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Don't call me Shirley? Songs featuring male names

August 4, 2016 Peter Kimpton
Are you sitting comfortably? Then we'll begin …

Are you sitting comfortably? Then we'll begin …

Aaron to Zygmunt, Al to Ziggy, Johnny to Sonny, boys to men, what's in a name? With some inspiration here, suggest songs with male names in title or lyrics and what role they play …

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Tags songs, names, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Songs, Richard Attenborough, Film, Gandhi, etymology, onomatology, social class, longest name, James Bond, Pablo Picasso, religion, Johnny Cash, Leslie Neilson, Airplane, Big Daddy, wrestling, Blackadder, TV, comedy
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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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Moving parts? Songs inspired by machinery, industry and technology

July 28, 2016 Peter Kimpton
Taking the biscuit ... Heath Robinson

Taking the biscuit ... Heath Robinson

Whirring wheels to pumping pistons, factory funk to steampunk, suggest music that in sonic form or subject matter echoes or talks about the strains of industry and workings of machinery

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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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Songs about or containing laughter? Funny you should say that …

July 21, 2016 Peter Kimpton
Primates are also known to laugh ... at humans

Primates are also known to laugh ... at humans

It's not just the best medicine, it also appears in songs, as the subject matter or spontaneously sounding within it. So let's roll of the barrel, and serve up a hearty party of laughter-based music …

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Tags songs, laughter, Elvis Presley, Ken Dodd, Woody Allen, Comedy, Victor Hugo, Arthur Smith, Norman Cousins, Mozart, Charlie Chaplin, Jasper Carrot, Chakachas, Regina Spektor, Sarah Vaughan, David Bowie, Napoleon XIV, Michael Jackson, Vincent Price
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Playlists: songs about leadership

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

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

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

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

July 14, 2016 Peter Kimpton
Leaders come in all types ...

Leaders come in all types ...

Gandhi to Genghis, King to Kuti, whether it's political, religious, sporting, business or actual band leaders, suggest songs that mention, sample or talk about such people or qualities that make others want to follow

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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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Songs about lust: what do you fancy?

July 7, 2016 Peter Kimpton
Bad Benny

Bad Benny

Sleazy to sexy, rampant to repressed, Bacchanalian to baroque, hip-hop to rock, suggest your lust-based songs here to help create a playlist we might all desire

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Tags songs, music, lust, sex, Kate Bush, Blondie, Hazel O'Connor, Jarvis Cocker, Relaxed Muscle, media, advertising, poetry, Sappho, Dionysus, Greek mythology, art, Nicolas Poussin, Britt Ekland, The Wicker Man, Film, Christine Keeler, Bill Clinton, Jeremy Thorpe, homosexuality, William Blake, Tori Amos, Chrissie Hynde, Marquis de Sade, CS Lewis, books, Marvin Gaye, Madonna, The Stranglers, Elvis Costello
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Playlists: songs about relaxation and leisure

July 6, 2016 Peter Kimpton
Playing it easy ... Dr John

Playing it easy ... Dr John

Want to be calmed, collect and compose yourself? From sleep to breakfast in bed, you can be sure this week's playlists from guest writer EspressoBongo will have you feeling good

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Songs about relaxation and leisure

June 30, 2016 Peter Kimpton
Husky in a hammock. Obviously

Husky in a hammock. Obviously

Tea and biscuits? Sporty stretches? Swedish massage? Giant chess? Chillout with Tai chi? Suggest songs that talk about or or seek stress relief in mind or body. Relax to do it ...

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Playlists: songs about borders, barriers, walls and fences

June 29, 2016 Peter Kimpton
PJ Harvey ... crossing musical and other boundaries

PJ Harvey ... crossing musical and other boundaries

Rope boundaries to big bouncers, river banks to border patrols, this week's guest writer ParaMhor breaks through musical thresholds to show there's no limit to making perfect playlists

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Tags songs, ParaMhor, The Doors, Willie Clayton, AKB48, Studio Killers, The KVB, Duckworth Lewis Method, Peter Gabriel, The Invitations, Todd Snider, The Eagles, Al Stewart, Bruce Springsteen, Dorantes, PJ Harvey
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EU referendum? Now vote for songs about borders, barriers, walls and fences

June 23, 2016 Peter Kimpton
Banksy, not far from Bethlehem

Banksy, not far from Bethlehem

Do walls have ears? Do your ears have walls? Cross all musical boundaries, and as you breach this topic, suggest songs that may span everything personal space to prison, national, political or cultural

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Tags songs, music, EU referendum, border control, Donald Trump, David Beckham, Banksy, film, Tom Waits, Nick Cave
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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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Songs with screams, grunts, howls and shrieks …

June 16, 2016 Peter Kimpton
Prime screamer … Little Richard

Prime screamer … Little Richard

… squeals and squeaks. This week, suggest songs that feature moments of involuntary or intentional vocal exclamation that stretch with emotion beyond a sung note

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Playlists: songs about fighting

June 15, 2016 Peter Kimpton
Frazier, Foreman and Ali. All friendly like.

Frazier, Foreman and Ali. All friendly like.

Ali, Frazier, Foreman, Liston, and Louis? You can bet this week's round of themed song selections by guest writer Ravi Raman packs a punch – and check out even more music moves with kung fu and karate …

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Tags songs, boxing, fighting, martial arts, Sonny Liston, Joe Louis, Muhammad Ali, kung fu, Paul Kelly, Memphis Minne, Mark Knopfler, Johnny Wakelin, Everlast, BIg Youth, Styx, Garbage, Brad Paisley, Carl Douglas, Afu Ra, Masta Killa, Morrissey, Joe Ely, Genesis, The Rolling Stones, Jackie Leven, Primus, Bob Dylan, Oi Polloi, Tom Russell, The Ramones, David Essex, Cherry Poppin' Daddies, Colin Hay, Boomtown Rats, Simon & Garfunkel, Just Dave, Ravi Raman
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Suggest: songs about fighting

June 9, 2016 Peter Kimpton
Poetry in motion ...

Poetry in motion ...

Boxing to street brawling, wrestling to karate or kung fu, Muhammad Ali to Bruce Lee to Big Daddy, throw your musical martial arts skills into the ring by suggesting songs on this subject

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Tags Songs, fighting, boxing, martial arts, Muhammad Ali, George Foreman, James Brown, BB King, Miriam Makeba, Bill Withers, Celia Cruz, The Sugarhill Gang, LL Cool J, Public Enemy, Fugees, Wu-Tang Clan, hip hop, jazz, Joe Frazier, David Beckham, George Carlin, Joe Louis, Mike Tyson, Roberto Duran, Sonny Liston, Sugar Ray Leonard, Bruce Lee, Muay Thai, Brazil, capoeira, wrestling, Big Daddy, Giant Haystacks, Kendo Nagasaki, Luke Haines
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Playlists: songs with patterns and sequential lyrical lists

June 8, 2016 Peter Kimpton
Band of Skulls … magpie spotters

Band of Skulls … magpie spotters

Days, marks, knocks, tears, murders and magpies? Can you spot these and other patterns in this week's themed playlist? You can certainly count on our guest writer takeitawayGuru for a great listen …

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Tags songs, patterns, Bill Haley and the Comets, Okkervil River, Violent Femmes, Band of Skulls, Counting Crows, Sting, Yes, Aurora, Crosby Still & Nash, Imelda May, Angelo Brandurani, Touch & Go, The Easybeats, The Cure, The Moonglows, Chumbawumba, Elvis Presley, Chuck Wood, Elvis Costello, Gilbert & Sullivan, Front 242, Eddie Cochrane, The Farm, David Bowie, Creed, takeitawayGuru
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Suggest: songs with lists and sequential lyrical patterns

June 2, 2016 Peter Kimpton
Fractal order from mental chaos? The Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh (1889)

Fractal order from mental chaos? The Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh (1889)

Sequential numbers? Patterns of behaviour? Lyrical list structures? This week let's shape up and show how repetition is used in lyrics to expand our horizons and make order out of chaos

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Playlists: songs from collaborations and side projects

June 1, 2016 Peter Kimpton
Let's have a big hand for ... James and Luciano

Let's have a big hand for ... James and Luciano

Walk this way! From James Brown to Bob Dylan, Baaba Maal to the Bunnymen, this world would mean nothing without some fabulous collaborations, this week chosen by our guest writer Flatfrog

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Tags songs, collaborations, James Brown, Luciano Pavarotti, Flatfrog, The Blues Brothers, Run DMC, Robert Plant, Alison Krauss, Robert Glasper Experiment, Mos Def, Propellerheads, Shirley Bassey, Mumford & Sons, Baaba Maal, Echo and the Bunnymen, Drummers of Burundi, Buddy Guy, Quinn Sullivan, Traveling Wilburys, The Dukes of Stratosphear, Pythia, Band Aid, Art of Noise, Duane Eddy, Mark Knopfler, Emmylou Harris, Gorillaz, David Byrne, St Vincent, Avicii, Toto, Miles Davis, Shakti, John McLaughlin, David Morales, Jan Gabarek, David McAlmont, Michael Nyman, Diamanda Galas, John Paul Jones, Boogie Woogie Twins, Dr John, Jools Holland, The Glove
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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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