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Song of the Day: The Jesus And Mary Chain - jamcod

December 1, 2023 Peter Kimpton

The Jesus And Mary Chain’s forthcoming new album, Glasgow Eyes

Song of the Day: The legendary East Kilbride alternative rock band returns with a spine-tingling, dark banger of a single heralding their forthcoming next album, Glasgow Eyes, out in March 2024 on Fuzz Club

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Song of the Day: Björk with ROSALÍA - Oral

November 28, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Björk and Rosalía spar in the video

Song of the Day: The distinctively stylish Icelandic and Spanish stars combine on a soaring new track about uncertain romance, with all funds raised going to the non-profit organisation AEGIS to combat and raise awareness of the dangers of open pen fish farming in Iceland

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In 2023, alternative, experimental, indie, pop Tags Björk, Rosalía, One Little Independent, songs, song of the day, AEGIS
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Song of the Day: Jacques - Absolve

November 27, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Jacques - Absolve

Song of the Day: A beautifully original, gradually building, mesmerically experimental pop single by the Parisian artist, rich in strings and alternative sounds, with a fabulously odd video set in the Louvre gallery

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In 2023, alternative, experimental, pop Tags Jacques, Recherche & Développement, songs, song of the day
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Song of the Day: da Googie - Slither (from Split LP with Too Many Things)

November 26, 2023 Peter Kimpton

The Split LP by da Googie (aka Deb Googe) and Too Many Things

Song of the Day: Dark, scratchy, mysterious, and devilishly different, this is the mesmeric opening number on a brand new three-track solo project by Deb Googe, revered bass player with My Bloody Valentine, Thurston Moore Group and Brix Smith

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In 2023, alternative, experimental, psychedelia, rock, indie Tags Deb Googe, da Googie, Too Many Things, song of the day, My Bloody Valentine
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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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In 2023, alternative, indie, pop Tags songs, song of the day, One True Pairing, Tom Fleming, Wild Beasts, Lankum, John ‘Spud’ Murphy, Domino Records
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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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In 2023, alternative, electronica, pop Tags Jane Weaver, John Parish, Fire Records, songs, song of the day
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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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In 2023, alternative, hip hop Tags songs, KNEECAP, Heavenly, Grian Chatten, Fontaines D.C.
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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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In 2023, alternative, post-punk, pop, indie Tags English Teacher, songs, song of the day, Universal, Island Records
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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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Dec 18, 2025
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Dec 18, 2025

Welcome to the third and final part of Song Bar favourite albums of 2025. There is also Part One, and Part Two. There is no countdown nor describing these necessarily as “best” albums of the year, but they are chosen by their quality, originality and reader popularity

Dec 18, 2025
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Dec 17, 2025
Favourite albums of 2025 - Part Two
Dec 17, 2025

Welcome to the second part of Song Bar favourite albums of 2025. There is also a first part and a third part this week. There is no countdown nor describing these necessarily as “best” albums of the year, but they are chosen by their quality, originality and reader popularity

Dec 17, 2025
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Dec 16, 2025
Favourite albums of 2025 - Part One
Dec 16, 2025

Welcome to the first part of Song Bar favourite albums of 2025. There will also be a second and third part this week. There is no countdown nor describing these necessarily as “best” albums of the year, but they are chosen by their quality, originality and reader popularity

Dec 16, 2025
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Dec 16, 2025
Juliana Hatfield: Lightning Might Strike
Dec 16, 2025

New album: Personal upheaval, grief, powerlessness, trauma, sudden change inform the title and colour the lyrics of this latest LP by the seasoned Boston indie artist but her songs are packed with brutally honest, candid, concise reflections and warm, catchy, stirring riffs and melodies

Dec 16, 2025
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Dec 9, 2025
Dove Ellis: Blizzard
Dec 9, 2025

New album: An extraordinarily mature, passionate, poetic, and outstandingly powerful debut by the Manchester-based Galway-born singer-songwriter, whose soaring delivery has instant echoes of Jeff Buckley and lyrics that go above and beyond

Dec 9, 2025
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Dec 5, 2025
Ólöf Arnalds: Spíra
Dec 5, 2025

New album: A gorgeous, delicate, ethereal first release in a decade by the Icelandic singer-songwriter, acoustic instruments and her gentle, high, pure voice, all in her native language, caressing this listening experience like pure waters of some slowly trickling glacial stream

Dec 5, 2025
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Dec 5, 2025
Melody's Echo Chamber: Unclouded
Dec 5, 2025

New album: A fourth album, here full of delicious uplifting, dreamily chic, psychedelic soul pop by the French musician Melody Prochet, with bright, upbeat, optimistic numbers and a title lifted from a quote by the acclaimed Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki, about achieving equilibrium

Dec 5, 2025
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Dec 2, 2025
anaiis: Devotion & The Black Divine
Dec 2, 2025

New album: Following a summer Song of the Day - Deus Deus, a review of the autumn release and third LP by the London-based French-Senegalese singer-songwriter of resonantly beautiful, dynamic, sensual soul, gospel, R&B and experimental and chamber pop, with themes of new motherhood, uncertainty, religion, self-love and acceptance

Dec 2, 2025
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Nov 26, 2025
De La Soul: Cabin In The Sky
Nov 26, 2025

New album: The hip-hop veterans return with their first without, yet including the voice of, and a tribute to, founding member Trugoy the Dove, AKA Dave Jolicoeur who passed away in 2023, alongside many hip-hop luminary guests, with trademark playful skits, and all themed around the afterlife

Nov 26, 2025
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Nov 26, 2025
The Mountain Goats: Through This Fire Across From Peter Balkan
Nov 26, 2025

New album: An evocative musical journey of a concept album by the indie-folk band from Claremont, California, fronted by singer-songwriter John Darnielle, based on a dream of his in 2023 about a voyage to a fictional island by the titular captain, charting adventure, wonder and tragedy

Nov 26, 2025
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Nov 26, 2025
Allie X: Happiness Is Going To Get You
Nov 26, 2025

New album: A hugely entertaining, witty, droll, inventive, chamber and synth-pop fourth LP with a goth twist by the charismatic and theatrical Canadian artist Alexandra Hughes, who brings paradox and dark themes through sounds that include string quartet, harpsichord, classical and pure pop piano with killer lyrics

Nov 26, 2025
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Nov 25, 2025
Tortoise: Touch
Nov 25, 2025

New album: A welcome return with a cinematic and mesmeric groove-filled first studio LP in nine years, and the eighth over all by the eclectic Chicago post-rock/jazz/krautrock multi-instrumentalists Dan Bitney, John Herndon, Douglas McCombs, John McEntire and Jeff Parker

Nov 25, 2025
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Nov 24, 2025
Haley Heynderickx and Max García Conover: What of Our Nature
Nov 24, 2025

New album: Beautiful, precise, poignant and poetic new folk numbers inspired by the life and music style of Woody Guthrie as the Portland, Oregon and New Yorker, now Portland, Maine-based singer-songwriters bring a delicious duet album, alternating and sharing songs covering a variety of forever topical social issues

Nov 24, 2025
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Nov 24, 2025
Oneohtrix Point Never: Tranquilizer
Nov 24, 2025

New album: Ambient, otherworldly, cinematic, mesmeric, and at times very odd, the Brooklyn-based electronic artist and producer Daniel Lopatin returns with a new nostalgia-based concept – constructing tracks from lost-then-refound Y2K CDs of 1990s and early 2000s royalty-free sample electronic sounds

Nov 24, 2025

new songs …

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Dec 19, 2025
Song of the Day: DEADLETTER - To The Brim
Dec 19, 2025

Song of the Day: A moody, mysterious minute-long intro with gentle bursts of brass and woodwind veils what becomes a punchy new lead single by the Leeds post-punk band heralding their second LP - Existence is Bliss out on 27 February via SO Recordings

Dec 19, 2025
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Dec 18, 2025
Song of the Day: Greentea Peng - Prisoners Round
Dec 18, 2025

Song of the Day: Following March 2025’s acclaimed album, Tell Dem It’s Sunny, the south-east London artist (aka Aria Wells) returns with another smoky, dark, track with hues of blues, dub and soul and Portishead-esque trip-hop, focusing on the trappings and challenges of modern life

Dec 18, 2025
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Dec 17, 2025
Song of the Day: Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - I Miss the Way You Swim
Dec 17, 2025

Song of the Day: Beautiful modular synths and intermingling orchestral sounds ripple in this work by the American composer, performer and producer in a piece shaped by loss of someone loved, taken from an upcoming instrumental album Thoughts On The Future, out on Nettwerk Music

Dec 17, 2025
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Dec 16, 2025
Song of the Day: The Paper Kites - Change Of The Wind
Dec 16, 2025

Song of the Day: A beautiful, reflective number by the alternative folk-rock band from Melbourne fronted by Sam Bentley, heralding their seventh studio album If You Go There, I Hope You Find It, out on 23 January via Nettwerk Music Group

Dec 16, 2025
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Dec 15, 2025
Song of the Day: Courtney Marie Andrews - Little Picture Of A Butterfly
Dec 15, 2025

Song of the Day: Beautiful, delicate, fluttering, eclectic, heartbreak folk and Americana by the singer-songwriter from Phoenix, Arizona, heralding her forthcoming new album, Valentine, out on 16 January via Loose Future

Dec 15, 2025
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Dec 12, 2025
Song of the Day: Peter Perrett - PROUD TO BE SELF-HATING (irony and provocation)
Dec 12, 2025

Song of the Day: The veteran British artist, originally frontman of The Only Ones, and now with three solo albums, who actually has Jewish heritage, releases a gently powerful, nuanced, pro-Palestine acoustic number as a response to ongoing genocide by the Israeli government, out on Domino Records

Dec 12, 2025
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Dec 11, 2025
Song of the Day: Maddie Ashman - Jaded
Dec 11, 2025

Song of the Day: Magical, delicate, eclectic, intricate, experimental microtonal music by the London musician and singer, released alongside a longer track, In Autumn My Heart Breaks

Dec 11, 2025
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Dec 10, 2025
Song of the Day: Ye Vagabonds - The Flood
Dec 10, 2025

Song of the Day: Wonderfully warm, rich, lively fiddle-driven Irish folk by the award-winning band fronted by Carlow brothers Brían and Diarmuid Mac Gloinn with a heartbreaking number about the housing crisis, heralding their upcoming new album, All Tied Together, out on Rough Trade’s River Lea Recordings on 30 January

Dec 10, 2025
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Dec 9, 2025
Song of the Day: DBA! A Poet And A Clown
Dec 9, 2025

Song of the Day: Catchy fuzz-guitar indie rock with a swagger by the Liverpool-formed trio of Sam Warren, James Lindberg and Joshua Grant in a song described as “a confessional story of desire tangled with religious guilt”

Dec 9, 2025
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Dec 8, 2025
Song of the Day: Puma Blue - Croak Dream
Dec 8, 2025

Song of the Day: A dark, esoteric, mysterious and stylish title track with a hint of Radiohead and playing with the idea of knowing your future death, from the experimental indie/goth/ambient London artist Jacob Allen’s forthcoming album out on 6 February via Play It Again Sam

Dec 8, 2025
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Dec 7, 2025
Song of the Day: ELIZA - Anyone Else
Dec 7, 2025

Song of the Day: Stripped-back, bluesy, fuzzy funk with slight echoes of Prince and alt-R&B are conjured up in this love song by the London-based singer-songwriter Eliza Caird, her first single for two years, now off the mainstream and out on Log Off Records

Dec 7, 2025
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Dec 6, 2025
Song of the Day: Tiga (featuring Fcukers) - Silk Scarf
Dec 6, 2025

Song of the Day: A fun, sensual, quirkily oddball electronica dance single with a slick, fetish-flirtatious ode to a favourite smooth material by the Montreal musician (Tiga James Sontag) joined here with vocals by the New York band (Shanny Wise and Jackson Walker Lewis), and heralding Tiga’s upcoming album Hotlife, out in April on Secret City Records

Dec 6, 2025

Word of the week

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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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Nov 6, 2025
Word of the week: erythrophyll
Nov 6, 2025

Word of the week: A seasonally topical word relating to the the red pigment of tree leaves, fruits and flowers, that appears particularly when changing in autumn, as opposed to the green effect of chlorophyll, from the Greek erythros for red, and phyll for leaves. But what of songs about this?

Nov 6, 2025
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Oct 22, 2025
Word of the week: fennec
Oct 22, 2025

Word of the week: It’s a small pale-fawn nocturnal fox with unusually large, highly sensitive ears, that inhabits from African and Arab deserts areas from Western Sahara and Mauritania to the Sinai Peninsula. But has it ever been seen in a song?

Oct 22, 2025
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Oct 9, 2025
Word of the week: gongoozler
Oct 9, 2025

Word of the week: A fabulous old English slang term for someone who tends to stand or sit for long periods staring at the passing of boats on canals, sometimes with a derogatory or at least ironic use for someone who is useless or lazy. But what of songs about this activity and culture?

Oct 9, 2025

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