Category: Song of the Day

A song a day, every day. From brand new tunes to elderly classics. We don’t promise to be constrained by genre, but we promise to recommend brilliant music.

#98 Wildeflower – Nothing Happens

After a day sitting in the sunny countryside, coming in and putting on the pastoral sounds of Wildeflower’s ‘Nothing Happens’ just about seemed perfect. It’s from their Harbour & Good Company EP, out this week and described by songwriter Max…

#97 The Kindling – Hunting Stars

The Kindling have just released their second EP, Half Light, half-recorded in deepest, darkest Kent and half-recorded in a disused hall in south London. Such locations no doubt help create the dark, edgy feel of their music, carried by the…

#96 Joni Mitchell – Night in the City

– – Before Clouds, Blue, or Ladies of the Canyon Joni Mitchell released her David Crosby-produced first album Song to a Seagull. Joni recorded the album in 1967 when she was 24 and released in ’68. It might have been…

#95 The Dunwells – Follow The Road

Leeds’ own Dunwells are preparing to release their debut album Follow The Road at the start of next month, and to give us a tease they’ve put out this here video for the title track. They’ve kept it all rather…

#94 Al Lewis – Don’t Believe In Magic

When Al Lewis held an album launch show for his record Battles at St Pancras Old Church in February, he turned it into something of a two-for-one deal by recording the whole thing for future release. And that release comes…

#93 Josephine – Last Minute

We didn’t think it was possible to top Josephine Oniyama’s previous single, ‘What A Day’, but here she’s blown us away again with new single ‘Last Minute’, a soulful anthem to the power of love. With debut album, Portrait, delivering hit after…

#92 Peggy Sue – Lover Gone

“I gave to you four years I couldn’t bring myself to give you more…” Brilliant London-based trio Peggy Sue released the Lover Gone EP back in 2009. Since then they’ve released three studio albums: Fossils & Other Phantoms, Acrobats and…

#91 Eloise Rees – Fire With Fire

Eloise Rees describes herself as “a small blonde singer-songwriter with a helium voice” but we think she might be being a little hard on herself. Sure, there’s something a little bit like playing an LP at 45rpm about her vocals…

#90 Laura Veirs – Sun Song

The first song from Portland-based songwriter Laura Veirs’ forthcoming album Warp and Weft, Sun Song, and features Neko Case on backing vocals. With trademark pastoral imagery, the lyrics take the theme of the dawn of spring. Laura gently introduces distorted…

#89 Marcus Corbett – In Deed

In Deed by Marcus Corbett Something just a little bit different today in the form of a new record from Marcus Corbett, who has put his love of India at the forefront of his music. ‘In Deed’ is taken from…