New Albums

NEIL YOUNG Reveals More Details Of New Upcoming LP With THE CHROME HEARTS

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23 April 2026


Photo by Turn Up The Volume – Brussels, September 2025

A couple of weeks ago imperishable rock star and political activist NEIL YOUNG
said in a press release that a 2nd LP with The Chrome Hearts was in the making.

Young who cancelled all his planned concerts for this summer gave more details
regarding the upcoming album via an update on his Archives website. He revealed
that 3 of the songs were written more than 60 years ago.

Young: “It’s quite a special album to me. Music is a gift and when it comes
like this I really feel it. Everything here feels so good. I hope you will agree.”

He goes on to say that the album includes five news song, noting
they recorded four on day one in the studio, and the fifth on day two.

“We were then out of songs. We needed more. The next morning I had a song going
through my head and was playing it. I checked it out in the archives and found it was
from 1963, unreleased.”

“There were three more. I found the three others with it, also
unreleased. Three 60 year old songs and five brand new ones!”

Yep, that’s some more details, but the album’s title and exact
release date (somewhere this summer) is still unknown.

First album with The Chrome Hearts, named
Talkin’ To The Trees was released last year,
in June.


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TRICKY Will Launch His 15th Album ‘DIFFERENT WHEN IT’S SILENT’ In July – Discover First Single ‘OUT OF PLACE’

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23 April 2026

Tired of his limited role with Massive Attack, trip-hop bigwig TRICKY (born Adrian
Nicholas Matthews Thaws in Bristol-UK 58 years ago) wanted to do his own thing.

So, 31 years ago (I know, sounds like ages), he
left MA and started his significant solo career.

On July 17th, he will launch his 15th full-length.
It’s named Different When It’s Silent. Tracklist
and pre-order info here.

Press info: “‘Different When It’s Silent’ follows a prolific period of activity. Since 2020’s ‘Fall to Pieces’ LP, Tricky has released music under several different guises, all via his own label, ‘False Idols’. Yet returning to an album under his own name took on a different shape. For Tricky it was another side project, until ehis manager Alan McGee felt the songs clearly belonged to a Tricky record.’

Tricky (who lost his daughter Mina, who took her own life, in 2019) : “Since my daughter died, I want to work. I want to do stuff. But all the press, being on camera, everything just changed when she died. I’ve never been a pop star as such but: that made me even more
want to go in the background.”

In 2020, he released his heart-wrenching LP Fall To Pieces that dealt with his terrible loss.

“Emotionally, I’m saying I’m ready to start my life again. I’m looking forward to touring. I want to record. I was emotionally paralysed. Now I’m moving again. And sonically, this lets people know: if you have your own sound, you’ll never go out of fashion. When genres come and go, you’ll still be there. This album says that – nothing sounds like it.”

The lead single is titled OUT OF PLACE and features
his collaborator of late, Marta Zlakowska, on vocals.

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MODEST MOUSE Announce 8th LP ‘AN ERASER AND A MAZE’ – Info & 2 Singles Below

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22 April 2026


Photo by Robin Laananen

Portland-based rockers formed in 1993 in Issaquah, Washington, and have been
quite busy lately. It started with the celebration of the 20th anniversary of their
4th LP Good News For People Who Love Bad News, and a tour that is still
running until June.

Tour Dates: here.

And yesterday, songwriter Isaac Brock and his M&Ms announced the upcoming birth of their 8th LP. It’s baptized AN ERASER AND A MAZE and is slated for release on June 5th. More info here.


New album artwork

Press info: “A physics theory says past, present, and future coexist, and that’s the best
lens for An Eraser and a Maze, which feels like every era of Modest Mouse happening at
once. Guided by Isaac Brock’s instinct-first process, the album is both familiar and alien,
warm and cold.

It stretches across the band’s sonic history, from propulsive classics to stripped,
raw moments, while carrying an undercurrent of mortality and loss that refuses
easy optimism.”

Last month, they already shared the LP’s first piece, ‘Look How Far…’, but without
further data. Now, along with the 2nd single ‘Picking Dragon’s Pockets’ came the aforementioned communication.

– PICKING DRAGONS’ POCKETS –

– LOOK HOW FAR… –

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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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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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POND – Australian Psych Rockers Launch Their 11th LP In June – Info & First Two Singles Right Here

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16 April 2026

Band: POND
Who: Popular psych-rock
vets from down under.

New album: TERRESTRIALS
Their 11th. Out on June 19th.
Pre-order info here.

Press info: “Terrestrials is a cyclone of urgent, scorched earth rock’n’roll, tipping
the hat to the sounds of then while squarely facing up to the here and now.

Conceived from a place of reverence for a particularly potent epoch in Oz rock, Terrestrials mines the sound of open sky melancholia, heat haze sizzling on the plains and jangly pub backrooms that hits an eternally poignant nerve for anyone familiar with the sound, time and place.”

Two spaced-out tasters so far.

– TERRESTIALS –

A both glittery and far-out tune
with a supercharged finale.

– TWO HANDS –

Funky groover.
Edgy earworm.

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Welsh Fervid Rockers HOLY COVES Release Their 4th LP ‘HIRAETH’ In August – Info & The First Two Heartfelt Singles

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15 April 2026

Band: HOLY COVES
Who: Highly passionate Welsh rockers, fronted
by singer-songwriter Scott Marsden.

Album: HIRAETH
Their 4th one. It’ll land on August 14th.
Pre-order info here.

Hiraeth is a Welsh word that describes
a deep, nostalgic longing or homesickness.

The band have dropped 2 ardent tasters (so far).

– FALLING DOWN –

A song that tells the tragic story of the loss of frontman Scott Marsden‘s
uncle Tony, who sadly drowned as a child in Cyprus. It was a story Scott was
told from a very young age, staying with him his whole life, creating a fear
of the water.

TUTV: An astonishing piece of riff-roasting catharsis


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– HOLE –

Marsden: “After my Mum passed away last year it got me thinking a lot about death,
and what does all this really matter after we’re gone. We really do need to make the most
of the time we have, and to make each day count. There really is always a light at the end
of the tunnel, however hard it may seem.”

TUTV: Another flaming and voltaic, vintage HC burst.


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JOE JACKSON – British Veteran Songsmith Has His 22th Album ‘HOPE AND FURY’ Out

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10 April 2026

Artist: The lauded British,
singer-songwriter veteran.

New Album: HOPE AND FURY
His 22nd one.

Press info: “Often labelled a musical chameleon, Jackson insists that most of his work belongs to his own “mainstream” – sophisticated pop songs with ever-shifting rhythms
and textures. After his playful detour with What A Racket! (a 2023 side project exploring early 20th-century British entertainment and music), he now returns to that core territory.

The result, according to Jackson, falls somewhere between Fool (2019), Laughter and
Lust (1991), and Night and Day (1982). Nine new songs in total – ranging from biting,
witty pop to moving ballads.”

TUTV: At the age of 71 and after an impressive 56-year career, Jackson has earned
lots of stars and stripes. This new LP will be another one to remember. The versatile
songsmith obviously wanted to have and make fun.

He returns to his swinging Latin-pop side with both jaunty and vigorous ballroom tunes: Welcome to Burning-By-Sea, I’m Not Sorry, Made God Laugh, Do Do Do, and Fabulous People (actually the first 5 tracks).

But with the closing quartet of songs After All This Time, The Face, End Of The Pier, and
See You In September he leaves the cocktail party behind him and offers some good
old Jackson musings. It makes Hope and Fury an album with, sonically, 2 different
moods. I like the ebullient one the most, it smells like spring spirit.

KEY SINGLE

ALBUM


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A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS – New York’s Nightmare Rockers Release ‘2015-2025’ Compilation ‘RARE AND DEADLY’

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Photo credit: Heather Bickford

New York‘s nightmarish noiseniks A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS, founded and
fronted by singer/songwriter/bassist Oliver Ackermann, have a new album out,
titled Rare And Deadly.

Press Info: “The record cracks open a decade-long vault of raw nerve and sonic chaos. Spanning 2015–2025, the collection gathers demos, B-sides, abandoned experiments, and forgotten fragments pulled from Ackermann’s personal archive of late-night recordings, blown-out tapes, and half-finished sessions.

These tracks capture the band at their most unfiltered, caught between
breakthrough ideas and beautiful mistakes, with the edges left jagged
on purpose.”

TUTV: Generally, albums featuring previously unreleased tracks, demos, rarities, etc.,
are an excuse for being too lazy to make new music and/or to make some easy money. This is an exception. This compilation counts enough badass barnstormers to get APTBS fans in an intoxicating rush of bafflement. Kudos to mastermind Ackerman for assembling a worthy collection of tracks that could have ended up on any of their 3 last albums.

SINGLE

ALBUM


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THE STROKES Announce New Album ‘REALITY AWAITS

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6 April 2026

NYC’s rock celebs THE STROKES broke the news today of the release
of their new, 7th LP, titled REALITY AWAITS. It’ll be out in the “summer“.

That’s all, folks. More details TBA.

They posted this car to tease the news

The previous full-length, the topflight The New Abnormal came out 6 years ago in 2020.


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