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A scene from Squid’s multifaceted Swing (In A Dream) video directed by Yoonha Park
Song of the Day: Mellower on first listen than much their previous work, an intriguingly original dynamic exploration into the subconscious with an experimental prog element by the Brighton post-punk band, taken from their forthcoming new album O Monolith, out on Warp Records
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From the video for SAMO by ACR, featuring the work of Jean-Michel Basquiat
Song of the Day: Referencing the artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, with his work animated in the the video, a fabulously funky, punchy, new electro-pop single by the legendary post-punk Manchester band from their forthcoming new album, 1982
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Special Interest
Song of the Day: With a fantastically fuzzy, funky bass line, disco funk style and punchy, dynamic vocal delivery, the New Orleans band’s new single has dance appeal, but its subject matter has more gravitas, referring to Black rights revolutionary Herman Wallace who was held in solitary confinement for over 40 years
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Keep scrubbing. Rudi Zygadlo
Song of the Day: What holds society together? “Everyone can see it, but we’re all afraid to say it, ‘cos it’s such a risky business that the whole damn place is silent.” Could be virally topical. A quirky, original song by mixing electronica and rock with a dash of Frank Zappa
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Old and yet new: Trembling Bells album cover for 2018's Dungeness
Song of the Day: Following our previous track by Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, new songs from the Scottish-formed folk band who collaborated with him on the 2012 album The Marble Downs, but two here from their new LP Dungeness
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From the cover of IDLES' 2017 album Brutalism
Song of the Day: Continuing a threshold-crossing theme, let's go over into a different edginess, moving from LCD Soundsystem's ironic music lists to amusing art anger and disturbing grief from the Bristol punk band
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Fleet Foxes' Robin Pecknold
Song of the Day: Moving into new fox territory, let's enjoy two powerful and emotionally charged tracks spanning the career so far of the Seattle indie folk band that exemplify their distinctive vocal harmony style
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Album cover from Joni Mitchell's 1975 album The Hissing of Summer Lawns
Song of the Day: After yesterday's Burundi drums on Adam & The Ants' 1980s hit, let's compare this to an earlier African influence on Mitchell's extraordinary album, and what, in turn, inspired that
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Nick Cave and Kylie Minogue in the video inspired by John Everett Millais's painting Ophelia
Song of the Day: Wildness in song takes a dark and twisted turn today with what seemed like a strange pairing in 1996, but turned into a beautiful tale of murder with the pop princess excelling herself
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Bow Wow Wow's controversial album cover, after a Manet painting (see below)
Song of the Day: Let's take a different kind of wildness, with lunch on the lawn, and some unfettered naked behaviour in a 1982 hit that still remains fresh and like the snakes in the grass, absolutely free
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The Stranglers performing at the Paris Theatre, 1977.
From movie heroes to lost ones, we move forward to 1977 to a hit by the punk band who became lauded themselves for their intelligence, humour and musicianship
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