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Song of the Day: Sydney Minsky Sargeant - I Don’t Wanna

June 25, 2025 Peter Kimpton

Sydney Minsky Sargeant

Song of the Day: A vulnerable, tender, delicately glistening acoustic new single by the Todmorden-raised singer-songwriter from Working Men’s Club, heralding his upcoming debut solo album, Lunga, out on 12 September 2025 on Domino Records

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Song of the Day: The Hives - Paint a Picture

June 24, 2025 Peter Kimpton

From the video for The Hives’s new single, Paint a Picture

Song of the Day: The Swedish post-punk rockers return with a raucous, swaggering, riveting single with blistering changes of chorus pace, a stylish video inspired by the art style of Roy Lichtenstein, and heralding their upcoming album The Hives Forever Forever The Hives, out on 29 August on Play It Again Sam

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Song of the Day: corto.alto - DON'T LISTEN

June 22, 2025 Peter Kimpton

corto.alto - DON'T LISTEN

Song of the Day: The latest brilliantly original, experimental, eclectic cross-pollinated jazz-funk by the band led by Glasgow’s multi-instrumentalist producer Liam Shortall, with twisting, turning basslines, sax, percussion, fuzzy vocals and strings, out on Ninja Tune

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Song of the Day: Case Oats - Bitter Root Lake

June 21, 2025 Peter Kimpton

Case Oats’ upcoming album, Last Missouri Exit

Song of the Day: Smooth, catchy, conversational, warm, gentle but also poignant country rock by the Chicago band fronted by Casey Gomez Walker, heralding their upcoming debut album, Last Missouri Exit, out on 22 August via Merge Records

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Song of the Day: Man/Woman/Chainsaw - MadDog

June 20, 2025 Peter Kimpton

Man/Woman/Chainsaw

Song of the Day: Recently released alongside the track Adam & Steve, the innovative, alternative London indie band’s latest single combines post-punk, heavy rock, prog, and folk, decorated by violin and passionate vocal in a melange of melodious experiment, out on So Young Records

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Song of the Day: Yazmin Lacey - Ain't I Good For You

June 19, 2025 Peter Kimpton

Yazmin Lacey

Song of the Day: Delicious, classy, sprightly soul and RnB by the east London-born, Nottingham based pure-voiced singer-songwriter in a new track co-written with and produced by Eg White & Jonny Lattimer, and out on AMF Records

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Song of the Day: Deki Alem - House Fire

June 18, 2025 Peter Kimpton

Deki Alem - House Fire

Song of the Day: Stirring, dark, stylish hip-hop, trip-hop and dance music by the Swedish band fronted by Sammy and Johnny Boakye Bennett, with shades of The Prodigy and Faithless, heralding their upcoming debut album, Forget In Mass, out on Amuseio AB

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Song of the Day: Tom Rowlands (The Chemical Brothers) - We Are Nothing

June 17, 2025 Peter Kimpton

Tom Rowlands - We Are Nothing

Song of the Day: One half of the acclaimed British dance/electronica duo Chemical Brothers releases a catchy, quirky new number with skip beats, Prince-like funk, eccentric electronica and a ghostly voice in his first solo material since 2013 when appearing before on Erol Alkan’s London label Phantasy Sound

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Song of the Day: Cardinals - Big Empty Heart

June 16, 2025 Peter Kimpton

Cardinals

Song of the Day: A stylish, dramatic, dynamic, impassioned new single by the Irish indie-folk-rock-post-punk band from Cork comprising Aaron Hurley, Darragh Manning, Euan Manning, Finn Manning and Oskar Gudinovic, out on So Young Records

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Song of the Day: Gruff Rhys - Chwyn Chwyldroadol!

June 15, 2025 Peter Kimpton

Gruff Rhys

Song of the Day: A charming, catchy new number by the Cardiff-based indie singer-songwriter and former Super Furry Animals frontman, heralding his upcoming Welsh language album, Dim Probs out on 12 September, via Rock Action Records

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Song of the Day: Other Lives - Mystic

June 14, 2025 Peter Kimpton

Other Lives - Mystic

Song of the Day: Majestic, slow, shimmering experimental pop by the Oklahoma-formed, Portland Oregon-based band founded by Jesse Tabish, Jonathon Mooney, and Josh Onstott, heraldng their upcomng album Volume V, out on 10 October via Play It Again Sam

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Song of the Day: David Byrne - Everybody Laughs (featuring Brian Carpenter’s Ghost Train Orchestra)

June 13, 2025 Peter Kimpton

David Byrne returns in his own inimitable style, with an upcoming new album, Who Is The Sky?

Song of the Day: The ever innovative ex-Talking Heads frontman returns with a jaunty, restorative, upbeat new number capturing some universal human behaviour and emotions, heralding his new album, Who Is The Sky?, on out 5 September via Matador Records

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Song of the Day: Hand Habits - Wheel of Change

June 12, 2025 Peter Kimpton

Hand Habits - Wheel of Change heralds the upcoming album, Blue Reminder

Song of the Day: A tender, wistful, cautious, beautiful new number full of yearning, and walking an emotional tightrope, by the Los Angeles indie-folk-rock artist Meg Duffy, from the upcoming new album, Blue Reminder, out on 22 August via Fat Possum Records

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Song of the Day: Water From Your Eyes - Life Signs

June 11, 2025 Peter Kimpton

Water From Your Eyes: Nate Amos and Rachel Brown

Song of the Day: Dynamic, pace-changing, stylishly experimental indie rock with droll, clever delivery and shades of Deerhoof by the Brooklyn band of Nate Amos and Rachel Brown, heralding their forthcoming album It's a Beautiful Place, out on 22 August via Matador Records

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Song of the Day: Sudan Archives - Dead

June 10, 2025 Peter Kimpton

Sudan Archives - DEAD

Song of the Day: With her first new music since the 2022 LP Natural Brown Prom Queen, the LA-based American experimental violinist, singer, and songwriter Brittney Denise Parks’ new single is written as an exploration of orchestral Black dance music and the parts of ourselves that are more human than machine, and vice versa

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Song of the Day: Ethel Cain - Nettles

June 9, 2025 Peter Kimpton

Ethel Cain’s upcoming album, Willoughby Tucker, I'll Always Love You

Song of the Day: Liltingly gentle, and textured by guitars, pedal steel, fiddle and banjo, this achingly beautiful love song by the Tallahassee, Florida singer-songwriter Hayden Anhedonia, is the first single from the sophomore album Willoughby Tucker, I'll Always Love You, out on 8 August via Daughters of Cain

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Song of the Day: Junior Brother - Welcome To My Mountain

June 8, 2025 Peter Kimpton

Junior Brother

Song of the Day: Striking, mesmerically idiosyncratic, alternative, dark, flute-rich Irish folk by singer-songwriter aka Ronan Kealy from County Kerry, with a fantastical tale of modern madness, heralding his third album,The End, out on 5 September via Strap Originals

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Song of the Day: El Michels Affair featuring Clairo - Anticipate

June 7, 2025 Peter Kimpton

El Michels Affair featuring Clairo - Anticipate

Song of the Day: Beautiful, serene, smooth, luxuriant 70s-style pop by the New York instrumental band led by Leon Michels with the sublime voice of American singer-songwriter Claire Elizabeth Cottrill, from the forthcoming album 24 Hr Sports, out on September via Big Crown Records

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Song of the Day: Big Thief - Incomprehensible

June 6, 2025 Peter Kimpton

Big Thief’s upcoming album Double Infinity

Song of the Day: Heralding their upcoming new album Double Infinity, out on 5 September, via 4AD, Adrianne Lenker, Buck Meek and James Krivchenia return with a gorgeous, pacy new indie-folk-pop number filled with poetic images of the Canadian landscape, with lyrics also embracing change and getting older

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Song of the Day: Modern Nature - Pharaoh

June 5, 2025 Peter Kimpton

Modern Nature

Song of the Day: A gentle, clean sounding, krautrock-ish Can-like new single by the Cambridge, UK band with a double-edged theme “about the men we're conditioned to respect and follow and the people who inspire us to think differently”. It heralds their forthcoming new album, The Heat Warps, out on 29 August via Bella Union

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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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