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Low Hummer
Song of the Day: Terrifically catchy electronica indie with a big rock guitar chorus and deadpan delivery by the quintet from Hull, sounding like a fusion of The Pixies and The Human League, carrying that bright torch of Yorkshire-born pop music
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From the video for I’m Getting Tired
Song of the Day: This thunderous combination of drums, screaming horns and call-and-answer vocals by the Irish producer and guests is a catch-all protest against ongoing global farce and lies, from Covid-19 to climate change, Trump to Johnson to Brexit
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From the video for Moses Sumney’s Cut Me
Song of the Day: A death-defying cri de coeur of soul, electronica, jazz, topped with delicate piano chops, horns, ambulance sounds and the American singer’s extraordinary falsetto voice reminiscent of the fabulous David McAlmont with a dash of Prince
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Nick Hakim
Song of the Day: A woozy, chilled melancholy that slowly builds into a beautifully floating portrait of personal tragedy. The new song by the Brooklyn-based producer, singer and multi-instrumentalist is an ode to a late friend and “a reminder to check on your loved ones”
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Expanded cover of Lightning Orchestra’s forthcoming album Source and Deliver
Song of the Day: A profound and glorious piece of cosmic, psychedelic, afro-jazz-funk by the collective based in Atlanta, Georgia, inspired by the sounds of Fela Kuti, Sun Ra, Tony Allen, Talking Heads and Jimi Hendrix
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Cover of Wilma Archer’s album A Western Circular
Song of the Day: Taken from the British producer and multi-instrumentalist’s album, A Western Circular, this wonderfully eclectic fusion of classical and jazz intertwined and MF Doom’s unmistakable rapping, tells a tale of a New York drug dealer
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Alternative visions: Jack Cheshire
Song of the Day: Alluringly atmospheric with a driving rhythm, this new indie psych number by the London-based multi-instrumentalist is all about balancing a positive view and keeping focus within dark times, inspired by a quote from Italian philosopher Antonio Gramsci
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Cover of the new Nightingales album, out in May
Song of the Day: A belter of a new song from Birmingham’s truly great independent postpunk band. Fronted by founder singer and lyricist Robert Lloyd, ironic twists of fate come with fabulous riffs, pace and rhythm changes and cross-tangled narratives
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Deeper …
Song of the Day: Created before the Covid-19 outbreak, this strangely topical song by the Chicago postpunk quartet from their new album Auto-Pain, has a fabulously sharp, driving guitar and vocal energy reminiscent of The Cure, New Order and Pavement
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The ever sharp and prolific Jeffrey Lewis
Song of the Day: Who better, and who indeed has written such a nailed-on brilliant song about coronavirus lockdown than the super-sharp lyricist, prolific songwriter and comic book artist from New York’s Lower East Village?
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Cover art of Dralms’ new album, Love Writes Itself
Song of the Day: Delicate, atmospheric, ghostly, rather beautiful pop with a melancholy, dark humour, this new single via solo project moniker of Canada's Christopher Smith comes from the new album Love Writes Itself
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Lianne La Havas
Song of the Day: An exquisite vocal performance from the British soul singer, on this title track from her forthcoming third album, displaying impressive restraint that bursts into emotional power over a relationship on the rocks
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From the video for Fear by Jacquelin Tucci
Song of the Day: Darkly humorous and quirky shoegaze by the Toronto singer-songwriter about the fears and paranoias of modern life, especially in 2020, from her forthcoming debut EP – Jungle Sounds
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‘Run for your life’
Song of the Day: “I wake up every morning and I run, I run for my life.” It’s a phrase that could apply to many lives and situations, but this new Afrobeat/soul/electronica number by the deep, gravelly voiced London-based Nigerian, is topical
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The Sticks by The Cool Greenhouse
Song of the Day: The city or the sticks? A rock or a hard place? This first single from the forthcoming debut album and an older number marry driving krautrock, oddball psychedelia and echoes of The Fall with fabulous ironic humour and idiosyncratic, killer phrases
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Attawalpa – seeking elsewhere in a psychedelic bubble bath
Song of the Day: Seeking some existential escape? Then immerse yourself in this new, wonderfully otherworldly song by the Peruvian London-based artist whose work has echoes of Syd Barrett, from “a psychedelic bubble bath” EP
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Jocksrap’s Taylor Skye and Georgia Ellery
Cover for Peaness’s latest single
Song of the Day: A mischievous band name with a fresh line in indie-fuzz-pop, the female trio from Chester’s latest number with a characteristic ringing guitar riffs and vocal harmonies refers to work interconnectedness
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Wry action with Sports Team
Song of the Day: It’s all just lies … This catchy, catch-all cri-de-coeur of upbeat indie wit from the British six-piece band fronted by Alex Rice has stop-start echoes of the 90s and 00s buzz of Weezer, Franz Ferdinand and Pulp
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From the video for Strange Habits. But what is the Metallica connection?
Song of the Day: How is this video connected to Metallica? A truly alternative release by the Danish producer and guitarist also known as Frederik Tao, mixing mellifluous riffs, restless percussive rhythms and jittery, high-pitched exclamatory vocals
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