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Song of the Day: Teeth of the Sea – Butterfly House

October 14, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Teeth of the Sea

Song of the Day: Mesmeric electro-pop and psychedelia with searing rock guitar, beautiful vocals by guest Kath Gifford all take flight on this single by the London band taken from their recently released album, Hive, inspired by Frank Herbert’s 1973 novel Hellstrom’s Hive

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Song of the Day: Bess Atwell - Sylvester

October 13, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Bess Atwell

Song of the Day: A simmeringly beautiful new number by the Brighton-based singer-songwriter about familial roles and relationships through an imaginary character from her childhood, and produced by The National’s Aaron Dessner

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In 2023, alternative, folk, pop Tags Bess Atwell, Real Kind Records, songs, song of the day, Aaron Dessner
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Song of the Day: Gruff Rhys - Celestial Candyfloss

October 10, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Gruff Rhys’s forthcoming new album, Sadness Sets Me Free, out on Rough Trade

Song of the Day: A beautiful, gentle, characteristically quirky and catchy new indie-pop single by the Welsh singer-songwriter, “an attempted pocket symphony about the cosmic lengths that people will travel in the pursuit of love and acceptance”

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Song of the Day: Brimheim - Literally Everything

October 9, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Brimheim aka Helena Heinesen Rebensdorff

Song of the Day: A quirky, catchy and melodious indie-electro-pop love song by the Malmö-based singer-songwriter with a distinctive voice, Helena Heinesen Rebensdorff and friends, out on TAMBOURHINOCEROS

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Song of the Day: L'Rain - Pet Rock

October 8, 2023 Peter Kimpton

L'Rain’s new album, I Killed Your God, out on Mexican Summer

Song of the Day: Mesmeric, eclectic sounds mixing electronica, soul, pop, some rippling prog, warped guitar indie, sensual and wild wild vocals by the Brooklyn singer and multi-instrumentalist Taja Cheek, taken from the forthcoming third album, I Killed Your Dog, out on Mexican Summer

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Song of the Day: Emma Gatrill - Seed (featuring Rozi Plain and Kate Stables)

October 7, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Emma Gatrill’s latest single, Seed

Song of the Day: A gorgeously uplifting new single of gentle folk pop with strings, percussion, brass keyboards by the Brighton-based songwriter and multi-instrumentalist joined here by two members of This Is The Kit and others

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Songs of the Day: Midlake and John Grant – You Don't Get To / Roadrunner Blues

October 6, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Midlake and John Grant – You Don't Get To / Roadrunner Blues

Songs of the Day: In a smoothly brilliant blend, reuniting after Grant’s 2010 album Queen of Denmark, a double single release featuring the US/Icelandic solo artist’s typically caustic, humorous lyrics and the Denton folk-rock band’s classic sound

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Song of the Day: Balming Tiger - Trust Yourself

October 5, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Balming Tiger

Song of the Day: Catchy, snappy, witty upbeat hip-hop and alt-K-pop by Seoul’s South Korean collective that includes San Yawn, rapper Omega Sapien, DJ Abyss, Sogumm, Wnjn, and Mudd the Student

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Song of the Day: The Irrepressibles - Transformation of Acceptance (from Self Love and Acceptance EP)

October 3, 2023 Peter Kimpton

The new Irrepressibles EP, Self Love and Acceptance

Song of the Day: A beautiful, tender, moving exploration of self-acceptance accompanied by piano and strings from the British singer-songwriter Jamie McDermott and friends, taken from their new six-track EP

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In 2023, alternative, pop, classical Tags The Irrepressibles, songs, song of the day, Of Naked Design, Jamie McDermott
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Song of the Day: John J Presley - Silhouettes

October 2, 2023 Peter Kimpton

John J Presley’s second album

Song of the Day: Powerful, dark, menacing new single with shades of Nick Cave by the singer and multi-instrumentalist from Walsall, here featuring some frenetic saxophone by Terry Edwards, and taken from John’s forthcoming second LP, Chaos & Calypso

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Song of the Day: Liz Lawrence - I Was There (featuring Steve Mason)

September 26, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Liz Lawrence

Song of the Day: Brand new and alluringly original, the British singer-songwriter returns with a rich guitar sound and lyrics referencing climate change and the singularity, joined by the former Beta Band frontman

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Song of the Day: 15 15 (QuinzeQuinze) - Perfect Heaven

September 25, 2023 Peter Kimpton

15 15’s new EP Ataheva

Song of the Day: Unique, mesmeric, spiralling experimental electronica merged with soulful vocals by the Tahitian/Parisian band (also known as QuinzeQuinze), in a “landscape of a marvellous nightmare”, taken from their forthcoming EP Ataheva, out on S76

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Song of the Day: Divorce - Scratch The Metal

September 18, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Divorce’s new EP, Heady Metal

Song of the Day: Heralding their new EP, Heady Metal, a beguiling, beautifully melodic alternative synth-pop love song by the alt-country/indie Nottingham quartet with a metaphor about revealing your less attractive side

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Song of the Day: Jaakko Eino Kalevi and Alma Jodorowsky - Palace In My Head

September 17, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Jaakko Eino Kalevi

Song of the Day: Dark, deep, ghostly but strangely alluring, and reminiscent of early Human League or early-80s goth-synth-pop, this new single by the Finnish musician joined by French French actress, fashion model and singer

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Song of the Day: Big Thief - Born For Loving You

September 16, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Big Thief

Song of the Day: A beautiful, life-spanning love song by the Brooklyn-based folk band of Adrianne Lenker, Buck Meek and co, due to be released as a limited 7-inch single sharing another recent song, Vampire Empire, on 20 October

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Song of the Day: Gazelle Twin: Black Dog

September 12, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Gazelle Twin: Black Dog

Song of the Day: Inimitably dark and original, a whispering, menacing new single and the title track from the brilliantly inventive, experimental British electronic artist Elizabeth Bernholz’s forthcoming new album out on Invada Records

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Song of the Day: Marika Hackman - No Caffeine

September 10, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Marika Hackman returns with a double-edged health kick: No Caffeine

Song of the Day: This engaging, sweet-sounding new indie single by the English singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist feels initially like some upbeat health manual, but it is dark and edgy – “rattling off tactics to prevent a panic attack while likening her anxiety to an abusive partner”

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Song of the Day: Art Feynman - Passed Over

September 8, 2023 Peter Kimpton

From the cover of Art Feynman’s new album Be Good The Crazy Boys

Song of the Day: Wonderfully twisted, clever, oddly melancholy but melodiously catchy art-pop and funk by the California-based artist Luke Temple and band with synths, fabulous riffs, rhythm and sax, taken from his third album Be Good The Crazy Boys

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Song of the Day: King Creosote - Blue Marbled Elm Trees

September 7, 2023 Peter Kimpton

King Creosote aka Kenny Anderson

Song of the Day: A beautiful, uplifting new number and the first by the Scottish experimental folk singer-songwriter Kenny Anderson, from his upcoming album, I DES, his first for seven years, due out 3 November on Domino Records

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Song of the Day: Oneohtrix Point Never - A Barely Lit Path

September 4, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Oneohtrix Point Never’s new album, titled Again

Song of the Day: A mesmeric, cinematic, dramatically building fusion of electronica and orchestral strings by the American producer and composer Daniel Lopatin, the final taken from his forthcoming new album Again, on on 29 September via Ridge Valley Digital / Warp Records

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New Albums …

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Feb 1, 2026
Yumi Zouma: No Love Lost To Kindness
Feb 1, 2026

New album: A bolder, more strident, indie-rock urgency of style by the New Zealand quartet previously known more for dream pop, particularly front-loading this fifth LP with a pacier, spikier material in their decade-long career

Feb 1, 2026
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Jan 30, 2026
Tyler Ballgame: For The First Time, Again
Jan 30, 2026

New album: With that sublime, soaring, soulful voice, and echoes of Roy Orbison, the Rhode Island-raised singer-songwriter’s truly gorgeous debut LP captures all the range of of the love – warmth, longing, tenderness and heartbreak through classy and crafted retro sound of 60s and 70s rock

Jan 30, 2026
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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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Feb 1, 2026
Song of the Day: Chris Brain - Red Sun Rising
Feb 1, 2026

Song of the Day: A beautiful Nick Drake-reminiscent new folk number with intricate finger-picking by the Yorkshire-based singer-songwriter, and the title track heralding his new album Red Sun Rising, out 1 May via Big Sun Records

Feb 1, 2026
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Jan 31, 2026
Song of the Day: Bruce Springsteen - Streets of Minneapolis
Jan 31, 2026

Song of the Day: A powerful brand new protest song by the Boss, tackling America’s controversial influx of ICE agents into Minneapolis and their recent murders of innocent bystanders Alex Pretti and Renée Good, released on Columbia

Jan 31, 2026
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Jan 30, 2026
Song of the Day: Robber Robber - The Sound It Made
Jan 30, 2026

Song of the Day: Striking, dynamic, noisy stop-and-start, stylish experimental post-rock and post-rock by the band from Burlington, Vermont, fronted by Nina Cates, heralding their new album, Two Wheels Move the Soul, out on 3 April via on Fire Talk

Jan 30, 2026
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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

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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