Song of the Day: After last year’s beautifully crafted and spun Secret Measure album, the Glasgow twins Rachael and Paul Swinton return with a thrumming, evocative, vivid new indie-pop number around the theme of memory capture, out on Mogwai’s label Rock Action Records
Read moreSong of the Day: The Priscillas - Plastic
Song of the Day: Panache-filled, punchy panic by the glamorous London power-punk quartet in this new single about how one of the planet’s biggest polluting problems goes down to cellular level, with menacing guitars and bass lines, driving drums, and sharp, dynamic vocal harmonies
Read moreSong of the Day: SASAMI - Just Be Friends
Song of the Day: Superbly soaring, stirring, classy melodic rock-pop by the Los Angeles singer-songwriter and classically trained French horn player Sasami Ashworth, with a new single about that sense of dizzying longing in that in-between state of an ambiguous relationship, and heralding her next album, Blood On The Silver Screen
Read moreSong of the Day: Franz Ferdinand - Night or Day
Song of the Day: Glasgow’s favourite art-pop-rockers, fronted by the articulate Alex Kapranos, return with another catchy, jaunty new love song heralding their forthcoming album, The Human Fear, out 10 January 2025 on Domino Records
Read moreSong of the Day: Beirut - Caspian Tiger
Song of the Day: This beautiful, melodic, gentle new release by the American experimental rock band fronted by Zach Condon was written to accompany the performance the idiosyncratic Stockholm-based contemporary circus group Kompani Giraffe
Read moreSong of the Day: Squid - Crispy Skin
Song of the Day: This epic, enigmatic experimental new track, featuring harpsichord sounds alongside intricate guitars, driving beats and menacing lyrics, heralds the Brighton art-rock-post-punk band’s third LP, Cowards, out in February 2025 on Warp Records
Read moreSong of the Day: Doves - Renegade
Song of the Day: The Manchester indie band return forthcoming album Constellations For The Lonely with a dark, powerful, cinematic number inspired by the film Blade Runner and the speech by Roy Batty speech on inevitable death, yet “I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe”
Read moreSong of the Day: Bartees Strange - Too Much
Song of the Day: Soulful but spooky alternative rock and pop by the Washington DC-based singer-songwriter and producer with single about “this that scare me and being overwhelmed by life”, heralding his forthcoming LP, Horror, out 14 February via 4AD
Read moreSong of the Day: World News - Junkie
Song of the Day: Delightfully dynamic, stirring, melodic, jangly guitar work with a Stone Roses influence in this new single by the London-based indie quartet, out on Pie & Mash Records
Read moreSong of the Day: Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory - Afterlife
Song of the Day: Springboarding a new approach and sound with her band, the New York artist’s new single, despite the dark, grief-stricken subject matter, is euphoric, and heralds her forthcoming album Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory, out 7 February on Jagjaguwar
Read moreSong of the Day: HotWax - She's Got A Problem
Song of the Day: Searing rock by the talented Hastings trio of Tallulah Sim-Savage, Lola Sam, and Alfie Sayers, and the first single taken from their forthcoming debut album, Hot Shock, out in March 2025 on Marathon Artists
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: Vundabar - Life Is A Movie
Song of the Day: “What were you doing in my song last night?” After yesterday’s serene love meta-song by C Duncan, another clever but different analogy with this punchy, witty indie-rock number of creative references by the Boston, Massachussetts band, out on Loma Vista
Read moreSong of the Day: Father John Misty - She Cleans Up
Song of the Day: Josh Tillman’s latest single is a driving, witty, catchy, talky glam-rock stomper packed with religious and female references, and heralds his sixth forthcoming album Mahashmashana out 22 November via Bella Union (UK & Europe) and Sub Pop for the rest world
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: The Cure - Alone
Song of the Day: The first new song released by Robert Smith and the legendary British band for 16 years, this dark, melancholic majestic number heralds their forthcoming album, Songs of a Lost World, out on 1 November
Read moreSong of the Day: Elias Rønnenfelt - Worm Grew A Spine
Song of the Day: Dylan-esque in narrative style and delivery, with a simple backbeat and guitars, an arresting new single by the charismatic Copenhagen musician and poet, better known as the lead singer and lyricist of Danish band Iceage, heralding his debut solo album Heavy Glory, out on 25th October via Escho
Read moreSong of the Day: Lambrini Girls - Company Culture
Song of the Day: Blistering, brilliant, angry, articulate punk by the Brighton duo of Phoebe Lunny and Lilly Macieira addressing key, ongoing issues of inequality of gender and sexuality in the workplace. Familiar problem? Just finishing your working week? Let off some steam with this …
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