What are you listening to right now?
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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...
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.
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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...
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...
Depeche Mode - "People Are Good" (2024)
Basildon, Essex, electro-rockers Depeche Mode were formed in 1980 and are one of the most successful artists in history, having sold over 100 million records worldwide, their dark music proving popular.
44 years on and here's their new single.
The video was directed by American comedian and Anglophile Rich Hall who lives in London and is a regular on British comedy panel shows.
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Deep Purple - "Portable Door" (2024)
London band Deep Purple were formed in 1967 and are, along with Black Sabbath, one of the pioneers of heavy metal.
They are famous for their 1968 hit "Hush" and others.
Their new single "Portable Door" was released on Tuesday and is the first single from their upcoming new album "=1"...
The Rolling Stones - "Mess It Up" (2024)
Formed in 1962 the mighty London rockers The Rolling Stones, fronted by Sir Mick Jagger, have sold a staggering 250 million records worldwide and are still going strong after 62 years...
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Priest - "A Signal In The Noise" (2021)
Priest are a Swedish dark synth band.
Sweden is about to host the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest after winning it yet again last year. The Scandinavian nation, where English is spoken by 90% of its people, is a hotbed of popular music and is the home of the mighty ABBA.
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No. That's the London band Sleep Token. Someone farted in the crowd as they did a live performance.
