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The Smile are (right to left) Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood and Tom Skinner
Song of the Day: This side project by Radiohead’s Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood with Sons of Kemet drummer Tom Skinner, brings this powerfully scything rock number that makes a pointed reference to an exploitative media mogul and political figure
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Branching out with new music: Shamir Bailey
Song of the Day: Powerful, heavy-rock guitar rises to impressively soaring countertenor even higher than Prince’s Camille in this recent single wrestling with the constraints of gender definition by the talented singer-songwriter from Las Vegas
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Kim Gordon
Song of the Day: “Take me downtown … the darkness downtown …” A first new single since the ex-Sonic Youth frontwoman’s 2019 solo album No Home Record, this powerful protest number with thrumming bass and dissonant guitars is a charity abortion rights fundraiser for Fund Texas Choice
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Grace Cummings
Song of the Day: From Grace Carter yesterday to another Grace today, also addressing and questioning the religious idea, with the Melbourne singer-songwriter'’s powerful, gritty, distinctive voice and acoustic guitar, taken from her forthcoming album Storm Queen
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The Lazy Eyes
Song of the Day: “I want it all to be OK”. Thumpingly fun, psych-rock-funk number, streaked with insanely catchy riffs and bassline and dreamy vocals by the Sydney, Australia band from their forthcoming debut LP, following two EPs
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And then there were three: Foals
Song of the Day: With strong echoes of Talking Heads, funk guitar and a thumping bass line, a catchy, punchy new single by the Oxford indie rockers, from their forthcoming album
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Spoon’s forthcoming album Lucifer On The Sofa
Song of the Day: Blisteringly catchy and hard-hitting new single by the veteran indie rockers from Austin, Texas fronted by Britt Daniel, taken from their forthcoming album Devil On The Sofa, due out February 2022 on Matador Records
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Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You
Song of the Day: From the forthcoming album Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You (February 2022), Brooklyn’s Adrianne Lenker and co return with a brilliantly clever, percussive, beautiful new single with an entropy and climate theme
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Molly Nilsson
Song of the Day: A powerful, rousing, upbeat guitar-fuzz indie electro-pop number about taking stock of thing and control, by the Swedish Berlin-based singer and songwriter from her upcoming album Extreme, out in January 2022 on her label Dark Skies Association
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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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Jack White’s forthcoming album Fear of The Dawn
Song of the Day: Blistering new single from the multi-instrumentalist former White Stripes man, with Roland Juno-60 synth effects alongside his distinctive vocals and searing guitar with the power of a one-man Led Zeppelin
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Hembree’s latest single, Operators
Song of the Day: A vibrant dance track with rhythmic saxophone by the Kansas City-based indie band written during lockdown and inspired by street protests and duplicitous law enforcement agents
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Gothic noir: Freya Beer
Song of the Day: With a menacing guitar intro, strong chord changes and a beguiling, dreamlike voice, this number about unleashing primal feelings by London singer-songwriter ideally girds up for a goth-noir Halloween, and is the title track from her debut album
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The Bug Club’s forthcoming album Pure Particles
Song of the Day: Wonderfully catchy indie with snappy lyrics, blistering guitar and strong dash of Jonathan Richman in altogether very tasty dose by the Welsh trio of trio of Sam Willmett, Tilly Harris, and Dan Matthew from their forthcoming mini album Pure Particles
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Penelope Isles: sibilngs Jack and Lily Wolter and friend
Song of the Day: Powerful, beautiful, slow psych-alt-rock with soaring strings, intimate lyrics, blistering guitars and sounds of the ocean by the Brighton band of siblings Jack and Lily Wolter, from the forthcoming second album, Which Way To Happy, out on 5 November on Bella Union
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From the video for Unknown Mortal Orchestra’s That Life
Songs of the Day: To kick off the weekend, two new singles by Ruban Nielson and the New Zealand psych rock band for three years, bring a new hue to summer, the latter inspired by the Hieronymus Bosch Painting, The Garden of Earthly Delights
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The Mysterines’ Lia Metcalfe
Song of the Day: Blistering, menacing and dark, this new indie rock number about obsessive love is by the Liverpool band fronted by Lia Metcalfe, who, with EPs under their belt, have their debut LP hotly tipped on the horizon
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Goat return with their compilation of rare and unreleased, Headsoup
Song of the Day: Very welcome first new material in five years from the stylish Swedish alternative band, here serving up a heavy dose of psychedelic rock with meaty guitar, mystical vocals and flute, from their forthcoming album Headsoup, which comprises rare and unreleased material
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Witch Fever
Song of the Day: A number to blow away any cobwebs on a Monday, the Manchester all-female heavy rock/punk band’s latest is a fiercely defiant cri de coeur moving from self-harm to self-emancipation
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