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Coming out of Ypsilanti, Michigan, is the alternative rock outfit TV Blackout. The band’s new single is titled “Eyes Burn Red”, and this is the lead single off their debut album titled “Loss of Control”…. athrilling, gritty opener packing ’90s grunge guitars, punchy post-punk drive, and the brooding swagger of Fontaines D.C.It is quite the opening track for an album, as it kicks off with a rush of ’90s indie rock guitars mixed with some punchy drum beats and a tone that reminds me of the early days of the post-punk revival scene in the UK.The intro is less than…

A cycle of Appalachian folk songs from writer and activist Si Kahn, subtitled Songs for Strong Kentucky WomenThe subtitle for this album is “Si Kahn’s Songs for Strong Kentucky Women”. Si Kahn is one of American folk music’s most enduring and consequential figures – a songwriter, performer, and lifelong organiser whose has been a voice for music and activism in Kentucky for six decades.East Kentucky musician and Appalachian traditional dancer Carla Gover put together a cast of female musicians from Kentucky to record a cycle of Kahn’s songs. Gover says; “I’ve never been able to resist a concept album, even…

kroshka__nastya via FreepikIf a music writer opens ten press releases this month, they’ll spot something odd. They all sound like the same person wrote them. Not because the artists share a publicist, or because there’s a house style doing the rounds, but because a growing number of them were drafted, in whole or in part, by the same few AI prompts, all trained on the same diet of prior press releases, all juggling the same set of stock phrases.My AUK colleagues will recognise the phrases. The record that “weaves together” influences. The songwriter “unafraid to bare their soul.” The album…

A decade is a long time between albums, but Alyssa Bonagura has chosen the optimum moment to release America’s Backroads.“It tells the story of the last ten years of my life,” explains the Nashville songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. “These are songs that I’ve played live or just never cut. When you write songs, sometimes they’re perfect for that moment. At other times they meet you years later and you’re like: ‘Oh my god, now that’s for me!’ That’s the magic of it.”The richly autobiographical America’s Backroads, Bonagura’s fourth studio album, details a life spent criss-crossing the States, gathering experiences – good…

In a new interview for Blazing Minds, I caught up with the ever-busy and multifaceted Francesca Mepham to discuss her upcoming ghost story play Squeak, the dark drama mono film My Daddy Is a Rag and Bone Man, her recent appearance in the show Zik of Africa at the Shaw Theatre, her new podcast Fantastic View Of, and her work as Chairwoman of the ECG Official Theatre Expert Council. Q: You’ve got your new ghost story called Squeak. Can you tell us a little bit about Squeak and what’s happening with that. A: Yes. Originally, I came up with the…

Thirty years after Republica’s self‑titled debut detonated on the mid‑90s scene, Saffron Sprackling still talks about the band like it’s all just kicking off. With a 30th‑anniversary reissue on the way and a new UK tour booked, she isn’t treating this as a museum piece. For her, Republica are still a living, mutating thing – and their legacy is about much more than nostalgia. From day one, they never fit neatly on a record shop shelf. Republica were rave kids with guitars, punks with synths, indie hearts wrapped in big‑room hooks. “That was my dream, and that’s what I wanted…

Here’s our weekly overview of Hip-Hop and R&B album sales in the U.S., along with an update on where each album ranks on the Billboard 200 chart – this time for week 38 of 2026. This week’s recap includes the first-week sales of Westside Whimsy, the new Jhené Aiko album, which debuts at No. 1. Source: HITS Daily Double Chart # Artist(s) Album title Sales Sales + Streams 1 Jhené Aiko Westside Whimsy 3,528 73,466 *DEBUT* 6 Drake ICEMAN 77 34,664 8 Rod Wave Don’t Look Down 226 33,826 13 SZA SOS 887 28,982 21 Don Toliver OCTANE 572 23,516…

“Good evening everybody. Welcome to our picnic by the Serpentine. You all look very beautiful, I must say.”Resplendent in a chest-baring white leotard, Queen frontman Freddie Mercury surveyed the crowd gathered before him in central London’s largest Royal Park. Five years earlier, in the summer of 1971, Mercury had personally hand-designed 120 invitations, dispersed among family and friends, for a ‘private showing’ (aka a free gig) from his band at Lecture Theatre A on level five of the ‘New Block’ at London’s Imperial College, and around 80 people had showed up. Five years on, as the final notes of Ogre…

Another week, another Fabolous freestyle. This new one is titled “The Hoodoos” and comes with an accompanying video. Hopefully, we can expect a new full-length project from the rapper to drop later this year. Listen and watch below:  Share on Social Mediaxfacebooklinkedinemailwhatsapp View Original Article Here

Hunxho keeps the music coming! The artist has released his new albumI Quit Rap. It contains 18 songs and features from G Herbo, BabyDrill and more. The video for the song “BP Truck” is also out. Listen to the full project and watch the video below:  View Original Article Here

In this new entry in our ‘Diamonds In The Rough’ category, we would like to introduce you to upcoming artist Terry Ennison and his brand new EP titled Thy Will Be Done. Ghanaian recording artist, songwriter, and creative visionary Terry Ennison steps into a new chapter with the release of his four-track EP Thy Will Be Done, an ambitious project that introduces listeners to SainT, a new creative persona through which Ennison explores faith, temptation, purpose, ego, mortality, and the tension between the sacred and the human. Based in Rochester, NY, Ennison has built an artistic identity around spirituality, social…

Rose: “Do we work well with other people as a close pair? We make it a bit difficult, [but] we found out we had a bass player built in.” Donny Farrell: “My sisters, I’ve known them for my entire life, so it made it easier to integrate into Yee Loi.” Rose: “We don’t really challenge each other, because we think the same, we were raised the same. I know what’s good for the band, and so they would never disagree.” Matilda: “All three of us are really close. We all have the same idea of where we want the band…