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ANGINE DE POITRINE – Mysterious Canadian Experimental Post-Punk Duo Wins Prestigious Prize

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13 June 2026

Mysterious, experimental, Canadian post-punk duo ANGINE DE POITRINE
(French for angina pectoris. A severe pain in the chest and left arm, caused by
heart disease) featuring (cuckoo aliases) Khn de Poitrine (guitar/bass) and Klek
de Poitrine (drums) became a sensation overnight with the release of their 2nd
jaw-dropping LP, Vol. II, last April (named by TUTV as one of the 5 best albums
of that month).

Suddenly, all their tour dates sold out in no time.

Three days ago, they won a prestigious prize with the
Global Breakthrough Award at Billboard Canada Power
Players 2026.

VOL. II


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Instagram – Spotify

THE CURE’s Orchestrator ROBER SMITH Says The Band Have Almost Canned 3 New Albums

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Goth Gods THE CURE have almost canned 3 longplayers according to their
orchestrator ROBERT SMITH, who told so to BBC Radio 6 yesterday (June 8).

Smith: “We did record three albums’ worth of songs, so the
second one is done, so that’s about to be delivered to Universal.

“The third one is weird, actually. Now I’ve been doing this, people think,
‘Ah, it’s because he’s been working with Olivia, because the third one is
actually really upbeat.

It’s really poppy, but it doesn’t compare melodically to the stuff that Olivia does,
but it’s my idea of Cure Pop. It’s probably 20 BPM slower than anything she does,
but compared to what we’ve done in the last couple of years, it’s really rocking.
It’s banging.”

THE FALL – Reports Of Posthumous Album Named ‘POST SCRIPT’

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Saying that Manchester‘s notorious post-punk icons THE FALL, the brainchild
of the late, controversial singer-songwriter MARK E. SMITH (1957-2018) had
a turbulent career is a huge understatement.

They hit the north in 1976 and broke up when Smith passed away,
8 years ago, after a long illness with lung and kidney cancer, aged 61.

Smith was an authoritarian bandleader who fired a long list of members.
But, yes, he was also a genial musician and storyteller who released 31 LPs
with an ever-changing group, which included his former Brix Smith for
two stints (1983–1989, and 1994–1996)

A posthumous called POST SCIPT should be out sometime this year.

All FALL Albums

CHRISSIE HYNDE (As So Many Other Big Stars) Wonders Why People Use Their Phones At Concerts

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As many other BIG stars CHRISSIE HYNDE
doesn’t like phones at her concerts.
Okay, no problem, that’s her opinion.
See her message on her Instagram below.

Hey Chrissie I have some Q’s for you too:

Why is live music these days for rich people and not for the young,
who have to rob a bank first before being able to buy a ticket for big
shows?

Why is the merch so criminally expensive at big concerts?

Why can we get a refund when the artist plays an awful gig?

Why do some star artists start their shows too late and finish too late,
so we miss our train/bus/metro, and nobody takes responsibility, let
alone cares, when this happens?

Why is it that artists can decide what the audience can and
can’t do at concerts, despite the fact we pay a lot of money
to get in?

I have some more Q’s on my mind, but I’ll go with these above first.

Why do we have to pay a lot of money for tickets to see a big name like you performing, Chrissie? Why can we get a refund when the artist plays an awful gig? Why is the merch so criminally expensive? Why is live music these days for rich people and not for the young, who have to rob a bank first before being able to buy a ticket for big shows? I really want to hear your opinion on that, Chrissie!

NOTHING BUT THIEVES – New Album, New Single & New Tour

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27 May 2026

Muscular British rock topliners NOTHING BUT THIEVES just announced the upcoming birth of their 5th full-length. It’s named Stray Dogs and will arrive on September 25th.

Pre-order info here.

Last week they already teased the new LP with the
release of the first single, steaming corker Evolution.

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TOUR 2027

Ticket info here.

Instagram – Facebook

NOEL & LIAM GALLAGHER Together At Number 11 On This Year’s UK RICH LIST

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19 May 2026

The Gallagher brothers’ combined net worth is estimated at £375 million, placing
them at #11 on this year’s list of the richest people in the UK music business

Noel: “I better call my accountant because I know
for a fact that I haven’t got that much money.”

Now I’m totally convinced that the bros will never look back in anger.

Read the full NME feature here.

Ps: Former English football star David Beckham is the first billionaire
sportsman (fortune combined with his wife’s, Victoria ‘Posh’ Adams).

Spotify 20 Years – TURN UP THE VOLUME’s History Results

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18 May 2026

Spotify was founded on April 23, 2006 by two Swedish bussinesmen.

To mark their 20th anniversary, all listeners got a special, fully personalised look
recently, at their entire music history, since their first stream. You can discover the
total number of unique songs you have listened to, the first song you ever streamed
and your all-time most-streamed artist.

All listeners also received their very own All-Time Top Songs Playlist, a collection
of their top 120 tracks, complete with play counts shown, and ready to save to
their library.

You can find more info on Spotify 20.

TURN UP THE VOLUME
History Results

First streamed song
On 12 December 2014
‘Twist It‘ by indie punks MING CITY ROCKERS (Birmingham, UK)


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Number of Streamed Songs.

49, 474

Most Streamed Song

‘Ode To The Meds’ by THE STROKES.
From their 2020 album The New Abnormal.

253 listens in 6 years.


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Most-streamed artist

6,749 minutes, that’s about 112 hours

THE STONES Reveal Tracklist Of Their Upcoming Album ‘FOREIGN TONGUES’

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14 May 2026

As the whole wide world should know by now THE ROLLING
STONES will have a new album, titled Foreign Tongues, their
25th, out on July 10th.

They gave us 2 tasters so far with In The Stars
and Rough & Twisted. Listen below.

Now they posted the tracklist of the LP.

– ROUGH AND TWISTED –

– IN THE STARS –

Instagram – Linktree – All Albums

U2 On Top Of A Bus For Upcoming New Single ‘STREET OF DREAMS’

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13 May 2026

According to Rolling Stone Magazine, the Irish superstars U2
have canned their 15th album, which will be released later
in the year.

The lead single is called Street Of Dreams and an accompanying video
was shot with the band performing on a bus in Mexico City (not on the
roof of a building in Los Angeles, like they did way back in 1987 for the clip
of Where The Streets Have No Name).

Watch a snippet of the bus commotion.