27 April 2026
Band: ORPHAN DONOR
Who: Screamo/mathcore outfit
from Pennsylvania.
Album: AILMENTS
Their 3rd. Out on May 11th.
Tracklist and pre-order info here
The LP’s first single is called SHOW ME THE WAY.
No, not a cover of Peter Frampton’s blockbuster hit.
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Top singles from the past
27 April 2026
British sterling 60s voice DUSTY SPRINGFIELD (1938-1999) scored her
only No. 1 hit in the UK with YOU DON’T HAVE TO SAY YOU LOVE ME,
this day 60 years ago, on 27 April 1966.
It peaked at #4 in the US.
The song was the English-language version of the 1965 Italian song
Lo Che Non Vivo (Senza Te) (“I, Who Can’t Live (Without You)”), written
by Pino Donaggio and Vito Pallavicini. The English lyrics were written
for Dusty Springfield by Vicki Wickham and Simon Napier-Bell.
Her friend Elton John helped induct her into the Hall of Fame declaring,
“I’m biased but I just think she was the greatest white singer there ever has
been. Every song she sang, she claimed as her own”
Unbelievable, unbelievable. Houston’s bearded vet rockers ZZ TOP started
to let their beards grow back in 1969, that’s 57 years ago, I repeat, 57 years.
So far, they have released 15 LPs, with 2012’s La Futura as the most recent one.
Co-founder/bassist-vocalist Dusty Hill passed away 5 years ago, aged 72. He was
replaced by the band’s longtime guitar technician Elwood Francis. ZZ Top is still fronted by co-founder Billy Gibbons and have Frank Beard, the original drummer, still striking
his tom-toms.
All tour dates, including Europe and the UK, HERE.
Sonic reveries for the laziest day of the week
26 April 2026
RINGO STARR fans know that he has always been a country aficionado.
With brand new full-length LONG LONG ROAD, the now 85-year-old former
Beatle has released his 2nd country longplayer in two years with big help from
renowned singer-songwriter/producer veteran T Bone Burnett.
it features guest appearances from Billy Strings, Sheryl
Crow, St. Vincent, Molly Tuttle, and Sarah Jarosz.
For this Soulful Sunday series, I picked the album’s sugary, catchy, and
easygoing country nugget I DON’T SEE ME IN YOUR EYES ANYMORE.
MICHAEL STIPE (aged 66), the riveting frontman of R.E.M. (1989-2011), one of the most significant and successful American bands ever, has talked a lot about his debut solo LP lately.
Last Thursday, he appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
He unveiled a new song that’ll be part of the full-length. It’s named The Rest Of Ever,
a groovy and puissant R.E.M.-esque love musing, performed with the show’s house band. He also confirmed that his solo debut is still on the way and will arrive at the end of the year.
It’s not end of the world, as we know it.
Significant longplayers from yesteryear
26 April 2026
PAUL McCARTNEY and WINGS had a 10-year run, from 1971 until 1981.
Macca‘s then-wife, Linda Eastman (1941-1998) was the band’s keyboardist.
They released 7 LPs.
One of them was WINGS AT THE SPEED OF SOUND. It topped the US album charts, today 50 years ago, on 26 April 1976. Actually their fourth consecutive LP to do so. In the UK, the record peaked at #2.
In response to critics who believed Wings was merely a vehicle for Paul McCartney, the album featured every member of the band taking lead vocals on at least one song, and two songs from the album are written or co-written by band members other than the McCartneys.
Back sleeve
Melody Maker (legendary British music weekly) said: “This is not an album that hits
you with the sustained power of Band on the Run or Venus and Mars. Much good music
then on an album that will engender fierce comparisons with the past two albums but will increase the growing worldwide appeal of Wings.
SINGLES
ALBUM
Daily electricity to load your batteries
25 April 2026
Artist: REAPER
Who: Critically acclaimed and famous
American masked drum ‘n’ bass maverick.
He released two LPs so far: DISRUPTOR (2022)
and CHALLENGER (2024)
Track: SWEET TALKER
New single with Dani King
on vocals.
Get your ears and body ready for
this drum ‘n’ bass blast, folks.
25 April 2026
British electro-industrial pioneers CABARET VOLTAIRE
made instant furore when they started their journey,
in pre-punk days, back in 1973.
CV was a trio featuring Richard H. Kirk, Stephen Mallinder, and Chris Watson.
Early days
In 1984, they all went their own way. Then, in 2009, Richard H. Kirk revitalized the band on his own until his passing in 2021, aged 65. This looked like the ultimate end for Cabaret Voltaire.
But last year, Watson and Mallinder returned together for a final UK tour to celebrate
the CV’s 50th birthday. It was a huge sold-out success, so they decided to extend the final tour this year. Between May and October, they will perform in the US (first shows in over 30 years), Europe, and the UK.
All Tour Dates HERE.
UK -2025
Ahead of it, CV dropped a new 16-track live album today.
It’s titled BUT WHAT TIME IS IT REALLY?, featuring a sort
of ‘best of‘ tracklist.
CD and vinyl can be ordered via the band’s website, right here.
Digitally, it’s available, below, via Bandcamp.
Chris Watson: “This record captures the powerful essence of contemporary live
performance and establishes a visceral connection to the history of the band.”
Stephen Mallinder: “It was an opportunity to capture the shows as a unique moment
in time but also give people the opportunity to have a memento. Something that presented sounds and music, with respect to Richard’s memory, that also transcended time.”
‘But What Time Is It Really?’ is not a let’s-cash-in record whatsoever.
The sound is top, the vibes are top, the execution is top, the tracklist
is top.
It is really time now to press play.
25 April 2026
Le Tigre, one of riot grrrl queen KATHLEEN HANNA‘s bands,
along with Bikini Kill and The Julie Ruin) reunited for a big tour
in 2023.
In Baltimore, the roof went off when they played their fervid firecracker
Deceptacon, (more than 422 million streams on Spotify) from their
self-titled debut LP (1999)
Experience the euphoric vehemence of live music.
24 April 2026
Oasis 2027 European tour grows more likely as Liam Gallagher tells Italian fans they will “without a doubt, 100 per cent” play Rome next year https://t.co/7Y4GysWvCk
— NME (@NME) April 24, 2026
NME reports: Liam Gallagher seems to have confirmed rumours of
future European dates. Yesterday, while on a trip in Rome he greeted
Italian fans, one asked him if he’d be in “Roma next year” with OASIS
to which our kid replied: “Without a doubt. 100 per cent.”
