Seems oddly appropriate today to dive back to 2017 and share this absolute riot from Young Fathers. Or maybe it was a Red Cross Doctor. Or something. tidal.com/track/696682...

That’ll teach me for buying something gorgeous from the blasted continent. Thanks #fuckingbrexit

Slight risk we're peaking the week here but fuck it: Monday's choice is one of the greatest songs from one of the greatest albums by one of the greatest artists. Start your week right, give yourself the time. tidal.com/track/686998...

"someone to hear your prayers, someone who cares..."

Mad that today's choice isn't on Tidal or the parasitic leech that is Spotify so we go with a link from popular video sharing platform The YouTube: youtu.be/uBm0-5msyjg?... A slow start for a Sunday, as the wind rattles the windows and you hope for ten more minutes under the duvet

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A wonderful, powerful song of yearning and love from Bonnie Prince Billy is our choice today, with harmony vocals to pluck at the heart strings creating a splendid crescendo. All in under 3 minutes. Listen, like, share, follow, tell one person we exist, please and thanks. tidal.com/track/901124...

We mention 'icon' in the choice today as we note the passing of Afrika Bambaata. Tricky thoughts, musical legacy and pioneering work to support Africa up against the substantial claims of abusive behaviour in later life. At what point do you stop overlooking the one and focus on the other?

The Fall, here, putting their unique sound to The Other Half's original. Is it rockabilly? Is it a good solo? Does it matter? MES, gone but never forgotten. An icon. tidal.com/track/320285...

OH AYE

Where to start with Yo La Tengo? How to introduce a band as unique? Probably here, off kilter beauty to start a Thursday from their Summer Sun classic. tidal.com/track/497938...

Back to 2003 for today's selection: an album track from Ween's Quebec album and not in keeping with general perception of their output, Among His Tribe is laced with melancholy and that fuzzy sound at the end... wonderful stuff. Listen, that's your one task x tidal.com/track/497612...

WE INTERRUPT YOUR DOOM SCROLLING WITH A @boardsofcanada.bsky.social UPDATE: ra.co/news/84925?f...

Joyful stuff today, to run counter to all [waves at the world] this happening. Harmonies, tambourines, optimism and a feeling of sunshine: 2 minutes and 37 of fun from the Beach Boys x tidal.com/track/194753...

Sufjan Stevens is an absolute treasure of an artist. Every collection of work released different to the last but still clearly him. This, from Seven Swans, is a joy for a bonus day off. Listen, like and share x tidal.com/track/193361...

Space rock Sunday! Not a repeating feature, just seems apt for today's classic of the genre from John Frusciante. Listen to how outre that vocal is, enjoy your Easter Sunday x tidal.com/track/352614...

Sharing for no specific reason... youtube.com/shorts/QyFTm...

Full disclosure: this wasn't on our list - yes we have a list - for Track of the Day but @fitbathatba.bsky.social has made an absolute fucking banger of a tune here. Not the official Scotland world cup song? WHY NOT? Listen, like and share this amazing ear worm of a tune. tidal.com/track/510003...

Using Spotify is just as bad as using X, in some aspects, even more consequential: Spotify is actively killing music, not just exploiting musicians. All other streaming platforms are better, and have as wide a choice. Migrating your playlists is dead easy. Please leave that evil platform - now.

No intro needed here: a classic covered by a classic turning the vibe of the original on its head. Liven up your Friday, with Joey Ramone tidal.com/track/491280...

This is magnificent. No, YOU fuck off. When the strings come in, it is euphoric. John Denver in full flight on a Thursday? YOU'RE WELCOME. tidal.com/track/363096...

This tramples all over our "Boards of Canada announce me music" effort!

Whilst delighted at their confirmation of new material, that we got nothing new released is a frustration. But hey, what's a few more months. In the meantime, here's a classic from an album released a mere 21 years ago: tidal.com/track/160258...

It's a truly magnificent thing, this. A tip of the hat to @trackotheday.bsky.social for my discovery.

Japanese trumpeter Takuyo Kuroda brings hip hop and jazz horn together so well it leaves you wondering why more people don’t do it more frequently… This is the opening track from the 2014 album of the same name ‘Rising Son’ tidal.com/track/259340...

Not been online so catching up but this is gorgeous. A combo of three constantly engaging artists

A late night / early morning musical meditation from legends in their own lunchtime Burial, Four Tet & @thomyorke.wastehq.social . A beautifully crafted moment captured in time this delivers everything you would expect from such an exalted collaboration… Follow pls ;) tidal.com/track/164523...

It’s the weeeeeekend and we’ve got you covered with the wonderful Sufjan Stevens cover of Bob Dylan’s ‘Ring Them Bells’ - an uplifting start to Friday night! Follow, share etc tidal.com/track/176940...

It’s a different version is why 🙄

Just noticed the lil Marvin sax quote at the beginning there 👏 youtu.be/Q1N9coXEh3A?...

Innerzone Orchestra is the jazz influenced house vehicle for Detroit techno legend @carlcraignet and ‘People Make the World Go Round’ is a brilliant soul vocal and strings workout - there’s a trade union conference somewhere missing an anthem… tidal.com/track/184801...

Today we tenuously celebrate the life of a genuine legend of 20th C left wing European politics, Lionel Jospin with a feel good blues jam on life, ‘Lavender Coffin’. Recorded by a fellow Lionel of the Hampton variety it’s a brilliant tune to look life in the eye with… tidal.com/track/100486...

A long one this but a chillout remix classic. Dedicated to @tottenhamhotspur.com this is the Kruder & Dorfmeister mix of @depechemode.com ‘Useless’. tidal.com/track/209857...

Soooo last nights new wave techno tour de force from Yanamaste didn’t load for some reason we’re gonna double drop today! First up ‘Evil’ and brace for Friday’s cover later in the day… 🥳 tidal.com/track/414738...

In 1995 Lemon D (pas tois @lemonde.fr) wrote one of the all time top 10 OG DnB classics ‘This is LA’. This is the 2021 remaster and it still stands up over 30 years later. Find some 🔊 w bass and tuuuuurn it up!! tidal.com/track/196336...

Trumpeter Justin Walter creates a wonderful piano & horn widescreen sound here on his 2019 track ‘Unseen Forces’ - a real close your eyes and drift with it feel… Gonna scope some more on the back of this discovery - Monday still seems a way away listening to this… tidal.com/track/705794...

‘Avoir le Choix’ is the opening track on ‘Perfect Imperfection’ the debut album from the Kung Fu master of Gallic inscrutability himself, none other than Eric Cantona. His polymathic journey via sport and screen has firmly arrived at ‘La musique’ & it’s pretty damn good… tidal.com/track/504697...

More to come later but for now here’s a weekend bonus track. Right up there in the pantheon of unlikely covers this is Tori Amos’ version of ‘That’s what I like Mick’ by Chas n Dave… 🤷‍♂️ youtu.be/17YEusD6Z04?...

Dark, cinematic, evocative, late night stuff here from @joanaspolicewoman.bsky.social truly brilliant cover of Nina Simone’s 1969 ‘Keeper of the flame’. It positively smoulders with an intensity that transports us to a different world… tidal.com/track/289798...

In light of the fact that the TOTD massive are meeting in the St Pancras zone before seeing the wonderful Svaneborg Kardyb this evening ‘St Pancras’ , the third track from their Superkilen album seemed the obvious choice… follow n share! tidal.com/track/367286...