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Ace combination: Orville Peck and Beck
Song of the Day: An irresistibly catchy horn-infused bluesy-funk-country Vegas/Elvis-style ace combination featuring the masked South African US and Canada-based country star and the acclaimed Californian alt-rocker in a high-rolling tribute to Presley’s ‘68 Comeback Special
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Priya Ragu’s debut album, Santhosam
Song of the Day: After a series of singles since 2020, a punchy, high-octane number about violence against black people, from the Sri-Lankan Tamil-Swiss singer-songwriter who merges sounds from her heritage with pop, and is taken from her debut album, Santhosam, out on Warner
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Enjoyably OTT: Mother Mother
Song of the Day: Indulgently over-the-top, shamelessly cliched, but hugely enjoyable pop-rock by the Vancouver band with a huge sound, oodles of teen angst, Muse-style operatic overdubbed vocals and guitar riffs and a horror movie-style video
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Royal Blood’s Mike Kerr and Ben Thatcher
Song of the Day: After yesterday’s QOTSA number, a another new piece of brand new blistering rock by a band surely influenced by them, the Brighton duo Mike Kerr and Ben Thatcher from their next and fourth album Back To The Water Below
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The cover of Yussef Dayes’ forthcoming album, Black Classical Music
Song of the Day: A whirlwind of brilliant dynamism, energy and invention by the British jazz drummer with the title track of his forthcoming debut solo album, out on Brownswood Recordings, Warners and Cashmere Thoughts Recordings
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Going back to go forward: The Blessed Madonna’s new version of We Still Believe
Song of the Day: Fabulously uplifting celebration of inclusive club culture and rejection of intolerance and fascism with in new version of an older track by the American DJ, producer and musician Marea Stamper, joined by Chicago house legend Jamie Principle
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Regina Spektor’s upcoming album: Home, Before and After
Song of the Day: Picked a few weeks ago for our playlists for songs about bees, and while not mentioning the insect, certainly within the interpretation, this inventively striking strings-and-brass new single about relentless collection by the Russian-American singer-songwriter is from her forthcoming album Home, Before and After
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And then there were three: Foals
Song of the Day: With strong echoes of Talking Heads, funk guitar and a thumping bass line, a catchy, punchy new single by the Oxford indie rockers, from their forthcoming album
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Pa Salieu with Mahalia
Song of the Day: Released at the tail-end of 2020, this beautifully smooth and soulful hip-hop number with a gorgeous bass line, African instruments and melody is by the British rapper from his EP Send Them To Coventry, named after his home town
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