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Pregoblin’s Alex, Jessica and friend
Song of the Day: The latest single, like the previous by the south London band, fizzes with pop-funk maturity, a piano-led soulful disco number from Jessica Winter and former White Fat Family member Alex Sebley
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Brooklyn’s 3rd Bass from the early 1990s
Song of the Day: After R.E.M.’s The Wrong Child, a more discursive number about teenage problems, ranging from drugs, gangs, sexual abuse, to depression and suicide by one of the finest New York rap outfits from the golden age of early 90s hip hop
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That's the Fela
Song of the Day: As the heatwave continues let's enjoy a double from Nigeria's prolific genius, one about our most precious resource, the other in relation to a police confrontation involving a planted cannabis joint
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Suede in 1994
Song of the Day: After yesterday's Auteurs track mixing the premature deaths of Lenny Bruce and Rudolph Valentino, two more from the 90s Britpop pioneers about two more stars who died young – Marilyn Monroe and James Dean
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Sixto Rodriquez in the early 70s
Song of the Day: After yesterday’s Vashti Bunyan, another inspirational story of obscurity to long-sought recognition fro the mysterious Detroit-born Mexican immigrant singer-songwriter, made famous in the documentary Searching For Sugar Man
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The Libertines in 2003
Song of the Day: Possibly the shining pinnacle of the indie rock quartet's repertoire this 2003 never appeared on an album, but a searing anthem to a refreshing new postpunk English sound
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Syd Barrett
Song of the Day: Continuing our sequence of songs around the theme of mental health, the oddball, hallucinogenic opener from the last solo album by the founder of Pink Floyd, released in 1970
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Amy Winehouse
Song of the Day: The voice, the lyrics and the timing – tears don't get much more moving than this – a double from the much missed singer who had many downs, but undoubtedly hit the heights with her Back to Black album of 2006
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Grace Slick with Jefferson Airplane
Song of the Day: After yesterday's Frightened Rabbit, it was simply too tempting to follow down this particular hole in this wondrous psychedelic number written and sung by Grace Slick
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Prince reigning purple in 2007
Songs of the Day: A special tribute selection of four songs to mark exactly a year since the Purple One suddenly passed away – variously sad, political, funky, and triumphantly emotional
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Gorillaz
Song of the Day: It's time to enter the breakthrough virtual Japanese anime world of Jamie Hewlett and Damon Albarn, produced by Dan The Automator, here inspired by the film The Good, The Bad and the Ugly
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Violent Femmes
Song of the Day: Let's move back to Violent Femmes' blistering first release from their 1983 eponymous album, giving postpunk an acoustic, folky kick with snares, brilliant bass and scathingly skilful vocals
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