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Song of the Day: Kali Horse - In The Water

December 14, 2022 Peter Kimpton

Kali Horse

Song of the Day: Sensual, mesmerising, liquid, echoey, ethereal, psychedelic krautrock-pop with oscillating drum rhythm, beautiful rumblings, rippling harp and vocals by the Toronto duo Desiree Das Gupta and Sam Maloney

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Annie & The Caldwells: Can't Lose My (Soul)
Mar 23, 2025

New album: A fabulously uplifting soul, gospel and funk release the the family band who release their first LP four decades into their career, fronted by the supreme voice of West Point, Mississippi’s Annie Caldwell, alongside her daughters, husband and god-daughter

Mar 23, 2025
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Mar 23, 2025
Brian D'Addario: Till The Morning
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New album: A solo album by one half of the Long Island brothers band The Lemon Twigs, here channelling his many 60s and 70s influences, from The Beatles to The Hollies, Beach Boys to Byrds to Dave Clark Five, bringing balladic beauty and melancholy, and old-school vocal harmony pop

Mar 23, 2025
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Mar 23, 2025
Greentea Peng: Tell Dem It's Sunny
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New album: South-east London’s Aria Wells returns her second album after 2021’s Man Made with a stylish, dark, smoky fusion of trip-hop, hip-hop, reggae, neo-soul, R’n’B, and indie rock, with a variety of timbres and themes, but overall one of self-renewal and change

Mar 23, 2025
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Mar 22, 2025
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Mar 22, 2025

New album: Rapturously crafted, literary, smart, dream pop by the Philadelphia band fronted by singer-songwriter Michelle Zauner, this fourth LP also has a darker, more melancholic, introverted hue than her previous Jubilee, here inspired by myths, poetry and fiction on thematic cycles of temptation, transgression and retribution

Mar 22, 2025
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New album: A lengthy title for a short, snappy, cleverly interwoven eclectic indie-dancefloor-postpunk experimental third LP by the Liverpool band with a theme of duality, a cyclical intro and outro, and each song paired with a balanced counterpart, sharing specific sonic elements.

Mar 19, 2025
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Jason Isbell: Foxes In The Snow
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New album: Following four straight albums with his band the 400 Unit, the Nashville-based Grammy-winning Alabama singer-songwriter’s latest LP is a stripped back, heartfelt, candid, beautiful set of new Americana folk with just him and his 1940 Martin acoustic guitar

Mar 19, 2025
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The Tubs: Cotton Crown
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New album: With a Sonic Youth-referencing title, the London-based Welsh indie quartet’s second LP, following 2023’s Dead Meat, is a short, sharp, punchy release of nine jangly, Johnny Marr-influenced guitar tracks, reflecting on love but also with a gut-wrenching, tragic finale

Mar 19, 2025
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Song of the Day: A bright and sunny love song with a twist by the London-based British folk-pop singer-songwriter aka Isabella Sophie Tweddle, from Ripon North Yorkshire, heralding her forthcoming fifth studio album, Dog Eared, out on 18 July via Fiction Records

Mar 23, 2025
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