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Ladytron - I Believe In You
Song of the Day: With a series of mesmeric lyrical similes with catchy, clubby, retro synth-pop, by the Liverpool-formed band of Helen Marnie, Daniel Hunt, and Mira Aroyo return with this single, out on Nettwork Records, following 2023’s LP Time’s Arrow
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The Antlers aka Peter Silberman
Song of the Day: A gorgeously sparse, intimate, number with quiet piano accompaniment before a powerful explosion of sound by the New York singer-songwriter-guitarist-producer Peter Silberman from the upcoming new album Blight, out on 10 October via Transgressive Records
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Robert Plant’s upcoming new album, Saving Grace
Song of the Day: A fabulously alluring cover by the Led Zeppelin frontman of the Low song written by Mimi Parker, Zak Micheletti, Alan Sparhawk, joined here by Plant’s band Sacred Grace, featuring the sound of the cuatro, and heralding the forthcoming album Sacred Grace, out on 26 September via Nonesuch Records
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Patrick Watson
Song of the Day: The Montreal singer-songwriter, film composer and pianist collaborates with the acclaimed fellow Canadian singer-songwriter on a beautifully moving duet, of intertwining harmonies and string arrangements, heralding Watson’s upcoming album Uh Oh, due out 26 Septembervia Secret City Records
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Song of the Day: A beautiful, gentle, poignant acoustic number of bittersweet optimism by the London indie/postpunk trio, here performed by Anouska Sokolow out on Fat Possum Records
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Unapologetically different: Sorry
Song of the Day: Heralding their forthcoming third album, COSPLAY, which includes some previous singles, the innovative and unapologetically experimental London indie band’s latest is an effervescently, sparkling, whimsical love song, and the album is out on 7 November via Domino Records
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Midlake’s sixth album, A Bridge Too Far, is out on 7 November via Bella Union
Song of the Day: A stirring, soulful new work by the acclaimed Denton, Texas pastoral psych-folk band, and a track singer-songwriter Eric Pulido describes as being about “the temptation to demonize the realities or challenges that exist and yet to face them head on and create something extraordinary”. It heralds their upcoming sixth album, A Bridge To Far, out on 7 November, via Bella Union
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bar italia
Song of the Day: The London indie-rock trio of Nina Cristante, Jezmi Tarik Fehmi and Sam Fenton return with a punchy, gnarly, lively lead-swapping new post-punk number, heralding their upcoming new album Some Like It Hot, out on 17 October via Matador Records
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Hannah Frances’s upcoming album Nested In Tangles
Song of the Day: A mesmeric, vocal-echoing, hauntingly strange, beautiful and woozily wondrous mix of avant-folk and jazz by the acclaimed Chicago composer, vocalist, guitarist, and poet, heralding her upcoming new album, Nested In Tangles, out on 10 October by Fire Talk Records
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Jay Som
Song of the Day: Intricate, mesmeric, dream-like electro- and bedroom pop by the American LA-based singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer aka Melina Duterte,, from her forthcoming fourth LP, Belong, out on 10 October via Lucky Number / Polyvinyl
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Wombo
Song of the Day: Clever, polyrhythmic, angular, intricate but also dreamy experimental rock by the three-piece indie band from Louisville, Kentucky, from their recently released third album Danger in Fives, out on Fire Talk Records
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Prewn - System
Song of the Day: Wonderfully woozy and alternative chamber folk-pop and psychedelic rock builds in this title track to the upcoming new album by the band led by Izzy Hagerup from Northampton, Massachusetts, due out on 3 October via Exploding in Sound Records
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Just Mustard
Song of the Day: Dreamy, mesmeric electro-indie-shoegaze-pop by the five-piece band from Dundalk, Ireland, with the title track heralding their forthcoming new album out on 24 October via Partisan Records
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IDLES - Rabbit Run, from the soundtrack from Darren Aronofsky’s Caught Stealing
Song of the Day: Powerfully, simmering, menacing and explosive … new from the Bristol punk band, taken from the original soundtrack from the upcoming Darren Aronofsky thriller movie, Caught Stealing, out on Protozoa / Partisan Records
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Jens Lekman
Song of the Day: The Swedish singer/songwriter’s latest is a witty, catchy, vividly detailed narrative of a nervous wedding singer, worried about being seated at the singles table with oddballs, and heralds his new Songs For Other People’s Weddings, out on 12 September via Secretly Canadian
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From the video for When Boys Cry animated by Andrew Ebright
Song of the Day: A groovy deep-voiced tearjerker dance track by the veteran American guitarist, vocalist, songwriter, producer, and DJ Calvin Johnson, known for bands including Beat Happening, but here under in his dance music alter ego, with the title track of his forthcoming EP out on 12 September via K Records
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Whitmer Thomas
Song of the Day: A catchy, shuffle-beat indie-blues-rock number by the American musician and comedian, from his new gambling-themed EP, Tilt, due out September 5 via Saddle Creek’s Document Series
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Laufey
Song of the Day: A beautiful, witty, charming new retro-style bossa nova track, the latest single heralding the acclaimed Icelandic-Chinese pop artist’s third album, A Matter of Time, out on 22 August via AWAL
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P.E.’s upcoming album, Oh!, out on Wharf Cat Records
Song of the Day: Bubbling bass, intricate beats, saxophone and the voice of The Fiery Furnaces singer characterise this innovative, catchy and stylish new single by the New York electronic music collective of Pill and Eaters, heralding their third album Oh!, out on 3 October via Wharf Cat Records
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Yves Tumor & NINA - We Don't Count
Song of the Day: Joined on co-lead vocals Bar Italia’s Nina Cristante, the acclaimed, flamboyant American experimental psych, rock, soul and pop performer aka Sean Lee Bowie returns with a a punchy indie rock number with some shades of the Cure, and their first release since 2023, out on Warp Records
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