Song of the Day: Blistering, witty, searingly, angry, fast and ironic indie-glam-punk with pacy guitars and vocals in this new single aimed at annoying, judgemental, opinionated neighbours, by London trio of Jemma Freeman, Samuel Nicholson and Jason Ribeiro
Read moreSong of the Day: Unloved - Mother's Been a Bad Girl
Song of the Day: Given a wider audience by its inclusion on the Killing Eve TV series soundtrack, this fusion of glam rock and electro-pop by the trio of LA’s Jade Vincent and Keefus Ciancia and Belfast producer and DJ David Holmes is sexy and stylish, and now also comes with some brand new ear-catching remixes including by Horse Meat Disco
Read moreCornershop – No Rock: Save In Roll
Song of the Day: Characteristically catchy with a simple, repetitive riff and melody, it’s familiar but also new, a bluesy, fuzzy 70s rock sound wrapped in something different. This can only be Cornershop and they do it so brilliantly
Read moreSuicide / Bruce Springsteen / Neneh Cherry & The Thing – Dream Baby Dream
Song of the Day: The dream goes on, but where might it lead next? Reaching into the power of nightmares and fantasies, an original by the US electro-punk duo of Alan Vega and Martin Rev from 1979 and two contrasting covers
Read moreRoxy Music – Love Is The Drug
Song of the Day: Continuing, in between an celebrity death, our mini-theme of 'love is' songs, a hot-to-trot stomper from Bryan Ferry and co from the band's fifth album Sirens in 1975
Read moreChrome Hoof – Tonyte / Spokes of Uridium
Song of the Day: Another selection made on the hoof, and today we're really pushing to the outer reaches of experimentation with the strange fusion of dance, psychedelia, prog-rock, jazz and electronica provided by London group from their second album, 2007's Pre-Emptive False Rapture
Read moreMarc Bolan and T. Rex – Get It On
Song of the Day: To mark yesterday's 40th anniversary since the hugely innovative and influential glam-rocker's untimely death, as an alternative to the Ride A White Swan breakthrough, a grittier, sexier hit (titled Bang a Gong in the US) from the 1971 album Electric Warrior. Bolan said it was inspired by Chuck Berry's song Little Queenie …
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