Every day of this summer we go back to the same summer day somewhere in history
19 August 2026
Credit Phil Lynott Memorial Dublin
On 19 August 2005, a life-size bronze statue of PHIL LYNOTT (1949-1986), frontman/bassist of former Irish rock top dogs Thin Lizzy (1969-1983), was unveiled on Harry Street in Dublin.
THIN LIZZY
SOLO
Daily electricity to load your batteries
19 August 2026
Band: SINA MATIX
Who: Florida-based musical project that addresses dark themes with
a cinematic sound infused with samples for context. As a result, a new
sub-genre is born. One that can only be described as “dark dramatic electro”.
Track: KILLING THE CURSE
Brand new single.
“It’s about those life-changing moments when an event occurs and uproots a person
and puts them into a state of the unknown. Bad luck, divorce, backstabbing, instability
along with a fear of commitment, this goes on for years, until a person finally gets the
strength to push the “reboot” button on their life. The reboot is “Killing The Curse”.
TUTV: Wham bloody wham bam. Echoes of the brutal industrial intimidation of Ministry and the hypnotic electronics of Front 242 come together here on this nasty electro-punk hammer blow, spiked with alarming vocals. No rest for the wicked. No time to lose. Prepare your stereo for some commotion. Reboot immediately.
WATCH
STREAM/BUY
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19 August 2026
Credit M/W/C
Band: MAN/WOMAN/CHAINSAW
Who: Unadulterated indies
from London, UK.
Album: CANNONBALL.
Their debut. Buy here.
NME: “Arty South London upstarts evolve into an inescapable 12-legged beast on expansive album to make you dance, smile tremble and weep. Here’s a band for whom perfection is just around the corner as they fine-tune the engine to reach a cleaner and more regular lift-off, but for now enjoy one of the most accomplished debuts of the year and a surefire Mercury Prize 2027 nominee. This cannonball makes one hell of a splash.”
TUTV: Man/Woman/Chainsaw join the (new) generation of new Brit-post-punk artilleries that started sometime post Brex-shit, with innovative bands such as Black Midi (already gone), Black Country New Road, Squid, Ditz, Bdrmm and newcomers Modern Woman, Westside Cowboy, Mary In The Junkyard, and My New Band Believe.
They have one thing in common: looking for new musical angels, exciting ideas
and unconventional soundscapes, within the broad rock-pop-punk universe, without
being arty farty.
M/W/C does it now for the first time with this debut LP. Whimsical, chopped-up song structures, spine-tingling melodiousness, two perfervid vocalists, nightmarish stories, versatile violins and capricious orchestrations. Everything in place to score a bodacious firstborn. Have a bloodcurdling trip.
KEY TRACKS: Goddamm, LizardMan! / Nosedive / Flick Of The Wrist / The Thing / Still Angry
SINGLE
STREAM
19 August 2026
Photo credit: Heidi May
Rollins about Trump/MAGA junk Ted Nugent.
” My Nugent records are kind of like my guilty pleasures. I can defend his guitar playing on any battlefield. Then you hear the stuff he says and then you’re like: Ahhh! I just ruins my day. I can’t do it.”
Just go away, macho.
Cover of his Sweden Rocks album/DVD.
Photo by Turn Up The Volume
19 August 2026
Photo Turn Up The Volume – Leuven, Belgium
No expiration date for Liverpool‘s indestructible post-punk-pop rockers
ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN (one of my all-time fav bands, on record and
on stage), fronted by big mouth/songwriter Ian McCulloch.
On 18 September they will share their 13th LP with the world.
It’s their first in 12 years, titled APPLES FOR ISAAC. No idea who
that Isaac guy is. Order info here.
Album artwork
Press info: After years spent performing their immense catalog of classics to
audiences around the world, the Bunnymen have recorded an album that is as
bold as it is vulnerable, that perfectly captures the essence of what makes
the band so great.
All but one of the tracks features the late Blondie drummer
Clem Burke, who sadly passed away during its creation.
2 appetizers, thus far.
– BRUSSELS IS HAUNTED –
The song explores the ghosts and characters of the Belgian
capital haunted by World War 2. I’m from Belgium, Ian. What
do you actually mean here?
– THE LIGHT THAT SURROUNDS YOU –
McCulloh offers hope, redemption
and another anthemic gem.
18 August 2026
American rock legends ZZ TOP posted this very sad
news a couple of hours ago on their Instagram.
18 August 2026
On September 8th, the much anticapted Tour Documentary
DON’T LOOK BACK IN ANGER will hit cinemas worldwide, and
on September 11th on IMAX.
Global streaming comes later this year on Disney+ internationally
and on Hulu and Disney+ in the U.S.
The two-hour movie, about their spectacular 2025 reunion tour, is directed by Dylan Southern and Will Lovelace, known for the LCD Soundsystem doc Shut Up And Play The Hits.
“The film is an unapologetically uplifting account of the biggest musical event of 2025, capturing the experience and emotions of the band and their fans across the world.
“Alongside the band’s sold-out world tour, the film also explores the profound
emotional impact of this phenomenal global cultural moment and what their
music means to audiences and generations worldwide.”
TRAILER
Vitalizing tunes that work faster than a stream of caffeine
18 August 2026
Photo: Adam Alonzo
Band: MOVEMENTS
Who: Nu-metal/post-hardcore act
from Rancho Santa Margarita, California
who formed in 2015.
Track: LIVE BY THE SWORD
5th single from their upcoming 4th longolayer,
called Happier Now will land on September 4th.
TUTV: Ardency is the key word here, sonically and vocally. The kind of decicated ardency Deftones built their career with. Live By The Sword‘s urgent zestfulness holds your focus for the full ride.
Press play
and erupt.
All 5 Singles (thus far)
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TOUR
Significant longplayers from yesteryear
18 August 2026
NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS released their 3rd full-length, baptized
Kicking Against The Pricks on 18 August 1986, today 40 years ago.
The title is a reference to a biblical quote from the King James Version
of the Christian Bible, Acts 26, verse 14.
It’s a covers LP with their take on songs by John Lee Hooker, Johnny Cash,
Bill Roberts, Lou Reed, Jimmy Webb, Alex Harvey and more.
It topped the UK’s alternative album chart.
Cave: “It allowed us to discover different elements, to actually make and perform a variety of different sorts of music successfully. I think that helped subsequent records tremendously.
The songs were all done for different reasons. Basically a list of songs were made and we tried to play them. We tried songs by the Loved Ones and the Saints and all sorts of people that never got on the record.
Some songs were tributes, like the Tom Jones song “Sleeping Annaleah” other songs we didn’t think the song was ever done particularly well in the first place. Some songs had just kind of haunted my childhood, like “The Carnival Is Over”, which I always loved.
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18 August 2026
Irish indie stars just announced the upcoming birth of their 5th LP, named
Dopamine Chamber. It’ll come our way on October 16th. Pre-order info here.
Along with the news comes the first taster, a slow-progressing, soothing and
romantic musing that could have been on the previous LP, named MARIANNE.