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Song of the Day: The Jesus And Mary Chain - jamcod

December 1, 2023 Peter Kimpton

The Jesus And Mary Chain’s forthcoming new album, Glasgow Eyes

Song of the Day: The legendary East Kilbride alternative rock band returns with a spine-tingling, dark banger of a single heralding their forthcoming next album, Glasgow Eyes, out in March 2024 on Fuzz Club

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Song of the Day: da Googie - Slither (from Split LP with Too Many Things)

November 26, 2023 Peter Kimpton

The Split LP by da Googie (aka Deb Googe) and Too Many Things

Song of the Day: Dark, scratchy, mysterious, and devilishly different, this is the mesmeric opening number on a brand new three-track solo project by Deb Googe, revered bass player with My Bloody Valentine, Thurston Moore Group and Brix Smith

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In 2023, alternative, experimental, psychedelia, rock, indie Tags Deb Googe, da Googie, Too Many Things, song of the day, My Bloody Valentine
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Song of the Day: Sleater-Kinney - Hell

November 7, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Sleater-Kinney’s forthcoming album, Little Rope

Song of the Day: A brilliant, powerful, hair-tingling new single by the Washington indie rock band of 30 years, still with remaining founder members Corin Tucker and Carrie Brownstein, and the opener from their forthcoming 11th studio album, Little Rope, out on Loma Vista Recordings

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Song of the Day: Ghost Woman - Yoko

October 30, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Ghost Woman’s Ille van Dessel and Evan Uschenko

Song of the Day: Smoky, menacing, electrifyingly dark ‘death metal’ rock with the extraordinary voluminous sound by the Canadian duo of Evan Uschenko on guitars and Ille van Dessel on drums, taken from the forthcoming album – Hindsight is 50/50

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Song of the Day: Chelsea Wolfe - Whispers In The Echo Chamber

October 28, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Chelsea Wolfe’s forthcoming album She Reaches Out To She Reaches Out To She out on Loma Vista Recordings

Song of the Day: Wonderfully dark, menacing, atmospheric goth-rock noir about identity and self-empowerment by the Californian artist heralding her forthcoming seventh studio album, She Reaches Out To She Reaches Out To She out on Loma Vista

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Song of the Day: The Last Dinner Party - My Lady of Mercy

October 18, 2023 Peter Kimpton

The Last Dinner Party. From the video for My Lady of Mercy

Song of the Day: Another dynamic, passionate, luxuriant pop-rock single by the British five-piece, this time about girl admiringly seeing for the first time a painting of Joan of Arc, feeling a huge romantic crush, but also one that’s affected by the “bloody, carnal language of religious experience”

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In 2023, pop, rock Tags The Last Dinner Party, Universal, Island Records, songs, song of the day, James Ford
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Song of the Day: Teeth of the Sea – Butterfly House

October 14, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Teeth of the Sea

Song of the Day: Mesmeric electro-pop and psychedelia with searing rock guitar, beautiful vocals by guest Kath Gifford all take flight on this single by the London band taken from their recently released album, Hive, inspired by Frank Herbert’s 1973 novel Hellstrom’s Hive

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Song of the Day: Hungry - On Sight

October 12, 2023 Peter Kimpton

See no evil: Hungry

Song of the Day: Blisteringly energetic, new-wave guitar pop and post-punk with socio-political songwriting by the Manchester-based quartet in new single about turning against moral standards for profit

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Song of the Day: Talk Show - Closer

October 11, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Talk Show - Closer

Song of the Day: Brilliantly energised, dynamic, feverishly catchy, tightly riffing post-punk dance music boils to the surface in this latest single by the south London Goldsmiths-formed quartet with the talky, menacing voice of frontman Harrison Swann

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Song of the Day: Brimheim - Literally Everything

October 9, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Brimheim aka Helena Heinesen Rebensdorff

Song of the Day: A quirky, catchy and melodious indie-electro-pop love song by the Malmö-based singer-songwriter with a distinctive voice, Helena Heinesen Rebensdorff and friends, out on TAMBOURHINOCEROS

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Song of the Day: L'Rain - Pet Rock

October 8, 2023 Peter Kimpton

L'Rain’s new album, I Killed Your God, out on Mexican Summer

Song of the Day: Mesmeric, eclectic sounds mixing electronica, soul, pop, some rippling prog, warped guitar indie, sensual and wild wild vocals by the Brooklyn singer and multi-instrumentalist Taja Cheek, taken from the forthcoming third album, I Killed Your Dog, out on Mexican Summer

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Songs of the Day: Midlake and John Grant – You Don't Get To / Roadrunner Blues

October 6, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Midlake and John Grant – You Don't Get To / Roadrunner Blues

Songs of the Day: In a smoothly brilliant blend, reuniting after Grant’s 2010 album Queen of Denmark, a double single release featuring the US/Icelandic solo artist’s typically caustic, humorous lyrics and the Denton folk-rock band’s classic sound

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Song of the Day: The Rolling Stones - Angry

September 6, 2023 Peter Kimpton

The Stones and their heavy hint ad placed in east London’s Hackney Gazette, before a press event at the Hackney Empire

Song of the Day: “I'm still taking the pills and I'm off to Brazil.” The veterans’ first new music since 2005, starts up their instantly recognisable Richards guitar with Jagger vocals, and capturing a lovers’ argument, was released today in east London to herald the forthcoming album, Hackney Diamonds, out on 20 October

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Song of the Day: Soft Play - Punk's Dead

September 1, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Bouncing back … Soft Play’s Isaac Holman and Laurie Vincent

Song of the Day: A brilliant banger of a Friday song to blow your socks off with sackfuls of searingly humorous satire about from anti-PC culture and other current divisions in this punk number by the duo of Isaac Holman and Laurie Vincent, formerly known as Slaves

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Song of the Day: Flamingods - Tall Glass

August 29, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Flamingods

Song of the Day: The Bahraini-British alternative psych-rockers return with with their unique sound, here layering funk guitars over wonky synths in a number inspired by Afro-synth music of the 1970s

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Song of the Day: Fat Dog - King of the Slugs

August 27, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Fat Dog’s debut single - King of the Slugs

Song of the Day: Using that garden scourge invertebrate as humorous metaphor, a wonderfully energetic, flamboyant fusion of post-punk, psych-rock and electronica by the south London band led by frontman Joe Love with their debut single, out on Domino Records

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Song of the Day: Folly Group - Strange Neighbour

August 15, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Mysterious neighbour … Folly Group’s new single

Song of the Day: Sharp, witty, energised new post-punk single by the south London band with particularly strong drumming, and a curtain-twitching theme in a long tradition of neighbour-themed songs such as Space’s Neighbourhood or Tom Waits’ What’s He Building?

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Song of the Day: Goat - Unemployment Office

August 14, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Goat are back …

Song of the Day: Meaty, viscous, dark, mysterious psychedelic-gothic rock with the unmistakable sound of the returning masked collective band from Sweden, taken from their forthcoming fifth album Medicine, out in October on Rocket Recordings

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Song of the Day: Lutalo - PLPH

August 5, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Lutalo’s forthcoming new EP, AGAIN

Song of the Day: Distinctive, introspective, original, ear-catching indie-folk-fuzz-rock by the Vermont-based musician Lutalo Jones, taken fro his forthcoming EP, AGAIN, released on 25 August via Winspear Records

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Song of the Day: The Antlers - Tide

August 3, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Incoming and outgoing: The Antlers - Tide

Song of the Day: Gentle, acoustic and unusually beautiful, a new experimental number the Brooklyn duo of Peter Silberman and Michael Lerner, identifying natural phases over a lifetime with an oceanic metaphorical theme

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New Albums …

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June 17, 2026
Fruit Bats: The Landfill
June 17, 2026

New album: Written as usual with his first-thing-in-the-morning, stream-of-consciousness technique, the singer-songwriter Eric D. Johnson, also one-third of the folk trio Bonny Light Horseman, returns with a new collection of melodic, often beautiful, and profound, reflective, gentle, folky rock now 30 years since the first album

June 17, 2026
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June 17, 2026
Horse Lords: Demand to Be Taken to Heaven Alive!
June 17, 2026

New album: The Berlin-based, Baltimore quartet return with their special brand of mesmeric, experimental rock, weaving a rich maze of African polyrhythmic patterns and fascinating tessellations of percussion, guitar, bass, saxophone, microtones, electronic and voice loops

June 17, 2026
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June 17, 2026
Widowspeak: Roses
June 17, 2026

New album: Deliciously gentle-paced and languid, warmly twangy and romantically nostalgic, poetic indie-country-rock by the New York band of spouses vocalist Molly Hamilton and guitarist Robert Earl Thomas, with delicate musical echoes of Tom Petty, Rolling Stones, REM, Neil Young, Yo La Tengo and Cat Power in this finely crafted seventh LP

June 17, 2026
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June 16, 2026
Olivia Rodrigo: you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love
June 16, 2026

New album: The 23-year-old American singer-songwriter, actress, and evidently big fan of The Cure returns with consummately crafted, smart, witty pop and indie rock, featuring an appearance by Robert Smith, and charting the arc of a romantic relationship from unbridled joy to bitter aftermath in her third LP

June 16, 2026
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June 15, 2026
La Sécurité: Bingo!
June 15, 2026

New album: Fabulously fun, vibrant, feisty, catchy, wittily droll post-punk, new wave and art-punk in this pacy, vivacious sophomore LP by the Montréal collective with themes from mental health, dysfunctional relationships, food to enjoyable elderly activities, with styles reminiscent of The B-52s and Devo

June 15, 2026
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June 13, 2026
Kelsey Lu: So Help Me God
June 13, 2026

New album: Luxuriant, ethereal, dramatic and passionate experimental and chamber dream pop by the American singer-songwriter and cellist, with their second LP, seven years since 2019 debut Blood, with guests including Sampha, Kamasi Washington, Kim Gordon, and co-producer Jack Antonoff

June 13, 2026
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June 10, 2026
Vince Staples: Cry Baby
June 10, 2026

New album: The Compton/ Long Beach, Californian rapper returns with a potent, punchy, overtly political rock-hip hop seventh LP that heavily critiques American society and power, racism, police violence, gun culture, media and the music industry, largely accompanied by a tight, riff-heavy electric guitars, bass and drums

June 10, 2026
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June 9, 2026
Liz Lawrence: Vespers
June 9, 2026

New album: More acoustic, stripped back and lo-fi than her previous four albums, yet with deeply powerful and moving songwriting and performance, the British artist’s latest is suffused with grief, reflection and devotion for the premature loss of her sister Jessie, capturing life and death, poetically expressing devotion and reflection

June 9, 2026
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June 9, 2026
Bedouine: Neon Summer Skin
June 9, 2026

New album: A serenely beautiful, but also nostalgically sorrowful fourth LP by American singer-songwriter Azniv Korkejian who has Armenian-Syrian heritage, with songs about displacement and identity, very mindful of Middle Eastern conflicts, atrocities and her family history, while broadening her sound into the lush mould of 1970s Carole King and Laurel Canyon

June 9, 2026
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June 8, 2026
Lee "Scratch" Perry and Mouse on Mars: Spatial, No Problem
June 8, 2026

New album: This wondrously eclectic and entertaining final official album project by the legendary Jamaican producer and artist, made before his passing in 2021, is a collaboration with the German electronic duo Jan St. Werner and Andi Toma, mixing reggae, krautrock, ambient, dub, jazz, New Orleans brass and more, alongside Perry’s distinctive voice

June 8, 2026
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June 7, 2026
Jalen Ngonda: Doctrine of Love
June 7, 2026

New album: Following his acclaimed 2023 debut Come Around And Love Me, the American UK-based impressive soul singer’s second LP is another classy collection of beautifully uplifting, sublime Northern soul and Motown-era love songs

June 7, 2026
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June 7, 2026
Death Cab For Cutie: I Built You A Tower
June 7, 2026

New album: Elegantly expressed emotional turmoil unfolds across 11 cleverly crafted songs in this 11th album by the Seattle indie rock band fronted by Ben Gibbard and produced by the brilliant John Congleton around a metaphor for post-marriage grief

June 7, 2026
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June 6, 2026
Zoh Amba: Eyes Full
June 6, 2026

New album: The NY-scene free jazz saxophonist forms an indie-folk-country-rock-muddy-blues trio with fabulously strong results in this passionate, raw, free-flowing debut as guitarist-singer-songwriter, lyrics themed around their original hometown of Kingsport, Tennessee, and coloured by Appalachian roots

June 6, 2026
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June 5, 2026
ear: Rumspringa
June 5, 2026

New album: Minimalistic, introverted, nuanced quirky laptop experimental electronica by the New York duo Jonah Paz and Yaelle Avtan, following last year’s debut The Most Dear and the Future, this one named after a a rite of passage for Amish adolescents translated as "running around" in Pennsylvania German

June 5, 2026

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June 17, 2026
Song of the Day: Hanna Tuulikki and Tommy Perman - We Came Out (Lesser Horseshoe bat)
June 17, 2026

Song of the Day: A pair of wondrously striking experimental electronica tracks infused with field recordings of the nocturnal winged mammal by the experimental artists and designer based in Scotland

June 17, 2026
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June 16, 2026
Song of the Day: Surusinghe - FRIED
June 16, 2026

Song of the Day: A mesmeric, eclectic opening track by the Naarm/Melbourne-raised, London-based electronic artist, DJ and producer aka Suze Gurusinghe, from her recently released EP, Cutting Thread, out on Dh2

June 16, 2026
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June 15, 2026
Song of the Day: L'Rain - Soulless Cycle
June 15, 2026

Song of the Day: A whoosh of thunderous, mesmeric alternative rock marks this striking new single by the Brooklyn experimental composer, musician, artist and singer Taja Cheek, heralding her upcoming fourth album Fata Morgana, out on 14 August via Mexican Summer

June 15, 2026
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June 14, 2026
Song of the Day: Fenne Lily - Uh Huh
June 14, 2026

Song of the Day: Beautiful, banjo accompanied, reflective wistful indie folk-pop by the the Brooklyn-based British singer-songwriter with this first single heralding her upcoming fourth album, Win Win, out on 23 October via Nettwerk Music

June 14, 2026
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June 13, 2026
Song of the Day: Interpol - See Out Loud
June 13, 2026

Song of the Day: Pulsating indie rock by the seasoned New York band fronted by singer Paul Banks and guitarist Daniel Kessler, heralding their upcoming eighth album This Mirror Weighs a Ton, out on 28 August, and newly signed to Partisan Records

June 13, 2026
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June 12, 2026
Song of the Day: Jack White - Dollar Bill
June 12, 2026

Song of the Day: The White Stripes man returns with a blistering, bluesy rock guitar, Led Zeppelin-ish single, heralding his upcoming seventh solo album, Frozen Charlotte, out on 10 July via Third Man Records

June 12, 2026
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June 11, 2026
Song of the Day: Sylvan Esso - Hot Slob
June 11, 2026

Song of the Day: A proudly messy, rowdy, pointed and punchy new indie rock single embracing the spirit and chaos of living in the glitch by the North Carolina duo of Amelia Meath and Nick Sanborn, here featuring Jenn Wasner and TJ Maiani and out on Psychic Hotline

June 11, 2026
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June 10, 2026
Song of the Day: Rodrigo y Gabriela - Monster
June 10, 2026

Song of the Day: The hugely popular and Grammy-winning Mexico City-raised guitar duo return with a dextrously brilliant new single mixing acoustic and rock styles, heralding their new upcoming new album OurHome out 18 September via ATO Records

June 10, 2026
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June 9, 2026
Song of the Day: JJerome87 - Mr. Alligator
June 9, 2026

Song of the Day: A bluesy, smooth, luxuriantly produced Americana number about a dubious authority figure by the British songwriter and musician Joe Newman, frontman of the Mercury winning band alt-J, in this latest single from his debut solo album, The Canyon, out on 26 June via Mushroom Music/ Virgin

June 9, 2026
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June 8, 2026
Song of the Day: Baalti & Lapgan - Romance / Ipa Ma
June 8, 2026

Song of the Day: Vibrant, rhythmic, experimental electronica and dance music sampling Bollywood, Bengali disco, Hindustani classical and Gujarati folk by the NY-based pair Jaiveer Singh, Mihir Chauhan, joined by producer Gaurav Nagpa, from their recent album, Threads, out on Azal/FADER

June 8, 2026
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June 7, 2026
Song of the Day: Margaret Glaspy - Michigan
June 7, 2026

Song of the Day: A beautiful finger-picked acoustic single by New York-based Californian singer-songwriter about escaping the big city post breakup, heralding her upcoming album I Am Both out on 7 August via ATO

June 7, 2026
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June 6, 2026
Song of the Day: LA Priest - Into The Sky
June 6, 2026

Song of the Day: High-octane electronica and euphoric, dance music by the eccentric, eclectic US artist Sam Eastgate with his first music for two years, and a highly entertaining video, out on Domino Records

June 6, 2026

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June 11, 2026
Word of the week: phialiform
June 11, 2026

Word of the week: This rare but oddly beautiful rare adjective means "saucer-shaped" or having the form of a small, shallow cup or vessel, from the Latin root phiala (a shallow bowl or phial) and the suffix -iform, meaning shape

June 11, 2026
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June 4, 2026
Word of the week: quamoclit
June 4, 2026

Word of the week: Also known as cypress vine, cardinal creeper, cardinal vine, star glory, star of Bethlehem or hummingbird vine, this striking climbing flower, Ipomoea quamoclit, is native tropical regions of the Americas and has a distinctive trumpet with five-point star-shaped petals

June 4, 2026
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May 21, 2026
Word of the week: riqq
May 21, 2026

Word of the week: An appropriately onomatopoeic noun for name for Middle Eastern tambourine, able to produce a range of percussive sounds, and commonly heard in traditional Egyptian, Arab, Greek and Turkish music

May 21, 2026
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May 7, 2026
Word of the week: salpinx
May 7, 2026

Word of the week: This very imposing, loud, resonant noun is an ancient Greek, trumpet-like instrument used as a tactical signal on the battle field, as well as to signal the beginnings of gatherings, or of races in sport

May 7, 2026
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April 23, 2026
Word of the week: throstle
April 23, 2026

Word of the week: An archaic, evocative noun with two connected meanings, originally for the song thrush, then later a textiles industrial frame for spinning, twisting and winding machine for cotton, wool, and other fibres simultaneously

April 23, 2026

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