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Song of the Day: Horsey - Lagoon

September 28, 2021 Peter Kimpton
Debonair: Horsey’s latest album

Debonair: Horsey’s latest album

Song of the Day: A flamboyant swirl of prog, jazz, post-punk, dynamic changes of pace and volume, and more than awash with visceral metaphor, this strangely transfixing love song by suave and showy south London quartet typifies their latest album, Debonair

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Song of the Day: The Clockworks - Throw It All Away

September 27, 2021 Peter Kimpton
The Clockworks

The Clockworks

Song of the Day: ‘Half a mind to sign on. the line, and half a mind to throw it all away’. Passionate, post-punk indie by the Irish four-piece band, formed in Galway, now based in London and spotted and instantly signed by legendary mogul Alan McGee on his It’s Creation Baby label.

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Song of the Day: Keg - Heyshaw

September 25, 2021 Peter Kimpton
Seven up: Keg

Seven up: Keg

Song of the Day: Wonderfully upbeat, sharp, postpunk indie by the 7-piece Brighton band infused with jagged guitars, vibrant brass and wonky synths, in a song that traverses the globe inspired by the lead singer Albert Haddenham’s mum moving around to work in different RAF bases

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Song of the Day: Opus Kink - This Train

September 23, 2021 Peter Kimpton
Opus Kink

Opus Kink

Song of the Day: Sharp, angry, fast-moving indie post-punk with a dash of The Clash, LCD Soundsystem, Pigbag and a vibrant brass section make up this latest single by the dynamic Brighton band and produced by Tim Burgess

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Song of the Day: Ben Zaidi - Ben Zaidi’s Blues

September 22, 2021 Peter Kimpton
Multi-layered: Ben Zaidi’s Blues

Multi-layered: Ben Zaidi’s Blues

Song of the Day: The Seattle singer-songwriter’s new single is infused with a crisp rhythm, gentle acoustic riffs and intelligent lyrics about a family bereavement launching into heap of detail about life problems, and a sensitive voice reminiscent of Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy

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Song of the Day: Tycho and Benjamin Gibbard - Only Love

September 21, 2021 Peter Kimpton
Tycho’s cover design for new single Only Love

Tycho’s cover design for new single Only Love

Song of the Day: Dreamy, ambient psychedelia by the San Francisco musician and designer Scott Hansen, here joined on vocals by the frontman of Death Cab for Cutie in this new number that reduces a solution to the world’s problems to a simple, timeless formula

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Song of the Day: Horse Meat Disco and The Phenomenal Handclap Band - Sanctuary

September 20, 2021 Peter Kimpton
Horse Meat Disco’s Love & Dancing album

Horse Meat Disco’s Love & Dancing album

Song of the Day: Wonderfully dance-infectious, catchy retro mix of 70s disco and funk, this new Ray Mang Extended Remix of this title track number from the 2020 album Love & Dancing featuring the NYC band and the London DJ collective

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Song of the Day: Dr. Joy - Midtown

September 18, 2021 Peter Kimpton
Dr. Joy’s self-titled debut album

Dr. Joy’s self-titled debut album

Song of the Day: Taken from, and typifying their just released self-titled 8-track debut album, this wonderfully woozy, cosmic psychedelic number by the Toronto collective has a collage of influences including ‘cubism, dadaism, Baltic disco, Italian soundtracks, and babbling brooks’

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Song of the Day: Koreless - White Picket Fence

September 17, 2021 Peter Kimpton
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Song of the Day: With an extraordinary video directed by FKA twigs, this equally unclassifiable, soaring song mixing harpsichord, electronica and a quasi-medieval madrigal-style vocal comes from the London band’s debut album Agar

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Song of the Day: Anna B Savage – Since We Broke Up

September 16, 2021 Peter Kimpton
Anna B Savage

Anna B Savage

Song of the Day: After her debut album earlier this year, A Common Turn, a new breakup number from the London singer-songwriter displaying her rich, deep, velvety voice, more bird reference, and a powerful lyrical delivery

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Song of the Day: La Luz - Watching Cartoons

September 14, 2021 Peter Kimpton
La Luz

La Luz

Song of the Day: Beautiful, dreamy psychedelia-folk harking back to the 1970s Scooby Doo era from the Seattle-formed California-based trio of Shana Cleveland, Alice Sandahl, and Lena Simon with Adrian Younge producing from their forthcoming self-titled new album

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Song of the Day: workfriends - Stunt Doubles

September 13, 2021 Peter Kimpton
False member? From the new video by Workfriends

False member? From the new video by Workfriends

Song of the Day: Inspired by the idea of a Hollywood unsung hero in the shadows who then takes over as doppelganger, this fresh, sharp witty post-punk number comes from the Sheffield-based five-piece indie band

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Song of the Day: TOKiMONSTA feat. Channel Tres – Naked

September 10, 2021 Peter Kimpton
TOKiMONSTA and Channel Tres

TOKiMONSTA and Channel Tres

Song of the Day: Superbly catchy disco-funk-hip-hop collaboration between the American LA-based producer and DJ also known as Jennifer Lee and the rapper aka Sheldon Young from Compton, California

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Song of the Day: The Bug Club - The Fixer

September 9, 2021 Peter Kimpton
The Bug Club’s forthcoming album Pure Particles

The Bug Club’s forthcoming album Pure Particles

Song of the Day: Wonderfully catchy indie with snappy lyrics, blistering guitar and strong dash of Jonathan Richman in altogether very tasty dose by the Welsh trio of trio of Sam Willmett, Tilly Harris, and Dan Matthew from their forthcoming mini album Pure Particles

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Song of the Day: Moonchild Sanelly - Yebo Teacher

September 7, 2021 Peter Kimpton
Moonchild Sanelly is instantly recognisable by her blue hair and high voice

Moonchild Sanelly is instantly recognisable by her blue hair and high voice

Song of the Day: Fresh and lively electro hip hop from the South African artist also known as Sanelisiwe Twisha from Port Elizabeth who learned her skills on the poetry and music scenes in Durban Johannesburg, developing her brand of ‘future ghetto punk’

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Song of the Day: Mindchatter - Here I Go Again

September 6, 2021 Peter Kimpton
Mindchatter’s Here I Go Again

Mindchatter’s Here I Go Again

Song of the Day: Spookily catchy electronica with wonderfully dry, humorous lyrics about internal indecision, with rich, dark bass sounds under the pseudonym of New York producer Bryce Connolly

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Song of the Day: Abba - Don't Shut Me Down / I Still Have Faith In You

September 4, 2021 Peter Kimpton
Abba return, using new technology to bring their past selves to the present with a new album and tour

Abba return, using new technology to bring their past selves to the present with a new album and tour

Song of the Day: With all the fanfare, and four decades on from their last new music, the fab four of Benny, Bjorn, Agnetha and Anni-Frid return with that emotion-pulling pop formula that recalls their 70s and early 80s heyday, along with a second single I Still Have Faith In You and forthcoming album Voyage

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Song of the Day: Liv.e - _21

September 1, 2021 Peter Kimpton
Liv.e aka Olivia Williams

Liv.e aka Olivia Williams

Song of the Day: A gorgeous mix of funk, jazz, Latin shuffle and soul by the Dallas-raised, LA-based 23-year-old singer-songwriter (pronounced Liv) Olivia Williams from her new EP CWTTY+

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Song of the Day: Falle Nioke and Ghost Culture - Leywole

August 31, 2021 Peter Kimpton
Falle Nioke

Falle Nioke

Song of the Day: An exhilarating crossover by the 33-year-old singer and percussionist from Guinea joining forces with the electronica duo from Margate in a number that means "whatever" in Coniagui, inspired by watching a strong woman reject the advances of a pushy man in the street

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Song of the Day: Penelope Isles - Sailing Still

August 27, 2021 Peter Kimpton
Penelope Isles: sibilngs Jack and Lily Wolter and friend

Penelope Isles: sibilngs Jack and Lily Wolter and friend

Song of the Day: Powerful, beautiful, slow psych-alt-rock with soaring strings, intimate lyrics, blistering guitars and sounds of the ocean by the Brighton band of siblings Jack and Lily Wolter, from the forthcoming second album, Which Way To Happy, out on 5 November on Bella Union

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New Albums …

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June 17, 2026
Fruit Bats: The Landfill
June 17, 2026

New album: Written as usual with his first-thing-in-the-morning, stream-of-consciousness technique, the singer-songwriter Eric D. Johnson, also one-third of the folk trio Bonny Light Horseman, returns with a new collection of melodic, often beautiful, and profound, reflective, gentle, folky rock now 30 years since the first album

June 17, 2026
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June 17, 2026
Horse Lords: Demand to Be Taken to Heaven Alive!
June 17, 2026

New album: The Berlin-based, Baltimore quartet return with their special brand of mesmeric, experimental rock, weaving a rich maze of African polyrhythmic patterns and fascinating tessellations of percussion, guitar, bass, saxophone, microtones, electronic and voice loops

June 17, 2026
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June 17, 2026
Widowspeak: Roses
June 17, 2026

New album: Deliciously gentle-paced and languid, warmly twangy and romantically nostalgic, poetic indie-country-rock by the New York band of spouses vocalist Molly Hamilton and guitarist Robert Earl Thomas, with delicate musical echoes of Tom Petty, Rolling Stones, REM, Neil Young, Yo La Tengo and Cat Power in this finely crafted seventh LP

June 17, 2026
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June 16, 2026
Olivia Rodrigo: you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love
June 16, 2026

New album: The 23-year-old American singer-songwriter, actress, and evidently big fan of The Cure returns with consummately crafted, smart, witty pop and indie rock, featuring an appearance by Robert Smith, and charting the arc of a romantic relationship from unbridled joy to bitter aftermath in her third LP

June 16, 2026
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June 15, 2026
La Sécurité: Bingo!
June 15, 2026

New album: Fabulously fun, vibrant, feisty, catchy, wittily droll post-punk, new wave and art-punk in this pacy, vivacious sophomore LP by the Montréal collective with themes from mental health, dysfunctional relationships, food to enjoyable elderly activities, with styles reminiscent of The B-52s and Devo

June 15, 2026
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June 13, 2026
Kelsey Lu: So Help Me God
June 13, 2026

New album: Luxuriant, ethereal, dramatic and passionate experimental and chamber dream pop by the American singer-songwriter and cellist, with their second LP, seven years since 2019 debut Blood, with guests including Sampha, Kamasi Washington, Kim Gordon, and co-producer Jack Antonoff

June 13, 2026
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June 10, 2026
Vince Staples: Cry Baby
June 10, 2026

New album: The Compton/ Long Beach, Californian rapper returns with a potent, punchy, overtly political rock-hip hop seventh LP that heavily critiques American society and power, racism, police violence, gun culture, media and the music industry, largely accompanied by a tight, riff-heavy electric guitars, bass and drums

June 10, 2026
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June 9, 2026
Liz Lawrence: Vespers
June 9, 2026

New album: More acoustic, stripped back and lo-fi than her previous four albums, yet with deeply powerful and moving songwriting and performance, the British artist’s latest is suffused with grief, reflection and devotion for the premature loss of her sister Jessie, capturing life and death, poetically expressing devotion and reflection

June 9, 2026
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June 9, 2026
Bedouine: Neon Summer Skin
June 9, 2026

New album: A serenely beautiful, but also nostalgically sorrowful fourth LP by American singer-songwriter Azniv Korkejian who has Armenian-Syrian heritage, with songs about displacement and identity, very mindful of Middle Eastern conflicts, atrocities and her family history, while broadening her sound into the lush mould of 1970s Carole King and Laurel Canyon

June 9, 2026
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June 8, 2026
Lee "Scratch" Perry and Mouse on Mars: Spatial, No Problem
June 8, 2026

New album: This wondrously eclectic and entertaining final official album project by the legendary Jamaican producer and artist, made before his passing in 2021, is a collaboration with the German electronic duo Jan St. Werner and Andi Toma, mixing reggae, krautrock, ambient, dub, jazz, New Orleans brass and more, alongside Perry’s distinctive voice

June 8, 2026
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June 7, 2026
Jalen Ngonda: Doctrine of Love
June 7, 2026

New album: Following his acclaimed 2023 debut Come Around And Love Me, the American UK-based impressive soul singer’s second LP is another classy collection of beautifully uplifting, sublime Northern soul and Motown-era love songs

June 7, 2026
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June 7, 2026
Death Cab For Cutie: I Built You A Tower
June 7, 2026

New album: Elegantly expressed emotional turmoil unfolds across 11 cleverly crafted songs in this 11th album by the Seattle indie rock band fronted by Ben Gibbard and produced by the brilliant John Congleton around a metaphor for post-marriage grief

June 7, 2026
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June 6, 2026
Zoh Amba: Eyes Full
June 6, 2026

New album: The NY-scene free jazz saxophonist forms an indie-folk-country-rock-muddy-blues trio with fabulously strong results in this passionate, raw, free-flowing debut as guitarist-singer-songwriter, lyrics themed around their original hometown of Kingsport, Tennessee, and coloured by Appalachian roots

June 6, 2026
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June 5, 2026
ear: Rumspringa
June 5, 2026

New album: Minimalistic, introverted, nuanced quirky laptop experimental electronica by the New York duo Jonah Paz and Yaelle Avtan, following last year’s debut The Most Dear and the Future, this one named after a a rite of passage for Amish adolescents translated as "running around" in Pennsylvania German

June 5, 2026

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June 21, 2026
Song of the Day: Elanor Moss - Sarah Waiting in the Car
June 21, 2026

Song of the Day: Gorgeously delicate, finger-picking folk by the British singer-songwriter from York, heralding her upcoming debut album The Knife, The Needle, out on 21 August via Merge Records

June 21, 2026
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June 20, 2026
Song of the Day: Pan Amsterdam & The 1FS - Szechuan Beef
June 20, 2026

Song of the Day: Themed around his favourite subject of food, but also going to many other places, American jazz trumpeter, composer and vocalist Leron Thomas returns with the New York composer and visual artist in an eclectic, eccentric fusion of jazz and hip-hop

June 20, 2026
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June 19, 2026
Song of the Day: Julia Jacklin - Get Away From Me (I Think I'll Love You Soon)
June 19, 2026

Song of the Day: A cleverly nuanced, emotionally ambiguous beautifully stirring indie-pop love song by the Australian singer-songwriter, in this first single heralding her upcoming fourth album The Gem, out on 25 September via 4AD

June 19, 2026
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June 18, 2026
Song of the Day: Paycheque - Heatwave
June 18, 2026

Song of the Day: Stylishly solemn, 80s-influenced synth and scything guitar indie pop with big drums by the Los Angeles duo of Allison Goldfarb and Jackson MacIntosh, from their recently released self-titled debut album, out on Mansions and Millions

June 18, 2026
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June 17, 2026
Song of the Day: Hanna Tuulikki and Tommy Perman - We Came Out (Lesser Horseshoe bat)
June 17, 2026

Song of the Day: A pair of wondrously striking experimental electronica tracks infused with field recordings of the nocturnal winged mammal by the experimental artists and designer based in Scotland

June 17, 2026
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June 16, 2026
Song of the Day: Surusinghe - FRIED
June 16, 2026

Song of the Day: A mesmeric, eclectic opening track by the Naarm/Melbourne-raised, London-based electronic artist, DJ and producer aka Suze Gurusinghe, from her recently released EP, Cutting Thread, out on Dh2

June 16, 2026
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June 15, 2026
Song of the Day: L'Rain - Soulless Cycle
June 15, 2026

Song of the Day: A whoosh of thunderous, mesmeric alternative rock marks this striking new single by the Brooklyn experimental composer, musician, artist and singer Taja Cheek, heralding her upcoming fourth album Fata Morgana, out on 14 August via Mexican Summer

June 15, 2026
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June 14, 2026
Song of the Day: Fenne Lily - Uh Huh
June 14, 2026

Song of the Day: Beautiful, banjo accompanied, reflective wistful indie folk-pop by the the Brooklyn-based British singer-songwriter with this first single heralding her upcoming fourth album, Win Win, out on 23 October via Nettwerk Music

June 14, 2026
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June 13, 2026
Song of the Day: Interpol - See Out Loud
June 13, 2026

Song of the Day: Pulsating indie rock by the seasoned New York band fronted by singer Paul Banks and guitarist Daniel Kessler, heralding their upcoming eighth album This Mirror Weighs a Ton, out on 28 August, and newly signed to Partisan Records

June 13, 2026
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June 12, 2026
Song of the Day: Jack White - Dollar Bill
June 12, 2026

Song of the Day: The White Stripes man returns with a blistering, bluesy rock guitar, Led Zeppelin-ish single, heralding his upcoming seventh solo album, Frozen Charlotte, out on 10 July via Third Man Records

June 12, 2026
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June 11, 2026
Song of the Day: Sylvan Esso - Hot Slob
June 11, 2026

Song of the Day: A proudly messy, rowdy, pointed and punchy new indie rock single embracing the spirit and chaos of living in the glitch by the North Carolina duo of Amelia Meath and Nick Sanborn, here featuring Jenn Wasner and TJ Maiani and out on Psychic Hotline

June 11, 2026
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June 10, 2026
Song of the Day: Rodrigo y Gabriela - Monster
June 10, 2026

Song of the Day: The hugely popular and Grammy-winning Mexico City-raised guitar duo return with a dextrously brilliant new single mixing acoustic and rock styles, heralding their new upcoming new album OurHome out 18 September via ATO Records

June 10, 2026

Word of the week

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June 11, 2026
Word of the week: phialiform
June 11, 2026

Word of the week: This rare but oddly beautiful rare adjective means "saucer-shaped" or having the form of a small, shallow cup or vessel, from the Latin root phiala (a shallow bowl or phial) and the suffix -iform, meaning shape

June 11, 2026
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June 4, 2026
Word of the week: quamoclit
June 4, 2026

Word of the week: Also known as cypress vine, cardinal creeper, cardinal vine, star glory, star of Bethlehem or hummingbird vine, this striking climbing flower, Ipomoea quamoclit, is native tropical regions of the Americas and has a distinctive trumpet with five-point star-shaped petals

June 4, 2026
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May 21, 2026
Word of the week: riqq
May 21, 2026

Word of the week: An appropriately onomatopoeic noun for name for Middle Eastern tambourine, able to produce a range of percussive sounds, and commonly heard in traditional Egyptian, Arab, Greek and Turkish music

May 21, 2026
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May 7, 2026
Word of the week: salpinx
May 7, 2026

Word of the week: This very imposing, loud, resonant noun is an ancient Greek, trumpet-like instrument used as a tactical signal on the battle field, as well as to signal the beginnings of gatherings, or of races in sport

May 7, 2026
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April 23, 2026
Word of the week: throstle
April 23, 2026

Word of the week: An archaic, evocative noun with two connected meanings, originally for the song thrush, then later a textiles industrial frame for spinning, twisting and winding machine for cotton, wool, and other fibres simultaneously

April 23, 2026

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