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Song of the Day: The WAEVE - Love Is All Pain

February 17, 2025 Peter Kimpton

The Waeve: Graham Coxon and Rose Elinor Dougall

Song of the Day: A new single of catchy, punchy dynamic electro-pop-rock by the couple duo of Rose Elinor Dougall and Blur guitarist Graham Coxon (also adding meaty saxophone), heralding their new EP Eternal, out on Transgressive Records

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Song of the Day: A Place To Bury Strangers - Fear Of Transformation

October 8, 2024 Peter Kimpton

Furry logic: from the video for A Place To Bury Strangers’ Fear Of Transformation, from the new Synthesizer album

Song of the Day: Taken from the Brooklyn band’s recently released and seventh album, Synthesizer, a dark and alluring goth-electro-postpunk number reminiscent of 1980s Suicide, about a teenage boy sneaking our of his parent's house to go to his first Furry party, but with a deadly secret – he's a werewolf

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Song of the Day: Walt Disco - You Make Me Feel So Dumb

May 17, 2024 Peter Kimpton

Walt Disco

Song of the Day: Witty, catchy, camp, new wave-disco-pop with whispery echoes of Bowie, The Associates, Tindersticks and Electric 6 by the Glasgow band, heralding their forthcoming LP, The Warping, out in June on Lucky Number Records

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Song of the Day: Baba Ali - Heart Racer

May 1, 2024 Peter Kimpton

Baba Ali - Heart Racer

Song of the Day: A cleverly crafted, catchy, crunchy, fuzzy and taut new wave-style synth-rock-pop number by the London duo Baba Doherty and Nik Balchin, one that explores the adrenalin of speed and danger

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Song of the Day: couchgagzzz - GOSPORTS!!!

April 8, 2024 Peter Kimpton

The mini debut album by couchgagzzz - GOSPORTS!!!

Song of the Day: Short, punchy, catchy and fast, the infectiously energetic title track from the recent debut mini album by the band from Bari, Italy, with inspiration from the Australian punk scene, style they herald budget rock and synth punk, but also with echoes of the Ramones

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Song of the Day: Formal Sppeedwear - Bunto

April 7, 2024 Peter Kimpton

Formal Sppeedwear

Song of the Day: A brilliantly wonky and original mixture of clever, oddball riff, arrhythmic post-punk/new wave by the Stoke on Trent trio from their upcoming self-titled EP, with echoes of XTC and Talking Heads and Scary Monsters-era Bowie

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Song of the Day: A Certain Ratio - It All Comes Down to This

January 23, 2024 Peter Kimpton

A Certain Ratio - All Comes Down to This

Song of the Day: With an ever-evolving sound, a belter of a new single by the veteran Manchester post-punk trio brings electronic twists, sharp lyrics and the production magic of Speedy Wunderground label’s Dan Carey with the title track of their forthcoming new LP

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Song of the Day: Hungry - On Sight

October 12, 2023 Peter Kimpton

See no evil: Hungry

Song of the Day: Blisteringly energetic, new-wave guitar pop and post-punk with socio-political songwriting by the Manchester-based quartet in new single about turning against moral standards for profit

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Song of the Day: Jaakko Eino Kalevi and Alma Jodorowsky - Palace In My Head

September 17, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Jaakko Eino Kalevi

Song of the Day: Dark, deep, ghostly but strangely alluring, and reminiscent of early Human League or early-80s goth-synth-pop, this new single by the Finnish musician joined by French French actress, fashion model and singer

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Song of the Day: Sweeping Promises - Ideal No (Good Living Is Coming For You LP)

August 20, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Sweeping Promises’ new album, Good Living Is Coming For You

Song of the Day: Taken from their recently released album Good Living Is Coming For You, fantastically punchy, catchy, witty early-80s-style post-punk by the band comprising Lira Mondal and Caufield Schnug from Lawrence, Kansas

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Song of the Day: Borough Council - Prescribed

July 16, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Borough Council - Prescribed

Song of the Day: With a mesmeric, rhythmic, riffing krautrock momentum and some echoes of the Cure, a dark but fresh, eclectic debut the Hastings trio of Haydn Ackerley, Joe Ackerley and Tom Healey

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Song of the Day: Lawn Chair - Rhoenians Death

May 20, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Lawn Chair’s new EP, Eat The Beans And Wear The Jeans!

Song of the Day: After yesterday’s new Blur track, more indie, here with with a theme of exhuberent restlessness and a witty, punchy postpunk edge in this excellent second single by the band from Cologne, German, from their EP, Eat The Beans And Wear The Jeans!

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Song of the Day: abracadabra - talk talk (shapes & colors album)

December 19, 2022 Peter Kimpton

Chris Niles and Hannah Skelton of abracadabra

Song of the Day: Clever, quirky, mischievous 80s-style new wave post-punk electro-pop with a dash of Talking Heads by the Oakland California duo of Hannah Skelton and Chris Niles from their forthcoming album, Shapes & Colors, out on Melodic Records

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Song of the Day: Housepainters - Fixed Position

October 5, 2022 Peter Kimpton

Song of the Day: Catchy, funky, enigmatic electro-pop with original twist and elements of krautrock, wave-punk and dub, by the new trio from Amsterdam, written by Marnix Wilmink and Tom Ogilvie, recorded in a bedroom, and out on Les Disques Bongo Joe

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Song of the Day: Wooze – Cowardly Custard

September 13, 2022 Peter Kimpton

Wooze’s Theo Spark and Jamie She

Song of the Day: Channelling deep-voiced 80s pop, funk, rock and new wave from Heaven 17 to Bowie to the Human League, this anarchically fun new single by the colourful core vocal Korean/British duo of Theo Spark (guitars) and Jamie She (drums) comes from rom their latest EP The Magnificent Eleven

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Song of the Day: The Umlauts – Another Fact

August 23, 2022 Peter Kimpton

The Umlauts forthcoming new EP, Another Fact

Song of the Day: “Just another trans-European, multi-lingual, art-school, post-punk, techno-inspired, über-group/circus-troop/diaeresis” is how the band describe themselves with their latest catchy, arresting retro new wave electro-rave-pop sung in German

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Song of the Day: Gabe Gurnsey - Push

July 19, 2022 Peter Kimpton

Gabe Gurnsey with Tilly Morris

Song of the Day: From the forthcoming second album Diablo, and a follow-up to his debut, Physical, the Manchester artist and founder of duo Factory Floor, releases a catchy, passionate blend of old-school electronica and 808-inspired dance music

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Song of the Day: PVA – Untethered

June 16, 2022 Peter Kimpton

PVA: Untethered

Song of the Day: Fabulously arresting, talky new wave electro-pop with a slightly menacing, dark feel by the London trio of Ella Harris, Josh Baxter and Louis Satchell, in this new single out on Ninja Tune

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Song of the Day: Nixer - People Feel

January 15, 2022 Peter Kimpton

Nixer’s feeling …

Song of the Day: From the forthcoming EP by the duo of Seán Keenan & Gearóid Peggs from Dublin, a banging new single with shades of early 80s new wave or New York’s Suicide, but with a fresh, viscerally powerful Irish semi-spoken delivery

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Song of the Day: binki: Revolve

August 25, 2021 Peter Kimpton
Baraka Ongeri aka binki

Baraka Ongeri aka binki

Song of the Day: A genre-traversing number by the Brooklyn artist Baraka Ongeri from his highly original EP Motor Function mixes electronica, postpunk and synth New Wave punchy sound and a dark bassline with echoes of Young Fathers

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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

new songs …

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Jan 29, 2026
Song of the Day: Holly Humberstone - To Love Somebody
Jan 29, 2026

Song of the Day: Shimmeringly catchy and singalong, effervescent Abba-esque and Fleetwood Mac-ish piano and synth pop with an eye-catching, vampiric-themed video by the British singer-songwriter from Grantham, heralding her second album Cruel World out on 10 April via Polydor/Universal.

Jan 29, 2026
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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

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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