Musings for the laziest day of the week
13 September 2026
Scottish rock-pop singer-songwriter brothers known
as THE PROCLAIMERS are around since like forever,
actually since 1983.
They just released their effervescent
13th album, named You May Offend.
Its soul-stirring single BUT IT IS is a mellifluous pearl.
Enjoy your Sunday.
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Significant longplayers from the past
13 September 2026
BOB DYLAN released his live album HARD RAIN
on 13 September 1976, today 50 years ago.
The album was recorded during two concerts in May 1976
during the second leg of the Rolling Thunder Revue.
The idea behind the tour, Dylan said, was to “play for the people”, the people
who never get good seats at his larger concerts due to higher ticket cost and
inconvenient locations. Dylan chose to play in smaller auditoriums because,
he said, “the atmosphere in small halls is more conducive to what we do”.
The tour included some big names such as Joan Baez, Roger McGuinn, Joni Mitchell,
Ronee Blakely and Ramblin’ Jack Elliott. The LP’s producer Bob Neuwirth assembled
backing musicians from the recording sessions for Dylan’s Desire album, including
violinist Scarlet Rivera, bassist Rob Stoner, and drummer Howie Wyeth, plus Mick
Ronson on guitar.
The tour counted 57 concerts in two legs: the first in the American northeast and Canada in the fall of 1975, and the second in the American South and southwest in the spring of 1976.
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THE ROLLING THUNDER REVUE
Sunday 13 September 2026
“I love Lou Reed and I love The Velvet Underground. It was one of the first bands I saw in New York.I was completely flabbergasted and knocked by them.”
Source: Far Out Magazine.
Here’s British guitar pop indie stars WOLF ALICE‘s
announcement for their upcoming Asia tour.
BROS from 2015.
To my ears, still their superior gem… and one
of the best pop songs of the 21st Century.
More than 87 million streams on Spotify.
For your eyes
12 September 2026
Band: WHIPPETS
Who: Post-punk grungaze rockers
from Madison, Wisconsin.
Album: NO SKULLS
Their 2nd.
Out October 2 via No Coast Records.
Tracklist and pre-order info here.
Artwork: “The cover art was painted by a hero of ours: Erin Sullivan @mr_erin
of the excellent band of the excellent band A Frames who have been have our
biggest inspiration for starting this project so it’s a full circle moment for us.”
Check the firm, bass/drum propelled, fired-up guitars
motorized, and robustly vocal jackhammer No Woods.
Significant longplayers from yesteryear
12 September 2026
Hip-hop champ, producer, entrepreneur and Beyoncé‘s husband
JAY-Z released his widely applauded 6th album, titled THE BLUEPRINT
on 11 September 2001, 25 years ago.
#1 in the US, (only) #30 in the UK
At the time of the album’s recording, Jay-Z was awaiting two criminal trials, one for gun possession and another for assault, and had become one of hip-hop’s most dissed artists, receiving insults from rappers such as Nas, Prodigy, and Jadakiss.
The Blueprint was universally acclaimed by music critics, particularly for Jay-Z‘s
performance and the album’s soul-based soundscape. It is widely regarded as
one of the greatest albums in the hip-hop genre.
Its impact is evident in the way it influenced a generation of artists, such as Kendrick
Lamar and J. Cole, shaping the sound and direction of hip-hop in the years that followed.
Entertainment Weekly said: “One of the greatest
poets ever to pick up a mic released his magnum opus.”
Singles.
– GIRLS GIRLS GIRLS –
– JIGGA WHAT, JIGGA WHO –
– SONG CRY –
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11 September 2026
London‘s top-league indie rockers BLOC PARTY, fronted by charismatic
singer-songwriter Kele Okereke have their 7th longplayer, named
ANATOMY OF A BRIEF ROMANCE out.
Okereke wrote the record in the wake
of a more than decade-long relationship.
“Every lyric you’re hearing on this record was something that
actually happened to me. I had to tell the story, from start to
finish.”
📸 Charlie Pryor
Clash Magazine‘s verdict: “‘Anatomy Of A Brief Romance’ is a chronological account of a relationship from first glance to final goodbye. It may not be among their finest work, but ‘Anatomy Of A Brief Romance’ is surely a cathartic release for its composer and for listeners who see their own experiences reflected in it.”
TUTV: This new Bloc Party sounds like some old Bloc Party records, but not the great
ones (like the first 2) but the okay ones. Sonically, there are just not enough top-shelf tunes (except for the bright-eyed and bushy-tailed singles and a couple of other chipper ones), too many lukewarm pieces.
Lyrically, as aforementioned, all 14 songs (too many) serve to tell the story – from start
to finish – of a past Okereke relationship (so why didn’t you make it a solo one, Kele?). I always have mixed emotions about relationship albums. Does the partner like it that his/her love life goes public? What is her/his side of the story? And I’m not really interested in so many details of someone else’s romances. File this anatomy next to BC’s other just okay full-lengths.
Singles.
– COMING ON STRONGE –
– LOVE BOMBS –
– NOW WE CAN’T BE FRIENDS –
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