KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD Will Visit UK And Europe Next Year
28 October 2026
Last August, the unwearying prog-rock maniacs KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD from down under released their 28th album in 14 years. Hallelujah. Champagne.
A truly unexpected one, as they, obviously, had thrown their guitars through the window
and dropped the full-electronic record ALIEN METAL. Stream all the synth havoc below.
They just announced Tour Dates for 2027, starting with the
UK and Europe. I suppose they will bring their guitars along.
ALIEN METAL
New Singles: GLASVEGAS – HEARTWORMS – SPANISH ROSES – PETER GABRIEL
28 October 2026
Band: GLASVEGAS
Who: Scottish emo-pop vets who
hit the music scene in 2003.
Track: DEGÜELLO
First shared piece from their forthcoming album, their
first in 6 years, baptized Airy Fairy. Out April 2nd, 2027.
TUTV: These melancholic Scottish woolgatherers still wear their hearts on their
sleeves, and still come up with perfervid pop pearls romanticized by frontman
James Allan‘s soul-striking voice and Interpol-refined guitar lines.
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Artist: HEARTWORMS
Who: The psych-pop project British songstress Jojo Orme who has
released her applauded debut LP Glutton For Punishment last year,
in February.
Track: GUESS I’M STUCK IN THE DARK
The song is about how our brain matter starts to mislead us when we are left
in the dark and how that feeling of uncertainty overwhelms us. Orme gives that
feeling a different twist precisely by embracing these fears and dancing with
them.
TUTV: Guess, this funky jam will enkindle your pelvis, your feet, your
head, and c’mon, your whole body to move in the shadows on the wall.
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Band: SPANISH HORSES
Who: Young gunslingers featuring the
son of Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker.
Track: CITY I BELIEVE
Only their 3rd single.
TUTV: Expect a trenchant guitar-pop ripper, juvenile
electricity and swaggering vocals. No pulp whatsoever.
Artist: PETER GABRIEL
Track: WHO ARE WE TALKING TO?
Newest piece of his new, 11th LP, called
o\i . Release date TBA.
Gabriel: “The song was conceived as something that might encourage activism. It might be naive, but I still believe that people have real power for change if they can get together in large enough numbers. Politicians will respond – democracy or not. “My hope is that we start thinking of ourselves as global citizens and that we work together to bring about change on a global scale.”
TUTV: Gabriel grooves once more again, half as fast as his Sledgehammer blockbuster,
but catchy enough to get your hips going. Adding a gospel choir here and there raises
the soulful vibrancy.
THE SPENCER DAVIS GROUP Released Their Big Hit ‘GIMME SOME LOVIN’ Today 60 Years Ago
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27 October 2026
Today, 60 years ago, on 27 October 1966, British beat band THE SPENCER DAVIS GROUP,
named after its Welsh founder and guitarist Spencer Davis (1939-2020), released one of their big hits with GIMME SOME LOVIN’.
Vocalist/keyboardist Steve Winwood, who joined the band at the age of 16 and who
had a successful solo career later on, lifted this firecracker to impressive heights with
his room-filling soul voice.
It went to #2 in the UK, #7 in the US and #1 in Canada.
Spencer Davis: “Once in the studio we started to mess about with riffs, and it must
have been eleven o’clock in the morning. We hadn’t been there half an hour, and this
idea just came. We thought, bloody hell, this sounds really good.
We fitted it all together and by about twelve o’clock, we had the whole song.
Steve had been singing ‘Gimme, gimme some loving’ – you know, just yelling
anything, so we decided to call it that.”
STARCRAWLER – Glamorous Garage Rockers Release 4th Album ‘KICK ME’ In March – Info & Raw Title Track Here
28 October 2026
Band: STARCRAWLER
Who: Glam and glitter rockers from Los Angeles,
fronted by the utterly charismatic and idiosyncratic
Aaron Dewilde.
Album: KICK ME
Their 4th. Out 5 March 2027.
Pre-save info here.
The L.A. misfits return to their DIY roots with this new, independently recorded full-length.
Henri Cash (guitarist-co/songwriter) about the album: “We played the same festival as Patti Smith a couple years back, and right when she was about leave the catering tent, she came to our table and told us: ‘You know what Jimi Hendrix always told me? Let your freak flag fly.’ That moment always stuck with us, and I feel like that’s exactly what we’re doing with this album.”
Cash about the lead single, the title track: “The idea for the song came one night thinking back to when I was a little kid, hating school and being super obsessed with Elvis Presley and playing the tuba. I was always getting into fights at school because I was the one weird freak that couldn’t relate to the rest of the other kids. We are all still weird freaks in our own ways, and that’s probably why we all get along so well.”
Raw and rough.
Rawk ‘n’ roll.
Punk ‘n’ dunk.
LANA REY About ELVIS
28 October 2026
When I was studying philosophy my teacher told me that it’s OK to feel like the people you are closest to aren’t alive anymore. Sometimes that is the best company to keep. I knew then, really, that my closest friends would be people I have never really met before. I was different and I didn’t know many people who felt about mortality how I did. As a result, I do feel a personal connection with icons like Elvis. He’s a major artistic inspiration.
Her 2008 Elvis song (demo).
THE FLAMING LIPS Announce New LP For January Release Via JACK WHITE’s Third Man Records
27 October 2027
Photo by Turn Up The Volume – Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Spaced-out psych-rock vets THE FLAMING LIPS have
signed with Jack White’s Third Man Records.
Next year, on January 22, they will release their 17th album,
their first one in 7 years. It’s baptized The Teardrop Throbs.
Pre-order info here.
Along with the great news (yes, I’m a big fan) comes the
first single, called God Will Control The Werewolves.
A characteristic, starry-eyed Lips lullaby.
More info right here below.
To promote the record, they will start 2027 with some special shows.
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CMON CMON – Belgian Guitar-Pop Musers Have Mixed Feelings In ‘NEW ENGLAND IN THE FALL’
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27 October 2026
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Band: CMON CMON
Who: Brussels/London based indie rock trio,
who started to realize their childhood dream
in their 40s.
Two years ago they released their acclaimed debut album
The Crack And The Light. Last year they followed it up with
the 5-track EP Headwind
Track: NEW ENGLAND IN FALL
Once again, the band teamed up
with British producer James Brown.
More singles in the coming months.
Artwork by designer Lisa Van de Vyver – cover images by photographer Peter M. Hoste
TUTV: The sonic playground of Cmon Cmon sits around the harmonious resonance
of Teenage Fanclub, the relaxing slacker feel of J Mascis, and the melancholic vocal vibe
of Band Of Horses.
New England In The Fall displays the band’s knack for feel-good and laid-back guitar-juiced
gems, sonically that is, once again, even when the song deals with the harsh reality of emotional heaviness, there’s a sense of redemption.
For Americans, autumn in New England, the region consisting of six States, is one of the most impressive places in the US, with its sepia-colored and picturesque beauty. For CC
it’s clearly a direct inspiration for this new, mixed feelings, musing. Enchanting.
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XTC – Wayward British Pop Misfits Released Their 8th LP ‘SKYLARKING’ 40 Years Ago Today
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27 October 2026
Band: XTC
Who: The wayward pop outfit (1976-2005 / 14 albums) from
Swindon England, led by singer-songwriter/guitarist Andy Partridge.
Anniversary Album: SKYLARKING
Their 8th. Released on 27 October 1986,
today 40 years ago.
American legend Todd Rundgren produced it. It’s a loose concept LP
about a nonspecific cycle, such as a day, a year, the seasons, or a life.
The title refers to a type of bird (skylark), as well as the Royal Navy term “skylarking”,
which means “fooling around“. It became one of XTC’s best-known albums and is
often regarded as one of their finest albums.
The album’s lyrical themes include love, marriage, and religion.
The original sleeve design was to depict close-up shots of human pubic regions with flowers fitted into the hairs, female on the front and male on the back. Photo sessions were held, but record shops informed the label that they would not carry the album
with that artwork, and so the idea was discarded.
UNCUT Magazine (UK): “The album that ties up everything great
about Swindon’s finest into one big beautiful package of perfect pop“.
Despite the critical praise, it wasn’t a commercial success, peaking at number 90
in the UK and number 70 in the US, where the single ‘Dear God‘ became a college
radio hit.
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