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Dark and alluring: bar italia
Song of the Day: A dark and alluring new single by the art-rock / post-punk trio of Jezmi Tarik Fehmi, Nina Cristante, and Samuel Fenton, with fuzz guitar, crisp drums and arresting vocals. Out on Matador Records
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The Selecter: Human Algebra, the title track to their new album
Song of the Day: A Thursday spring-in-your-step number and title track of the forthcoming album by the 2-Tone Records ska veterans, fronted by singer Pauline Black along with Arthur ‘Gaps’ Hendrickson and Charley ‘Aitch’ Bembridge
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Lael Neale’s forthcoming album Star Eaters Delight
Song of the Day: With an environmental theme spanning the ages, a mesmerically beautiful number that slowly builds by simple repetition with guitar, drums and Omnichord by the Virginia indie artist from her forthcoming next album Star Eaters Delight, out in April on Sub Pop Records
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The Faux Faux aka Faith Vern from PINS
Song of the Day: A strong, dark, dynamic, opening indie single from the solo project of PINS member Manchester’s Faith Vern with a ironic title expressing the pain of love, and out on the revamped Drowned In Sound label
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Bleach Lab
Song of the Day: This new single from the London indie quartet has a distinctive bright guitar sound reminiscent of The Cure and The Smiths, and embellishes their consistently vibrant output and balance
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Angel Olsen
Song of the Day: A powerful, sensual, smoky slow-burn new single by the American singer-songwriter with smouldering piano, organ, jazz sax and drums, taken from the forthcoming EP Forever Means out on Jagjaguwar
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En Attendant Ana’s new album, Principia
Song of the Day: From the recently released album, Principia, an infectious and beautiful fusion of folk-pop and momentum-building krautrock and echoes of Stereolab and Nico by the Parisian indie quintet fronted by singer-songwriter Margaux Bouchaudon
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Feist’s new album, Multitudes
Song of the Day: A beautifully original, evocative and dynamic single from the Canadian singer-songwriter’s forthcoming new album, Multitudes, filled vocal harmonies and distinctive drumming
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Alfa Mist’s new album, Variables
Song of the Day: From his forthcoming album, Variables, and decorated here with the soaring, pure voice of Kaya Thomas-Dyke, the British musician and producer’s latest single is a real beauty, of jazz and soul, piano, guitar and orchestral strings
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Gentle bedlam: Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus
Song of the Day: The supergroup singer-songwriter indie-folk trio of Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus return with another strong single, this time about feeling sof self-inadequacy, from their forthcoming new album, The Record
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Prima Queens’ forthcoming EP, Not The Baby
Song of the Day: Beautiful close-harmony indie folk-pop by the London band fronted by Chicago’s Kristin McFadden and Bristol’s Louise Macphail, with a vividly emotional song about encountering an ex, from their forthcoming EP Not The Baby, out on Big Indie Records
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Burnt Pictures comes from the forthcoming audiobooks EP, Gulliver
Song of the Day: Another catchy, witty oddball new electro-pop single by the duo of Evangeline Ling and David Wrench, taken from forthcoming EP Gulliver, and joined here by Manchester rapper OneDa
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Fire-Toolz’s forthcoming album I Am Upset Because I See Something That Is Not There
Song of the Day: An entrancing, unwieldy energy ball of almost indescribable eclecticism comes with this experimental fusion of electronica, pop, dark metal, prog, jazz and ambience by the Chicago producer, composer, and multi-instrumentalist Angel Marcloid
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James Ellis Ford - I Never Wanted Anything
Song of the Day: The big-name producer (Arctic Monkeys, Foals, Florence and the Machine, Depeche Mode …) and Simian Mobile Disco member’s new intricate, clever, slow Bowie-esque electro-pop single is all about self-reliance
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Cate Blanchett in the new Sparks video with Ron and Russel Mael
Song of the Day: Legendary brothers Ron and Russell Mael return with fabulously catchy, fun, satirical cafe-context single and the title track of their forthcoming album, with a video featuring eccentric dance moves by film star Cate Blanchett. What could be finer than that?
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Durand Jones
Song of the Day: After yesterday’s great Offering from Gabriels, further fabulous retro and southern soul with Delta grit and uplifting spirituals, here by the Louisiana and Indiana singer, known also with band the Indications, and a single taken from the upcoming album, Wait Til I Get Over
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Gabriels majestic singer Jacob Lusk
Song of the Day: Another glorious, gorgeously stirring, defiant gift from the gospel trio of extraordinary singer Jacob Lusk, alongside Ryan Hope, and Ari Balouzian
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Brodie Milner
Song of the Day: A stomping indie/post-punk single with super-sharp self-deprecatory lyrics with a William Burroughs-referenced literary bent by the Hull singer and multi-instrumentalist
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The Raincoat’s Gina Birch’s solo album, I Play My Bass Loud
Song of the Day: A rip-roaring, passionate, powerful Breeders-style single from legendary The Raincoat’s co-founder and bass player, and perhaps the pick from her debut solo album I Play My Bass Loud
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The National’s forthcoming next album …
Song of the Day: Packed with vivid lyrics and referencing a certain British band, this gentle, wistful number by the five-piece Brooklyn-based band of Matt Berninger and the pairs of brothers Dessner and Devendorf comes from the next album, First Two Pages of Frankenstein
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