Song of the Day: Timeless, uplifting new soul reminiscent of the golden period of Marvin Gaye and Curtis Mayfield by the duo of south London singer Kojo Degraft-Johnson and Huddersfield producer Barney Lister with a number “trusting that the universe will be on your side, provided you go for what you want.”
Read moreSong of the Day: Bright Eyes - Bells and Whistles
Song of the Day: A stomping, chirpy, super-catchy whistle-along number by Omaha’s Conor Oberst, Mike Mogis, and Nathaniel Walcott, all about life’s tiny details, that seem small but turn to be important. It heralds the forthcoming album Five Dice, All Threes, out on 20 September on Dead Oceans
Read moreSong of the Day: Mitski - Heaven / Star
Songs of the Day: A couple of gorgeous, new tracks, slow, swooning, sublime, with pure vocals with gentle country and orchestral strings build from the Japanese-American artist’s forthcoming seventh album, The Land Is Inhospitable And So Are We, out 15 September on Dead Oceans
Read moreSong of the Day: Slowdive - Kisses
Song of the Day: After yesterday’s number by Faye Webster, another kiss reference, this time by the with some beautiful, shimmering shoegaze by theBritish band of Neil Halstead and co who have been around since the 1990s, heralding their fifth LP Everything Is Alive, out on Dead Oceans
Read moreSong of the Day: Durand Jones - Lord Have Mercy
Song of the Day: After yesterday’s great Offering from Gabriels, further fabulous retro and southern soul with Delta grit and uplifting spirituals, here by the Louisiana and Indiana singer, known also with band the Indications, and a single taken from the upcoming album, Wait Til I Get Over
Read moreSong of the Day: Kevin Morby - This Is a Photograph
Song of the Day: This melodically strong and moving new number by the American singer-songwriter is the title track of his forthcoming album and vividly captures time passing and other pressures of family life through the prism of an old camera image
Read moreSong of the Day: Khruangbin and Leon Bridges - B-Side (from Texas Moon EP)
Song of the Day: From their recently released EP Texas Moon, out on Dead Oceans, an effortlessly smooth fusion of 60s Thai funk with soul by the three-piece from Houston and the singer from Atlanta
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