NYC’s rock darlings THE STROKES will have their 7th LP,
titled Reality Awaits out on June 27. Pre-order info here.
The surprising artwork
Lead single.
TOUR 2026 – North America/UK/Europe
Ticket sales start this Wednesday.
More info here.
Tour poster design by @bargainhuntersorbalmain
Original artwork by Masaru Tatsuki.
Daily electricity to load your batteries
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Artist: THIRD BLOOM
Who: A muscial and visual artist based in Brighton (UK). Drawing on years of immersion
in trip-hop, ambient, dubstep, and junglist traditions, all refracted through a prism of classical-influenced electronica. His cinematic experiments, both sonic and visual, have consistently borne rich creative fruit.
Track: GRACE
Press Info: “This is Third Bloom at his most politically charged. Where his earlier work explored the friction between electronic production and organic soul, Grace pushes deeper, into anger, grief, and the kind of hope that only survives after everything else
has burned.”
TUTV: Grace is a fascinating piece of music. It’s a three-part odyssey starting with a
speech-like message citing human rights, much-needed tolerance, and unconditional inclusivity as much-needed social instruments for survival.
Then singer Trash Breeze joins in and delivers a mesmerising vocal performance,
while trip-hop vibes in the back prepare for part three, where synths and drum/bass
take over for a 4-minute outstretched trip, think DJ Shadow’s superb album ‘Entroducing‘.
As said, a fascinating piece of music.
About the video: “‘Grace’s accompanying video is a confrontation. Hundreds of
human faces – every age, gender, race, and aesthetic – flicker past in a rapid stop-motion sequence, a kaleidoscope of shared humanity that refuses to let the viewer look away. Tash Breeze‘s own face weaves through the tapestry, appearing and disappearing as the track builds.”
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Vitalizing tunes that work faster than a stream of caffeine
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Band: THE ITCH
Who: British party-starting electro-punk
duo, Simon Tyrie and Georgia Hardy.
Track: NO MORE SPRECHGESANG
Standout from their brand new debut
album It’s The Hope That Kills You.
Tyrie: “I wrote the words ‘no more sprechgesang’ a few years ago in a notebook at
a really bad gig, being deadly serious, along with a long list of other things I wanted
to see the back of. But when I rediscovered the line in my notebook I just found it really
funny and stupid.
Now when I sing ‘no more sprechgesang’ it feels less like a call to arms and more
like a melancholic ode to the scene we once belonged to, which at the time of writing
I wanted to burn down. ”
TUTV: Boom boom boom! The Itch draw you into
a head-spinning trance with nonstop rotating beats.
Get up. Have fun.
Smash your head on
the kitchen wall
on repeat.
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13 April 2026
Band: ANGINE DE POITRINE
French for angina pectoris. A severe pain in
the chest and left arm, caused by heart disease.
Who: Mysterious, experimental Canadian duo featuring (cuckoo aliases)
Khn de Poitrine (guitar/bass instruments) and Klek de Poitrine (drums)
Album: VOL. II
Pitchfork says:“On the heels of viral success, the anonymous, polka-dotted math-punk
duo takes the throne as the world’s weirdest party band. Angine de Poitrine are the most thrilling Canadian mystery since David Cronenberg’s The Shrouds.
They make weirdly danceable math-rock for muffled drums and comically fretted
microtonal guitar. Vol. II is a powerful argument that we should all start seeing spots.
Album artwork
TUTV: I just discovered this sensational 2-piece via multiple reviews of their 2nd LP
on music websites. The first thing that attracted me was (of course) their wacky outfits, and I thought that this was just another kind of gimmick act making cheapjack music.
Not!
They move ‘n’ groove with a hair-raising and incessantly funk panache for 37 minutes propelled by authoritative bass and drums firepower, while knife-edged guitar riffs
zigzag between the tireless rhythm section velocity.
At times, they sound as if bass-funk-punk legends Gang Of Four and Devo are on
mind-bending drugs. Except for some background screeches on the first 2 tracks,
the record is fully instrumental.
Vol.II is not an arty-farty experimental affair, rather an extraordinary and explosive sonic
tour de force. And, yes, for some inexplicable reason, their outfits fit the sonic turbulence. If you haven’t discovered them yet, this is your chance to do so.
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13 April 2026
Imperishable soul icon AL GREEN was born Albert Leornes Greene
on April 13, 1946 in Forrest City, Arkansas, US. Happy 80!
Green has recorded/released 29 studio albums, with
Laying Down, which came out in 2008, as his most
recent one.
He scored huge hits with a series of classic singles, mostly in the 70s, such
as ‘Take Me to the River’, ‘Tired of Being Alone’, ‘I’m Still in Love with You’, ‘Love
and Happiness’, and of course Let’s Stay Together (more than 750 million
streams on Spotify) that went #1 in the US and #7 in the UK in 1971.
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Musings for the laziest day of the week
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Credit Pat Piasecki
Band: OTHER BROTHER DARRYL
Who: Country & Americana collective from Boston.
They released their debut LP Roll Shine Roll last year.
Track: TAKE IT WITH YOU
New single.
Nate Leavitt (guitarist and co-vocalist), “We’re shaped by our past. All of the experiences in our life are what makes us who we are. Good or bad, these are the things that make us who we are and it’s important to recognize that. It doesn’t mean you have to live in the past; in fact it’s the complete opposite. Live in the now but know you’re here because of your past.”
Dan Nicklin (co-vocalist, lyricist, and percussionist): “The sentiment of ‘bringing it with you’
is grabbing your baggage and taking it; you can unpack it if you want, but make sure you bring it with you because if you’re strong enough now to unpack it, it’s because of what you lived through. So don’t turn your back on those memories.”
TUTV: Warm Americana at its nostalgic best. Sonically, harmonically and
melodically. Take It With You is richly orchestrated with both an acoustic
glow and steel guitar sparkles, mellow organs and piano now and then
in the back.
Feel-good country rock vibes, early Eagles come to mind, sooth our troubled
state of mind and make us dream about much-needed better times. There’s
always an encouraging light that shines at the end of the melancholia tunnel.
12 April 2026
Veteran rockers MELVINS (in business since 1983 / so far 28 albums) teamed up with British grindcore legends NAPALM DEATH (busy for 45 years now / so far 16 albums)
for a collaborative LP, titled SAVAGE IMPERIAL DEATH MARCH.
MELVINS
NAPALM DEATH
And? Surprising combination, but it works pretty fireworks
well at times, with key tracks Rip The God, Stealing Horses and
Death Hour.
Yes, it was the album’s artwork that caught
my attention first and made me listen to it.
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MELVINS: Instagram – All Albums
NAPALM DEATH: Instagram – All Albums
12 April 2026
Dave Grohl and his FOO FIGHTERS released their 7th album,
named WASTING LIGHT on 12 April 2011, today 15 years ago.
The album was recorded in Grohl‘s house in Encino, California. It was made
on only analog equipment and was produced by Garbage drummer and
Nirvana’s Nevermind producer Butch Vig.
The band spent three weeks making sure they could play the songs well before
recording, as no mistakes can be fixed after recording on analog equipment.
Pitchfork said: “Foo Fighters’ long-standing foundation has been built on fist-pumpers.
While Wasting Light features a host of worthy set-openers, few prove to be as sticky or memorable as any number of their previous singles.”
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