Vitalizing tunes that work faster than a stream of caffeine
4 April 2026
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Only this week JACK WHITE (né John Anthony Gillis 50 years ago in Detroit) announced
an European tour, and he follows that news now with 2 new firecrackers, his first new music since his 6th solo album NO NAME, that came out in 2024.
They’re both White vintage, unbridled garage blues-rock headbangers.
Vitalizing tunes that work faster than a stream of caffeine
2 April 2026
Belfast‘s notorious rap & roll activists KNEECAP – Mo Chara,
Móglaí Bap, and DJ Próvaí – hip and hop around with a knife
between their sharp teeth since 2017.
They released their debut album 3cag in 2018
and went viral in 2024 with follow-up Fine Art.
Last year, the spotlight wasn’t really on their music but more on their
problems with some governments for their support for Palestine on
and off stage.
This year will see the release of their 3rd longplayer.
It’s baptized FENIAN, Irish for Fínín, an adjective with Fíníneach Origin: Old Irish féne, the name of an ancient
Irish people.
The album is promoted as “A new chapter, new sounds, new manifestos.
A blistering album that revels in darkness while bursting through the void
with illuminated revery.”
Vitalizing tunes that work faster than a stream of caffeine
Band: DEAD PIONEERS Who: Sharp-mouthed punks
from Denver.
Track: NO KINGS
New piece from their upcoming 3rd LP, named Wagon Burner .
I’ll hit our stereos on June 26th. More info here.
Album artwork
TUTV: Following blitzkrieg bomb Nazi Teeth, the punk pioneers go after that orange moron in the White House. The new crushing cannonball refers to the massive No Kings Protests (June 2025, October 2025, and March 2026), with millions across the US, hitting the streets to oppose the actions and policies of the incompetent and tyrannic Trump administration. Wake up, world, and join the protests.
Vitalizing tunes that work faster than a stream of caffeine
26 March 2026
Band: NOIR ADDICTION Who: Italy-based industrial rock project built around Sonny Lanegan, a musician and producer whose earlier work included White Pulp and The Dead Good in Los Angeles.
New track: SERVE ME SOME CRIME
It’ll feature on their 2nd album, named Pretty Things Don’t Last, out July 16th.
Lanegan: “At its core, the song is about freedom not the peaceful, inspirational kind, but the messy kind. The kind where you allow yourself to be contradictory, to not have it all figured out, to embrace a bit of chaos instead of pretending you’re always in control. It’s me saying: if life insists on being absurd, I might as well play along.”
Stunning artwork
TUTV: From the get-go, bombastic bass drones and frenetic guitars set the tone and
never lose their grip on this red-hot dark-Goth-wavish stomper. Think Bauhaus rockin’
out or Sisters Of Mercy performing on a vertiginous roller coaster. Add vocals coming from a dark place, and the revolving sonic picture is complete. Start the turbo up. Here. Now.
Vitaziling tunes that work faster than a stream of caffeine
24 March 2026
British rock giants MUSE, fronted by the emo-loaded Matt Bellamy
started their triumphant odyssey back in 1994. WTF! That’s 32 years
ago. Stop the clocks.
It’s been 4 years since their latest album Will Of The People, hit planet Earth.
Press info: “Muse are a culturally-attuned, genre-defying band who channel the anxieties of each era—technology, power, rebellion, and identity—into maximalist, stadium-ready rock that evolves with the times while staying unmistakably Muse.”
Along with the news, the band dropped the first single, titled BE WITH YOU.
Pure MUSE. Another bombast-fueled nugget powered by booming synths, Bellamy‘s hysterical guitar entering the room midway, and his melodramatic vocals.
Vitalizing tunes that work faster than a stream of caffeine
18 March 2026
San Antonio‘s heavyweight rockers BUTTHOLE SURFERS
made a lot of out-of-the-way riff racket between 1981 and
2017 with 8 LPs.
In 1998, they had canned a new album, titled After The Astronaut,
but their label at the time, Capitol Records didn’t like it and cancelled it.
The band changed labels and fabricated another LP, named Weird Revolution
with songs from the dumped After The Astronaut, but the critics sabered it.
Now, after all these years, the Surfers got back to work to rejuvenate the album
the way they want it, and it’ll hit the streets on June 24. Pre-order info here.
King Coffey (drummer) says in a press released
that the original vision for the LP was different:
“After the Astronaut was a fun project. We were using all the digital toys at our disposal at the time, and it felt much like the creation of Locust Abortion (1987). We were playing with new toys, creating things that amused us with the crayons we had, and we weren’t worried about radio airplay. It felt like we were going back to our experimental roots while still navigating the major label ecosystem.”
Along with the news comes a first taster,
a jangly-shaky groover called JET FIGHTER.
Vitalizing tunes that work faster than a stream of caffeine
12 March 2026
MODEST MOUSE were conceived in 1993 in Issaquah, Washington, and are
currently based in Portland, Oregon. They have released, with changing line-ups,
7 albums, with The Golden Casket from 2021 as their latest.
In 2024 they issued an Expanded 20th Anniversary Edition of their 4th longplayer Good News For People Who Love Bad News and toured extensively throughout
2024 and 2025, they even played on a cruise ship.
And they don’t get tired of the road. More dates
for 2026 have just been announced (see below).
Lately at their shows, they’ve been playing an unreleased song called LOOK HOW FAR….
To huge fan demand they have the boisterous banger shared online now. Only 115 seconds long, but you know what the repeat button was invited for.
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9 March 2026
JEHNNY BETH, France-born, former frontwoman of female post-punk band Savages (2011-2017) released her 2nd album, named You Heartbreaker, You.
A trash-smash NIN-like record, a gloom and doom opus challenging these
disorderly times.
Now Beth teamed up with Mike Patton, former frontman of Faith No More, Mr Bungle, Tomahawk. He was/is also involved in countless collaborations.
Beth said Patton was a huge influence on her when she was recording her You Heartbreaker, You album. So when she and her partner Johnny Hostile
decided to write LOOK AT ME, she immediately decided she wanted Patton
on the track.
Beth: “When Mike sent his vocals it was like choosing candy in a candy store, he had a million ideas, it was mind blowing. The modern sellers of truth, who share their opinion online on how to ‘better oneself,’ giving an illusion of control — but all they really want is to be the centre of attention.”
And? The duo drone away to bashing percussion while their diabolical voices sound
as if coming from a very dark place. No rest for the wicked. No sleep for the corrupt
and war-addicted world leaders.
The accompanying video clip is a sex suggesting affair.
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.”
Following Everyone’s The Same,APTBS drop another heated headbutt
called ACID RAIN. The accompanying guerrilla-like filmed video clip was
shot on a subway in New York.
“War, huh, yeah
What is it good for?
Absolutely nothing, uhh
War, huh, yeah
What is it good for?
Absolutely nothing
Say it again, y’all
War, huh (good God)
What is it good for?
Absolutely nothing, listen to me, oh”
War, I despise
‘Cause it means destruction of innocent lives
War means tears to thousands of mother’s eyes
When their sons go off to fight
And lose their lives
I said, war, huh (good God, y’all)
What is it good for?
Absolutely nothing, just say it again
War (whoa), huh (oh Lord)
What is it good for?
Absolutely nothing, listen to me
It ain’t nothing but a heart-breaker
(War) Friend only to The Undertaker
Oh, war it’s an enemy to all mankind
The thought of war blows my mind
War has caused unrest
Within the younger generation
Induction then destruction
Who wants to die? Oh
War, huh (good God y’all)
What is it good for?
Absolutely nothing
War, huh (good God y’all)
What is it good for?
Absolutely nothing, say it again
War (whoa), huh (oh Lord)
What is it good for?
Absolutely nothing, listen to me
