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Song of the Day: Melts - Altered

February 28, 2024 Peter Kimpton

Melts’ upcoming new album, Field Theory

Song of the Day: A storming new single of frenetic, krautrock-electronic-psych-rock by the Dublin band, with scintillating synth lines and the charismatic, cavernous vocals of frontman Eoin Kenny, heralding their upcoming second album, Field Theory, out on 12 April on Fuzz Club

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Song of the Day: Lip Critic - The Heart

February 24, 2024 Peter Kimpton

Lip Critic - The Heart

Song of the Day: Frenetic, explosive experimental post-punk electronica by the New York band featuring double drummers, anarchic sampling and frontman Bret Kaser’s lyrical attack on the state of the spiritual marketplace and the isolating results of consumption

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In 2024, alternative, experimental, electronica, indie, post-punk, punk Tags Lip Critic, Partisan Records, songs, song of the day
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Song of the Day: Astrel K - R U A Literal Child?

February 22, 2024 Peter Kimpton

Astrel K’s forthcoming album, The Foreign Department, out on Tough Love Recordings

Song of the Day: This quirkily original, witty electro-indie-pop number by the Stockholm-based British ex-pat Rhys Edwards celebrates chaotic imagination over literalism, and heralds his forthcoming album, The Foreign Department, out on 8 March via Tough Love Recordings

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Song of the Day: Four Tet - Daydream Repeat

February 16, 2024 Peter Kimpton

Four Tet - Daydream Repeat

Song of the Day: The second single of 2024 from British electronic artist Kieran Hebden is a nimbly ecstatic mix of skip beats, harp-like chimes and crunchier sounds, and heralds his forthcoming new album, Three, out on 15 March on his label, Text Records

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In 2024, alternative, electronica, experimental Tags Four Tet, Kieran Hebden, songs, song of the day, Text Records
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Song of the Day: Tomasz Guiddo and Jimi Tenor - Where The Wild Roam

February 11, 2024 Peter Kimpton

Where The Wild Roam EP by Tomasz Guiddo & Jimi Tenor

Song of the Day: A delicious fusion of jazz, electronica, dance music and classical, celebrating freedom, by the Warsaw-born DJ, composer, multi-instrumentalist, and producer, joined by the acclaimed Finnish saxophonist Jimi Tenor on vocals, flute, piano and keyboards

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Song of the Day: Sega Bodega - Deer Teeth

February 8, 2024 Peter Kimpton

Sega Bodega - Deer Teeth

Song of the Day: A dream-like, ghostly, otherworldly and beautiful single with a mesmeric mix of vocals and electronica by the experimental, eclectic London-based Irish-Chilean singer, songwriter, producer and DJ Salvador Navarrete

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Song of the Day: Vitya Payal'nik - Science

February 3, 2024 Peter Kimpton

Vitya Payal'nik’s EP Solder Flux

Song of the Day: Packed with mischievous, oddball sounds, beeps, bass lines and stop-start rhythms, some mesmerically clever, inventive electronica and dance music by the Ukrainian musician, taken from the recently released Solder Flux EP

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Song of the Day: A Certain Ratio - It All Comes Down to This

January 23, 2024 Peter Kimpton

A Certain Ratio - All Comes Down to This

Song of the Day: With an ever-evolving sound, a belter of a new single by the veteran Manchester post-punk trio brings electronic twists, sharp lyrics and the production magic of Speedy Wunderground label’s Dan Carey with the title track of their forthcoming new LP

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In 2024, electronica, dance, funk, indie, pop, new wave, post-punk Tags A Certain Ratio, Mute Records, Dan Carey, songs, song of the day
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Songs of the Day: Leonardo Barbadoro - Bomi / Hybr Spiro (from Musica Automata album)

January 14, 2024 Peter Kimpton

Leonardo Barbadoro’s Musica Automata album features 80 instrument robots

Songs of the Day: Mesmeric, unusual, charming, ingenious instrumental gems released late last year by the Italian composer from an album performed by an orchestra of over 80 robots, and currently the largest robot orchestra in the world

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In 2023, 2024, alternative, electronica, experimental Tags Leonardo Barbadoro, Helical, robots, songs, instrumentals
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Song of the Day: TATYANA - Hold My Hand / Down Bad

January 4, 2024 Peter Kimpton

Tatyana from the video for Hold My Hand

Song of the Day: A distinctive, catchy, clever and innovative pair of recent electro-pop singles packed with textured sounds by the London artist Tatyana Phillips, taken from their forthcoming album, It's Over, out on 22 March via Sinderlyn

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Song of the Day: Memory Of Jane - Loose Lines

January 3, 2024 Peter Kimpton

Memory of Jane - Loose Lines

Song of the Day: Rippling, intricate drums and bass, soothing synths and understated vocals come in this highly original recent single by the French/British multi-instrumentalist Maïlé Doremus-Cook, and is produced by Oli Bayston

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Song of the Day: Strange Boy - Sophia

January 1, 2024 Peter Kimpton

Strange Boy: Kieran Brunt and Matthew Huxley

Song of the Day: From the forthcoming debut album, Love Remains, beautiful, delicate, inspiring electronica with orchestration and falsetto vocals by the London duo of Kieran Brunt and Matthew Huxley, inspired by the arrival of a life-affirming niece

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Song of the Day: Osees - Goon (Intercepted Message album)

December 29, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Osees’ latest album, Intercepted Message

Song of the Day: Another gem from 2023, a brilliantly madcap track taken from latest LP, Intercepted Message, by the prolific San Francisco rock band fronted by John Dwyer, with a prime example one with their current psychedelic, synth-punk fireworks to go with garage-rock guitar and double drums

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Song of the Day: Ladytron - All Over By Xmas

December 24, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Ladytron - All Over By Xmas

Song of the Day: A bell-jingling, tuneful seasonal single with dark undertones of foreboding by the Liverpool electro-pop band of Helen Marnie, Daniel Hunt, and Mira Aroyo

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Song of the Day: Σtella - Girl Supreme

December 22, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Σtella

Song of the Day: Released earlier this year, a supremely catchy electro-pop single by the Athens-based Greek artist Stella Chronopoulou about a casual romantic encounter becoming a fateful affair

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Song of the Day: Peacey - Culture Bandit (featuring Vanessa Hidary)

December 21, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Peacey - Culture Bandit (featuring Vanessa Hidary)

Song of the Day: Punchy, pacy, catchy and exclamatory, a super smart talky-dance track by the Edinburgh-based DJ and electronica artist David Peace joined by New York spoken-word artist celebratory multiculturalism

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Song of the Day: Lucinda Chua: Rose Garden

December 14, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Lucinda Chua’s EP, Reclaiming The Rose

Song of the Day: A deliciously intimate new love song with close-mic vocals and delicate, shimmering orchestral backing by the British singer-singer from her new EP, Reclaiming The Rose, out on 4AD

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Song of the Day: Bolis Pupul - Completely Half

December 4, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Bolis Pupul’s debut solo album LETTER TO YU is out in March 2024

Song of the Day: Brilliantly clean sounding, evocative electro-pop with shades of Kraftwerk by the Belgian musician from Ghent, in a new song featuring Hong Kong field recordings and video to match, and heralding his forthcoming debut solo LP

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Song of the Day: Genesis Owusu - Survivor

December 3, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Genesis Owusu

Song of the Day: This striking new track by the Ghanaian-Australian rapper from Canberra, Australia (Kofi Owusu-Ansah) is a punchy potent mix of hip-hop, punk, funk, gospel and electro-pop, now an extension to this year’s August-released sophomore album, Struggler

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Song of the Day: UTO - Zombie

December 2, 2023 Peter Kimpton

UTO - Zombie

Song of the Day: Clever, catchy, wittily droll electro-pop by the French band with a song about a cursed love story between a human and a monster, offering seductive, ominous allure

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Apr 29, 2026
Sam Grassie: Where Two Hawks Fly
Apr 29, 2026

New album: Beautiful debut LP by the London-based Glaswegian fingerstyle folk guitarist and singer-songwriter, with added saxophone, double bass, flute, clairsach and clarinet in a release of mostly the traditional, covers, sung or instrumental, and supported by the Bert Jansch Foundation

Apr 29, 2026
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Apr 29, 2026
Irmin Schmidt: Requiem
Apr 29, 2026

New album: A strangely mesmeric, avant-garde and analogue-ambient, field recording-based experimental release by the last surviving founding member of experimental ‘krautrock’ band CAN, who, approaching the age of 89, has also written over 40 TV and film scores

Apr 29, 2026
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Apr 28, 2026
Gia Margaret: Singing
Apr 28, 2026

New album: Gently profound, and full of wondrous, mesmeric, slow, delicate experimental songs, this simple title has a powerful resonance – it is the Chicago artist’s first vocal album since 2018’s There’s Always Glimmer (there have been two instrumental LPs since), having suffered and recovered from a severe vocal injury, she returns with a delicate, candid, whispery but hauntingly beautiful delivery

Apr 28, 2026
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Apr 28, 2026
Angelo De Augustine: Angel in Plainclothes
Apr 28, 2026

New album: A beautiful, delicate fifth LP from the Los Angeles singer-songwriter, friend and collaborator with Sufjan Stevens with whom he shares a stylistic resemblance, here with themes on life's fragility, second chances, and picking up the pieces after an undiagnosed illness forced him to re-learn basic abilities

Apr 28, 2026
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Apr 28, 2026
Carla dal Forno: Confession
Apr 28, 2026

New album: This lo-fi, darkly minimalist but also oddly candid fourth LP by the Australian, Castlemaine-based singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist centres on the conflicted, obsessive feelings about “a friendship that became emotionally charged in an unexpected way”, and “an album about closeness that arrives late and unexpectedly. About stability rubbing up against desire.”

Apr 28, 2026
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Apr 26, 2026
Friko: Something Worth Waiting For
Apr 26, 2026

New album: Passionate, powerful, dynamic indie rock in this sophomore LP by the Chicago-based quartet that gallops forwards with a driving momentum, some elements of early PJ Harvey and Radiohead, and is produced by John Congleton

Apr 26, 2026
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Apr 26, 2026
White Denim: 13
Apr 26, 2026

New album: This 13th LP in two decades by the Austin, Texas rock band fronted by James Petralli has a particularly mischievous experimentalism, spreading styles far beyond breathlessly paced prog rock, with wrily humorous, surreal, personal and passionate numbers across heavy funk, dub, soul, psyche, country, dirty blues and more, joined by host of outstanding extra musicians

Apr 26, 2026
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Apr 24, 2026
Hukwe Zawose Foundation: Asili ya Mama
Apr 24, 2026

New album: Wonderfully evocative field recordings release of Wagogo, Waluguru and Wasambaa Tanzanian women singing traditional songs in their villages, rarely heard outside of their own circles, the title is translated as The Origin of Mother, rich in stories and capturing the place where song is first learned, first felt, first shared

Apr 24, 2026
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Apr 23, 2026
They Might Be Giants - The World Is To Dig
Apr 23, 2026

New album: Four decades since their self-titled debut, Brooklyn alternative rockers John Flansburgh and John Linnell return with their 24th LP, packed with of punchy, pacy, wistful, whimsical, clever wordplay and indie rock-pop, buoyantly satirical and also a little world weary at times, they remain oddball, lively commentators on the ongoing absurdity of life

Apr 23, 2026
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Apr 22, 2026
Eaves Wilder: Little Miss Sunshine
Apr 22, 2026

New album: After 2023’s Hookey EP, a strong, passionate indie-dream-pop-shoegaze full debut by the London singer-songwriter, whose breathy voice intertwines with strong, stirring riffs and textured sounds, themed around cycles of nature aiming to explain and celebrate the mercurial nature of human emotional weather

Apr 22, 2026
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Apr 22, 2026
Honey Dijon: The Nightlife
Apr 22, 2026

New album: The irrepressible, prolific and charismatic London-based Chicago DJ, musician, producer and vinyl lover returns with a flamboyantly fun celebration of club and queer culture through the prism of dance music from disco to house, with a wide variety of guest vocalists

Apr 22, 2026
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Apr 21, 2026
Tiga: HOTLIFE
Apr 21, 2026

New album: Montreal’s acclaimed electronica/techno/dance artist Tiga Sontag returns with his fourth album - inventively packed with head-nodding, toe-tapping, oddly itchy, infectious grooves, cleverly crafted retro sounds recalling Kraftwerk to acid house and electroclash, insistent bold beats and synth riffs, with lyrics of the existential, droll and surreal

Apr 21, 2026
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Apr 20, 2026
TOMORA: Come Closer
Apr 20, 2026

New album: A striking, dynamic collaboration between Norwegian experimental pop sensation Aurora and Tom Rowlands, one of half of Chemical Brothers, with a sensual, otherworldly energetic fusion of mystical, sensual ambience, and block-rocking dance beats

Apr 20, 2026
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Apr 20, 2026
Jessie Ware: Superbloom
Apr 20, 2026

New album: Following 2020’s What’s Your Pleasure? and 2023’s That! Feels Good!, as well as the successful food podcast Table Manners she hosts alongside her mother, the British pop singer continues to ride the 70s disco ball train, catering to the clever, kitsch and catchy with an ironic wink, adding also a luxuriant garden metaphor

Apr 20, 2026

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Apr 29, 2026
Song of the Day: Metric - Crush Forever
Apr 29, 2026

Song of the Day: Uplifting, effervescent electro-disco-pop by the Toronto indie rock band, with a song vocalist/keyboardist Emily Haines describes as “my love letter to strong girls in this world”, taken from their recently released 10th album, Romanticize the Dive, out on Metric Music via Thirty Tigers

Apr 29, 2026
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Apr 28, 2026
Song of the Day: Jim Ghedi - The Hungry Child
Apr 28, 2026

Song of the Day: Dark, gripping, visceral folk by the Sheffield singer-songwriter, with a striking number based on an early 19th-century German poem about the fatal story of a child pleading for food, and, following last year’s acclaimed album, Wasteland, also out on Basin Rock, it heralds his upcoming soundtrack for the Hugh Jackman film, The Death of Robin Hood.

Apr 28, 2026
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Apr 27, 2026
Song of the Day - holybones (with Baxter Dury) - SLUGBOY
Apr 27, 2026

Song of the Day: Dark, unsettling, sleazy and strange, this is arrestingly vivid new collaborative single between the clandestine London electronic collective and the downbeat, deep-voiced poetic Londoner, out on Promised Land Recordings

Apr 27, 2026
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Apr 26, 2026
Song of the Day: Hand Habits - Good Person
Apr 26, 2026

Song of the Day: Gentle, droll, humorously self-deprecatingly, and also delicately beautiful, this new experimental folk single by the moniker of Los Angeles singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Meg Duffy addresses the love-hate relationship with making music, out on Fat Possum

Apr 26, 2026
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Apr 25, 2026
Song of the Day: Pigeon - Miami
Apr 25, 2026

Song of the Day: Catchy, sunny, upbeawt indie synth-pop with an African twist by the Margate band fronted by Falle Nioke, with flavours of William Onyeabor, Hot Chip and New York 70s disco, heralding their upcoming album OUTTANATIONAL, out on 1 May via Memphis Industries

Apr 25, 2026
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Apr 24, 2026
Song of the Day: Tricky - Out of Place (featuring Marta Złakowska)
Apr 24, 2026

Song of the Day: A pulsating fusion of beats, orchestral strings and the Bristol trip-hop pioneer’s distinctive, deep, croaky voice, with an emotional reference to his daughter Mina Topley-Bird (1995–2019), and heralding his first solo album for six years, Different When It’s Silent, out on 17 June via False Idols

Apr 24, 2026
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Apr 23, 2026
Song of the Day: Beck - Ride Lonesome
Apr 23, 2026

Song of the Day: Beautiful, simmering, slow, melancholy and reflective, a surprise single and welcome return by the acclaimed US artist, evoking the haunting, sun-bleached landscapes and musical textures of his 2015 Grammy winning album Morning Phase, out now on Iliad Records/Capitol Records

Apr 23, 2026
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Apr 22, 2026
Song of the Day: Gelli Haha - Klouds Will Carry Me To Sleep
Apr 22, 2026

Song of the Day: Described appropriately as somewhere between Studio 42 and Area 51, eccentric, effervescent, spacey, catchy and eclectic disco pop by the Los Angeles artist (aka Angel Abaya, co-written with Sean Guerin) out on Innovative Leisure

Apr 22, 2026
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Apr 21, 2026
Song of the Day: LEENALCHI 이날치 - Here Comes That Crow 떴다 저 가마귀
Apr 21, 2026

Song of the Day: Wonderfully catchy, funky, psychedelic and quirky new work by the seven-piece Seoul-based Korean pansori band led by bassist Jang Young Gyu with the title track of their new EP, out on 12 June via Luaka Bop, and heralding a European and North American tour

Apr 21, 2026
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Apr 20, 2026
Song of the Day: Jesca Hoop - Big Storm
Apr 20, 2026

Song of the Day: Catchy, quirky experimental indie folk-pop by the innovative Manchester-based California artist, featuring a clever video that old footage and Hoop in various vintage guises, heralding her upcoming album Long Wave Home, out on 1 May via Last Laugh / Republic of Music

Apr 20, 2026
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Apr 19, 2026
Song of the Day: Gia Margaret - Alive Inside
Apr 19, 2026

Song of the Day: Delicate, dream-like, reflective experimental folk-pop by the American singer-songwriter and producer from Chicago, heralding her upcoming fourth album, Singing, out on Jagjaguwar

Apr 19, 2026
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Apr 18, 2026
Song of the Day: Prima Queen - Crumb
Apr 18, 2026

Song of the Day: Catchy, playful, gently humorous, self-deprecating experimental indie pop by the inventive transatlantic duo of Louise Macphail and Kristin McFadden, with a number about having a fragile crush on someone, and their first new music of 2026, out on Submarine Cat Records

Apr 18, 2026

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Apr 23, 2026
Word of the week: throstle
Apr 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

Apr 23, 2026
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Apr 9, 2026
Word of the week: undine
Apr 9, 2026

Word of the week: It might sound like the act of abstaining from food, but this noun from derived from undina (Latin unda) meaning wave, refers to mythical, elemental beings associated with water, such as mermaids, and stemming from the alchemical writings of the 16th-century Swiss physician, alchemist and philosopher Paracelsus

Apr 9, 2026
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Mar 27, 2026
Word of the week: veena
Mar 27, 2026

Word of the week: This ornate, curvaceous, south Indian classical instrument, the saraswati veena, is a special bowl lute with a rich, resonant tone, has 24 copper frets with four playing strings and three drone strings, and is used for Carnatic music

Mar 27, 2026
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Mar 12, 2026
Word of the week: wallfish
Mar 12, 2026

Word of the week: It sounds like the singing finned picture ornament Big Mouth Billy Bass that became popular in the late 1990s, but this is a much older noun, derived in Somerset, England, pertains to the climbing gastropod that can slowly climb up any surface

Mar 12, 2026
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Feb 25, 2026
Word of the week: xiphias
Feb 25, 2026

Word of the week: Get the point? This is the scientific name for the swordfish, in full Xiphias gladius (from the Greek and Latin for sword), that extraordinary sea creature with the long, pointy bill. But what of it in song?

Feb 25, 2026

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