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Beirut - Caspian Tiger
Song of the Day: This beautiful, melodic, gentle new release by the American experimental rock band fronted by Zach Condon was written to accompany the performance the idiosyncratic Stockholm-based contemporary circus group Kompani Giraffe
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Decius: Birth Of A Smirk
Song of the Day: A pair of entertainingly sensual and alternative acid house/ electronica numbers in this fun side project featuring Lias Saoudi from Fat White Family, brothers Liam and Luke May (founders of Trashmouth Records) and Quinn Whalley from Warmduscher
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Squid: digging deep into new musical territory
Song of the Day: This epic, enigmatic experimental new track, featuring harpsichord sounds alongside intricate guitars, driving beats and menacing lyrics, heralds the Brighton art-rock-post-punk band’s third LP, Cowards, out in February 2025 on Warp Records
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BADBADNOTGOOD featuring Tim Bernardes - Poeira Cosmica
Song of the Day: The Toronto instrumental trio of Chester Hansen, Alexander Sowinski, and Leland Whitty return with a fabulous jazz-Brazilian poetic fusion with the smooth, tender, soaring voice of singer-guitarist of the São Paulo band, O Terno
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Julia Holter (Photo: Camille Blake)
Song of the Day: A gorgeous, delicately quirky, synth-laden and gently percussive new single by the brilliantly innovative Los Angeles artist whose previous acclaimed works include the 2024 album Something in the Room She Moves and 2018’s Aviary
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Song of the Day: Celeste - This is Who I Am
Song of the Day: The welcome return of the golden-voiced British soul singer from Brighton feels like another timeless classic – slow falling bassline, soaring coda, powerfully emotive, with piano and orchestra, it comes from the new TV drama version of The Day of The Jackal
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Låpsley - Church
Song of the Day: The singer-songwriter from York, Holly Lapsley Fletcher, returns with a beautiful, candid, autobiographical, acoustic finger-picking number about still waiting to find life’s directions, and with a Joni Mitchell namecheck
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Doves’ forthcoming sixth studio album, Constellations For The Lonely
Song of the Day: The Manchester indie band return forthcoming album Constellations For The Lonely with a dark, powerful, cinematic number inspired by the film Blade Runner and the speech by Roy Batty speech on inevitable death, yet “I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe”
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Oracle Sisters - Alouette
Song of the Day: Pacy but serene, perky, witty indie by the Paris-based trio of Lewis Lazar, Christopher Willatt, and Finnish musician Julia Johansen, featuring an entertainingly ironic, demonstrative video, and out on Wizard Artists
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Nitefire’s EP, Ameripop! out on Concord Records
Song of the Day: Catchy, quirky, punchy post-punk by the young LA band with electo-pop ripples and echoes of New York’s LCD Soundsystem and the style of 90s Brit rockers Supergrass, taken from their new EP Ameripop!, now via Concord Records
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Bartees Strange’s upcoming album, Horror
Song of the Day: Soulful but spooky alternative rock and pop by the Washington DC-based singer-songwriter and producer with single about “this that scare me and being overwhelmed by life”, heralding his forthcoming LP, Horror, out 14 February via 4AD
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Cameron Winter
Song of the Day: “We live in dangerous times and this land is falling apart.” The lead singer of New York band Geese releases a beautifully tender, melancholy solo number that appears personal and prescient, out on Partisan Records/Play It Again Sam
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Ethel Cain - Punish
Song of the Day: Haunting, ethereal, dark, spiritual, otherworldly, and influenced by Georgian chant and Southern Goth, the latest single by the artist Hayden Anhedönia from Tallahassee, Florida, heralds her forthcoming new project, Perverts, out on Daughters of Cain Records
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LCD Soundsystem - X-Ray Eyes
Song of the Day: Infectiously catchy, stripped back, electro-synth-post-punk by the popular New York band fronted by James Murphy with a new single serving as teaser for an as yet unfinished new album, out on Columbia Records
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World News - Junkie
Song of the Day: Delightfully dynamic, stirring, melodic, jangly guitar work with a Stone Roses influence in this new single by the London-based indie quartet, out on Pie & Mash Records
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In full bloom: Richard Dawson
Song of the Day: This warm, beautiful, tender, poetic new single by the British experimental folk artist evokes a gardener finding comfort in the the noble, calming, sometimes mysterious business of raising vegetables and heralds Dawson’s new album End of the Middle, to be released on 14 February 2025 on Weird World / Domino Records
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Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory - the album, is out on 7 February
Song of the Day: Springboarding a new approach and sound with her band, the New York artist’s new single, despite the dark, grief-stricken subject matter, is euphoric, and heralds her forthcoming album Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory, out 7 February on Jagjaguwar
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Song of the Day: Searing rock by the talented Hastings trio of Tallulah Sim-Savage, Lola Sam, and Alfie Sayers, and the first single taken from their forthcoming debut album, Hot Shock, out in March 2025 on Marathon Artists
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Anna B Savage’s upcoming third album You & i are Earth is out in January on City Slang
Song of the Day: “There’s magic here.” An exquisite, intimate but also energetic new single by the British experimental folk singer-songwriter, heralding her upcoming third album You & i are Earth, out on 24 January via City Slang Records
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Do Nothing are back with new material
Song of the Day: After 2023’s excellent debut LP Snake Sideways, the Nottingham experimental indie quartet featuring the distinctive voice of singer Chris Bailey return with dark, quirky, sharp and pointed song about childhood memories, a bully and a reference to the Terminator 2 actress
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