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Lord Huron - Who Laughs Last
Song of the Day: Dark, alluring, dream-like fuzz rock by the Los Angeles four-piece band featuring a mysterious, existential, road-movie escapism, spoken-word first-person narrative by the Hollywood actress
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Tunde Adebimpe’s upcoming album, Thee Black Boltz
Song of the Day: Following the single, Magnetic, late last year, the TV On The Radio frontman and actor returns with another striking number, heralding his debut solo album, Thee Black Boltz, out on 18 April via Sub Pop Records
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Little Barrie & Malcolm Catto’s upcoming album, Electric War
Song of the Day: Fizzing, fabulous, inventively rhythmic psych-blues-funk by the British rock combo of guitarist Barrie Cadogan and bassist Lewis Wharton joined by drummer Malcolm Catto, heralding their new album Electric War out on 19 April via Easy Eye Sound
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Youth Lagoon ‘s upcoming new album, Rarely Do I Dream
Song of the Day: A mesmeric new banger with the whispering voice of Trevor Powers, the shapeshifting, innovative Idaho-based songwriter and producer, taken from his forthcoming new album, Rarely Do I Dream, out Fat Possum Records on 21 February
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Skunk Anansie - An Artist Is An Artist
Song of the Day: A welcome and excellent return from the London rockers fronted by the inimitable Deborah "Skin" Dyer with a punchy, uncompromising number about creative life, its disciplines, sacrifices and identity, out on Frontiers Records
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Goat + MC Yallah - Nimerudi
Song of the Day: Meaning “I’m Back” in Swahili, an excellent, energised fusion of break beats, Afrobeat, fuzz psych and hip-hop by the mysterious masked Swedish band and the Kenya-born, Uganda-raised high-speed rapper
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Richard Russell’s forthcoming Everything Is Recorded album - Temporary
Song of the Day: A beautifully odd, ghostly, eclectic track by the producer and XL Recordings founder Richard Russell, joined by the south London experimental rock trio, and heralding his forthcoming album Temporary, out on released 28 February via XL Recordings
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DARKSIDE - S.N.C
Song of the Day: Instantly stylish, hooky, engaging funk and experimental rock with a distinct cavernous sound by the New York trio of Nicolás Jaar, Dave Harrington, and new member Tlacael Esparza, heralding the band’s forthcoming third LP, Nothing, out on 28 February on Matador Records
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Avalanche Party - Shake The Slack
Song of the Day: Panache-filled post-punk with a fierce, electrical energy and sharp lyrics by the five-piece band from the North Yorkshire Moors in a new single heralding their forthcoming album, Der Traum Über Alles, out on 7 February via AMK/ Kartel Music.
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Elea Calvet
Song of the Day: Slow, smoky, alluring, entrancing and dramatic, this is the title track of the new five-track EP by the eclectic Bristol singer-songwriter released on Hyssop & Victoria
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Heather Nova - Ghost In The Room
Song of the Day: Ghostly by name, ethereally delicate by nature, this delicate new track by the Bermudian singer-songwriter and poet is about tangibly missing someone, and heralds her latest LP, Breath And Air, out on 21 February on V2
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The Velveteers
Song of the Day: Gripping, gutsy, greedy, dirty-fuzz guitar rock by the trio from Boulder, Colorado, heralding their new album A Million Knives, produced by The Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach, and released on 14 February via Easy Eye Sound
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New Year’s fireworks? The recent collaborative Angel Olsen album featuring this Camp Saint Helene song
Song of the Day: A profound, philosophical and ethereally beautiful final SOTD for 2024, by the band from the Catskill Mountains, New York, taken from Angel Olsen's recent collaborative album, Cosmic Waves Volume 1, out on Somethingscosmic and Jagjaguwar
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Mogwai’s forthcoming 11th album, The Bad Fire
Song of the Day: Released in September, the first of two powerful, dynamic, stormy and serene singles so far heralding the veteran Glasgow experimental rockers’ forthcoming 11th album, The Bad Fire, out on 24 January 2025, on their label Rock Action Records
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Circa Waves - Like You Did Before
Song of the Day: Reminiscent of the high-octane early-2000s New York indie of The Strokes and The Walkmen, this passionate new single heralds the Liverpool quartet’s forthcoming sixth album, Death & Love, Pt1, out on the 31 January, via Lower Third/ PIAS
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Benjamin Brooker at work. (Photo: Trenity Thomas)
Song of the Day: Heralding LOWER, his first album in seven years, the innovative, eclectic, New Orleans-based American singer-songwriter returns with a dark, mysterious and unique mix of sounds of fuzz guitar, electronica, noise pop, hip-hop, ambient and indie rock, with a dream-like video
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Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory
Song of the Day: Following another recent single, Afterlife, a shuddering, powerful, perspective-scanning new indie track by the American artist and her backing band, heralding the forthcoming self-titled album, out on 7 February 2025 via Jagjaguwar
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Deradoorian - Digital Gravestone
Song of the Day: Dark, stirring, powerful, this scintillating, extraordinary new single by the New York multi-instrumentalist, composer and singer has rumbling bassline, a sleazy dirty sax sound, crystalline key stabs and jagged guitar lines, and heralds a new album out in 2025, and her first release on Fire Records
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Cloth - Polaroid
Song of the Day: After last year’s beautifully crafted and spun Secret Measure album, the Glasgow twins Rachael and Paul Swinton return with a thrumming, evocative, vivid new indie-pop number around the theme of memory capture, out on Mogwai’s label Rock Action Records
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The Priscillas - Plastic
Song of the Day: Panache-filled, punchy panic by the glamorous London power-punk quartet in this new single about how one of the planet’s biggest polluting problems goes down to cellular level, with menacing guitars and bass lines, driving drums, and sharp, dynamic vocal harmonies
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