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Song of the Day: Holly Humberstone - To Love Somebody

January 29, 2026 Peter Kimpton

Holly Humberstone’s second album is Cruel World

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.

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Song of the Day: Jill Scott - Pressha

January 13, 2026 Peter Kimpton

Jill Scott returns with a new album, To Whom This May Concern, out 13 February

Song of the Day: Classy, smooth, luscious soul and RnB with touches of brass in this second smart, smoky single heralding the lauded American singer and actress’s first album for a decade, To Whom This May Concern, out 13 February via on Blues Babe Records/Human Re Sources/The Orchard

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Song of the Day: Holly Humberstone - Die Happy

November 24, 2025 Peter Kimpton

Holly Humberstone - Die Happy

Song of the Day: Luxuriant, breathy, femme-fatale dream pop with a dark, southern gothic, Lana del Rey-inspired, live-fast-die-young theme, and stylish video by the 25-year-old British singer-songwriter from Grantham, out on Polydor/Universal

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Song of the Day: Dave - The Boy Who Played The Harp

October 29, 2025 Peter Kimpton

Dave - The Boy Who Played The Harp, his third album

Song of the Day: The south London rapper’s title track from his recently released third album, a slick and candid summary of the dilemmas and hypocrisies of social conscience, racism, social media, and protest in a time of political unrest and uncertainty

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Song of the Day: Picture Parlour - Used To Be Your Girlfriend

September 17, 2025 Peter Kimpton

Picture Parlour’s Katherine Parlour and Ella Risi

Song of the Day: Mixing a tone of bittersweet regret and defiance, a catchy new single by the Manchester-formed, London-based indie band fronted by vocalist and guitarist Katherine Parlour and guitarist Ella Risi, from their upcoming debut album The Parlour out on 14 November via EMI/Universa

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Song of the Day: Adam Buxton - Dancing in the Middle

September 15, 2025 Peter Kimpton

From the video for Dancing In The Middle, from Adam Buxton’s album Buckle Up

Song of the Day: A perky, very catchy, humorous piece of whimsical comedy electro-pop about middle-men and mediocrity by the popular British podcaster, actor and comedian, taken from his recently released debut albumBuckle Up, out on Decca / Universal

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Song of the Day: The Last Dinner Party - This is The Killer Speaking

July 21, 2025 Peter Kimpton

The Last Dinner Party’s upcoming new album, From The Pyre

Song of the Day: Channelling ABBA and more – opulent, dramatic, catchy pop with a dark undercurrent of story and fable, where being ghosted becomes a Western dance with a killer with matching cinematic, fantasy video, by the acclaimed all-female British band following last year’s debut Prelude to Ecstasy, and heralding their second album, From The Pyre, out on 17 October on Universal Island

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Song of the Day: Elbow - Sober

May 24, 2025 Peter Kimpton

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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Song of the Day: Kaeto - Words

May 10, 2025 Peter Kimpton

Kaeto

Song of the Day: Stylish, shimmering, dark pop by the Scottish singer-songwriter with a co-written number with Mathias Wang about language and how perspective shapes meaning and inspired by Tom Tom Club’s Wordy Rappinghood, out on Polydor/Republic Universal

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Song of the Day: Picture Parlour - Who’s There To Love Without You?

April 30, 2025 Peter Kimpton

Picture Parlour - Who’s There To Love Without You?

Song of the Day: Swaggering, glam, stylish, 70s-style heavy rock with oodles of panache in a bombastic tongue-in-cheek declaration by the Manchester-formed band of Katherine Parlour, Ella Risi and co, out on Island Records

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Song of the Day: Girl Group - Flink Pike

April 19, 2025 Peter Kimpton

From the Girl Group video for Flink PIke

Song of the Day: Catchy, wittily ironic, nimble, crisply sung acoustic indie pop by the five-piece Liverpool band of Katya, Maria, Thea, Mia, and Lil, with a titular Nordic expression meaning “good girl”, and one “often used to describe young women striving to meet impossible expectations.”

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Song of the Day: Lana Del Rey - Henry, Come On

April 14, 2025 Peter Kimpton

Lana Del Rey - Henry, Come On

Song of the Day: The enigmatic American singer-songwriter returns after a two-year absence with a beautiful country-inflected new single, heralding her forthcoming next album, The Right Person Will Stay, out on Polydor/Interscope/Universal

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Song of the Day: AURORA - The Flood

April 7, 2025 Peter Kimpton

AURORA - The Flood

Song of the Day: After last summer’s album What Happened To The Heart?, the acclaimed Norwegian singer-songwriter Aurora Aksnes returns with a shimmering, soaring, sparkling new pop single of self-analysis, out on Decca/ Universal

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Song of the Day: Self Esteem - If Not Now, It’s Soon

April 1, 2025 Peter Kimpton

Self Esteem, aka Rebecca Lucy Taylor

Song of the Day: A life-affirming, stridently positive new number about hope, perseverance and patience by Yorkshire’s charismatic Rebecca Lucy Taylor with grand, declamatory vocals and orchestral strings, heralding her forthcoming third album, A Complicated Woman, out on 25 April via Polydor/Universal

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Song of the Day: Divorce - Hangman

February 13, 2025 Peter Kimpton

Divorce’s upcoming album, Drive to Goldenhammer

Song of the Day: A clever, passionate, powerful new single with an extended game metaphor by the Nottingham indie band from their forthcoming album Drive to Goldenhammer out on 7 March via Gravity Records / Universal

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Song of the Day: Caity Baser - Watch That Girl (She’s Gonna Say It)

February 11, 2025 Peter Kimpton

Caity Baser - Watch That Girl …

Song of the Day: Undeniably infectious, catchy, cheeky, flamboyant confidence-boosting, table-turning pop with brassy embellishments by the charismatic Southampton-raised, Brighton-based artist, out on Chosen Music / Capitol / Polydor

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Song of the Day: Self Esteem - Focus Is Power

January 24, 2025 Peter Kimpton

Self Esteem’s upcoming third album, A Complicated Woman

Song of the Day: Full vocal force with rich gospel-style harmonies and an affirmingly defiant message from the charismatic Rotherham singer-songwriter Rebecca Taylor, heralding her upcoming third LP as Self Esteem, A Complicated Woman, out on 25 April on Polydor Records

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Song of the Day: Celeste - This is Who I Am

November 12, 2024 Peter Kimpton

Song of the Day: Celeste - This is Who I Am

Song of the Day: The welcome return of the golden-voiced British soul singer from Brighton feels like another timeless classic – slow falling bassline, soaring coda, powerfully emotive, with piano and orchestra, it comes from the new TV drama version of The Day of The Jackal

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Song of the Day: Doves - Renegade

November 9, 2024 Peter Kimpton

Doves’ forthcoming sixth studio album, Constellations For The Lonely

Song of the Day: The Manchester indie band return forthcoming album Constellations For The Lonely with a dark, powerful, cinematic number inspired by the film Blade Runner and the speech by Roy Batty speech on inevitable death, yet “I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe”

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Song of the Day: Jacob Alon - Fairy In A Bottle

September 28, 2024 Peter Kimpton

Jacob Alon: Fairy In A Bottle

Song of the Day: Gorgeous fragility and high-voiced, delicate control with a wonderful melody all come in this exquisite performed debut by the singer songwriter from Glasgow, here produced by Dan Carey, and out on Universal

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Jan 29, 2026
Tessa Rose Jackson: The Lighthouse
Jan 29, 2026

New album: Beautiful, intricate, understated, poetic and intelligent, this warm, inviting experimental folk by the Dutch-British singer-songwriter is the first LP under her own name, having previously released three as the artist Someone

Jan 29, 2026
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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

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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