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Song of the Day: Sorry - Screaming In The Rain Again

July 23, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Sorry’s new single is from their album Anywhere But Here

Song of the Day: Taken from the London band’s latest LP, Anywhere But Here, an innovative, emotional latest single, arguably a perfect song for a rain-hit British summer, but one about feelings of isolation and confusion

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Song of the Day: Alan Palomo - Meutrière (Feat. Flore Benguigui)

July 20, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Alan Palomo’s forthcoming album World of Hassle

Song of the Day: Stylish, catchy Franco-Italo electro-pop banger by Texan band Neon Indian’s main man about a song taking place on a film set that explores the friction often felt between actors and their directors on a horror film set, joined here by L’Imperatrice’s singer Fleure Benguigui

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Song of the Day: Maple Glider - Dinah

July 19, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Maple Glider’s forthcoming second album, I Get Into Trouble

Song of the Day: The Melbourne singer-songwriter Tori Zietsch returns with a fusion of the cutting and beautiful with a song about religious shaming, inspired by the biblical story of Dinah, a woman sexually assaulted but victim-blamed

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Song of the Day: Metric - Just the Once

July 18, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Metric

Song of the Day: Described by the Canadian band as regret disco, and a song for when you need to dance yourself clean, ‘once’ is an ambiguous term in this catchy, clean indie-electro pop by the four-piece

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Song of the Day: Wicketkeeper - Alarm Clock Radio

July 17, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Wicketkeeper’ forthcoming new album, Zambroni

Song of the Day: “Modest, basic, robust design, with 24-hour army time. I feel safe in your red glow…” A beautiful, sleepy, clever groove with a love song extended metaphor in this first single from the Margate/London indie trio’s sophomore album, Zambroni, out on on 22 September via Umpire Records

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Songs of the Day: congratulations: Junk / Zeitgeist

July 15, 2023 Peter Kimpton

The buoyant debut EP, Woo Hoo, by congratulations

Songs of the Day: A pair of enthralling, energetic, clever, humorous fuzz-guitar, indie-rock / noise-pop numbers by the Brighton band, taken from their debut EP, Woo Hoo, out in September on Bella Union

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Song of the Day: Housewife - King of Wands

July 12, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Playing your cards right? Housewife

Song of the Day: Thrumming, catchy, clever, caustic indie-pop by the band in this latest single by theToronto fronted by Brighid Fry in reference to Tarot card characters, intuition and relationships

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Song of the Day: Trueman & The Indoor League - Boomers In The Area

July 10, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Trueman & The Indoor League - Boomers In The Area

Song of the Day: Wittily detailed, catchy, flamboyant summery indie being in a mid-twenties life crisis, especially when performing in front of and older audience, and a dash of Lloyd Cole and the Commotions, in this single by the East Yorkshire band fronted by Sam Trueman

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Song of the Day: Beck and Phoenix - Odyssey

July 5, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Beck and Phoenix - Odyssey

Song of the Day: Classy, twinkling, agile funk-pop comes in this collaboration between the lauded American artist and French rock-pop band fronted by Thomas Mars, heralding a joint summer tour, and released on Fonograph Records/Capitol/UMG

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Song of the Day: Blonde Redhead: Melody Experiment

July 3, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Blonde Redhead’s next albumSit Down For Dinner

Song of the Day: An alluring, sensual new single about a conversation by the experimental New York pop-rock trio of Kazu Makino and twin brothers Simone and Amedeo Pace, from their first new album in nine years, Sit Down for Dinner, out on 29 September via section1

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Song of the Day: Iraina Mancini - What You Doin' (feat. Miles Kane & Kitty Liv)

July 2, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Iraina Mancini

Song of the Day: A superb Sunday glam-rock stomper with a 60s psych-pop vibe by the British singer, DJ and model, with guests on guitar on harmonica, taken from her forthcoming album Undo the Blue, out on 18 August on Needle Mythology

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Song of the Day: Slowdive - Kisses

June 29, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Slowdive’s new album Everything Is Alive, due out on 1 September

Song of the Day: After yesterday’s number by Faye Webster, another kiss reference, this time by the with some beautiful, shimmering shoegaze by theBritish band of Neil Halstead and co who have been around since the 1990s, heralding their fifth LP Everything Is Alive, out on Dead Oceans

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Song of the Day: Faye Webster - But Not Kiss

June 28, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Faye Webster

Song of the Day: After her 2021 album, I Know I’m Funny Haha, the gentle-voiced Atlanta-born indie singer-songwriter returns with an intelligent, beautiful, slow romantically ambiguous song, out on Secretly Canadian

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Song of the Day: Eaves Wilder - Better Together

June 17, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Better Together …

Song of the Day: Upbeat, sparkling, engaging indie by the young, squeaky-voiced London artist and band with a song designed to seduce, but written in the form of a conversation between someone that’s a sceptic of love and another trying to convince them otherwise

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Song of the Day: Wallice - Disappear

June 16, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Wallice’s new EP is title Mr Big Shot

Song of the Day: Striking, stylish indie by the Los Angeles artist Wallice Hana Watanabe in this single about those moments when you want to hide, her third of 2023 following two previous EPs and the forthcoming new one, Mr Big Shot, out on Dirty Hit Records

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Song of the Day: Jessica Winter - Choreograph (Limerence EP)

June 14, 2023 Peter Kimpton

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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Song of the Day: Say She She - C'est Si Bon

June 13, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Say She She - C'est Si Bon

Song of the Day: Written in classic hot summer 70s disco, funk and soul vibe, complete with cheeky tinkly bell, a tribute to that era’s club culture with a flavours of Paris, London and New York’s Chic by the Brooklyn female-led band. Out on Colemine Records

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Song of the Day: Madeline Kenney – I Drew A Line

June 12, 2023 Peter Kimpton

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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Song of the Day: Magia Bruta - Biking (Algo mejor)

June 7, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Magia Bruta’s latest album, Un día nuevo, out on Foehn Records

Song of the Day: Following yesterday’s experimental Snowapple track, some beautifully floating and ethereally alternative electronica, dream pop and folk by the Barcelona band, the latest single from their current album Un día nuevo, out on Foehn Records

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Song of the Day: Snowapple - I, CYBORG

June 6, 2023 Peter Kimpton

From the video for Snowapple’s I, CYBORG

Song of the Day: Innovative, strange, dark and mesmeric, this new single by the Netherlands-based international art collective focuses gender and politics through a cyborg prism with beguiling, gradually building alt pop, art rock, cyberpunk and sonic synth landscapes

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New Albums …

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Apr 5, 2026
deary: Birding
Apr 5, 2026

New album: A shimmering, sparkling, ethereal dream-pop and shoegaze debut by the London trio with an ornithological theme in the context of human impact, and significant echoes in flight of their key influences Cocteau Twins, Lush, My Bloody Valentine, and Slowdive

Apr 5, 2026
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Apr 4, 2026
Angine de Poitrine: Vol. II
Apr 4, 2026

New album: A weirdly wonky hot sensation on social media, the mysterious Quebec duo are instantly recognisable by their oddball, masked polka dot disguises, but this second release of mostly instrumental prog-rock bendy loops and riffs between guitar and drums remain just as mesmeric in their musical skill and complexity

Apr 4, 2026
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Apr 4, 2026
Thundercat: Distracted
Apr 4, 2026

New album: Rich, deep, squelchy grooves and high falsetto in the distinctively funky-jazz-soul-afrofuturistic-cosmic-rock return of the outstanding Los Angeles bass player with his first LP for six years, and an impressive array of collaborators, including Mac Miller, Tame Impala, Flying Lotus, A$AP Rocky, and The Lemon Twigs

Apr 4, 2026
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Apr 1, 2026
MEMORIALS: All Clouds Bring Not Rain
Apr 1, 2026

New album: Innovative, eclectic fusion of psychedelia, folk, dub, krautrock, 60s soul, garage rock, prog, pop, electronica and 70s spiritual jazz by the Canterbury experimental duo of Verity Susman and Matthew Simms

Apr 1, 2026
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Apr 1, 2026
José González: Against The Dying Of The Light
Apr 1, 2026

New album: A gentle, reflective, meditative, but quietly defiant fifth LP by the Swedish-Argentine indie-folk guitarist and singer-songwriter, following his last, Local Valley, broadening his perspective in an urgent call to preserve the light of humanity as technology advances in ironically darkening world

Apr 1, 2026
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Apr 1, 2026
RAYE: This Music May Contain Hope
Apr 1, 2026

New album: A highly entertaining, exuberantly stylish, cross-genre 17-track, 73-minute odyssey by the London popstar, with a huge musical show of a second LP, spanning swing-era jazz to soul, R&B, house music, pop, dance, gospel, classical and the full kitchen sink, with orchestral band, family members, Hans Zimmer, and even Al Green

Apr 1, 2026
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Mar 30, 2026
Pitou: P2
Mar 30, 2026

New album: Brilliantly quirky, original second LP of experimental folk pop by the Amsterdam artist, who has the free spirited musical adventurousness reminiscent of Tune-Yards’ Merrill Garbus and Fiona Apple in this clever, playful, stop-start work with oodles of vocal loops and layering, electronica and unusual field recordings across themes of freedom and restlessness

Mar 30, 2026
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Mar 29, 2026
Robyn: Sexistential
Mar 29, 2026

New album: After a break of seven years, the hugely influential 46-year-old Swedish pop star returns with a new burst of alternative, electro-pop bangers, in this ninth LP, now subverting themes of romantic love in another context since having gone through having IVF and becoming a single parent

Mar 29, 2026
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Mar 29, 2026
The Twilight Sad: It's The Long Goodbye
Mar 29, 2026

New album: The Glasgow indie rockers fronted by vocalist James Graham and guitarist Andy MacFarlane return with a tempestuous, highly emotional and moving sixth LP, their first for seven years, with musical input from The Cure’s Robert Smith, fuelled by the illness and passing of Graham’s mother and his subsequent mental health struggles

Mar 29, 2026
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Mar 28, 2026
Courtney Barnett: Creature of Habit
Mar 28, 2026

New album: The Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist returns after a five-year gap to bring more of her witty, indie-country-rock, but with a bittersweet flavour, and an emotionally resonant record that explores change and the central question: how to get out of your own way so you can truly feel your life

Mar 28, 2026
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Mar 26, 2026
Ego Ella May: Good Intentions
Mar 26, 2026

New album: Beautifully crafted but effortlessly performed, a wonderful release of delicious, classy, smooth and smoky soul, jazz and RnB by the London singer-songwriter who has vocal and stylistic qualities reminiscent of Erykah Badu and Sade

Mar 26, 2026
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Mar 25, 2026
Ellie O'Neill: Time of Fallow
Mar 25, 2026

New album: A gorgeous, delicate debut folk LP by the Dublin-based singer-songwriter from County Meath with an exquisite voice, not unlike that of Joni Mitchell, that hovers and rises with expressive control, with themes of memory, grief, desire, and self-reckoning

Mar 25, 2026
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Mar 25, 2026
Ladytron: Paradises
Mar 25, 2026

New album: Following 2023’s Time’s Arrow, the Liverpool synth-pop band fronted by Helen Marnie, now a trio, return with substantial 16-track eighth LP that combines simplicity of chord progressions with rich textures, styles retro and futuristic with classic, catchy pop melodies

Mar 25, 2026
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Mar 25, 2026
Grace Ives: Girlfriend
Mar 25, 2026

New album: Best known as a bedroom pop artist on her DIY produced first two LPs, the New Yorker returns with an expanded sound of eclectic, striking synth-pop, fuelled by a sense of personal and musical rebirth, inspired by some Californian sunshine where she recorded, and referencing an escape from addictions

Mar 25, 2026

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Apr 5, 2026
Song of the Day: U2 - Easter Parade
Apr 5, 2026

Song of the Day: After February’s politically themed protest EP Days of Ash, another surprise single and EP, Easter Lily, by the veteran Irish rock band, seasonally themed and reflecting the band’s beliefs, with a classic sound harking back to the past, guitar and synths, and a number described as a devotional song, a celebration of new life, rebirth and resurrection

Apr 5, 2026
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Apr 4, 2026
Song of the Day: Bedouine - Long Way To Fall
Apr 4, 2026

Song of the Day: A beautiful, tender, poignant return by the Syrian-American singer-songwriter Azniv Korkejian, with a strings and piano-based indie-folk number heralding her fourth album Neon Summer Skin, out on 5 June via Bedouine Music/ Thirty Tigers

Apr 4, 2026
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Apr 3, 2026
Song of the Day: Jack White - G.O.D. AND THE BROKEN RIBS / Derecho Demonico
Apr 3, 2026

Song of the Day: The acclaimed rock guitarist-singer-singer of White Stripes fame returns with this punchy, scorching catchy organ-backed, biblical-modern-fable-apocalypse-themed number alongside another, the Led Zeppelin-esque Derecho Demonico, out on his label Third Man Records

Apr 3, 2026
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Apr 2, 2026
Song of the Day: Julia Cumming - Please Let Me Remember This
Apr 2, 2026

Song of the Day: Lush, classic, piano-pop by the New York–born multi-instrumentalist and Sunflower Bean singer and bassist, influenced by Burt Bacharach, Carole King, and heralding her debut solo album, Julia, out on 24 April via Partisan Records

Apr 2, 2026
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Apr 1, 2026
Song of the Day: Jessie Ware - Automatic
Apr 1, 2026

Song of the Day: Infectiously catchy, funk-soul-disco pop by the charismatic singer-songwriter featuring a deep-voiced spoken intro by actor Colman Domingo, and the latest single heralding upcoming sixth album, Superbloom, out on 17 April via Interscope

Apr 1, 2026
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Mar 31, 2026
Song of the Day: Mount Palomar ft. Enola Gay - Feeding Frenzy
Mar 31, 2026

Song of the Day: Pulsating, dark, hard-hitting dance and hip-hop by the Northern Irish music producer, DJ and live electronic hardware artist Neil Kerr, joined by the Belfast indie-noise-punk quartet, on this title track of a new four-track EP, out on Ursa Minor

Mar 31, 2026
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Mar 30, 2026
Song of the Day: Jungle - Carry On
Mar 30, 2026

Song of the Day: Swoonful, beautiful, but also bittersweet and vulnerable, old-fashioned soul-pop by the British band featuring the vocals of Lydia Kitto in a number co-penned with producer Joshua Lloyd Watson, heralding the upcoming album, Sunshine, out on 14 August via Caiola Records / AWAL Recordings

Mar 30, 2026
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Mar 29, 2026
Song of the Day: The Ocelots - Motor Hotel
Mar 29, 2026

Song of the Day: Beautiful, reflective, uplifting alternative folk with banjo, guitar, flute and more by the Wexford Irish twin brothers Brandon and Ashley Watson, from their new five-track EP, Revisions, a mix of new and re-worked, re-recorded numbers

Mar 29, 2026
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Mar 28, 2026
Song of the Day: Lee "Scratch" Perry & Mouse On Mars - Rockcurry
Mar 28, 2026

Song of the Day: A stylish, eclectic, cross-genre single from the late, great, legendary Jamaican producer and performer’s ongoing legacy, heralding his last official album - the project in Berlin with electronic pioneers Mouse on Mars (aka Jan St. Werner and Andi Toma) and the LP - Spatial, No Problem on on 5 June via Domino Records

Mar 28, 2026
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Mar 27, 2026
Song of the Day: Soulwax - Perfect We Are Not
Mar 27, 2026

Song of the Day: Following last October’s album All Systems Are Lying, Belgium’s Dewaele brothers David and Stephen return with a vibrant electro-pop dance standalone single with droll lyrics, from their recent Abbey Road After Hours project which included a live event at the iconic London studio

Mar 27, 2026
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Mar 26, 2026
Song of the Day: Lykke Li - Lucky Again
Mar 26, 2026

Song of the Day: Bright, uplifting, singalong, big sound pop in this welcome return from the enigmatic Swedish singer-songwriter and model, heralding her upcoming new album The Afterparty, out on 8 May via Futures Music Group

Mar 26, 2026
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Mar 25, 2026
Song of the Day: Model/Actriz - Glassman
Mar 25, 2026

Song of the Day: Violently sensual, truly alternative and viscerally arresting experimental noise/ industrial rock with guitar sounds unlike any other band, all conjured up by the Brooklyn quartet from their new EP Swan Songs out on Dirty Hit Records

Mar 25, 2026

Word of the week

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Mar 27, 2026
Word of the week: veena
Mar 27, 2026

Word of the week: This ornate, curvaceous, south Indian classical instrument, the saraswati veena, is a special bowl lute with a rich, resonant tone, has 24 copper frets with four playing strings and three drone strings, and is used for Carnatic music

Mar 27, 2026
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Mar 12, 2026
Word of the week: wallfish
Mar 12, 2026

Word of the week: It sounds like the singing finned picture ornament Big Mouth Billy Bass that became popular in the late 1990s, but this is a much older noun, derived in Somerset, England, pertains to the climbing gastropod that can slowly climb up any surface

Mar 12, 2026
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Feb 25, 2026
Word of the week: xiphias
Feb 25, 2026

Word of the week: Get the point? This is the scientific name for the swordfish, in full Xiphias gladius (from the Greek and Latin for sword), that extraordinary sea creature with the long, pointy bill. But what of it in song?

Feb 25, 2026
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Feb 12, 2026
Word of the week: yanggeum
Feb 12, 2026

Word of the week: A form or hammered dulcimer, this traditional Korean instrument, with a flat and trapezoidal shape, has seven sets of four metal strings hit by thin bamboo stick

Feb 12, 2026
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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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