Song of the Day: After last year’s fabulous Frozen Food Centre, another beautiful, but here also edgy and powerful comeuppance song from the unique and beautiful voice of singer-songwriter Tom Fleming, formerly of Wild Beasts, with added evocatively jittery violin by Lankum’s Cormac MacDiamarda, and heralding the upcoming album Endless Rain, out on 25 October via Domino
Read moreSong of the Day: Haley Heynderickx - Seed of a Seed
Song of the Day: Simplicity and beauty encapsulate this gorgeous acoustic string-infused new single by the Portland, Oregon singer-songwriter, the first since her debut album I Need to Start a Garden (2018), out on her hometown label Mama Bird Recording Co
Read moreSong of the Day: Peel Dream Magazine - Wish You Well
Song of the Day: Dreamy, woozy, beautiful alternative pop by the Los Angeles named after the legendary BBC Radio 1 DJ John Peel, taken from their forthcoming album Rose Main Reading Room, out on Topshelf Records
Read moreSong of the Day: Lael Neale - Electricity
Song of the Day: Following last year’s excellent third album Star Eaters Delight, the American singer-songwriter returns with a sizzlingly mesmeric, alternative psychedelic folk written during a power cut caused by an ice storm
Read moreSong of the Day: Gretel - Far Out
Song of the Day: Quirky clever pop with a catchy repetitive sound and handclaps by the London singer-songwriter also known as Gretel Hänlyn in this new number using an aloof, sarcastic, rebellious persona, and a distinctive sound produced by Mura Masa
Read moreSong of the Day: Kit Sebastian - Metropolis
Song of the Day: Stylish, clever, eclectic new single by the French-Turkish London-based duo of Kit Martin and Merve Erdem about the difficult immigration experience and fusing the influence of Azerbaijani music with an old Italian analog synth
Read moreSong of the Day: Father John Misty - I Guess Time Makes Fools Of Us All
Song of the Day: With a rich variety of allegorical and cultural references, Josh Tillman returns with a sublime piece of timelessly Dylan-esque, catchy, witty, smooth balladic alt-country pop, and heralds his compilation album Greatish Hits: I Followed My Dreams and My Dreams Said To Crawl
Read moreSong of the Day: Karen O and Danger Mouse - Super Breath
Song of the Day: A stylish new, restlessly lovestruck single by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs singer and the acclaimed producer aka Brian Burton, heralding a special reissue of duo’s 2019 LP, Lux Prima, which will be re-released on 19 September
Read moreSong of the Day: Marysia Osu - Seatime
Song of the Day: Gorgeously evocative and mesmeric music from the harpist who combines her instrument with electronica and ocean sounds. It heralds her debut album, Harp, Beats & Dreams, out on 18 October via Brownswood Recordings
Read moreSong of the Day: Thandii - Call It What You Like
Song of the Day: Quirky, clever, eclectic, percussive, alternative and inventively experimental electro-pop from the Margate partner duo and seasoned touring musicians Jessica Berry and Graham Godfrey, also heralding their forthcoming albums Come As You/ Dream With You out in September
Read moreSong of the Day: Primal Scream - Love Insurrection
Song of the Day: A funky fusion of syncopated indie, psych, krautrock and flute-filled acid jazz with Utopian-themed lyrics in this new single by Bobby Gillespie and co, with a different sound heralding the band’s first album for 8 years – Come Ahead – out on 8 November on BMG
Read moreSong of the Day: Los Bitchos - Kiki, You Complete Me
Song of the Day: A stylish, catchy and always irresistably fun fusion of pace-changing instrumental indie, cumbia, surf and psych by the international London-based quartet, taken from their forthcoming second album Talkie Talkie, out on City Slang on 30 August
Read moreSong of the Day: Juniore - Méditerranée
Song of the Day: Perfect for a sweltering July summer weekend, sensual French pop with images of seashore, pebbles, naked flesh and the Mediterranean Sea by the sophisticated Parisian indie 60s-style band, heralding their forthcoming album TROIS, DEUX, UN, out on 13 September
Read moreSong of the Day: Cornershop - Double Denim
Song of the Day: The British experimental indie rock band of Tjinder Singh, Ben Ayres and co return with a craftily catchy, perky, quirky summer single of patterns and shapes with a new version featuring the breezy vocals of Italian film star Rosanna alongside crisp, retro electronica, staccato guitar riffs and taut bass and percussion
Read moreSong of the Day: Pom Pom Squad - Downhill
Song of the Day: Catchy, breezy, yet also anxious indie rock-pop from the Brooklyn-based band of singer Mia Berrin, in a song about the push-pull between those opposing sides her introvert-extrovert personality and the ambition can sometimes feel self-destructive
Read moreSong of the Day: Field Music - Six Weeks, Nine Wells
Song of the Day: After various side projects, Sunderland’s innovative alt-pop makers, the Brewis brothers David and Peter return with their first new music as Field Music for over three years and a single of synths and an absolutely gorgeous, stirring chorus
Read moreSong of the Day: Bad Moves - Hallelujah
Song of the Day: A catchy, upbeat social protest number by the Washington DC indie pop band about curtailed freedom of speech, prejudice and social division from religion, taken from the forthcoming new album Wearing Out The Refrain, out on Don Giovanni Records
Read moreSong of the Day: Du Blonde - Blame
Song of the Day: Following 2021’s Homecoming album, the multi-talented Beth Jeans Houghton returns with an angry, catchy rock number about long-time-coming explosion of rage and defiance in the face of gaslighting within an interpersonal relationship
Read moreSong of the Day: Clothesline From Hell - You Don't Know
Song of the Day: A mesmeric new single that builds momentum with syncopated drum beats, reversed vocals, intricate riffs and an alluring voice by the Toronto indie-bedroom-pop artist Adam LaFramboise, taken from his upcoming EP Soon We’ll All Be Smoking
Read moreSong of the Day: Bright Eyes - Bells and Whistles
Song of the Day: A stomping, chirpy, super-catchy whistle-along number by Omaha’s Conor Oberst, Mike Mogis, and Nathaniel Walcott, all about life’s tiny details, that seem small but turn to be important. It heralds the forthcoming album Five Dice, All Threes, out on 20 September on Dead Oceans
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