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From the Sugababes and Ice Cube to Thurston Moore and Hannah Diamond, these are the best gigs in the capital this month

Welcome to the 35th Songs of the Week of 2023. This week Andy Von Pip, Caleb Campbell, and Scott Dransfield, all helped me decide what should make the list. We settled on a Top 10 this week.

Levitation Festival boasts so many Paste favorites they might as well rename it Paste Fest. Check out the acts you shouldn't miss.

London trio Girl Ray have shared a new song, “Hurt So Bad,” which was recorded with Al Doyle and Joe Goddard of Hot Chip. It follows Prestige, a new album they released in August via Moshi Moshi.

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The north Londoners kick loose on their playful third album of sumptuous dancefloor synth-pop

Promising third album from the London trio expands on their winning penchant for smart, harmonic, well-crafted pop

Miles Kane, Cian Ducrot and Girl Ray also offer up new music this week.

We caught up with London pop trio Girl Ray to talk archiving queerness through disco, writing into joy and their brand new album, Prestige.

My Firsts is our email interview series where we ask musicians to tell us about their first life experiences, be it early childhood ones or their first tastes of being a musician. For this My Firsts we talk to all three members of Girl Ray: Poppy Hankin,