• Themes/Playlists
  • New Songs
  • Albums
  • Word!
  • Index
  • Donate!
  • Animals
  • About/FAQs
  • Contact
Menu

Song Bar

Street Address
City, State, Zip
Phone Number
Music, words, playlists

Your Custom Text Here

Song Bar

  • Themes/Playlists
  • New Songs
  • Albums
  • Word!
  • Index
  • Donate!
  • Animals
  • About/FAQs
  • Contact

Song of the Day: Hiatus Kaiyote - Everything’s Beautiful

January 26, 2024 Peter Kimpton

Haitus Kaiyote

Song of the Day:Intricate guitar riffs, rippling flute and fabulously soaring vocals by singer Nai Palm, this is stylish new funk and soul by the Melbourne band celebrating joy and a celebration of life's infinite possibilities

Read more
Donate
In 2024, alternative, dance, funk, pop, soul Tags Hiatus Kaiyote, Brainfeeder Records, songs, song of the day, Nai Palm
Comment

Song of the Day: Kim Gordon - BYE BYE

January 25, 2024 Peter Kimpton

Kim Gordon

Song of the Day: A dark, menacing but very strikingly original new number by the legendary former Sonic Youth frontwoman, fusing noise rock, electronica, and a farewell shopping-and-packing list, which heralds her next solo album, The Collection, out on 8 March

Read more
Donate
In 2024, alternative, experimental, post-punk, punk, rock Tags Kim Gordon, Matador Records, songs, song of the day
Comment

Song of the Day: The Klittens - Reading Material

January 24, 2024 Peter Kimpton

The Klittens

Song of the Day: Catchy, clever, perky, perfect riff indie-art-pop by the five-piece from Amsterdam, highly uplifting, but ironically written like diary entries by guitarist Winnie Conradi during a period a extreme illness to deal with the dull passing of time

Read more
Donate
In 2024, indie, pop, alternative Tags The Klittens, songs, song of the day
Comment

Song of the Day: A Certain Ratio - It All Comes Down to This

January 23, 2024 Peter Kimpton

A Certain Ratio - All Comes Down to This

Song of the Day: With an ever-evolving sound, a belter of a new single by the veteran Manchester post-punk trio brings electronic twists, sharp lyrics and the production magic of Speedy Wunderground label’s Dan Carey with the title track of their forthcoming new LP

Read more
Donate
In 2024, electronica, dance, funk, indie, pop, new wave, post-punk Tags A Certain Ratio, Mute Records, Dan Carey, songs, song of the day
Comment

Song of the Day: Lucy Rose - The Racket / Could You Help Me

January 22, 2024 Peter Kimpton

Lucy Rose

Song of the Day: With her first new music in four years, the British singer-songwriter returns with two dynamic rock-pop singles, one with mesmeric rising and falling piano chord line, the other with a jaunty jazz style, heralding her new album, This Ain’t the Way You Go Out

Read more
Donate
In 2024, 2023, jazz, pop, rock Tags Lucy Rose, Communion Records, songs, song of the day
Comment

Song of the Day: Real Estate - Water Underground

January 22, 2024 Peter Kimpton

Good call: Real Estate’s upcoming new album, Daniel

Song of the Day: Beautiful, perfect simplicity of melody is deceptively hard to achieve, but it flows freely in this new track by the Brooklyn indie-folk band, heralding their forthcoming album, Daniel, out in February on Domino Records

Read more
Donate
In 2023, 2024, folk, indie, pop Tags real estate, songs, song of the day
Comment

Song of the Day: Melanie Baker - All My Plants Have Died

January 20, 2024 Peter Kimpton

Melanie Baker - All My Plants Have Died (except this one is still alive …)

Song of the Day: A wonderfully droll, wistful and catchy new indie single by the British singer-songwriter from the Lake District with a characteristic number about the anxieties and absurdities of everyday life

Read more
Donate
In 2024, indie, pop Tags songs, song of the day, Melanie Baker
Comment

Song of the Day: Yard Act - We Make Hits

January 19, 2024 Peter Kimpton

Yard Act … they make hits

Song of the Day: The Leeds band fronted by James Smith return with another catchy, clever, talky, ironic post-punk single, here parodying the very nature of what they do, and heralding the new album, Where’s My Utopia

Read more
Donate
In 2024, alternative, post-punk, pop Tags Yard Act, Universal, Island Records, songs, song of the day
Comment

Song of the Day: Les Amazones d'Afrique - Flaws

January 18, 2024 Peter Kimpton

Les Amazones d'Afrique

Song of the Day: Wonderfully, vibrant uplifting new single by the all-queens group featuring Malian singer Mamani Keïta, taken from their forthcoming third album, Musow Danse, out on 16 February on Real World Records

Read more
Donate
In 2024, African Tags Les Amazones d'Afrique, Mamani Keïta, Fafa Ruffino, Jacknife Lee, Real World, songs, song of the day
Comment

Song of the Day: Sasha Assad - Still

January 17, 2024 Peter Kimpton

Sasha Assad - Still

Song of the Day: Alongside another recent single, Bad Nature, a compelling, passionate, swaggering indie rock number from the Nottingham artist with Egyptian heritage with a song about heartbreak

Read more
Donate
In 2023, 2024, indie, pop, rock Tags Sasha Assad, Fierce Panda Records, songs, song of the day
Comment

Song of the Day: The Black Keys - Beautiful People (Stay High) (featuring Beck and Dan The Automator)

January 16, 2024 Peter Kimpton

Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney

Song of the Day: An infectiously funky stomp of new single with added brass sees the return of the Akron, Ohio duo of Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney with the distinctive guest vocals of Beck, heralding the forthcoming new album, Ohio Players

Read more
Donate
In 2024, indie, pop, rock Tags The Black Keys, Nonesuch Records, Dan Auerbach, Patrick Carney, Beck, Dan the Automator, songs, song of the day
Comment

Song of the Day: Campus Christy - Very Complex (feat. Piya Malik)

January 15, 2024 Peter Kimpton

Campus Christy - Very Complex

Song of the Day: Languidly catchy pop-rock and with fuzz guitar, this is the single by the band featuring Stones Throw founder Chris Manak (aka Peanut Butter Wolf) and multi-instrumentalist Brian Ellis, joined by Piya Malik of Say She She

Read more
Donate
In alternative, experimental, rock, pop Tags Campus Christy, Peanut Butter Wolf, Chris Manak, Brian Ellis, Piya Malik, Say She She, Stones Throw Records, songs, song of the day
Comment

Songs of the Day: Leonardo Barbadoro - Bomi / Hybr Spiro (from Musica Automata album)

January 14, 2024 Peter Kimpton

Leonardo Barbadoro’s Musica Automata album features 80 instrument robots

Songs of the Day: Mesmeric, unusual, charming, ingenious instrumental gems released late last year by the Italian composer from an album performed by an orchestra of over 80 robots, and currently the largest robot orchestra in the world

Read more
Donate
In 2023, 2024, alternative, electronica, experimental Tags Leonardo Barbadoro, Helical, robots, songs, instrumentals
Comment

Song of the Day: Dana Gavanski - How To Feel Uncomfortable

January 13, 2024 Peter Kimpton

Dana Gavanki’s upcoming third album, LATE SLAP, out on Full Time Hobby

Song of the Day: Heralding her forthcoming next album, LATE SLAP, the London-based Canadian-Serbian singer-songwriter releases a beautifully disarming, woozily alternative folk single with deliciously droll originality

Read more
Donate
In 2024, alternative, experimental, folk Tags Dana Gavanski, Full Time Hobby, Mike Lindsay, songs, song of the day
Comment

Song of the Day: C Turtle - Shake It Down

January 12, 2024 Peter Kimpton

C Turtle’s Shake It Down comes from the new album Expensive Thrills

Song of the Day: Heralding the forthcoming album Expensive Thrills, out in March on Blitzcat Records a snappy, clever, catchy, caustic rasping buzz-guitar post-punk single by the London lo-fi indie quartet

Read more
Donate
In 2024, alternative, indie, post-punk, rock Tags C Turtle, Blitzcat Records, songs, song of the day
Comment

Song of the Day: Sam Akpro - Death By Entertainment

January 11, 2024 Peter Kimpton

Sam Akpro

Song of the Day: With a fabulously meaty bass thrum, a textured guitars, drums and synths, a forthright, engaging track about living in excess, released late last year by the singer, songwriter & producer from Peckham in south-east London

Read more
Donate
In 2023, 2024, alternative, experimental, indie, post-punk Tags Sam Akpro, Anti Records, songs, song of the day
Comment

Song of the Day: Flamango Bay - Mascara

January 10, 2024 Peter Kimpton

Flamango Bay

Song of the Day: Catchy, emotive, powerful indie pop in this title track from the forthcoming EP by the LA-based, San Francisco Bay-formed band about the contradictory nature of the titular make-up as a way to hide from, but also play with gender identity

Read more
Donate
In 2024, alternative, indie, pop Tags Flamango Bay, songs, song of the day, Moshi Moshi
Comment

Song of the Day: Solar Eyes - Let's Run Away

January 9, 2024 Peter Kimpton

On track for the album release: Solar Eyes’ Glenn Smyth and Sebastian Maynard Francis

Song of the Day: The Birmingham psych/pop duo launch into 2024 with a galloping pace mixing in a heady, eclectic mix of shoegaze, indie, sci-fi, spaghetti western and echoes of Ennio Morricone with a escape-themed track heralding their debut album and recorded in Texas

Read more
Donate
In 2024, alternative, experimental, indie, pop, psychedelia, shoegaze Tags Fierce Panda Records, Solar Eyes, songs, song of the day
Comment

Song of the Day: Sans Soucis - Mexico City (featuring Charles)

January 8, 2024 Peter Kimpton

Sans Soucis - Mexico City

Song fo the Day: An uplifting single for a winter Monday of pop-funk escapism to a hotter climate by the London-based Italian singer-songwriter Giulia Grispino and co-producer Cid Rim (Clemens Bacher) with guest vocals by Charles

Read more
Donate
In 2024, 2023, dance, disco, funk, pop Tags San Soucis, Cid Rim, Charles, Decca, Universal, songs, song of the day
Comment

Song of the Day: Ratbag - Dead End Kids (Why Aren't You Laughing EP)

January 6, 2024 Peter Kimpton

Ratbag’s EP, Why Aren’t You Laughing?

Song of the Day: Sharp, catchy, renegade-themed indie post-punk from New Zealand by the band of Auckland artist Sophie Brown with the opening track from her debut EP, Why Aren’t You Laughing, alongside a panache for Gorillaz-style visuals

Read more
Donate
In 2023, pop, post-punk, indie Tags Ratbag, Sophie Brown, Mischief Records, Universal, songs, song of the day
Comment
← Newer Posts Older Posts →
music_declares_emergency_logo.png

Sing out, act on CLIMATE CHANGE

Black Lives Matter.jpg

CONDEMN RACISM, EMBRACE EQUALITY

No results found

Donate
Song Bar spinning.gif

DRINK OF THE WEEK

Mahou Clásica


SNACK OF THE WEEK

pincho de tortilla de patatas


New Albums …

Featured
Muse - The Wow! Signal.jpeg
July 1, 2026
Muse: The Wow! Signal
July 1, 2026

New album: “If a thing’s worth doing, it’s worth over-doing,” once half-joked Queen’s guitarist Brian May, and as one of Muse’s big muses, the British rock trio take that full galactic maxim to the max in this entertainingly over-the-top 10th LP inspired themes of space and alien life

July 1, 2026
 CANDOMBLE- SACRED RHYTHMS IN BRAZIL.jpeg
June 30, 2026
Various Artists: Candomblé - Sacred Rhythms In Brazil
June 30, 2026

New album: A mesmerically powerful collection of field recordings and remixes of the Brazilian religious and musical ritual tradition of candomblé, originating in the 19th century among enslaved west Africans who used polyrhythmic drumming and chanting circles to induce possession by spirits

June 30, 2026
Zero by Alewya.jpeg
June 29, 2026
Alewya: Zero
June 29, 2026

New album: A dazzling debut of diversity and experimentation by the Saudi Arabia-born, Sudan- and London-raised raised Ethiopian–Egyptian artist, producer, and visual creative, who inventively channels her rich musical heritage, with English, Amharic and Arabic lyrics, blending the traditional and modern, and inspired by the diaspora experience

June 29, 2026
The Ground Above by Beth Orton.jpeg
June 28, 2026
Beth Orton: The Ground Above
June 28, 2026

New album: Exquisitely beautiful, vulnerable, raw and sensitively emotional, candid ninth LP in now over three decades by the British singer-songwriter, self-producing again after 2022’s Weather Alive, with a group of highly accomplished, complementary musicians, and lyrical themes of survival and renewal, motherhood and identity, political unease, and deciding to stay - in love, in art, and in the world

June 28, 2026
Jim Ghedi - the death of robin hood soundtrack.jpeg
June 23, 2026
Jim Ghedi: The Death of Robin Hood (Original Soundtrack)
June 23, 2026

New album: Extremely evocative, darkly visceral and elegiac, this folk-based soundtrack by the Sheffield singer-singer and composer captures the deeply unromantic and violent new feature film depicting Hood as a criminal non-hero from writer/director Michael Sarnoski and starring Hugh Jackman, very much stands on its own as album

June 23, 2026
Castle Park by Graham Coxon.jpeg
June 22, 2026
Graham Coxon: Castle Park
June 22, 2026

New album: With delightful echoes of the The Jam, The Kinks, The Bees, Small Faces and other classic 60s pop and mod influences, the Blur guitarist’s resurfaced and unreleased solo LP was actually recorded in 2011 at the time of his 2012 album A+E, and made with producer Ben Hillie

June 22, 2026
The Landfill by Fruit Bats.jpeg
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
Demand to Be Taken to Heaven Alive! by Horse Lords.jpeg
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
Roses by WIDOWSPEAK.jpeg
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
Olivia Rodrigo - You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love.jpeg
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
Bingo! by La Sécurité.jpeg
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
So Help Me God by Kelsey Lu.jpeg
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
Cry Baby by Vince Staples.jpeg
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
Liz Lawrence - Vespers.jpeg
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

new songs …

Featured
Nate Amos (This is Lorelei).jpg
June 30, 2026
Song of the Day: This Is Lorelei - Billy Came Back
June 30, 2026

Song of the Day: A catchy, wistful, propulsive take on the classic acoustic American road song with a heartfelt singalong chorus from the project of Brooklyn’s Nate Amos (also one half of Water From Your Eyes), heralding his upcoming new album The Singer In My Band, out on 11 September via Matador Records

June 30, 2026
PJ Harvey - Voyager.jpeg
June 29, 2026
Song of the Day: PJ Harvey - Voyager
June 29, 2026

Song of the Day: The acclaimed British artist returns with an ethereal, pensive, soaring, orchestral-backed number with swelling string arrangements and pulsing synthesiser signals stretching out into the cosmos: icy, ethereal, and pensive, inspired by NASA’s Voyager 1 and 2 space probes that launched in 1977, now still transmitting on the move in interstellar space, the single now out on Partisan Records

June 29, 2026
Swapmeet band.jpeg
June 28, 2026
Song of the Day: Swapmeet - Halfway
June 28, 2026

Song of the Day: Delicately tuneful indie about approaching confrontation, by the Adelaide, Australian four-piece fronted by Venus O’Broin, are heralding their debut album, Mount Zero, on 17 July via Winspear Records

June 28, 2026
Jim James.jpg
June 27, 2026
Song of the Day: Jim James - Come Again
June 27, 2026

Song of the Day: A strident, stirring, shuffle-rhythm, kaleidoscopic indie-rock meditation on resilience in the face of chaotic instability by the three-times Grammy nominated Kentucky-based singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist and founding member of My Morning Jacket, heralding his new solo album, Wowed Out, due out 28 August via ATO Records

June 27, 2026
Phoebe Bridgers  - Lost Boys video.jpeg
June 26, 2026
Song of the Day: Phoebe Bridgers - Lost Boys
June 26, 2026

Song of the Day: Gloriously uplifting indie-folk dream-pop the the acclaimed American singer-songwriter, joined on backing by her Boygenius friends Lucy Dacus and Julien Baker, and a charming medieval fantasy video also starring actor Skyler Gisondo, from the upcoming third LP Lost Weekend, out on 14 August via Dead Oceans

June 26, 2026
Cinder Well.jpeg
June 25, 2026
Song of the Day: Cinder Well - Beyond The Pale
June 25, 2026

Song of the Day: Beautiful, poetic, vivid folk and Americana about uncertainty and guilt by the LA–based songwriter, composer, and multi-instrumentalist Amelia Baker, heralding her upcoming album A Blooming Body, out on 17 July via Hen House Studios

June 25, 2026
Julia Holter.jpeg
June 24, 2026
Song of the Day: Julia Holter - Fantasy
June 24, 2026

Song of the Day: A beautiful, sensual, dream-like, ethereal new track by the acclaimed Los Angeles composer and songwriter, heralding her upcoming new album Materia, out on 21 August, a seven-track companion album to her superb 2024 release Something in the Room She Moves, also out on Domino Records

June 24, 2026
Bodega band - All Inside Aquarium.png
June 23, 2026
Song of the Day: BODEGA - All Inside Aquarium
June 23, 2026

Song of the Day: Moving away from of their post-punk sound into more of a meaty, guitar-driven melodic rock, the New York band return with a catchy, witty, singalong title track, , an existential anthem influenced by Jane’s Addiction, from their upcoming album, out on 9 October via Chrysalis Records

June 23, 2026
Eels - Cap In Hand.jpeg
June 22, 2026
Song of the Day: EELS - Cap In Hand
June 22, 2026

Song of the Day: A pointed, subtle but also catchy number about making mistakes, regret and social division, US artist Mark Oliver Everett and band return with the lead single from the upcoming album out on 16 October via E Works / Play It Again Sam

June 22, 2026
The Knife, The Needle by Elanor Moss.jpeg
June 21, 2026
Song of the Day: Elanor Moss - Sarah Waiting in the Car
June 21, 2026

Song of the Day: Gorgeously delicate, finger-picking folk by the British singer-songwriter from York, heralding her upcoming debut album The Knife, The Needle, out on 21 August via Merge Records

June 21, 2026
Pan Amsterdam.jpg
June 20, 2026
Song of the Day: Pan Amsterdam & The 1FS - Szechuan Beef
June 20, 2026

Song of the Day: Themed around his favourite subject of food, but also going to many other places, American jazz trumpeter, composer and vocalist Leron Thomas returns with the New York composer and visual artist in an eclectic, eccentric fusion of jazz and hip-hop

June 20, 2026
Julia Jacklin - The Gem.jpg
June 19, 2026
Song of the Day: Julia Jacklin - Get Away From Me (I Think I'll Love You Soon)
June 19, 2026

Song of the Day: A cleverly nuanced, emotionally ambiguous beautifully stirring indie-pop love song by the Australian singer-songwriter, in this first single heralding her upcoming fourth album The Gem, out on 25 September via 4AD

June 19, 2026

Word of the week

Featured
Flying saucer.jpeg
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
Cypress vine.jpg
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
Riqq 1.jpeg
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
Man-blowing-a-salpinx.jpg
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
Song thrush 2.jpeg
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

Song Bar spinning.gif

No results found