F&M Playlist

Korallreven Honey Mine The new single from this blissed-out Swedish electropop duo features a wonderfully languid guest vocal from Victoria Bergsman. Anyone who loved early-90s Saint Etienne or One Dove will swoon over this. Chris Salmon The Belbury Poly Swimalong The latest release in the magnificent Ghost Box label's Study Series of 7in singles: an imagined theme tune for a vintage sitcom set in Godalming, Surrey. Alexis Petridis Manic Street Preachers (It's Not War) Just the End of Love The Manics' FM radio direction might not have the emotional tug of the Richey-penned tracks from Journal for Plague Lovers, but this new single suggests that the band's capacity for fun is present. Will Dean Rihanna Only Girl (In the World) Less than a year after Rated R, Rihanna (right) is back with this Stargate-produced club anthem from her forthcoming Loud album, all pounding four-to-the-floor beats and gigantic keyboard slabs. The chorus is so good, there's very little else to it. Michael Cragg Celine and Nite Wreckage Popabawa This brilliant debut single comes from a team including Soft Cell's Dave Ball and producer Martin Rushent. Celine Hispiche narrates a trip around childhood London – "bunking off school … head in the bass speakers!" – over a gigantic Glitter-meets-BowWowWow electronic stomp. Dave Simpson PACIFIC! Narcissus Supposedly designed to accompany a ballet: secretly it's the soundtrack to an 80s driving game in which your sportscar turns into a rainbow-hoofed Pegasus. Tom Ewing Joseph "Grand Kalle" Kabasele Independence Cha Cha I'm in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which this year celebrated 50 often painful years of independence. This was the charming hit song here in 1960. Robin Denselow YG Toot It and Boot It The lazy rapping makes the lyrics – thankfully – almost unintelligible. But that air of stoned afternoons, over a fantastic looped sample and throbbing bassline, makes this a perfect summer hip-hop jam. Michael Hann Bill Frisell Beautiful Dreamers Frisell's debut for the legendary Savoy Jazz label finds him in a graceful trio with viola-player Eyvind Kang and drummer Rudy Royston. John Fordham