Terra Twin: Scumbag

London band Terra Twin peddle a special flavour of slacker art-rock on their new EP Scumbag, with songs about self-destruction, delusion and jealousy, the kind of feelings that are an essential part of human life, but are supposed to be kept hidden from other people's probing eyes.

Their devil-may-care delivery is just a smart way to cope with harsh realities, besides having time for istrospection and wondering why love affairs and dreams they had seemed to have slipped through their fingers. Should they have put up a fight? Nah, it is safer choice to plug in their instruments and turn their grief and anger into a bunch of songs that are decidedly British with seasoning of Americana.

Kristin Hersh: on tour in Europe & Australia: new single "Dark Eyed Junco"

Singer-songwriter Kristin Hersh hits the road in the Fall for a lengthy tour, playing shows in Europe and Australia to promote her new album Sugar On Blackstone on which she explores life and death, enrichment and poverty. It will be released on August 18th via Fire Records. She has made a video for the lead single, Dark Eyed Junco, in which she looks back on her childhood with her brother. The album is available for pre-order here (vinyl, CD, digital).

Black Sabbath / Queen: Rockanoid

Bill McClintock made a mashup of Black Sabbath and Queen: Paranoid + We Will Rock You = Rockanoid. Plus snippets from Metallica (Sad But True - Kirk Hammett's guitar solo), Def Leppard (Rock of Ages), Dio (We Rock), AC/DC (Let There Be Rock & For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)), Judas Priest (Rock Hard Ride Free), Ozzy Osbourne (Rock 'n' Roll Rebel), Pat Benatar (Heartbreaker - Neil Giraldo's guitar solo) and Helix (Rock You). You Want more? His YouTube channel has lots of them.

murkla: Mover

Swedish musician Mattias Lagerkvist takes his avant-garde lo-fi approach to the next level on Mover, the new album by his murkla project. His previous effort Leviata was inspired by the mysteries of Eulisis, but this time he plunges into darkness, stumbling upon a bad news bird (The Glowing Duck) and grappling with the concept of a 24-hour cycle of noise (A Circadian Hymn).

Amidst a stack of field recordings that sound like crap on purpose, white noise and unrelenting drones Lagerkvist creates an alternate universe where humankind is insignificant, a tiny speck on the face of Mother Nature. Life on Earth will adapt and survive, because time is not of the essence to do so. Mover is bleak and foreboding, but like a major trainwreck it is impossible to look away from it.

John Cale, Marc Jacobs and Martin Scorsese on the cover of Charli xcx album

John Cale, Marc Jacobs and Martin Scorsese are on the cover of Charli xcx 's new album Music, Fashion, Film, due for release on July 11. Cale teamed up with her for House, the lead single from her previous album Wuthering Heights, in 2025, contributing a Aidan spoken word part. The photo was made by Aidan Zamiri.

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