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John Cale and Charli xcx
Song of the Day: A potent, surprise collaboration comes all aswirl in this dark, haunting, gothic, cinematic piece of jagged strings and nightmarish, crashing sounds with a spoken monologue by the Velvet Underground Welsh legend dominating this song by British pop superstar best known for Brat, taken from the soundtrack to director Emerald Fennell’s forthcoming film adaptation of Wuthering Heights
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Pictish Trail - Another Way
Song of the Day: A mesmeric, slow-build psychedelic-electronica-pop eight-minute number of gradual transformation rising to a krautrock-inspired crescendo by the isle of Eigg-based Scottish musician Johnny Lynch, heralding his sixth LP Life Slime, produced by Mike Lindsay of Tunng and LUMP, out on 10 April 2026 via Lost Map Records / Fire Records
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Henry Coke
Song of the Day: “I’m done with you scaring me.” A striking, self-released single for a Sunday by the London musician and producer, born into a lineage of vicars and church leaders, but here candidly addressing the cause of his drift from Christianity in his own passionate address
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Ratboys’ upcoming album, Singin’ to an Empty Chair
Song of the Day: A bright, breezy, but also anxiety-themed number inspired by the perspective of a family pet and owner, new from the Chicago indie rock band, heralding their upcoming album, Singin’ to an Empty Chair, due out on 6 February via New West Records
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ROSALÍA returns with a dramatic single heralding upcoming album LUX
Song of the Day: A flamboyant, baroque-pop multi-lingual extravaganza of a heartbreak love song by the Spanish pop superstar, the title named after techno club in Berlin, and joined by the acclaimed Icelandic and American artists, choir and orchestra, and a curtain raiser to Rosalía’s upcoming album LUX, out on 7 November on Columbia/Sony
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Favourite shoes: Lande Hekt’s upcoming new album, Lucky Now
Song of the Day: A bittersweet, catchy, jangly mixed emotions, hope-filled indie-pop number by the British singer/songwriter (formerly of Muncie Girls) heralding her new album, Lucky Now, due out 30 January, 2026 via Tapete
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Anna Calvi returns with a powerful interpretation of the Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy song
Song of the Day: A powerful, smoky, stylish, passionate cover version of the Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy number by the acclaimed British singer and guitarist, returning with a haunting duet with the US artist, their vocals intertwining in a song about intimacy beyond romance - the quiet, profound love found in friendship
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Y’s Sophie Coppin and Adam Brennan
Song of the Day: Punchy, fierce postpunk by the London collective, heralding their upcoming debut EP with a saxophone laced song addressing class divide and hierarchy in which the rich skip through a world they feel they own, released on on SO Recordings and Hideous Mink Records
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Stella Donnelly’s upcoming album Love and Fortune
Song of the Day: Beautiful, delicate, reflective piano folk-pop about period of separation, difficulty and loneliness by the Australian singer/songwriter heralding her upcoming third album Love and Fortune, out on 7 November via Dot Dash Recordings / Remote Control
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Hatchie aka Harriette Pilbeam
Song of the Day: With strong echoes of Cocteau Twins, experimental soaring shoegaze and dream pop by the Australian singer-songwriter and musician Harriette Pilbeam, heralding her new album, Liquorice, out on 7 November via Secretly Canadian, and the follow-up to single first single, Lose It Again
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Courtney Barnett is back …
Song of the Day: The acclaimed Australian indie singer-songwriter returns with a catchy, but also darkly cathartic new single, produced by John Congleton, and her first new material since 2023's instrumental album End Of The Day, and the follow-up to 2021's Things Take Time, Take Time LP
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Ezra Furman - One Hand Free
Song of the Day: A warm, beautiful, gently witty, if melancholy, species-themed standalone single by the acclaimed American singer-songwriter taken from the same sessions as her 10th album, Goodbye Small Head, out on Bella Union. It is accompanied by a video shot by JJ Gonson featuring Ezra accompanied by an assortment of birds, lizards and myriad other species
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Video still from Austra’s Siren Song
Song of the Day: Effervescent, soaring electro-pop inspired variously by ABBA, Ray of Light, The X-Files and Greek mythology in a dreamy plea for connection by the Canadian vocalist and composer Katie Stelmanis, heralding her fifth album Chin Up Buttercup, out on 14 November via Domino
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Chanel Beads’ Shane Lavers with Maya McGrory
Song of the Day: New York-based musician Shane Lavers’ latest single is a mesmeric, textured piece of dreamy digital and analogue experimentalism about memory, accompanied by Zachary Paul on violin and vocals by Maya McGrory, and out on Jagjaguwar
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Unclouded, the upcoming album by Melody's Echo Chamber
Song of the Day: Ethereal, luxuriant dream pop full of escapism and optimism by the French musician Melody Prochet, heralding her upcoming new album Unclouded out 5 December via Domino Records co-produced by Sweden’s Sven Wunder
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Lianne La Havas
Song of the Day: With her first new music in five years, collaborations and covers aside, a gorgeous, sensitive, intimate, sparse, vocal and guitar number by the soulful, golden-voiced British singer-songwriter, a candid number about mental anguish.
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Stereolab’s new AA side: Fed Up With Your Job / Constant And Uniform Movement Unknown
Song of the Day: A sprightly, defiant, catchy, classic AA-side release by the Anglo-French avant-pop band, alongside the song Constant And Uniform Movement Unknown, written by Tim Gane and Laetitia Sadier, and out on Duophonic UHF Disks and Warp Records
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The Fiery Furnaces anniversary edition of Blueberry Boat
Song of the Day: Brooklyn’s brother and sister duo of Matthew and Eleanor Friedberger and co return with a quirky indie-rock experimental echoing piano and vocal number, an additional track to 20th anniversary edition of their seminal 2004 album Blueberry Boat
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Art d’Ecco
Song of the Day: Following the release of their fifth album, Serene Demon, in February this year, further wonderfully warm, catchy, witty indie pop with a touch of glam in this cover of the Chris Spedding number, by the Canadian artist from Victoria, British Columbia, out on Paper Bag Records
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Juana Molina – Siestas Ahí
Song of the Day: The acclaimed Argentinian guitarist and pop experimentalist returns with her first single in eight years, making beautiful and extraordinary sounds with her instrument with angelic, otherworldly vocals in a song about dissolving in someone’s kisses, heralding her upcoming new album DOGA, out on 5 November via Sonamos
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