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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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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Sasami Ashworth
Song of the Day: After Molly Nilsson’s Absolute Power yesterday, another superlative through the medium of power-chord indie courtesy of American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Sasami Ashworth from her forthcoming album, Squeeze
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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
Read moreSong of the Day: Tkay Maidza - So Cold
Tkay Maidza’s EP Last Year Was Weird, Vol. 3
Song of the Day: Superbly slick R&B, hip hop and pop from the summer-released EP Last Year Was Weird, Vol. 3 by the talented Zimbabwean-born Australian singer-songwriter and rapper
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Liraz’s second album, Zan.
Songs of the Day: Taken from the fantastic second album, Zan, by the Israeli-Persian singer, actress and activist Liraz Charhi, two wonderful fusions of electro-pop, dance rhythms and Persian music from a work that traverses borders, and gender repressions
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Duval Timothy and Rosie Lowe
Song of the Day: Slow, beautiful, rich, multi-layered vocal harmonies with a resonant gospel style and part of a 9-track EP recorded by the two singers between London and Freetown, Sierra Leone
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Gabriels’ new single Bloodline, with a painting of singer Jacob Lusk
Songs of the Day: Two sublime, powerful, moving, and beautiful numbers by the Los Angeles gospel, soul and jazz trio fronted by singer Jacob Lusk who has the emotive, melancholy qualities of Nina Simone and Bessie Smith, and here, with string and wind arrangements, captures a rich black history in every tone
Read moreSong of the Day: Chrysalid Homo - I'm A Prima Donna
Chrysalid Homo’s new single
Song of the Day: Fabulously dark, dancey, catchy fuzzy synth-rich electro-pop by the Manchester artist describing an LGBTQ experience from beginnings on a council estate before their protagonist has a very physical queer awakening
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Figure of Speech’s debut album
Song of the Day: Taken from the recent, excellent debut eponymous album, the Bristol-based Mancunian poet joins forces with producer Boca 45 on a 70s-style funk track delivering sharp hip-hop lyrics that have an anti-racist theme inspired by the George Floyd murder
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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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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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Leif’s new album 9 Airs
Song of the Day: The opening track of recently released album 9 Airs brings mesmeric rhythmic, electronica mixing with more acoustic strings to produce a dream-like, meditative instrumental journey by the Welsh, Bristol-based artist Leif Knowles
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Proc Fiskal’s second album Siren Spine Sysex
Song of the Day: Taken from the album Siren Spine Sysex, a mesmerising collage of synth sounds and voices by Joe Power, the Edinburgh electronica artist, who incorporates local field recordings and distorts snippets Gaelic, Irish and English folk music via the prism of pop
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Sumptuous otherworldly dream pop: Beach House
Song of the Day: The title track to the forthcoming album by the Baltimore duo Victoria Legrand and Alex Scally, their first since 2018, is gorgeous dream-pop with glittering acoustic guitar, vocals and orchestration, and is previewed with further songs – Superstar, Pink Funeral and Through Me
Read moreSong of the Day: Maya Jane Coles - Night Creature
Song of the Day: This title track from the recently released album by the London-based producer and DJ with Japanese heritage builds cleverly into a wonderfully dark, hypnotic groove with ghostly vocals and a woozy dub element
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Switched on: Ibibio Sound Machine
Song of the Day: Electronic pop and afro-funk combine in this Hot Chip-produced new single by the vibrant London band exploring the connection between people and the power resource, and through all of life’s complexities, why it’s a simple answer
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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
Read moreSong of the Day: George Fitzgerald - Ultraviolet
George Fitzgerald - Ultraviolet
Song of the Day: Slowly building, then evoking a high-speed train passing through a vivid landscape, this vibrant new instrumental single by the English electronic artist is his first new music since the 2018 album All That Must Be
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