8 November 2026
RICHARD LLOYD, along with Tom Verlaine (1949-2023), the innovative
guitarist of legendary proto-punk band TELEVISION, has passed away
yesterday, aged 75.
The band’s 1977 debut LP Marquee Moon
still stands as an influential magnum opus
of the era.
Reveries for the laziest day of the week
8 November 2026
New York’s singer-songwriter celeb SUFJAN STEVENS
is one of the first artists to sing us a Xmas carol, and he’s
pretty optimistic this year.
With ON THIS CHRISTMAS (IT ONLY GETS BETTER) he
drops a jolly let’s-dance-around the Xmas three tune.
The song appears on his new LP, titled Worst Christmas Ever! (damn, I thought he was optimistic this year) released this Friday. The 16-track album features Xmas songs he wrote over the years, in fact, since 2001.
Stevens: “I love the idea of a Christmas apology. A holiday characterized by the giving and receiving of gifts might be made even better by the giving and receiving of forgiveness. Let’s
try to be better this year: more loving, forgiving, welcoming and reckoning. This song is a prayer, that we can all find a way to yield to the wisdom and understanding of forgiveness. I believe the world will find its way.”
Here we go, family.
7 November 2026
Pphoto: © 2026 Mary McCartney under licence to MPL Communications Ltd.
Living legend PAUL McCARTNEY is UNCUT‘s Artist Of 2026.
Not bad for an 84-year-old.
With his 22th solo LP The Boys Of Dungeon Lane, released last May, Macca demonstrates for the umpteenth time that he’s one of the best singer-songwriters in rock & pop history.
So, there’s a lot to read about the former Beatle.
Also…
UNCUT’s Review Of The Year: The 80 Best New Albums Of 2026,
30 Best Archive Releases, Best Compilations, Best Films, Best Books
and Best Music Documentaries.
Features on Mick Jagger, Ian McCulloch, Courtney Barnett, Phoebe Bridgers,
Led Zeppelin, Sparklehorse, Flea, The Tubs, Kevin Morby and many more.
This month’s Free CD features music from 2026. With Neil Young & The Chrome Hearts,
Bill Callagan, Lambchop, Luncinda Williams, Panda Bear & Sonic Boom, Boards Of Canada, Julia Jacklin and more.
You can buy a copy and have it be sent to your home. Info HERE
6 November 2026
Photo by Derick Smith
Some weeks ago, AL JOURGENSEN, the general of legendary industrial metal tormentors MINISTRY, announced the final stand of the band after a smashing journey since 1981.
Jourgensen: “I’m fucking done. I’m proud of what I’ve accomplished. I’m amazed at the path that it’s taken, from With Sympathy to where we’re at today, and all points in between. It’s been quite a ride, but I’m completely at peace with the fact that it’s done. It’s time to herd goats.”
As pivotal pioneers of the genre, they released 17 studio albums, 8 live releases,
8 side projects, multiple touring campaigns across 5 continents, an autobiography,
2 documentaries, the administration of last rites no less than 3 times.
Their 17th and final full-length, named HATE TO GO (TAKE OUT OR DELIVERY).
is out now. The LP is about Al Jourgensen settling scores and laying everything on
the table with one of the heaviest, angriest records of his long career.
Kerrang‘s verdict: “Packed with spoken-word samples, thrash riffs and Jourgensen
distinctive vocal bark, Hate To Go brandishes Ministry’s classic components in a convincing manner.”
TUTV: With opening shrapnel bomb Crickets, Jourgensen kicks losing moron Trump
and his orange ass-kissing troop of parrots, between the legs, hard, really hard. No
mercy for the corrupt administration and its MAGA cult.
It’s, obviously, very loud and very clear that the legendary metal roughneck wanted Ministry‘s last stand to be an earth-shattering monster that tears all his enemies to
shreds.
Crashing clobber after crashing clobber. Roasting roundhouse after roasting
roundhouse. Of course, AJ’s petrifying howls and evil-burning spit-and-sneer
assualts dominate this volcanic spectacle. I suppose he’ll retire to his favorite
place called hell where he will play cacodemonic video games with his good
pal Satan.
Singles/clips.
– CRICKETS –
– SINGULARITY –
– BURNED OUT –
ALBUM
.
Tour Tickets
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Linktree
All Albums
7 November 2026
English glam rockers TEMPLES released their 5th full-length,
the first in 3 years, titled Bliss last June.
Brill Bliss single
A record that ventures into electronic territory while staying true to their core DNA. Exhilarating, melancholic pop melodies from late ‘90s dance music blend with
psych-tinged riffs and loops to create something fresh.
Last Thursday they landed in Brussels as part of their extensive Euro/UK tour.
As I experienced before, the band got everybody in a state of euphoric elation with
a clever mix of old stompers (Keep In The Dark / Shelter Song / Certainty / Hot Motion )
and new pop pearls (Vendetta / Jet Stream Heart / Revelations / Megalith).
Frontman James Bagshaw is a master at playing the audience. He makes us clap, sing,
yell, go down and jump up, put up our phones with the light on to create an early Xmas
atmosphere. Not one dull moment with these guys. For 90 minutes they rule the sweaty venue.
They’re 5-star entertainers who know sweepingly how to get an audience high on
delirious music. Temples entranced and spellbound throughout, and closed with an adrenaline-fueled 10-minute jam of their golden oldie Mesmerise. 24-karat bliss.
BLISS
.
Instagram – Linktree – Spotify
7 November 2026
The late great motormouth OZZY OSBOURNE (1948-2025) released the 2nd
of his 13 solo albums, named DIARY OF A MADMAN, today 45 years ago,
on 7 November 1981.
The recordings were messy, with Ozzy leaving the
studio regularly to get drunk in a nearby pub.
Drummer Lee Kerslake: “It was only when Sharon [Osbourne] came in that we
had a problem. When she started managing, taking over, she wasn’t the manager
until Diary of a Madman. Before that was her brother, David.”
The album’s cover art features Osbourne’s
son Louis to his side, while the madman
poses in theatrical make-up.
It peaked at #16 in the US and #14 in the UK.
SINGLE
ALBUM
6 November 2026
Band: CAGE THE ELEPHANT
Who: Bigshot Kentucky rockers with
frontman Matt Shultz in the middle.
CTE celebrate their 20th anniversary
as a band this year. Congrats.
New album: DYING IN REVERSE.
Their 7th. It’ll drop on 5 Feb 2027.
More info here.
Nearly twenty years into their career, Cage The Elephant have accomplished just about everything a rock band could hope to achieve. They’ve won GRAMMYs, built a catalog of generation-defining alternative hits, and graduated from clubs to arenas and stadiums around the world.
Drawing on the ragged spirit of garage rock and flashes of psychedelia, Dying In
Reverse is full of infectious melodies, fuzzed-out walls of guitar, and the restless
energy that has always distinguished the band. Matthew Shultz moves between
singing, rapid-fire rhythmic delivery, and moments of startling vulnerability, bringing
a new sense of urgency to songs that are as unpredictable as they are catchy.
Beneath the immediacy of the music is a deeper emotional current supported by lyrics that grapple with fractured reality and self-examination. The result is a record that feels simultaneously raw and assured.
New album artwork
Hitherto, the guys dispatched
2 easygoing singles.
– MAKE IT EASY –
Live on Jimmy Kimmel
– DYING IN REVERSE –
TOUR 2027
So far, only UK/Euro dates.
US shows TBA.
Vitalizing tunes that work faster than a stream of caffeine
6 November 2026
Promo pic
Band: PSYCHEDELIC PORN CRUMPETS
Who: The dumbfounding psych-prog rockers from
down under, who started their loud odyssey in 2014.
Last year, the Aussies released 2 LPs in 5 months.
There’s no stopping them. Album #9, titled Eudaemonia is canned.
That’s the Greek word for happiness. Release next year. Details later.
With BEAM ME UP THEN! we can go nuts
to the album’s 3rd shared slam dunk.
Freaked-out artwork.
All 3 singles on Spotify.
Daily electricity to charge your batteries
5 November 2026
Boomtastic techno act LEG PUPPY 2.0 and bass pressures
FirtyHurtz are doing some pelvis-wobbling stuff together
lately.
SUSHI TIME is the raving result of their newest collab.
The track is inspired by The Daily Adventures Of Mixerman. According to
the Londoners one of the funniest books ever written about the music industry.
A glorious tale of incompetence, huge egos and all the bullshit that goes on
behind the scenes. Sounds more like a book on the Tories to me.
Move and groove, people.
Here’s some hip-hop-bass
to get you going from left
to right, forth and back.
Alright, now that our muscles are awake
let’s continue the party with these guys’
full EP.
5 November 2026
Damn. It didn’t see this coming.
YYYs just released their live album ‘Hidden In Pieces’
recorded at the Royal Albert Hall in London.
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