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Massive Attack with Tom Waits – Boots on the Ground
Song of the Day: Now 35 years since the hugely influential Blue Lines, and 16 since their last LP, Robert Del Naja and co return, joined by the unmistakeable voice of the American musician, with a powerful, poignant, topically political number portraying the perspective of a boorish, monstrous warmonger
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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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Geese - Taxes
Song of the Day: With the distinctive ghostly wail of Cameron Winter’s voice and tribal drumming, a truly alternative sound by the New York band, heralding the upcoming third album Getting Killed, out on 26 September via Partisan Records / Play It Again Sam
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From the video for The Hives’s new single, Paint a Picture
Song of the Day: The Swedish post-punk rockers return with a raucous, swaggering, riveting single with blistering changes of chorus pace, a stylish video inspired by the art style of Roy Lichtenstein, and heralding their upcoming album The Hives Forever Forever The Hives, out on 29 August on Play It Again Sam
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Other Lives - Mystic
Song of the Day: Majestic, slow, shimmering experimental pop by the Oklahoma-formed, Portland Oregon-based band founded by Jesse Tabish, Jonathon Mooney, and Josh Onstott, heraldng their upcomng album Volume V, out on 10 October via Play It Again Sam
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Cameron Winter
Song of the Day: “We live in dangerous times and this land is falling apart.” The lead singer of New York band Geese releases a beautifully tender, melancholy solo number that appears personal and prescient, out on Partisan Records/Play It Again Sam
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Joan As Police Woman aka Joan Wasser
Song of the Day: A wonderful and welcome return by the NY multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter Joan Wasser, with a song that seeks reconciliation of a dissolved romantic relationship, inspired by the styles of Curtis Mayfield and Marvin Gaye, mixes soul, funk, pop and prog, and is second single from her forthcoming album Lemons, Limes & Orchids
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Nick Cave
Song of the Day: The Australian legend returns with characteristic zeal and passion with this striking narrative title track from his upcoming 18th studio album, one capturing his recurring themes of death, religion, love and violence, a reflecting on a chaotic world
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Lol Tolhurst, Budgie and Jacknife Lee
Song of the Day: “LA eats its children.” Superbly punchy, rhythmic title track with caustic, striking lyrics about the US city from the forthcoming album a supergroup trio of the ex-Cure drummer, Siouxsie drummer, producer joined by the LCD Soundsystem frontman
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Quantic and Andreya Triana: Run
Song of the Day: Prolific British musician and producer Will Holland returns with a rapturous disco number with his trademark mix of Latin and African grooves, funk and jazz, here also featuring the wonderful soulful delivery and co-writing of the singer from south London
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Joyeria’s EP, FIM
Song of the Day: Killer lyrics on a timeless subject with deadpan delivery, a sprinkle of woodwind and an Elvis reference from brilliant London-based Canadian singer-songwriter, reminiscent of Smog/Bill Callahan and Silver Jews with another great song from his latest EP, FIM, out on Speedy Wunderground / PIAS
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Where’s your head at … Keaton Henson’s forthcoming album, House Party, out in June
Song of the Day: A slowly building, melancholy but powerful indie-folk love song by the gentle falsetto-voiced London singer-songwriter, and with some comparisons to Villagers, from his forthcoming album House Party, out on Play It Again Sam
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Cowboy Nudes, the new single by Geese
Song of the Day: Slick, catchy, upbeat, fast, rhythmic, guitar indie by the Brooklyn band, their first since acclaimed 2021 debut album Projector, with a song “about life getting better, and more fun, after the end of the world” according frontman Cameron Winter
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Alice Boman
Song of the Day: After yesterday’s song by Daniela Lalita, another beautifully fragile, sensual number, a melancholy dream-pop love song reminiscent of a mix of Kate Bush and Sufjan Stevens, here by the Swedish singer-songwriter, with guest vocals by the American artist Michael Hadreas
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A great musical serving by Courting …
Song of the Day: As the 2022 Wimbledon tournament begins, let’s enjoy this sharp, witty new post-punk number by the Liverpool quartet, about a different form of to-and-fro ball-hitting in a dysfunctional relationship
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The eyes have it: rom the video for Yumi Zouma’s In The Eyes Of Our Love
Song of the Day: Uplifting, catchy new alt-pop by the New Zealand band taken from the forthcoming fourth studio album, Present Tense, out on 18 March on Polyvinyl Record Co. and Play It Again Sam, Australia
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Nilüfer Yanya
Song of the Day: From the forthcoming second album, Painless, due in March, an excellent indie single with a whispering restlessness and driving beat by the London-based British artist
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Morgan Harper-Jones
Song of the Day: A gently soulful, beautifully melancholy and reflective recent number about rewinding the past in the present by the singer-songwriter from Rochdale, out on Play It Again Sam
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The friend we all need: Kay Young
Song of the Day: Joyously uplifting, positive, affirming and catchy new single about friendship by the London rapper, producer and singer, with the soulful voice of JNR Williams, and taken from Young’s new self-produced EP This Here Feels Good
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The forthcoming album Projector, by Geese.
Song of the Day: Slick guitar harmonies, powerful stomping bass and forceful, vivid vocal delivery by the young post-punk Brooklyn band from their forthcoming album, Projector, out on 29 October on Partisan Records and Play It Again Sam
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