Song of the Day: Thrumming bass, crisp drums, strings, piano and an intimate, close-mic vocal are some of the many aspects that make this an attractive indie pop record the solo artist from Kansas
Read moreSong of the Day: Jordana – Reason
Jordana
Amy Rigby: The President Can't Read
Song of the Day: On US election day, in a song that came out last year, a pertinent reminder of what kind of sham incumbent is in the White House, and what problems must be addressed, by the veteran New York singer-songwriter
Read moreClémentine March – Le Continent
Cover of Clémentine March’s new album
Song of the Day: Both fresh and yet retro, this beautifully shuffling number by the London-based French singer-songwriter is ‘a personal account of a traveller who is trying to find her way everywhere in an uncertain world’
Read moreSkye Wallace – Body Lights The Way
Song of the Day: Is there gold in those hills? Perhaps not the precious metal kind, but the story of a dominant sex worker in the Dawson City, Yukon gold rush is the inspiration for this indie rock band fronted by the Toronto singer
Read moreFreya Beer – Dear Sweet Rosie
Freya Beer
Song of the Day: The thunder of hoof, hot, heavy breath, and the swish of mane, today’s song by the London-born singer-songwriter is inspired by Anna Sewell’s novel Black Beauty and Allen Ginsberg’s poem ‘An Asphodel’
Read moreJehnny Beth – I'm The Man / Anna Calvi – As A Man
Anna Calvi and Jehnny Beth
Song of the Day: Two songs for comparison, from the French and English female artists respectively, both with powerful voices and here commenting with different perspectives on gender and masculinity
Read moreIslet – Good Grief
Islet
Song of the Day: From yesterday’s Cate Le Bon to another Welsh band, a new song by the Powys trio from their forthcoming LP Eyelet, a mesmerising experimental whirl of electro-pop psychedelia
Read moreCate Le Bon and Bradford Cox – Secretary
Bradford Cox and Cate Le Bon
Song of the Day: From their recent collaborative EP, Myths 004, a wonderfully offbeat piece by the unique Welsh singer-songwriter and frontman of the US Indie rock band Deerhunter, with a tale of fractured love and communication between secretary and boss
Read moreEuros Childs – Screw It Up
Euros Childs
Song of the Day: On Brexit day, when UK officially leaves the European Union, a new, silly song from the ex-frontman of Gorky’s Zygotic Minzi that may have no connection at all, but the artist name and label – National Elf – has a certain irony
Read moreRóisín Murphy – Narcissus
Róisín Murphy makes some shapes
Song of the Day: Old-school 70s disco with a fresh twist from the brilliant and eccentric Irish singer-songwriter, producer and art pop specialist, with a video inspired by Italian TV star Raffaella Carrà
Read moreHann – Checkout Girl
Hann’s Hannah
Song of the Day: A chirpy, cheeky, brilliantly funny new number by the Manchester band, fronted by Hannah, about an annoying guy chatting up a girl at supermarket till, holding up all the other trolleys, is filled with snappy lines and catchy riffs
Read moreVanishing Twin – You Are Not An Island
Vanishing Twin
Song of the Day: After Agnes Obel’s Island of Doom, we take a different metaphorical direction with a song about not being alone, from the Vanishing Twin’s acclaimed 2019 album The Age Of Immunology – “we are side by side”
Read moreAgnes Obel – Island Of Doom
Agnes Obel
Song of the Day: This title might appear to be the perfect description of a depressed, post-election Britain, but this exquisite song by the Danish singer-songwriter from her forthcoming album Myopia, is about the death of someone close to her
Read moreTennis – Runner
Song of the Day: Anyone for Tennis? No need to work up a sweat, it’s just the latest otherworldly single by the indie pop band from Denver, Colorado, the husband-and-wife duo Alaina Moore and Patrick Riley
Read morePregoblin – Anna (Flowers Won't Grow) / Combustion
Pregoblin’s Alex, Jessica and friend
Song of the Day: The latest single, like the previous by the south London band, fizzes with pop-funk maturity, a piano-led soulful disco number from Jessica Winter and former White Fat Family member Alex Sebley
Read moreMarry Waterson and Emily Barker – Little Hits of Dopamine
Cover of Marry Waterson & Emily Barker’s 2019 album, A Window To Other Ways
Song of the Day: A quirky, beautiful reminder that endless scrolling is secondary to real love, in the form of folky, analogue, acoustic duet between from a member of the Waterson-Knight-Carthy clan and the the Australian singer
Read moreAnna Meredith – Paramour / Inhale Exhale
Cover of Anna Meredith’s new album, FIBS
Song of the Day: Two numbers from the Scottish composer who has a beguiling ability to mix multiple genres, from classical to pop, and here from her new album FIBS, creates an extraordinary world of beats, electronica and melodies
Read moreWarmduscher - Midnight Dipper / I Got Friends
Warmduscher:: wonderfully twisted.
Song of the Day: Funky, dirty, sleazy and dangerously fun, the newest entry is from the South London band’s brand new album Tainted Lunch, plus an older track from their second album from last year, Whale City.
Read moreDana Gavanski – Catch / One By One
Dana Gavanski
Song of the Day: Two beautifully paced songs by the Toronto singer-songwriter who has a style that transcends styles and eras, reminiscent of Joan Baez and Cate Le Bon, but with her her own particular maturity and stillness
Read moreThe Bevis Frond – And Relax …
From the cover of We’re Your Friends, Man – the newest album by The Bevis Frond
Song of the Day: Following Kamikaze Palm Tree we turn a new leaf towards the psych rock band fronted by Nick Saloman from their latest, 23rd studio album, We’re Your Friends, Man
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