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Fat Dog’s debut single - King of the Slugs
Song of the Day: Using that garden scourge invertebrate as humorous metaphor, a wonderfully energetic, flamboyant fusion of post-punk, psych-rock and electronica by the south London band led by frontman Joe Love with their debut single, out on Domino Records
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Mitski
Songs of the Day: A couple of gorgeous, new tracks, slow, swooning, sublime, with pure vocals with gentle country and orchestral strings build from the Japanese-American artist’s forthcoming seventh album, The Land Is Inhospitable And So Are We, out 15 September on Dead Oceans
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Tiberius B’s latest EP - DIN
Song of the Day: Taken from the latest EP, DIN, the London-based artist Frank Belcourt’s track is beautiful experimental pop with fabulous drums and a tuneful homage to trans beauty
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Anna Erhard measures hits a new high of 170cm
Modern Nature’s forthcoming album, No Fixed Point In Space, out on Bella Union in September
Song of the Day: Not one, but actually two recent beautiful experimental folk tracks by the Cambridge-based band led by Jack Cooper – expansive, contemplative, and meditative on ideas of intricate infinity in nature, taken from the forthcoming album No Fixed Point In Space, out on Bella Union.
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Mysterious neighbour … Folly Group’s new single
Song of the Day: Sharp, witty, energised new post-punk single by the south London band with particularly strong drumming, and a curtain-twitching theme in a long tradition of neighbour-themed songs such as Space’s Neighbourhood or Tom Waits’ What’s He Building?
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Orla Gartland
Song of the Day: Superb, punchy, driving, witty indie-pop in this eccentric, double-edged love song by the talented and charismatic Irish singer-songwriter who first gained huge acclaim via her YouTube channel
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One to remember: Jaakko Enio Kalevi’s forthcoming album, Chaos Magic
Song of the Day: Beautifully crisp, droll, gentle-paced deep-voiced electro-pop with echoes of early 80s and The Human League by the ingenious, mischievous Finnish artist, from the upcoming album Chaos Magic out on 17 November on Weird World / Domino
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Lutalo’s forthcoming new EP, AGAIN
Song of the Day: Distinctive, introspective, original, ear-catching indie-folk-fuzz-rock by the Vermont-based musician Lutalo Jones, taken fro his forthcoming EP, AGAIN, released on 25 August via Winspear Records
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Incoming and outgoing: The Antlers - Tide
Song of the Day: Gentle, acoustic and unusually beautiful, a new experimental number the Brooklyn duo of Peter Silberman and Michael Lerner, identifying natural phases over a lifetime with an oceanic metaphorical theme
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Seoul music: family group TENGGER
Song of the Day: A truly alternative sound from the South Korean-based family band with their beautiful, mesmeric brand of New Age psychedelia of electronica, synths, harmonium and ghostly vocals, taken from their forthcoming self-titled album
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Public Service Broadcasting - This New Noise
Song of the Day: The London band who specialise in songs sampling archive footage return with a stirring, nostalgic number about the early days of radio broadcasting, in a version played with the BBC Symphony Orchestra – and the title track of their forthcoming new live album
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Lol Tolhurst, Budgie and Jacknife Lee
Song of the Day: “LA eats its children.” Superbly punchy, rhythmic title track with caustic, striking lyrics about the US city from the forthcoming album a supergroup trio of the ex-Cure drummer, Siouxsie drummer, producer joined by the LCD Soundsystem frontman
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Song of the Day: The Kills - LA Hex / New York
Song of the Day: Meaty fuzz guitars, trumpets and powerful, husky vocals in this new US city-themed double A-side by the Anglo-American duo of Jamie Hince and vocalist Alison Mosshart with their first new recordings in seven years
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iskwē - Sure To Come
Song of the Day: A empowering, uplifting fresh, new electro-pop single of self-encouragement with a a beautiful video by the Canadian singer-songwriter and activist, whose name is short waseskwan iskwew, meaning Blue Sky Woman
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The Smile - Bending Hectic
Song of the Day: An extraordinary new 8-minute piece of emotional power, melodic string tuning, distinctive, ghostly vocals and a climactic coda from Radiohead’s Thom Yorke and Johnny Greenwood with Tom Skinner from Sons of Kemet
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Aphex Twin - Blackbox Life Recorder 21f
Song of the Day: Fabulously oddball and mesmeric electronica by the legendary British pioneer Richard James, who returns with his first music for five years, part of a double A-side single ‘Blackbox Life Recorder 21f / in a room F760’ out on 28 July via Warp Records
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Hand Habits’ new EP Sugar The Bruise
Song of the Day: Low-key, vivid, alluring, intelligent, sensual, intimate indie by the Los Angeles artist Meg Duffy in a number about an Egyptian museum piece trapped in time with a profound effect, and the final song from the new EP Sugar The Bruise. Out on Fat Possum Records
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Jessica Winter
Song of the Day: Stylish, classy, genre-spanning, passionate pop by the soaring voiced singer-songwriter from south London from her latest EP, Limerence, wrestling various perspectives on the difficulties of love. Out on Lucky Number Music
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Madeline Kenney forthcoming new LP A New Reality Mind
Song of the Day: Stylish, classy, clever alternative electro-pop/folk/rock by the artist from Oakland, California, with beautiful vocal harmonies, acoustic strings, sax, and synth lines, taken from her forthcoming new LP, A New Reality Mind, out on 28 July via Carpark Records
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