Gilla Band return from a four-year hiatus with a techno-influenced new tune, Giraffe, that proves they’ve lost none of their abrasive power.

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Sophia Stel is a Canadian electronic artist who blends her emotional vocals with elements of hyper-pop and, on this mellow breakup tune, trip-hop.

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This bass-heavy slice of minimal industrial techno by Maquina may be another first for me – a band from Lisbon.

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Song of the Day

A Certain Ratio’s 1982 single Knife Slits Water gets an updated remix from Andy Meecham, aka The Emperor Machine.

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This is a rather marvellous gem from the vaults – Vivian Stanshall being interviewed by Toyah Wilcox on a long forgotten TV show back in 1982.

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Gnoomes are a husband-wife duo of Russian expats in Slovenia, playing a fusion of krautrock and psychedelia they have dubbed “Stargaze.”

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I’ve stayed in a lot of hotels. Some good, some bad. Some luxury escapes, some fleapits. But none could compete for all-round awfulness with The Walton Hotel in Nottingham.

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Summer’s here and what better way to enjoy the sunshine than by pressing play on my latest playlist? We’ve got a fair few Northern Soul stompers, some old classics from The Kinks, Steely Dan and 10cc, a little bit of country and reggae, and a couple of unlikely collabs like Robert Smith and Olivia Rodrigo and (even more unlikely) Jeremaine Jackson and Devo.

Brandon Flowers of The Killers previews his new solo country album, recorded in Nashville with a stellar cast of studio veterans.

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