’m Gonna Love You) has a wonderfully uplifting guitar-jangling beauty, with echoes of The Byrds and Stone Roses, but is of course the brilliant 60s and 70s retro sound of the Long Island brothers Brian and Michael D'Addario, out on Captured Tracks

Dec 4, 2025
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Dec 3, 2025
Song of the Day: Alewya - Night Drive (featuring Dagmawit Ameha)
Dec 3, 2025

Song of the Day: A sensual, stylish, dreamy electro-pop single by the striking British singer-songwriter, producer, multidisciplinary artist and model Alewya Demmisse, musically influenced by her rich Ethiopian-Egyptian heritage and early childhood upbringings in Saudi Arabia and Sudan

Dec 3, 2025
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Dec 2, 2025
Song of the Day: Radio Free Alice - Rule 31
Dec 2, 2025

Song of the Day: Stirring, passionate indie postpunk by the band based in Melbourne, Australia, with echoes of The Cure’s core sound, new wave, and 90s indie-rock influences, and out on Double Drummer

Dec 2, 2025
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Dec 1, 2025
Song of the Day: Sailor Honeymoon - Armchair
Dec 1, 2025

Song of the Day: Catchy, punchy, fuzz-guitar indie rock with a droll lyrical delivery and some echoes of Wet Leg come in this new single by the trio from Seoul, South Korea, out on Good Good Records

Dec 1, 2025
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Nov 30, 2025
Song of the Day: Ellie O'Neill - Bohemia
Nov 30, 2025

Song of the Day: A beautiful, poetic finger-picking debut folk single with a mystical, distantly stormy twist by the Dublin-based Irish singer-songwriter from County Meath, out now on St Itch Records

Nov 30, 2025
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Nov 29, 2025
Song of the Day: Danalogue - Sonic Hypnosis
Nov 29, 2025

Song of the Day: A full flavour of future-past with mesmeric, euphoric retro acid house and electronica in this new single by Daniel Leavers, producer and the founding member of The Comet Is Coming and Soccer96, out now on Castles In Space

Nov 29, 2025
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Nov 28, 2025
Song of the Day: Cardinals - Barbed Wire
Nov 28, 2025

Song of the Day: Another striking, passionate, punchy, catchy single by the Irish postpunk/indie-folk-rock band from Cork, heralding their upcoming debut album, Masquerade, out on 13 February via So Young Records

Nov 28, 2025
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Nov 27, 2025
Song of the Day: Frank Popp Ensemble (with Paul Weller) - Right Before My Eyes
Nov 27, 2025

Song of the Day: A strong, soaring, emotive, soulful release by the German artist co-written by British singer and former Jam frontman who here sings and plays guitar, the lyrics about witnessing the increasing injustices and demise of the world, out on Unique Records / Schubert Music Europe

Nov 27, 2025
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Nov 26, 2025
Song of the Day: Tessa Rose Jackson - Fear Bangs The Drum
Nov 26, 2025

Song of the Day: Using a musical metaphor, beautiful, crisply rhythmical, soaring piano and atmospheric indie-pop-folk about facing your fears by the Dutch/British singer-songwriter, heralding her forthcoming new album The Lighthouse, out on 23 January 2026 on Tiny Tiger Records

Nov 26, 2025
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Nov 25, 2025
Song of the Day: Melanie Baker - Sad Clown
Nov 25, 2025

Song of the Day: Catchy, candid, cathartic indie-grunge-pop by the British singer-songwriter from Cumbria in a melancholy but oddly uplifting emotional work-through of depression, love and exhaustion, out now on TAMBOURHINOCEROS

Nov 25, 2025
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Nov 24, 2025
Song of the Day: Holly Humberstone - Die Happy
Nov 24, 2025

Song of the Day: Luxuriant, breathy, femme-fatale dream pop with a dark, southern gothic, Lana del Rey-inspired, live-fast-die-young theme, and stylish video by the 25-year-old British singer-songwriter from Grantham, out on Polydor/Universal

Nov 24, 2025
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Nov 23, 2025
Song of the Day: These New Puritans - The Other Side
Nov 23, 2025

Song of the Day: A delicate, tender, and unusually minimalist single, their first since this year’s acclaimed album Crooked Wing, by the Southend-on-Sea-born Barnett twins, here with Jack on improvised piano and George on drums and a soprano register wordless vocal, out on Domino Records

Nov 23, 2025

Word of the week

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Dec 4, 2025
Word of the week: crapulence
Dec 4, 2025

Word of the week: A term that may apply regularly during Xmas party season, from the from the Latin crapula, in turn from the Greek kraipálē meaning "drunkenness" or "headache" pertains to sickness symptoms caused by excess in eating or drinking, or general intemperance and overindulgence

Dec 4, 2025
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Nov 20, 2025
Word of the week: discalceate
Nov 20, 2025

Word of the week: A rarely used, but often practised verb, especially when arriving home, it means to take off your shoes, but is also a slightly more common adjective meaning barefoot or unshod, particularly for certain religious orders that wear sandals instead of shoes. But in what context does this come up in song?

Nov 20, 2025
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Nov 6, 2025
Word of the week: erythrophyll
Nov 6, 2025

Word of the week: A seasonally topical word relating to the the red pigment of tree leaves, fruits and flowers, that appears particularly when changing in autumn, as opposed to the green effect of chlorophyll, from the Greek erythros for red, and phyll for leaves. But what of songs about this?

Nov 6, 2025
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Oct 22, 2025
Word of the week: fennec
Oct 22, 2025

Word of the week: It’s a small pale-fawn nocturnal fox with unusually large, highly sensitive ears, that inhabits from African and Arab deserts areas from Western Sahara and Mauritania to the Sinai Peninsula. But has it ever been seen in a song?

Oct 22, 2025
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Oct 9, 2025
Word of the week: gongoozler
Oct 9, 2025

Word of the week: A fabulous old English slang term for someone who tends to stand or sit for long periods staring at the passing of boats on canals, sometimes with a derogatory or at least ironic use for someone who is useless or lazy. But what of songs about this activity and culture?

Oct 9, 2025
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