New Album Alert 2026

THE MARY WALLOPERS – Irish Folk Team Release Their 3rd LP ‘PADDYWACKERY’ On September 18th

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11 August 2026


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Band: THE MARY WALLOPERS
Who: Irish folk team based in Dundalk, County Louth. They’re well known for their opposition to far-right and anti-immigration politics, and their support for the liberation of Palestine.

Album: PADDYWHACKERY.
Their 3rd longplayer. Out on September 18th.
More info here.

Press info: “Paddywhackery finds them leaping forwards to create an album that sounds like it’s been made by a band with a tightness and a power that’s unparalleled in music right now.

Recorded in an intense two-week period in Liverpool with The Coral‘s frontman James Skelly and engineer Chris Taylor, Paddywhackery lets the band’s grand wildness shine through and allows their songs to flow out of the speakers with the kind of verve and potency that will make you – the listener – press play again, and again, and again.”

TMW: “It’s mainly about the fact that people would call us “paddywhackery” because we are
too Irish or whatever, but it’s all very fucking hip to be Irish the last couple of years, and maybe that’s performative too, it’s very sincere. If all you do is serious songs, it sterilises everything.

It becomes like there’s only one human emotion and its seriousness. People are terrified of being laughed at. If people are going to call us paddywhackery anyway, we might as well just call the album Paddywhackery. So its more of a “fuck you” than anything else. We want to spread like a virus and destroy anyone who thinks they are above The Mary Wallopers.”

Thus far, 3 singles to jump and bounce yourself nuts to.

– CROWNS OF ENGLAND –

– LANDSLORD’S DEMISE –

– KIT KAT CLUB –

All 3 on Spotify


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THE DURUTTI COLUMN – Woolgatherer VINI REILLY Has New Ambient And Cinematic LP ‘RENASCENT’ Out

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10 August 2026


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Band: THE DURUTTI COLUMN

Who: Post-punk project of Manchester-born, experimental singer-songwriter-guitarist Vincent Gerard “Vini” Reilly (now 72). The band’s name refers to the Durruti Column,
an anarchist military unit in the Spanish Civil War, named after Buenaventura Durruti.

Album: RENASCENT.
His 28th.

Press info: “This album marks the long-awaited return of legendary
Manchester outfit The Durutti Column, their first new studio album
in over 15 years.

Around the guitar work of Vini Reilly, the album plays between sonic atmospherics and structure: warm ambient washes, piano, beats and guest vocal turns by a new generation (Caoilfhionn Rose). Both contemporary and otherworldly.”

MOJO magazine writes: “Listening to the music of Vini Reilly is a process of divine adjustment, a blissful adaptation to a unique sonic environment that feels simultaneously of the past and future but never the present.

Renascent combines luminescent indie pastoralism with ghostly flamenco shadows
and vocal samples that summon dancefloor ghosts of the Haçienda, but also push
forward into new realms with the juddering Afro-futurism of Your Shadow At Evening
and the Beckettian unravelling of Scammer.”

TUTV: This is a soothing, ambient Eno-like soundtrack for a melodramatic movie.
Reilly offers cinematic, dreamy soundscapes, rather than conventional song structures.
His singular, crystalline, finger-picking guitar playing style commands the aural tone throughout.

7 out of the 11 tracks are instrumentals. Caoilfhionn Rose sings on 3, Lucas Elliot
on one, and Reilly stirs with vulnerable vocals on the album’s best piece, the wondrous musing Scammer. Give Renascent a couple of spins, once you’re connected with The Durutti Column‘s imaginative and blue-sky world, you’ll enjoy a very gratifying record.

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OPUS KINK – English Indie Mavericks Have Their Brassy Debut LP ‘THE SWEET GOODBYE’ Out

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4 August 2026

Band: OPUS KINK
Who: Razor-edged, funked-up, sax-and-trumpet-infused
collective from Brighton (UK) fronted by their charismatic
voice/songwriter Angus Rodgers.

Album: THE SWEET GOODBYE
Their debut.


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Press-info: Underscored by a formidable horn section and ragged, sardonic delivery,
the band bear passing resemblance to post-punk and no-wave acts like The Pop Group, Birthday Party and Lounge Lizards.

It’s the weaving of older, more traditional influences: choral, folk, country,
Latin, Weimar cabaret, cruise-ship-crooning, into the fabric of their music
that sets them apart.

NME: Madness and menace abound on the jazz-punk band’s long-awaited first album. It’s a the debut that Opus Kink should have made, but the problem with coming up amongst a scene is that the scene moves fast and what once sounded fresh can swiftly become old news. Give it a little more time and ‘The Sweet Goodbye’ might come into its own, away from the shadow of what recently went before.”


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TUTV: 10 years since they formed this London indie collective unleash their debut LP, following their attention-grabbing 7-track debut EP My Eyes, Brother! from 2022. A brassy, funky and punky-jazzy party record, stuffed with pelvis-wobbling grooves and Angus Rodgers‘ bossy vocals pushing his abstract stories up front.

OP blend, effortlessly, vaudeville, ska and mariachi elements in heart-stopping and envigorating dynamics. Move. Move. Move. Yet, The Sweet Goodbye doesn’t feel convincing after the last track fades out because, overall, it lacks versatility, as the band rarely leave their comfort zone, creating a déjà vu throughout the album’s progression.

Two more things: With I’m A Pretty Show Boy they score(d) a long-lasting, hypnotically swinging knockout, and If you get the chance to see them live, don’t miss them. As I
already experienced 3 times, they blew you off your feet.

The singles.

– I’M A PRETTY SHOW BOY –

– THE HEAD TREE –
Featuring The New Eves

– COME OVER, DO ME WRONG –

– THE SWEET GOODBYE –

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BLOC PARTY – English Indie Rockers Release 7th LP In September – Info & Its 3 Singles Here

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3 August 2026


📸 Charlie Pryor

London’s indie rockers BLOC PARTY, fronted by charismatic singer-songwriter
Kele Okereke will release their 7th full-length, named ANATOMY OF A BRIEF
ROMANCE, on September 11th. Tracklist here.

Press info: “A narrative work examining a year-long relationship
in intimate and often brutal detail, realised in the studio with the
legendary Trevor Horn.”

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.”

Check out the 3 shared singles so far.

– COMING ON STRONGE –

– LOVE BOMBS –

– NOW WE CAN’T BE FRIENDS –

All 3 on Spotify


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God Bless CYPRESS HILL – Hip-Hop Legends Release New All Spanish Album ‘DIOS BENDIGA’

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24 July 2026

It has been 4 years since hip-rap-hop dopeheads
CYPRESS HILL released LP #10 with Back In Black.

But the wait is over. Full-length number 11, named DIOS BENDIGA (Spanish for ‘God Bless’) is out now. An album performed entirely in Spanish that aims to highlight their Latin roots and reconnect directly with their cultural heritage.

Press info: “Hip-hop legends Cypress Hill were the first Latino-American hip-hop
group to achieve platinum and multiplatinum success. In partnership with Hybe
Latin America, they present the first, fully Spanish-language album of their career.

This is a deeply personal and spiritual project for the group that highlights
their Latin roots and reconnects directly with their cultural heritage.”

TUTV: Prepare your ears, your hips, and by extension your whole body for a hip-rap-hop summer fiesta. With Cypress Hill, cocktail-flavored fun is guaranteed. Their word-waterfall dynamism and insane-in-the-brain eurhythmics are key (once again).

MAGA idiots will probably whine again that American artists sing in Spanish (remember their Bad Bunny hate?). Que se jodan! Music doesn’t have (language) boundaries.

Once upon a time Bob Dylan sang “I would not feel so all alone / Everybody must get stoned.”
Dios Bendiga has the vivid vibes to get high (with/without weed). Shake your booty, folks.

Singles.

– CAMPEONES –

– WACHA TRUTA –

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LENNY KAYE – At 79 Longtime PATTI SMITH Guitarist Has His Mellow Solo Debut Album Out

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21 July 2026


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Artist: LENNY KAYE
Who: Best known as the longtime guitarist for
more than 50 years, of Patti Smith‘s band.

Album: GOIN’ LOCAL
At 79, and after a zillion years in the music
business, Kaye released his solo debut LP.

Kaye: “I feel like I’m a new artist. I think this album will surprise
those who think they know me from what I’ve done previously.”


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Mojo: “His unguarded tenderness can be disarmingly guileless,
an unexpected and welcome evolution from the godfather of
garage rock.”

TUTV: Well, you’re obviously never too old to put out your debut LP. Of course,
after half a decade playing in Patti Smith’s band, Kaye knows what is needed to
deliver appealing goods.

You would expect Kaye to come up with a bunch of full-on rockers, instead, except
for the wired-up title track and Solstice, he chooses mellow Americana romanticism,
and his warm voice fits the sweet-toned mood like a glove. Touchy-feely musings and dreamy ballads sign for a tenderhearted record.

Get in your laid-back rockin’ chair and let
yourself be entertained by Goin’ Local.

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HAVVK – Irish Alt Rock Duo Deliver New Intense Roller Coaster Album With ‘TIME WILL KILL’

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20 July 2026

Band: HAVVK
Who: Steamy punk rock duo
from Ireland. Vocalist Julie Hough and
multi-instrumentalist Matt Harris

Album: TIME WILL KILL
Their 4th.

Press info: At its core, the album taps into a powerful,
universal tension: the race against time.

Vocalist Julie Hough has battled insomnia for many years and is diagnosed with ADHD, which continues to inform HAVVK’s work, with this new album delving deeper into themes of restlessness, vulnerability, and the fragile line between exhaustion and clarity.

It captures the restless feeling that life is moving faster than we can keep up, where unfinished to-do lists, lost passions, and the urge to make a real impact all collide.

Set against a backdrop of global and national unrest, the album confronts the guilt
and conflict of pursuing personal meaning while the world feels like it’s unravelling.

The album frames meaningful relationships as both a lifeline and a quiet act
of resistance, highlighting the human drive to stay present in an unstable world.

TUTV: HAVVK alternate punked-up belters with flaming torch songs. Julie Hough‘s
gutsy vocals infuse all tracks, speedy or slow, heavy or quieter, with tenacious panache. She ventilates and challenges her mental health problems with all the force she has in
her heart and soul. It makes Time Will Kill a vociferous and intense roller coaster album.

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TRICKY – Trip-Hop Groove Master Welcomes You Once Again Into His Cosmic Space With New LP ‘DIFFERENT WHEN IT’S SILENT’

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17 July 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.

Today his new 15th full-length DIFFERENT WHEN IT’S SILENT is out.

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 his manager Alan McGee felt the songs clearly belonged to a Tricky record.’

TUTV: The longtime trip-hop master didn’t/doesn’t change his sonic palette for the past
few years/albums. Not necessary whatsoever to my satisfied ears. His tense and tenebrific trademark synth-grooves, mostly mid-tempo, still have a transfixing and chilling effect.

And as ever, a vocal partner (in the early years Martina Topley-Bird, then Marta Zlakowska and Francesca Belmonte as the most notable) is an instrumental part
of Tricky‘s overall bewildering sound.

This time it’s young, riveting Bristol voice Mitch Sanders who co-stars for the greater
part with Tricky‘s whispering vocals in the back, engendering the familiar, spookish twilight atmosphere. Again Tricky makes you feel comfortable in his cliffhanging cosmic space.

Standout Tracks: Singles Because I Don’t Know and I’m Yours /
Paris Maybe / So Cold / Piano / Frontier Town and Out Of Place.

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XIU XIU Fascinate with A Hallucinatory Sonic Odyssey On ‘ERASERHEAD XIU XIU’

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16 July 2026

Californian experimental duo XIU XIU deliver their second LP honoring the iconic filmmaker David Lynch (1946-2025), with their musical vision of his first pitch-black, surreal fantasy movie Eraserhead from 1977. It tells the story of a bizarre man who
tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newborn mutant child.

This new XX’s project is named ERASERHEAD XIU XIU

Movie trailer.

Press info: “In 2016, with the blessing of David Lynch and Angelo Badalamenti, Xiu Xiu released and toured the surprisingly successful album Plays The Music Of Twin Weaks.

Now they return with Eraserhead Xiu Xiu. A new live concert with accompanying film
and full-length album that uses field recordings, concert specific homemade instruments, organ, modular synths, vocals, flashlights, electrical interference, and elements of musique concrete to express the bizarre emotionality, conflicted sexuality, relentless darkness, and singularly unsettled moonscape of this most incredible of midnight masterpieces.

The album itself is a masterpiece in sound collage and experimentation, shifting
from minimal auditory sensations to a clobbering, grotesque cacophony.”

TUTV: XX’s hallucinatory sonic odyssey is as outlandish, Kafkaesque, and
phantasmagorical as the movie. You need to take time, separate yourself from
your surroundings, dim the light, and sit down to immerse yourself, with your
earphones on, in the petrifying, distorted sound disturbance spread across
7 trance-like (long and short) tracks.

Don’t go to sleep immediately after.

Play it loud.


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THE ROLLING STONES – It’s Only Rock And Roll But We Like ‘FOREIGN TONGUES’

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11 July 2026

Eternal rock icons THE ROLLING STONES have their 25th LP, FOREIGN TONGUES out.

The Telegraph (English newspaper) writes: “There is more than enough vitality,
wit, richness, energy and joy on offer here to make the case that rock ’n’ roll still
rules in the modern pop firmament, and the Stones remain its greatest advocates.’

TUTV: As expected, nothing un-Stonesque on this new longplayer.

Jagger (82), Richards (82) and Wood (79) are still addicted to piping hot blues crackers (Rough And Twisted / Never Wanna Lose You / Covered In You), they still know how to rock
out with lots of decibels (In The Stars / Mr Charm / Never Wanna Loose / Hit Me In The Head / Side Effects) and they still come up with powerful ballads (Jealous Lover / Ringing Hollow / Some Of Us / Back In Your Life).

Overall, it’s a bit much of the same, close family to their previous LP Hackney Diamonds. Catchy tunes, but no memorable ones for the future. No fillers, but no real killers either.

On the other hand, it’s quite spectacular to hear a 64-year-old band generating
so much ardency, fervency and vibrancy. Foreign Tongues displays a joie de vivre
many young groups can learn from.

The Stones could have retired a very long time ago.
But rock ‘n’ blues roll was/is and will always be in
their hearts and souls. Hats off. Bless them.

Singles.

– ROUGH AND TWISTED –

– IN THE STARS –

– JEALOUS LOVER –

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