GREEN MAN FESTIVAL In WALES UK – 20/23 August 2026
GREEN MAN FESTIVAL
Glanusk Estate in the Bannau Brycheiniog
National Park, Crickhowell, Wales, UK
20/23 August 2026
EDWIN STARR Needs To Repeat It Once Again: ‘WAR, WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR? ABSOLUTELY NOTHING”
3 March 2026
“War, huh, yeah
What is it good for?
Absolutely nothing, uhh
War, huh, yeah
What is it good for?
Absolutely nothing
Say it again, y’all
War, huh (good God)
What is it good for?
Absolutely nothing, listen to me, oh”
War, I despise
‘Cause it means destruction of innocent lives
War means tears to thousands of mother’s eyes
When their sons go off to fight
And lose their lives
I said, war, huh (good God, y’all)
What is it good for?
Absolutely nothing, just say it again
War (whoa), huh (oh Lord)
What is it good for?
Absolutely nothing, listen to me
It ain’t nothing but a heart-breaker
(War) Friend only to The Undertaker
Oh, war it’s an enemy to all mankind
The thought of war blows my mind
War has caused unrest
Within the younger generation
Induction then destruction
Who wants to die? Oh
War, huh (good God y’all)
What is it good for?
Absolutely nothing
War, huh (good God y’all)
What is it good for?
Absolutely nothing, say it again
War (whoa), huh (oh Lord)
What is it good for?
Absolutely nothing, listen to me
British Flamboyant Star YUNGBLUD About Today’s State Of Rock And Roll
3 March 2026
Hurray!
With his new album Idols 2 he just completed his Idols project.
KULA SHAKER En-Trance With Colorful Psychedelic Spectacle In Belgium
3 March 2026
British psych-rock vets, fronted by charismatic vocalist/songwriter Crispian Mills,
released their debut LP, titled K, back in 1996. It made them instant indie stars.
Last month they launched their 8th full-length, the magnificent WORMSLAYER.
The record, named after a 9th-century Indian poet king, is stuffed with top-flight
pop-edelia tunes, elevating it to a must-hear on repeat level. Mills lifts his troops
to ecstasizing heights of nostalgia. Retro delirium at its todays best.
New album means a new tour to promote it.
Last Friday, they landed in my hometown of Ghent, Belgium.
Oh my, oh my, KS still nails it on stage as they used to do so.
I saw them 4/5 times back then, and every gig was a smasheroo).
The band started with the LP’s key single Lucky Number. From there, with
almost the full tracklist of the new opus, the Brits stormed through a superlative
1 1/2 hour set.
Of course, Crips was the magnet in the middle. His marvelous guitar play mesmerized throughout. Backed by his spellbound assistants, the elated audience went through a trancy show. Not one dull moment.
Visually, our eyes were mostly fixated on the big screen behind the 4 humans. Non-stop full-spectrum, swirling, and high-contrast patterns of hallucinatory hues created a surreal spectacle. Phantasmagoric.
As expected, the encores featured old hits Hush (Joe Hush/Deep Purple cover),
Tattva, and Govinda, but also beatle George Harrison‘s 1970 humdinger
Isn’t It A Pity.
To be honest, I never thought I would listen to a formidable Kula Shaker again,
and I would witness a memorable live performance of them. Hail hail!.
ALBUM
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SETLIST
Lucky Number
Good Money
Charge of the Light Brigade
Broke as Folk
Natural Magick
Infinite Sun
Shower Your Love
Grateful When You’re Dead / Jerry Was There
Be Merciful
The Winged Boy
Day For Night
Wormslayer
Encores:
303
Tattva
Hush
Isn’t It a Pity
(George Harrison cover)
Govinda
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Live photos by Turn Up The Volume
MATT BERNINGER And ROASANNE CASH Cover THE VELVET UNDERGROUND
3 March 2026
The National‘s MATT BERNINGER and the late Johnny Cash‘s country star
daughter ROSANNA CASH team up for a cover of The Velvet Underground‘s
1970 pearl WHO LOVES THE SUN.
It’s part of the theme music for the comedy show
Sunny Nights on an Australian streaming service
called Stan.
Berninger says that he got involved through Sunny Nights
director and executive producer Trent O’Donnell:
“I’ve been a Trent O’Donnell fan for a long time. We became good friends
when he cast my brother Tom in an episode of his show No Activity, and
we’ve had a close, creative bond ever since.”
BERNINGER/CASH
Nice take
VU
Unbeatebale
COURTNEY BARNETT Drops New Album ‘CREATURE OF HABIT’ On March 27 – Jive To The Lazy Beats Of 4 Tracks Right Here
3 March 2026
As reported a few weeks ago, Australian singer-songwriter COURTNEY BARNETT
has canned her 4th longplayer. She baptized it Creature Of Habit, and she’ll share
it with the world on March 27th. Tracklist and order info here.
Press info: “Creature of Habit is a bold, emotionally resonant record that explores the central question: how to get out of your own way so you can truly feel your life. Written in the wake of a relocation from Australia to Los Angeles and the closure of her long-running label Milk! Records, Barnett was grappling with changes that put the future of both her life and career in question. Rather than internalizing those feelings, she decided to bring all this swirling confusion directly into the recording process.”
So far, Barnett offered 4 appetizers.
And it’s her, alright. Those lazy slacker
grooves activates slo-mo body moves
on the spot.
– STAY ON YOUR LANE –
– SITE UNSEEN –
– SUAGR PLUM –
– MANTIS –
All 4 on Spotify.
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Tour Dates North America
OASIS Contribute With Exclusive 7″ Vinyl Single To New Upcoming WAR CHILD UK Album Project
2 March 2026
This Friday, March 6th, a new album – HELP (2) – will be released, physically and digitally, to raise funds for WAR CHILD UK. A long-term operational organisation that shapes systems that protect and support the well-being of children affected by conflict.
It’ll feature 23 tracks by a huge squad of big names such as Pulp, Damon Albarn, Beck, Beth Gibbons, Big Thief, Black Country New Road, Cameron Winter, Depeche Mode, English Teacher, Ezra Collective, Foals, Fontaines D.C., Blur’s Graham Coxon, and Wet Leg.
Full tracklist and order info right HERE.
OASIS will contribute with an exclusive 7″ vinyl single.
Info below.
BLACK BEACH – Boston’s Nigthmarish Noisemakers Mind-Boggle With New Stunner ‘SECRET WORLD’
2 March 2026
Band: BLACK BEACH
Who: Three noisemakers
from Boston, MA.
Track: SECRET WORLD
Piece from their forthcoming 3rd album, named Mail Thief.
The record will show up on March 20th. Tracklist and order
info here.
TUTV: Enter Black Beach‘s staggering psych-o-delic world where a wall of wailing
sirens-like sound overwhelms your ears, where the temperature is piping hot, where
a man sounds as crying for help from the basement he’s locked up in, where the tension
is psychical palpable, where your mind gets boggled, where you really don’t know if you wanna stay or you wanna go.
Challenging, right? Experience the tingling heebie-jeebies at work here, for yourself.
RAGING LINES – Norwegian Singer-Songwriter Impresses With His DIY Debut Album ‘SMILE BLANK’
2 March 2026
Artist: RAGING LINES
Who: Young DIY singer-songwriter/producer
Sondre Thomassen Thorvik from Oslo (Norway)
Album: SMILE BLANK
STT: “I think of music as multiple lines coexisting with one another. They all
move at different speeds but seem to catch up with one another in parts of
the song to make sense.”
TUTV: This is one of those records that drop in my inbox, now and then, without much information, from a non-English/American place, and turn out to be pretty special ones.
Norwegian musician Thorvik is obviously inspired
by the 70s/80s new wave/Goth/post-punk decades.
Opener Walk With Me and Too Dramatic, Too Paralyzed vibrate respectively like early
New Order and Joy Division, Things To Make It True, could be a previously unreleased
solo John Cale track, layers of Curesque guitars reverberate on Things Too Make It True
and Smile Blank, and Stay Away brings Bauhaus‘ moodiness to mind.
So much about the influences, but it’s Thorvik‘s architectural skills to shape
rock-solid songs, featuring passionate, personal reflections, mixed emotions
and outside observations, and his commanding baritone voice that set this
debut album apart. Raging Lines is a surprising discovery, Smile Blank is a
high-quality singer-songwriter accomplishment.
Listen up, world!
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