Tunes I'm currently loving // 2026 // Volume 8

 1. TBC

New music: LB9 - Back In Town

LB9 is a dance act that I created in 1999. Back In Town was part of my second album, Mist, recorded in 2003 and is a 90s dance song influenced by the likes of ATB and Eiffel 65.

Today the track has finally been released on all of the major streaming and download platforms for the first time, joining my previous release Breathe, also first recorded in 2003, both issued on the label Poppy's House.

Listen or download below, and for more information contact me at richardstuartturner@hotmail.com

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/3BzvuVjpDIyshMbn1WKVAz

iTunes: https://music.apple.com/gb/album/back-in-town/6792788188?i=6792788195

Tunes I'm currently loving // 2026 // Volume 7

 1. TBC

New music: Esther - Savage Love

Introducing the brilliant Esther with her new single Savage Love. Stockholm-based Esther (Lennstrand), who incorporates the vibraphone into her electronic pop music, launched in 2019 but only last month released her excellent debut album Fragmentality, which features a lot of lovely and unusually structured electronic pop songs.

Two and a half minutes of pop perfection, Savage Love has twinkly laidback production almost reminiscent of Zero 7 at times, but with an urgency and quirkiness usually only found in Swedish indie-pop. I saw Esther supporting The Cardigans in London last month – the band hand-picked her as its support act so you knew she was bound to be good – and good she was; such a talent on the vibraphone, and this delightful track interpolates Satie's classical masterpiece Gymnopédie No. 1.

Throw in a video full of charm and you can see why renowned Swedish radio station P3 has been playing it a lot. Esther has also toured with Lykke Li, Kite, Amason, bob hund, Deportees, and Miike Snow.

Check out Savage Love below:

Tunes I'm currently loving // 2026 // Volume 6

1. Taylor Swift - I Knew It, I Knew You
2. Esther - Savage Love
3. Alex The Astronaut - Business Man
4. Delta Goodrem - Hologram
5. Rogue Traders - Forever
6. Madonna - Love Sensation
7. Angelina Mango & Marco Mengoni - Canto D'amore
8. Modern English - I Melt With You
9. Shakira & Burna Boy - Dai Dai
10. She Past Away - Mizantrop
11. Ayşen - Nerdesin
12. Helene Fischer - Heute Nacht
13. RABO - Wide Eyed Wonder
14. Madonna & Feid - Read My Lips
15. Olivia Rodrigo - stupid song
16. Antoon - Chaos
17. Katy Perry - Watch It Burn
18. The Cardigans - Communication
19. KitschKrieg, Blumengarten & Shirin David - Gut Genug
20. sombr - My Body Isn't Ready

Tunes I'm currently loving // 2026 // Volume 5

1. Camera Obscura - Lloyd, I'm Ready To Be Heartbroken
2. DARA - Bangaranga
3. Benefits feat. Zera Tønin - Land Of The Tyrants
4. Mona Wessman - Gå och göm dig, Åke Tråk
5. Nerina Pallot - Come Bring The Sun
6. Ariana Grande - hate that i made you love me
7. Youssou N'Dour - The Lion (Gaiende)
8. Public Service Broadcasting - Go!
9. Freya Ridings - If This Is A Dream
10. The Fizz - A Crazy Shot In The Dark
11. Thaiboy Digital & swedm - Destiny
12. Keisha White - Don't Mistake Me
13. Jasmine Jethwa - I'm Alright Now
14. Charlotte Perrelli - Todas nacemos con alas
15. My New Band Believe - Love Story
16. Lola Young - From Down Here
17. Remember Monday - Delusional
18. Tori Amos - Provincetown
19. Alexandra Căpitănescu - Choke Me
20. Clouds - Diesel Halo

Tunes I'm currently loving // 2026 // Volume 4

1. Four Jacks And a Jill - Master Jack
2. Frances - Don't Worry About Me (Live At Union Chapel)
3. Crustation & Bronagh Slevin - Purple
4. Madonna & Sabrina Carpenter - Bring Your Love
5. Olivia Rodrigo - drop dead
6. Sanna Nielsen - Vågar du, vågar jag
7. DR. GABBA - BBYLUV
8. Loren Kramar - Gay Angels
9. Little Sister - Dear Abbie (One Night of Passion)
10. Sarah McLachlan - All This Disaster
11. Naomi Scott - Cherry
12. Wet - Swinub
13. Leléka - Ridnym
14. Sanna Nielsen - Till En Fågel
15. Winding Stairs - Don't Stay Up Too Late
16. Ruby Roberts - Crush
17. Sheppard - Sayonara
18. Valtos Feat. Ruairidh Gray, Finn MacPherson and Euan McLaughlin - Fal Do Re Ro
19. Maria Rådsten - Vad Som Än Händer
20. Natalie Imbruglia - Upside Down

Tunes I'm currently loving // 2026 // Volume 3

1. Delta Goodrem - Eclipse

2. Ziyad Al-Samman - Ya Habibi
3. Joshua Idehen - Mum Does The Washing
4. Helena Bergström - Aldrig ska jag sluta älska dig
5. Dolcenera - My Love
6. Courtney Barnett - Same
7. SIENNA SPIRO - The Visitor
8. Bleach Lab - My Favourite Game
9. LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER - Eins, Zwei, Drei
10. Eleh & Kwesta - Ndi A Ni Funa
11. Ed O'Brien - Blue Morpho
12. Robyn - Into The Sun
13. Prefab Sprout - Where The Heart Is
14. No Angels - Let's Go To Bed
15. 4hero & Carina Andersson - Les Fleur
16. Michaela - Take Good Care Of My Heart
17. RAYE Feat. Hans Zimmer - Click Clack Symphony
18. Davina Michelle - Still Champagne
19. Olivia Rodrigo - The Book Of Love
20. waterbaby - Srs Ice

Tunes I'm currently loving // 2026 // Volume 2

1. FELICIA - My System
2. Kick Angel - Misunderstood
3. Ugress - Radio Aurora
4. Klara Almström - Där hela världen väntar
5. Meira Omar - Dooset Daram
6. Sanna Nielsen - Waste Your Love
7. Keli Holiday - Dancing2
8. Sombr - Homewrecker
9. Ditonellapiaga - Che fastidio!
10. Lowswimmer - IRL (DJ Sabrina The Teenage DJ Remix)
11. Aaron Dolan & PERCEVAL - JOYEUX GAULOIS
12. Lücadelic - Erlkönig
13. Robin Schulz - Embers
14. RAYE - Nightingale Lane.
15. Charli xcx - Dying for You
16. GusGus - David
17. Brandsta City Släckers - Rakt in i elden
18. Paris Paloma - Good Girl
19. Dune - Dark Side Of The Moon
20. Cimberly - Eternity

Tunes I'm currently loving // 2026 // Volume 1

1. A*Teens - Iconic
2. Ericka Jane - Death Of Me
3. Niteworks & Beth Malcolm - John Riley
4. Robyn - Talk To Me
5. Hubert Kah - Limousine
6. Loreen - Feels Like Heaven
7. K3 - Trouwen
8. Agnes - LOVESONGS
9. Not for Radio - Puddles (Zero 7 Remix)
10. Avery Cochrane - Griever
11. Cherry Bomb - Never Be Me (M★therf★cker)
12. Harry Styles - Aperture
13. Agnes - WAKE UP
14. Jacqline - Woman
15. Omaha feat. Fiona Holt - You Came Into My Life (De Nuit Remix)
16. Greczula - Half Of Me
17. Ema Vella - ACHIKUKU (Don't Think About It)
18. KUZKO - when it starts with an s
19. Tove Styrke - Prayer
20. Agnes - BALENCIAGA COVERED EYES

Top 40 albums of 2025

1. Lily Allen – West End Girl

2. Grace Davies – The Wrong Side Of 25

3. Lady Gaga – MAYHEM

4. Sarah McLachlan – Better Broken

5. Taylor Swift – The Life of a Showgirl

6. Jessica Winter – My First Album

7. PinkPantheress – Fancy That / Fancy Some More?

8. Olivia Dean – The Art of Loving

9. Ed Sheeran – Play

10. Saint Etienne – International

11. JADE – THAT'S SHOWBIZ BABY! / THE ENCORE

12. Sabrina Carpenter – Man's Best Friend

13. Louis Dunford – Be Lucky

14. dodie – Not For Lack Of Trying

15. Deep Obsession – Infinity

16. Headache – Thank You for Almost Everything

17. Florence + The Machine – Everybody Scream

18. Sophie Ellis-Bextor – Perimenopop

19. Zara Larsson – Midnight Sun

20. Telenova – Time Is A Flower

21. Self Esteem – A Complicated Woman

22. Addison Rae – Addison

23. KAJ – Sauna Collection

24. Laufey – A Matter Of Time

25. Sam Ryder – Heartland

26. Joost – Unity

27. Aly & AJ – Silver Deliverer

28. Real Lies – We Will Annihilate Our Enemies

29. Sam Fender – People Watching

30. Abor & Tynna – Bittersüß

31. Rose Gray – Louder, Please / A Little Louder, Please

32. ROSALÍA – LUX

33. KPop Demon Hunters Cast, HUNTR/X & Saja Boys – KPop Demon Hunters (Soundtrack)

34. Lola Young – I'm Only F**king Myself

35. MARINA – PRINCESS OF POWER

36. Lorde – Virgin

37. Reneé Rapp – BITE ME

38. CMAT – EURO-COUNTRY

39. The Last Dinner Party – From The Pyre

40. Oklou – choke enough

Top 100 songs of 2025

1. Grace Davies – Super Love Me

2. Chappell Roan – The Subway

3. KAJ – Bara Bada Bastu

4. ARGO – Korku

5. Abor & Tynna – Baller

6. Sarah McLachlan – Better Broken

7. Ed Sheeran – Azizam

8. RAYE – WHERE IS MY HUSBAND!

9. God Colony & Roy – Loss Is Not Infinite

10. Lady Gaga – Abracadabra

11. SADU – Luukered

12. Man/Woman/Chainsaw – Only Girl

13. PUNCHBAG – f*** It

14. Olivia Dean – Man I Need

15. Ravyn Lenae – Love Me Not

16. She Past Away – İnziva

17. Shkodra Elektronike – Zjerm

18. GIVE LOVE – In Your Mind (DJ Sabrina The Teenage DJ Remix)

19. Remember Monday – What The Hell Just Happened?

20. Klara Hammarström – On and On and On

21. Andi Slavik & Susanne Kemmler – Indian Spirits

22. Deep Obsession – One & Only

23. Erika Vikman – ICH KOMME

24. Mabe Fratti – Enfrente

25. Fontaines D.C. – Bug

26. Grace Davies – MDE

27. PinkPantheress – Illegal

28. Oimara – Wackelkontakt

29. KT Tunstall feat. Shabaka – Eye to the Telescope

30. Ed Sheeran – Sapphire

31. Infinity Song – Hater's Anthem

32. lozeak – NADA

33. Minty – I Wanna Be Free

34. KT Tunstall – Clueless

35. Lola Young – Messy

36. Chappell Roan – The Giver

37. Black Box Recorder – These Are The Things

38. Mothers Pride – Floribunda

39. Nause & Lasse Holm – Canelloni Macaroni

40. Zara Larsson – Midnight Sun

41. JADE – FUFN (f*** You For Now)

42. DJ Suzy – White Rabbit

43. Laufey – Lover Girl

44. Kylie Minogue – XMAS

45. Andrew Lloyd Webber – The Race (Hudson Mohawke Rework)

46. dodie – The List

47. Micheal O Suilleabhain – Woodbrook

48. DJ Planet Express – Breathe Me In

49. Addison Rae – Headphones On

50. Zoë Më – Voyage

51. SIENNA SPIRO – Die On This Hill

52. Taylor Swift – The Fate of Ophelia

53. HUNTR/X – Golden

54. Girls Aloud – Naked In the Shower

55. Sally Oldfield – Blue Water

56. Lily Allen – Pussy Palace

57. Tommi Aura – Blush

58. Jessica Winter – To Know Her

59. Sarah McLachlan – Gravity

60. Annalisa – Maschio

61. Chappell Roan – Pink Pony Club

62. Florence Road – Break the Girl

63. Olivia Dean – I've Seen It

64. Saint Etienne – Fade

65. Girls Aloud – Singapore (Definitive Version)

66. Gabry Ponte – Tutta L'Italia

67. Safri Duo & Clark Anderson – Ritmo De La Noche

68. Sumner – Stranded

69. Sarah Kinsley – Fleeting

70. Sabrina Carpenter – Nobody’s Son

71. Braelyn Rankins, Theo Somolu, Aaron Pierre & Kelvin Harrison Jr. – I Always Wanted A Brother

72. Jessica Winter – L.O.V.E.

73. She Walks Through Dusk – Ghosts

74. Regan & Bricheno – OPHELIA

75. Sissal – Hallucination

76. Taylor Swift – Ruin The Friendship

77. Calvin Harris & Clementine Douglas – Blessings

78. Jack J – Wrong Again

79. Avery Cochrane – Shapeshifting on a Saturday Night

80. Miriana Conte – Kant

81. Jeans Team & MJ Lan – Keine Melodien...1,2,3,4,

82. Lily Allen – 4chan Stan

83. Brunori Sas – L'albero delle noci

84. Giorgia – LA CURA PER ME

85. Saint Etienne & Confidence Man – Brand New Me

86. Tone Damli – Last Song

87. Deep Obsession – The Power In You

88. Gwen Stefani – Shake The Snow Globe

89. Jerry Heil – Earth (Dradada)

90. Elton John & Brandi Carlile – Who Believes In Angels?

91. SCARLET – Sweet N’ Psycho

92. Lord Leopard & Little Boots – Spin Back

93. Blusher – LAST MAN STANDING

94. Telenova – Bird Of Paradise

95. Katy Perry – bandaids

96. CMAT – EURO-COUNTRY

97. They/Live – For The Pleasure

98. Sugababes – Jungle

99. Alan Walker – Me, Myself and The Night

100. Maja Ivarsson – Kamikaze Life