GILLA BAND – Irish Chainsaw Post-Punks Release 4th LP ‘PUGNELLO’ On September 25th

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10 September 2026

Band: GILLA BAND
Who: Raw Irish post-punk
chainsaws.

Album: PUGNELLO.
It’ll show up on Sept 25th.
Order info here.

Press info: “Gilla Band never know where they’re going next. For over ten years now,
the Dublin quartet have been redefining what you could loosely call “rock music” in the 21st century, influencing a wide swath of similarly forward-thinking guitar acts along the way.

In the 4 years since previous album Most Normal, each member embarked on other
artistic endeavors. All their extracurricular activity existed in parallel with the exploratory route towards Pugnello, but also informed the band as they reconvened to crystallize the album’s vision.”

Check the 3 razorblade-cutting previews we got so far.

– ALOGIA –

– PLACEHOLDER –

– GIRAFFE –

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CAT POWER Released Her 3rd Album ‘WHAT WOULD THE COMMUNITY THINK’ Today 30 Years Ago

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Significant longplayers from yesteryear

10 September 2026

CAT POWER (born named Charlyn Marie “Chan” Marshall, 54 years ago in Atlanta, Georgia) released her 3rd full-length WHAT WOULD THE COMMUNITY THINK on 10 September 1996, today 30 years ago.

The album was produced by Sonic Youth drummer Steve Shelley,
who also provided drums during the recording sessions.

The album has been noted for its variety of musical styles,
ranging from alternative rock to folk and blues. Though not
a commercial hit, the album received unanimous critical
acclaim.

The cover artwork was created by Power herself out of a postcard:

“I just needed a cover and I had this postcard that I’ve had for a long time. It’s this woman from the ’70s in New York and they did this collage of cigarette ads and she whited out the eyes and instead of a cigarette she had a whistle. It’s no big deal, I just cut out the center of her face and put mine on top. It made it look more real.”

Entertainment Weekly said: “Power Thraises goose bumps on What Would the Community Think with bluesy, traumatized songs on which she whispers laments over a spare arrangement of guitar and drums. A sudden fervent holler — to the father of her unborn child or to her own lacking papa — interrupts the calm like thoughts of mortality in the night.”

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LITTLE GRANDAD – London’s Rock Indies Fueled With Afire Passion On New Single ‘TINY FEET’

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Daily electricity to load your batteries

9 September 2026

Band: LITTLE GRANDAD
Who: Rock indies from London, UK.

Track: LITTLE FEET
Newest single from their debut album, titled
Speak Softly, Son, due out on 22nd January 2027.


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TUTV: Afire passion on this torch reverie with flare-ups of burning
intensity. A bit Americana-esque, like Buffalo Tom and Grant Lee Buffalo.

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R.E.M. – 30 Candles Today For Their 10th Album ‘NEW ADVENTURES IN HI-FI’

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Significant longplayers from yesteryear

9 September 2026

Rock celebs R.E.M. (1980–2011) from Athens, Georgia
released their 10th album NEW ADVENTURES IN HI-FI
on 9 September 1996, today 30 years ago.

The members of R.E.M. consider the recorded album representative of the band at their peak, and fans generally regard it as the band’s last great record before a perceived artistic decline following drummer Bill Berry‘s departure. It has sold around seven million units, and has grown in cult status in the years after its release, with several retrospectives ranking it among the band’s best work.

Mike Mills bassist: “It usually takes a good few years for me to decide where an album
stands in the pantheon of recorded work we’ve done. This one may be third behind Murmur and Automatic for the People.”

AllMusic wrote: “New Adventures in Hi-Fi feels like it was recorded on the road. Not only
are all of Michael Stipe’s lyrics on the album about moving or travel, the sound is ragged and varied, pieced together from tapes recorded at shows, soundtracks, and studios, giving it a loose, careening charm.”

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Amazing Album Artwork – Cover Of New One By Masked Noise Mongers SQUID PISSER

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9 September 2026

Band: SQUID PISSER
Who: Masked louder than war
hardcore noise mongers from
Los Angeles, CA.

Album: THROAT SLAVE
Their 3rd one.

A deafening record about emergence, about recognizing
uncomfortable truths and finding clarity in their wake.

Artwork: “The luminous and deeply unsettling artwork of Bora Murmure,
THROAT SLAVE occupies a space somewhere between nightmare and revelation.
Like the glowing figure depicted on its cover, the record emerges from darkness transformed – beautiful, disturbing, and impossible to fully explain.”

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THE WAR ON DRUGS Are Back With Synth-Glowing Single ‘WHO’S THAT’

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Vitalizing tunes that work faster than a stream of caffeine

9 September 2026

It’s been 4 years since Philly rockers THE WAR ON DRUGS orchestrated by
singer/songriter Adam Granduciel released their latest album I Don’t Live
Here Anymore.

Their fans can start jumping for joy ’cause their idols are back with new single
WHO’S THAT, a synth-glowing woolgathering evoking dreamy images. No sign
yet of a new LP, but I’m sure that won’t take long.

Awake. Arise.
TWOD are back.

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JOHN LENNON Released His 2nd Solo Album ‘IMAGINE’ Today 55 Years Ago

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Significant lonplayers from yesteryear

9 September 2026

JOHN LENNON released his 2nd solo LP IMAGINE
on 9 September 1971, today 55 years ago.

It was co-recorded by Lennon, Yoko Ono and Phil Spector.
It topped both the UK and US charts.

The LP’s lyrics reflect peace, love, politics, Lennon’s experience with primal scream therapy and, following a period of high personal tensions, an attack on his former writing partner Paul McCartney in “How Do You Sleep?”.

Lennon: “I used my resentment against Paul to create a song not a terrible vicious
horrible vendetta. I used my resentment and withdrawing from Paul and The Beatles,
and the relationship with Paul, to write ‘How Do You Sleep?’. I don’t really go ’round with
those thoughts in my head all the time.”

MOJO magazine said in retrospect: “The album contains both the best and the worst of Lennon – the idealist and the ranter, the righteous and the vindictive anger – and as such remains more patchy than its iconic status might allow.”

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CAGE THE ELEPHANT Travel To The UK & Europe In 2027

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Kentucky alt rockers CAGE THE ELEPHANT celebrate their 20th anniversary
as a band this year. They will party in 2027 around the UK and Europe. The
tour is dubbed ‘Dying In Reverse Tour’ (a hint to a new album title?)

Their latest album, their 6th, Neon Pill, came out in 2024, and
last July they released a single titled Beaches In Tennessee.

Ticket Info HERE.

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