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Playlists: songs inspired by movie and TV stars

April 12, 2017 Peter Kimpton
Johnny Depp and Patti Smith - mutual admiration

Johnny Depp and Patti Smith - mutual admiration

Marilyn Monroe to Jodie Foster to Johnny Depp, Sidney Poitier to Sigourney Weaver, this week's playlists made by guest Mnemosene2 from last week's topic create a constellation of stars. Let's roll the credits …

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In playlists, music, songs Tags songs, Bryan Ferry, Marilyn Monroe, Patti Smith, Johnny Depp, Lou Reed, Andy Warhol, Royal Trux, Steven Seagal, John Grant, Sigourney Weaver, Winona Ryder, Film, Alien, Earthling, Mau, Boris Karloff, Star Trek, Harvey Keitel, Berry Blue, Juliette Binoche, I-Roy, Sidney Poitier, Submarine, Jodie Foster, Slint, Nostagia, The Voodoo Queens, Keanu Reeves, Southpaw Jones, Fatty Arbuckle, Gomez, Sean Connery, Steve McQueen, Suzanne Vega, Gorillaz, Nirvana, Half Man Half Biscuit, The North Sea Scrolls, Luke Haines, Cathal Coughlan, Andrew Mueller, The Jellybottys, Jackie Leven, Eels, Julian Cope, Madonna, James, The Broken Family Band, Yo La Tengo, Blue Oyster Cult, Belle & Sebastian, Mnemosene2, Hollywood, television, fame, Readers Wifes
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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 contentment and tranquility

March 22, 2017 Peter Kimpton
Relaxing with Elbow, in time-honoured fashion …

Relaxing with Elbow, in time-honoured fashion …

Busking on the beach to sailing with Jacque Brel, sipping beer with Elbow to looking at old photographs with Al Stewart, this week's guest writer Barbryn brings balm to any soul with two beautiful playlists

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In playlists, songs, music Tags Songs, playlists, The Decemberists, Gunter Kallman Choir, Sir Douglas Quintet, Andy Hickie, The Poozies, Elbow, Trash Can Sinatras, Al Stewart, Paul Simon, Jacques Brel, Ben Folds, Groove Armada, George Butterworth, Vaishnava Janato, A Winged Victory For The Sullen, Cantaloube, The Unthanks, Rachel Unthank, The Winterset, Virginia Astley, Sateenkaarilaulu, Alice Coltrane, Shine Like Stars, The Go-Betweens, Barbryn
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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 with close harmony singing

March 8, 2017 Peter Kimpton
The Platters

The Platters

Beach Boys to Byrds, Gladiators to Platters, this week's guest writer Hoshino Sakura makes beautiful harmony by interweaving voice choices from a huge chorus of nominations from last week's topic

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In music, playlists, songs Tags songs, playlists, harmony, The Chordettes, The Byrds, The Beach Boys, The Gladiators, The Uniques, The Platters, En Vogue, Sweet Honey In the Rock, Amadou & Mariam, Manu Chao, Grupo Vocal Desandan, Mediaeval Babes, The Early Music Consort of London, Antoine Brumel, Everly Brothers, Wilson Phillips, Maddy Prior and the Girls, Oysterband, Little Big Town, Impressions, Southern California Community Choir, Scala and Kolacny Brothers, Bob Marley, The Wailers, The Four Seasons, Olavi Virta and the Harmony Sisters, Decameron, Spirit, Hoshino Sakura
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Playlists brave and brilliant: uncharacteristic, genre-switch songs

February 22, 2017 Peter Kimpton
Serafina Steer ... disco diva

Serafina Steer ... disco diva

Call the cops! Are music artists not doing what they are supposed to do? This week's guest writer Detective Sergeant Uncleben investigates, and finds that those who break the rules make brilliant playlists

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In playlists, music, songs Tags songs, playlists, Mike Patton, Faith No More, Darius Rucker, The Blood, Dusty Springfield, Bunny Wailer, Talking Heads, Tony Orlando, Serafina Steer, Blondie, Dion, Radiohead, The Walker Brothers, Diego El Cigala, Joshua Bell, The Move, Scritti Politti, AFI, Cliff Richard, Shakti, Robert Plant, Alison Krauss, Steve Hillage, Bobby Darin, Sonic Boom 6, Kiss, Buddy Holly, Bob Dylan, Neil Michael Hagerty, Royal Trux, Uncleben, Jarvis Cocker, pop, rock, country, northern soul, reggae, hip hop, Africa, Larry Levan, folk, disco, doo wop
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Song Bar 1st Birthday playlists: songs about the number one

February 15, 2017 Peter Kimpton
More cake?

More cake?

Inspired by a flood of celebratory nominations from last week's birthday topic, our guest writer treefrogdemon adds one to another to create singularly superb playlists 

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In playlists, songs Tags songs, numbers, treefrogdemon, The Monkees, Snarky Puppy, Malika Tirolien, Weaves, The Bangles, Sandy Denny, The Clovers, The Adverts, Gloria Sorchio, Mindy Smith, Otis Spann, Icons of Filth, Anti-Flag, Blondie, Bob Marley, Foo Fighters, King Crimson, The Platters, The Levellers, Folk Implosion, Gillian Welch, The Charlatans, Count Basie, Roy Harper, Billy Bragg, Wilco
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Playlists: songs about migrants, immigrants and refugees

February 8, 2017 Peter Kimpton
Syrian refugees in Greece

Syrian refugees in Greece

From Ireland and Cornwall, from Syria and Africa to America and elsewhere, it's hard not to be moved by stirring, and emotional playlists picked by this week's guest writer Marco den Ouden from last week's topic

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In playlists, songs Tags songs, playlists, refugees, immigration, Show Of Hands, GIRSA, Bob Marley, Coco Tea, Vargas Blues Band, Merle Haggard, Al Stewart, The Wolfe Tones, Sonic Boom 6, Rokia Traoré, Chip Taylor, Crowded House, Pet Shop Boys, Steve Reich, Neil Sedaka, Neil Diamond, Sting, Paul Brady, Gil Scott-Heron, Dolores Keane, Prince Far I, The Darkness, Bruce Springsteen, John Butler Trio, The Kinks, Lou Reed, Handel, New Model Army, Stevie Wonder, Joan Baez, Knaan, Chris De Burgh, Marconius, Marco den Ouden, Syria, Israel, Egypt, United States of America
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Playlists: songs about winter

November 30, 2016 Peter Kimpton
One, two, three ... fox in snow

One, two, three ... fox in snow

Winter blues? Shivery nights? Dark mornings? Warm your cockles with these perfect playlists that shed a global light on this inspiring season, created by our guest writer Sidecar Shiv from last week's topic

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In music, songs, playlists Tags songs, music, winter, Sidecar Shiv, Spoons, Rod Stewart, Bill Morrissey, Darkwood, Faine Jade, Smith & Barnes, Jane Siberry, Atmosphere, The Cowboy Junkes, Belle & Sebastian, New Model Army, Gil Scott-Heron, Cornershop, ShivSidecar
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Playlists: songs about misunderstanding

November 23, 2016 Peter Kimpton
Van Der Graaf Generator ... in a state of some confusion?

Van Der Graaf Generator ... in a state of some confusion?

Etta Jones to Dr John, the Cure to Bob Dylan, if you were unclear about misunderstandings, then our guest writer Suzi straightens it out with perfect playlists inspired by last week's topic

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In music, playlists, songs Tags songs, misunderstanding, psychology, Parlet, Van Der Graaf Generator, D'Angelo and the Vanguard, Etta Jones, Dr John, Randy Newman, The Cure, Jens Lekman, Billy Joel, The Bravery, Action Pact, Mick Hucknall, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, The Audience, The Who, Andrew Bird, Fiona Apple, The Streets, Atmosphere, Bread, The Be-Good Tanyas, Clint Eastwood and the General Saint, Stephen Marley, Spiers and Boden, Fleetwood Mac, Tone Loc, Kevin Ayers, Karine Polwart, Suzi
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Playlists: elegies and other remembrance songs

November 16, 2016 Peter Kimpton
Andy. Remembered by Lou ...

Andy. Remembered by Lou ...

Soaring soul to gentle lament, Ray Davies on his sister to Lou Reed's farewell to Andy Warhol, guest writer barbryn's beautiful playlists inspired by last week's elegy topic will leave you moved and inspired

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In playlists, songs Tags songs, remembrance, elegies, Maurice Ravel, Ólafur Arnalds, Shura Cherkassky, Sufjan Stevens, Sun Kil Moon, Guy Clark, Tim Rogers, Lou Reed, John Cale, The Kinks, Sheila Chandra, Hollie Cook, Virginia Astley, Jean Redpath, Ibeyi, Mark Hollis, Shearwater, Trash Can Sinatras, Southpaw Jones, The Cure, Prince, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Paxton, Mayte Martin, Emmylou Harris, Jesu, Peter Broderick, Barbryn
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Playlists: songs with a gripping or intriguing narrative

October 26, 2016 Peter Kimpton
James Joyce knew how to riff on a narrative …

James Joyce knew how to riff on a narrative …

Leading us first into the magical world of an Irish boozer via the portal of the great James Joyce, this week's guest writer Uncleben plays out a prize-winning tale of supreme storytelling in song

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In music, playlists, songs Tags songs, playlists, Giuseppi Verdi, Courtney Barnett, John Wesley Ryles, Sufjan Stevens, Bill Morrissey, Plan B, Lupe Fiasco, Barenaked Ladies, 10cc, The Grateful Dead, June Tabor and the Oyster Band, John Prine, Genesis, Mary Gauthier, Helen Reddy, Bad John, Kate Bush, Brian Eno, Ultimate Painting, The Men That Will Not Be Blamed For Nothing, Big Audio Dynamite, New Model Army, Tom Waits, Earl Zinger, Josh Ritter, Darrell Scott, Moon & The Album Leaf, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Uncleben
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Playlists: songs about renewal, rebirth and starting over

September 21, 2016 Peter Kimpton
Ibeyi, aka tempestuous sisters Naomi and Lisa-Kaindé Díaz

Ibeyi, aka tempestuous sisters Naomi and Lisa-Kaindé Díaz

From cleaning up to getting dirty, leaving the country to new life at forty, black eyes to old blues, this week's guest writer Marco den Ouden's playlists show brilliant breadth of perspective on ways to start again 

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In playlists, songs Tags songs, Marconius, starting over, rebirth, renewal, Ibeyi, Lavern Baker, Avril Lavigne, Linkin Park, Shania Twain, Bruce Springsteen, Camera Obscura, Evanescence, Bright Eyes, Johnnie Taylor, Sophie Tucker, Frank Sinatra, Alter Bridge, Peter Gabriel, Nina Simone, Johnny Nash, Mel & Tim, Nat King Cole, Stranger Cat, Erik Turffaz, Sophie Hunger, Amy MacDonald, Bob Dylan, Two Door Cinema Club, Sandra Nkake, Timelords, Odyssey, Fastball, Beautiful South, The Beautiful South, Nilsson, Peter & The Test Tube Babies, Jethro Tull, AKB48, Ruth B, Marco den Ouden
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Playlists: songs about addiction

September 7, 2016 Peter Kimpton
The Dresden Dolls might have a few ... Bad Habits

The Dresden Dolls might have a few ... Bad Habits

Addiction is no laughing matter, so guest writer Violet Vivid gets down to the nitty gritty about 'It' and 'Them' in a visceral description of the inner process, mapped by some powerful music

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In playlists, music, songs Tags songs, addiction, drugs, alcohol, Marilyn Manson, Barenaked Ladies, Sisters of Mercy, Third Eye Blind, System of a Down, Placebo, Stone Sour, Natalie Imbruglia, Green Day, Dresden Dolls, The Verve, Chemical Brothers, Professor Elemental, Robert Palmer, Puretones, Afroman, Eurythmics, Metallica, Shamen, Queens of the Stone Age, Massive Attack, Portishead, Junior Kenna, Dillinger, Organ Donors, Violet Vivid, sex
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Playlists: songs inspired by machinery, industry and technology

August 3, 2016 Peter Kimpton
Shirley Manson of Garbage

Shirley Manson of Garbage

Dripping oil to pistons pumping, hammering anvils to steamy stovepipes, this week's guest writer Violet Vivid playfully recreates your suggestions into lists framed in the style of erotic fiction. Satisfaction will be reached ...

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In songs, playlists, music Tags songs, playlists, machines, industry, technology, The Men That Will Not Be Blamed For Nothing, MD, Abney Park, Funker Vogt, Anna Tivel, Madness, Garbage, Luna Sea, Giuseppi Verdi, Nitzer Ebb, Sonic Boom 6, New Model Army, The Drowning Season, Primus, Horrible Histories, Sisters of Mercy, Wurzels, Velvet Acid Christ, Tom Waits, Die Krupps, Nizlopi, Siouxsie and the Banshees, In Strict Confidence, Violet Vivid
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Playlists: songs about or containing laughter

July 27, 2016 Peter Kimpton
Ella and Louis

Ella and Louis

Gentle giggles to hearty howls, nervous triggers to evil sniggers, this week's guest writer Hoshino Sakura takes a playful and poetic path with your song suggestions to leave you truly tickled

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In songs, playlists Tags songs, laughter, poetry, Manfred Mann, The Brilliant Corners, Gorillaz, Toots and the Maytals, The Soulmates, Wilson Simonal, Jerry McCain, Little Leroy and the Milestones, Tiruchi Loganathan, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Spike Jones and His City Slickers, Morecambe & Wise, Ozzy Osbourne, The Dogs D'Amour, The Sweet, Bevis Frond, The Monkees, David Bowie, Mott The Hoople, Adam and the Ants, Raif Bendix, Slim Gaillard and His Peruvians, Serge Gainsbourg, Randy Newman, Hoshino Sakura
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Playlists: songs about lust

July 13, 2016 Peter Kimpton
Patti Smith. Why? Because …

Patti Smith. Why? Because …

Heavy breath to throbbing riff, finger exercise to femme fatale, this week's selection by guest writer AmyLee from last week's big bulge of nominations will leave you hot under more than the collar

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In music, playlists, songs Tags Songs, lust, sex, relationships, The Cramps, Jesus & Mary Chain, James, Divinyls, Queens of the Stone Age, Derek and the Dominoes, Eric Clapton, John Lee Hooker, Nick Cave, Femme en Fourrure, Akua Naru, Nine Inch Nails, Patti Smith, Jane Birkin, Serge Gainsbourg, Alice Cooper, Plasmatics, Rammstein, The Stranglers, Wade Flemons, Sam and Dave, Andre Williams, Morphine, Happy Mondays, New Model Army, The Stems, Bruce Springsteen, The Temperance Movement, Millie Jackson, Steeleye Span, The Rolling Stones, AmyLee, Led Zeppelin
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Playlists: songs with screams, howls, grunts and shrieks

June 22, 2016 Peter Kimpton
John Lennon

John Lennon

This week's guest writer Hoshino Sakura takes us on a fantastical, loud, emotional and joyously entertaining trip through experience of choosing nominations from last week's topic 

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In playlists, songs Tags Songs, screams, grunts, howls, Judas Priest, The Jesus Lizard, Flower Travellin' Band, Soundgarden, Johnny Jones & The King Casuals, Sly & The Family Stone, Ms Betty Davis, Charles Wright, Sam Cooke, 3rd Line Butterfly, Max Roach, John Lennon, Deep Purple, Pink Floyd, T-Rex, Marc Bolan, Jarboe, The Cult, Misfits, Harold Alexander, Joe Cocker, Bundhu Boys, Pharoah Sanders, Lee Scratch Perry, Bob Cobbing, Hoshino Sakura
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Playlists: songs about curves and spheres

May 18, 2016 Peter Kimpton
Whose song sees the curves of Earth through Yuri Gargarin's eyes?

Whose song sees the curves of Earth through Yuri Gargarin's eyes?

Space, time, the sun; smacking sports balls to curvy bodily fun; this week's well rounded playlists by this week's guest guru Marco den Ouden arch across the far reaches of the universe from the intimate to the infinite

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In playlists, songs Tags songs, Marconius, curves, spheres, geometry, Loquat, Al Stewart, Esborn Svensson Trio, Ray Charles, The Dickies, Natalie Cole, DIre Straits, The Little Willies, Smoke City, Sinead O'Connor, Queen, Jukebox, Oi Polloi, Jan and Dean, Inspiral Carpets, The Beatles, George Jones, Tammy Wynette, The Go-Go's, Robert Calvert, Cheryl Crow, The Night Crawlers, The Rolling Stones, Tomita, Ella Fitzgerald, William Orbit, Kenna, Sugababes, AC/DC, Beastie Boys, Steve Miller Band, The Orb, Lee Scratch Perry, Gustav Holst, Sir Mix-a-Lot, Vangelis, Michael Nesmith, The Walker Brothers, Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band, The Waterboys, Jackie Leven, Dee Dee Warwick, The Three Suns, Yuri Gagarin, space, Marco den Ouden
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Playlists: songs that inspire pathos

April 13, 2016 Peter Kimpton
Fist of fingers ... Janis Joplin's smile comes at a price

Fist of fingers ... Janis Joplin's smile comes at a price

Joplin to Harris, Moyet to Mann, Waits to Wainwright, Barbryn's wonderful playlists from last week's topic are soaked in pity, heartbreak, drinking, plus a dash of black humour, so make sure you have a handkerchief handy …

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In playlists, songs Tags pathos, songs, music, Janis Joplin, Tom Waits, Gil Scott-Heron, Loudon Wainwright III, Abba, Aimee Mann, solitude, Alison Moyet, Emmylou Harris, Amanda Palmer, Thirty Pounds of Bone, The Weakerthans, The Smiths, Etta James, Tom Petty, John Wesley Ryles, Kenny Rogers, Nick Cave, Dory Previn, The Pogues, Ralph McTell, Frightened Rabbit, Frank Sinatra, Tom Hickox, Barbryn
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New Albums …

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July 2, 2026
Ibeyi: Offering
July 2, 2026

New album: Sensual, soulful, gentle, intricate fourth release by the French twin sister duo of Naomi and Lisa-Kaindé Diaz, singing in English, French, Spanish and Yoruba, and in this new, self-penned collection, mixing soulful R&B with influences of their Cuban percussionist father, Parisian childhood, and some musically interweaving parallels with Rosalía

July 2, 2026
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July 1, 2026
Muse: The Wow! Signal
July 1, 2026

New album: “If a thing’s worth doing, it’s worth over-doing,” once half-joked Queen’s guitarist Brian May, and as one of Muse’s big muses, the British rock trio take that full galactic maxim to the max in this entertainingly over-the-top 10th LP inspired themes of space and alien life

July 1, 2026
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June 30, 2026
Various Artists: Candomblé - Sacred Rhythms In Brazil
June 30, 2026

New album: A mesmerically powerful collection of field recordings and remixes of the Brazilian religious and musical ritual tradition of candomblé, originating in the 19th century among enslaved west Africans who used polyrhythmic drumming and chanting circles to induce possession by spirits

June 30, 2026
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June 29, 2026
Alewya: Zero
June 29, 2026

New album: A dazzling debut of diversity and experimentation by the Saudi Arabia-born, Sudan- and London-raised raised Ethiopian–Egyptian artist, producer, and visual creative, who inventively channels her rich musical heritage, with English, Amharic and Arabic lyrics, blending the traditional and modern, and inspired by the diaspora experience

June 29, 2026
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June 28, 2026
Beth Orton: The Ground Above
June 28, 2026

New album: Exquisitely beautiful, vulnerable, raw and sensitively emotional, candid ninth LP in now over three decades by the British singer-songwriter, self-producing again after 2022’s Weather Alive, with a group of highly accomplished, complementary musicians, and lyrical themes of survival and renewal, motherhood and identity, political unease, and deciding to stay - in love, in art, and in the world

June 28, 2026
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June 23, 2026
Jim Ghedi: The Death of Robin Hood (Original Soundtrack)
June 23, 2026

New album: Extremely evocative, darkly visceral and elegiac, this folk-based soundtrack by the Sheffield singer-singer and composer captures the deeply unromantic and violent new feature film depicting Hood as a criminal non-hero from writer/director Michael Sarnoski and starring Hugh Jackman, very much stands on its own as album

June 23, 2026
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June 22, 2026
Graham Coxon: Castle Park
June 22, 2026

New album: With delightful echoes of the The Jam, The Kinks, The Bees, Small Faces and other classic 60s pop and mod influences, the Blur guitarist’s resurfaced and unreleased solo LP was actually recorded in 2011 at the time of his 2012 album A+E, and made with producer Ben Hillie

June 22, 2026
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June 17, 2026
Fruit Bats: The Landfill
June 17, 2026

New album: Written as usual with his first-thing-in-the-morning, stream-of-consciousness technique, the singer-songwriter Eric D. Johnson, also one-third of the folk trio Bonny Light Horseman, returns with a new collection of melodic, often beautiful, and profound, reflective, gentle, folky rock now 30 years since the first album

June 17, 2026
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June 17, 2026
Horse Lords: Demand to Be Taken to Heaven Alive!
June 17, 2026

New album: The Berlin-based, Baltimore quartet return with their special brand of mesmeric, experimental rock, weaving a rich maze of African polyrhythmic patterns and fascinating tessellations of percussion, guitar, bass, saxophone, microtones, electronic and voice loops

June 17, 2026
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June 17, 2026
Widowspeak: Roses
June 17, 2026

New album: Deliciously gentle-paced and languid, warmly twangy and romantically nostalgic, poetic indie-country-rock by the New York band of spouses vocalist Molly Hamilton and guitarist Robert Earl Thomas, with delicate musical echoes of Tom Petty, Rolling Stones, REM, Neil Young, Yo La Tengo and Cat Power in this finely crafted seventh LP

June 17, 2026
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June 16, 2026
Olivia Rodrigo: you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love
June 16, 2026

New album: The 23-year-old American singer-songwriter, actress, and evidently big fan of The Cure returns with consummately crafted, smart, witty pop and indie rock, featuring an appearance by Robert Smith, and charting the arc of a romantic relationship from unbridled joy to bitter aftermath in her third LP

June 16, 2026
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June 15, 2026
La Sécurité: Bingo!
June 15, 2026

New album: Fabulously fun, vibrant, feisty, catchy, wittily droll post-punk, new wave and art-punk in this pacy, vivacious sophomore LP by the Montréal collective with themes from mental health, dysfunctional relationships, food to enjoyable elderly activities, with styles reminiscent of The B-52s and Devo

June 15, 2026
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June 13, 2026
Kelsey Lu: So Help Me God
June 13, 2026

New album: Luxuriant, ethereal, dramatic and passionate experimental and chamber dream pop by the American singer-songwriter and cellist, with their second LP, seven years since 2019 debut Blood, with guests including Sampha, Kamasi Washington, Kim Gordon, and co-producer Jack Antonoff

June 13, 2026
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June 10, 2026
Vince Staples: Cry Baby
June 10, 2026

New album: The Compton/ Long Beach, Californian rapper returns with a potent, punchy, overtly political rock-hip hop seventh LP that heavily critiques American society and power, racism, police violence, gun culture, media and the music industry, largely accompanied by a tight, riff-heavy electric guitars, bass and drums

June 10, 2026

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July 2, 2026
Song of the Day: Nicole Atkins - When The Night Fall
July 2, 2026

Song of the Day: Heartfelt, soaring melody, post-breakup soulful Americana rock-pop by the acclaimed Nashville singer-songwriter, heralding her upcoming new album, Drama out on18 September via Sun Records

July 2, 2026
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July 1, 2026
Song of the Day: Yard Act - New Beginnings
July 1, 2026

Song of the Day: An updated indie-rock style as well as optimistic theme by the post-punk band from York fronted by the articulate presence of James Smith, heralding their new album, You’re Gonna Need a Little Music, out on 17 Jul via Island/Universal

July 1, 2026
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June 30, 2026
Song of the Day: This Is Lorelei - Billy Came Back
June 30, 2026

Song of the Day: A catchy, wistful, propulsive take on the classic acoustic American road song with a heartfelt singalong chorus from the project of Brooklyn’s Nate Amos (also one half of Water From Your Eyes), heralding his upcoming new album The Singer In My Band, out on 11 September via Matador Records

June 30, 2026
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June 29, 2026
Song of the Day: PJ Harvey - Voyager
June 29, 2026

Song of the Day: The acclaimed British artist returns with an ethereal, pensive, soaring, orchestral-backed number with swelling string arrangements and pulsing synthesiser signals stretching out into the cosmos: icy, ethereal, and pensive, inspired by NASA’s Voyager 1 and 2 space probes that launched in 1977, now still transmitting on the move in interstellar space, the single now out on Partisan Records

June 29, 2026
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June 28, 2026
Song of the Day: Swapmeet - Halfway
June 28, 2026

Song of the Day: Delicately tuneful indie about approaching confrontation, by the Adelaide, Australian four-piece fronted by Venus O’Broin, are heralding their debut album, Mount Zero, on 17 July via Winspear Records

June 28, 2026
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June 27, 2026
Song of the Day: Jim James - Come Again
June 27, 2026

Song of the Day: A strident, stirring, shuffle-rhythm, kaleidoscopic indie-rock meditation on resilience in the face of chaotic instability by the three-times Grammy nominated Kentucky-based singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist and founding member of My Morning Jacket, heralding his new solo album, Wowed Out, due out 28 August via ATO Records

June 27, 2026
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June 26, 2026
Song of the Day: Phoebe Bridgers - Lost Boys
June 26, 2026

Song of the Day: Gloriously uplifting indie-folk dream-pop the the acclaimed American singer-songwriter, joined on backing by her Boygenius friends Lucy Dacus and Julien Baker, and a charming medieval fantasy video also starring actor Skyler Gisondo, from the upcoming third LP Lost Weekend, out on 14 August via Dead Oceans

June 26, 2026
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June 25, 2026
Song of the Day: Cinder Well - Beyond The Pale
June 25, 2026

Song of the Day: Beautiful, poetic, vivid folk and Americana about uncertainty and guilt by the LA–based songwriter, composer, and multi-instrumentalist Amelia Baker, heralding her upcoming album A Blooming Body, out on 17 July via Hen House Studios

June 25, 2026
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June 24, 2026
Song of the Day: Julia Holter - Fantasy
June 24, 2026

Song of the Day: A beautiful, sensual, dream-like, ethereal new track by the acclaimed Los Angeles composer and songwriter, heralding her upcoming new album Materia, out on 21 August, a seven-track companion album to her superb 2024 release Something in the Room She Moves, also out on Domino Records

June 24, 2026
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June 23, 2026
Song of the Day: BODEGA - All Inside Aquarium
June 23, 2026

Song of the Day: Moving away from of their post-punk sound into more of a meaty, guitar-driven melodic rock, the New York band return with a catchy, witty, singalong title track, , an existential anthem influenced by Jane’s Addiction, from their upcoming album, out on 9 October via Chrysalis Records

June 23, 2026
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June 22, 2026
Song of the Day: EELS - Cap In Hand
June 22, 2026

Song of the Day: A pointed, subtle but also catchy number about making mistakes, regret and social division, US artist Mark Oliver Everett and band return with the lead single from the upcoming album out on 16 October via E Works / Play It Again Sam

June 22, 2026
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June 21, 2026
Song of the Day: Elanor Moss - Sarah Waiting in the Car
June 21, 2026

Song of the Day: Gorgeously delicate, finger-picking folk by the British singer-songwriter from York, heralding her upcoming debut album The Knife, The Needle, out on 21 August via Merge Records

June 21, 2026

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June 11, 2026
Word of the week: phialiform
June 11, 2026

Word of the week: This rare but oddly beautiful rare adjective means "saucer-shaped" or having the form of a small, shallow cup or vessel, from the Latin root phiala (a shallow bowl or phial) and the suffix -iform, meaning shape

June 11, 2026
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June 4, 2026
Word of the week: quamoclit
June 4, 2026

Word of the week: Also known as cypress vine, cardinal creeper, cardinal vine, star glory, star of Bethlehem or hummingbird vine, this striking climbing flower, Ipomoea quamoclit, is native tropical regions of the Americas and has a distinctive trumpet with five-point star-shaped petals

June 4, 2026
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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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