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Huarinami - Carried Away
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
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Avalon Emerson & The Charm - Written into Changes
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
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SPRINTS - Trickle Down
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
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José González - A Perfect Storm from the upcoming album Against the Dying of the Light
Song of the Day: A beautiful, delicate, evocative and profound new single about impending Earth disaster by the Swedish indie folk singer-songwriter and acoustic guitarist from Gothenburg, heralding his fifth album Against the Dying of the Light out on 27 March via Imperial Recordings / City Slang
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LuxJury’s Howey Gill and Nicole ‘Lux’ Fermie
Song of the Day: Stylish, witty, catchy, rich groove, brassy and soulful indie-rock by the London-based duo of singer/guitarist Nicole ‘Lux’ Fermie and drummer Howey Gill, heralding their debut album Giving Up, out on on 27 March via Bella Union
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The Twilight Sad’s upcoming album It’s The Long Goodbye
Song of the Day: Tender and tempestuous in sound and lyrics, a passionate, powerful epic new single by Glasgow’s much loved indie post-punk band fronted by James Graham with Andy MacFarlane on guitar, heralding their upcoming sixth album, It’s The Long Goodbye out on 27 March via Rock Action Records
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My New Band Believe
Song of the Day: Energetic, eclectic, stylish new work by Cameron Picton, formerly bassist of Black Midi, with new band lineup and a pacy mix of saxophone-filled jazz, acoustic guitar and frenetic stop-start rhythms, heralding the forthcoming eponymous debut album, out on 19 April via Rough Trade
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Molina
Song of the Day: Dreamy, blurry and strangely beautiful, woozy shoegaze with washes of textured sound and some echoes of gentler My Bloody Valentine by the Copenhagen-based Chilean-Danish artist Rebecca Molina, out now on Escho Records
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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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Bleachers’ upcoming new album Everyone For Ten Minutes
Song of the Day: A beautiful, passionate, stirring and serene love song from the New Jersey rock band fronted by producer and singer-songwriter Jack Antonoff, heralding the upcoming sixth album, Everyone For Ten Minutes, out on 22 May via Dirty Hit Records
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Evelyn Gray
Song of the Day: Beautiful, evocative indie-folk with a Celtic flavour by trio of Evelyn Gray (previously of Tapir!) on guitar/vocals, Suzie Nicholls on bass, and Sophia Bartlett on violin, heralding the forthcoming project I Am Building a House (out on My Life is Big) which also includes a novel
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Kevin Morby’s upcoming album, LIttle Wide Open
Song of the Day: A breezy, catchy, uplifting travel-themed love song by the Texas born, Kansas raised singer-songwriter, heralding his eighth album, Little Wide Open, produced by The National’s Aaron Dessner, and out on 15 May via Dead Oceans
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Damon Albarn, Grian Chatten & Kae Tempest
Song of the Day: A stirring, soulful, vivid, emotional collaboration between the Blur/Gorillaz frontman, the Fontaines D.C. singer and the London rapper and writer, from the upcoming WarChild charity album HELP(2), raising money for children affected by conflict out on 6 March
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Charotte Cornfield’s upcoming album Hurts Like Hell
Song of the Day: Beautiful, fragile, vulnerable indie-folk by the Canadian singer-songwriter with a fellow famous guest, heralding her upcoming sixth album, Hurts Like Hell, out 27 March on Merge Records / Next Door Records
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Friko’s upcoming album Something Worth Waiting For
Song of the Day: Classic acoustic indie-pop with wistful, witty songwriting with a wonderful melody, bridge key change and entertaining video, heralding the Chicago band’s sophomore album Something Worth Waiting For, produced by the Grammy-winning John Congleton, and out on 24 April via ATO Records
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They are Hungry
Song of the Day: Catchy, caustic, satirical and fun post-punk by the Manchester-based band fronted by charismatic singer Jacob Peck and with the latest of so-called “fenland gothic” preoccupation, and stylistic echoes of Sports Team and Deadletter
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Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever
Song of the Day: Shimmering, bright, insightful, double-edged indie by the five-piece band from indie, returning after 2022’s Endless Rooms LP, about the UK capital city and sensory overload, out on I OH YOU/Mushroom Music
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Sunglacier’s upcoming album Spiritual Content
Song of the Day: Stylish psychedelia and indie postpunk with a racing, krautrock momentum and a mesmeric, old-footage video montage by the Canadian band from Calgary, heralding the upcoming album Spiritual Content out on 27 March via Mothland
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Jesca Hoop
Song of the Day: A sharp, catchy, witty and socially satirical new number about current American politics and society by the innovative, experimental, Manchester-based Californian folk singer-songwriter, heralding her upcoming album Long Wave Home due out on 1 May via Last Laugh / Republic Of Music
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Reconnected apart: Broken Social Scene
Song of the Day: A sparkling return by Toronto indie collective fronted by Kevin Drew with cleverly, catchy, upbeat rhythmic brass and sax-infused wistful track about disappearing possibilities, and heralding their first album in nearly a decade, Remember The Humans out 8 May via City Slang / Arts & Crafts
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