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Tess Parks
Song of the Day: Alluring, richly orchestrated psychedelic-tinted dream pop by the Toronto-born London-based singer-songwriter, heralding her new album Pomegranate, released on 25 September on Fuzz Club and Hand Drawn Dracula
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The Waeve: Rose Elinor Dougall and Graham Coxon
Song of the Day: Another stylish, striking, stormy sounding indie single by the Blur guitarist Graham Coxon and his partner aka Rose Elinor Dougall are releasing their second album together, City Lights, released on 20 September via Transgressive Records
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Thus Love’s forthcoming album, All Pleasure
Song of the Day: Swaggering, stylish indie postpunk, with a touch of Arctic Monkeys, by the band from Brattleboro, Vermont, with a strangely disturbing celebratory video (also featuring an owl), and heralding their sophomore album, All Pleasure, out 1 November via Captured Tracks
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Broadcast’s final release, Distant Call - Collected Demos 2000-2006, is out in September
Song of the Day: A truly gorgeous previously unreleased intimate, haunting acoustic song discovered after the passing of the British band’s singer Trish Keenan, heralding a compilation, Distant Call - Collected Demos 2000-2006, and the final release from Broadcast, available from 28 September 2024 via Warp Record
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Silverbacks
Song of the Day: Catchy, crisp indie with shades of Stereolab, an intimate drum beat and clarinet tones by the Dublin six-piece heralding their third LP Easy Being A Winner, out on 18 October via Central Tones / Cargo
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Shelf Lives: John Hillyard and Sabrina Di Giulio
Song of the Day: Visceral, biting, powerful, punchy, semi-spoken, semi-screamed electro post-punk with a dark theme by the London-based duo of producer John Hillyard and Toronto-born vocalist Sabrina Di Giulio, out on Not Sorry Mom Records
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Geordie Greep’s forthcoming solo album, The New Sound
Song of the Day: The Black Midi frontman’s first solo release is a fabulous, frenetic swirl of guitar rock, jazz, prog, funk, pop and Latin, recorded Sãu Paulo, channelling Frank Zappa, Scott Walker, Broadway musicals, with a punchy horn section, his distinctive voice, clever lyrics, it heralds his forthcoming LP, The New Sound out on 4 October via Rough Trade
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Sasha Assad’s new EP, Casablanker
Song of the Day: After her previous EP Tearstick, a new catchy, clever, tenderly romantic indie track with a Kinks reference, by the Nottingham artist with Egyptian heritage from the next EP, Casablanker, out on Fierce Panda Records
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The Bug Club's new album On the Intricate Inner Workings of the System
Song of the Day: An infectiously catchy and witty fuzz guitar number about self-comparative delusions of grandeur by the humorous Welsh rock indie trio who have a dash of Modern Lovers and AC/DC, heralding their third LP, On The Intricate Inner Workings of The System, out on 30 August via Sub Pop Records
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Cupid’s arrow? A different sort of hit from Katy J Pearson
Song of the Day: A deliciously summery, uplifting new number about personal independence by the Bristol singer-songwriter with a beautifully quaint archery video, heralding her forthcoming third album, Someday, Now, out on 20 September via Heavenly Recordings
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Peel Dream Magazine’s forthcoming album Rose Main Reading Room
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
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Lael Neale
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
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Gretel aka Greta Hänlyn
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
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Kit Sebasian’s new album New Internationale is out in September via Brain Feeder Records
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
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Father John Misty’s Greatish Hits: I Followed My Dreams and My Dreams Said To Crawl, out on Bella Union
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
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Jorja Smith - High
Song of the Day: The silky-voiced singer-songwriter from Walsall in the West Midlands latest single strong, self-healing, soulful, rhythmical dance track, one she describes as “about finding a friend within myself, even through the lows, you have to find the highs”
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Danger Mouse and Karen O
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
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Thandii’s forthcoming album, Come As You
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
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Joan As Police Woman aka Joan Wasser
Song of the Day: A wonderful and welcome return by the NY multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter Joan Wasser, with a song that seeks reconciliation of a dissolved romantic relationship, inspired by the styles of Curtis Mayfield and Marvin Gaye, mixes soul, funk, pop and prog, and is second single from her forthcoming album Lemons, Limes & Orchids
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Dafna’s recent album, The Paradox of Choice
Song of the Day: Catchy 80s-inspired synth-pop with echoes of A-ha and Toni Basil by the Boulder-Colorado singer-songwriter Dafna Margalit of Israeli heritage, taken from her excellent latest album The Paradox of Choice, released in May
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