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Song of the Day: Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - I Miss the Way You Swim

December 17, 2025 Peter Kimpton

Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - I Miss the Way You Swim

Song of the Day: Beautiful modular synths and intermingling orchestral sounds ripple in this work by the American composer, performer and producer in a piece shaped by loss of someone loved, taken from an upcoming instrumental album Thoughts On The Future, out on Nettwerk Music

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Song of the Day: The Orb - It's Coming Soon

September 13, 2025 Peter Kimpton

The Orb - It's Coming Soon

Song of the Day: The veteran British ambient-electronica group of Alex Paterson and co, best known for Little Fluffy Clouds return with a gentle, arpeggiated number with Andy Caine on vocals, heralding the forthcoming album Buddhist Hipsters, out on 10 October via Cooking Vinyl

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Song of the Day: Blood Orange - The Field (featuring feat. The Durutti Column, Tariq Al-Sabir, Caroline Polachek and Daniel Caesar)

June 27, 2025 Peter Kimpton

Blood Orange - The Field

Song of the Day: An eclectic collaboration fusing soulful, warm, soothing, summery chamber pop and clubby, click beats by the British singer-songwriter and producer Devonté Hynes (formerly Lightspeed Champion) with a variety of guests

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Song of the Day: Lucy Gooch - Clouds

May 13, 2025 Peter Kimpton

Lucy Gooch

Song of the Day: A gorgeously soft, serene, floaty, pastoral, ethereal new single about self-renewal, inspired by rain, the simple act of drawing a bath and “particles forming”, using electronica, piano and textured, soaring vocals by the York artist, plus delicious guest sounds from cornetist Harry Furniss, heralding Gooch’s debut album, Desert Window, out on 6 June via Fire Records

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Song of the Day: Maria Somerville - Stonefly

March 30, 2025 Peter Kimpton

Maria Somerville

Song of the Day: Deliciously atmospheric, ambient, transportative dream-pop by the Irish artist from Galway, with a video directed by Daniel Swan, taken from the forthcoming album Luster out on 25 April, via 4AD

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Song of the Day: Ethel Cain - Punish

November 3, 2024 Peter Kimpton

Ethel Cain - Punish

Song of the Day: Haunting, ethereal, dark, spiritual, otherworldly, and influenced by Georgian chant and Southern Goth, the latest single by the artist Hayden Anhedönia from Tallahassee, Florida, heralds her forthcoming new project, Perverts, out on Daughters of Cain Records

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Song of the Day: Fie Eike - Fluid

August 18, 2024 Peter Kimpton

Fie Eike

Song of the Day: A gorgeous, emotive, evocative and cinematic new number about how boundaries become fluid in our existential pursuit of belonging. by the Copenhagen-based composer and singer Anne Sofie Strandheim Eike, creating a soundscape from piano, electronica, field recordings from nature, and above all her soaring, beautiful voice

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Song of the Day: Marysia Osu - Seatime

July 28, 2024 Peter Kimpton

Marysia Osu. Photo: Ella Pavlides

Song of the Day: Gorgeously evocative and mesmeric music from the harpist who combines her instrument with electronica and ocean sounds. It heralds her debut album, Harp, Beats & Dreams, out on 18 October via Brownswood Recordings

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Song of the Day: Memory Of Jane - Loose Lines

January 3, 2024 Peter Kimpton

Memory of Jane - Loose Lines

Song of the Day: Rippling, intricate drums and bass, soothing synths and understated vocals come in this highly original recent single by the French/British multi-instrumentalist Maïlé Doremus-Cook, and is produced by Oli Bayston

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Song of the Day: Sahalé - Djiin

April 18, 2023 Peter Kimpton

From the cover of Sahalé’s Best, the album out on Inner Symphony

Song of the Day: A mesmeric piece of crisp, calming, meditative Middle East-inspired electronica by the artist Dimitri Tadeusz Wolski, from a new compilation out of Berlin label Inner Symphony, Sahalé’s Best

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Song of the Day: Fire-Toolz - I Couldn't Have Been BoRn At ThE wRoNg TiMe Because I Was Never Even Born LOL!

March 5, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Fire-Toolz’s forthcoming album I Am Upset Because I See Something That Is Not There

Song of the Day: An entrancing, unwieldy energy ball of almost indescribable eclecticism comes with this experimental fusion of electronica, pop, dark metal, prog, jazz and ambience by the Chicago producer, composer, and multi-instrumentalist Angel Marcloid

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Song of the Day: Ryuichi Sakamoto and David Sylvian - Grains (wee Paulownia Wood)

January 15, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Ryuichi Sakamoto reworkings tribute album featuring a variety of guests including David Sylvian and Thundercat

Song of the Day: Beautiful, strange, atmospheric, tender, rattling and evocative, a reworking of an older track by the legendary Japanese musician and composer by old friend and collaborator Sylvian, from a Sakamoto tribute album, To The Moon And Back

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Song of the Day: John Cale - The Story of Blood (featuring Weyes Blood)

November 1, 2022 Peter Kimpton

Natalie Mering (aka Weyes Blood) and John Cale

Song of the Day: The veteran musician and former Velvet Undergrounder’s new single heralds his first album in a decade, Mercy, with this mesmeric, ambient, strangely evocative number circulating with singer-songwriter Natalie Mering

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Song of the Day: Brian Eno – There Were Bells

August 11, 2022 Peter Kimpton

From the cover of Brian Eno’s forthcoming new solo album FOREVERANDEVERNOMORE

Song of the Day: A full smooth, rich voice, rarely heard, comes from the artist better known for his instrumentals and ambient tracks. in this strong, delicate and very moving and poignant new number about climate emergency

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Song of the Day: Erland Cooper – Music For Growing Flowers

July 16, 2022 Peter Kimpton

Erland Cooper – Music For Growing Flowers

A beautiful four-part piece by the Scottish musician and composer blending the sounds of piano, harp, cello, violin and vocals with electronics as part of the summer 2022 Superbloom project played at site of wildflowers grown around the moat of The Tower of London

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Song of the Day: Son Lux and Moses Sumney - Fence

April 6, 2022 Peter Kimpton

Moses Sumney is one of several guests on the Son Lux soundtrack to Everything Everywhere All at Once

Song of the Day: A gorgeously intimate song from the original motion picture soundtrack of the recently released film Everything Everywhere All at Once, with music by Ryan Lott’s experimental New York band, featuring the Ghanaian-American on vocals

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Song of the Day: Tycho and Benjamin Gibbard - Only Love

September 21, 2021 Peter Kimpton
Tycho’s cover design for new single Only Love

Tycho’s cover design for new single Only Love

Song of the Day: Dreamy, ambient psychedelia by the San Francisco musician and designer Scott Hansen, here joined on vocals by the frontman of Death Cab for Cutie in this new number that reduces a solution to the world’s problems to a simple, timeless formula

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Song of the Day: Llyr - Powergraze 3D (Binaural headphones version)

April 5, 2021 Peter Kimpton
Llyr’s EP: 3D Reworks 003

Llyr’s EP: 3D Reworks 003

Song of the Day: With surging voluminous dynamics and a huge range of sounds, an astonishing electronica experience that requires listening through headphones from the EP 3D Reworks 003 by Berlin-based artist Gareth Williams

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Dralms – Plants Behind Glass

April 17, 2020 Peter Kimpton
Cover art of Dralms’ new album, Love Writes Itself

Cover art of Dralms’ new album, Love Writes Itself

Song of the Day: Delicate, atmospheric, ghostly, rather beautiful pop with a melancholy, dark humour, this new single via solo project moniker of Canada's Christopher Smith comes from the new album Love Writes Itself

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Islet – Good Grief

February 5, 2020 Peter Kimpton
Islet

Islet

Song of the Day: From yesterday’s Cate Le Bon to another Welsh band, a new song by the Powys trio from their forthcoming LP Eyelet, a mesmerising experimental whirl of electro-pop psychedelia

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Jan 28, 2026
Lucinda Williams: World's Gone Wrong
Jan 28, 2026

New album: The acclaimed veteran country, rock and Americana singer-songwriter and multi-Grammy winner’s latest LP has a title that speaks for itself, but is powerful, angry, defiant and uplifting, and, recorded in Nashville, features guest vocals from Norah Jones, Mavis Staples and Brittney Spencer

Jan 28, 2026
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Jan 27, 2026
Clothesline From Hell: Slather On The Honey
Jan 27, 2026

New album: His moniker mischievously named after a wrestling move, a highly impressive, independently-created experimental, psychedelic rock debut the the Toronto-based multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter Adam LaFramboise

Jan 27, 2026
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Jan 27, 2026
Dead Dads Club: Dead Dads Club
Jan 27, 2026

New album: Dynamic, passionate, heart-stirring indie rock in this project fronted by Chilli Jesson (formerly bassist of Palma Violets) with songs spurred by the trauma of losing his father 20 years ago, retelling a defiant and difficult aftermath, with sound boosted by producer Carlos O’Connell of Fontaines D.C.

Jan 27, 2026
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Jan 25, 2026
The Paper Kites: If You Go There, I Hope You Find It
Jan 25, 2026

New album: Warm, tender, gently-paced, calmly reflective, beautifully soothing, poetic, melancholic alternative folk and Americana by the band from Melbourne in their seventh LP in 15 years

Jan 25, 2026
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Jan 24, 2026
PVA: No More Like This
Jan 24, 2026

New album: Inventive, alluring, sensual, mysterious, minimalistic electronica, trip-hop and experimental pop by the London trio of Ella Harris, Joshua Baxter and Louis Satchell, in this second album following 2022’s Blush, boosted by the creativity of producer and instrumentalist Kwake Bass

Jan 24, 2026
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Jan 20, 2026
Imarhan: Essam
Jan 20, 2026

New album: A mesmeric fourth LP in a decade by the band from Tamanrasset, Algeria, whose name means ‘the ones I care about’, their Tuareg music mixing guitar riffs, pop melodies and African rhythms, but this time also evolves slightly away from the desert blues rocky, bluesy influence of contemporaries Tinariwen with electronic elements

Jan 20, 2026
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Jan 20, 2026
Courtney Marie Andrews: Valentine
Jan 20, 2026

New album: Emotional, beautiful, stirring, Americana, folk and indie-pop by singer-songwriter from Phoenix, Arizona, in this latest studio LP in of soaring voice, strong melodies, love, vulnerability and heartbreak, longing and bravery

Jan 20, 2026
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Jan 18, 2026
Julianna Barwick & Mary Lattimore: Tragic Magic
Jan 18, 2026

New album: Delicate, beautiful, ethereal, meditative new work by the two American experimental composers in their first collaborative LP, with gentle understated vocals, classic synth sounds, and rare harps chosen from from the Paris Musée de la Musique Collection

Jan 18, 2026
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Jan 16, 2026
Sleaford Mods: The Demise of Planet X
Jan 16, 2026

New album: The caustic wit of Nottingham’s Jason Williamson and Andrew Fearn return with a 13th LP of brilliantly abrasive, dark humoured hip-hop and catchy beats, addressing the rubbish state of the world, as well as local, personal and social irritations through slick nostalgic cultural reference, some expanded sounds, and an eclectic set of guests

Jan 16, 2026
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Jan 14, 2026
SAULT: Chapter 1
Jan 14, 2026

New album: As ever, released suddenly without fanfare or any publicity, the prolific experimental soul, jazz, gospel, funk, psychedelia and disco collective of Cleo Sol, Info (aka Dean Josiah Cover) and co return with a stylish, mysterious LP

Jan 14, 2026
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Jan 14, 2026
The Cribs: Selling A Vibe
Jan 14, 2026

New album: A first LP in five years by the likeable and solid guitar indie-rock Jarman brothers trio from Wakefield, now with their ninth - a catchy, but at times with rueful, bittersweet perspectives on their times in the music business

Jan 14, 2026
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Jan 9, 2026
Dry Cleaning: Secret Love
Jan 9, 2026

New album: This third LP by the London experimental post-punk quartet with the distinctive, spoken, droll delivery of Florence Shaw, is packed with striking, vivid, often non seqitur lyrics capturing life’s surreal mundanities and neuroses with a sound coloured and polished by Cate Le Bon as producer

Jan 9, 2026
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Dec 31, 2025
Various Artists: ICELOCK CONTINUUM
Dec 31, 2025

New album: An inspiring, evocative, sensual and sonically tactile experimental compilation from the fabulously named underground French label Camembert Électrique, with range of international electronic artists capturing cold winter weather’s many textures - cracking, delicate crunchy ice, snow, electric fog, and frost in many fierce and fragile forms across 98 adventurous tracks

Dec 31, 2025
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Dec 18, 2025
Favourite albums of 2025 - Part Three
Dec 18, 2025

Welcome to the third and final part of Song Bar favourite albums of 2025. There is also Part One, and Part Two. There is no countdown nor describing these necessarily as “best” albums of the year, but they are chosen by their quality, originality and reader popularity

Dec 18, 2025

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Jan 28, 2026
Song of the Day: Nathan Fake - Slow Yamaha
Jan 28, 2026

Song of the Day: Hypnotic electronica with woozy layers of smooth resonance and a lattice of shifting analogue patterns by the British artist from Norfolk, taken from his forthcoming album, Evaporator, out on InFiné Music

Jan 28, 2026
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Jan 27, 2026
Song of the Day: Charlotte Day Wilson - Lean (featuring Saya Gray)
Jan 27, 2026

Song of the Day: Stylish, striking, sensual experimental electro-pop and R&B in this fabulous collaboration between the two Canadian singer/ multi-instrumentalist from Toronto, out on Stone Woman Music/ XL Recordings

Jan 27, 2026
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Jan 26, 2026
Song of the Day: Lime Garden - 23
Jan 26, 2026

Song of the Day: Wonderfully catchy, witty, quirky indie pop about age and adjustment by the Brighton-formed quartet fronted by Chloe Howard, heralding their upcoming album Maybe Not Tonight, out on So Young Records on 10 April

Jan 26, 2026
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Jan 25, 2026
Song of the Day: Madra Salach - The Man Who Seeks Pleasure
Jan 25, 2026

Song of the Day: A powerful, slow-simmering and gradually intensifying, drone-based original folk number about the the flipsides of love and hedonism by the young Irish traditional and alternative folk band, with comparisons to Lankum, from the recently released EP It's a Hell of an Age, out on Canvas Music

Jan 25, 2026
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Jan 24, 2026
Song of the Day: Adult DVD - Real Tree Lee
Jan 24, 2026

Song of the Day: Catchy, witty, energised acid-dance-punk with echoes of Underworld and Snapped Ankles by the dynamic, innovative band from Leeds in a new number about a dodgy character of toxic masculinity and online ignorance, and their first release on signing to Fat Possum

Jan 24, 2026
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Jan 23, 2026
Song of the Day: Arctic Monkeys - Opening Night (for War Child HELP 2 charity album)
Jan 23, 2026

Song of the Day: A simmering, potent, contemplative new track by acclaimed Sheffield band, their first song since 2022’s album The Car, with proceeds benefiting the charity War Child, heralding the upcoming HELP (2) compilation out on 6 March with various contributors

Jan 23, 2026
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Jan 22, 2026
Song of the Day: White Denim - (God Created) Lock and Key
Jan 22, 2026

Song of the Day: The Austin, Texas-formed LA-based rockers return with an infectiously catchy groove fusing rock, funk, dub, soul, and down-dirty blues with some playful self-mythologising and darker themes, heralding 13th album, 13, out on 24 April via Bella Union

Jan 22, 2026
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Jan 21, 2026
Song of the Day: Holy Fuck - Evie
Jan 21, 2026

Song of the Day: The Canadian experimental indie rock and electronica quartet from Toronto return with a pulsating new track of thrumming bass and shimmering keyboards, heralding their forthcoming new album Event Beat, out on 27 March via Satellite Services

Jan 21, 2026
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Jan 20, 2026
Song of the Day: KAVARI - IRON VEINS
Jan 20, 2026

Song of the Day: Exciting, cutting-edge electronica and hardcore dance music by innovative the Birkenhead-born, Glasgow-based artist Cameron Winters (she), with a stylish, striking video, heralding the forthcoming EP, PLAGUE MUSIC, out digitally and on 12-inch vinyl on 6 February via XL Recordings

Jan 20, 2026
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Jan 19, 2026
Song of the Day: A$AP Rocky - Punk Rocky
Jan 19, 2026

Song of the Day: The standout catchy hip-pop/soul/pop track from the New York rapper aka Rakim Athelston Mayers’ (also the husband of Rihanna) recently released album, Don’t Be Dumb, featuring also the voice of Cristoforo Donadi, and out on A$AP Rocky Recordings

Jan 19, 2026
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Jan 18, 2026
Song of the Day: Buck Meek - Gasoline
Jan 18, 2026

Song of the Day: The Texas-born Big Thief guitarist returns with an beautifully stirring, evocative, poetic love-enthralled indie-folk single of free association made-up words and quantum leap feelings, rolling drums and strums, heralding his upcoming fourth solo album, The Mirror, out on 27 February via 4AD

Jan 18, 2026
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Jan 17, 2026
Song of the Day: Alexis Taylor - Out Of Phase (featuring Lola Kirke)
Jan 17, 2026

Song of the Day: A crisp, catchy fusion of synth-pop, cosmic country and some NYC-garage odyssey with references to two films by David Lynch from the Hot Chip frontman, heralding his upcoming sixth solo album, Paris In The Spring, out on 13 March via Night Time Stories

Jan 17, 2026

Word of the week

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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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Dec 24, 2025
Word of the week: bellonion (or belloneon)
Dec 24, 2025

Word of the week: It sounds like a bulbous, multi-layered peeling vegetable, but this obscure mechanical musical instrument invented in 1812 in Dresden consisted of 24 trumpets and two kettle drums and, designed to mimic the sound of a marching band, might also make your eyes water

Dec 24, 2025
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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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