All of the professionally recorded shows from the second leg of BOB DYLAN‘s
legendary Rolling Thunder Revue 1976 will be available in a 39-CD box set from November 6 on.
The tour included numerous musicians and collaborators. The purpose of the tour
was to allow Dylan, who was a major recording artist and concert performer, to play
in smaller auditoriums in less populated cities where he could be more intimate with
his audiences.
British rock prodigees THE WHO released their mastestroke single BABA O’RILEY (more than 775 million streasm on Spotify) 55 years ago,
on 23 Octobre 1971.
Pete Towshend said about the song’s inspiration: “The absolute desolation
of teenagers at Woodstock, where audience members were strung out on acid
and 20 people had brain damage. The irony was that some listeners considered
the song a teenage celebration: ‘Teenage Wasteland, yes! We’re all wasted!”
Who: Hard-hitting trio from Louisville, Kentucky. All three members bring
deep roots in punk and indie rock, having played in various bands over
the years.
Their shared appreciations for the industrial scene of the ’80s and ’90s sparked
numerous conversations, which eventually led them to aggressively experiment
with drum machines, synthesizers, and sampling.
Info: The Dead End continues the trio’s fascination with the darker corners of electronic music, punk, and the increasingly strange world we all find ourselves living in. Where previous releases looked outward at collapse on a larger scale, these songs feel closer
to the ground… more immediate, claustrophobic, and personal.
The EP is a collection of songs about exhaustion, isolation, dread, and the feeling that the path forward has narrowed considerably. It’s industrial punk for a world that seems to be running on fumes. There’s no solution waiting for you at the end of these songs… only a dead end.
EP artwork
TUTV: Virgin Birth offer a hellacious 24-minute avalanche of ear-shattering, industrial EBM. Six hard-hitting headbutts with a detonative force, merciless beats, schizophrenic synths, and distressing vocals. They thwack around with nine inch nails. Hardly room to breathe
in between the non-stop sonic aggression. Think Trent Reznor‘s NIN having a fiery fight with Al Jourgensen‘s Ministry.
The Dead End isn’t a happy-go-lucky trip; it’s a gloom-and-doom crusade that mirrors this world’s messed-up state; it sounds like the beginning of the final exit of humankind. Scary, ominous, and pitch black.
Michael Stipe once sang, “It’s the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine.” I’m not so sure about the latter part, but with this era’s psychotic world leaders, Armageddon time isn’t fiction anymore. Stay awake.
Virgin Birth will see all those bastards in hell where they have nothing to sell.
New Jersey‘s emo rock giants MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE (2001–2013, 2019–present) released their splendorous 3rd album THE BLACK PARADE on 31 October 2006, today 20 years ago.
The record is centered on the story of a man suffering from terminal cancer known
as ‘The Patient‘, as he nears the end of his life. It has predominantly been considered
an emo, alternative rock, pop-punk, hard rock, punk rock, and glam rock record.
In the years since its release, The Black Parade has been
revered as one of, if not the most important, album in emo.
It peaked at #2 in both the US and the UK.
Entertainment Weekly (US) wrote: “On their third studio album, a musical H-bomb of an effort, the Jersey quintet combine the rock-opera pomp of Queen with the darker, dirtier tones of their screamo past: Call it a Bro-hemian Rhapsody. Even without its broad concept, a dying cancer patient seeks revenge and redemption. Parade stands as one of the most cohesive, engaging rock records of 2006.”
Singles.
– WELCOME TO THE BLACK PARADE –
More than 1,123 billion streams on Spotify
More than 435 million views on YouTube
– TEENAGERS –
More than 1,390 billion streams on Spotify
More than 206 million views on You Tube
Vitalizing tunes that work faster than a stream of caffeine
23 October 2026
Photo by Lara Alleman
Band: VELVET TWO STRIPES Who: Revved-up Swiss outfit founded in 2012 by two sisters and a longtime friend.
They have spent more than a decade making rock music on their own terms.
Their sound is rooted in raw guitars, grungy swagger, and an uncompromising attitude.
It has evolved without losing the urgency and rebellious spirit that first brought them together. Drummer Samuel Jaussi now completes the band as a permanent member.
Track: WOMAN
New single from their upcoming 5th album,
titled Touch Grass, out 9 April 2027.
New album artwork
The song is an unapologetic celebration of being a woman: taking up space, trusting your instincts and finding strength in your own identity. It carries the confidence of knowing exactly who you are and being proud of it, without asking for permission or recognition.
TUTV: Girl power is back with a big boisterous bang. On ‘Woman,’ these sassy Swiss switch from rappin’ and rollin’ verses to a hard rockin’ chorus. This vivacious combination lifts this cock-a-hoop corker to a gloriously high mountain level. With
self-belief, the sky is not the limit.
Move over all you macho males out there, Velvet Two Stripes are here to rule.
“This is probably an heretical thing to say to Manucicans,
but I think that Oasis are a simplification of The La’s. There
was a purity to singer Lee Mavers’ songs and the whole attitude
of that. Oasis is more ruthless, and undoubtedly effective, so
I’m not gonna knock it.“
Eh, Elvis, the La’s released only 1 album, their eponymous one in 1990, with
5 great songs on it, including the timeless masterstroke, There She Goes. Not
much material to compare with Oasis‘ series of pure, massive anthems, right
Elvis?
Singer-songwriter Lee Mavers, unfortunately, left the music scene after that
one LP, but it gave him a lost star status that doesn’t match what he did IMO.
But, well, we will never know if he had more to offer than what he did.
Dylan Baldi (frontman): “The album is our attempt to pay homage to the heavy rock
music we’ve been listening to over the last few years. Some pretty direct and popular musical influences on the tracks are Queens of the Stone Age, Motorhead, Earth, and Electric Wizard.
We were feeling a little pigeonholed in the indie rock world and wanted to make a change in
our sound that revealed a different facet of our interests and abilities.”
Along with the news the Nothings serve the
lead-single, named Death Keeps Me Alive.
The song finds Hill taking stock of a moment when excitement and apprehension
collide, the point of impact as two people find each other. However, with the thrill
of the new comes the weight of the unknown.
The single cautions against falling into the into the trap of worrying about the
future and diluting the joy and sense of possibility that exists in a fleeting
moment.
Single artwork
Hill: “‘Circumstance’ was written after I went to Leeds Festival. I wanted to bottle
up the energy and excitement of the festival and create a real sing-along chorus
that you could imagine being belted out in the fields. The build-up and release of
the guitar solo was made for people to jump around to.”
TUTV: Hill expresses his euphoric post-festival experience with this superb
jangly steamroller. As a festival junkie myself, I feel the adrenaline rushing through
my shaking body. Circumstance incites all of your senses and all of your limbs.
He adds avid vocals to the mix and fuels the fire with a jumping for joy chorus and
a sped-up, over-the-top Slash guitar solo. Fireworks all around with this boiling banger. Don’t miss the fervid fun, people.
