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Song of the Day: Loose Fit - Exhale

December 11, 2021 Peter Kimpton

Loose Fit’s new single, Exhale

Song of the Day: Tight, crisp, catchy, rolling rhythm postpunk by the band from Sydney, Australia, featuring Anna Langdon on vocals, Max Edgar on guitar, Kaylene Milner on drums, Richard Martin on bass, and Jonathan Boulet on congas

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Song of the Day: Bambara - Mythic Love

November 29, 2021 Peter Kimpton

Bambara

Song of the Day: From the forthcoming album Love on My Mind, a scorching new single about a passionate encounter by the Brooklyn post-punk band formed by twin brothers Reid and Blaze Bateh with Nick Cave among their influences

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Song of the Day: The Lounge Society - Last Breath

November 28, 2021 Peter Kimpton

From the visualiser animation by Alex Evans of Comes With Fries for The Lounge Society’s Last Breath

Song of the Day: “I will spend my last breath singing.” Despite the walls of the world caving in, a fabulously defiant new number by the band from Hebden Bridge mixing elements of post-punk and psychedelia and produced by Dan Carey

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Song of the Day: Deadletter - Pop Culture Connoisseur

November 26, 2021 Peter Kimpton

Song of the Day: After yesterday’s Doers by New York-band Bodega, another caustic and clever post-punk song about being awash with information by the London-based band fronted by vocalist Zac Woolley

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Song of the Day: Bodega - Doers

November 25, 2021 Peter Kimpton

Pointed: from the Doers video by Bodega

Song of the Day: Excellent, punchy new single by the New York post-punk five-piece band from the forthcoming album Broken Equipment, here all about the crazed activity and pressure of living in the big city as well non-stop online culture

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Song of the Day: Screensaver - No Movement

November 15, 2021 Peter Kimpton

Screensaver

Song of the Day: Dark, powerful post-punk with echoes of Siouxsie & the Banshees and the ‘77-’82 era by the Melbourne band fronted by singer Krystal Maynard in a song about anxiety, rumination and a character paralysed by fear and intrusive thoughts

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Song of the Day: M(h)aol - Gender Studies

November 14, 2021 Peter Kimpton

M(h)aol

Song of the Day: Dark, jagged post-punk rock with jagged guitars and tough, powerful, spoken, feminist edge by the Dublin band and the title track from their latest EP

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Song of the Day: Beige Banquet - Awake

November 7, 2021 Peter Kimpton

Beige Banquet in action

Song of the Day: Taut, wirey, spiky, punchy post-punk with an existential theme by the London band who like to use deadened guitar strings for rhythm, the first track from their latest EP, S/T, out on Just Step Sideways Records

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Song of the Day: Field Music - Someplace Dangerous

October 26, 2021 Peter Kimpton

Field Music’s new EP - another shot follows their most recent album, Flat White Moon

Song of the Day: Taken from the Brewis brothers’ latest EP, Another Shot, a genre-spanning of clever rhythms and vivid lyrics with about change of circumstances and fear of change through the prisms of seemingly ordinary domestic details in a small town

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Song of the Day: Fake Fruit - No Mutuals

October 22, 2021 Peter Kimpton

Song of the Day: Wonderfully cascading guitar riffs and soaring vocals mark out this catchy post-punk number by the four-piece band from Oakland, California capturing life’s absurdities, from their self-titled album

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Song of the Day: Smirk - Minuscule Amounts

October 20, 2021 Peter Kimpton

The Smirk EP

Song of the Day: Timeless fast, direct, no-nonsense fuzzy post-punk from the project of California’s Nic Vicario from Crisis Man, Public Eye, and Cemento, in a style that will also please fans of Flat Worms. From the newest EP and out out on the Portland, Oregon-based label Total Punk!

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Song of the Day: Deep Tan - Tamu's Yiffing Refuge

October 14, 2021 Peter Kimpton
Out of the darkness come … Deep Tan

Out of the darkness come … Deep Tan

Song of the Day: Dirty, droll and furry, hairy and hedonistic, this beautifully offbeat, oddball, Slits-cum-Bette Davis, sharp, stark, post-punk number by the London trio is inspired by the act of sex in animal costumes, and was recorded and produced by Dan Carey for his Speedy Wunderground label

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Song of the Day: Italia 90 - Borderline

October 8, 2021 Peter Kimpton
Italia 90

Italia 90

Song of the Day: Released earlier this year, witty, caustic socio-political commentary by the London post-punk band out on Brace Yourself Records, and who are are about to begin a live tour

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Song of the Day: Cheap Teeth - I Am The Mud

October 4, 2021 Peter Kimpton
Cheap Teeth

Cheap Teeth

Song of the Day: Reminiscent of The Birthday Party, The Cramps, and The Clash, with a thumping bass riff and powerful vocal delivery by Joe Laycock, this rollicking gothic post-punk number by the Edinburgh band evokes a seedy, but infectious underworld

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Song of the Day: Geese - Low Era

October 2, 2021 Peter Kimpton
The forthcoming album Projector, by Geese.

The forthcoming album Projector, by Geese.

Song of the Day: Slick guitar harmonies, powerful stomping bass and forceful, vivid vocal delivery by the young post-punk Brooklyn band from their forthcoming album, Projector, out on 29 October on Partisan Records and Play It Again Sam

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Song of the Day: Joyeria - Here Comes Trouble

October 1, 2021 Peter Kimpton
From the visualizer for Joyeria’s Here Comes Trouble

From the visualizer for Joyeria’s Here Comes Trouble

Song of the Day: Addressing personal vices and perhaps larger issues, this debut single by the Canadian multi-instrumentalist comes two parts - witty, catchy indie, moving into a frenzied instrumental of electro-krautrock

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Song of the Day: The Clockworks - Throw It All Away

September 27, 2021 Peter Kimpton
The Clockworks

The Clockworks

Song of the Day: ‘Half a mind to sign on. the line, and half a mind to throw it all away’. Passionate, post-punk indie by the Irish four-piece band, formed in Galway, now based in London and spotted and instantly signed by legendary mogul Alan McGee on his It’s Creation Baby label.

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Song of the Day: Keg - Heyshaw

September 25, 2021 Peter Kimpton
Seven up: Keg

Seven up: Keg

Song of the Day: Wonderfully upbeat, sharp, postpunk indie by the 7-piece Brighton band infused with jagged guitars, vibrant brass and wonky synths, in a song that traverses the globe inspired by the lead singer Albert Haddenham’s mum moving around to work in different RAF bases

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Song of the Day: Opus Kink - This Train

September 23, 2021 Peter Kimpton
Opus Kink

Opus Kink

Song of the Day: Sharp, angry, fast-moving indie post-punk with a dash of The Clash, LCD Soundsystem, Pigbag and a vibrant brass section make up this latest single by the dynamic Brighton band and produced by Tim Burgess

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Song of the Day: workfriends - Stunt Doubles

September 13, 2021 Peter Kimpton
False member? From the new video by Workfriends

False member? From the new video by Workfriends

Song of the Day: Inspired by the idea of a Hollywood unsung hero in the shadows who then takes over as doppelganger, this fresh, sharp witty post-punk number comes from the Sheffield-based five-piece indie band

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New Albums …

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Mar 17, 2026
The Sophs: Goldstar
Mar 17, 2026

New album: A fairytale story of a debut for the Los Angeles six-piece fronted by Ethan Ramon, who cold-emailed demos to Rough Trade Records before even playing a live gig and were signed – that instinctive leap of faith rewarded by this stylish, bold, mercurial, confident, darkly humorous, eclectic debut leaping between rock, indie, pop, hoedown country, delta blues and beyond

Mar 17, 2026
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Mar 13, 2026
Kim Gordon: Play Me
Mar 13, 2026

New album: Following 2024’s The Collective, the former Sonic Youth frontwoman’s fourth solo LP continues her extraordinary experimental, innovative journey, moving to more melodic beats and shorter tracks with a motorik krautrock-style driven coloured by strange sounds, intense emotions and sharply angled, dark, droll social commentary

Mar 13, 2026
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Mar 11, 2026
ELIZA: The Darkening Green
Mar 11, 2026

New album: The London artist Eliza Caird (formerly under the mainstream pop moniker Eliza Doolittle) returns with more of the cool, slow, sensual, gentle, sophisticated experimental soul-funk style evolving from her 2022 album A Sky Without Stars, here with particularly polished, silky, stripped back grooves and vocals

Mar 11, 2026
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Mar 11, 2026
Andrew Wasylyk: Irreparable Parables
Mar 11, 2026

New album: The Scottish multi-instrumentalist and composer returns with a new selection of soothing, meditative mix of experimental classical and jazz, but this time joined with six different singers represented by the birds on the album artwork

Mar 11, 2026
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Mar 10, 2026
waterbaby: Memory Be A Blade
Mar 10, 2026

New album: A delicate, experimental, understated soulful chamber pop debut by the pure-voiced Stockholm-born singer-songwriter (aka Kendra Egerbladh) in 25-minute, eight-track release of lo-fi, lyrically semi-improvised numbers about heartbreak and self-renewal in a world of gorgeous musical sensations

Mar 10, 2026
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Mar 10, 2026
Joshua Idehen: I know you're hurting, everyone is hurting, everyone is trying, you have got to try
Mar 10, 2026

New album: With a strikingly long title, a euphoric and honest full debut LP by the British-born Nigerian poet, spoken word artist and musician based in Sweden, working with his musical partner Ludvig Parment’s sonic layers, packed pacy dance and hip-hop grooves, clever sampling, slower reflections, and articulate expressions of positivity through the ups and downs of grief and hope

Mar 10, 2026
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Mar 10, 2026
Gnarls Barkley: Atlanta
Mar 10, 2026

New album: Finally, after an 18-year gap since their last collaboration in the heady days of the hit Crazy, with the St Elsewhere and The Odd Couple LPs a third and supposedly final album from fabulous singer CeeLo Green and producer and musician aka Brian Burton with a mix of soaring soul, hip-hop, pop and RnB with songs filled with vivid lyrical memories and strong, emotive melodies

Mar 10, 2026
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Mar 9, 2026
Various: HELP(2) - War Child Records
Mar 9, 2026

New album: Not only a timely and topical milestone charity record following the first in 1995 to help bring aid and wide variety of support to children in war zones around he world, but an impressive double-LP array of stellar British and international talent and powerful, poignant 23 songs from Arctic Monkeys to Young Fathers

Mar 9, 2026
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Mar 9, 2026
Bonnie “Prince” Billy: We Are Together Again
Mar 9, 2026

New album: Just over a year after 2025’s The Purple Bird, but from parallel recording sessions and familiar co-musicians, the veteran Louisville-Kentucky singer-songwriter Will Oldham returns with another collection of exquisite, intimate, gently defiant lo-fi folk to troubled times, an ode to community with a beautiful array of acoustic instruments and his poignant, insightful lyrics and delivery

Mar 9, 2026
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Mar 5, 2026
DEADLETTER: Existence Is Bliss
Mar 5, 2026

New album: This second LP by the South Yorkshire/London six-piece expands their post-punk sound palette with a collection of arresting, thrumming songs, often dark and challenging, with richly exploratory lyrics across dystopian and existential questions, yet despite a climate of difficult, shows how gasping for life’s oxygen is essential

Mar 5, 2026
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Mar 5, 2026
Lala Lala: Heaven 2
Mar 5, 2026

New album: Moving from Chicago to New Mexico, Reykjavík, then London and now Los Angeles, the UK-born artist Lillie West’s experimental indie dream pop is a fascinating release about restless escapism while trying to stay where she is

Mar 5, 2026
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Mar 3, 2026
Iron & Wine: Hen's Teeth
Mar 3, 2026

New album: Timeless, poetic, gentle folk-rock in this eighth solo album by the North Carolina multi-instrumentalist and producer Sam Beam, in warm, tender album with a title that suggests the idea of the impossible yet real, and an earthier, darker, more more tactile companion to his Grammy-nominated 2024 album Light Verse

Mar 3, 2026
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Mar 3, 2026
Buck Meek: The Mirror
Mar 3, 2026

New album: The Brooklyn-based Texan guitarist of Big Thief returns with his fourth solo LP filled with tender, thoughtful, beautiful folk-country-rock, a tiny splash of analogue synths, joined by bandmate James Krivchenia as producer, Adrianne Lenker on backing vocals, plus guitarist Adam Brisbin and harp player Mary Lattimore

Mar 3, 2026
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Mar 1, 2026
Mitski: Nothing’s About To Happen To Me
Mar 1, 2026

New album: Following 2023’s acclaimed The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We, now an eighth LP of sublime beauty, wit and melancholy and silken vocal tones from the American singer-songwriter, mixing pop, rock, echoes of Laurel Canyon era, and stories and metaphors of love and loss, insecurity, independence and solitude all set at home – and no shortage of cats

Mar 1, 2026

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Mar 17, 2026
Song of the Day: Kacey Musgraves - Dry Spell
Mar 17, 2026

Song of the Day: A catchy, witty, innuendo-filled new number about being and single and lonely, with some stylistic echoes of Rumours-era Fleetwood Mac, heralding the acclaimed Grammy-winning Texas country singer-songwriter’s upcoming seventh album, Middle of Nowhere, out 1 May on Lost Highway

Mar 17, 2026
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Mar 16, 2026
Song of the Day: Jaakko Eino Kalevi - Black Diamond
Mar 16, 2026

Song of the Day: A splendidly rousing eight-minute retro-style electro-pop baroque melodrama by the Finnish artist with the deep, rich voice, one that stylistically and in his own fashion, draws a pentagram between Goblin, Rondo Veneziano, Cerrone, Doris Norton and Lindstrom, out on Domino Records

Mar 16, 2026
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Mar 15, 2026
Song of the Day: Hannah Lew - Sunday
Mar 15, 2026

Song of the Day: An appropriate day to highlight this classy latest single of shimmering 80s-style synth-pop with echoes of OMD, with themes about pain, love and grief from the upcoming debut album by the Richmond, California artist, out on 10 April via Night School Records

Mar 15, 2026
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Mar 14, 2026
Song of the Day: Mei Semones - Tooth Fairy (featuring John Roseboro)
Mar 14, 2026

Song of the Day: A charming cross-genre fusion of bossa nova, jazz, folk and chamber pop sung in English and Japanese by the Brooklyn-based American musician with a tale of losing a tooth on the subway and friendship, from the upcoming album Kurage, out 10 April on Bayonet Records

Mar 14, 2026
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Mar 13, 2026
Song of the Day: Robyn - Blow My Mind
Mar 13, 2026

Song of the Day: Quirky, sensual electro-pop with a dash of Kraftwerk by the acclaimed Swedish singer, songwriter and producer Robin Miriam Carlsson, in this latest from the upcoming album Sexistential out on 27 March via Konichiwa / Young Records

Mar 13, 2026
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Mar 12, 2026
Song of the Day: Lava La Rue - Scratches
Mar 12, 2026

Song of the Day: The latest single by the London singer-songwriter is punchy, powerful psychedelic rock number with tearing riffs and lyrics about damage from troubled relationship, abuse and self-harm, from the forthcoming EP Do You Know Everything?, out on BMG

Mar 12, 2026
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Mar 11, 2026
Song of the Day: Alewya - City of Symbols (featuring eejebee)
Mar 11, 2026

Song of the Day: A stylish fusion of electronica, soul, hip hop and Ethiopian rhythmic influences centring on themes of heritage, family by London singer, songwriter, producer and multidisciplinary artist, with drums from eejebee and guitar from Vraell, heralding from the forthcoming new debut Zero out 22 June via LDN Records / Because Music

Mar 11, 2026
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Mar 10, 2026
Song of the Day: Huarinami - Carried Away
Mar 10, 2026

Song of the Day: Explosive, stylish, gritty, restless indie-psychedelic punk with angular, angry guitars, driving bass and wonderfully arresting vocals by Pauline Janier (aka Cody Pepper) fronting the French London-based four-piece in this single fuelled by the frustration of big-city life, and heralding their sophomore EP Nothing Happens, due for release on 6 June

Mar 10, 2026
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Mar 9, 2026
Song of the Day: Avalon Emerson & The Charm - Written into Changes
Mar 9, 2026

Song of the Day: Following the singles Eden and Jupiter and Mars, another stylish, experimental indie synth-pop release by the New York artist with the title track of upcoming second Charm moniker album, out on 20 March via Dead Oceans

Mar 9, 2026
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Mar 8, 2026
Song of the Day: Aldous Harding - One Stop
Mar 8, 2026

Song of the Day: An enigmatic, oddly stylish, stripped back, piano-based new experimental folk single by the New Zealand singer-songwriter, namechecking John Cale, and from her upcoming album Train on the Island out May 8 via 4AD

Mar 8, 2026
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Mar 7, 2026
Song of the Day: Max Winter, Asha Lorenz & Rael - Candlelight
Mar 7, 2026

Song of the Day: A dark, stylish, striking fusion of hip-hop, trip-hop, spoken word, and jazz by the London-based rapper and friends, and the the first single from the collaborative mixtape Like the season!, out on Secret Friend

Mar 7, 2026
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Mar 6, 2026
Song of the Day: SPRINTS - Trickle Down
Mar 6, 2026

Song of the Day: The feisty, ferociously fun Dublin post-punk band return with a punchy, on-point angry new number about the flawed economic term, watching systems fail in slow motion, housing crisis, rising costs, culture wars, climate collapse, and frustratingly being told to stay patient while everything burns

Mar 6, 2026

Word of the week

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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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Jan 8, 2026
Word of the week: aspectabund
Jan 8, 2026

Word of the week: This rare adjective describes a highly expressive face or countenance, where emotions and reactions are readily shown through the eyes or mouth

Jan 8, 2026

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