Song of the Day: Catchy, quirky engaging indie-pop with clever lyrics and an infectiously buzzy baritone sax bassline by Jeff Rosenstock joining the Los Angeles trio Amanda Tannen, Gregory Katz and Mark Edwards
Read moreSong of the Day: The Weather Station - Neon Signs
Tamara Lindeman of The Weather Station
Song of the Day: Sublime sounds, yet also perceptive, anxious lyrics come with new experimental folk-pop by the Toronto-based singer-songwriter Tamara Lindeman, with beautiful piano, percussion, flute and more, heralding her upcoming album Humanhood, out on Fat Possum, 17 January 2025
Read moreSong of the Day: Ela Minus - Broken
Ela Minus
Song of the Day: The Colombian experimental dance electro-pop artist returns with her alluring voice and presence, vibrant synthesizers and an infectious beat, but also themes of suffering and resilience, in this new track heralding her upcoming album, DIA, set for release on 17 January 2025, via Domino Records
Read moreSong of the Day: Primal Scream - Ready To Go Home
Primal Scream - Ready To Go Home, from the forthcoming new album, Come Ahead
Song of the Day: A stylishly catchy fusion of 70s funk, psychedelia and rave music in this upbeat contemplation of death by the Scottish cult rockers fronted by Bobby Gillespie, here produced by David Holmes who is also a co-writer for this latest single heralding the new album, Come Ahead, out on 8 November on BMG
Read moreSong of the Day: W. H. Lung - Bloom and Fade
W.H. Lung
Song of the Day: Stirring, stylish, catchily melodic retro electro-synth pop by the Manchester quintet, with the latest single from the upcoming third album, Every Inch of Earth Pulsates, out on 18 October via Melodic Records
Read moreSong of the Day: Wand - The Leap / Goldfish
The magic Wand
Song of the Day: Divorce - All My Freaks
Divorce
Song of the Day: Brightly effervescent, sparkling indie pop by the Nottingham band, with a wry, ironic perspective on egos and the music industry expressed through the caricature of an up-and-coming artist, and heralding their debut studio album, Drive To Goldenhammer, out in March 2025 via Gravity/Capitol
Read moreSong of the Day: Jalen Ngonda - Anyone In Love
Jalen Ngonda
Song of the Day: After 2023’s beautiful and acclaimed Come Around And Love Me album, a new single of timeless, classic soul with the powerful, pure voice of the Liverpool-then-London based American singer whose style is often compared to Marvin Gaye. Out on Daptone Records
Read moreSong of the Day: Samantha Crain - Dragonfly
Samantha Crain - Dragonfly
Song of the Day: A catchy, uplifting, life-affirming new number about how life is a gift to enjoy, by the Oklahoma indie artist, as seen through the metaphor of the beautiful, hovering, short-lived insect species, and out on Real Kind Records
Read moreSong of the Day: Jacob Alon - Fairy In A Bottle
Jacob Alon: Fairy In A Bottle
Song of the Day: Gorgeous fragility and high-voiced, delicate control with a wonderful melody all come in this exquisite performed debut by the singer songwriter from Glasgow, here produced by Dan Carey, and out on Universal
Read moreSong of the Day: Big Warm Bed - Jackie (Shores I’m Swimming In EP)
Big Warm Bed - Jackie
Song of the Day: A deliciously gentle, subtle, melancholic, lo-fi release with vivid lyrical detail by the Leeds singer-songwriter Jacob Andrews, taken from the brand new EP, Shores I’m Swimming In, out on Dance To The Radio
Read moreSong of the Day: The Cure - Alone
The Cure: Alone, taken from
Song of the Day: The first new song released by Robert Smith and the legendary British band for 16 years, this dark, melancholic majestic number heralds their forthcoming album, Songs of a Lost World, out on 1 November
Read moreSong of the Day: Benefits feat. Zera Tønin - Land of the Tyrants
Benefits
Song of the Day: With a dark, sinister video by Teesside filmmaker John Kirkbride, the Middlesbrough band return with simmering rage-filled dance and spoken-word number around the corruption and frustrations of modern Britain, performed by Kingsley Hall
Read moreSong of the Day: Elias Rønnenfelt - Worm Grew A Spine
Elias Rønnenfelt
Song of the Day: Dylan-esque in narrative style and delivery, with a simple backbeat and guitars, an arresting new single by the charismatic Copenhagen musician and poet, better known as the lead singer and lyricist of Danish band Iceage, heralding his debut solo album Heavy Glory, out on 25th October via Escho
Read moreSong of the Day: Deep Sea Diver - Billboard Heart
Deep Sea Diver - Billboard Heart
Song of the Day: A stirring indie pop ode to blissful solitude, of standing in the desert feeling at one with the landscape, by the Seattle band fronted by singer-songwriter Jessica Dobson, inspired by Tom Petty and Wim Wenders’ film Paris, Texas
Read moreSong of the Day: Bon Iver - SPEYSIDE
Bon Iver
Song of the Day: From the forthcoming SABLE EP, and with a first new song since 2020’s AUATC, Justin Vernon returns with beautifully stripped back, understated acoustic guitar number of wistful solitude and apology, crisply poetic rhymes and pointed lyrics, out on Jagjaguwar
Read moreSong of the Day: clipping. - Run It
clipping.’s Daveed Diggs, Jonathan Snipes and William Hutson
Song of the Day: Slick, agile clever, innovative, cross-genre hip-hop/cyberpunk with shades of OutKast with added classic late-80s Roland TB-303 bass rave sounds, by the Los Angeles experimentalist trio fronted rapper by Daveed Diggs with Jonathan Snipes and William Hutson
Read moreSong of the Day: Wussy - Cellar Door
Wussy
Song of the Day: Graveyard themed, but also referencing the euphonic phrase considered the most among the English language’s most beautiful, a catchy, spooky lo-fi krautrocky title track with a fabulous retro disco footage video, from the Cincinnati band’s latest EP, out on Shake It Records
Read moreSong of the Day: Mandrake Handshake - King Cnut
Mandrake Handshake - King Cnut
Song of the Day: A mesmeric spread of instruments stir this potent cauldron of a new single by the London band of “flowerkraut”, a hedonistic, brain-frying feast of krautrock, art-pop and psychedelia, here inspired by the 11th-century Norse ruler of Britain, released on the cult indie label Tip Top Recordings
Read moreSong of the Day: Michael Kiwanuka - Lowdown (Parts i and ii)
Michael Kiwanuka - Lowdown
Song of the Day: Peerlessly powerful and serene slow-build soul and psychedelia by much acclaimed British singer-songwriter, in this double-track heralding his forthcoming fourth album, Small Changes, out on 15 November, via Polydor/ Universal
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