BREAKING NEWS: KNEECAP'S MO CHARA HAS TERROR CHARGES DROPPED IN LONDON COURT SEPTEMBER 26, 2025!!!
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Cool New Music Out Now!!!
Bright Eyes. Kids Table EP. BEST NEW ALBUM
Cate Le Bon. Michelangelo Dying.
Geese. Getting Killed.
Jeff Tweedy. Twilight Override.
Neko Case. Neon Grey Midnight Green.
Portugal. The Man. Shish. Very different. Very interesting.
Robert Plant. Saving Grace.
Sparks. Madder! (EP). Companion EP to the Mad! LP.
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BEST NEW SINGLE (TIE): Billy Bragg. "Hundred Year Hunger".
from Billy Bragg's Instagram: "In solidarity with the @GlobalSumudFlotilla which launches this week in a bid to break the Israeli naval blockade and deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza, I'm releasing this new song for Palestine. "Hundred Year Hunger’ looks at the current famine that Israel has created in Gaza through the lens of a century of enforced food insecurity and malnutrition imposed on the Palestinian people, firstly by British imperialism, then as a weapon of mass displacement by the state of Israel..."
BEST NEW SINGLE (TIE): Neil Young. "Big Crime". Neil's new anti-Trump anthem.
No more great again
No - no more great again
There’s big crime in DC at THE White House
Don’t need no fascist rules
Don't want no fascist schools
Don’t want soldiers on our streets
There’s big crime in DC at THE White House
There’s big crime in DC at THE White House
Got to get the fascists out
got to Clean the white house out
Don’t want soldiers on our streets
There’s big crime in DC at THE White House
There’s big crime in DC at THE White House
No more great again
No - no more great again
There’s big crime in DC at THE White House
There’s big crime in DC at THE White House
No more money to the fascists
the billionaire fascists
TIME TO BLACKOUT THE SYSTEM
no more great again
No - no more great again
TIME TO BLACKOUT THE SYSTEM
There’s big crime in DC at THE White House
There’s big crime in DC at THE White House
No - no more great again
There’s big crime in DC at THE White House
Don’t need no fascist rules
Don't want no fascist schools
Don’t want soldiers on our streets
There’s big crime in DC at THE White House
There’s big crime in DC at THE White House
Got to get the fascists out
got to Clean the white house out
Don’t want soldiers on our streets
There’s big crime in DC at THE White House
There’s big crime in DC at THE White House
No more great again
No - no more great again
There’s big crime in DC at THE White House
There’s big crime in DC at THE White House
No more money to the fascists
the billionaire fascists
TIME TO BLACKOUT THE SYSTEM
no more great again
No - no more great again
TIME TO BLACKOUT THE SYSTEM
There’s big crime in DC at THE White House
There’s big crime in DC at THE White House
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BEST ARCHIVAL: The Who Live At The Oval 1971
BEST NEW ALBUM: Bright Eyes. Kids Table (EP).
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Fall/Winter 2025 (September & October 2025)
Updated October 4, 2025
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Cool New Singles
Alex Orange Drink. "O.D. (3am)". Conor Oberst/Bright Eyes collaborator solo song.
Baxter Dury. "Schadenfreude". Son of Ian Dury who performed "Sex & Drugs & Rock 'n' Roll"
The Beths. "Straight Line Was A Lie".
Billy Bragg. "Hundred Year Hunger" Song For Palestine. BEST NEW SINGLE (TIE).
Boko Yout. "Gusto".
Bright Eyes. "Dyslexic Palindrome" (feat Hurray For The Riff Raff)
David Byrne. "What Is The Reason For It?" (feat Hayley Williams)
Dry Cleaning. "Hit My Head All Day".
Elias Rønnenfelt. "USA Baby" & "Love How It Feels".
Gorillaz. "The Happy Dictator" (feat Sparks). Damon + Ron + Russell = Amazing.
Hunx And His Punx. "Alone In Hollywood On Acid". Ultra-Queer retro madness.
Jay Som. "What You Need"
Jeff Tweedy. "Lou Reed Was My Babysitter".
Madison Cunningham. "Wake" (feat Fleet Foxes).
The Mary Wallopers. "The Juice". Also liked their album Irish Rock N Roll (2024) and their side project T.P.M.'s 2015 viral hit "All The Boys On The Dole". Their mic was cut recently at the Victorious Festival in Portsmouth, England for refusing to remove a Palestinian flag from their stage (the festival bans all flags and banners).
Mavis Staples. "Beautiful Stranger" (Kevin Morby cover) & "Sad And Beautiful World" (Sparklehorse cover feat MJ Lenderman).
Mitski. "Let My Love Open The Door" (Pete Townshend cover on The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack of A Big Bold Beautiful Journey).
Neil Young. "Big Crime" (Neil's new anti-Trump anthem) BEST NEW SINGLE (TIE).
Q-Tip & Nas. "The Return" (feat KRS-One & Yasiin Bey AKA Mos Def).
Sparks. "Porcupine".
Stella Donnelly. "Feel It Change"
Cool New Albums.
Anna Tivel. Animal Poem.
The Beths. Straight Line Was a Lie.
Big Thief. Double Infinity.
Black Lips. Season Of The Peach.
Cory Hanson. I Love People.
David Byrne. Who Is The Sky? Always interesting.
Ganser. Animal Hospital.
The Hives. The Hives Forever Forever The Hives. They're back!
Hunx and His Punx. Walk Out On This World.
Idles. Caught Stealing (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack). Idles perform four original songs, a cover of Junior Murvin's "Police And Thieves" (immortalized by The Clash), as well as the film's instrumental score. Caught Stealing is directed by Darren Aronofsky, best known for Pi (1998), Requiem for a Dream (2000), The Wrestler (2008), Black Swan (2010), and The Whale (2022). It stars Austin Butler, Regina King, Zoë Kravitz, Matt Smith, Liev Schreiber, Vincent D’Onofrio, Benito A Martínez Ocasio, Carol Kane and Griffin Dunne.
Jay Farrar & Shannon McNally. Don't Ya Take It Too Bad. Uncle Tupelo & Son Volt vet Jay Farrar duets well with Shannon McNally.
Jehnny Beth. You Heartbreaker, You. Rocks hard.
Johnny Marr. Look Out Live! A nice (live) retrospective of Marr's solo career as well as a few of The Smiths classics. Nice bonus to be able to enjoy these songs without Morrissey, whom many are boycotting because of his bigotry.
King Princess. Girl Violence.
Margo Price. Hard Headed Woman.
Mark William Lewis. Mark William Lewis.
Marshall Crenshaw. From the Hellhole.
Martin Carthy. Transform Me Then Into A Fish. New album at 84. "Scarborough Fair".
Rodney Crowell. Airline Highway.
Scott Lavene. Cars, Buses, Bedsits and Shops.
Shame. Cutthroat. Very good album.
Suede. Antidepressants. The Original Britpop royals return. The Deluxe Edition has three extra tracks and Mojo curated a cool rarities collection called Outsiders which is quite good.
Superchunk. Songs In The Key Of Yikes. Very solid album. Catchy songs.
Toro Y Moi. Unerthed (Hole Erth Unplugged). Nice.
Trombone Shorty & The New Breed Brass Band. Second Line Sunday. Simply great.
Water from Your Eyes. It's a Beautiful Place.
Wednesday. Bleeds.
Cool Archival: Reissues & Random
The Beatles. "Helter Skelter" (2nd version, Take 17). Anthology 4 is coming out in November.
Bruce Springsteen. "Born in the U.S.A." from Electric Nebraska 1982.
Buckingham Nicks. Buckingham Nicks.
Chambawamba. "Bella Ciao". Anti-fascist song in the news.
David Bowie. "Waterloo Sunset" A cover of The Kinks' classic 1967 single, released as bonus track on Reality (2003). "Terry meets Julie at Waterloo Station every Friday night...". RIP Terrence Stamp (July 22, 1938 - August 17, 2025).
Ian Dury. Any excuse to listen to Ian Dury is a good excuse.
Patti Smith. "Gloria" (Demo, Cover of Van Morrison, kinda). The 50th anniversary (if you can believe it) of her classic debut album.
The Who. Live At The Oval 1971. BEST ARCHIVAL
The Who
Sunday, September 21, 2025
Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA, USA
The Song Is Over: The North American Farewell Tour
Substitute
Who Are You
I Can See for Miles
Long Live Rock
Pinball Wizard
See Me, Feel Me
Another Tricky Day
Behind Blue Eyes
My Generation
Cry If You Want
You Better You Bet
Eminence Front
I'm One
The Real Me
5:15
Love, Reign O'er Me
Going Mobile
Won't Get Fooled Again
Baba O'Riley
The Song Is Over
Tea & Theatre
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MUSICAL NOTES
Really enjoyed Ty Segall's recent "Tiny Desk Concert"!
Supergrass doing "Strange Ones" live on Jimmy Kimmel.
They're touring to celebrate the 30th anniversary of I Should Coco.
"H.O.O.D." by Kneecap, live in London, November 21, 2024. This is the concert that rapper Mo Chara (that's his stage name. Real name: Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh) is facing "terrorism" charges for. In the video, he displays a banned Hezbollah flag and says into the mic, "Up Hamas! Up Hezbollah!". It is illegal in the UK to express support for a banned terror group. Hamas (Palestine) and Hezbollah (Lebanon) are both banned terror groups on the UK's proscribed list. Mo Chara is back in court in London on September 26, 2025. Kneecap has subsequently clarified that they do not support Hamas, Hezbollah, or attacks on civilians and have claimed the prosecution is simply another attempt of British authorities to silence an Irish artist, in this case for their support of Palestinian rights. It was a mistake for Mo Chara to say he supported Hamas and Hezbollah at the November 2024 concert. Where they go from here is to be determined.
Gorillaz at Brian Eno's "Together For Palestine" concert.
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NYT: New Banksy Work Seen as Comment on U.K. Crackdown on Palestine Action
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Public Enemy gave a powerful performance on Jimmy Kimmel Live. Kimmel had been taken off the air by ABC/Disney after the FCC's Brendan Carr called for his head on a far-right podcast (by Benny Johnson, who received Russian government funding from Tenet Media to spread disinformation and foment political division in America). Public outcry led to Kimmel being brought back quickly to the airwaves.
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Conor Oberst (Bright Eyes) & Alynda Segarra (Hurray For The Riff Raff) duetting on Conor's classic "Lua". Hurray For The Riff Raff was the opening act on part of Bright Eyes' 2025 tour when this duet was captured by a fan. Alynda also duetted with Conor on two songs, "Kids Table" & "Dyslexic Palindrome" from the new Bright Eyes EP Kids Table. Here's Conor & Alynda doing a cover of Blondie's classic pop hit "Dreaming", live in St. Louis on March 22, 2025). RIP Blondie drummer Clem Burke (
November 24, 1954 – April 6, 2025), a class act.
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Geese doing "Taxes" on "Jimmy Kimmel Live".
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Now we remember how important shows like Kimmel and Colbert are for indie bands in the US. Here's a classic from the criminally underrated Living Colour feat the extraordinary Vernon Reid on guitar. Their 1988 hit "The Cult of Personality" namecheck all the usual suspects like Stalin & Mussolini... but in today's climate, especially on Kimmel, after what happened to Kimmel... you can't help reflect on today's would-be dictators and their cults of personality - Putin, Erdogan, Xi, Modi... and, of course, Our Toddler-In-Chief, Donald Jephoshaphat Trump...
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Highly Anticipated Cool New Releases
Jay Som. Belong. [Polyvinyl/Lucky Number]. October 10, 2025. Cool stuff.
John Lennon, Yoko Ono, The Plastic Ono Band & Elephant’s Memory. Power to the People (The Ultimate Collection) [Capitol] October 10, 2025.
Elias Rønnenfelt. Speak Daggers. Should be good. October 17, 2025.
Bob Dylan. Through The Open Window, The Bootleg Series Vol 18, 1956 - 1963. {Sony/Columbia]. October 31, 2025.
Stella Donnelly. Love And Fortune. November 7, 2025.
Hüsker Dü.1985: The Miracle Year. [Numero Group]. November 7, 2025.
Mavis Staples. Sad and Beautiful World. [Anti-]. November 7, 2025.
The Beatles. Anthology 4. November 21, 2025.
Dry Cleaning. Secret Love. [4AD]. January 9. 2026
Lana Del Rey. Stove. (Previously rumored titles: Classic, The Right Person Will Stay, and Lasso) [Interscope]. Her country album? That's what they say...
Release date: January 2026?
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