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John Grant’s forthcoming album, The Art Of The Lie, out on Bella Union
Song of the Day: Catchy funk and 80s-inspired electro-pop get the full phat treatment from the witty Iceland-based American artist in this new single heralding his forthcoming next album, The Art Of The Lie, released 14 June 2024 via Bella Union
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Solo Moderna
Song of the Day: A quirky, cheeky, catchy mix of Afro-Latin rhythms and old-school, 8-Bit 80s and 70s synth-pop with clever Kraftwerk-inspired sampling by the Dutch producer Bas Voorn, and guest vocals by Kristel “krage” Peijnenborg
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Angélica Garcia
Song of the Day: Stylish, soaring, emotive Spanish-language pop (colour of pain) by the American singer-songwriter of Mexican and Salvadoran descent taken from her forthcoming third album, Gemelo out on 7 June via Partisan Records
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Maria Chiara Argirò’s forthcoming album, Closer
Song of the Day: Mesmeric, infectious, sensual synth-pop with added trumpet by the London-based Italian artist originally from Rome, in this number about “establishing a lighter and balanced relationship with your inner self and consequently with others”
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LYR’s Blossomise EP
Song of the Day: To mark a special project in conjunction with The National Trust, marking the first day of spring, and also World Poetry Day, two beautifully evocative tracks from a new EP by the trio of poet laureate Simon Armitage, with music from singer Richard Walters, and producer Patrick J Pearson
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Eels’ Mark Oliver Everett and Jamie Sierota, aka meija, in the Possum video
Song of the Day: A pair of recent excellent indie-pop singles by the LA based producer and songwriter Jamie Sierota, witty, catchy and clever, featuring respectively, guests Jawny - aka American singer Jacob Lee-Nicholas Sullenger, and Eels’ Mark Oliver Everett
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Nuha Ruby Ra
Song of the Day: The stylishly creative East London singer-songwriter returns with an alluring, innovative fusion of sultry pop and dark, burbling, electronica in a warehouse dancefloor setting
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Crystal Murray
Song of the Day: From the London-based Parisian singer-songwriter’s forthcoming album Sad Lovers and Giants, scintillating, catchy, sexy electro-pop with a fabulous street-scene video. The album is out on 31 May via Because Music
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Charm of Finches - sisters Mabel and Ivy
Song of the Day: A beautiful, witty, new indie-folk number the Melbourne sisters Mabel and Ivy Windred-Wornes with a tongue-in-cheek look at how women sometimes blame other women for their own internal issues when it comes to relationships
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Låpsley
Song of the Day: Sensual, powerful alternative pop about stirrings of religion-formed guilt by by the Southport-raised singer-songwriter Holly Lapsley Fletcher, out on Believe UK
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Liz Lawrence returns with Big Machine from her new album, Peanuts, out on Chrysalis
Song of the Day: Classy, articulate, stirring and strident indie electro-pop by the British singer-songwriter and guitarist with this lead single from the upcoming brand new album Peanuts, out on Chrysalis Records
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Phone addiction: Arab Strap’s Malcolm Middleton and Aidan Moffat
Song of the Day: One of two recent singles heralding the forthcoming new album by Scotland’s Aidan Moffat and Malcolm Middleton, a witty, articulate, deadpan lament about online hate, mixing a disco beat with guitar line
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youbet’s Nick Llobet
Song of the Day: Quirky, intricate, sensitive indie by the South Florida-raised, Brooklyn-based band of Nick Llobet, with a song described as a topsy-turvy study of self-criticism, the gentle melody paired with devilish lyrics about losing perspective
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La Luz’s upcoming new album, News of the Universe
Song of the Day: The California-based band fronted by singer-songwriter and guitarist Shana Cleveland return with a mesmeric, dream-like mix of surf, krautrock and po and psychedelia, taken from their upcoming album News of the Universe, out on 24 May via Sub Pop Records
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Sinkane’s new album, We Belong
Song of the Day: This hugely uplifting title track from the forthcoming eighth album by the New York band led by multi-instrumentalist Ahmed Gallab, is fabulously stylish, Sly Stone-inspired, gospel funk and soul with an energy that really flies
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Melts’ upcoming new album, Field Theory
Song of the Day: A storming new single of frenetic, krautrock-electronic-psych-rock by the Dublin band, with scintillating synth lines and the charismatic, cavernous vocals of frontman Eoin Kenny, heralding their upcoming second album, Field Theory, out on 12 April on Fuzz Club
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The Mysterines - Stray
Song of the Day: A darkly gothic, smouldering, then explosive new rock single by the Merseyside band fronted by vocalist and guitarist Lia Metcalfe, taken from their forthcoming second album, Afraid of Tomorrows, out in June on Fiction Records
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Richard Hawley
Song of the Day: The veteran Sheffield singer-songwriter returns with that shimmering guitar Duane Eddy/Link Wray sound, and story ‘about a deal that goes wrong’, heralding his new album, In This City They Call You Love
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UCHE YARA
Song of the Day: A pair of uniquely stylish yet contrasting numbers about being away from home by the Berlin-based, Nigerian heritage singer and guitarist who has fabulously full and deep range voice – Uchenna Yara Katzmayr
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Astrel K’s forthcoming album, The Foreign Department, out on Tough Love Recordings
Song of the Day: This quirkily original, witty electro-indie-pop number by the Stockholm-based British ex-pat Rhys Edwards celebrates chaotic imagination over literalism, and heralds his forthcoming album, The Foreign Department, out on 8 March via Tough Love Recordings
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