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The unforgettably dotty look of Angine de Poitrine
Song of the Day: Fabulously fun, catchy, funky, clever, complex, proggy syncopated instrumental experimentalism by the stylishly disguised rock duo known as Khn and Klek de Poitrine from Quebec, Canada, from their upcoming album Vol. II, out on 3 April via Les Cassettes Magiques
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Montreal’s La Sécurité
Song of the the Day: A quirky, sharp, clever, jerky, catchy nod to disco punk of the early-2000s by the Montreal art-punk collective with a a mix of hooky riffs, pacy drums and crunchy bass, themed across the chance numbers game and a spin on creativity, and also now the title track heralding their upcoming album out on 12 June via Mothland and Bella Union
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Modern Woman’s upcoming debut album Johnny’s Dreamworld
Song of the Day: An intriguingly experimental, eclectic, slowing unfolding number with a gently spooky video by the London art-rock band fronted by singer-songwriter Sophie Harris, heralding their debut album Johnny’s Dreamworld on 1 May via One Little Independent Records
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Sego - Buy It Break It
Song of the Day: Punchy, sharp, witty super-catchy art-punk indie by the Los Angeles-based band from Utah, consisting of Spence (guitar/ lead vocals), Tom (drums), Derv (bass), and Kathleen (keyboards and guitar)
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DEADLETTER - To The Brim
Song of the Day: A moody, mysterious minute-long intro with gentle bursts of brass and woodwind veils what becomes a punchy new lead single by the Leeds post-punk band heralding their second LP - Existence is Bliss out on 27 February via SO Recordings
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Puma Blue - Croak Dream
Song of the Day: A dark, esoteric, mysterious and stylish title track with a hint of Radiohead and playing with the idea of knowing your future death, from the experimental indie/goth/ambient London artist Jacob Allen’s forthcoming album out on 6 February via Play It Again Sam
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Blue Bendy - Poke
Song of the Day: Innovative, enthralling, all-a-swirl, vividly passionate acoustic-experimental indie-folk-art-rock by the south-east London band, recently released on Practise Music and their first single since last year’s debut album So Medieval
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The Antlers aka Peter Silberman
Song of the Day: A gorgeously sparse, intimate, number with quiet piano accompaniment before a powerful explosion of sound by the New York singer-songwriter-guitarist-producer Peter Silberman from the upcoming new album Blight, out on 10 October via Transgressive Records
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Wombo
Song of the Day: Clever, polyrhythmic, angular, intricate but also dreamy experimental rock by the three-piece indie band from Louisville, Kentucky, from their recently released third album Danger in Fives, out on Fire Talk Records
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Jeff Tweedy’s upcoming album Twilight Override
Song of the Day: This eclectic, cross-rhythmic but beautiful evocative folk-rock single by the Wilco frontman is whimsical tale of a man who trips over a flower and dies, yet also celebrates the power of nature, and heralds his upcoming triple solo album, Twilight Override, out on 26 September via dBpm Records
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Poptones - Say Something Now
Song of the Day: Mixing beauty and dissonance, clever, skilfully textured angular guitars and vocals to a mesmeric, bendy, woozy, dream-like effect by the Copenhagen art-rock trio, the second single from their upcoming album Pure, out on 26 September via Happy Metal Records
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Racing Mount Pleasant - Your New Place
Song of the Day: The Michigan-based band formerly known as Kingfisher herald their upcoming debut album under the new name with this unusual, passionately stirring and sprightly chamber-pop-jazz-indie-pop single with added strings and brass
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Elbow - Sober
Song of the Day: The Manchester/Bury band return with a catchy disco-funk groove track relating to Guy Garvey’s past relationship with alcohol, and taken from the upcoming EP Audio Vertigo Echo (Elbow EP5), on 6 June, a follow-up to last year’s hit LP Audio Vertigo
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Luvcat - Lipstick
Song of the Day: Sultry, stylish noir-rock-pop with oodles of panache and brass, a very entertaining video, and lyrics on the theme of power dynamics, yearning and surrender in a relationship by the Liverpool-born, London-based Sophie Morgan Howarth
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Artwork from These New Puritans’ upcoming album Crooked Wing
Song of the Day: Following the single Industrial Love Song with (Caroline Polichek), the Southend-on-Sea twins return with a dark, ghostly, mesmeric, industrial big-beat, woozily, organ-swirling second experimental rock single heralding their first LP in six years, Crooked Wing, out on 23 May via Domino Records
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The Voidz - Blue Demon
Song of the Day: The experimental rock band featuring Strokes’ Julian Casablancas on distorted, sci-fi style vocals return with a synth-laden, syncopated, oddball but catchy release, also filled with caustic, indirect references to Israel’s destruction and occupation of Palestine and the US foreign policy hand in it
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Hamilton Leithauser
Song of the Day: A passionate, punchy, thumpy, catchy, candid love song by The Walkmen vocalist heralding his upcoming album, This Side of the Island, out on 7 March via Glassnote Music
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Brian D’Addario of The Lemon Twigs
Song of the Day: Classic 70s-inspired pop-rock with a fabulously strong melody and basslines, all entirely played and sung by one of multi-instrumentalist siblings, The Lemon Twigs on an 8-track, and co-produced with brother Michael, out on Headstack Records
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Lord Huron - Who Laughs Last
Song of the Day: Dark, alluring, dream-like fuzz rock by the Los Angeles four-piece band featuring a mysterious, existential, road-movie escapism, spoken-word first-person narrative by the Hollywood actress
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Black Country, New Road - Besties
Song of the Day: An eccentric, eclectic, catchy new single about friendship by the Cambridge-formedm London-based British experimental band mixing folk and indie with dabbles of harpsichord, saxophone and more, heralding their upcoming third album Forever Howlong, out on 4 April on Ninja Tune
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