Month: April 2026

NINE INCH NOIZE = Trent Reznor’s NIN And German Acid House DJ BOYS NOIZE

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17 April 2026

NINE INCH NOIZE is the collaborative project of Trent Reznor‘s
industrial rock turbine NINE INCH NAILS and German acid house
DJ BOYS NOIZE.

They did/do a series of shows together, with the most
recent one, last weekend at Coachella festival.

And today their first, self-named longplayer is out.

The album consists of re-recorded and reworked versions of songs by NIN, a new version of Memorabilia, a song by legendary British electro pop act Soft Cell they had previously covered, and a cover of a song by Reznor and Ross‘s side-project, How To Destroy Angels. It features a mix of live and studio recordings.

Reznor: “The creative fulfilment of working on the Challengers and Tron scores with
Boys Noize led me to think that including him in the Peel It Back tour could be an interesting way to express NIN in more purely electronic terms live — a concept I’ve wanted to explore for some time. The result was so much fun for us we felt it was worth expanding and formalizing
in some way.”

“The album was recorded “all over the place, some of it’s live, some in studios,
hotels, planes, etc. We had a lot of fun revisiting these songs and hope you enjoy.”

TUTV: NIN + Boys Noize = Nin Inch Noiz = UNDERWORLD.


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THIN LIZZY Released Their Masterstroke ‘THE BOYS ARE BACK IN TOWN’ Today 50 Years Ago

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Top singles from the past

17 April 2026

Heavy Irish rock heroes THIN LIZZY released their best selling and most
famous single THE BOYS ARE BACK IN TOWN (more than 590 million
streams on Spotify) today 50 years ago, on 17 April 1976

There are many unconfirmed theories regarding the inspiration behind the lyrics.
One of them is that it is about a group of Manchester criminals collectively known
as the Quality Street Gang.

It featured on Jailbreak, their 6th LP.

It peaked at #2 in Irland, #8 in the UK and #12 in the US.

“Guess who just got back today?
Them wild-eyed boys that’d been away
Haven’t changed, had much to say
But man, I still think them cats are crazy

They were askin’ if you were around
How you was, where you could be found
Told them you were livin’ downtown
Drivin’ all the old men crazy

The boys are back in town, the boys are back in town
(I said) The boys are back in town, the boys are back in town”

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BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE Release Their 6th Album ‘REMEMBER THE HUMANS’ In May – Hear The 3 Singles (So Far) Here

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Albums in the pipeline

17 April 2026

It’s already been 9 years since Canadian indie-pop rockers
BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE have released their 5th album
Hug Of Thunder.

But a few weeks ago, they made their fans
happy with the announcement of a new one.

It’s called REMEMBER THE HUMANS and will land
on May 8th. Tracklist and pre-order info here.

Press info: “Across 12 tracks the arrangements are dense and enveloping – a lattice of horns, guitars, voices, and electronics – yet melody always remains sovereign, refusing to be swallowed by the sheer sound. When the music drifts towards abstraction, a grounding bass line arrives to anchor the listener, reminding us always that there are human hands on the controls and that, however artful, this is still rock and roll.

As ever, Broken Social Scene operates less as a band than as a community and songs
evolve by ceding control to whoever can best carry them forward in the moment. Kevin Drew may be the designated driver, but collaborators on the record, including Hannah Georgas, Lisa Lobsinger, and Feist, step into the foreground throughout the record, shaping songs with a sense of collective authorship that has always defined the group’s ethos.”

Since the album news BSS shared 3 preview tracks.

– NOT ROUND ANYMORE –

– HEY AMANDA –

– THE CALL –

All 3 on Spotify


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MASSIVE ATTACK & TOM WAITS Team Up For Bone-Chilling Protest Song ‘BOOTS ON THE GROUND’

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Vitalizing tunes that work faster than a stream of caffeine

16 April 2026

British trip-hop icons MASSIVE ATTACK and legendary crooner-maverick
TOM WAITS have teamed up for a collaborative politically-loaded track,
named BOOTS ON THE GROUND.

It’s a loud and clear protest song, critising today’s autocratic America.

Boots On The Ground comes with a video clip created by MA & made with work by US photo artist thefinaleye. It shows the aftermath of the recent largest public protests in American history against “ICE raids, the militarisation of domestic forces, and state authoritarianism”.

The intro of the clip starts with the text “From the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 5 2020, to recent ICE raids on migrant communities and the killing of civilians that protect them,” and moves on to, “From the brutal state repression of public protest, to the reality of American homelessness that includes nearly 33,000 military veterans” and ends by detailing those who have lost their lives to ICE and the impact of oppressive retaliation to protest.

Bone-chilling in sound and vision.

The clock is ticking.

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THE ROLLING STONES Released Two Ace Singles This Day 55 And 50 Years Ago

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16 April 1971 – 55 Years Ago

Sultry stunner BROWN SUGAR was the opener of their masterstroke
LP Sticky Fingers. The single hit the top spot in the US, and peaked
at #2 in the UK.

16 April 1976 – 50 Years Ago

Heartfelt ballad FOOL TO CRY was the lead single of their reggae-flavored
LP Black And Blue. Guitarist Mick Taylor had just left the band and was
replaced by Ronnie Wood.

The song reached No. 6 in the UK and No. 10 in the US.

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KIM GORDON Puzzles BRUSSELS With Her Industrial Infused Trip-Hop Buzz

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16 April 2026

Since Gordon started to record/release solo LPs (3 so far) she never
looked back to her unique career with Sonic Youth (1981-2011).

Not on record, not on stage.

Last month she launched her 3rd one, PLAY ME, to my ears her best yet.

And last night she landed in Brussels (3rd time in 4 years) to promote the new record. When she came on, before playing one note, she was welcomed with a big aplause and loud cheers, as a familiar shero.

From there on she focused (except for a thank you here and there, no in between talks, who needs them anyway?) on her intoxicating perfomance playing the new album Play Me in full followed by half of the previous one The Collective, a couple ones of her debut No Home Record and encoring with the unrecorded, but the well-known Cigarette musing.


Photo by Turn Up The Volume

Gordon produces, backed by a pretty young, efficient band, an industrial-injected
trip-hop buzz that gets you slowly but surely into an amplified Massive Attack-like
trance. It all sounds raw, unpolished, but oh so fascinating.

With her expressive and articulated, partly spoken/partly sung vocality, she infiltrates
your psyche, while telling her stories, absurd ones and politically-charged reality ones
(fuck Trump, fuck Musk).

At almost 73, she still looks gorgeous, she still is a pivotal performance artist,
holding an audience’s attention with a firm sonic grip. To be honest, there were
a couple of monotone percussion moments, but that’s actually a detail that
had no impact whatsoever on the final, puzzling result. Hats off to imperishable
shero Kim Gordon.

PLAY ME


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RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE Released Their 2nd Album ‘EVIL EMPIRE’ Today 30 Years Ago

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Significant longplayers from yesteryear

16 April 2026

L.A.’s rap-metal rockers RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE released their
2nd full-length EVIL EMPIRE on 16 April 1996, today 30 years ago.

It went straight to #1 in the US.

The album’s title came from a speech by Ronald Reagan in
the 1980s, addressing the Soviet Union as the “evil empire”.

“If you look at the atrocities committed by the U.S. in the latter half
of the 20th century, we feel that tag could be easily used to describe
the U.S.”


Press photo by Niels Van Iperen

Rolling Stone wrote: “Heavy metal has never been much of a forum for political discourse. Rage Against the Machine hope to change that with their inflammatory blend of roaring guitars, barked raps and political activism.

Their lyrics lambaste government corruption, media manipulation, big business, complacency and ambivalence, and the band members practice what they preach.”


Inside artwork

Zack de la Rocha about the LP’s artwork: “The image of the second record
was a little ironic, you know? Considering if you look very closely at the boy’s face,
he symbolizes the power structure in the U.S. and if you look at him, he’s smiling as
if he’s in control.

But if you look deeper into his face, you see that he’s afraid, because he knows what’s
comin (note: now, today, we know too). He knows that poor people in the U.S. are not
going to suffer in the way that they are suffering without taking action.”

SINGLE

ALBUM


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