On a day that The Beatles and the Rolling Stones each gained Grammy Awards, proving as soon as once more occasion organisers have their heads firmly wedged into the distant previous the place rock music is worried, we’re delighted to convey you music from bands who have not been round for greater than six a long time. They make up our Tracks Of The Week choice, they usually’re under.
However first, final week’s triumphant trio. Ricky Warwick’s horse broke the tape first, a size forward of Dorthy feat. Slash, with Larkin Poe coming in third. So this is Ricky once more. Nicely finished to him.
Does that 25% tariff apply to Rush albums? Followers have to know.
Joe Bonamassa and Sammy Hagar – Fortune Teller Blues
Through which Joe Bonamassa and Sammy Hagar mix their appreciable musical may on a tune that lurches slowly into gear, with a malevolent JoBo riff offering the underlay for a SaHa vocal that roars and soars and suggests his abilities stay totally undiminished. The sound has moved on a couple of months from the late 60s British blues explosion sound that is proved such fertile floor for Bonamassa of late, and is as an alternative wealthy in early 70s blues-rock vibes. Somebody move the patchouli.
Saxon – 1066
Solely Saxon may write concerning the yr by which the Anglo-Saxon rule of England got here to an finish and make it sound like a celebration, however that is Biff and the boys for ya. 1066, which is powered by a riff Rudolf Schenker could be pleased with, can be one thing of a historical past lesson, by which the listener is suggested that “Harold had overwhelmed the Vikings at Stamford / Routing Hardrada the top of an age” and “The arrows got here flying and pierced Harold’s eye / The Normans had been victors, the top of the Saxons.” Terrific stuff.
Kelsy Karter & The Heroines – Daughter Of The Evening
The geographically extravagant Kelsy Karter (born in New Zealand, raised in Australia, Los Angeles-based) and her band The Heroines (from Derby, UK), are again with a totally slick efficiency video, providing but extra proof that Karter and her krazy krew are ones to observe. It is primarily a pop tune dressed up in rock star clothes, however we love an excellent refrain so we’re not complaining. New album Love Made Me Do It got here out on Friday.
The Final Internationale – Grasp
New York’s The Final Internationale are all the time value a hear, and new tune Grasp is not any exception. Singer Delila Paz delivers a usually tour-de-force efficiency above a musical backing that is so epic and totally trendy we are able to see it soundtracking the top credit of a film a couple of large house battle the place the universe nearly ends however is saved on the final minute. “We have performed this tune stay on acoustic as soon as, however we up to date the lyrics and recorded a full-band studio model for you,” say the band. “Who’s prepared?” Nicely, we’re, clearly.
Manic Avenue Preachers – Brushstrokes Of Reunion
The Manics evaluate the sound of Brushstrokes Of Reunion to The Waterboys and early R.E.M., however we’re additionally listening to The Remedy, as if Robert Smith had briefly stepped out of the classes that produced In Between Days and James Dean Bradfield stepped in to rattle off some information vocals. Although the Manics of 2025 do not sound very like the Manics of 1994, a few of their emblems – the epic sweep of their writing, the jubilant choruses – are nonetheless very a lot in place.
The Wildhearts – Troubador Moon
In line with The Wildhearts’ label, new album Satanic Rites Of The Wildhearts harks again to the sound of their basic debut Earth vs The Wildhearts, and so we’re clearly all in a tizz. “It’s a tough rock album for individuals who love exhausting rock!” says Ginger Wildheart, in a press release that makes our tiny hearts flutter with anticipation. The proof of the pudding will probably be within the consuming, in fact, and Troubador Moon finds frontman Ginger in reliably dependable kind – the tune is nice – however does the sound match the clattering depth of The Wildhearts’ finest materials? You be the choose.
Motorpsycho – Stanley (Tonight’s The Evening)
Adventurous Norwegians Motopyscho have now been with us for greater than 30 years (nonetheless effectively wanting The Beatles’ whole), and proceed to journey to surprising musical locations. The band’s newest journey “owes quite a bit to Slade and Kiss and different 70s energy pop retailers”, they are saying, and we are able to hear that all through Stanley (Tonight’s The Evening), which bumbles alongside prefer it’s using a Raleigh Chopper dwelling to observe Ed Stewart and Noel Edmonds current Prime Of The Pops throughout an power disaster.
Stereophonics – There’s All the time Gonna Be One thing
Make ’em Snicker, Make ’em Cry, Make ’em Wait is the title of the Stereophonics upcoming thirteenth album, they usually stay unwavering of their dedication to by no means journey exterior their Stereophonics-shaped field. No excursions into polka or drill’n’bass for Kelly Jones and the opposite fellas, however then once more, why would they? There’s All the time Gonna Be One thing is straight away acquainted, like pulling on a stunning heat cardigan and settling down in entrance of an open fireplace with a dram of GlenDronach Allardice 18 Single Malt. Slippers non-obligatory.
