Song for Sunday

Hatchie – Lose it Again

Band/artist of the week: Blood Orange
Song of the week: Whisper – wings of desire

Song for Sunday

Jack Ladder – Missing (feat. Sharon Van Etten)

Band/artist of the week: Lust For Youth and Croatian Amor
Song of the week: Sky Writing – Fade Evare

Favourite Songs of 2025

1 The Field – Blood Orange (feat. The Durutti Column, Tariq Al-Sabir, Caroline Polachek and Daniel Caesar)

2 Dummy – Lust for Youth and Croatian Amor (feat. Purient)

3 The Deep Blue Okay – Self Esteem

4 Spike Island – Pulp

5 Creepin' – POLIÇA

6 Sky Writing – Fade Evare

7 Crumbling Empire – Sam Fender

8 Ngamaka – BARKAA (feat. Leroy Johnson)

9 Tricky – Floodlights

10 On the Quarter Days – Prolapse

Honourable mentions

Stonefly – Maria Somerville

Strange Love – Bleak Squad

Glad - Saint Etienne

Madeline – Georgia Gets By

Pussy Palace – Lily Allen

d£aler – Lola Young

Iona – Sister Ray Davies

About Time – Cate Le Bon

The Silence That Remains – The Horrors

Dan's Love Song – Agriculture 

26 January

A.B. Original – January 2' (feat. Dan Sultan live for Like a Version)

Favourite Albums of 2025

1 Blood Orange – Essex Honey

2 Lust for Youth and Croatian Amor – All Worlds

3 Sam Fender – People Watching

4 Sharon Van Etten and the Attachment Theory – Sharon Van Etten and the Attachment Theory

5 Prolapse – I Wonder When They're Going to Destroy Your Face 

6 Bleak Squad – Strange Love

7 Floodlights – Underneath

8 Marie Somerville – Luster

9 POLIÇA – Dreams Go 

10 Fade Evare – Welcome Back

Honourable mentions

Deafheaven – Lonely People with Power 

The Horrors – Night Life

King Creosote – Any Port in a Storm 

Mogwai – Bad Fire

Pulp – More 

Saint Etienne – International 

Self Esteem – A Complicated Woman

Sister Ray Davies – Holy Island 

Song for Sunday

Whisper – Wings of Desire

Band/artist of the week: Blood Orange
Song of the week: The Field – Blood Orange (feat. The Durutti Column, Tariq Al-Sabir, Caroline Polachek and Daniel Caesar)

Song for Sunday

Westside Cowboy – Can't See

Band/artist of the week: Floodlights
Song of the week: Sky Writing – Fade Evare 

Song for Sunday

The Horrors – The Silence That Remains

Back after a short summer break ...

Band/artist of the week: King Stingray
Song of the week: JOY – Floodlights 

Song for Sunday

Pulp – Spike Island

Band/artist of the week: Blood Orange
Song of the week: Cloisters – Sister Ray Davies 

Song for Sunday

Lust for Youth and Croatian Amor – Dummy (feat. Purient)

Band/artist of the week: Blood Orange
Song of the week: Lust for Youth and Croatian Amor – Dummy (feat. Purient)

Song for Sunday

Blood Orange – The Field

Band/artist of the week: Arrkula Yinbayarra
Song of the week: Blood Orange – The Field

Favourite Songs of 2024

1 Davey Says – King Hannah

2 Arabian Flight – Public Service Broadcasting 

3 People Watching – Sam Fender 

4 Southerly – King Stingray

5 Greatest Dancer – Nadine Shah

6 Minds a Lie – Hi Vis

7 Tired Angels – Sailor Honeymoon

8 Washed in Blue – She Drew the Gun

9 It's So Good – Jamie xx

10 Afterlife – Sharon Van Etten and the Attachment Theory

Honourable mentions

Loved – Four Tet

The Day You Died – The Folk Implosion

Lagunita – Lizzie No

Kaleidoscope – Sam Morton

Like I Say (I runaway) – Nilüfer Yanya

Ghost – Honeyglaze

Favourite – Fontaines D.C.

Some Kind of Angel – Georgia Gets By

Come Closer – Buffalo Tom

Imouhar – Mdou Moctar 

Favourite Albums of 2024

 

1 Songs of a Lost World – The Cure

2 The Last Flight – Public Service Broadcasting 

3 Big Swimmer – King Hannah

4 Filthy Underneath – Nadine Shah

5 My Method Actor – Nilüfer Yanya

6 Howl – She Drew the Gun

7 Guided Tour – Hi Vis

8 Romance – Fontaines D.C.

9 Sailor Honeymoon – Sailor Honeymoon

10 Warrangu: River Story – Dobby

Honourable mentions

Daffodils and Dirt – Sam Morton

Live Drugs Again – War on Drugs  

my anti-aircraft friend – julie 

Prelude to Ecstasy – The Last Dinner Party

Real Deal – Honeyglaze

Rome (Live) – The National

Three – Four Tet

Song for Sunday

Gretel – Maybelline

Band/artist of the week: King Creosote
Song of the week: The Deep Blue Okay – Self Esteem 

Song for Sunday

Orbital, David Holmes and DJ Helen featuring Mike Garry – Tonight in Belfast

Band/artist of the week: King Creosote
Song of the week: Blue Marbled Elm Trees (Live) – King Creosote 

Favourite Books of 2024

1 Ghost Cities – Siang Lu
2 Burntcoat – Sarah Hall
3 Atlas of AI – Kate Crawford
4 Fire Weather – John Vaillant
5 Creation Lake – Rachel Kushner
6 Horizon – Barry Lopez
7 The Candy House – Jennifer Egan
8 Hidden Potential – Adam Grant
9 Conquest – Nina Allan
10 The Future is History – Masha Gessen

 

Full list of 2024 reading here. And reading stats here.

 

 

Song for Sunday

The Cords – Fabulist

Band/artist of the week: Sharon Van Etten and the Attachment Theory
Song of the week: Idiot Box – Sharon Van Etten and the Attachment Theory

Song for Sunday

Sam Fender – Howdon Aldi Death Queue

Band/artist of the week: Sam Fender
Song of the week: Crumbling Empire – Sam Fender

Song for Sunday

POLIÇA – Dreams Go

Band/artist of the week: All India Radio
Song of the week: steamroller – better joy 

Song for Sunday

Georgia Knight – Desire

Band/artist of the week: Georgia Knight
Song of the week: Haze (feat. Ellie) – Daniel Avery

Song for Sunday

Floodlights – Tricky

Band/artist of the week: Poliça
Song of the week: steamroller – better joy 

Song for Sunday

Sugar – House of Dead Memories

Band/artist of the week: King Stingray
Song of the week: Tricky – Floodlights

Song for Sunday

Better Joy – Quiet Thing

Band/artist of the week: Sam Fender
Song of the week: Sky Writing – Fade Evare

Song for Sunday

Georgia Gets By – Madeline

Band/artist of the week: Mogwai
Song of the week: Lorica Pink – Barry Burns and Kathryn Joseph

Song for Sunday

Fade Evare – Sky Writing

Band/artist of the week: Fade Evare
Song of the week: Madeline – Georgia Gets By