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Marysia Osu. Photo: Ella Pavlides
Song of the Day: Gorgeously evocative and mesmeric music from the harpist who combines her instrument with electronica and ocean sounds. It heralds her debut album, Harp, Beats & Dreams, out on 18 October via Brownswood Recordings
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Thandii’s forthcoming album, Come As You
Song of the Day: Quirky, clever, eclectic, percussive, alternative and inventively experimental electro-pop from the Margate partner duo and seasoned touring musicians Jessica Berry and Graham Godfrey, also heralding their forthcoming albums Come As You/ Dream With You out in September
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Primal Scream’s upcoming new album, Come Ahead
Song of the Day: A funky fusion of syncopated indie, psych, krautrock and flute-filled acid jazz with Utopian-themed lyrics in this new single by Bobby Gillespie and co, with a different sound heralding the band’s first album for 8 years – Come Ahead – out on 8 November on BMG
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Joan As Police Woman aka Joan Wasser
Song of the Day: A wonderful and welcome return by the NY multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter Joan Wasser, with a song that seeks reconciliation of a dissolved romantic relationship, inspired by the styles of Curtis Mayfield and Marvin Gaye, mixes soul, funk, pop and prog, and is second single from her forthcoming album Lemons, Limes & Orchids
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Glass Beams
Song of the Day: The title track of the recent EP by the Melbourne-based trio formed around founding member Rajan Silva is a exotic, entrancing instrumental fusing eastern and western cultures, the sounds of Ravi Shankar and family, and psychedelia
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Dafna’s recent album, The Paradox of Choice
Song of the Day: Catchy 80s-inspired synth-pop with echoes of A-ha and Toni Basil by the Boulder-Colorado singer-songwriter Dafna Margalit of Israeli heritage, taken from her excellent latest album The Paradox of Choice, released in May
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Ginger Root’s new album, SHINBANGUMI, out in September
Song of the Day: Infectiously funk-infused experimental DIY dance music with a particularly groovy bassline by the Californian multi-instrumentalist and singer/songwriter Cameron Lew, heralding his forthcoming fourth studio album, SHINBANGUMI, out on 13 September via Ghostly International
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The second Los Bitchos album, Talkie Talkie, is due out on 30 August
Song of the Day: A stylish, catchy and always irresistably fun fusion of pace-changing instrumental indie, cumbia, surf and psych by the international London-based quartet, taken from their forthcoming second album Talkie Talkie, out on City Slang on 30 August
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Juniore’s next album, Trois, Deux, Un – out on 13 September
Song of the Day: Perfect for a sweltering July summer weekend, sensual French pop with images of seashore, pebbles, naked flesh and the Mediterranean Sea by the sophisticated Parisian indie 60s-style band, heralding their forthcoming album TROIS, DEUX, UN, out on 13 September
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Cornershop - Double Denim
Song of the Day: The British experimental indie rock band of Tjinder Singh, Ben Ayres and co return with a craftily catchy, perky, quirky summer single of patterns and shapes with a new version featuring the breezy vocals of Italian film star Rosanna alongside crisp, retro electronica, staccato guitar riffs and taut bass and percussion
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Anish Kumar - Everything Blooms Around Her
Song of the Day: Infectious, interweaving dance music with a south Asian flavour (sourcing India singer Aruna Lama’s beautiful folk song Hera na Hera and sampled vocals from a cover by Bakemono Gurung) put together by the DJ electronic musician who has simultaneously studying veterinary medicine at Cambridge University
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Laura Marling’s forthcoming new album Patterns In Repeat
Song of the Day: Delicate finger-picking folk in this sunlit, beautiful new single about experiencing the life cycles of motherhood, by the British singer-songwriter, heralding her forthcoming next album, Patterns In Repeat, out on Chrysalis Records/ Partisan Records
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The falling feeling: Mia Berrin of Pom Pom Squad
Song of the Day: Catchy, breezy, yet also anxious indie rock-pop from the Brooklyn-based band of singer Mia Berrin, in a song about the push-pull between those opposing sides her introvert-extrovert personality and the ambition can sometimes feel self-destructive
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Nubya Garcia’s upcoming album, Odyssey
Song of the Day: A gorgeously rich, emotive new blended jazz piece featuring orchestral strings, piano and more by the award-winning London-based tenor saxophonist, bandleader and composer heralding her forthcoming new album, Odyssey out on 20 September via Concord Jazz
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Ace combination: Orville Peck and Beck
Song of the Day: An irresistibly catchy horn-infused bluesy-funk-country Vegas/Elvis-style ace combination featuring the masked South African US and Canada-based country star and the acclaimed Californian alt-rocker in a high-rolling tribute to Presley’s ‘68 Comeback Special
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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