Song of the Day: Slow, smoky, alluring, entrancing and dramatic, this is the title track of the new five-track EP by the eclectic Bristol singer-songwriter released on Hyssop & Victoria
Read moreSong of the Day: Camp Saint Helene - Wonder Now
Song of the Day: A profound, philosophical and ethereally beautiful final SOTD for 2024, by the band from the Catskill Mountains, New York, taken from Angel Olsen's recent collaborative album, Cosmic Waves Volume 1, out on Somethingscosmic and Jagjaguwar
Read moreSong of the Day: Deradoorian - Digital Gravestone
Song of the Day: Dark, stirring, powerful, this scintillating, extraordinary new single by the New York multi-instrumentalist, composer and singer has rumbling bassline, a sleazy dirty sax sound, crystalline key stabs and jagged guitar lines, and heralds a new album out in 2025, and her first release on Fire Records
Read moreSong of the Day: Kelora - Something Else
Song of the Day: Mesmeric, shimmering, haunting psychedelic dream pop and cyber folk by the Glasgow-formed, London-based duo of Kitty Hall and Benedict Salter, heralding their new album, Sleepers, out on 10 February via True Panther Records
Read moreSong of the Day: Echolalia - Odd Energy
Song of the Day: Mesmeric, magical, adventurous psychedelic folk with eclectic Robert Wyatt echoes come all aswirl in this first single by a new Nashville group featuring Spencer Cullum, Andrew Combs, Jordan Lehning and Dominic Billett and friends heralding a self-titled forthcoming album, out on 28 February via Full Time Hobby
Read moreSong of the Day: Panda Bear - Defense
Song of the Day: At a chilled walking pace, gently tender, mesmeric psychedelic rock by the American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalistand co-founding member of Animal Collective Noah Lennox, heralding his forthcoming first solo album for five years, Sinister Grift out in February 2025 via Domino Records
Read moreSong of the Day: Primal Scream - Ready To Go Home
Song of the Day: A stylishly catchy fusion of 70s funk, psychedelia and rave music in this upbeat contemplation of death by the Scottish cult rockers fronted by Bobby Gillespie, here produced by David Holmes who is also a co-writer for this latest single heralding the new album, Come Ahead, out on 8 November on BMG
Read moreSong of the Day: Wand - The Leap / Goldfish
Song of the Day: Big Warm Bed - Jackie (Shores I’m Swimming In EP)
Song of the Day: A deliciously gentle, subtle, melancholic, lo-fi release with vivid lyrical detail by the Leeds singer-songwriter Jacob Andrews, taken from the brand new EP, Shores I’m Swimming In, out on Dance To The Radio
Read moreSong of the Day: Wussy - Cellar Door
Song of the Day: Graveyard themed, but also referencing the euphonic phrase considered the most among the English language’s most beautiful, a catchy, spooky lo-fi krautrocky title track with a fabulous retro disco footage video, from the Cincinnati band’s latest EP, out on Shake It Records
Read moreSong of the Day: Mandrake Handshake - King Cnut
Song of the Day: A mesmeric spread of instruments stir this potent cauldron of a new single by the London band of “flowerkraut”, a hedonistic, brain-frying feast of krautrock, art-pop and psychedelia, here inspired by the 11th-century Norse ruler of Britain, released on the cult indie label Tip Top Recordings
Read moreSong of the Day: Michael Kiwanuka - Lowdown (Parts i and ii)
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
Read moreSong of the Day: Goat - Goatbrain
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
Read moreSong of the Day: Kim Deal - Crystal Breath
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
Read moreSong of the Day: The Smile - Zero Sum
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
Read moreSong of the Day: Tess Parks - Crown Shy
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
Read moreSong of the Day: Broadcast - Come Back To Me [Demo]
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
Read moreSong of the Day: Lael Neale - Electricity
Song of the Day: Following last year’s excellent third album Star Eaters Delight, the American singer-songwriter returns with a sizzlingly mesmeric, alternative psychedelic folk written during a power cut caused by an ice storm
Read moreSong of the Day: Kit Sebastian - Metropolis
Song of the Day: Stylish, clever, eclectic new single by the French-Turkish London-based duo of Kit Martin and Merve Erdem about the difficult immigration experience and fusing the influence of Azerbaijani music with an old Italian analog synth
Read moreSong of the Day: Primal Scream - Love Insurrection
Song of the Day: A funky fusion of syncopated indie, psych, krautrock and flute-filled acid jazz with Utopian-themed lyrics in this new single by Bobby Gillespie and co, with a different sound heralding the band’s first album for 8 years – Come Ahead – out on 8 November on BMG
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