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Song of the Day: Ugly - Hands of Man

December 19, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Ugly - Hands of Man

Song of the Day: Rich vocal harmonies, interweaving acoustic instruments and a dynamic structure building to a powerful crescendo come in this mesmeric new single from the Cambridge-formed band

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Song of the Day: Fat White Family - Religion For One

December 18, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Fat White Family - Religion For One

Song of the Day: The mischievously erudite British post-punk experimentalists return with a gently caustic, darkly sinister Leonard Cohen-style take on cultural narcissism with a video parodying art and self-expression

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Song of the Day: Honeymoan - Pickup, Don't Pickup (from Sorry Like You Mean It album)

December 16, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Honeymoan’s debut album Sorry Like You Mean It

Song of the Day: The opening track to the Cape Town-formed, London-based indie pop band as a stomping, steamy, sharply rhythmic track dripping in caustic, erotic jealousy, and is the opening track to their recent debut album, Sorry Like You Mean It

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Song of the Day: Gossip - Crazy Again

December 15, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Crazy again: Beth Ditto and co are back …

Song of the Day: With a thrumming bass but also a notably tender and catchy love song, the Arkansas-formed indie trio fronted by the charismatic Beth Ditto return after more than a decade away to herald a new album, Real Power, produced by Rick Rubin

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Song of the Day: Lucinda Chua: Rose Garden

December 14, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Lucinda Chua’s EP, Reclaiming The Rose

Song of the Day: A deliciously intimate new love song with close-mic vocals and delicate, shimmering orchestral backing by the British singer-singer from her new EP, Reclaiming The Rose, out on 4AD

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Song of the Day: Adrianne Lenker - Ruined

December 13, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Adrianne Lenker - Ruined

Song of the Day: The Big Thief singer-songwriter returns with gorgeously fragile, piano-based single about damaging dysfunctional, repetitive, romantic obsession with a melody that’s beautifully bittersweet

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Song of the Day: Annie Dressner: 18 Years

December 12, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Annie Dressner: 18 Years

Song of the Day: Bright, uplifting and elegantly shuffling in sound, but melancholy in lyrics – a classic combination – this new single by the New York folk-pop singer-songwriter is about self-recrimination:“You have nothing and no one but yourself to blame”

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Song of the Day: Kahil El'Zabar's Ethnic Heritage Ensemble - Compared to What

December 11, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Kahil El'Zabar's Ethnic Heritage Ensemble (EHE) - Kahil El'Zabar (middle), Corey Wilkes (left) and Alex Harding (right)

Song of the Day: The veteran singer-percussionist and friends release a fabulous 8-minute, jazz-blues interpretation of the Eugene McDaniel protest song, taken from the forthcoming album Open Me, A Higher Consciousness of Sound and Spirit, out on 8 March on Spiritmuse Records

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Song of the Day: O. - Slice

December 8, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Slice by O.

Song of the Day: The title track from the debut EP by the exciting, experimental, energetic King Tubby-influenced London duo of baritone saxophonist Joseph Henwood and drummer Tash Keary, out on Speedy Wunderground and produced by Dan Carey

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Song of the Day: Dutch Uncles - At The Wheel

December 7, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Dutch Uncles - At The Wheel

Song of the Day: Taut, tight, restrained, this classy, gently funky indie pop number is new by the quartet from Marple, south of Manchester, and follows their album released earlier this year, True Entertainment, out on Memphis Industries

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Song of the Day: MGMT - Mother Nature / Bubblegum Dog

December 6, 2023 Peter Kimpton

MGMT’s forthcoming album, Loss of Life

Song of the Day: Heralding their first album in six years and their fifth overall – Loss Of Life – out in February,2024, a couple of gentle, but poignant and powerful metaphorical animal numbers by the American neo-psychedelic rock and experimental pop band

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Song of the Day: Future Islands - The Tower

December 5, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Cover of Future Islands’ forthcoming album People Who Aren't There Anymore

Song of the Day: A poignant, vivid, uplifting, gently tuneful new electro-pop single by the Baltimore band fronted by the inimitable Samuel T. Herring, taken from the forthcoming new album, People Who Aren't There Anymore, out on 26 January via 4AD

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Song of the Day: Bolis Pupul - Completely Half

December 4, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Bolis Pupul’s debut solo album LETTER TO YU is out in March 2024

Song of the Day: Brilliantly clean sounding, evocative electro-pop with shades of Kraftwerk by the Belgian musician from Ghent, in a new song featuring Hong Kong field recordings and video to match, and heralding his forthcoming debut solo LP

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Song of the Day: Genesis Owusu - Survivor

December 3, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Genesis Owusu

Song of the Day: This striking new track by the Ghanaian-Australian rapper from Canberra, Australia (Kofi Owusu-Ansah) is a punchy potent mix of hip-hop, punk, funk, gospel and electro-pop, now an extension to this year’s August-released sophomore album, Struggler

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Song of the Day: UTO - Zombie

December 2, 2023 Peter Kimpton

UTO - Zombie

Song of the Day: Clever, catchy, wittily droll electro-pop by the French band with a song about a cursed love story between a human and a monster, offering seductive, ominous allure

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Song of the Day: The Jesus And Mary Chain - jamcod

December 1, 2023 Peter Kimpton

The Jesus And Mary Chain’s forthcoming new album, Glasgow Eyes

Song of the Day: The legendary East Kilbride alternative rock band returns with a spine-tingling, dark banger of a single heralding their forthcoming next album, Glasgow Eyes, out in March 2024 on Fuzz Club

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Song of the Day: Ed Harcourt - Strange Beauty

November 30, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Ed Harcourt - Strange Beauty

Song of the Day: Heralding his next studio album, El Magnifico, the English singer-songwriter returns with classic, soaring, piano-based, romantic pop number “that uses visceral imagery to convey that classic old feeling of love and the immense power it has”

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Song of the Day: Björk with ROSALÍA - Oral

November 28, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Björk and Rosalía spar in the video

Song of the Day: The distinctively stylish Icelandic and Spanish stars combine on a soaring new track about uncertain romance, with all funds raised going to the non-profit organisation AEGIS to combat and raise awareness of the dangers of open pen fish farming in Iceland

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Song of the Day: Jacques - Absolve

November 27, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Jacques - Absolve

Song of the Day: A beautifully original, gradually building, mesmerically experimental pop single by the Parisian artist, rich in strings and alternative sounds, with a fabulously odd video set in the Louvre gallery

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Song of the Day: da Googie - Slither (from Split LP with Too Many Things)

November 26, 2023 Peter Kimpton

The Split LP by da Googie (aka Deb Googe) and Too Many Things

Song of the Day: Dark, scratchy, mysterious, and devilishly different, this is the mesmeric opening number on a brand new three-track solo project by Deb Googe, revered bass player with My Bloody Valentine, Thurston Moore Group and Brix Smith

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New Albums …

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Jan 29, 2026
Tessa Rose Jackson: The Lighthouse
Jan 29, 2026

New album: Beautiful, intricate, understated, poetic and intelligent, this warm, inviting experimental folk by the Dutch-British singer-songwriter is the first LP under her own name, having previously released three as the artist Someone

Jan 29, 2026
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Jan 28, 2026
Lucinda Williams: World's Gone Wrong
Jan 28, 2026

New album: The acclaimed veteran country, rock and Americana singer-songwriter and multi-Grammy winner’s latest LP has a title that speaks for itself, but is powerful, angry, defiant and uplifting, and, recorded in Nashville, features guest vocals from Norah Jones, Mavis Staples and Brittney Spencer

Jan 28, 2026
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Jan 27, 2026
Clothesline From Hell: Slather On The Honey
Jan 27, 2026

New album: His moniker mischievously named after a wrestling move, a highly impressive, independently-created experimental, psychedelic rock debut the the Toronto-based multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter Adam LaFramboise

Jan 27, 2026
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Jan 27, 2026
Dead Dads Club: Dead Dads Club
Jan 27, 2026

New album: Dynamic, passionate, heart-stirring indie rock in this project fronted by Chilli Jesson (formerly bassist of Palma Violets) with songs spurred by the trauma of losing his father 20 years ago, retelling a defiant and difficult aftermath, with sound boosted by producer Carlos O’Connell of Fontaines D.C.

Jan 27, 2026
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Jan 25, 2026
The Paper Kites: If You Go There, I Hope You Find It
Jan 25, 2026

New album: Warm, tender, gently-paced, calmly reflective, beautifully soothing, poetic, melancholic alternative folk and Americana by the band from Melbourne in their seventh LP in 15 years

Jan 25, 2026
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Jan 24, 2026
PVA: No More Like This
Jan 24, 2026

New album: Inventive, alluring, sensual, mysterious, minimalistic electronica, trip-hop and experimental pop by the London trio of Ella Harris, Joshua Baxter and Louis Satchell, in this second album following 2022’s Blush, boosted by the creativity of producer and instrumentalist Kwake Bass

Jan 24, 2026
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Jan 20, 2026
Imarhan: Essam
Jan 20, 2026

New album: A mesmeric fourth LP in a decade by the band from Tamanrasset, Algeria, whose name means ‘the ones I care about’, their Tuareg music mixing guitar riffs, pop melodies and African rhythms, but this time also evolves slightly away from the desert blues rocky, bluesy influence of contemporaries Tinariwen with electronic elements

Jan 20, 2026
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Jan 20, 2026
Courtney Marie Andrews: Valentine
Jan 20, 2026

New album: Emotional, beautiful, stirring, Americana, folk and indie-pop by singer-songwriter from Phoenix, Arizona, in this latest studio LP in of soaring voice, strong melodies, love, vulnerability and heartbreak, longing and bravery

Jan 20, 2026
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Jan 18, 2026
Julianna Barwick & Mary Lattimore: Tragic Magic
Jan 18, 2026

New album: Delicate, beautiful, ethereal, meditative new work by the two American experimental composers in their first collaborative LP, with gentle understated vocals, classic synth sounds, and rare harps chosen from from the Paris Musée de la Musique Collection

Jan 18, 2026
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Jan 16, 2026
Sleaford Mods: The Demise of Planet X
Jan 16, 2026

New album: The caustic wit of Nottingham’s Jason Williamson and Andrew Fearn return with a 13th LP of brilliantly abrasive, dark humoured hip-hop and catchy beats, addressing the rubbish state of the world, as well as local, personal and social irritations through slick nostalgic cultural reference, some expanded sounds, and an eclectic set of guests

Jan 16, 2026
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Jan 14, 2026
SAULT: Chapter 1
Jan 14, 2026

New album: As ever, released suddenly without fanfare or any publicity, the prolific experimental soul, jazz, gospel, funk, psychedelia and disco collective of Cleo Sol, Info (aka Dean Josiah Cover) and co return with a stylish, mysterious LP

Jan 14, 2026
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Jan 14, 2026
The Cribs: Selling A Vibe
Jan 14, 2026

New album: A first LP in five years by the likeable and solid guitar indie-rock Jarman brothers trio from Wakefield, now with their ninth - a catchy, but at times with rueful, bittersweet perspectives on their times in the music business

Jan 14, 2026
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Jan 9, 2026
Dry Cleaning: Secret Love
Jan 9, 2026

New album: This third LP by the London experimental post-punk quartet with the distinctive, spoken, droll delivery of Florence Shaw, is packed with striking, vivid, often non seqitur lyrics capturing life’s surreal mundanities and neuroses with a sound coloured and polished by Cate Le Bon as producer

Jan 9, 2026
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Dec 31, 2025
Various Artists: ICELOCK CONTINUUM
Dec 31, 2025

New album: An inspiring, evocative, sensual and sonically tactile experimental compilation from the fabulously named underground French label Camembert Électrique, with range of international electronic artists capturing cold winter weather’s many textures - cracking, delicate crunchy ice, snow, electric fog, and frost in many fierce and fragile forms across 98 adventurous tracks

Dec 31, 2025

new songs …

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Jan 29, 2026
Song of the Day: Holly Humberstone - To Love Somebody
Jan 29, 2026

Song of the Day: Shimmeringly catchy and singalong, effervescent Abba-esque and Fleetwood Mac-ish piano and synth pop with an eye-catching, vampiric-themed video by the British singer-songwriter from Grantham, heralding her second album Cruel World out on 10 April via Polydor/Universal.

Jan 29, 2026
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Jan 28, 2026
Song of the Day: Nathan Fake - Slow Yamaha
Jan 28, 2026

Song of the Day: Hypnotic electronica with woozy layers of smooth resonance and a lattice of shifting analogue patterns by the British artist from Norfolk, taken from his forthcoming album, Evaporator, out on InFiné Music

Jan 28, 2026
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Jan 27, 2026
Song of the Day: Charlotte Day Wilson - Lean (featuring Saya Gray)
Jan 27, 2026

Song of the Day: Stylish, striking, sensual experimental electro-pop and R&B in this fabulous collaboration between the two Canadian singer/ multi-instrumentalist from Toronto, out on Stone Woman Music/ XL Recordings

Jan 27, 2026
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Jan 26, 2026
Song of the Day: Lime Garden - 23
Jan 26, 2026

Song of the Day: Wonderfully catchy, witty, quirky indie pop about age and adjustment by the Brighton-formed quartet fronted by Chloe Howard, heralding their upcoming album Maybe Not Tonight, out on So Young Records on 10 April

Jan 26, 2026
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Jan 25, 2026
Song of the Day: Madra Salach - The Man Who Seeks Pleasure
Jan 25, 2026

Song of the Day: A powerful, slow-simmering and gradually intensifying, drone-based original folk number about the the flipsides of love and hedonism by the young Irish traditional and alternative folk band, with comparisons to Lankum, from the recently released EP It's a Hell of an Age, out on Canvas Music

Jan 25, 2026
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Jan 24, 2026
Song of the Day: Adult DVD - Real Tree Lee
Jan 24, 2026

Song of the Day: Catchy, witty, energised acid-dance-punk with echoes of Underworld and Snapped Ankles by the dynamic, innovative band from Leeds in a new number about a dodgy character of toxic masculinity and online ignorance, and their first release on signing to Fat Possum

Jan 24, 2026
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Jan 23, 2026
Song of the Day: Arctic Monkeys - Opening Night (for War Child HELP 2 charity album)
Jan 23, 2026

Song of the Day: A simmering, potent, contemplative new track by acclaimed Sheffield band, their first song since 2022’s album The Car, with proceeds benefiting the charity War Child, heralding the upcoming HELP (2) compilation out on 6 March with various contributors

Jan 23, 2026
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Jan 22, 2026
Song of the Day: White Denim - (God Created) Lock and Key
Jan 22, 2026

Song of the Day: The Austin, Texas-formed LA-based rockers return with an infectiously catchy groove fusing rock, funk, dub, soul, and down-dirty blues with some playful self-mythologising and darker themes, heralding 13th album, 13, out on 24 April via Bella Union

Jan 22, 2026
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Jan 21, 2026
Song of the Day: Holy Fuck - Evie
Jan 21, 2026

Song of the Day: The Canadian experimental indie rock and electronica quartet from Toronto return with a pulsating new track of thrumming bass and shimmering keyboards, heralding their forthcoming new album Event Beat, out on 27 March via Satellite Services

Jan 21, 2026
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Jan 20, 2026
Song of the Day: KAVARI - IRON VEINS
Jan 20, 2026

Song of the Day: Exciting, cutting-edge electronica and hardcore dance music by innovative the Birkenhead-born, Glasgow-based artist Cameron Winters (she), with a stylish, striking video, heralding the forthcoming EP, PLAGUE MUSIC, out digitally and on 12-inch vinyl on 6 February via XL Recordings

Jan 20, 2026
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Jan 19, 2026
Song of the Day: A$AP Rocky - Punk Rocky
Jan 19, 2026

Song of the Day: The standout catchy hip-pop/soul/pop track from the New York rapper aka Rakim Athelston Mayers’ (also the husband of Rihanna) recently released album, Don’t Be Dumb, featuring also the voice of Cristoforo Donadi, and out on A$AP Rocky Recordings

Jan 19, 2026
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Jan 18, 2026
Song of the Day: Buck Meek - Gasoline
Jan 18, 2026

Song of the Day: The Texas-born Big Thief guitarist returns with an beautifully stirring, evocative, poetic love-enthralled indie-folk single of free association made-up words and quantum leap feelings, rolling drums and strums, heralding his upcoming fourth solo album, The Mirror, out on 27 February via 4AD

Jan 18, 2026

Word of the week

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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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Dec 24, 2025
Word of the week: bellonion (or belloneon)
Dec 24, 2025

Word of the week: It sounds like a bulbous, multi-layered peeling vegetable, but this obscure mechanical musical instrument invented in 1812 in Dresden consisted of 24 trumpets and two kettle drums and, designed to mimic the sound of a marching band, might also make your eyes water

Dec 24, 2025
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Dec 4, 2025
Word of the week: crapulence
Dec 4, 2025

Word of the week: A term that may apply regularly during Xmas party season, from the from the Latin crapula, in turn from the Greek kraipálē meaning "drunkenness" or "headache" pertains to sickness symptoms caused by excess in eating or drinking, or general intemperance and overindulgence

Dec 4, 2025
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Nov 20, 2025
Word of the week: discalceate
Nov 20, 2025

Word of the week: A rarely used, but often practised verb, especially when arriving home, it means to take off your shoes, but is also a slightly more common adjective meaning barefoot or unshod, particularly for certain religious orders that wear sandals instead of shoes. But in what context does this come up in song?

Nov 20, 2025

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