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Song of the Day: Nine Inch Nails - As Alive As You Need Me To Be

July 18, 2025 Peter Kimpton

The new Nine Inch Nails number is from the soundtrack for the upcoming Tron: Ares movie

Song of the Day: With their first new music as NIN in five years, the American rockers Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross return with a pulsating, synth-heavy, retro-futuristic track that’s part of the new sci-fi Tron: Ares soundtrack, out on 19 September via Interscope Records, with the film released in October

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In 2025, alternative, electronica, industrial, rock Tags Nine Inch Nails, Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Interscope Records, film soundtrack, film, sci-fi
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Song of the Day: Joanna Sternberg - A Country Dance

August 25, 2024 Peter Kimpton

Joanna Sternberg - A Country Dance

Song of the Day: Reminiscient of Dory Previn or Peggy Seeger in vocal delivery, style and charm, this beautiful, romantic, acoustic new single by the New York singer-songwriter also appears in the film Between The Temples, and is released on Fat Possum Records

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In 2024, folk Tags Joanna Sternberg, songs, song of the day, Fat Possum, film, film soundtrack
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Song of the Day: LCD Soundsystem – New Body Rhumba

September 30, 2022 Peter Kimpton

LCD Soundsystem return with a soundtrack single

Song of the Day: “I need a new body!” A fabulous first new track in five years from the Brooklyn post-punk legends was written for Noah Baumbach’s new film adaptation of Don DeLillo’s novel White Noise by James Murphy, Pat Mahoney, and Nancy Whang

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In 2022, dance, post-punk Tags LCD Soundsystem, James Murphy, DFA Records, Columbia Records, film, Noah Baumbach, Don DeLillo
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Song of the Day: Son Lux and Moses Sumney - Fence

April 6, 2022 Peter Kimpton

Moses Sumney is one of several guests on the Son Lux soundtrack to Everything Everywhere All at Once

Song of the Day: A gorgeously intimate song from the original motion picture soundtrack of the recently released film Everything Everywhere All at Once, with music by Ryan Lott’s experimental New York band, featuring the Ghanaian-American on vocals

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In 2022, ambient, experimental, film soundtrack, soul Tags Son Lux, Ryan Lott, Moses Sumney, Mitski, David Byrne, film, film soundtrack
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Song of the Day: Ty Segall - Lawrence Welk III (from Whirlybird soundtrack)

March 4, 2022 Peter Kimpton

Whirlybird soundtrack, written by Ty Segall

Song of the Day: Fabulously inventive and evocative instrumental track with staccato guitar and percussion by the Californian musician, taken from the soundtrack the 2021 documentary film Whirlybird, now released on Drag City Records

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In 2021, 2022, film soundtrack, psychedelia, rock Tags Ty Segall, songs, song of the day, instrumentals, film, soundtracks, documentary, Los Angeles, Zoey Tur, Marika Gerrard, journalism
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Róisín Murphy – Narcissus

January 27, 2020 Peter Kimpton
Róisín Murphy makes some shapes

Róisín Murphy makes some shapes

Song of the Day: Old-school 70s disco with a fresh twist from the brilliant and eccentric Irish singer-songwriter, producer and art pop specialist, with a video inspired by Italian TV star Raffaella Carrà

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In 2019, disco, pop Tags songs, song of the day, Róisín Murphy, Ben Unwin, Raffaella Carrà, television, film, Paolo Sorrentino, Italy, Adriano Celentano, Baccara
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D-day anniversary song special: Jim Radford, Iron Maiden, Joe Strummer

June 6, 2019 Peter Kimpton
D-day – 6 June 1944

D-day – 6 June 1944

Song of the Day: To mark the 75th anniversary of the D-day landings in Normandy, three songs of contrasting styles, beginning with one by Hull-born 90-year D-day veteran, old folk singer and peace campaigner

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In 1944, 1999, 2006, folk, indie, punk, rock, metal Tags songs, D-day, Second World War, Jim Radford, Iron Maiden, Joe Strummer, The Clash, The Mescaleros, film
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Akira Ifukube - Japanese Rhapsody / Symphonic Fantasia No 1 (Godzilla)

December 2, 2018 Peter Kimpton
Monstrous talent: Akira Ifukube and Godzilla

Monstrous talent: Akira Ifukube and Godzilla

Song of the Day: Following on from Hikaru Hayashi, we dip into the next Japanese composer, a prolific writer of film scores best for the famous Godzilla monster movies, as well hundreds of other classical pieces

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In 1935, 1983, film soundtrack, classical Tags songs, song of the day, instrumentals, film, film soundtrack, Akira Ifukube, Godzilla, Igor Stravinsky
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Hikaru Hayashi – La Mort De L'Enfant (Theme from The Naked Island)

December 1, 2018 Peter Kimpton
Nobuko Otowa as the mother in The Naked Island (1960)

Nobuko Otowa as the mother in The Naked Island (1960)

Song of the Day: Following Joe Hisaichi, another distinguished Japanese composer who among his many works wrote the beautiful theme from a 1960 film without dialogue directed by Kaneto Shindo

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In 1960, classical, traditional, film soundtrack Tags songs, song of the day, Hikaru Hayashi, film, film soundtrack, Japan, Kaneto Shindo
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Stomu Yamash'ta – Wind Words /Memory of Hiroshima from The Man Who Fell to Earth - Nicolas Roeg / David Bowie

November 26, 2018 Peter Kimpton
David Bowie in Nicolas Roeg’s The Man Who Fell to Earth, music by Stomu Yamashta

David Bowie in Nicolas Roeg’s The Man Who Fell to Earth, music by Stomu Yamashta

Song of the Day: With the passing of two great directors, Nicolas Roeg and Bernardo Bertolucci, a beautiful piece of music from a film by the former, starring David Bowie but with music by the Japanese composer

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In 1976, film soundtrack, prog rock, psychedelia Tags songs, song of the day, Stomu Yamashta, soundtracks, film, David Bowie, Nicolas Roeg
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Burt Bacharach – South American Getaway (from Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid)

November 7, 2018 Peter Kimpton
Robert Redford and Paul Newman making their last stand in the 1969 film

Robert Redford and Paul Newman making their last stand in the 1969 film

Song of the Day: Today’s date, 7 November, is significant in all sorts of ways - elections, revolutions, births, deaths, but it’s the day in 1908 when two of America’s most famous outlaws were reportedly killed on the run in Bolivia

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In 1969, folk, soul, film soundtrack Tags songs, song of the day, Burt Bacharach, Butch Cassidy, Sundance Kid, Russia, Bolshevik Revolution, women's suffrage, Franklin D Roosevelt, Richard NIxon, Watergate Scandal, film soundtrack, film, Robert Redford, Paul Newman
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Bernard Herrmann – Taxi Driver / Vertigo / Psycho

October 17, 2018 Peter Kimpton
Robert De Niro in Taxi Driver (1976)

Robert De Niro in Taxi Driver (1976)

Song of the Day: It is hardly a stab in the dark to pick out the great American composer’s film work as the next entry in film score music, but here is an artist surely among the greatest for matching image and sound

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In 1958, 1960, 1976, classical Tags songs, song of the day, Bernard Herrmann, film, film soundtrack, Alfred Hitchcock, Martin Scorsese, James Stewart, Kim Novak, Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Robert De Niro
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Jerry Goldsmith - Chinatown / Planet of the Apes

October 15, 2018 Peter Kimpton
Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway in Chinatown (1974)

Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway in Chinatown (1974)

Song of the Day: Moving on from Britain’s John Barry, two pieces of work from the highly versatile US composer and conductor here showing contrasting styles that equally express the dark and disturbing

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In 1968, 1974, classical, jazz Tags songs, song of the day, Jerry Goldsmith, film soundtrack, film, Roman Polanski, Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, Uan Rasey, Franklin J. Schaffner, Charlton Heston
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John Barry – The Ipcress File

October 14, 2018 Peter Kimpton
Now listen to me … Michael Caine is accompanied by one of John Barry’s finest soundtracks

Now listen to me … Michael Caine is accompanied by one of John Barry’s finest soundtracks

Song of the Day: Completing a Michael Caine leading role trio, the beautiful, haunting theme composed by one of film and TV’s all-time great composers who is best known for the James Bond films

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In 1965, classical, jazz Tags songs, song of the day, soundtracks, film, John Barry, Michael Caine, Sidney J Furie, Len Deighton
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Sonny Rollins – Theme from Alfie

October 13, 2018 Peter Kimpton
Original record sleeve from the Alfie soundtrack

Original record sleeve from the Alfie soundtrack

Song of the Day: From one jazz giant to another, this time led by tenor saxophone, with Sonny Rollins’s superb soundtrack composition to another Michael Caine film, 1966’s tale of that cheeky Cockney lothario

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In 1966, jazz Tags songs, song of the day, theme music, film soundtrack, film, Sonny Rolllins, Oliver Nelson, Michael Caine
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Miles Davis – Ascenseur pour l'échafaud

October 12, 2018 Peter Kimpton
Miles Davis in 1958

Miles Davis in 1958

Song of the Day: Returning to film scores but remaining on the jazz genre, a sublime example of Miles Davis in his early modal style, from his 1958 soundtrack to Louis Malle’s adaptation of a crime novel, starring Jeanne Moreau

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In 1958, jazz Tags songs, song of the day, Miles Davis, Louis Malle, film soundtrack, film, Jeanne Moreau
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John Schroeder and Sounds Orchestral – Money Runner / Blowin' Your Mind / Cast Your Fate to the Wind

October 9, 2018 Peter Kimpton
John Schroeder

John Schroeder

Song of the Day: After three belters from Quincy Jones, today let’s move on to full fat funk TV and movie orchestra sounds from the 60s and early 70s, with tracks rarely recognised, but whose still hits home instantly

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In 1971, 1965, funk, classical, jazz Tags song of the day, songs, instrumentals, funk, television, film, film soundtrack, John Schroeder, Sound Orchestral, Quincy Jones, Zack Laurence, Gordon Parks, Helen Shapiro, Johnny Pearson, Vince Guaraldi
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Roy Budd – Get Carter theme

October 7, 2018 Peter Kimpton
Get Carter (1971) starring Michael Caine, with soundtrack by Roy Budd

Get Carter (1971) starring Michael Caine, with soundtrack by Roy Budd

Song of the Day: Resuming a thread of film soundtrack music that transcends their original source - this time the classic thriller starring Michael Caine and directed by Mike Hodges from 1971

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In 1971, funk, jazz Tags songs, song of the day, Roy Budd, film, film soundtrack, Michael Caine, Mike Hodges, jazz, Jeff Clyne, Chris Karan
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Lalo Schifrin - Theme from Bullitt / Ape Shuffle (Planet of the Apes)

October 3, 2018 Peter Kimpton
Bullitt (1968)

Bullitt (1968)

Song of the Day: Continuing the funk-orchestral movie-theme thread, another colossus of the genre, the Argentina-born American composer and conductor famous for so many outstanding film and TV soundtracks

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In 1974, 1968, funk, classical, jazz Tags songs, song of the day, Lalo Shifrin, film soundtrack, Bullitt, film, Steve McQueen, Clint Eastwood
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Walter Schumann – Once Upon a Time There Was a Pretty Fly (from Night of the Hunter)

October 31, 2017 Peter Kimpton
Rabbits look on during Pearl's song in Night of the Hunter (1955)

Rabbits look on during Pearl's song in Night of the Hunter (1955)

Song of the Day: Another musical echo of eery beauty from yesterday's Nature Boy, an extraordinary song with a strange, soaring melody, in a equally otherworldly scene in a brilliant film directed by Charles Laughton

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In 1955, classical, folk Tags songs, song of the day, film soundtrack, film, Walter Schumann, Charles Laughton, Night of the Hunter, Robert Mitchum, Kitty White, Davis Grubb, folk
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New Albums …

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Mar 13, 2026
Kim Gordon: Play Me
Mar 13, 2026

New album: Following 2024’s The Collective, the former Sonic Youth frontwoman’s fourth solo LP continues her extraordinary experimental, innovative journey, moving to more melodic beats and shorter tracks with a motorik krautrock-style driven coloured by strange sounds, intense emotions and sharply angled, dark, droll social commentary

Mar 13, 2026
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Mar 11, 2026
ELIZA: The Darkening Green
Mar 11, 2026

New album: The London artist Eliza Caird (formerly under the mainstream pop moniker Eliza Doolittle) returns with more of the cool, slow, sensual, gentle, sophisticated experimental soul-funk style evolving from her 2022 album A Sky Without Stars, here with particularly polished, silky, stripped back grooves and vocals

Mar 11, 2026
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Mar 11, 2026
Andrew Wasylyk: Irreparable Parables
Mar 11, 2026

New album: The Scottish multi-instrumentalist and composer returns with a new selection of soothing, meditative mix of experimental classical and jazz, but this time joined with six different singers represented by the birds on the album artwork

Mar 11, 2026
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Mar 10, 2026
waterbaby: Memory Be A Blade
Mar 10, 2026

New album: A delicate, experimental, understated soulful chamber pop debut by the pure-voiced Stockholm-born singer-songwriter (aka Kendra Egerbladh) in 25-minute, eight-track release of lo-fi, lyrically semi-improvised numbers about heartbreak and self-renewal in a world of gorgeous musical sensations

Mar 10, 2026
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Mar 10, 2026
Joshua Idehen: I know you're hurting, everyone is hurting, everyone is trying, you have got to try
Mar 10, 2026

New album: With a strikingly long title, a euphoric and honest full debut LP by the British-born Nigerian poet, spoken word artist and musician based in Sweden, working with his musical partner Ludvig Parment’s sonic layers, packed pacy dance and hip-hop grooves, clever sampling, slower reflections, and articulate expressions of positivity through the ups and downs of grief and hope

Mar 10, 2026
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Mar 10, 2026
Gnarls Barkley: Atlanta
Mar 10, 2026

New album: Finally, after an 18-year gap since their last collaboration in the heady days of the hit Crazy, with the St Elsewhere and The Odd Couple LPs a third and supposedly final album from fabulous singer CeeLo Green and producer and musician aka Brian Burton with a mix of soaring soul, hip-hop, pop and RnB with songs filled with vivid lyrical memories and strong, emotive melodies

Mar 10, 2026
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Mar 9, 2026
Various: HELP(2) - War Child Records
Mar 9, 2026

New album: Not only a timely and topical milestone charity record following the first in 1995 to help bring aid and wide variety of support to children in war zones around he world, but an impressive double-LP array of stellar British and international talent and powerful, poignant 23 songs from Arctic Monkeys to Young Fathers

Mar 9, 2026
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Mar 9, 2026
Bonnie “Prince” Billy: We Are Together Again
Mar 9, 2026

New album: Just over a year after 2025’s The Purple Bird, but from parallel recording sessions and familiar co-musicians, the veteran Louisville-Kentucky singer-songwriter Will Oldham returns with another collection of exquisite, intimate, gently defiant lo-fi folk to troubled times, an ode to community with a beautiful array of acoustic instruments and his poignant, insightful lyrics and delivery

Mar 9, 2026
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Mar 5, 2026
DEADLETTER: Existence Is Bliss
Mar 5, 2026

New album: This second LP by the South Yorkshire/London six-piece expands their post-punk sound palette with a collection of arresting, thrumming songs, often dark and challenging, with richly exploratory lyrics across dystopian and existential questions, yet despite a climate of difficult, shows how gasping for life’s oxygen is essential

Mar 5, 2026
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Mar 5, 2026
Lala Lala: Heaven 2
Mar 5, 2026

New album: Moving from Chicago to New Mexico, Reykjavík, then London and now Los Angeles, the UK-born artist Lillie West’s experimental indie dream pop is a fascinating release about restless escapism while trying to stay where she is

Mar 5, 2026
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Mar 3, 2026
Iron & Wine: Hen's Teeth
Mar 3, 2026

New album: Timeless, poetic, gentle folk-rock in this eighth solo album by the North Carolina multi-instrumentalist and producer Sam Beam, in warm, tender album with a title that suggests the idea of the impossible yet real, and an earthier, darker, more more tactile companion to his Grammy-nominated 2024 album Light Verse

Mar 3, 2026
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Mar 3, 2026
Buck Meek: The Mirror
Mar 3, 2026

New album: The Brooklyn-based Texan guitarist of Big Thief returns with his fourth solo LP filled with tender, thoughtful, beautiful folk-country-rock, a tiny splash of analogue synths, joined by bandmate James Krivchenia as producer, Adrianne Lenker on backing vocals, plus guitarist Adam Brisbin and harp player Mary Lattimore

Mar 3, 2026
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Mar 1, 2026
Mitski: Nothing’s About To Happen To Me
Mar 1, 2026

New album: Following 2023’s acclaimed The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We, now an eighth LP of sublime beauty, wit and melancholy and silken vocal tones from the American singer-songwriter, mixing pop, rock, echoes of Laurel Canyon era, and stories and metaphors of love and loss, insecurity, independence and solitude all set at home – and no shortage of cats

Mar 1, 2026
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Mar 1, 2026
Gorillaz: The Mountain
Mar 1, 2026

New album: Released with an art book, new games, and extended videos, a multicultural, multifarious and multilingual return for the collective cartoon pop-hip-hop project led by Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett, with many intercontinental guest appearances, and a particular Indian musical and visual flavour centred on fictional Himalayan peak as metaphor for life’s journey and illusionary truths

Mar 1, 2026

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Mar 16, 2026
Song of the Day: Jaakko Eino Kalevi - Black Diamond
Mar 16, 2026

Song of the Day: A splendidly rousing eight-minute retro-style electro-pop baroque melodrama by the Finnish artist with the deep, rich voice, one that stylistically and in his own fashion, draws a pentagram between Goblin, Rondo Veneziano, Cerrone, Doris Norton and Lindstrom, out on Domino Records

Mar 16, 2026
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Mar 15, 2026
Song of the Day: Hannah Lew - Sunday
Mar 15, 2026

Song of the Day: An appropriate day to highlight this classy latest single of shimmering 80s-style synth-pop with echoes of OMD, with themes about pain, love and grief from the upcoming debut album by the Richmond, California artist, out on 10 April via Night School Records

Mar 15, 2026
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Mar 14, 2026
Song of the Day: Mei Semones - Tooth Fairy (featuring John Roseboro)
Mar 14, 2026

Song of the Day: A charming cross-genre fusion of bossa nova, jazz, folk and chamber pop sung in English and Japanese by the Brooklyn-based American musician with a tale of losing a tooth on the subway and friendship, from the upcoming album Kurage, out 10 April on Bayonet Records

Mar 14, 2026
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Mar 13, 2026
Song of the Day: Robyn - Blow My Mind
Mar 13, 2026

Song of the Day: Quirky, sensual electro-pop with a dash of Kraftwerk by the acclaimed Swedish singer, songwriter and producer Robin Miriam Carlsson, in this latest from the upcoming album Sexistential out on 27 March via Konichiwa / Young Records

Mar 13, 2026
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Mar 12, 2026
Song of the Day: Lava La Rue - Scratches
Mar 12, 2026

Song of the Day: The latest single by the London singer-songwriter is punchy, powerful psychedelic rock number with tearing riffs and lyrics about damage from troubled relationship, abuse and self-harm, from the forthcoming EP Do You Know Everything?, out on BMG

Mar 12, 2026
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Mar 11, 2026
Song of the Day: Alewya - City of Symbols (featuring eejebee)
Mar 11, 2026

Song of the Day: A stylish fusion of electronica, soul, hip hop and Ethiopian rhythmic influences centring on themes of heritage, family by London singer, songwriter, producer and multidisciplinary artist, with drums from eejebee and guitar from Vraell, heralding from the forthcoming new debut Zero out 22 June via LDN Records / Because Music

Mar 11, 2026
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Mar 10, 2026
Song of the Day: Huarinami - Carried Away
Mar 10, 2026

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

Mar 10, 2026
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Mar 9, 2026
Song of the Day: Avalon Emerson & The Charm - Written into Changes
Mar 9, 2026

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

Mar 9, 2026
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Mar 8, 2026
Song of the Day: Aldous Harding - One Stop
Mar 8, 2026

Song of the Day: An enigmatic, oddly stylish, stripped back, piano-based new experimental folk single by the New Zealand singer-songwriter, namechecking John Cale, and from her upcoming album Train on the Island out May 8 via 4AD

Mar 8, 2026
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Mar 7, 2026
Song of the Day: Max Winter, Asha Lorenz & Rael - Candlelight
Mar 7, 2026

Song of the Day: A dark, stylish, striking fusion of hip-hop, trip-hop, spoken word, and jazz by the London-based rapper and friends, and the the first single from the collaborative mixtape Like the season!, out on Secret Friend

Mar 7, 2026
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Mar 6, 2026
Song of the Day: SPRINTS - Trickle Down
Mar 6, 2026

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

Mar 6, 2026
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Mar 5, 2026
Song of the Day: Jordan Rakei & Tom McFarland - Easy to Love
Mar 5, 2026

Song of the Day: Elevating, soaring soul with the high vocals of the New Zealand-Australian singer and songwriter joined by one half the British band Jungle, heralding the collaborative EP Between Us, out on 24 April on Fontana Records / Universal Music

Mar 5, 2026

Word of the week

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Mar 12, 2026
Word of the week: wallfish
Mar 12, 2026

Word of the week: It sounds like the singing finned picture ornament Big Mouth Billy Bass that became popular in the late 1990s, but this is a much older noun, derived in Somerset, England, pertains to the climbing gastropod that can slowly climb up any surface

Mar 12, 2026
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Feb 25, 2026
Word of the week: xiphias
Feb 25, 2026

Word of the week: Get the point? This is the scientific name for the swordfish, in full Xiphias gladius (from the Greek and Latin for sword), that extraordinary sea creature with the long, pointy bill. But what of it in song?

Feb 25, 2026
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Feb 12, 2026
Word of the week: yanggeum
Feb 12, 2026

Word of the week: A form or hammered dulcimer, this traditional Korean instrument, with a flat and trapezoidal shape, has seven sets of four metal strings hit by thin bamboo stick

Feb 12, 2026
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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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