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Tom Rowlands - We Are Nothing
Song of the Day: One half of the acclaimed British dance/electronica duo Chemical Brothers releases a catchy, quirky new number with skip beats, Prince-like funk, eccentric electronica and a ghostly voice in his first solo material since 2013 when appearing before on Erol Alkan’s London label Phantasy Sound
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Cardinals
Song of the Day: A stylish, dramatic, dynamic, impassioned new single by the Irish indie-folk-rock-post-punk band from Cork comprising Aaron Hurley, Darragh Manning, Euan Manning, Finn Manning and Oskar Gudinovic, out on So Young Records
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Gruff Rhys
Song of the Day: A charming, catchy new number by the Cardiff-based indie singer-songwriter and former Super Furry Animals frontman, heralding his upcoming Welsh language album, Dim Probs out on 12 September, via Rock Action Records
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Other Lives - Mystic
Song of the Day: Majestic, slow, shimmering experimental pop by the Oklahoma-formed, Portland Oregon-based band founded by Jesse Tabish, Jonathon Mooney, and Josh Onstott, heraldng their upcomng album Volume V, out on 10 October via Play It Again Sam
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David Byrne returns in his own inimitable style, with an upcoming new album, Who Is The Sky?
Song of the Day: The ever innovative ex-Talking Heads frontman returns with a jaunty, restorative, upbeat new number capturing some universal human behaviour and emotions, heralding his new album, Who Is The Sky?, on out 5 September via Matador Records
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Hand Habits - Wheel of Change heralds the upcoming album, Blue Reminder
Song of the Day: A tender, wistful, cautious, beautiful new number full of yearning, and walking an emotional tightrope, by the Los Angeles indie-folk-rock artist Meg Duffy, from the upcoming new album, Blue Reminder, out on 22 August via Fat Possum Records
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Water From Your Eyes: Nate Amos and Rachel Brown
Song of the Day: Dynamic, pace-changing, stylishly experimental indie rock with droll, clever delivery and shades of Deerhoof by the Brooklyn band of Nate Amos and Rachel Brown, heralding their forthcoming album It's a Beautiful Place, out on 22 August via Matador Records
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Sudan Archives - DEAD
Song of the Day: With her first new music since the 2022 LP Natural Brown Prom Queen, the LA-based American experimental violinist, singer, and songwriter Brittney Denise Parks’ new single is written as an exploration of orchestral Black dance music and the parts of ourselves that are more human than machine, and vice versa
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Ethel Cain’s upcoming album, Willoughby Tucker, I'll Always Love You
Song of the Day: Liltingly gentle, and textured by guitars, pedal steel, fiddle and banjo, this achingly beautiful love song by the Tallahassee, Florida singer-songwriter Hayden Anhedonia, is the first single from the sophomore album Willoughby Tucker, I'll Always Love You, out on 8 August via Daughters of Cain
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Junior Brother
Song of the Day: Striking, mesmerically idiosyncratic, alternative, dark, flute-rich Irish folk by singer-songwriter aka Ronan Kealy from County Kerry, with a fantastical tale of modern madness, heralding his third album,The End, out on 5 September via Strap Originals
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El Michels Affair featuring Clairo - Anticipate
Song of the Day: Beautiful, serene, smooth, luxuriant 70s-style pop by the New York instrumental band led by Leon Michels with the sublime voice of American singer-songwriter Claire Elizabeth Cottrill, from the forthcoming album 24 Hr Sports, out on September via Big Crown Records
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Big Thief’s upcoming album Double Infinity
Song of the Day: Heralding their upcoming new album Double Infinity, out on 5 September, via 4AD, Adrianne Lenker, Buck Meek and James Krivchenia return with a gorgeous, pacy new indie-folk-pop number filled with poetic images of the Canadian landscape, with lyrics also embracing change and getting older
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Modern Nature
Song of the Day: A gentle, clean sounding, krautrock-ish Can-like new single by the Cambridge, UK band with a double-edged theme “about the men we're conditioned to respect and follow and the people who inspire us to think differently”. It heralds their forthcoming new album, The Heat Warps, out on 29 August via Bella Union
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Alex G’s upcoming album Headlights, out on RCA
Song of the Day: With an easygoing beat, mandolin and light, catchy melody, the Philadelphia singer-songwriter and composer Alex Giannascoli’s new number out on RCA has a nostalgic, feelgood, escapist childhood theme but has other layers, such a referenced leap, into another dimension and hours of late night television
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Cate Le Bon in the video for Heaven Is No Feeling, directed by H Hawkline
Song of the Day: The groundbreaking, endlessly innovative and influential Welsh artist returns with a gorgeously woozy, rich noir, melancholy track draped in heartache, heralding her new album, Michelangelo Dying, out on 26 September via Mexican Summer
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GANS - It's Just Life
Song of the Day: Anthemic, declamatory, philosophical post-punk and electro-pop by the duo of Euan Woodman and Thomas Rhodes from Birmingham, UK, heralding their debut album Good For the Soul, set for release on 19 September via the Pete Doherty label Strap Originals
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Stealing Sheep - Found You
Song of the Day: Fun, vibrant, fizzy, percussive, and witty new work by the quirky, original Liverpool experimental pop trio of Emily Lansley, Luciana Mercer, and Rebecca Hawley, GLO (Girl Life Online) produced by Joseph Wills, out on 19 September on their new independent label G-IRL (Girl in Real Life)
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U.S. Girls’ upcoming album, Scratch It,
Song of the Day: Toronto experimental artist Meg Remy’s latest has rich a fusion of influences from the titular James Brown, Lee “Scratch” Perry to ELO, and this movement themed pop/soul number is taken from the upcoming album, Scratch It, out 20 June, via 4AD
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Drugdealer - Real Thing (featuring Weyes Blood)
Song of the Day: Smooth, soft focus, luxuriantly classy 70s-Laurel Canyon-style love song pop by the Los Angeles band led by Michael Collins and the superbly pure, melodious voice of California’s Natalie Mering in this welcome reunion, out on Mexican Summer
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Disiniblud’s Rachika Nayar and Nina Keith
Song of the Day: A magically inventive creation of interwoven, ethereal vocals, strings, piano, electronica and more in this fabulous new collaboration between the Brooklyn composers and multi-instrumentalists, heralding their self-titled debut album on 18 July via Domino’s Smugglers Way
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