MICHAEL KIWANUKA – British Singer-Songwriter Enwraps With New Whole Souled Album ‘FUDGE’

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Reveries for the laziest day of the week

25 October 2026


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Artist: MICHAEL KIWANUKA
Who: Singer-songwriter from London (UK), much praised by critics
and fans. He won the prestigious British Mercury Prize in 2020.

Album: FUDGE
His 5th.

In the summer of 2025, Kiwanuka suffered a haemorrhagic stroke caused by
undiagnosed high blood pressure; he underwent emergency surgery, months
of intensive care and many more months in rehabilitation at a medical centre
in Hampshire (London), where he remains today.

Kiwanuka: “I want to tell people why I haven’t been around. Everyone can relate to pain and struggle. That’s one thing all humans have in common. So I’m just sharing mine with the world,”

NME: “This album is both an unexpected gift and a deeply poignant glimpse at the creative state before a life-altering moment. Drink it in, let it warm your soul, and be reminded how lucky we are to have an artist like Kiwanuka.”

TUV: Three names popped up in my mind when listening to Fudge.
Motown, Marvin Gaye, and Nat King Cole. It’s indeed a Soulful Sunday.


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Cover Of Upcoming Debut LP By Hefty Canadian Punks PISS

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25 October 2026


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Band: PISS
Who: Hefty, genre-bending punks from Vancouver, B.C. Combining punk, poetry, sound collage, performance art, and visual art, the band creates a multidisciplinary body of work that blurs the line between personal and political.

Debut Album: YOU MADE ME / SKIN ON LINEN
It’ll hit the streets on October 30th. More info
and tracklist here.

Artwork: “The artwork and the accompanying aesthetic, including imagery and poetic motifs regarding clay, bodily impressions, and memories, reflect the record’s themes of youth, trauma, and systemic violence.

NME says: “With their searing performances and their powerful, upcoming
debut album, the Canadian four-piece shine a stark spotlight on the trauma
of sexual violence.”

TUTV: Smashing, trashing, and crashing
iconoclasts on a maddening mission.

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TAYLOR SWIFT 20 Years Ago At 17

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25 October 2026


Gorgeous cover of her debut album

20 years ago, on 24 October 2006, at the age of 17, global star TAYLOR SWIFT
released her self-titled debut full-length. 3 years earlier, only 14, she had signed
a record deal.

Swift wrote, no less, than 40 songs for the album, 11 of which made it onto the record. Seven songs were co-written by Liz Rose, who became an important collaborator and formed a lasting working relationship with Swift on later albums.

The album mixes country and pop seamlessly and
displayed her alluring voice for the first time.


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BOB DYLAN – The 1976 ROLLING THUNDER REVUE Recordings On 39 CD Box Set

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24 October 2026

All of the professionally recorded shows from the second leg of BOB DYLAN‘s
legendary Rolling Thunder Revue 1976 will be available in a 39-CD box set from
November 6 on.

The tour included numerous musicians and collaborators. The purpose of the tour
was to allow Dylan, who was a major recording artist and concert performer, to play
in smaller auditoriums in less populated cities where he could be more intimate with
his audiences.

Full tracklist and more details HERE.

Pre-Order HERE.

A standalone 3LP set of the complete Fort Worth, Texas
performance from that same tour will also be released
on November 6th.

Tracklist and pre-order info HERE.

Back in 2019, devoted Dylan fan and moviemaker Martin Scorsese
made a documentary of the tour, composed of both fictional and
non-fictional material.

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THE WHO Released Masterstroke Single ‘BABA O’RILEY’ 55 Years Ago

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Top singles from the past

24 October 2026

British rock prodigees THE WHO released their mastestroke single
BABA O’RILEY (more than 775 million streasm on Spotify) 55 years ago,
on 23 Octobre 1971.

It appeared on their Who’s Next LP.

Pete Towshend said about the song’s inspiration: “The absolute desolation
of teenagers at Woodstock, where audience members were strung out on acid
and 20 people had brain damage. The irony was that some listeners considered
the song a teenage celebration: ‘Teenage Wasteland, yes! We’re all wasted!”

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VIRGIN BIRTH – Kentucky’s Industrial Noiseniks Thwack With Nine Inch Nails On New Pitch Black EP ‘THE DEAD END’

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Vitalizing tunes that work faster than a stream of caffeine

24 October 2026

Band: VIRGIN BIRTH

Who: Hard-hitting trio from Louisville, Kentucky. All three members bring
deep roots in punk and indie rock, having played in various bands over
the years.

Their shared appreciations for the industrial scene of the ’80s and ’90s sparked
numerous conversations, which eventually led them to aggressively experiment
with drum machines, synthesizers, and sampling.

EP: THE DEAD END
6 tracks.

Info: The Dead End continues the trio’s fascination with the darker corners of electronic music, punk, and the increasingly strange world we all find ourselves living in. Where previous releases looked outward at collapse on a larger scale, these songs feel closer
to the ground… more immediate, claustrophobic, and personal.

The EP is a collection of songs about exhaustion, isolation, dread, and the feeling that the path forward has narrowed considerably. It’s industrial punk for a world that seems to be running on fumes. There’s no solution waiting for you at the end of these songs… only a dead end.


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TUTV: Virgin Birth offer a hellacious 24-minute avalanche of ear-shattering, industrial EBM. Six hard-hitting headbutts with a detonative force, merciless beats, schizophrenic synths, and distressing vocals. They thwack around with nine inch nails. Hardly room to breathe
in between the non-stop sonic aggression. Think Trent Reznor‘s NIN having a fiery fight with Al Jourgensen‘s Ministry.

The Dead End isn’t a happy-go-lucky trip; it’s a gloom-and-doom crusade that mirrors this world’s messed-up state; it sounds like the beginning of the final exit of humankind. Scary, ominous, and pitch black.

Michael Stipe once sang, “It’s the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine.” I’m not so sure about the latter part, but with this era’s psychotic world leaders, Armageddon time isn’t fiction anymore. Stay awake.

Virgin Birth will see all those bastards in hell where they have nothing to sell.

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MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE Released Their Splendorous Third Album ‘THE BLACK PARADE’ Today 20 Years Ago

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Significant longplayers from yesteryear

24 October 2026

New Jersey‘s emo rock giants MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE (2001–2013, 2019–present) released their splendorous 3rd album THE BLACK PARADE on 31 October 2006, today
20 years ago.

The record is centered on the story of a man suffering from terminal cancer known
as ‘The Patient‘, as he nears the end of his life. It has predominantly been considered
an emo, alternative rock, pop-punk, hard rock, punk rock, and glam rock record.

In the years since its release, The Black Parade has been
revered as one of, if not the most important, album in emo.

It peaked at #2 in both the US and the UK.

Entertainment Weekly (US) wrote: “On their third studio album, a musical H-bomb of an effort, the Jersey quintet combine the rock-opera pomp of Queen with the darker, dirtier tones of their screamo past: Call it a Bro-hemian Rhapsody. Even without its broad concept, a dying cancer patient seeks revenge and redemption. Parade stands as one of the most cohesive, engaging rock records of 2006.”

Singles.

– WELCOME TO THE BLACK PARADE –

More than 1,123 billion streams on Spotify
More than 435 million views on YouTube

– TEENAGERS –

More than 1,390 billion streams on Spotify
More than 206 million views on You Tube

ALBUM


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VELVET TWO STRIPES – Swiss Indies Are Here To Rule With Their New Cracking Corker ‘WOMAN’

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Vitalizing tunes that work faster than a stream of caffeine

23 October 2026


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Band: VELVET TWO STRIPES
Who: Revved-up Swiss outfit founded in 2012 by two sisters and a longtime friend.
They have spent more than a decade making rock music on their own terms.

Their sound is rooted in raw guitars, grungy swagger, and an uncompromising attitude.
It has evolved without losing the urgency and rebellious spirit that first brought them together. Drummer Samuel Jaussi now completes the band as a permanent member.

Track: WOMAN
New single from their upcoming 5th album,
titled Touch Grass, out 9 April 2027.


New album artwork

The song is an unapologetic celebration of being a woman: taking up space, trusting your instincts and finding strength in your own identity. It carries the confidence of knowing exactly who you are and being proud of it, without asking for permission or recognition.

TUTV: Girl power is back with a big boisterous bang. On ‘Woman,’ these sassy
Swiss switch from rappin’ and rollin’ verses to a hard rockin’ chorus. This vivacious combination lifts this cock-a-hoop corker to a gloriously high mountain level. With
self-belief, the sky is not the limit.

Move over all you macho males out there,
Velvet Two Stripes are here to rule.

Wake up, get out
and go airborne.

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