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Song of the Day: A new single that’s topically dark and dystopian in flavour by the veteran American rock band fronted by Scotland’s Shirley Manson, but also an ironic title and a call to action, heralding their forthcoming album Let All That We Imagine Be The Light, due out on 30 May, on BMG
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Lana Del Rey - Henry, Come On
Song of the Day: The enigmatic American singer-songwriter returns after a two-year absence with a beautiful country-inflected new single, heralding her forthcoming next album, The Right Person Will Stay, out on Polydor/Interscope/Universal
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Keeley Forsyth’s new EP, Hand to Mouth
Song of the Day: Starkly minimalist and beautiful, the opening track from the latest EP, Hand To Mouth, by the rich-voiced Oldham singer, composer and actress, joined by the English multi-instrumentalist on piano. Out on 130701 / FatCat Records
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Stereolab’s upcoming album Instant Holograms On Metal Film
Song of the Day: An instantly catchy new number with abstract, philosophical lyrics by the veteran Anglo-French kraurocky synth-pop band of Tim Gane, Laetitia Sadier and co heralding their first studio album in 15 years, Instant Holograms On Metal Film, out 23 May on Duophonic UHF Disks and Warp Records
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More on the horizon: Pulp’s first album since 2001 is out in June on Rough Trade
Song of the Day: Heralding More, their first new album in 24 years, the beloved Sheffield indie-pop band return with instantly catchy, joyous number referencing Jarvis Cocker’s drive to perform, and a drily humorous titular reference to the legendary Stone Roses gig in Widnes in 1990
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BC Camplight with The Last Dinner Party’s Abigail Morris
Song of the Day: The Manchester-based American singer-songwriter Brian Christinzio’s returns with sumptuous Rundgren-esque, witty piano pop, joined by The Last Dinner Party vocalist, and heralding BC’s upcoming new album, A Sober Conversation out on 27 June via Bella Union
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Gwenno
Song of the Day: The Welsh singer-songwriter Gwenno Saunders returns with a sunny upbeat, Smiths-feel guitar jangling nostalgic number about dancefloors that no longer exist, heralding her fourth LP, Utopia
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From the video for Poor Creature’s The Whole Town Knows
Song of the Day: A stirring, primal, powerfully dark, vivid hybrid-folk single by the trio of Ruth Clinton (Landless), Cormac MacDiarmada and John Dermody (of Lankum) heralding their debut album All Smiles Tonight, out on 11 July via River Lea Records
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AURORA - The Flood
Song of the Day: After last summer’s album What Happened To The Heart?, the acclaimed Norwegian singer-songwriter Aurora Aksnes returns with a shimmering, soaring, sparkling new pop single of self-analysis, out on Decca/ Universal
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Frànçois And The Atlas Mountains’ mos recent album, Âge Fleuve
Song of the Day: A beautiful, smoky, sensual, dreamy new version of a recent song, now with rewritten lyrics from the French-British pop band’s most recent album, Âge Fleuve sung in French by the American singer-songwriter, and out on InFiné Records
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Obongjayar, from the video for Sweet Danger
Song of the Day: The eclectic London-based British-Nigerian artist aka Steven Umoh returns with a sensual, erotically charged number fusing electronica and afrobeat and his falsetto voice, heralding his new album, Paradise Now, out on 30 May via September Recordings
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Tilda Swinton with Orbital
Song of the Day: The veteran electronica dance music brothers Phil and Paul Hartnoll return with mesmeric beats mixed with the soothing meditation voice of the acclaimed British actress
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Fighting talk: Wet Leg’s Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers
Song of the Day: A pugnaciously fun, indie-post-punk new single by the Isle of Wight band formed by Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers with a catchy, scratchy, angular guitar riff and their trademark, mischievous, talky asides. It heralds their upcoming new album, Moisturizer, out on 11 July on Domino
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Mount Palomar aka Belfast’s Neil Kerr
Song of the Day: Pulsating, energising new dance music by the Belfast-based producer and live electronica DJ Neil Kerr, here partly inspired by early Janet Jackson, with a French title meaning food, and lyrics (“eats me inside”) sung by Ireland’s charismatic Sprints vocalist
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Self Esteem, aka Rebecca Lucy Taylor
Song of the Day: A life-affirming, stridently positive new number about hope, perseverance and patience by Yorkshire’s charismatic Rebecca Lucy Taylor with grand, declamatory vocals and orchestral strings, heralding her forthcoming third album, A Complicated Woman, out on 25 April via Polydor/Universal
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Amy Millan’s forthcoming album, I Went To Find You
Song of the Day: Gentle, soothing, flickering, swirling electronica and dream pop by the Canadian indie guitarist and singer-songwriter from Montreal, heralding her first solo album in 15 years, I Went To Find You, out on 30 May via Last Gang Records
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Maria Somerville
Song of the Day: Deliciously atmospheric, ambient, transportative dream-pop by the Irish artist from Galway, with a video directed by Daniel Swan, taken from the forthcoming album Luster out on 25 April, via 4AD
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Bonobo - Dark Will Fall (featuring Jacob Lusk)
Song of the Day: Stirring, moody, beautiful new work by the Brighton musician Simon Green, joined by the exquisite voice of the Gabriels singer in this song from the soundtrack to the new series Lazarus by Japanese anime legend Shinichirō Watanabe, out via Adult Swim
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CMAT from her video for Running/Planning
Song of the Day: Fabulously stylish, passionate, humorous, fantasy-scenario country-pop pours out in this new single by the charismatic Irish singer-songwriter Ciara Mary-Alice Thompson, heralding her upcoming third album, EURO-COUNTRY, out on 29 August via AWAL Recordings
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TOKiMONSTA’s recent LP, Eternal Reverie
Song of the Day: Taken from the Los Angeles DJ and producer Jennifer Lee’s very recent album Eternal Reverie which explores a variety of pop and dance styles, this joyous 70s disco funk number rekindling a 1981 hit single by Nigeria’s Oby Onyioha brings a spring to any step, released on Young Art Records.
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