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Song of the Day: Andy Shauf - Telephone

January 26, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Andy Shauf

Song of the Day: Deliciously beautiful, delicate, high-voiced new number with woodwind, keyboards and bass by the 35-year-old Canadian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from the forthcoming album, Norm, out on ANTI-Records

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Song of the Day: Billie Marten - This Is How We Move

January 25, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Billie Marten

Song of the Day: An exquisite new folk number about a relationship out of sync, by the singer-songwriter Isabella Sophie Tweddle from Ripon in North Yorkshire, taken from her forthcoming next album, Drop Cherries' out on 7 April on Fiction Records/ Universal

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Song of the Day: Death & Vanilla - Find Another Illusion

January 5, 2023 Peter Kimpton

From the cover of Death & Vanilla’s forthcoming album, Flicker

Song of the Day: Beautiful, dreamy baroque-psych-folk by the Swedish band from Malmö, the first single from their forthcoming new album, Flicker, their first album in four years, out in March via Fire Records

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Song of the Day: The Lemon Twigs - Corner Of My Eye

January 3, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Now you see us: The Lemon Twigs - Corner Of My Eye

Song of the Day: A delicate, tender and gentle new single, their first since 2020 by the Long Island multi-instrumental and high singing brothers Brian and Michael D’Addario which harks back to a Laurel Canyon 1970s sound

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Song of the Day: L.T. Leif - Pass Back Through

December 7, 2022 Peter Kimpton

It follows ..

Song of the Day: Mesmeric, magical and experimental, an oddly beautiful, gently moving and uplifting new alt-folk single by the Glasgow-based Canadian artist about about the cyclical nature of suffering, endurance and survival

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Song of the Day: Meg Baird - Will You Follow Me Home?

November 28, 2022 Peter Kimpton

Meg Baird

Song of the Day: Also followed up with another single, Star Hill Song, a beautiful track of thrumming bass and ethereal vocals from the San Francisco folk singer’s forthcoming album Furling, out on Drag City Records

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Song of the Day: Emilíana Torrini & The Colorist Orchestra - Mikos

November 17, 2022 Peter Kimpton

Cinematic moments: Emilíana Torrini & The Colorist Orchestra

Song of the Day: With vivid, cinematic lyrics, with a distinctive array of acoustic instruments, and wonderful vocal clarity, this folky ghost dance is the opening track to the forthcoming album by the Icelandic-Italian singer-songwriter and Belgian duo

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Song of the Day: Caroline Rose – Love / Lover / Friend

November 7, 2022 Peter Kimpton

Caroline Rose

Song of the Day: Delicate, intimate and whispery but slowly building, from gentle Spanish guitar and orchestral strings into an intense explosion of emotion and vocal harmonies, this is a powerfully intense new single comes from the New York singer-songwriter

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Song of the Day: Spencer Cullum - Kingdom Weather

November 4, 2022 Peter Kimpton

Spencer Cullum’s forthcoming new album

Song of the Day: Beautiful new 70s-style folk rock/country number by the Nashville-based British artist, featuring extra guest vocals by Japanese singer Yuma Abe, plus evocative woodwind, taken from his forthcoming second Coin Collection album, out on Full Time Hobby

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Song of the Day: Dora Jar - Spell

October 31, 2022 Peter Kimpton

Dora Jar

Song of the Day: A ghostly, breathy, ethereal and beautiful new number that marks Halloween, but is more about late October’s seasonal time of change by the California and New York alt-pop/folk singer-songwriter Dora Jarkowski

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Song of the Day: Ásgeir - Borderland

October 30, 2022 Peter Kimpton

Ásgeir’s fifth studio album, Time On My Hands

Song of the Day: Beautiful new folk-electronica single that captures the creative point between being asleep and awake, by the Icelandic singer-songwriter and musician Ásgeir Trausti Einarsson from his fifth album, also out this week, Time On My Hands, out on One Little Independent

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Song of the Day: Sister Wives - O Dŷ i Dŷ

October 24, 2022 Peter Kimpton

Sister Wives: Donna Lee, Rose Love, Lisa O’Hara, and Liv Willars

Song of the Day: A mesmeric recent single of ghostly psych-rock folk by the alluring Welsh language four-piece band, translated as House To House, taken from their soon to be released album, Y Gawres, out on Libertino Records

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Song of the Day: Movulango - The Peak

October 16, 2022 Peter Kimpton

Movulango aka Mozes Mosuse

Song of the Day: Dark, mysterious, psychedelic folk and woozy electronica by the Belgian musician and producer Mozes Mosuse aka Movulango from his forthcoming debut EP Mirror In Man, out on Soulwax’s DEEWEE label

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Songs of the Day: June McDoom - The City / Stone After Stone

October 8, 2022 Peter Kimpton

June McDoom

Songs of the Day: Smoky, intense, ghostly and emotional, a double entry today by the New York singer-songwriter with two numbers decorated with guitar, piano, birdsong, and especially her beautiful, breathy voice, heralding a forthcoming eponymous album, out on Temporary Residence

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Song of the Day: Sweet Baboo - Good Luck

October 7, 2022 Peter Kimpton

Sweet Baboo, aka Stephen Black

Song of the Day: Beautiful, gentle, uplifting, and perfectly paced, a very welcome return indie-folk new single by the Welsh multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter Stephen Black, heralding his first album for five years, The Wreckage, out in January on Amazing Tapes from Canton

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Song of the Day: Rozi Plain – Agreeing For Two

September 15, 2022 Peter Kimpton

From the video for Rozi Plain’s new single, Agreeing For Two

Song of the Day: A beautiful, delicate new number by the the British singer-songwriter about unwittingly making decisions on others’ behalf from her forthcoming album PRIZE, here with backing vocals by This Is The Kit's Kate Stables and Alabaster dePlume on saxophone

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Song of the Day: Beth Orton – Friday Night

August 26, 2022 Peter Kimpton

Beth Orton

Song of the Day: To ‘bleed or rust in the rain’. Another beautiful, delicate new love song by the British singer-songwriter balancing passion and surrender, and taken from the forthcoming new album Weather Alive

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Song of the Day: Native Harrow - Old Kind of Magic

August 6, 2022 Peter Kimpton

Native Harrow’s upcoming new album Old Kind of Magic

Song of the Day: A beautiful, bittersweet new single of retro folk by the American married duo of Devin Tuel & Stephen Harms, reminiscent of sun-bleached melancholy of 70s Joni Mitchell or Sandy Denny with Newport Convention, and title track of the forthcoming new album

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Song of the Day: Saya Gray – If There's No Seat In The Sky (Will You Forgive Me?)

July 27, 2022 Peter Kimpton

Saya Gray’s latest album is titled 19 Masters

Song of the Day: An outstanding and unusual fusion of folk, pop, country and psychedelia by the Japanese-Canadian singer-songwriter interlacing strong acoustic guitar chords and arpeggios, explosive drums, interwoven voices and birdsong

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Song of the Day: Beth Orton - Forever Young

July 26, 2022 Peter Kimpton

Beth Orton

Song of the Day: Beautifully interwoven vocals and guitar riffs distinguish this bewitching, ghostly new single by the British singer-songwriter from her forthcoming new album Weather Alive, out in September on Partisan Records and her first LP for six years

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Jan 30, 2026
Tyler Ballgame: For The First Time, Again
Jan 30, 2026

New album: With that sublime, soaring, soulful voice, and echoes of Roy Orbison, the Rhode Island-raised singer-songwriter’s truly gorgeous debut LP captures all the range of of the love – warmth, longing, tenderness and heartbreak through classy and crafted retro sound of 60s and 70s rock

Jan 30, 2026
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Jan 29, 2026
Tessa Rose Jackson: The Lighthouse
Jan 29, 2026

New album: Beautiful, intricate, understated, poetic and intelligent, this warm, inviting experimental folk by the Dutch-British singer-songwriter is the first LP under her own name, having previously released three as the artist Someone

Jan 29, 2026
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Jan 28, 2026
Lucinda Williams: World's Gone Wrong
Jan 28, 2026

New album: The acclaimed veteran country, rock and Americana singer-songwriter and multi-Grammy winner’s latest LP has a title that speaks for itself, but is powerful, angry, defiant and uplifting, and, recorded in Nashville, features guest vocals from Norah Jones, Mavis Staples and Brittney Spencer

Jan 28, 2026
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Jan 27, 2026
Clothesline From Hell: Slather On The Honey
Jan 27, 2026

New album: His moniker mischievously named after a wrestling move, a highly impressive, independently-created experimental, psychedelic rock debut the the Toronto-based multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter Adam LaFramboise

Jan 27, 2026
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Jan 27, 2026
Dead Dads Club: Dead Dads Club
Jan 27, 2026

New album: Dynamic, passionate, heart-stirring indie rock in this project fronted by Chilli Jesson (formerly bassist of Palma Violets) with songs spurred by the trauma of losing his father 20 years ago, retelling a defiant and difficult aftermath, with sound boosted by producer Carlos O’Connell of Fontaines D.C.

Jan 27, 2026
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Jan 25, 2026
The Paper Kites: If You Go There, I Hope You Find It
Jan 25, 2026

New album: Warm, tender, gently-paced, calmly reflective, beautifully soothing, poetic, melancholic alternative folk and Americana by the band from Melbourne in their seventh LP in 15 years

Jan 25, 2026
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Jan 24, 2026
PVA: No More Like This
Jan 24, 2026

New album: Inventive, alluring, sensual, mysterious, minimalistic electronica, trip-hop and experimental pop by the London trio of Ella Harris, Joshua Baxter and Louis Satchell, in this second album following 2022’s Blush, boosted by the creativity of producer and instrumentalist Kwake Bass

Jan 24, 2026
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Jan 20, 2026
Imarhan: Essam
Jan 20, 2026

New album: A mesmeric fourth LP in a decade by the band from Tamanrasset, Algeria, whose name means ‘the ones I care about’, their Tuareg music mixing guitar riffs, pop melodies and African rhythms, but this time also evolves slightly away from the desert blues rocky, bluesy influence of contemporaries Tinariwen with electronic elements

Jan 20, 2026
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Jan 20, 2026
Courtney Marie Andrews: Valentine
Jan 20, 2026

New album: Emotional, beautiful, stirring, Americana, folk and indie-pop by singer-songwriter from Phoenix, Arizona, in this latest studio LP in of soaring voice, strong melodies, love, vulnerability and heartbreak, longing and bravery

Jan 20, 2026
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Jan 18, 2026
Julianna Barwick & Mary Lattimore: Tragic Magic
Jan 18, 2026

New album: Delicate, beautiful, ethereal, meditative new work by the two American experimental composers in their first collaborative LP, with gentle understated vocals, classic synth sounds, and rare harps chosen from from the Paris Musée de la Musique Collection

Jan 18, 2026
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Jan 16, 2026
Sleaford Mods: The Demise of Planet X
Jan 16, 2026

New album: The caustic wit of Nottingham’s Jason Williamson and Andrew Fearn return with a 13th LP of brilliantly abrasive, dark humoured hip-hop and catchy beats, addressing the rubbish state of the world, as well as local, personal and social irritations through slick nostalgic cultural reference, some expanded sounds, and an eclectic set of guests

Jan 16, 2026
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Jan 14, 2026
SAULT: Chapter 1
Jan 14, 2026

New album: As ever, released suddenly without fanfare or any publicity, the prolific experimental soul, jazz, gospel, funk, psychedelia and disco collective of Cleo Sol, Info (aka Dean Josiah Cover) and co return with a stylish, mysterious LP

Jan 14, 2026
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Jan 14, 2026
The Cribs: Selling A Vibe
Jan 14, 2026

New album: A first LP in five years by the likeable and solid guitar indie-rock Jarman brothers trio from Wakefield, now with their ninth - a catchy, but at times with rueful, bittersweet perspectives on their times in the music business

Jan 14, 2026
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Jan 9, 2026
Dry Cleaning: Secret Love
Jan 9, 2026

New album: This third LP by the London experimental post-punk quartet with the distinctive, spoken, droll delivery of Florence Shaw, is packed with striking, vivid, often non seqitur lyrics capturing life’s surreal mundanities and neuroses with a sound coloured and polished by Cate Le Bon as producer

Jan 9, 2026

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Jan 30, 2026
Song of the Day: Robber Robber - The Sound It Made
Jan 30, 2026

Song of the Day: Striking, dynamic, noisy stop-and-start, stylish experimental post-rock and post-rock by the band from Burlington, Vermont, fronted by Nina Cates, heralding their new album, Two Wheels Move the Soul, out on 3 April via on Fire Talk

Jan 30, 2026
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Jan 29, 2026
Song of the Day: Holly Humberstone - To Love Somebody
Jan 29, 2026

Song of the Day: Shimmeringly catchy and singalong, effervescent Abba-esque and Fleetwood Mac-ish piano and synth pop with an eye-catching, vampiric-themed video by the British singer-songwriter from Grantham, heralding her second album Cruel World out on 10 April via Polydor/Universal.

Jan 29, 2026
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Jan 28, 2026
Song of the Day: Nathan Fake - Slow Yamaha
Jan 28, 2026

Song of the Day: Hypnotic electronica with woozy layers of smooth resonance and a lattice of shifting analogue patterns by the British artist from Norfolk, taken from his forthcoming album, Evaporator, out on InFiné Music

Jan 28, 2026
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Jan 27, 2026
Song of the Day: Charlotte Day Wilson - Lean (featuring Saya Gray)
Jan 27, 2026

Song of the Day: Stylish, striking, sensual experimental electro-pop and R&B in this fabulous collaboration between the two Canadian singer/ multi-instrumentalist from Toronto, out on Stone Woman Music/ XL Recordings

Jan 27, 2026
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Jan 26, 2026
Song of the Day: Lime Garden - 23
Jan 26, 2026

Song of the Day: Wonderfully catchy, witty, quirky indie pop about age and adjustment by the Brighton-formed quartet fronted by Chloe Howard, heralding their upcoming album Maybe Not Tonight, out on So Young Records on 10 April

Jan 26, 2026
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Jan 25, 2026
Song of the Day: Madra Salach - The Man Who Seeks Pleasure
Jan 25, 2026

Song of the Day: A powerful, slow-simmering and gradually intensifying, drone-based original folk number about the the flipsides of love and hedonism by the young Irish traditional and alternative folk band, with comparisons to Lankum, from the recently released EP It's a Hell of an Age, out on Canvas Music

Jan 25, 2026
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Jan 24, 2026
Song of the Day: Adult DVD - Real Tree Lee
Jan 24, 2026

Song of the Day: Catchy, witty, energised acid-dance-punk with echoes of Underworld and Snapped Ankles by the dynamic, innovative band from Leeds in a new number about a dodgy character of toxic masculinity and online ignorance, and their first release on signing to Fat Possum

Jan 24, 2026
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Jan 23, 2026
Song of the Day: Arctic Monkeys - Opening Night (for War Child HELP 2 charity album)
Jan 23, 2026

Song of the Day: A simmering, potent, contemplative new track by acclaimed Sheffield band, their first song since 2022’s album The Car, with proceeds benefiting the charity War Child, heralding the upcoming HELP (2) compilation out on 6 March with various contributors

Jan 23, 2026
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Jan 22, 2026
Song of the Day: White Denim - (God Created) Lock and Key
Jan 22, 2026

Song of the Day: The Austin, Texas-formed LA-based rockers return with an infectiously catchy groove fusing rock, funk, dub, soul, and down-dirty blues with some playful self-mythologising and darker themes, heralding 13th album, 13, out on 24 April via Bella Union

Jan 22, 2026
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Jan 21, 2026
Song of the Day: Holy Fuck - Evie
Jan 21, 2026

Song of the Day: The Canadian experimental indie rock and electronica quartet from Toronto return with a pulsating new track of thrumming bass and shimmering keyboards, heralding their forthcoming new album Event Beat, out on 27 March via Satellite Services

Jan 21, 2026
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Jan 20, 2026
Song of the Day: KAVARI - IRON VEINS
Jan 20, 2026

Song of the Day: Exciting, cutting-edge electronica and hardcore dance music by innovative the Birkenhead-born, Glasgow-based artist Cameron Winters (she), with a stylish, striking video, heralding the forthcoming EP, PLAGUE MUSIC, out digitally and on 12-inch vinyl on 6 February via XL Recordings

Jan 20, 2026
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Jan 19, 2026
Song of the Day: A$AP Rocky - Punk Rocky
Jan 19, 2026

Song of the Day: The standout catchy hip-pop/soul/pop track from the New York rapper aka Rakim Athelston Mayers’ (also the husband of Rihanna) recently released album, Don’t Be Dumb, featuring also the voice of Cristoforo Donadi, and out on A$AP Rocky Recordings

Jan 19, 2026

Word of the week

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Jan 22, 2026
Word of the week: zumbador
Jan 22, 2026

Word of the week: A wonderfully evocative noun from the Spanish for word buzz, and meaning both a South American hummingbird, a door buzzer, and symbolic of resurrection of the soul in ancient Mexican culture, while also serving as the logo for a tequila brand

Jan 22, 2026
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Jan 8, 2026
Word of the week: aspectabund
Jan 8, 2026

Word of the week: This rare adjective describes a highly expressive face or countenance, where emotions and reactions are readily shown through the eyes or mouth

Jan 8, 2026
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Dec 24, 2025
Word of the week: bellonion (or belloneon)
Dec 24, 2025

Word of the week: It sounds like a bulbous, multi-layered peeling vegetable, but this obscure mechanical musical instrument invented in 1812 in Dresden consisted of 24 trumpets and two kettle drums and, designed to mimic the sound of a marching band, might also make your eyes water

Dec 24, 2025
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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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