What are you listening to right now?

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James - "Sit Down" (1989)

 

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Gotye ft Kimbra - "Somebody That I Used To Know" (2012)

The Australian Gotye and the New Zealander Kimbra scored a huge UK No1 hit with this song about quarrelsome lovers.

Even in music our Anglophone cousins don't like each other...

 

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James - "Is This Love" (2024)

Tim Booth - Vocals
Adrian Oxaal - Guitar, cello
Saul Davies - Guitar, violin, percussion
Jim Glennie - Bass
Mark Hunter - Keyboards, piano, programming
Andy Diagram - Trumpet, percussion
David Baynton-Power - Drums, percussion
Deborah Knox-Hewson - Drums, percussion
Chloe Alper - Drums, percussion

Formed in 1982 the Manchester indie band are celebrating their first UK No1 album - "Yummy."

They are famous for hits including "Sit Down", "She's A Star" and "Laid", which became a hit on American college radio.

This is the first single taken from their new No1 album...

 

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English Teacher - "Best Tears of Your Life" (2024)

The new single from the indie rockers, hailing from Britain's third city Leeds, from their new album "This Could Be Texas", which was released on 12th April.

American magazine "Time" named their song "Nearly Daffodils" as one of the ten best songs of 2023.

Judging by her scarf, it seems as though lead singer Lily Fontaine is a Liverpool fan.

Es

 

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Big Special - "Black Dog/White Horse" (2024)

Hailing from Birmingham, Big Special are an up and coming duo consisting of Joe Hicklin and Callum Moloney who make songs lamenting the decline of what was recently the greatest country on Earth.

What is NOT in decline is British popular music judging by this song. They are one of the up and coming artists to look out for in 2024...

 

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Fat Dog - "Running" (2024)

The five-piece London rockers, who include a member who wears a dog mask, release their debut album "Woof" in September...

 

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Adam and the Ants - "Stand and Deliver" (1981)

The London New Wave band had their first UK No1 with this song.

"Stand and deliver your money or your life!" was what British highwaymen used to say to their victims in the late 1700s and early 1800s...

 

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The Cardigans - "Sick & Tired" (1994)

In 1994, the Swedish band The Cardigans released "Emmerdale", an album named after the British soap opera.

Here's a hit from the album...