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KuleeAngee - Animated Love
Song of the Day: A fabulous toe-tapping, funk-disco, acid-house-influenced, talky-vocal indie-electronica groove debut by the Scottish duo of Duncan Grant and Keshav Kanabar, out on the Manchester indie label, Lab Records
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Greentea Peng is back
Song of the Day: With a distinctive new fusion of hip-hop, trip-hop, neo soul, dub, reggae, jazz, and psychedelia, south London artist Aria Wells returns after two years with a stylish number with a dark bassline, tinkling piano, and something of a manifesto about pure expression
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Biig Piig aka Jessica Smyth
Song of the Day: Sensual deep-bass funk and dance music in this latest single by the singer and rapper Jessica Smyth from Cork, Ireland, who also spent time growing up in Spain, and performs bilingually, out on Sony Records
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Maribou State’s next album, Hallucinating Love, out on Ninja Tune in early 2025
Song of the Day: The English electronic artists Chris Davids and Liam Ivory return with a sparkling, funky, electro-pop with the fabulous soaring voice of guest vocalist Holly Walker, heralding their forthcoming new album, Hallucinating Love, out on 31 January 2025 via Ninja Tune
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Primal Scream - Ready To Go Home, from the forthcoming new album, Come Ahead
Song of the Day: A stylishly catchy fusion of 70s funk, psychedelia and rave music in this upbeat contemplation of death by the Scottish cult rockers fronted by Bobby Gillespie, here produced by David Holmes who is also a co-writer for this latest single heralding the new album, Come Ahead, out on 8 November on BMG
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Corinne Bailey Rae - SilverCane
Song of the Day: Following last year’s excellent socio-cultural Black History-themed album Black Rainbows, the Leeds-born singer-songwriter returns with a bright. sparkling funk-pop track stemming from a dark subject – set before the Tulsa race massacre, a two-day racial massacre which resulted in the deaths of 150-200 Black Americans Greenwood District in Tulsa, Oklahoma
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Geordie Greep’s forthcoming solo album, The New Sound
Song of the Day: The Black Midi frontman’s first solo release is a fabulous, frenetic swirl of guitar rock, jazz, prog, funk, pop and Latin, recorded Sãu Paulo, channelling Frank Zappa, Scott Walker, Broadway musicals, with a punchy horn section, his distinctive voice, clever lyrics, it heralds his forthcoming LP, The New Sound out on 4 October via Rough Trade
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Kit Sebasian’s new album New Internationale is out in September via Brain Feeder Records
Song of the Day: Stylish, clever, eclectic new single by the French-Turkish London-based duo of Kit Martin and Merve Erdem about the difficult immigration experience and fusing the influence of Azerbaijani music with an old Italian analog synth
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Joan As Police Woman aka Joan Wasser
Song of the Day: A wonderful and welcome return by the NY multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter Joan Wasser, with a song that seeks reconciliation of a dissolved romantic relationship, inspired by the styles of Curtis Mayfield and Marvin Gaye, mixes soul, funk, pop and prog, and is second single from her forthcoming album Lemons, Limes & Orchids
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Ginger Root’s new album, SHINBANGUMI, out in September
Song of the Day: Infectiously funk-infused experimental DIY dance music with a particularly groovy bassline by the Californian multi-instrumentalist and singer/songwriter Cameron Lew, heralding his forthcoming fourth studio album, SHINBANGUMI, out on 13 September via Ghostly International
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Ace combination: Orville Peck and Beck
Song of the Day: An irresistibly catchy horn-infused bluesy-funk-country Vegas/Elvis-style ace combination featuring the masked South African US and Canada-based country star and the acclaimed Californian alt-rocker in a high-rolling tribute to Presley’s ‘68 Comeback Special
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Gia Ford
Song of the Day: The new single by the darkly angelic Sheffield artist brings a fabulous meaty funk and bite with catchy hook and chorus, as well as airing that soaring, beautifully serene voice of previous releases, and is out now on Chrysalis Records
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Blossoms
Song of the Day: The Stockport, Greater Manchester indie-rockers return with a catchy new song about an apology, but also one that muses on songwriting formulas with a funk beat, with a comedic video set in the Derbyshire hills, football manager Sean Dyke and a classic campervan
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Afla Sackey taking it easy …
Song of the Day: A fantastically vibrant, uplifting new single from the Ghanaian vocalist and djembe drummer and his band Afrik Bawantu, blending traditional music, Afrobeat grooves and funk in a song about dealing with life’s daily trials and tribulations
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Kaeto’s striking new look in the video for Don't Ask
Song of the Day: Funky, groovy, smooth and stylish, but with candid, caustic feminist lyrics about body and self-image come in this brilliant new single and video by the innovative Scottish London-based artist
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Brijean’s forthcoming album Macro
Song of the Day: An infectiously catchy, wonderfully oddball funk-disco single by the LA-based singer and percussionist Brijean Murphy of Toro Y Moi and Poolside, here with multi-instrumentalist and producer Doug Stuart, also delivering an alluringly lazy vocal style, which gives extra appeal considering the subject matter
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Jordan Rakei
Song of the Day: The latest single by the silky-voiced London-based New Zealand-Australian soul singer brings also punchy horns and orchestra in a jazz-funk-Motown-style fusion, and comes from his forthcoming album, The Loop, out on 10 May via Decca Records
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Remi Wolf’s forthcoming LP, Big Ideas
Song of the Day: A new, fabulous funk, soul and pop single with a humorously self-detrimentally twist and entertaining flirty video by the Californian singer-songwriter from her upcoming album, Big Ideas, out in July
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John Grant’s forthcoming album, The Art Of The Lie, out on Bella Union
Song of the Day: Catchy funk and 80s-inspired electro-pop get the full phat treatment from the witty Iceland-based American artist in this new single heralding his forthcoming next album, The Art Of The Lie, released 14 June 2024 via Bella Union
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Sinkane’s new album, We Belong
Song of the Day: This hugely uplifting title track from the forthcoming eighth album by the New York band led by multi-instrumentalist Ahmed Gallab, is fabulously stylish, Sly Stone-inspired, gospel funk and soul with an energy that really flies
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