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Song of the Day: A quirky, cheeky, catchy mix of Afro-Latin rhythms and old-school, 8-Bit 80s and 70s synth-pop with clever Kraftwerk-inspired sampling by the Dutch producer Bas Voorn, and guest vocals by Kristel “krage” Peijnenborg
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Maria Chiara Argirò’s forthcoming album, Closer
Song of the Day: Mesmeric, infectious, sensual synth-pop with added trumpet by the London-based Italian artist originally from Rome, in this number about “establishing a lighter and balanced relationship with your inner self and consequently with others”
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LYR’s Blossomise EP
Song of the Day: To mark a special project in conjunction with The National Trust, marking the first day of spring, and also World Poetry Day, two beautifully evocative tracks from a new EP by the trio of poet laureate Simon Armitage, with music from singer Richard Walters, and producer Patrick J Pearson
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Nuha Ruby Ra
Song of the Day: The stylishly creative East London singer-songwriter returns with an alluring, innovative fusion of sultry pop and dark, burbling, electronica in a warehouse dancefloor setting
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Phone addiction: Arab Strap’s Malcolm Middleton and Aidan Moffat
Song of the Day: One of two recent singles heralding the forthcoming new album by Scotland’s Aidan Moffat and Malcolm Middleton, a witty, articulate, deadpan lament about online hate, mixing a disco beat with guitar line
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Kamasi Washington
Song of the Day: The acclaimed Los Angeles virtuoso jazz saxophonist returns with this dramatic, energetic opening track, originally written by by Argentine composer Astor Piazzolla, and heralding his forthcoming new album, Fearless Movement, out 3 May via Young Records
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Cosmo Sheldrake’s upcoming new album, Eye To The Ear
Song of the Day: A fabulously oddball and inventive new aquatic-themed number by the experimental London vocalist, producer and multi-instrumentalist who uses field recordings, human and non-human voices, with an upcoming new album Eye To The Ear
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youbet’s Nick Llobet
Song of the Day: Quirky, intricate, sensitive indie by the South Florida-raised, Brooklyn-based band of Nick Llobet, with a song described as a topsy-turvy study of self-criticism, the gentle melody paired with devilish lyrics about losing perspective
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La Luz’s upcoming new album, News of the Universe
Song of the Day: The California-based band fronted by singer-songwriter and guitarist Shana Cleveland return with a mesmeric, dream-like mix of surf, krautrock and po and psychedelia, taken from their upcoming album News of the Universe, out on 24 May via Sub Pop Records
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Anastasia Coope
Song of the Day: The opening track of the New York singer-songwriter’s forthcoming debut album, Darning Women has a beautiful spooky psychedelic folk quality with slinking piano and layered, echoey choral voices before electric guitar entry, expressing a mood of both hysteria and euphoria
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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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Lovely Eggs: Holly Ross and David Blackwell
Song of the Day: Four years since their brilliantly entertaining album I Am Moron, the Lancaster couple Holly Ross and David Blackwell return with wonderful psychedelic punk west coast rock, to herald their new album, Eggsistentialism due on 17 May via Egg Records
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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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UCHE YARA
Song of the Day: A pair of uniquely stylish yet contrasting numbers about being away from home by the Berlin-based, Nigerian heritage singer and guitarist who has fabulously full and deep range voice – Uchenna Yara Katzmayr
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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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Oxford Drama’s Marcin Mrówka and Małgorzata Dryjańska
Song of the Day: Catchy, summery, indie-pop disguises this pointed, caustic political satire on modern-day truth-bending absurdity in this single by the Polish duo from Wroclaw of Małgorzata Dryjańska and Marcin Mrówka, heralding their forthcoming LP
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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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Tabling ideas: Mike Lindsay’s forthcoming album, Supershapes Volume 1, out on Moshi Moshi
Song of the Day: With beautifully crisp bass, beats, woodwind and lyrics, and the additional voice of Anna B. Savage this gorgeous single celebrating “the miraculous in the mundane” heralds the debut solo album of the multi-talented musician and Mercury Prize-winning producer
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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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Beth Gibbons’ album Lives Outgrown is due out in May
Song of the Day: This hauntingly delicate, yet powerful single heralds the Portishead singer’s forthcoming debut solo album, Lives Outgrown, building through gentle strings and her distinctively beautiful, fragile vocal style
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