Song of the Day: Following yesterdays’ Cinétique, inspired by films from the 60s, 70s, and 80s, horror, science fiction, and westerns, Canadian Mike Dubue’s exciting, evocative instrumental is about disconnection from reality while watching the world through a screen, and comes from trilogy of records titled Lonely Cinema
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Song of the Day: A fantasia of mesmerising electronica by Leeds musician Lee Malcolm, from the EP Open Unity, out on the Mesh label, with a kinetic-themed animated video by Lawrie Miller using the artwork of James Lacey
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Song of the Day: Dedicated to the late great Andrew Weatherall, this new single is perfect fusion of dance, postpunk and electronica, by the Manchester band and Andrew Meecham comes from the forthcoming new EP A Certain Ratio vs The Emperor Machine
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Song of the Day: An alluringly dark-humoured, pathos-filled but catchy new dance new number about a small but tragic emergency by the electro-pop duo of producer David Wrench and singer/artist Evangeline Ling – from the LP Astro Tough out this coming autumn on Heavenly Records
Read moreSong of the Day: Museum of Love - Marching Orders
Song of the Day: From the forthcoming album Life of Mammals, inspired by the Women’s March and a Don Cherry sound, a brilliantly percussive number by the New York duo of drummer and founding LCD Soundsystem member Pat Mahoney and musician Dennis McNany, aka Jee Day
Read moreSongs of the Day: Deep Tan - Hollow Scene / Camelot
Songs of the Day: Two fabulously strange, caustic, musically minimal postpunk / new wave tracks by the London band from their new EP Creeping Speedwells, one a play on the epochal word holocene, the other about an extreme drinking session
Read moreSong of the Day: Rostam - From the Back of a Cab
Song of the Day: From a bus yesterday to a taxi today, a new song of electronica alt-pop of dreamy, wistful melody and unusual rhythms by producer, musician, singer, songwriter and member of Vampire Weekend, from his new solo LP Changeophobia
Read moreSong of the Day: BC Camplight - I'm Alright In The World
Song of the Day: Another optimistic song from an unexpected source - the brilliantly droll and often darkly humorous American Manchester-based singer-songwriter Brian Christinzio references calm, meditative deep breathing and conversing with his dog
Read moreSong of the Day: The Chemical Brothers - The Darkness That You Fear
Song of the Day: With clever sampling from two soulful tracks and a structure designed to bring optimism, Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons return with new work, after their dark previous album, 2019 No Geography, with a sound that evokes optimism
Read moreSong of the Day: Real Estate - D+ / Half A Human
Song of the Day: Particularly beautiful guitar work with rich harmonies with Alex Bleeker warm vocals are a hallmark of these two numbers taken from the EP Half A Human by the band from New Jersey and Brooklyn band
Read moreSong of the Day: Scotch Rolex - Omuzira (feat. MC Yallah)
Song of the Day: Stunning electronica and hip hop from the legendary Nyege Nyege Studios and sub label Hakuna Kulala by acclaimed Japanese producer Shigeru Ishihara (aka DJ Scotch Egg) under the moniker Scotch Rolex joined by Kampala, Uganda’s fiercely wonderful rapper MC Yallah
Read moreSongs of the Day: Penya - Elevation / False Prophets / Trail of Awó
Songs of the Day: Dance beats, brass, electronica and voices, a trio of songs displaying the wonderful melting pot diversity of the the collective band of African and other influences with core members Magnust Mehta, Lilli Elina and Jimmy le Messurier
Read moreSong of the Day: Mind Maintenance - Glow and Glimmer
Song of the Day: A mesmeric track from the self-titled album by Chicago duo of bassist Joshua Abrams and drummer Chad Taylor who take up the guimbri and mbira, instruments used the music of diverse African states
Read moreSong of the Day: Buffet Lunch - Red Apple Happiness
Song of the Day: Following yesterday’s Apples by Pushpin, another core-related song of a fruitfully inventive and eccentric nature of experimental lo-fi odd-pop by the Scottish debut album The Power of Rocks, out on Upset The Rhythm
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Song of the Day: Brilliantly fresh, crisp, vibrant, clever, acoustic indie pop with fast vocals, dynamic rhythm changes, sharp guitar riffs, keyboards and a thumping bass sound by the south London quartet
Read moreSong of the Day: Post Yoga - Bison
Song of the Day: Moving from yesterday’s electronica complexity by Leon Vynehall to an admirable exercise in catchy minimalism by Bristol’s Chris Barrett, who on this project restricts all his music to his charity shop purchased Yamaha PSS-170 keyboard
Read moreSongs of the Day: Leon Vynehall - An Exhale / Mothra
Songs of the Day: Ambient yet restless, stop-start yet smooth, a couple of tracks of otherworldly, dynamic, ethereal electronica by the British producer and musician from his recent second album – Rare, Forever – out on Ninja Tune
Read moreSong of the Day: KUNZITE - FROSTY
Song of the Day: Quirky, vocally rich, thrumming new electro-psych-pop with a transcendent, cosmic theme from the project made by producers and multi-instrumentalists Mike Stroud (from Ratatat) and Agustin White (White Flight)
Read moreSong of the Day: Alfie Templeman - Wait, I Lied
Song of the Day: Supremely catchy funk-pop by the 18-year-old British singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Carlton in Bedfordshire, taken from his debut mini-album Forever Isn't Long Enough, out on Chess Club Records
Read moreSong of the Day: Yola - Stand For Myself
Song of the Day: A fabulous new single of defiance and independence steeped in soaring soul and funk by the singer and songwriter from Bristol, and the title track her her forthcoming second LP, out on Easy Eye Sound
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