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Song of the Day: One True Pairing – Frozen Food Centre

November 24, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Formerly of Wild Beasts, Tom

Song of the Day: A gorgeous, harp-sweeping, soaring, poetic and full-voiced new single by the former Wild Beasts singer Tom Fleming with a poignant small-town vignette about childhood and adulthood, where home is a place to escape and there are ghosts in the aisles of supermarkets

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Song of the Day: Laetitia Sadier – Une Autre Attente

November 22, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Laetitia Sadier’s forthcoming album, Rooting For Love

Song of the Day: Taken from her forthcoming next solo album, Rooting For Love, out in early 2024, an instantly recognisable sound of slick, smooth, effortlessly beautiful pop by the singer and co-founder of Stereolab

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Song of the Day: Jane Weaver - Love in Constant Spectacle

November 21, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Jane Weaver - Love in Constant Spectacle

Song of the Day: The acclaimed Merseyside electro-pop artist returns with a slow, beautiful number about searching for joy and love, uncovering it in unusual places and in the smallest, hidden things in life

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Song of the Day: Yarni - Albers

November 21, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Yarni’s latest EP, Albers with a design by printmaker John Pedder

Song of the Day: Inventive, intricate, oddball alternative electronica and other sounds with an intriguing build in this title track from the latest EP by Sheffield multi-instrumentalist and composer Benjamin Adam Harris

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Song of the Day: Fire Up The Sun - Between A Nail And A Sharp Place

November 18, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Fire Up The Sun - Between A Nail And A Sharp Place

Song of the Day: After yesterday’s Belfast rap entry, now some sharp Scottish cross-genre spoken word / hip-hop, this time from lyricist MC Burnoot and Sweden-based producer ArrCee, with a combination of compelling beats and cleverly constructed, phrases

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Song of the Day: KNEECAP - Better Way To Live (featuring Grian Chatten)

November 17, 2023 Peter Kimpton

KNEECAP - Better Way To Live (featuring Grian Chatten)

Song of the Day: The pull-no-punches Belfast rappers’ latest single features the Fontaines D.C. singer in an upbeat, sharp, articulate strongly bassy number about finding that little spark of joy in life’s monotony, and in the day-to-day things

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Song of the Day: C Duncan - Just Like Clockwork

November 16, 2023 Peter Kimpton

TimlehyC Duncan - Just Like Clockwork

Song of the Day: After last year’s acclaimed album, Alluvium, a beautiful, timely new release by the Scottish composer and musician about the double-edged nature of time, its ferocity, movement how we perceive it

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Song of the Day: English Teacher - Nearly Daffodils

November 15, 2023 Peter Kimpton

English Teacher

Song of the Day: Another intricate, clever, dynamically palyed, passionately sung indie single by the Leeds band of Douglas Frost, Lewis Whiting, Lily Fontaine and Nicholas Eden, here about about life’s unstoppability no matter how hard you struggle against it

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Song of the Day: Julia Holter - Sun Girl

November 14, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Julia Holter - Sun Girl

Song of the Day: A welcome return from the American singer-songwriter, whose last LP was 2018’s acclaimed Aviary, with a mesmeric, ethereal, experimental number featuring fragments of flute, field recordings, Yamaha CS-60, bagpipes, mellotron, drums, and fretless bass

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Song of the Day: The Miserable Rich - Crows

November 13, 2023 Peter Kimpton

The Miserable Rich - Crows

Song of the Day: Perky piano pop with a dark undertone about nature’s apocalypse by the Brighton band inspired by the clever, mysterious, tool-using corvid species, heralding a first album in 13 years

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Song of the Day: The Umlauts - Mad Blue Love (Slags LP)

November 8, 2023 Peter Kimpton

The Umlauts

Song of the Day: With an alluring pitch bend riff and drily witty vocals, the trans-European German-French-Italian-London experimental post-punk-pop outfit return with new material, and an album including the best of their first two EPs – Ü (2021) and Another Fact (2022)

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Song of the Day: Nathan Fake - Sky Hook (Guiro EP)

November 6, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Nathan Fake’s latest EP, Guiro.

Song of the Day: Pulsating, mesmeric electronica and dance music by the Norfolk-raised musician influenced by Aphex Twin and Orbital, and taken from his latest EP, Guiro, released on Cambria Instruments

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Song of the Day: Lenhart Tapes - Džamahirija (featuring Zoja Borovčanin)

November 4, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Lenhart Tapes’ new album, Dens

Song of the Day: Taken from the forthcoming second LP, Dens, by the Belgrade ethno-noise project of producer and ‘Walkman alchemist’ Vladimir Lenhart, brings a mesmeric mix of electronica and Balkan folklore sounds, here with guest vocalist Zoja Borovčanin from the Serbian alt-rock band Lira Vega

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Song of the Day: Fulu Miziki – Pasi na bisengo

November 3, 2023 Peter Kimpton

The brilliant and incomparable Fulu Miziki collective

Song of the Day: The collective from Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, return with a vibrant, upbeat, infectious, rhythmic punk-Afro-futuristic track with a title that translates as “pain and pleasure”

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Song of the Day: Chelsea Wolfe - Whispers In The Echo Chamber

October 28, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Chelsea Wolfe’s forthcoming album She Reaches Out To She Reaches Out To She out on Loma Vista Recordings

Song of the Day: Wonderfully dark, menacing, atmospheric goth-rock noir about identity and self-empowerment by the Californian artist heralding her forthcoming seventh studio album, She Reaches Out To She Reaches Out To She out on Loma Vista

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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: Souleance featuring Kit Sebastian - Out of Touch

October 25, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Souleance’s new album, Beautiful

Song of the Day: Taken from the French funk duo’s recent album, Beautiful, an infectiously upbeat groovy fusion with psychedelia, indie pop, a melting pot style of London, French and Turkish influences, joined here by Kit Martin on guitar and Merve Erdem on vocals

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Song of the Day: Priya Ragu - Black Goose

October 24, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Priya Ragu’s debut album, Santhosam

Song of the Day: After a series of singles since 2020, a punchy, high-octane number about violence against black people, from the Sri-Lankan Tamil-Swiss singer-songwriter who merges sounds from her heritage with pop, and is taken from her debut album, Santhosam, out on Warner

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Song of the Day: Enola Gay: Terra Firma

October 23, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Enola Gay’s latest EP, Casement

Song of the Day: A powerful, valedictory-style number, the final from their latest EP, Casement, the explosive Dublin punk/hip-hop quartet with an evolved, more tender sound mixing elements electronica with Belfast music producer Mount Palomar

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Song of the Day: Peter Brewis - Drumeoscene

October 15, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Peter Brewis’s latest solo album, Blowdry Colossus

Song of the Day: A mesmerically funky, inventive instrumental composition of electronica, synths, bass, drums and guitars inspired by Yellow Magic Orchestra, by one half of Sunderland’s Field Music brothers, taken from Peter’s brand new solo album, Blowdry Colossus

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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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