8 November 2026
RICHARD LLOYD, along with Tom Verlaine (1949-2023), the innovative
guitarist of legendary proto-punk band TELEVISION, has passed away
yesterday, aged 75.
The band’s 1977 debut LP Marquee Moon
still stands as an influential magnum opus
of the era.
20 October 2026
Legendary country & rock star GRAM PARSONS (1946-1973), who passed away
at only 26, following a drug and alcohol overdose, will be inducted, posthumously,
into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on November 14th.
Ahead of it, November 11, a cast of big names such as Elvis Costello, The Black Crowes,
and Emmylou Harris will pay tribute to Parsons at the by-now historic Troubadour club
in West Hollywood, CA. The evening is announced as ‘A Song For Gram Parsons’.
Photo on top: Cover of ‘Gram Parsons – Solo Years’ LP
15 October 2026
On November 27th, the Record Store Day organisation
will take part again in the yearly Black Friday event.
One of the countless releases is an exclusive, standalone vinyl LP in a limited-edition
gold vinyl of the 1965 original version released in the US by Capitol Records, of the
masterpiece album Rubber Soul by The Beatles.
The audio has been sourced from the original 1965 US production master referencing
the contemporary mastering notes of the time. Pressed on a 180g heavyweight gold LP and housed in a poly-lined inner bag within a single outer sleeve that replicates the original US Album release.
As had occurred with all The Beatles’ albums released in the US, the tracklisting is different from its UK counterpart. For this Capitol release, ‘Drive My Car’, ‘Nowhere Man’, ‘What Goes On’ and ‘If I Needed Someone’ were sidelined from the sequence of the UK LP.
A total of 15,000 copies are available.
UK
More info about this Beatles exclusive in the UK here.
All participating shops here.
US
Info about this Beatles exclusive here.
List of (most) US shops here
OTHER COUNTRIES
Go to the website of RECORD STORE DAY to find out where.
Music maestro, please.
.
This is the same man who released a full politically
charged album with Metallica in 1988, named
…And Justice For All.
Why this nonsensical remark, Mister Hatfield? Just do what you want to do,
but don’t tell others what they should do according to you, macho millionaire.
A new limited screen-print (600 worldwide) of SIOUXSIE SIOUX (born
Susan Janet Ballion 69 years ago in Southwark, London) for sale this Friday,
October 9th via Siouxsie’s website or Obey Giant’s website.
Read all about it below.
And kisses for you too, Suzy.
6 October 2026
Credit: L7 Press
Jennifer Finch the bass player of all-female Californian rock band L7
from 1986-1996 and then, after the band’s hiatus, from 2014 to 2026,
sadly passed away last July due to brain cancer. She was 59.
The band decided to go ahead with their planned final tour, which
starts tonight in San Diego. Former L7 bassist Janis Tanaka will replace
the unfortunate Jennifer Finch.
They also shared a previously unreleased track today, called LOMA LINDA.
The song dates all back to 2003, when the band recorded the original demo alongside bassist Janis Tanaka. It’s available as a free download on their website for the next week.
Donita Sparks (vocalist/guitarist): “I was searching the band’s archives and came across this unfinished track from when Janis was in the bands. It still sounded rather fresh and very L7 so we recorded new vocals with new lyrics and some other additional tracks and cranked it out in a couple of days ahead of this upcoming tour. Gotta warn ya, we dig it and hope you do too.”
LOMA LINDA
