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Michael Kiwanuka - Lowdown
Song of the Day: Peerlessly powerful and serene slow-build soul and psychedelia by much acclaimed British singer-songwriter, in this double-track heralding his forthcoming fourth album, Small Changes, out on 15 November, via Polydor/ Universal
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Franz Ferdinand's forthcoming album, The Human Fear, out in January
Song of the Day: The return of Alex Kapranos and the witty Glasgow indie-rockers comes with an uplifting number about defiance, heralding their new LP titled The Human Fear, out in January, via Domino Records
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Goat’s forthcoming album, simply titled Goat, is out in October via Rocket Recordings
Song of the Day: Tribal, earthy grooves with a catchy, thrumming riff, flutes and psychedelic fuzz/wah guitar mark out the instantly recognisable return of the wonderful, enigmatic Swedish collective, mixing the corporeal and the cosmic, and heralding their next album, simply titled Goat, out on Rocket Recordings out on 11 October
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FKA twigs - Eusexua
Song of the Day: The striking, stylish delicately voiced new trance-electronica single by the highly original British artist (aka Tahliah Debrett Barnett) is a sensual, heartbeat-throbbing number using her made-up word to describe the state of “momentary transcendence”, and is the title track heralding her forthcoming third album, out on Young Records
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Fresh delivery, Adult DVD’s new EP, Next Day Shipping
Song of the Day: Fresh delivery and punchy, energetic electro-postpunk by the Leeds band in the opening track from their new EP Next Day Shipping, following other singles Doomsday Prepper, Bill Murray and Yacht Money
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Corinne Bailey Rae - SilverCane
Song of the Day: Following last year’s excellent socio-cultural Black History-themed album Black Rainbows, the Leeds-born singer-songwriter returns with a bright. sparkling funk-pop track stemming from a dark subject – set before the Tulsa race massacre, a two-day racial massacre which resulted in the deaths of 150-200 Black Americans Greenwood District in Tulsa, Oklahoma
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Our Girl
Song of the Day: Evocative, serenely beautiful and poetic, this new single by the Brighton band captures that Proustian-type moment of unleashed feelings, senses and memories, in this case hearing Ella Fitzgerald on the radio, and is the title track heralding their forthcoming album out on 8 November via Bella Union
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Aisha Badru
Song of the Day: A beautiful, delicate, ethereal number by the breathy-voiced Florida-based Nigerian-American artist about purpose, making time for yourself and making that time significant, taken from her upcoming second album The Sun Still Rises, out on 29 November via Nettwerk
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Tucker Zimmerman
Song of the Day: A gorgeously gentle,, evocative new number by the veteran Belgium-based Californian folk singer-songwriter and poet, with backing vocals by Adrienne Lenker and produced by her band Big Thief, who also play on Zimmerman’s forthcoming album, Dance of Love, out on 11 October via 4AD
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Julie Dawson: Bottom of the Pool
Song of the Day: Quirky, sensual, dream pop and electronica in this side project by the singer from the Galway band, NewDad, with this title track her forthcoming debut album, out on 13 September via Fair Youth Records
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Manic Street Preachers: Sean Moore, Nicky Wire and James Dean Bradfield
Song of the Day: The popular Welsh rockers return with their signature triumphant sound and a stirring, piano-rippling number with massive chorus, a song about “realisation and understanding – of celebrating the tiny miracles that still exist whilst accepting and embracing managed decline”
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Albertine Sarges - Stand Near Your Fire
Song of the Day: Exuberant, energetic indie pop by the charismatic German artist, capturing the feeling of falling for someone, the “silly happiness of meeting someone you really adore and who brings out the best in you” expressing boldness and confidence with punchy percussion and guitars
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Pelican crossing: Kim Deal …
Song of the Day: Crunchy, fuzzy, spacey, dreamy, psychedelic, this striking new single from the Breeders and former Pixies star is taken from her debut solo album, Nobody Loves You More, out on 22 November via 4AD
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In and out of the loop: Lucius - Old Tape
Song of the Day: Joined by The War On Drugs frontman as guest, stylish, shimmering indie pop by the US quartet fronted by lead vocalists Jess Wolfe and Holly Laessig with a song about fighting the loop, from getting trapped in the rabbit hole, and the inner critic that creeps up and tries to get the best of you
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The Smile’s third album, Cutouts, is due on 4 October
Song of the Day: Radiohead’s Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood, again with Sons of Kemet’s Tom Skinner return with a brisk, sharp, staccato guitar and horn number, the latest heralding their third as The Smile, Cutouts, arriving on 4 October on XL Recordings
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Tess Parks
Song of the Day: Alluring, richly orchestrated psychedelic-tinted dream pop by the Toronto-born London-based singer-songwriter, heralding her new album Pomegranate, released on 25 September on Fuzz Club and Hand Drawn Dracula
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The Waeve: Rose Elinor Dougall and Graham Coxon
Song of the Day: Another stylish, striking, stormy sounding indie single by the Blur guitarist Graham Coxon and his partner aka Rose Elinor Dougall are releasing their second album together, City Lights, released on 20 September via Transgressive Records
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Soft and tender: Tindersticks
Song of the Day: Deliciously paced, tender melancholy in the distinctive style of vocalist Stuart Staples and the Nottingham band from their forthcoming 14th studio album, Soft Tissue, released on 13 September via Lucky Dog / City Slang
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Thus Love’s forthcoming album, All Pleasure
Song of the Day: Swaggering, stylish indie postpunk, with a touch of Arctic Monkeys, by the band from Brattleboro, Vermont, with a strangely disturbing celebratory video (also featuring an owl), and heralding their sophomore album, All Pleasure, out 1 November via Captured Tracks
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Broadcast’s final release, Distant Call - Collected Demos 2000-2006, is out in September
Song of the Day: A truly gorgeous previously unreleased intimate, haunting acoustic song discovered after the passing of the British band’s singer Trish Keenan, heralding a compilation, Distant Call - Collected Demos 2000-2006, and the final release from Broadcast, available from 28 September 2024 via Warp Record
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