Amazing Artwork – New Single By Mysterious Indie Pop Trio THE HAPPY SOMETHINGS

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11 June 2026

Band: THE HAPPY SOMETHINGS
Who: Mysterious indie pop trio from England. They describe themselves
as an “independently unpolished band who like to be happy. Unintentionally
retro. Effortlessly uncool“.

No band photos, their only visualized
through drawning and as action figures.

New single: CONSOLATION STREET
Piece from upcoming album
‘A Healthy Dose Of Hope‘.
Out on August 7th.

Their music isn’t mysterious whatsoever,
they write appealing indie guitar pop tunes.

“With your cropped tops and your hips that sway
and your belly button on display,
you don’t leave much to the imagination.”


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SHOW ME THE BODY – Mean Scream Machine Drops 4th Uppercut ‘EAT FOR PEACE’ From Upcoming Album

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Vitalizing tunes that work faster than a stream of caffeine

11 June 2026

New York‘s foolproof, post-hardcore-rock hellraisers SHOW ME THE BODY
announced a few weeks ago the upcoming release of their new full-length,
their 4th. It’s titled Alone Together and will come our way on July 10th.

Tracklist and pre-order info here.


Album artwork

With EAT FOR PEACE, the mean scream machine drop the 3rd bombshell
preview. Wake up and have yourself a peace-triggering breakfast, people.

All 3 singles on Spotify

Tour Dates

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KRISTIN HERSH – Prolific Songstress Luminary Releases 12th Solo LP In August – Info And First Single Here

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11 June 226

Prolific singer-songwriter luminary KRISTIN HERSH, best known for her illustrious band
Throwing Muses and, to a lesser extent, 50 Foot Wave. She’s also pretty productive on
her own.

With SUGAR ON BLACKSTONE she’ll launch her
12th album. Out August 18th. Tracklist here.

It follows last year’s splendid Throwing Muses‘ 11th
full-length Moonlight Concessions. No, no time out
for Hersh.

Along with the news comes 1st single DARK EYED JUNCO.
A romantic, retrospective memory wrapped in a fervid tune.

Hersh: “He was a ‘Dark Eyed Junco’ and I was a light-eyed weirdo. We’d play
basketball until after dark then, when we couldn’t even see the hoop anymore,
so that we didn’t have to go home. After our stepfather moved in,
it wasn’t a home anymore.”

(Me, as an NBA freak, I wonder if Kristin has a fav basket team).

“Dark eyed junco
Light on the wing
Flyin into town, on a cloud
Tryin to make the heart sing”

SOLO TOUR DATES

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KERRANG! New Edition With Cover Star TAYLOR MOMSEN Of Heavy NYC Rockers THE PRETTY RECKLESS

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11 June 2026

THE PRETTY RECKLESS are an idolized 70s-inspired heavy rock band from
New York City, formed in 2009, fronted by the drop-dead gorgeous Taylor
Momsen gifted with a skyscraping voice. She was just 16 when she joined
the group.

At the age of 3, she was already a kid actress and became a model in her teens.
And she still plays in movies and walks the catwalk in between inflaming TPR.

Momsen: “Music is where I can be me. Acting is easy. I’ve been doing it for so long
and I totally love it. But you’re playing a character instead of yourself. Music is more
personal because you’re writing it and you’re involved in every step of it.”

The band have pieced together their 5th album,
named DEAR GOD. It’ll hit the streets on June 26th.
Tracklist and order info here.

Kerrang magazine talked about it all with Momsen.

“Music can immortalise people. It’ll exist long after I’m dead,
after the people I love are gone, and that’s a really beautiful
thing.

Full interview here.

Musis, maestro, please.

Here’s the LP’s 4th single. It’s the title track.
A mid-tempo paced, searing outburst.

All 4 singles on Spotify


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New Singles – JACK WHITE – TY SEGALL – TRICKY –

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10 June 2026

Artist: JACK WHITE
Who: The former white stripes blues man, born
John Anthony Gillis 50 years ago in Detroit.

Track: DOLLAR BILL
The 3rd single following G.O.D. And The Broken Ribs and Derecho Demonico,
from his new, upcoming 7th full-length Frozen Charlotte. It’ll land on July 10th.

TUTV: Don’t expect reggae or jazz from White.
Same old heated blues fire as before here.

Instagram – Third Man Records

Artist: TRICKY
Who: Trip-hop expert, born Adrian Nicholas
Matthews Thaws in Bristol-UK 58 years ago.

Track: STILL SEE ME THERE
3rd single, featuring Mitch Sanders, following Out Of Place
and Because I Don’t Know from his 15th full-length, called
Different When It’s Silent. Out July 17th.

TUTV: Chilling whispers in the dark.

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Artist: TY SEGALL
Who: The 24/7 garage rocker
from Laguna Beach, CA.

Track: BLACK PAINT
First single from his forthcoming 18th longplayer, titled Chrome,
out August 28th. Weirdly enough, he releases the same day an EP,
named Love Buzz.

TUTV: A riff-loaded, mid-tempo burner.

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CHAT PILE – Oklahoma’s Screamo Punks Return With Ominous Single ‘DEEP BLUE’ From Upcoming 3rd LP

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Daily electricity to load your batteries

10 June 2026

Band: CHAT PILE
Who: Oklahoma City‘s
spiky screamo-punks.

Track: DEEP BLUE
Lead single from their forthcoming LP, called Who Loves The Sun.
It’ll land on September 4th. Tracklist and order info here.

Press info: “In a world increasingly shaped by disposable content, Chat Pile answers with something defiantly real and organic, a mentality that permeates Who Loves The Sun, their third full-length record.

Whereas their debut album God’s Country depicted a particularly American flavor of dread, and the follow up Cool World showed a cruel planet defined by global systemic violence.”

Who Loves The Sun peels the skin back on how collective indifference defines this new century. Spanning imagery of coastlines devouring cities, dead-end jobs, and submission to data-driven inauthenticity, the album dissects the apathy-bloated state of 21st-century existence as a slow-motion apocalypse.”

And here’s the lead single.
An earth-shaking warning.
Disastrous times are nigh.

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MARVIN GAYE Warned About Environmental Problems Today 55 Years Ago With His Single ‘MERCY MERCY ME (THE ECOLOGY)’

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Top singles from the past

10 June 2026

The late great soul giant MARVIN GAYE (1939-1984) released his thematically
remarkable single MERCY MERCY ME (THE ECOLOGY), today 55 years ago,
on 10 June 1971.

It was the 2nd single from his 11th LP, masterpiece What’s Going On.

The the song, written solely by Gaye, and became regarded as one
of popular music’s most poignant anthems of sorrow regarding
the environment.

The distinctive percussive sound heard on the track was allegedly
a wood block struck by a rubber mallet, drenched in studio reverb.

Cash Box (American Magazine): “A similar chugging ballad effort to first single
‘What’s Going On’. The easy going surface lies gently above an exciting rhythm track.”

It peaked at #4 in the US, #9 in Canada.

Discography

OPUS KINK – British Post-Punk Indies Release Their Long Awaited Debut Album On July 31st

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Waiting in the pipeline

10 June 2026

Band: OPUS KINK (Brighton, UK)

Who: Razor-edged, funked-up, sax-and-trumpet infused
collective fronted by their charismatic voice/songwriter
Angus Rodgers.

Album: THE SWEET GOODBYE
Their debut.
Release date: 31 July
Order info: here


Album artwork

Press-info: Underscored by a formidable horn section and ragged, sardonic delivery,
the band bear passing resemblance to post-punk and no-wave acts like The Pop Group, Birthday Party and Lounge Lizards.

It’s the weaving of older, more traditional influences: choral, folk, country,
Latin, Weimar cabaret, cruise-ship-crooning, into the fabric of their music
that sets them apart.

The album is produced by Grammy award-winning producer and mixer
Craig Silvey (Arcade Fire, Florence and The Machine, Baxter Dury, REM, Kronos
Quartet, Sam Fender).”

Can’t wait to have it on my stereo.

4 singles, thus far.

– I’M A PRETTY SHOW BOY –

– THE HEAD TREE –
Featuring The New Eves

– COME OVER, DO ME WRONG –

– THE SWEET GOODBYE –

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