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Song of the Day: Seraphina Simone - Better Days

January 28, 2024 Peter Kimpton

Seraphina Simone - Better Days

Song of the Day: Vibrant pop about getting over heartbreak with distinctive synth sounds, tight vocal harmonies and intricate drum’n’bass rhythms by the London-based artist who is also daughter of 80s star Terence Trent d’Arby

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Song of the Day: Cakes Da Killa - Mind Reader (featuring Stout)

January 27, 2024 Peter Kimpton

Cakes Da Killa - Mind Reader

Song of the Day: The flamboyant, charismatic American rapper aka Rashard Bradshaw known as a key figure in hip-hop’s ‘queer explosion’ returns with slick, fast, articulate, confident delivery on this dance-music inflected track, with guest vocals by Stout

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In 2024, dance, hip hop, pop Tags Cakes Da Killa, Young Art Records, songs, song of the day, Stout
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Song of the Day: Hiatus Kaiyote - Everything’s Beautiful

January 26, 2024 Peter Kimpton

Haitus Kaiyote

Song of the Day:Intricate guitar riffs, rippling flute and fabulously soaring vocals by singer Nai Palm, this is stylish new funk and soul by the Melbourne band celebrating joy and a celebration of life's infinite possibilities

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In 2024, alternative, dance, funk, pop, soul Tags Hiatus Kaiyote, Brainfeeder Records, songs, song of the day, Nai Palm
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Song of the Day: The Klittens - Reading Material

January 24, 2024 Peter Kimpton

The Klittens

Song of the Day: Catchy, clever, perky, perfect riff indie-art-pop by the five-piece from Amsterdam, highly uplifting, but ironically written like diary entries by guitarist Winnie Conradi during a period a extreme illness to deal with the dull passing of time

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Song of the Day: A Certain Ratio - It All Comes Down to This

January 23, 2024 Peter Kimpton

A Certain Ratio - All Comes Down to This

Song of the Day: With an ever-evolving sound, a belter of a new single by the veteran Manchester post-punk trio brings electronic twists, sharp lyrics and the production magic of Speedy Wunderground label’s Dan Carey with the title track of their forthcoming new LP

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In 2024, electronica, dance, funk, indie, pop, new wave, post-punk Tags A Certain Ratio, Mute Records, Dan Carey, songs, song of the day
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Song of the Day: Lucy Rose - The Racket / Could You Help Me

January 22, 2024 Peter Kimpton

Lucy Rose

Song of the Day: With her first new music in four years, the British singer-songwriter returns with two dynamic rock-pop singles, one with mesmeric rising and falling piano chord line, the other with a jaunty jazz style, heralding her new album, This Ain’t the Way You Go Out

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In 2024, 2023, jazz, pop, rock Tags Lucy Rose, Communion Records, songs, song of the day
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Song of the Day: Real Estate - Water Underground

January 22, 2024 Peter Kimpton

Good call: Real Estate’s upcoming new album, Daniel

Song of the Day: Beautiful, perfect simplicity of melody is deceptively hard to achieve, but it flows freely in this new track by the Brooklyn indie-folk band, heralding their forthcoming album, Daniel, out in February on Domino Records

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Song of the Day: Melanie Baker - All My Plants Have Died

January 20, 2024 Peter Kimpton

Melanie Baker - All My Plants Have Died (except this one is still alive …)

Song of the Day: A wonderfully droll, wistful and catchy new indie single by the British singer-songwriter from the Lake District with a characteristic number about the anxieties and absurdities of everyday life

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Song of the Day: Yard Act - We Make Hits

January 19, 2024 Peter Kimpton

Yard Act … they make hits

Song of the Day: The Leeds band fronted by James Smith return with another catchy, clever, talky, ironic post-punk single, here parodying the very nature of what they do, and heralding the new album, Where’s My Utopia

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Song of the Day: Sasha Assad - Still

January 17, 2024 Peter Kimpton

Sasha Assad - Still

Song of the Day: Alongside another recent single, Bad Nature, a compelling, passionate, swaggering indie rock number from the Nottingham artist with Egyptian heritage with a song about heartbreak

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In 2023, 2024, indie, pop, rock Tags Sasha Assad, Fierce Panda Records, songs, song of the day
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Song of the Day: The Black Keys - Beautiful People (Stay High) (featuring Beck and Dan The Automator)

January 16, 2024 Peter Kimpton

Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney

Song of the Day: An infectiously funky stomp of new single with added brass sees the return of the Akron, Ohio duo of Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney with the distinctive guest vocals of Beck, heralding the forthcoming new album, Ohio Players

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Song of the Day: Campus Christy - Very Complex (feat. Piya Malik)

January 15, 2024 Peter Kimpton

Campus Christy - Very Complex

Song of the Day: Languidly catchy pop-rock and with fuzz guitar, this is the single by the band featuring Stones Throw founder Chris Manak (aka Peanut Butter Wolf) and multi-instrumentalist Brian Ellis, joined by Piya Malik of Say She She

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Song of the Day: Flamango Bay - Mascara

January 10, 2024 Peter Kimpton

Flamango Bay

Song of the Day: Catchy, emotive, powerful indie pop in this title track from the forthcoming EP by the LA-based, San Francisco Bay-formed band about the contradictory nature of the titular make-up as a way to hide from, but also play with gender identity

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Song of the Day: Solar Eyes - Let's Run Away

January 9, 2024 Peter Kimpton

On track for the album release: Solar Eyes’ Glenn Smyth and Sebastian Maynard Francis

Song of the Day: The Birmingham psych/pop duo launch into 2024 with a galloping pace mixing in a heady, eclectic mix of shoegaze, indie, sci-fi, spaghetti western and echoes of Ennio Morricone with a escape-themed track heralding their debut album and recorded in Texas

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Song of the Day: Sans Soucis - Mexico City (featuring Charles)

January 8, 2024 Peter Kimpton

Sans Soucis - Mexico City

Song fo the Day: An uplifting single for a winter Monday of pop-funk escapism to a hotter climate by the London-based Italian singer-songwriter Giulia Grispino and co-producer Cid Rim (Clemens Bacher) with guest vocals by Charles

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In 2024, 2023, dance, disco, funk, pop Tags San Soucis, Cid Rim, Charles, Decca, Universal, songs, song of the day
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Song of the Day: Ratbag - Dead End Kids (Why Aren't You Laughing EP)

January 6, 2024 Peter Kimpton

Ratbag’s EP, Why Aren’t You Laughing?

Song of the Day: Sharp, catchy, renegade-themed indie post-punk from New Zealand by the band of Auckland artist Sophie Brown with the opening track from her debut EP, Why Aren’t You Laughing, alongside a panache for Gorillaz-style visuals

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Song of the Day: TATYANA - Hold My Hand / Down Bad

January 4, 2024 Peter Kimpton

Tatyana from the video for Hold My Hand

Song of the Day: A distinctive, catchy, clever and innovative pair of recent electro-pop singles packed with textured sounds by the London artist Tatyana Phillips, taken from their forthcoming album, It's Over, out on 22 March via Sinderlyn

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Song of the Day: Vanity Fairy - Love of My Life

December 31, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Vanity Fairy aka Daisy Capri

Song of the Day: A gently imaginative romantic, uplifting, disco-funk number to end 2023 with throwback 70s style reminiscent of classic Bee Gees, especially in that vocal style, by London singer-songwriter Daisy Capri

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Song of the Day: Yumi Zouma - KPR

December 27, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Yumi Zouma’s latest release, EP IV

Song of the Day: Bright, uplifting, clever and wistful, with sinewy guitars and thrumming bass, a catchy and cagey number about uncertain love in this opening track from the New Zealand indie band’s latest recent release, EP IV

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Song of the Day: Ladytron - All Over By Xmas

December 24, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Ladytron - All Over By Xmas

Song of the Day: A bell-jingling, tuneful seasonal single with dark undertones of foreboding by the Liverpool electro-pop band of Helen Marnie, Daniel Hunt, and Mira Aroyo

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In 2023, alternative, electronica, indie, pop Tags Ladytron, Cooking Vinyl, songs, song of the day
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New Albums …

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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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Mar 23, 2026
Tinariwen: Hoggar
Mar 23, 2026

New album: After 2023’s Amatssou, the collective of Tuareg musicians from the Sahara region of southern Algeria and of northern Mali return with a 10th LP iteration of their signature desert blues style sung in Tamasheq, and joined this time by younger younger musicians from the bands Imarhan and Terakaft, as well as guests José González and Sulafa Elyas

Mar 23, 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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