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Song of the Day: Wallice - Disappear

June 16, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Wallice’s new EP is title Mr Big Shot

Song of the Day: Striking, stylish indie by the Los Angeles artist Wallice Hana Watanabe in this single about those moments when you want to hide, her third of 2023 following two previous EPs and the forthcoming new one, Mr Big Shot, out on Dirty Hit Records

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Song of the Day: Quantic - Run (featuring Andreya Triana)

June 15, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Quantic and Andreya Triana: Run

Song of the Day: Prolific British musician and producer Will Holland returns with a rapturous disco number with his trademark mix of Latin and African grooves, funk and jazz, here also featuring the wonderful soulful delivery and co-writing of the singer from south London

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Song of the Day: Jessica Winter - Choreograph (Limerence EP)

June 14, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Jessica Winter

Song of the Day: Stylish, classy, genre-spanning, passionate pop by the soaring voiced singer-songwriter from south London from her latest EP, Limerence, wrestling various perspectives on the difficulties of love. Out on Lucky Number Music

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Song of the Day: Say She She - C'est Si Bon

June 13, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Say She She - C'est Si Bon

Song of the Day: Written in classic hot summer 70s disco, funk and soul vibe, complete with cheeky tinkly bell, a tribute to that era’s club culture with a flavours of Paris, London and New York’s Chic by the Brooklyn female-led band. Out on Colemine Records

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Song of the Day: Madeline Kenney – I Drew A Line

June 12, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Madeline Kenney forthcoming new LP A New Reality Mind

Song of the Day: Stylish, classy, clever alternative electro-pop/folk/rock by the artist from Oakland, California, with beautiful vocal harmonies, acoustic strings, sax, and synth lines, taken from her forthcoming new LP, A New Reality Mind, out on 28 July via Carpark Records

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Song of the Day: Jacana People & Antony Szmierek - Twist Forever

June 9, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Jacana People & Antony Szmierek - Twist Forever

Song of the Day: With array of twinkly electronics and dance beats by the British production duo of Aaron Miller and Robert Wheatley, an uplifting, reflective number featuring the Mancunian poet about making the most of your time when life is short

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Song of the Day: Magia Bruta - Biking (Algo mejor)

June 7, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Magia Bruta’s latest album, Un día nuevo, out on Foehn Records

Song of the Day: Following yesterday’s experimental Snowapple track, some beautifully floating and ethereally alternative electronica, dream pop and folk by the Barcelona band, the latest single from their current album Un día nuevo, out on Foehn Records

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Song of the Day: Snowapple - I, CYBORG

June 6, 2023 Peter Kimpton

From the video for Snowapple’s I, CYBORG

Song of the Day: Innovative, strange, dark and mesmeric, this new single by the Netherlands-based international art collective focuses gender and politics through a cyborg prism with beguiling, gradually building alt pop, art rock, cyberpunk and sonic synth landscapes

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Song of the Day: Palehound - My Evil

June 5, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Palehound’s next album, Eye On The Bat, is out on July

Song of the Day: Clever, witty, candid, tender, self-detrimental, finely constructed indie by the Brooklyn artist Ellen Kempner with a song of shamefully realising “Yes, you ARE the asshole” from their new album, Eye on the Bat, out Polyvinyl Records in July.

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Song of the Day: CMAT - Have Fun!

June 4, 2023 Peter Kimpton

CMAT is back

Song of the Day: The latest single by Dublin singer-songwriter Ciara Mary-Alice Thompson is a perky, catchy piece of piano-led pop with a dash of country and is about taking carefree risks for love

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Song of the Day: Holly Walker - How Can I Tell You

June 3, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Holly Walker

Song of the Day: After yesterday’s Margaret Glaspy, another track about feeling uncertain how to respond over a relationship, here with the beautifully haunting voice and melody of London singer-songwriter

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Song of the Day: Margaret Glaspy - Act Natural

June 2, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Margaret Glaspy’s new album Echo The Diamond is due in August

Song of the Day: Classic songwriting with seamless chord changes, beautiful melody and clever lyrics by the American artist in a number about trying to play it cool when you meet someone remarkable. It comes from her forthcoming new album, Echo The Diamond

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Song of the Day: Teenage Fanclub - Foreign Land

June 1, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Teenage Fanclub

Song of the Day: With distinctive rich vocal harmonies and warm guitars, the veteran Scottish indie alt-rock band return with a single from their 13th studio album, Nothing Lasts Forever out in September on PeMa and Merge

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Song of the Day: Saya Gray - DIZZY PPL BECOME BLURRY (from QWERTY EP)

May 31, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Saya Gray’s new EP, QWERTY

Song of the Day: The opening track of the London experimental artist’s new 7-track EP is an extraordinary mix of rippling piano, electronica, thunderous drums and oddball-beautiful vocal harmonies

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Song of the Day: Joyeria - Death

May 30, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Joyeria’s EP, FIM

Song of the Day: Killer lyrics on a timeless subject with deadpan delivery, a sprinkle of woodwind and an Elvis reference from brilliant London-based Canadian singer-songwriter, reminiscent of Smog/Bill Callahan and Silver Jews with another great song from his latest EP, FIM, out on Speedy Wunderground / PIAS

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Song of the Day: Angelo De Augustine - The Ballad of Betty and Barney Hill

May 29, 2023 Peter Kimpton

From the animated video for Angelo De Augustine’s The Ballad of Betty and Barney Hill

Song of the Day: A change of pace today with a beautifully dream-like, otherworldly, beguiling psych-acoustic number of semi-whispered vocals, based on on the story of a 1961 UFO sighting in New Hampshire in which the Hills couple, with their dog, Delsey, claimed to have been abducted by extraterrestrials

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Song of the Day: Royal Blood - Mountains at Midnight

May 28, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Royal Blood’s Mike Kerr and Ben Thatcher

Song of the Day: After yesterday’s QOTSA number, a another new piece of brand new blistering rock by a band surely influenced by them, the Brighton duo Mike Kerr and Ben Thatcher from their next and fourth album Back To The Water Below

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Song of the Day: Queens of the Stone Age - Emotion Sickness

May 27, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Queens of the Stone Age new album out in June - Times New Roman

Song of the Day: A rockin’ Saturday return with this new single by the Seattle-formed band fronted by Josh Homme, with classic guitar sounds and a chorus that has echoes of late-60s Cream, and is taken from their forthcoming album, Times New Roman

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Song of the Day: Raelle - Grace (Bloodlines EP)

May 25, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Raelle’s new EP, Bloodlines, is out now

Song of the Day: Gorgeous soulful pop with a divinely smooth voice, gentle beats and orchestration by the south London singer-songwriter, taken from her new EP, Bloodlines

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Song of the Day: CLT DRP - New Boy

May 24, 2023 Peter Kimpton

CLT DRP

Song of the Day: Striking, powerful, turbulent punk/electronica single by the Brighton trio with searingly candid lyrics about a stormy post-breakup state of mind, shouty vocals and electrifying stop-start rhythms

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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 3, 2026
Greg Mendez: Beauty Land
June 3, 2026

New album: A gently ironic title, but no doubting beauty of the sound, reminiscent of the late, great Elliott Smith, this new gem of a lo-fi LP is full of mildly tragic, sensitive, thoughtful 14 short numbers by the Philadelphia high falsetto singer-songwriter

June 3, 2026
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June 3, 2026
Iceage: For Love of Grace & The Hereafter
June 3, 2026

New album: A stylishly ramshackle, brilliantly brash’n’breezy punk-shoegaze feral sixth studio LP, streamlining sounds from 50s rock’n’roll through to early 00s indie by the Copenhagen band fronted by Elias Rønnenfelt, successfully fulfilling their aim on this to be “immediate, urgent, raw and fast” across themes of romantic devotion with violent chaos and nihilism

June 3, 2026
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June 2, 2026
Boards of Canada: Inferno
June 2, 2026

New album: Scotland’s hugely influential electronic experimental sibling duo Mike Sandison and Marcus Eoin return 13 years after their last LP, Tomorrow’s Harvest, with an epic 18-track collection that dissects the psychology of religion with distorted vocal samples and cut-ups across landscapes of dystopian synth textures and beats

June 2, 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
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June 9, 2026
Song of the Day: JJerome87 - Mr. Alligator
June 9, 2026

Song of the Day: A bluesy, smooth, luxuriantly produced Americana number about a dubious authority figure by the British songwriter and musician Joe Newman, frontman of the Mercury winning band alt-J, in this latest single from his debut solo album, The Canyon, out on 26 June via Mushroom Music/ Virgin

June 9, 2026
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June 8, 2026
Song of the Day: Baalti & Lapgan - Romance / Ipa Ma
June 8, 2026

Song of the Day: Vibrant, rhythmic, experimental electronica and dance music sampling Bollywood, Bengali disco, Hindustani classical and Gujarati folk by the NY-based pair Jaiveer Singh, Mihir Chauhan, joined by producer Gaurav Nagpa, from their recent album, Threads, out on Azal/FADER

June 8, 2026
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June 7, 2026
Song of the Day: Margaret Glaspy - Michigan
June 7, 2026

Song of the Day: A beautiful finger-picked acoustic single by New York-based Californian singer-songwriter about escaping the big city post breakup, heralding her upcoming album I Am Both out on 7 August via ATO

June 7, 2026
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June 6, 2026
Song of the Day: LA Priest - Into The Sky
June 6, 2026

Song of the Day: High-octane electronica and euphoric, dance music by the eccentric, eclectic US artist Sam Eastgate with his first music for two years, and a highly entertaining video, out on Domino Records

June 6, 2026
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June 5, 2026
Song of the Day: Ibeyi - Aset / Offerings
June 5, 2026

Song of the Day: A pair of sensual, soulfully vivid new singles partly sung in Spanish, and the first new music for four years from the French-Cuban twin sisters Lisa-Kaindé Diaz and Naomi Diaz, heralding their upcoming fourth album, Offering, out on 26 June via AWAL Recordings

June 5, 2026

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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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