SONG OF THE MONTH: Dopamine by Robyn (November 2025)

WORTH A LOOK? ****

Robyn’s 1st new music for 7 years breaks no new ground but serves instead as a reminder of why we fell in love with her brand of electronica served with her trademark glacial vocals.

  • Read on for reasons including how we hope Dopamine triggers a new album release
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SONG OF THE MONTH: One Of The Greats by Florence And The Machine (October 2025)

WORTH A LOOK?: ****

Florence And The Machine’s 6th studio album Everybody Scream is released on Halloween (31 October 2025) almost 14 years to the day after their 2nd, Ceremonials.

  • Read on for reasons including how this highlights the unfair celebration of less talented men
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SONG OF THE MONTH: Midnight Sun by Zara Larsson (September 2025)

WORTH A LOOK?: ****

Meteorological summer may be over but Larsson’s 5th album, of which this is the title track, aims to encapsulate a Swedish summer where the sun never goes down.

  • Read on for reasons including how album 5 is business as usual for Larsson
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SONG OF THE MONTH: Dancing With The Europeans by Suede (August 2025)

WORTH A LOOK?: *****

Frontman Brett Anderson explains the idea for the song came from an exhilarating show in Spain where there was a great connection with the audience despite the personal low the singer was experiencing away from the gig.

  • Read on for reasons including how to see Suede live in London this summer
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SONG OF THE WEEK: Shook by Sugababes (week beginning Thursday 24 July 2025)

WORTH A LOOK?: ****

Mutya Buena, Keisha Buchanan, and Siobhán Donaghy were the original Sugababes and it feels only right that more than a quarter of a century after 1st forming they should be back together under that name and releasing some of their strongest ever material.

  • Read on for reasons including how Shook is the sound of a band back at the top of their game
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SONG OF THE WEEK: Jellyfish by Sigrid (week beginning Saturday 19 July 2025)

WORTH A LOOK?: ****

Jellyfish is the sound of schools breaking up for summer, lotion lathered on lazy sunbathers and the moon lighting the way home after a giddy evening.

  • Read on for reasons including how Jellyfish is ridiculous, oddly threatening and perhaps even occasionally suggesting of asexuality
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SONG OF THE WEEK: Don’t Cry For Me Argentina by Rachel Zegler (week beginning Friday 11 July 2025)

WORTH A LOOK?: ****

It’s by no means la Casa Rosada in Buenos Aires but the London Palladium balcony performance given by Rachel Zegler at 9pm on show nights and 4pm on matinees to the hundreds of passers-by in the capital has, quite rightly, earned itself a single release.

  • Read on for reasons including why this is London’s must-see musical of the moment
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SONG OF THE MONTH: Sound & Light by Alison Goldfrapp (July 2025)

WORTH A LOOK?: ****

We’re writing this from a holiday in Iceland where we’re planning a visit to Norway to see the Northern Lights and this 1st track written for Alison Goldfrapp’s 2nd album Flux couldn’t be more pertinent.

  • Read on for reasons including why Flux is 1 of the most eagerly awaited albums of the summer
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SONG OF THE WEEK: Glad by Saint Etienne (week beginning Thursday 12 June 2025)

WORTH A LOOK?: ****

Saint Etienne’s best single since their 2012 run of Tonight and I’ve Got Your Music finds them collaborating with the Chemical Brothers and returning to the dancefloor with a bang.

  • Read on for reasons including how new album International will be the band’s last
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SONG OF THE WEEK: Sha La La by Cian Ducrot (week beginning Sunday 8 June 2025)

WORTH A LOOK?: ****

This year Ducrot won a Grammy for Best R&B Song for his work on SZA’s Saturn and this is the 3rd release from his sophomore album Little Dreaming out next month.

  • Read on for reasons including where to see Ducrot on tour later this year including London
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