Song of the Day: Produced by Danger Mouse and with backing vocals by Inflo, the British soul star and Mercury Prize-winner returns with a gorgeous, soaring, classy single, and his first new music for three years
Read moreSong of the Day: Field Music - Six Weeks, Nine Wells
Field Music’s forthcoming album, Limits of Language
Song of the Day: After various side projects, Sunderland’s innovative alt-pop makers, the Brewis brothers David and Peter return with their first new music as Field Music for over three years and a single of synths and an absolutely gorgeous, stirring chorus
Read moreSong of the Day: Bad Moves - Hallelujah
Bad Moves’ forthcoming album Wearing Out The Refrain
Song of the Day: A catchy, upbeat social protest number by the Washington DC indie pop band about curtailed freedom of speech, prejudice and social division from religion, taken from the forthcoming new album Wearing Out The Refrain, out on Don Giovanni Records
Read moreSong of the Day: Longplayer - My Dreams of You
That floating feeling: from the video for Longplayer’s My Dreams Of You
Song of the Day: Sunny, wistful, nostalgic rock in a classic, swooning, smooth 70s style, written, recorded and produced by Mikey Long, the guitarist of US folk-rock band Drugdealer, with his new project.
Read moreSong of the Day: Du Blonde - Blame
Du Blonde’s latest look
Song of the Day: Following 2021’s Homecoming album, the multi-talented Beth Jeans Houghton returns with an angry, catchy rock number about long-time-coming explosion of rage and defiance in the face of gaslighting within an interpersonal relationship
Read moreSong of the Day: Party Dozen - The Big Man Upstairs
Party Dozen’s forthcoming album Crime In Australia
Song of the Day: A powerful, surging stirring, experimental postpunk but also melodic track by the Sydney-based duo of saxophonist Kirsty Tickle and percussionist Jonathan Boulet, about the tumultuous political landscape of Queensland during the reign of 60s-80s Premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen
Read moreSong of the Day: Naima Bock - Kaley
Naima Bock
Song of the Day: A beautiful, simmering, melancholy sax-infused folk number by the south London former Goat Girl member, written on a visit to Tucan and described as about betrayal and the subsequent lack of direction that follows, and heralding her second album Below a Massive Dark Land
Read moreSong of the Day: Alex Izenberg - An Obscured Odyssey / The Wraith Behind Our Eyes
Alex Izenberg. Photo: Giraffe Studios
Song of the Day: Delicious, swooning, beautifully gentle melodies and subtle elements of country and psychedelia distinguish this pair of singles by the Los Angeles artist, heralding his forthcoming fourth LP, Alex Izenberg & The Exiles, out on 26th July via Weird World / Domino Records
Read moreSong of the Day: Clothesline From Hell - You Don't Know
Clothesline From Hell’s upcoming EP< Soon We’ll All Be Smoking
Song of the Day: A mesmeric new single that builds momentum with syncopated drum beats, reversed vocals, intricate riffs and an alluring voice by the Toronto indie-bedroom-pop artist Adam LaFramboise, taken from his upcoming EP Soon We’ll All Be Smoking
Read moreSong of the Day: Bright Eyes - Bells and Whistles
Bright Eyes return with a forthcoming new album
Song of the Day: A stomping, chirpy, super-catchy whistle-along number by Omaha’s Conor Oberst, Mike Mogis, and Nathaniel Walcott, all about life’s tiny details, that seem small but turn to be important. It heralds the forthcoming album Five Dice, All Threes, out on 20 September on Dead Oceans
Read moreSong of the Day: Laurie Anderson - Road To Mandalay
Laurie Anderson
Song of the Day: With a magical, dream-like atmosphere, shimmering guitars, violin, and the soft spoken narrative voice of the veteran American musical experimentalist and artist best known for O Superman, this comes from her new album Amelia, due out on 30 August on Nonesuch Records
Read moreSong of the Day: Clairo - Sexy to Someone
Clairo’s forthcoming album, Charm
Song of the Day: Smooth, sensual, wistful pop by the singer-songwriter from Atlanta, Georgia, Claire Cottrill, with rippling flutes, piano, mellotron, synths, percussion and organ, taken from her forthcoming album, Charm, out in July on Clairo Records, co-written also and produced by Leon Michels
Read moreSong of the Day: The Japanese House - :)
Amber Bain
Song of the Day: Sprightly, upbeat, tender country-flavoured pop about the joy and romantic excitement of meeting a female stranger in this smiley-symbol titled new single by the British singer-songwriter Amber Bain, and out on Dirty Hit Records
Read moreSong of the Day: Parenthesis Dot Dot Dot - For the Time Being
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Song of the Day: Taken from his brand new EP, The Raptor, magnificently melodious, eclectic, catchy, witty, indie 80s-style electro-pop about being present in the moment by the London-based enigmatic alien alias of former Baxendale frontman Tim Benton, with gloriously infectious chorus qualities of Pet Shop Boys and Pulp
Read moreSong of the Day: Imogen and the Knife - Red (Is My Colour)
Imogen and the Knife - Red (Is My Colour)
Song of the Day: A beautiful, sensual, simmering and powerful number by the British singer-songwriter Imogen Williams, about legacy, womanhood and learned behaviour that shapes the degradation of women, asking what it would mean to start again without any influence of heritage or structures
Read moreSong of the Day: Hamish Hawk - Big Cat Tattoos
Hamish Hawk’s forthcoming new LP, A Firmer Hand
Song of the Day: The Edinburgh singer-songwriter returns with his usual witty, polished, wordplay and panache-filled alt-pop, heralding his forthcoming new album, A Firmer Hand, out on 16 August on So Recordings
Read moreSong of the Day: Matty - MADLY
Matty’s forthcoming album, POPS
Song of the Day: A stirring, strong, moving indie-pop-rock love song by Canadian multi-instrumentalist and founding member of BADBADNOTGOOD Matthew Tavares, heralding his forthcoming LP, POPS, out on 16 August via Lex Records
Read moreSong of the Day: Metronomy x Miki x Faux Real - Contact High
Metronomy and friends’ new Posse EP Volume 2
Song of the Day: Quirky, perky, agile electro-pop in this collaboration between the British band fronted by Joe Mount, singer Mikaela Duplay and LA-based brothers Elliott and Virgil Arndt, taken from the new Posse EP Volume 2, out on Ninja Tune
Read moreSong of the Day: Isobel Campbell - Do or Die
Isobel Campbell’s new album, Bow To Love out on Cooking Vinyl
A rather beautiful, delicate acoustic track about life and creativity by the LA-based Scottish singer-songwriter’s brand new album, Bow To Love, out now on Cooking Vinyl
Read moreSong of the Day: Hayden Thorpe - They
Hayden Thorpe’s upcoming album, Ness
Song of the Day: A beautiful, crisp, enchanting, experimental number of interweaving polyrhythms with clarinet, by the British singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist and former Wild Beasts frontman taken from the upcoming album Ness, out 27 September on Domino
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