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The welcome return of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs with their first new album since 2013
Song of the Day: Smouldering, dramatic, relating to climate change events and more, this second single, inspired by The Four Seasons’ song Beggin’ comes from the forthcoming album Cool It Down, the first in nine years, by the dynamic and stylish New York alt-rock trio of Karen O, Nick Zinner and Brian Chase
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Jiitwam’s latest album, Third
Song of the Day: Dynamic, pacy, multi-dimensional fusion of dance, funk, jazz and hip by the India-born, Australia-raised artist working in London and New York, from his latest album, Third, here with echoes of Happy Mondays and Primal Scream
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Red alert: here’s comes De Staat
Songs of the Day: Stylish, syncopated, restless, witty, and slightly menacing, these punchy and pulsating new numbers by the entertaining Dutch alt-rockers comes from their new playlist of songs grouped under different colours – red, yellow, blue
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Yumi And The Weather - Can You Tell
Song of the Day: “Let’s drive straight into the fog, All I know is this isn’t love.” Compelling, powerful indie post-punk by Brighton’s Ruby Taylor, in this number about recklessness and regrets, fate and fortune
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Lip-sync construction worker from the video for So Typically Now
Song of the Day: Fabulously catchy, but also scathing electro-pop by New York’s Meg Remy about the cultural vacuum left by the mass exodus from wealthy Brooklyn residents to Kingston in upstate New York, leading to a real estate boom
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Panda Bear aka Noah Benjamin Lennox
Song of the Day: Taken from the forthcoming album Reset, this wonderfully ironic look at the life of staring at screens and mobile technology uses a retro vocal harmony style reminiscent of Beach Boys, with added electronic beeps and a dash of They Might Be Giants
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Breanna Barbara’s second album Nothin’ But Time is due out in November
Song of the Day: After yesterday’s 60s-style Greek pop odyssey by Σtella, further stylish retro pop, though with a more psychedelic rock and blues style, this time by the New York-based artist in a song about memory and how it can change through your perception of time
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Up and Away with Σtella
Song of the Day: Stylish, uplifting retro pop by the artist from Athens, combining 60s pop with Greek influences with oodles of charm and in this song created with artist and producer Tom Calvert (aka Redinho) and the title track from the album out on Sub Pop
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The Paranoyds’ new album Talk Talk Talk
Song of the Day: Taken from their forthcoming album Talk Talk Talk, witty garage rock/post-punk by the four-piece self-described “eyebrow” band from Los Angeles with shades of Devo and The Runaways, and out on Third Man Records
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Stereolab’s forthcoming new compilation of rarities and unreleased tracks
Song of the Day: Newly released for a forthcoming rarities compilation, but originally written in 1995, this classic krautrock-influenced number by the avant-pop band of Laetitia Sadier and co was originally written for to complement a sculpture made by the band’s artist collaborator, Charles Long, on 1995’s Music for the Amorphous Body Study Center
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Saya Gray’s latest album is titled 19 Masters
Song of the Day: An outstanding and unusual fusion of folk, pop, country and psychedelia by the Japanese-Canadian singer-songwriter interlacing strong acoustic guitar chords and arpeggios, explosive drums, interwoven voices and birdsong
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Beth Orton
Song of the Day: Beautifully interwoven vocals and guitar riffs distinguish this bewitching, ghostly new single by the British singer-songwriter from her forthcoming new album Weather Alive, out in September on Partisan Records and her first LP for six years
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Sorry’s latest single
Song of the Day: Dark, bittersweet twangy and clangy post-punk indie from the London five-piece band in this latest love song single about new romance but also desperate insecurity, taken from their forthcoming second album Anywhere But Here
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100 Records by Gramme
Song of the Day: Wonderfully quirky post-punk pop by the London band with ironically spinning lyrics, cleverly inventive rhythms, superbly squirty saxophone by producer Pete Wareham of Melt Yourself Down, and vocal delivery by Samantha Lynham that has shades of Siouxsie Sioux
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Gabe Gurnsey with Tilly Morris
Song of the Day: From the forthcoming second album Diablo, and a follow-up to his debut, Physical, the Manchester artist and founder of duo Factory Floor, releases a catchy, passionate blend of old-school electronica and 808-inspired dance music
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Elf Power: Artificial Countrysides the latest album
Song of the Day: After Erland Cooper’s flower-growing music yesterday, more beautiful work in this indie-pysch-folk-pop with a country twist and a dash of harpsichord, the title track from the newly released album by the American band from Athens, Georgi
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Sudan Archives
Song of the Day: Striking, pacy, rhythmical, with interweaving vocal loops of vocals and instruments, this fabulous latest single by the LA-based singer-songwriter, violinist and rapper is about insecurities forced on a brown skin Black female by American beauty standards
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The Mary Onettes’ new EP
Song of the Day: Luxuriant, rich, dreamy, 80s textured pop evoking a landscape by the Swedish band in this title track of their new EP, and “about always being a bit unsure about your surroundings …”
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Hallan’s new single
Song of the Day: New punchy, caustic indie post-punk by the Portsmouth band with a title that translates from German as ‘to throw up’’ and sharply and ironically parodies a Anglo-Saxon attitudes and picks up on various national crises and hypocrisies
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Gorillaz are back with a new single
Song of the Day: The animated outfit of Damon Albarn and co of 2D, Murdoc Niccals, Noodle and Russel return with a funky mix of hip hop, funk and electronica with guest renowned bass player Thundercat also adding synth and extra vocals
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