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Song of the Day: Grandaddy - Watercooler

October 27, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Grandaddy’s forthcoming new album, Blu Wav

Song of the Day: Filled with perfectly pace and pathos, and beautifully sensitive, empathetic but also droll new number about a stifled office romance by the California indie alt-country band fronted by Jason Lytle, heralding their seventh LP in almost 30 years – Blu Wav

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Song of the Day: Boygenius - Black Hole

October 17, 2023 Peter Kimpton

The boygenius trio’s follow-up EP, The Rest

Song of the Day: After their acclaimed LP, The Record early this year, the Americana supergroup trio of Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers, and Lucy Dacus return with a four-track EP, including this first track, a beautiful folk number that builds into a gorgeous crescendo

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In 2023, alt-country, Americana, folk, country, pop Tags boygenius, Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers, Lucy Dacus, Interscope
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Song of the Day: Whitney - Kansas

August 13, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Whitney’s new single, Kansas

Song of the Day: Serenely beautiful, poetic fusion of Americana, country and 70s-style folk with lovely vocal harmonies by the Chicago band of Max Kakacek, Julien Ehrlich and co, following last year’s fourth album, Spark. Out on Secretly Canadian

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Song of the Day: Sam Burton - Long Way Around

April 13, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Sam Burton’s forthcoming album, Dear Departed, out on Partisan Records

Song of the Day: Sounding from another era, that of the 70s and Harry Nilsson, a wonderfully powerful and romantic voice and number from the contemporary Los Angeles singer-songwriter from his forthcoming album Dear Departed, out in July on Partisan Records

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Song of the Day: Cinder Well - Two Heads, Grey Mare

April 3, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Cadence, the new album by Cinder Well

Song of the Day: A beautifully atmospheric new release by Amelia Baker’s experimental folk project about a human spending a night with a selkie-like vision who comes out of the water, from the forthcoming album, Cadence

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Song of the Day: Angel Olsen - Nothing's Free

March 12, 2023 Peter Kimpton

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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Song of the Day: Boygenius - Not Strong Enough

March 8, 2023 Peter Kimpton

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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Christmas Songs Selection 2022: Laufey, Phoebe Bridgers, Amanda Shires, Rosie Thomas, Sara Noelle, Titus Andronicus, Silversun Pickups/Low

December 25, 2022 Peter Kimpton

So Much Wine covered by Phoebe Bridgers

Songs of the Day: It’s the season where music market is flooded with Christmas songs seeking to cash in with the cheesy, sentimental and traditional. Here, there’s still no shortage of sleigh bells, but from covers to originals this small selection might be worth a listen at any time …

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Song of the Day: Meg Baird - Will You Follow Me Home?

November 28, 2022 Peter Kimpton

Meg Baird

Song of the Day: Also followed up with another single, Star Hill Song, a beautiful track of thrumming bass and ethereal vocals from the San Francisco folk singer’s forthcoming album Furling, out on Drag City Records

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Song of the Day: Caitlin Rose - Black Obsidian

September 7, 2022 Peter Kimpton

Caitlin Rose’s forthcoming album CAZIMI

Song of the Day: Classy, powerful, emotive, vivid and a mix of country, pop and rock, the latest single reflecting on a dark relationship by the Nashville singer-songwriter comes from her forthcoming latest album CAZIMI, out in November on Pearl Tower Records

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Song of the Day: Native Harrow - Old Kind of Magic

August 6, 2022 Peter Kimpton

Native Harrow’s upcoming new album Old Kind of Magic

Song of the Day: A beautiful, bittersweet new single of retro folk by the American married duo of Devin Tuel & Stephen Harms, reminiscent of sun-bleached melancholy of 70s Joni Mitchell or Sandy Denny with Newport Convention, and title track of the forthcoming new album

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Song of the Day: Lambchop - Police Dog Blues

July 5, 2022 Peter Kimpton

From the video for Lambchop’s Police Dog Blues

Song of the Day: Moving again away from his best known alt-country style, Kurt Wagner returns with an extraordinary experimental fusion of jazz, gospel and soul with this song that imagines a post-apocalyptic world where ex-police dogs roam

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Song of the Day: Joyeria – Wild Joy

June 20, 2022 Peter Kimpton

Joyeria

Song of the Day: Fabulously droll, the latest single by the London-based Canadian singer-songwriter has echoes of David Berman of Silver Jews, and focuses ironically on a character with memories of the good times, but wondering where they went as he battles depression

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Song of the Day: Sylvie – Stealing Time

June 7, 2022 Peter Kimpton

Sylvie’s forthcoming album, out in October, but currently available to pre-order and partly download

Song of the Day: A gorgeous, slow track of mid-70s Laurel Canyon-style songwriting by South Carolina’s Ben Schwab, here featuring the vocals of Sam Burton from a forthcoming self-titled album, and inspired by the discovery by Schwab of a box of 1975 tape recordings by his father John’s band, Mad Anthony

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Song of the Day: Color Green - High and Low

April 18, 2022 Peter Kimpton

Color Green’s new single covers the full spectrum

Song of the Day: Bluesy, slightly Rolling Stones-y, but above all a timelessly classy though new piece of Americana meets New Orleans-style soul that builds with a soaring voice, by the California pair of Noah Kohll and Corey Madden

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Song of the Day: Nina Nastasia - Just Stay In Bed

April 10, 2022 Peter Kimpton

Nina Nastasia

Song of the Day: A lazy Sunday song? There’s so more going on here in this new single from American folk singer-songwriter, taken from her forthcoming seventh album, Riderless Horse, and first for 12 years since 2010’s Outlaster

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Song of the Day: Kevin Morby - This Is a Photograph

March 8, 2022 Peter Kimpton

Kevin Morby’s forthcoming album This Is A Photograph

Song of the Day: This melodically strong and moving new number by the American singer-songwriter is the title track of his forthcoming album and vividly captures time passing and other pressures of family life through the prism of an old camera image

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Song of the Day: Kurt Vile - Like Exploding Stones

February 20, 2022 Peter Kimpton

The cover of Kurt Vile’s forthcoming album

Song of the Day: Woozily mesmeric, existential new track by the laid-back Philadelphia singer-songwriter taking us on a deadpan cranial journey inside his hallucinatory thoughts with images of “pinball machine-a-mania” and his characteristic, charming, languid drawl

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Song of the Day: Coco - Anybody's Guess

October 29, 2021 Peter Kimpton

Coco’s debut album

Song of the Day: A beautiful, serene, dreamlike number with a gorgeous bassline and vocal harmonies, the final track from the self-titled debut album by the NY/LA trio of Maia Friedman (from Dirty Projectors and Uni Ika Ai), Dan Molad (Lucius, Chimney), and Oliver Hill (Pavo Pavo, Dustrider)

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Song of the Day: Samantha Crain - Pick Apart

October 6, 2021 Peter Kimpton
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Song of the Day: Sublimely written and powerfully delivered with a strong, full-range emotive voice, guitar and orchestration, this latest song by the singer-songwriter from Oklahoma is about keeping a grip on oneself through hard times

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New Albums …

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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 2, 2026
Kurt Vile: Philadelphia's Been Good To Me
June 2, 2026

New album: A selection of fond love-letter songs to the city where he was raised and has remained by the 46-year-ld American singer-songwriter, in this deliciously laid back 10th LP of songs of interweaving guitars, folk, rock, country and psychedelia, all with his inimitably relaxed vocal delivery

June 2, 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 4, 2026
Song of the Day: Seasick Steve - The Last Season of America
June 4, 2026

Song of the Day: A poignant, powerfully gentle folk-blues-Americana protest number by the veteran Calfornian singer-songwriter with an extended metaphor about the state of his country in this title track heralding his upcoming album out on 18 September via Steve’s new label Eastcote Recordings

June 4, 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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