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The buoyant debut EP, Woo Hoo, by congratulations
Songs of the Day: A pair of enthralling, energetic, clever, humorous fuzz-guitar, indie-rock / noise-pop numbers by the Brighton band, taken from their debut EP, Woo Hoo, out in September on Bella Union
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Yard Act
Song of the Day: The Leeds post-punk quartet return with a blistering new single about constant social shifts in perception, ownership and recognition through the metaphor of a classic piece of clothing, with frontman James Smith’s biting lyrics alongside a driving dance-punk energy
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N'Deko: Falle Nioke and Joe Goddard. Photo by Louise Mason
Song of the Day: A mightily catchy and soulful fusion of West Africa folk and London electronica as Guinea singer Falle Nioke joins up with Hot Chip’s Joe Goddard in their debut single, one about Falle’s melancholy in missing his homeland
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Playing your cards right? Housewife
Song of the Day: Thrumming, catchy, clever, caustic indie-pop by the band in this latest single by theToronto fronted by Brighid Fry in reference to Tarot card characters, intuition and relationships
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Problem Patterns
Song of the Day: “You can’t fire me, I’m leaving.” Sharp, defiant, witty fuzz-guitar punk by Belfast quartet of Beverley Boal, Bethany Crooks, Ciara King and Alanah Smith with shades of Amyl & The Sniffers. Out on Alcopop!
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Trueman & The Indoor League - Boomers In The Area
Song of the Day: Wittily detailed, catchy, flamboyant summery indie being in a mid-twenties life crisis, especially when performing in front of and older audience, and a dash of Lloyd Cole and the Commotions, in this single by the East Yorkshire band fronted by Sam Trueman
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YOWL’s forthcoming album, Milksick
Song of the Day: After previous single Virile Crocodile Sweat, further wonderfully droll, restless, self-deprecating, articulate indie post-punk rich in animal metaphor by the south London band, taken from their forthcoming album Milksick
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Beck and Phoenix - Odyssey
Song of the Day: Classy, twinkling, agile funk-pop comes in this collaboration between the lauded American artist and French rock-pop band fronted by Thomas Mars, heralding a joint summer tour, and released on Fonograph Records/Capitol/UMG
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Girl Ray
Song of the Day: Pristine and catchy disco-funk from the London trio of Poppy Hankin, Iris McConnell and Sophie Moss, in a celebration New York City's 80s queer ballroom scene and the latest single from their forthcoming third album Prestige, out on 4 August 2023 via Moshi Moshi
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Blonde Redhead’s next albumSit Down For Dinner
Song of the Day: An alluring, sensual new single about a conversation by the experimental New York pop-rock trio of Kazu Makino and twin brothers Simone and Amedeo Pace, from their first new album in nine years, Sit Down for Dinner, out on 29 September via section1
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Iraina Mancini
Song of the Day: A superb Sunday glam-rock stomper with a 60s psych-pop vibe by the British singer, DJ and model, with guests on guitar on harmonica, taken from her forthcoming album Undo the Blue, out on 18 August on Needle Mythology
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Beverly Glenn-Copeland
Song of the Day: A stirring, profound, African- and gospel-influenced new number by the veteran distinctively soulful voiced American singer-songwriter from Philadelphia from his forthcoming new album The Ones Ahead out on 28 July on Transgressive Records
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Deeper
Song of the Day: Punchy, powerful postpunk indie about self and songwriting from the Chicago quartet of Nic Gohl, Shiraz Bhatti, Drew McBride, and Kevin Fairbairn from their forthcoming album, Careful!, out on Sub Pop Records in September.
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Slowdive’s new album Everything Is Alive, due out on 1 September
Song of the Day: After yesterday’s number by Faye Webster, another kiss reference, this time by the with some beautiful, shimmering shoegaze by theBritish band of Neil Halstead and co who have been around since the 1990s, heralding their fifth LP Everything Is Alive, out on Dead Oceans
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Faye Webster
Song of the Day: After her 2021 album, I Know I’m Funny Haha, the gentle-voiced Atlanta-born indie singer-songwriter returns with an intelligent, beautiful, slow romantically ambiguous song, out on Secretly Canadian
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The Smile - Bending Hectic
Song of the Day: An extraordinary new 8-minute piece of emotional power, melodic string tuning, distinctive, ghostly vocals and a climactic coda from Radiohead’s Thom Yorke and Johnny Greenwood with Tom Skinner from Sons of Kemet
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Aphex Twin - Blackbox Life Recorder 21f
Song of the Day: Fabulously oddball and mesmeric electronica by the legendary British pioneer Richard James, who returns with his first music for five years, part of a double A-side single ‘Blackbox Life Recorder 21f / in a room F760’ out on 28 July via Warp Records
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Hallan’s new EP The Noise of a Firing Gun
Song of the Day: The second of four excellent, punchy, intelligent post-punk tracks by the Portsmouth-based band from their new EP, The Noise of a Firing Gun, on the theme of violent conflict in past and present, and this one referring to a key battle during Sulla’s civil war in Rome in 82 BC
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Hand Habits’ new EP Sugar The Bruise
Song of the Day: Low-key, vivid, alluring, intelligent, sensual, intimate indie by the Los Angeles artist Meg Duffy in a number about an Egyptian museum piece trapped in time with a profound effect, and the final song from the new EP Sugar The Bruise. Out on Fat Possum Records
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Better Together …
Song of the Day: Upbeat, sparkling, engaging indie by the young, squeaky-voiced London artist and band with a song designed to seduce, but written in the form of a conversation between someone that’s a sceptic of love and another trying to convince them otherwise
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