Summer Of 1986 – July 4th RUN DMC Released Their ‘WALK THIS WAY’ Version Today 40 Years Ago
Every day of this summer we go back to the same summer day somewhere in history
4 July 2026
New York‘s hip-rap-hoppers RUN DMC scored their biggest hit (#4 in the US)
with their fab-tastic cover of Aerosmith‘s 1975 slam dunk WALK THIS WAY.
The song appeared on their tripple platinum LP Raising Hell, featured Aerosmith‘s frontman Steven Tyler and guitarist Joe Perry and was released today 40 years ago,
on 4 July 1986.
RUN DMC
AEROSMITH
ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN’s Big Mouth IAN MCCULLOCH About The Band In New Interview
3 July 2026
photo by Turn Up The Volum
Still the biggest mouth in rock.
The Bunnymen have a new album coming up.
Read all about it in their new interview with
Mojo Magazine right here.
WESTSIDE COWBOY – Manchester’s Post-Punk Indies Fascinate Again With New Single ‘PIN UP BOYS’
Vitalizing tunes that work faster than a stream of caffeine
4 July 2026
Promo picture
Band: WESTSIDE COWBOY
Who: Highly promising indies from Manchester, UK. They released
their skilful post-punk debut EP So Much Country ‘Till We Get There
last January.
Track: PIN UP BOYS
New single, following the first ace one Kick Stones (The Boys), from their
upcoming debut full-length It Goes On that will hit the streets on August 21.
Tracklist and order-info here.
Album artwork
TUTV: I got my ears on these young Mancunians for a while now.
Their ramshackle post-punk fieriness is startling. This new single is
another gee-whizz sign of their determining ambitions. Don’t miss
them. Wake up in time, folks.
THE MARS VOLTA Reveal Details Of New Live Album – Info & First Single Here
4 July 2026
Photo: Clemente Ruiz
Texan duo THE MARS VOLTA featuring Omar Rodríguez-López and Cedric Bixler-Zavala,
who both started their careers with wayward rockers At The Drive-In, will follow their
8 studio LPs with a live one, named LUCRO SUCIO; UNFINISHED BUSINESS out on September 4 (digital) and October 16 (physical editions).
The band had offered fans access to previews of recordings captured during their live 2025 tour and invited them to vote on which ones should make the final album. Each song was represented by a visual marker related to the city where its recording was captured.
The first appetizer is a new bulldozing roller coaster,
titled CUE THE SUN / ALBA DEL ORATE.
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TOUR DATES
WONDERWALL (Again)
Summer Of 1971 – July 3 – JIM MORRISON Dies
Every day of this summer we go back to the same summer day somewhere in history
3 July 2026
Notorious and charismatic singer/songwriter and poet
Jim Morrison of eternal rock legends The Doors was
found dead in a bathtub in Paris, France.
He was 27.
The cause of death was reported as a heart attack.
RIOT FEST CHICAGO Reveals Line-Up For 2026 Edition – 18/20 September
THE WHITE STRIPES Released Their Boiling ‘WHITE BLOOD CELLS’ Album 25 Years Ago
Significant longplayers from yesteryear
3 July 2026
Detroit‘s blues rock tandem THE WHITE STRIPES (1997–2011) released their
superlative album WHITE BLOOD CELLS today 25 years ago, on 3 July 2026.
Not an instant hit record.
#61 in the US and #55 in the UK,
but selling more over the years
when they got bigger.
Pitchfork said: “It’s here that they have finally come into their own, where Jack and Meg White finally seem not only comfortable with the path they’ve chosen, but practiced, precise and able to convey the deepest sentiment in a single bound. It’s hard to know at this point in the game where they’ll head from here, but what matters is right now.”
SINGLES
ALBUM
GUSH – Hefty Irish Punk & Roll Engine Drives You Insane With Torrid Turbocharger ‘CONSTANCE’
Daily electricity to load your batteries
3 July 2026
Photo credit: Arann McCormack
Band: GUSH
Who: Frantic Belfast 4-piece who released their cooking
5-track debut EP Exposure Therapy in 2024.
Track: CONSTANCE
New single.
TUTV: Courtney Love is back with her band Hole. Well, not really, but
there’s definitely a sonic and attitude connection with this roasting Irish
engine. Constance rocks you off your socks in just under 3 minutes.
They race with high-voltage speed from the blitz start on, gas-powered by furious
guitars, a raving mad drummer and Chelsea Andrews‘s spiteful vocals. Halfway, she
starts to drive you insane with her incessant, rabid repetition of the razorblade-sharp chorus. WTF! Fasten your seatbelts. Gush turns you upside down with this torrid turbocharger.
“I’m so sick of healing
I’m so sick of feeling
I’m so sick of healing
Healing you healing you
Can’t control my feelings
I’m so sick of healing
I’m so sick of healing you
Healing you, so sick of you
Healing you, so sick of you”
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