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Playlists: songs about déjà vu

July 9, 2025 Peter Kimpton

Bird’s eye view? Ever seen … Immortel Ad Vitam

Tricks of mind and memory to recurring lifestyle loops, our senses are sometimes working overtime, and guest Sidecar Shiv makes superb sense of it all with playlists picked from last week’s topic nominations

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In African, avant-garde, 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, showtime, ska, songs, soul, soundtracks, traditional, trip hop Tags deja vu, psychology, songs, playlists, Massive Attack, Molly Nilsson, Charlotte Gainsbourg, John Fogerty, JJ Jackson, The Yardbirds, Pearls Before Swine, The Waterboys, Mike Scott, John Lennon, The Beatles, The Searchers, Sparklehorse, Chocolate Genius, Angelo Badalamenti, Twin Peaks, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Sharon Van Etten, Angel Olsen, Bill Ryder-Jones, Styx, Redd Kross, Sublime, Dionne Warwick, Prince Royce, Shakira, Wet Leg, Margaret Glaspy, Toro y Moi, Roky Erickson, Husker Du, Blind Alfred Reed, Hitsujibungaku, The Stylistics, Max Webster, Michael Chapman, Gilmore & Roberts, Vashti Bunyan, Fever Ray, Buzzcocks, The Who, Taylor Swift, ShivSidecar, Sidecar Shiv
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Playlists: songs about teeth

November 1, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Open wide: the great Dinah Washington makes a trip to the dentist, but might she receive more than a filling?

Draculas to dentists and dentures, smiling to biting, gnashing, chattering, grinding and chomping, there’s no shortage of wonderful music to chew over with these tasty, pearly-white playlists picked by guest Nicko from last week’s topic

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In African, avant-garde, blues, calypso, classical, colours, 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 Tags teeth, dentists, Slim Cessna's Auto Club, Dinah Washington, Lorde, The Mighty Diamonds, Tindersticks, xiangyu, Tools You Can Trust, Genesis Owusu, Eaglebear Singers, Tanya Tagaq, Lady Gaga, Working Men's Club, Free, Roky Erickson, John Williams, Spike Jones & His City Slickers, Spike Jones, Weird Al Jankovic, Screaming Lord Such, Timothy, Devon Irons, The Upsetters, Scientist, The Hollies, Witch, Sparklehorse, PJ Harvey, Wilco, Stew & The Negro Problem, Lotte Lenya, Jackie Orszaczky & The Grandmasters, Lonnie Johnson, Victoria Spivey, Duke, Sugar Minott, Weed Out Vampires, Busy Signal, Madder Lake, Skin Of Out Teeth, Nicko
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Playlists: songs about owls

July 26, 2022 Peter Kimpton

The eyes have it, but what songs will this week’s keen ears pick up?

Haunting, beautiful, otherworldly, very much coming alive at night – and that’s just the music. Inspired by these mesmeric birds, guest of the week Maki creates two gorgeous and entrancing playlists picked from last week’s nominations

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In blues, classical, folk, indie, jazz, music, musical hall, playlists, pop, psychedelia, rock, songs, soul, traditional Tags songs, playlists, owls, birds, Slapp Happy, Henry Cow, Clogs, Shara Worden, Death and Vanilla, The Strawbs, Gerry Rafferty, Gene Chandler, Dick Dale, Canned Heat, Devendra Banhart, Elis Regina, Ma Rainey, Kevin Ayers, The Lovin' Spoonful, Silver Apples, Laurie Anderson, Sparklehorse, TV On The Radio, Agnes Obel, Saint Etienne, The Dead Kennedys, Antonio Machado, Enrique Montoya, Paco de Lucia, Maki
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Playlists: songs about omens and prophecies

March 15, 2022 Peter Kimpton

Visions of the future: The Flaming Lips

Visions, prophets, psychics, spanning history and the future, with good news and bad – inspired by many nominations from last week’s topic, these superb playlists, picked by guest amylee, journey through time and space

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Playlists: songs to start the morning

February 2, 2022 Peter Kimpton

Time to wake …

Songs to get your up and motivated, or songs that are also about the morning? Don’t be alarmed, it’s all covered in this special two-parter, picked by guest of the week DiscoMonster from a huge dawn chorus of nominations from the past week

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Playlists: distinctively quiet songs

May 6, 2020 Peter Kimpton
Take a stroll through this forest of quiet music

Take a stroll through this forest of quiet music

Looking to achieve a mind at peace? Take a stroll through a Finnish forest, the accompaniment to a beautiful selection of songs chosen by hundreds of nominations last week, as chosen and described by guest DiscoMonster

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In African, blues, avant-garde, calypso, classical, dance, dub, electronica, experimental, folk, funk, indie, instrumentals, jazz, music, playlists, pop, songs, ska, soul, soundtracks, reggae Tags songs, playlists, quiet, silence, The Beloved, Dreadzone, Jane, Catrin Finch, Seckou Keita, Gabriel Fauré, Chet Baker, Charlie Haden, DJ Cam, William Basinski, Drunken Galleon, Dennis Kamakahi, Mazzy Star, Ulrich Drechsler Quartet, Tord Gustavsen, Pino Donaggio, Leonard Cohen, Adrianne Lenker, FKA Twigs, Cat's Eyes, SE Rogie, Nils Frahm, Sparklehorse, Linda Perhacs, Carlton & The Shoes, Simon & Garfunkel, Al Green, Marconi Union, Charles Baudelaire, DiscoMonster
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Playlists: songs with similes

December 4, 2019 Peter Kimpton
Leonard Cohen. Like no one else.

Leonard Cohen. Like no one else.

There’s noting quite like a simile playlist, and even more special is a pair. This week’s guest ParaMhor creates perfect examples for comparison, picked with impeccable taste out of a vast selection from last week’s topic

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In avant-garde, blues, classical, country, dance, disco, electronica, experimental, folk, funk, hip hop, indie, jazz, instrumentals, music, musicals, playlists, pop, postpunk, songs, rock, soul, traditional Tags songs, playlists, similes, language, Beck, Lloyd Cole and the Commotions, Definition of Sound, Smokey Robinson, The Miracles, Rita & The Tiaras, Stevie Wonder, This Mortal Coil, Leonard Cohen, Chet Baker, Van Morrison, Cheikh Lô, The Grateful Dead, The Allman Brothers Band, Dolly Parton, Ike and Tina Turner, Boogie Down Productions, Lavern Baker, Dean Martin, Joaquin Sabina, Iceage, Placebo, Captain Beefheart, Sparklehorse, Bert Jansch, Abbey Lincoln, Gillian Welch, Stephen Crane, PG Wodehouse, Raymond Chandler, ParaMhor, Orange Juice, Benjamin Britten
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Playlists: songs about four-legged livestock

August 14, 2019 Peter Kimpton
Herd the one about …?

Herd the one about …?

Crazy cows, woolly bulls, pigs, sheep, goats, and even a camel and a llama, this week’s musical shepherd George Boyland rounds up wonderfully entertaining herd of songs tracked down from last week’s four-legged topic

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In avant-garde, blues, comedy, country, dance, dub, disco, electronica, folk, funk, gospel, indie, jazz, music, playlists, pop, prog, postpunk, punk, reggae, rock, ska, songs, soul, traditional Tags songs, playlists, animals, livestock, Ella Mae Morse, Sam The Sham And The Pharoahs, Amon Düül, Amon Düül II, AronChupa, Lil Sis Nora, Hugh Masekela, Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band, Neil Hannon, The Unthanks, Jane Siberry, Dresden Dolls, Quatermass, Sparklehorse, Pere Ubu, Ry Cooder, Robert Johnson, Dr John, Fotheringay, Papa Freddie, Nelcy Sedibe, Mikaela, Pluto Shervington, George Boyland
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Playlists: songs about joints of the body

April 10, 2019 Peter Kimpton
Hip priestess? Shakira video

Hip priestess? Shakira video

Shoulders to toes, hips to knees, this week’s playlists, picked by our flexibly skilful guest Noodsy from last week’s topic connect up through all the styles and genres, from Shakira to Sparklehorse, The Beat to The Beach Boys …

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In blues, comedy, country, disco, dance, folk, gospel, hip hop, indie, jazz, music, musicals, playlists, musical hall, pop, postpunk, punk, reggae, rock, ska, songs, soul Tags songs, joints, biology, Fats Waller, The Decemberists, Esther Phillips, Shakira, The Rolling Stones, 10cc, The Beach Boys, The Beat, Sparklehorse, Elvis Costello & The Attractions, Laura Marling, Funkadelic, Julien Baker, Captain Beefheart, Ronnie Hudson, Johnny Cash, The Cufflinx, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Richard O'Brien, Patricia Quinn, Little Neil, Major Lance, Squeeze, I Am Kloot, Iris Dement, Charly Bliss, Noodsy, Elsie and Doris Waters
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Titular spectacular: songs with provocative, strange, or humorous titles

February 1, 2018 Peter Kimpton
A famously eye-catching Small Faces album, but there are many tasty song titles are out there …

A famously eye-catching Small Faces album, but there are many tasty song titles are out there …

Tantalising, striking, quirky, perhaps violent or sexually strange, offbeat,  bizarre combinations of words, numbers or symbols and more, awful, wonderful, suggest songs that cry out to be heard and live up to their title

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In blues, comedy, country, dance, electronica, folk, hip hop, indie, metal, music, playlists, pop, punk, reggae, rock, soul Tags Songs, titles, The Flaming Lips, Wayne Coyne, Paul McCartney, Johnny Cash, The Small Faces, Sammy Cahn, Blur, Damon Albarn, Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band, The Ruttles, Neil Innes, Panic! At The Disco, Brendon Urie, Beyonce, Charlotte Church, Franz Zappa, Final Fantasy, Loretta Lynn, Guns 'n' Roses, The Police, Bon Iver, Noise Gunk Murder Castle, Of Montreal, Tom Waits, Sparklehorse, Stereolab, The Beatles, System of a Down, Soulwax, Fiona Apple, Chumbawumba, Butthole Surfers, Omar Rodríguez-López, Elvis Costello, System Of A Down, George Clinton, This is Spinal Tap, Gary Glitter, William Burroughs, Thomas Pynchon, film, books
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Playlists: songs about reunions

December 6, 2017 Peter Kimpton
Guess which boys are back for a reunion in this week's A-list …

Guess which boys are back for a reunion in this week's A-list …

Allman Brothers to Viv Albertine, Rolling Stones to Robert Earl Keen, Lene Lovich to Thin Lizzy, this week brings a wonderful wave of reunion and homecoming in playlist form, compiled by Ravi Raman from last week's topic

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In blues, folk, indie, country, pop, rock, songs, soul Tags Songs, playlists, reunions, The Allman Brothers Band, Gram Parsons, Bert Jansch, John Sebastian, Lene Lovich, Viv Albertine, The Rolling Stones, Tony Carey, John Mayer, Robert Earl Keen, Thin Lizzy, Dar Williams, Mrs Ackroyd Band, The Adverts, The Who, June Tabor, G Love and Special Sauce, Jennifer Warnes, The Mountain Goats, The Ramones, Roy Orbison, Louis Armstrong, Father John Misty, Sparklehorse, Pulp, ZZ Top, David Ackles, The Statler Brothers, Ravi Raman
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Playlists: songs about the strange, disturbing and surreal

May 3, 2017 Peter Kimpton
Feast your eyes on Screamin' Jay Hawkins

Feast your eyes on Screamin' Jay Hawkins

Fairy-tale dreams to strange train journeys, Visions of Johanna to Elvis Presley's lost Jesse, guest writer Severin takes us into weird and wonderful world inspired by last week's song nominations

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In playlists, music, songs Tags songs, playlists, Dickie Lee, Psychic TV, Genesis P Orridge, Let's Eat Grandma, Wire, Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band, Bob Dylan, Pink Floyd, This Heat, Suburban Lawns, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Scott Walker, X-Ray Spex, Vivian Stanshall, John Martin, Future of the Left, The Stranglers, Powersolo, Captain Beefheart, Mr Concept, De La Soul, Boeing Duveen & The Beautiful Soup, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Flotation Toy Warning, Sparklehorse, Sparks, Diamanda Galas, Elvis Presley, Severin, David Lynch, Martin Green, Dave Von Ronk
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New Albums …

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Mar 13, 2026
Kim Gordon: Play Me
Mar 13, 2026

New album: Following 2024’s The Collective, the former Sonic Youth frontwoman’s fourth solo LP continues her extraordinary experimental, innovative journey, moving to more melodic beats and shorter tracks with a motorik krautrock-style driven coloured by strange sounds, intense emotions and sharply angled, dark, droll social commentary

Mar 13, 2026
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Mar 11, 2026
ELIZA: The Darkening Green
Mar 11, 2026

New album: The London artist Eliza Caird (formerly under the mainstream pop moniker Eliza Doolittle) returns with more of the cool, slow, sensual, gentle, sophisticated experimental soul-funk style evolving from her 2022 album A Sky Without Stars, here with particularly polished, silky, stripped back grooves and vocals

Mar 11, 2026
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Mar 11, 2026
Andrew Wasylyk: Irreparable Parables
Mar 11, 2026

New album: The Scottish multi-instrumentalist and composer returns with a new selection of soothing, meditative mix of experimental classical and jazz, but this time joined with six different singers represented by the birds on the album artwork

Mar 11, 2026
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Mar 10, 2026
waterbaby: Memory Be A Blade
Mar 10, 2026

New album: A delicate, experimental, understated soulful chamber pop debut by the pure-voiced Stockholm-born singer-songwriter (aka Kendra Egerbladh) in 25-minute, eight-track release of lo-fi, lyrically semi-improvised numbers about heartbreak and self-renewal in a world of gorgeous musical sensations

Mar 10, 2026
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Mar 10, 2026
Joshua Idehen: I know you're hurting, everyone is hurting, everyone is trying, you have got to try
Mar 10, 2026

New album: With a strikingly long title, a euphoric and honest full debut LP by the British-born Nigerian poet, spoken word artist and musician based in Sweden, working with his musical partner Ludvig Parment’s sonic layers, packed pacy dance and hip-hop grooves, clever sampling, slower reflections, and articulate expressions of positivity through the ups and downs of grief and hope

Mar 10, 2026
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Mar 10, 2026
Gnarls Barkley: Atlanta
Mar 10, 2026

New album: Finally, after an 18-year gap since their last collaboration in the heady days of the hit Crazy, with the St Elsewhere and The Odd Couple LPs a third and supposedly final album from fabulous singer CeeLo Green and producer and musician aka Brian Burton with a mix of soaring soul, hip-hop, pop and RnB with songs filled with vivid lyrical memories and strong, emotive melodies

Mar 10, 2026
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Mar 9, 2026
Various: HELP(2) - War Child Records
Mar 9, 2026

New album: Not only a timely and topical milestone charity record following the first in 1995 to help bring aid and wide variety of support to children in war zones around he world, but an impressive double-LP array of stellar British and international talent and powerful, poignant 23 songs from Arctic Monkeys to Young Fathers

Mar 9, 2026
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Mar 9, 2026
Bonnie “Prince” Billy: We Are Together Again
Mar 9, 2026

New album: Just over a year after 2025’s The Purple Bird, but from parallel recording sessions and familiar co-musicians, the veteran Louisville-Kentucky singer-songwriter Will Oldham returns with another collection of exquisite, intimate, gently defiant lo-fi folk to troubled times, an ode to community with a beautiful array of acoustic instruments and his poignant, insightful lyrics and delivery

Mar 9, 2026
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Mar 5, 2026
DEADLETTER: Existence Is Bliss
Mar 5, 2026

New album: This second LP by the South Yorkshire/London six-piece expands their post-punk sound palette with a collection of arresting, thrumming songs, often dark and challenging, with richly exploratory lyrics across dystopian and existential questions, yet despite a climate of difficult, shows how gasping for life’s oxygen is essential

Mar 5, 2026
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Mar 5, 2026
Lala Lala: Heaven 2
Mar 5, 2026

New album: Moving from Chicago to New Mexico, Reykjavík, then London and now Los Angeles, the UK-born artist Lillie West’s experimental indie dream pop is a fascinating release about restless escapism while trying to stay where she is

Mar 5, 2026
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Mar 3, 2026
Iron & Wine: Hen's Teeth
Mar 3, 2026

New album: Timeless, poetic, gentle folk-rock in this eighth solo album by the North Carolina multi-instrumentalist and producer Sam Beam, in warm, tender album with a title that suggests the idea of the impossible yet real, and an earthier, darker, more more tactile companion to his Grammy-nominated 2024 album Light Verse

Mar 3, 2026
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Mar 3, 2026
Buck Meek: The Mirror
Mar 3, 2026

New album: The Brooklyn-based Texan guitarist of Big Thief returns with his fourth solo LP filled with tender, thoughtful, beautiful folk-country-rock, a tiny splash of analogue synths, joined by bandmate James Krivchenia as producer, Adrianne Lenker on backing vocals, plus guitarist Adam Brisbin and harp player Mary Lattimore

Mar 3, 2026
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Mar 1, 2026
Mitski: Nothing’s About To Happen To Me
Mar 1, 2026

New album: Following 2023’s acclaimed The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We, now an eighth LP of sublime beauty, wit and melancholy and silken vocal tones from the American singer-songwriter, mixing pop, rock, echoes of Laurel Canyon era, and stories and metaphors of love and loss, insecurity, independence and solitude all set at home – and no shortage of cats

Mar 1, 2026
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Mar 1, 2026
Gorillaz: The Mountain
Mar 1, 2026

New album: Released with an art book, new games, and extended videos, a multicultural, multifarious and multilingual return for the collective cartoon pop-hip-hop project led by Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett, with many intercontinental guest appearances, and a particular Indian musical and visual flavour centred on fictional Himalayan peak as metaphor for life’s journey and illusionary truths

Mar 1, 2026

new songs …

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Mar 16, 2026
Song of the Day: Jaakko Eino Kalevi - Black Diamond
Mar 16, 2026

Song of the Day: A splendidly rousing eight-minute retro-style electro-pop baroque melodrama by the Finnish artist with the deep, rich voice, one that stylistically and in his own fashion, draws a pentagram between Goblin, Rondo Veneziano, Cerrone, Doris Norton and Lindstrom, out on Domino Records

Mar 16, 2026
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Mar 15, 2026
Song of the Day: Hannah Lew - Sunday
Mar 15, 2026

Song of the Day: An appropriate day to highlight this classy latest single of shimmering 80s-style synth-pop with echoes of OMD, with themes about pain, love and grief from the upcoming debut album by the Richmond, California artist, out on 10 April via Night School Records

Mar 15, 2026
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Mar 14, 2026
Song of the Day: Mei Semones - Tooth Fairy (featuring John Roseboro)
Mar 14, 2026

Song of the Day: A charming cross-genre fusion of bossa nova, jazz, folk and chamber pop sung in English and Japanese by the Brooklyn-based American musician with a tale of losing a tooth on the subway and friendship, from the upcoming album Kurage, out 10 April on Bayonet Records

Mar 14, 2026
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Mar 13, 2026
Song of the Day: Robyn - Blow My Mind
Mar 13, 2026

Song of the Day: Quirky, sensual electro-pop with a dash of Kraftwerk by the acclaimed Swedish singer, songwriter and producer Robin Miriam Carlsson, in this latest from the upcoming album Sexistential out on 27 March via Konichiwa / Young Records

Mar 13, 2026
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Mar 12, 2026
Song of the Day: Lava La Rue - Scratches
Mar 12, 2026

Song of the Day: The latest single by the London singer-songwriter is punchy, powerful psychedelic rock number with tearing riffs and lyrics about damage from troubled relationship, abuse and self-harm, from the forthcoming EP Do You Know Everything?, out on BMG

Mar 12, 2026
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Mar 11, 2026
Song of the Day: Alewya - City of Symbols (featuring eejebee)
Mar 11, 2026

Song of the Day: A stylish fusion of electronica, soul, hip hop and Ethiopian rhythmic influences centring on themes of heritage, family by London singer, songwriter, producer and multidisciplinary artist, with drums from eejebee and guitar from Vraell, heralding from the forthcoming new debut Zero out 22 June via LDN Records / Because Music

Mar 11, 2026
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Mar 10, 2026
Song of the Day: Huarinami - Carried Away
Mar 10, 2026

Song of the Day: Explosive, stylish, gritty, restless indie-psychedelic punk with angular, angry guitars, driving bass and wonderfully arresting vocals by Pauline Janier (aka Cody Pepper) fronting the French London-based four-piece in this single fuelled by the frustration of big-city life, and heralding their sophomore EP Nothing Happens, due for release on 6 June

Mar 10, 2026
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Mar 9, 2026
Song of the Day: Avalon Emerson & The Charm - Written into Changes
Mar 9, 2026

Song of the Day: Following the singles Eden and Jupiter and Mars, another stylish, experimental indie synth-pop release by the New York artist with the title track of upcoming second Charm moniker album, out on 20 March via Dead Oceans

Mar 9, 2026
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Mar 8, 2026
Song of the Day: Aldous Harding - One Stop
Mar 8, 2026

Song of the Day: An enigmatic, oddly stylish, stripped back, piano-based new experimental folk single by the New Zealand singer-songwriter, namechecking John Cale, and from her upcoming album Train on the Island out May 8 via 4AD

Mar 8, 2026
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Mar 7, 2026
Song of the Day: Max Winter, Asha Lorenz & Rael - Candlelight
Mar 7, 2026

Song of the Day: A dark, stylish, striking fusion of hip-hop, trip-hop, spoken word, and jazz by the London-based rapper and friends, and the the first single from the collaborative mixtape Like the season!, out on Secret Friend

Mar 7, 2026
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Mar 6, 2026
Song of the Day: SPRINTS - Trickle Down
Mar 6, 2026

Song of the Day: The feisty, ferociously fun Dublin post-punk band return with a punchy, on-point angry new number about the flawed economic term, watching systems fail in slow motion, housing crisis, rising costs, culture wars, climate collapse, and frustratingly being told to stay patient while everything burns

Mar 6, 2026
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Mar 5, 2026
Song of the Day: Jordan Rakei & Tom McFarland - Easy to Love
Mar 5, 2026

Song of the Day: Elevating, soaring soul with the high vocals of the New Zealand-Australian singer and songwriter joined by one half the British band Jungle, heralding the collaborative EP Between Us, out on 24 April on Fontana Records / Universal Music

Mar 5, 2026

Word of the week

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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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Jan 22, 2026
Word of the week: zumbador
Jan 22, 2026

Word of the week: A wonderfully evocative noun from the Spanish for word buzz, and meaning both a South American hummingbird, a door buzzer, and symbolic of resurrection of the soul in ancient Mexican culture, while also serving as the logo for a tequila brand

Jan 22, 2026
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Jan 8, 2026
Word of the week: aspectabund
Jan 8, 2026

Word of the week: This rare adjective describes a highly expressive face or countenance, where emotions and reactions are readily shown through the eyes or mouth

Jan 8, 2026

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