MASSIVE ATTACK & TOM WAITS Team Up For Bone-Chilling Protest Song ‘BOOTS ON THE GROUND’

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Vitalizing tunes that work faster than a stream of caffeine

16 April 2026

British trip-hop icons MASSIVE ATTACK and legendary crooner-maverick
TOM WAITS have teamed up for a collaborative politically-loaded track,
named BOOTS ON THE GROUND.

It’s a loud and clear protest song, critising today’s autocratic America.

Boots On The Ground comes with a video clip created by MA & made with work by US photo artist thefinaleye. It shows the aftermath of the recent largest public protests in American history against “ICE raids, the militarisation of domestic forces, and state authoritarianism”.

The intro of the clip starts with the text “From the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 5 2020, to recent ICE raids on migrant communities and the killing of civilians that protect them,” and moves on to, “From the brutal state repression of public protest, to the reality of American homelessness that includes nearly 33,000 military veterans” and ends by detailing those who have lost their lives to ICE and the impact of oppressive retaliation to protest.

Bone-chilling in sound and vision.

The clock is ticking.

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THE ROLLING STONES Released Two Ace Singles This Day 55 And 50 Years Ago

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16 April 1971 – 55 Years Ago

Sultry stunner BROWN SUGAR was the opener of their masterstroke
LP Sticky Fingers. The single hit the top spot in the US, and peaked
at #2 in the UK.

16 April 1976 – 50 Years Ago

Heartfelt ballad FOOL TO CRY was the lead single of their reggae-flavored
LP Black And Blue. Guitarist Mick Taylor had just left the band and was
replaced by Ronnie Wood.

The song reached No. 6 in the UK and No. 10 in the US.

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KIM GORDON Puzzles BRUSSELS With Her Industrial Infused Trip-Hop Buzz

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16 April 2026

Since Gordon started to record/release solo LPs (3 so far) she never
looked back to her unique career with Sonic Youth (1981-2011).

Not on record, not on stage.

Last month she launched her 3rd one, PLAY ME, to my ears her best yet.

And last night she landed in Brussels (3rd time in 4 years) to promote the new record. When she came on, before playing one note, she was welcomed with a big aplause and loud cheers, as a familiar shero.

From there on she focused (except for a thank you here and there, no in between talks, who needs them anyway?) on her intoxicating perfomance playing the new album Play Me in full followed by half of the previous one The Collective, a couple ones of her debut No Home Record and encoring with the unrecorded, but the well-known Cigarette musing.


Photo by Turn Up The Volume

Gordon produces, backed by a pretty young, efficient band, an industrial-injected
trip-hop buzz that gets you slowly but surely into an amplified Massive Attack-like
trance. It all sounds raw, unpolished, but oh so fascinating.

With her expressive and articulated, partly spoken/partly sung vocality, she infiltrates
your psyche, while telling her stories, absurd ones and politically-charged reality ones
(fuck Trump, fuck Musk).

At almost 73, she still looks gorgeous, she still is a pivotal performance artist,
holding an audience’s attention with a firm sonic grip. To be honest, there were
a couple of monotone percussion moments, but that’s actually a detail that
had no impact whatsoever on the final, puzzling result. Hats off to imperishable
shero Kim Gordon.

PLAY ME


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POND – Australian Psych Rockers Launch Their 11th LP In June – Info & First Two Singles Right Here

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16 April 2026

Band: POND
Who: Popular psych-rock
vets from down under.

New album: TERRESTRIALS
Their 11th. Out on June 19th.
Pre-order info here.

Press info: “Terrestrials is a cyclone of urgent, scorched earth rock’n’roll, tipping
the hat to the sounds of then while squarely facing up to the here and now.

Conceived from a place of reverence for a particularly potent epoch in Oz rock, Terrestrials mines the sound of open sky melancholia, heat haze sizzling on the plains and jangly pub backrooms that hits an eternally poignant nerve for anyone familiar with the sound, time and place.”

Two spaced-out tasters so far.

– TERRESTIALS –

A both glittery and far-out tune
with a supercharged finale.

– TWO HANDS –

Funky groover.
Edgy earworm.

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RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE Released Their 2nd Album ‘EVIL EMPIRE’ Today 30 Years Ago

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Significant longplayers from yesteryear

16 April 2026

L.A.’s rap-metal rockers RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE released their
2nd full-length EVIL EMPIRE on 16 April 1996, today 30 years ago.

It went straight to #1 in the US.

The album’s title came from a speech by Ronald Reagan in
the 1980s, addressing the Soviet Union as the “evil empire”.

“If you look at the atrocities committed by the U.S. in the latter half
of the 20th century, we feel that tag could be easily used to describe
the U.S.”


Press photo by Niels Van Iperen

Rolling Stone wrote: “Heavy metal has never been much of a forum for political discourse. Rage Against the Machine hope to change that with their inflammatory blend of roaring guitars, barked raps and political activism.

Their lyrics lambaste government corruption, media manipulation, big business, complacency and ambivalence, and the band members practice what they preach.”


Inside artwork

Zack de la Rocha about the LP’s artwork: “The image of the second record
was a little ironic, you know? Considering if you look very closely at the boy’s face,
he symbolizes the power structure in the U.S. and if you look at him, he’s smiling as
if he’s in control.

But if you look deeper into his face, you see that he’s afraid, because he knows what’s
comin (note: now, today, we know too). He knows that poor people in the U.S. are not
going to suffer in the way that they are suffering without taking action.”

SINGLE

ALBUM


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TEMPLES – British Glam Rockers Drop 2nd Symphonic Piece ‘VENDETTA’ From New Upcoming LP And Annouce Big Tour

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Daily electricity to load your batteries

15 April 2026

British glam rockers TEMPLES are back in town. A couple of weeks ago, they announced the birth of their 5th full-length album, the first in 3 years. It’s titled Bliss. It’ll come our way on June 26th.

New Track: VENDETTA
2nd shared single following the glitzy
first Jet Stream Heart.

James Bagshaw: “Suddenly, you had this almost Justice-Daft Punk-sounding sample
that then goes into something that could be a modern take on dance music, like a David
Guetta or Avicii song.”

TUTV: Expect a dazzling ride, going in different directions. Vendetta is a boggling symphony, sonically multicolored and features another delectable vocal performance
by charismatic frontman James Bagshaw.

WATCH/LISTEN

TOUR 2026

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Amazing Album Artwork – The Red, White And Black LPs

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– THE RED ALBUM –

NINE INCH NAILS NOIZE is the title of the 2nd collaborative full-length by NIN‘s
mastermind Trent Reznor and multi-instrumentalist Atticus Ross and German
electro musician/DJ/producer Boys Noize. It’s out this Friday.

– THE WHITE ALBUM –

The 1968 LP’s was actually named The Beatles but globally named The White Album.

– THE BLACK ALBUM –

Just like The Beatles one, Metallica‘s 1991 LP was titled after the group’s name
Metallica. For obvious reasons, of course, it’s referred to as The Black Album.

THE ROLLING STONES Released Their Breakthrough Album ‘AFTERMATH’ Today 60 Years Ago

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Significant longplayers from the past

15 April 2021

THE ROLLING STONES released their breakthrough LP
AFTERMATH on 15 April 1966, today 60 years ago.

The record came out just months before two other classics were
released, Bob Dylan’s Blonde on Blonde and The Beatles’ Revolver.

It was their 4th British and 6th American studio LP,
It topped the UK charts and peaked at #2 in the USA

Aftermath was The Stones first LP with only original
Jagger/Richards songs and several hits on it.

The album’s release was briefly delayed by controversy over the original packaging
idea and title – Could You Walk on the Water? – due to their label’s fear of offending Christians in the US with its allusion to Jesus walking on water.

Record Mirror Magazine wrote at the time: “Whether they realize it
or not – and I think Andrew Oldham does – the Rolling Stones have on
their hands the smash LP of the year with Aftermath.”

Singles/clips: Paint It Black / Lady Jane / Under My Thumb

– PAINT IT BLACK –

– LADY JANE –

– UNDER MY THUMB –

ALBUM


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