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Joyeria’s EP, FIM
Song of the Day: Killer lyrics on a timeless subject with deadpan delivery, a sprinkle of woodwind and an Elvis reference from brilliant London-based Canadian singer-songwriter, reminiscent of Smog/Bill Callahan and Silver Jews with another great song from his latest EP, FIM, out on Speedy Wunderground / PIAS
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Lawn Chair’s new EP, Eat The Beans And Wear The Jeans!
Song of the Day: After yesterday’s new Blur track, more indie, here with with a theme of exhuberent restlessness and a witty, punchy postpunk edge in this excellent second single by the band from Cologne, German, from their EP, Eat The Beans And Wear The Jeans!
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Blur’s next album, The Ballad of Darren
Song of the Day: A simple two-chord riff, call-and-response, melancholy reflective lyrics by Damon Albarn, and lovely melody and a rousing chorus? The classic Britpop quartet return with a first single from their forthcoming ninth album, The Ballad of Darren
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Genevieve Dawson
Song of the Day: Taken from her new five-track EP, What's Mine Is Yours, out on 26 May, a beautiful new number by the London-based singer-songwriter originally from Edinburgh
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“While Julie plays piano in C” - Achtung by Modern Woman
Song of the Day: Brilliantly punchy post-punk with sharp, vivid, killer spoken lyrics by Sophie Harris, thrumming bass line and explosive guitar effects by the London-based band with a song about a childhood crush on a boy with German parents, and a particularly a scary dad
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The Clientele are back …
Song of the Day: With their first new music for six years, beautifully shiny, polished, twinkling indie pop by the London-based band from the forthcoming ninth album, I Am Not There Anymore, out on 28 July via Merge Records
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Manchester band Nightbus’s new single, Mirrors
Song of the Day: A dark, atmospheric, thrumming piece of cityscape psychology post-punk by the trio of Jake Cottier, Olivia Rees and Zac Melrose from Manchester, with shades, or indeed Shadowplaym of Joy Division, out So Young Records
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Polly Jean Harvey
Song of the Day: The acclaimed British indie artist returns with slow, intense, inventive bird-themed new single about solace and love, from her forthcoming album, I Inside the Old Year Dying, out in July Partisan Records
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Little Dragon return with Slugs of Love
Song of the Day: Catchy alternative indie-pop by the band from Gothenburg, Sweden with a number about pleasure-seeking laziness in relationships, and in a style they imagine “being played by a bunch of youngsters with rubberboots in different sparkling colours.”
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Yova’s new single
Song of the Day: Punchy, rhythmic alternative indie pop by the duo of Macedonia-born vocalist Jova Radevska and London-based musician Mark Vernon with penetrative jagged guitar, organ and trumpet parts in a song about tendency to form addictions to alleviate pain
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Terry: Call Me Terry
Song of the Day: Fabulously catchy and quirky post-punk pop with an electronic twist by the Melbourne, Australia quartet of Amy Hill, Al Montfort, Xanthe Waite and Zephyr Pavey, taken from their brand new album Call Me Terry, out today on Upset The Rhythm
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Sam Burton’s forthcoming album, Dear Departed, out on Partisan Records
Song of the Day: Sounding from another era, that of the 70s and Harry Nilsson, a wonderfully powerful and romantic voice and number from the contemporary Los Angeles singer-songwriter from his forthcoming album Dear Departed, out in July on Partisan Records
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Pip Blom
Song of the Day: The amiable Amsterdam indie quartet of siblings Pip and Tender Blom, Gini Cameron and Darek Mercks return with a upbeat, refreshed sound, still with thoughtful lyrics but closer to pop with added electronica
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Reflect on this: stellar work in Ursa Major Moving Group’s forthcoming debut album
Song of the Day: A gorgeous, entrancing fusion of folk, chamber pop and post-punk and a clever protest song about a ravaged planet by the brilliant London singer, composer and multi-instrumentalist Ursula Russell, who played everything on this track
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Rahill and Beck in the video for Fables
Song of the Day: Beautifully upbeat, fresh, syncopated-beat indie pop with cascading melodies by the Iranian-American singer-songwriter Rahill Jamalifard, joined here by Beck on this new track from her forthcoming album Flowers At Your Feet, on Ninja Tune imprint Big Dada
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Hamster fit …
Song of the Day: “A microscopic succubus”. Crisp, clever, witty, ironic, punchy new post-punk by the Liverpool trio with a first-person narrative about a greedy landlord. Recorded the Wirral’s Yellowbird Studio and produced by Gilla Band’s Daniel Fox
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Where’s your head at … Keaton Henson’s forthcoming album, House Party, out in June
Song of the Day: A slowly building, melancholy but powerful indie-folk love song by the gentle falsetto-voiced London singer-songwriter, and with some comparisons to Villagers, from his forthcoming album House Party, out on Play It Again Sam
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Fontaines D.C. – 'Cello Song
Song of the Day: A fabulous, spine-tingling cover by the acclaimed Dublin band, produced by Elbow’s Guy Garvey, and taken from a forthcoming album of songs by legendary folk singer – The Endless Coloured Ways: The Songs Of Nick Drake
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The Bloodstreams - Clockwork Man
Song of the Day: Superb, swaggering, dramatic, a fusion of 60s garage rock, pop and postpunk with alarm clock, saxophone, trumpet, and a dash of the Rolling Stones in this second single from the London bands’ forthcoming debut album, How To Be A God
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HotWax
Song of the Day: A blistering, glittering indie-rock single by the young trio from Hastings whose influences include the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Courtney Love and Nirvana. Out on Marathon Artists
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