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Pet Shop Boys Announce Remix-Filled ‘Disco 5,’ Out November 21 Featuring Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, Primal Scream, Paul Weller, And Tina Turner

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Pet Shop Boys Announce Remix-Filled ‘Disco 5,’ Out November 21 Featuring Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, Primal Scream, Paul Weller, And Tina Turner

Pet Shop Boys have announced ‘Disco 5’, the latest instalment of their continuing ‘Disco’ album series which started in 1986. The new album will be released on 21 November via Parlophone Records and is available to pre-order now.

The 12-track collection features ten Pet Shop Boys’ recent remixes of songs by artists including Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, Primal Scream, Paul Weller, Tina Turner, Claptone, Wolfgang Tillmans and more, as well as a remix of their own track ‘Dreamland’ featuring Olly Alexander. The PSB-produced ‘I’m in Love With a German Film Star’ by Sam Taylor-Johnson was originally released on Kompakt in 2008 while Carroll Thompson’s ‘Let the Music Play’ was arranged and produced by PSB in the early ‘90s when it was included in the soundtrack for the hit film, ‘The Crying Game’. The album also includes the duo’s remix of Sleaford Mods’ cover of Pet Shop Boys’ iconic ‘West End girls’ and the PSB/Soft Cell collaboration ‘Purple Zone’.

‘Disco 5’ will be available on black or orange vinyl and CD, as well as digitally. The first three ‘Disco’ albums primarily featured remixes of Pet Shop Boys’ tracks by other producers and DJs, with ‘Disco’ released in 1986, followed by ‘Disco 2’ in 1994 and ‘Disco 3’ in 2003. Then in 2007 ‘Disco 4’ featured Pet Shop Boys’ remixes of other artists including Madonna and The Killers.

The full track-listing of ‘Disco 5’ is – 

1. Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – Think of a Number (PSB Magic Eye 12-inch remix)  

2. Tina Turner – Hot For You Baby (PSB Hot mix)

3. Claptone – Queen of Ice (PSB extended mix)

4. Carroll Thompson – Let the Music Play

5. Soft Cell and Pet Shop Boys – Purple Zone (PSB Extended mix)

6. The Hidden Cameras – How Do You Love? (PSB remix)

7. Sam Taylor-Johnson – I’m In Love With a German Film Star (PSB Symphonic mix)

8. Wolfgang Tillmans – Insanely Alive (PSB maxi-mix)

9. Primal Scream – Innocent Money (PSB remix radio edit)

10. Pet Shop Boys feat. Olly Alexander – Dreamland (PSB remix)

11. Paul Weller – Cosmic Fringes (PSB Triad mix) 

12. Sleaford Mods – West End girls (Pet Shop Boys remix)

Pet Shop Boys have sold more than 50 million records, released 60 singles spanning five decades and are the most successful UK duo of all time. Prestigious awards have been numerous across their career including the BRIT Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music in 2009 and the Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Music in 2000. In April 2024 they released their 15th album, ‘Nonetheless’, which reached Number 2 in the UK album chart in its first week of release – their highest-charting studio album since 1993. A special expanded edition of the album was released in November 2024. Pet Shop Boys’ acclaimed tour, ‘Dreamworld: The Greatest Hits Live’, continued this summer with dates across the UK and Europe. The tour will continue with dates in Japan in 2026.

Prince and The Revolution Announce ‘Around The World In A Day: The Singles’ Box Set for RSD Black Friday

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Prince and The Revolution Announce ‘Around The World In A Day: The Singles’ Box Set for RSD Black Friday

NPG Records and Paisley Park Enterprises, in partnership with Warner Records and Legacy Recordings, are pleased to announce the release of Prince And The Revolution’s Around The World In A Day: The Singles, a very special strictly limited edition 7” singles box set exclusively for RSD Black Friday.

Around The World In A Day: The Singles features all four singles from the album (“Raspberry Beret”, “Paisley Park”, “Pop Life”, and “America”) plus a brand new exclusive 7” single featuring two versions of the 1985 track “4 The Tears In Your Eyes”, which Prince originally contributed to the We Are The World album. 

Each 7” is pressed on unique coloured vinyl and presented in its original sleeve, packaged in a clamshell box. All feature elements of the Around The World In A Day LP sleeve, initially designed by Doug Henders and Laura Lipuma. The audio for all the tracks has been remastered by Bernie Grundman with additional mastering by Chris James.

“4 The Tears In Your Eyes”, which was initially released on the USA For Africa We Are The World album, also makes its streaming debut. The song, which Prince donated in lieu of appearing on We Are The World, is alluded to in the lyrics for Hello, the B-side of “Pop Life”, “I tried to tell them that I didn’t want to sing / but I’d gladly write a song instead”. The song was recorded on February 1 and 2, 1985, in New Orleans during the Purple Rain tour, and the re-recorded version from June 85, as used in the song’s video clip, features on the flip side of the 7” in the limited edition box.

The week before the single box set, Prince And The Revolution’s groundbreaking Billboard #1 album Around The World In A Day will be released in newly remastered stereo by Bernie Grundman, with additional mastering by Chris James, and will be released on Streaming, Download, CD, 140g LP, on Picture Disc LP exclusively for the Official Prince Store. 

The album has also been meticulously remixed in Dolby Atmos by Prince protégé and Grammy-nominated engineer Chris James, drawn from the original multi-track masters, and will be available via all participating streaming services.

Around The World In A Day (Deluxe Edition), available on 2CD and 140g 3LP formats, features the extended versions of the A & B sides with the remix of “Paisley Park” making its digital debut, along with the extended version of “Girl” and “Hello (Fresh Dance Mix)” and the nearly 22-minute 12” version of “America” is making its debut on CD after having recently been released to streaming services.

ABOUT PRINCE AND THE REVOLUTION’S AROUND THE WORLD IN A DAY

Released on April 22, 1985, Around The World In A Day landed just 15 days after the curtain fell on Prince’s era-defining Purple Rain Tour. Today, surprise album drops are routine. Back then, it was unthinkable. Only Prince could — and did — pull it off.

Purple Rain had torn up the rulebook of pop stardom. Warner Bros. wanted to cash in, with a European leg of the tour already booked and millions guaranteed. Prince walked away. Instead, he handed in Around The World In A Day: a psychedelic, inward-facing detour that blindsided the label. His demand? It was to be experienced as one uninterrupted story. No lead single. No staged rollout. No hype machine.

“Raspberry Beret” was finally serviced to radio in the US a month after the album’s release, which was an eternity in the mid-’80s hit factory. Yet Prince was vindicated. Without a tour, without videos, without even fresh promo shots (the only ones came from the later “Raspberry Beret” and “America” video shoots), the album flew off shelves, selling over two million copies and spinning off multiple Billboard Top Ten singles. Prince didn’t just defy the rules — he proved he didn’t need them.

The record ultimately yielded four commercial singles, “Raspberry Beret” with its spectacular kaleidoscopic video featuring Prince in a suit inspired by the clouds and sky on the sleeve, “Paisley Park” (released only overseas), “Pop Life”, and “America”. Several songs had been teased on the Purple Rain tour, though the bulk of the album had been finished by the end of 1984. “Raspberry Beret” dated back to 1982 but was later re-recorded in September ’84, while “Pop Life” was the first new track cut for the project, and “Temptation” was the last to be added.

Even its packaging was a statement: a swirl of psychedelic colours and faces painted by Doug Henders, who was working on the Purple Rain Tour and travelling with the painting, working on it between shows. The final result was far removed from the stark, iconic imagery of Purple Rain.

And in true Prince fashion, by the time the world first heard it, he was already somewhere else entirely. On April 21, 1985 — the day before the album’s release — Prince returned to Sunset Sound to record “Sometimes It Snows In April”, the haunting closer to his next album, Parade, which would also serve as the soundtrack to Under The Cherry Moon.

Bold, iconic, and unmistakably Prince. In conjunction with the music release, the Prince team also offers new merchandise featuring artwork inspired by Around The World In A Day. Order yours exclusively at the Official Prince Store.

AROUND THE WORLD IN A DAY: THE SINGLES

RSD BLACK FRIDAY EXCLUSIVE

RELEASED NOVEMBER 28th

Raspberry Beret (7” Raspberry Vinyl)

A: Raspberry Beret (3:31)

B: She’s Always In My Hair (3:27)

Paisley Park (7” Peach Vinyl)

A: Paisley Park (4:41)

B: She’s Always In My Hair (3:27)

Pop Life (7” Yellow Vinyl)

A: Pop Life (3:42)

B: Hello (3:24)

America (7” White Vinyl)

A: America (3:40)

B: Girl (3:57)

4 The Tears In Your Eyes (7” Clear Vinyl)

A: 4 The Tears In Your Eyes (2:49) (We Are The World Album Version)

B: 4 The Tears In Your Eyes (3:23) (The Hits/The B-Sides Version)

AROUND THE WORLD IN A DAY (2025 REMASTER)

CD

1- Around The World In A Day (3:25)

2- Paisley Park (4:41)

3- Condition Of The Heart (6:46)

4- Raspberry Beret (3:31)

5- Tamborine (2:46)

6- America (3:40)

7- Pop Life (3:42)

8- The Ladder (5:26)

9- Temptation (8:21)

LP

Side A:

1- Around The World In A Day (3:25)

2- Paisley Park (4:41)

3- Condition Of The Heart (6:46)

4- Raspberry Beret (3:31)

5- Tamborine (2:46)

Side B

1- America (3:40)

2- Pop Life (3:42)

3- The Ladder (5:26)

4- Temptation (8:21)

AROUND THE WORLD IN A DAY: DELUXE EDITION (2CD)

CD 1: AROUND THE WORLD IN A DAY (2025 REMASTER)

1- Around The World In A Day (3:25)

2- Paisley Park (4:41)

3- Condition Of The Heart (6:46)

4- Raspberry Beret (3:31)

5- Tamborine (2:46)

6- America (3:40)

7- Pop Life (3:42)

8- The Ladder (5:26)

9- Temptation (8:21)

Bonus Track

10- America (21:46)

CD 2: B-SIDES & BONUS TRACKS (2025 REMASTER)

1- Raspberry Beret (6:36) (New Mix) (a.k.a. Extended Remix)

2- She’s Always In My Hair (3:25) (7” Version)

3- She’s Always In My Hair (New Mix) (6:32)

4- Paisley Park (Remix) (6:53)

5- Pop Life (Fresh Dance Mix) (6:16)

6- Pop Life (Extended Version) (9:07)

7- Hello (7” Version) (3:24)

8- Hello (Fresh Dance Mix) (6:12)

9- Girl (7” Version) (3:57)

10- Girl (12” Version) (7:36)

11- 4 The Tears In Your Eyes (2:45) (We Are The World Album Version)

12- 4 The Tears In Your Eyes (3:23) (The Hits/The B-Sides Version)

AROUND THE WORLD IN A DAY: DELUXE EDITION (3LP)

LP1: AROUND THE WORLD IN A DAY (2025 REMASTER)

Side A:

1- Around The World In A Day (3:25)

2- Paisley Park (4:41)

3- Condition Of The Heart (6:46)

4- Raspberry Beret (3:31)

5- Tamborine (2:46)

Side B

1- America (3:40)

2- Pop Life (3:42)

3- The Ladder (5:26)

4- Temptation (8:21)

LP2 & 3: B-SIDES & BONUS TRACKS (2025 REMASTER)

Side C

1-Raspberry Beret (New Mix) (a.k.a. Extended Remix) (6:36)

2- She’s Always In My Hair (New Mix) (6:32)

3- Paisley Park (Remix) (6:53)

Side D

1- Pop Life (Fresh Dance Mix) (6:16)

2- Pop Life (Extended Version) (9:07)

Side E

1- Hello (Fresh Dance Mix) (6:12)

2- Girl (12″ Version) (7:36)

3- 4 The Tears In Your Eyes (2:45) (We Are The World Album Version)

4- 4 The Tears In Your Eyes (3:23) (The Hits/The B-Sides Version)

Side F

1- America 12” Version (21:46)

Blitz Vega Share Futuristic New Video for “Superbrain,” Honoring Late Co-Founder Andy Rourke

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Blitz Vega Share Futuristic New Video for “Superbrain,” Honoring Late Co-Founder Andy Rourke

Blitz Vega – the band founded by Kav Sandhu (formerly of Happy Mondays) and the late Andy Rourke (The Smiths) – return with a striking new visual for their recent single “Superbrain.”

First released earlier this summer, the single “Superbrain” was originally written in 2020 but only completed in recent months, emerging as a keystone of Blitz Vega’s duality: swaggering rock ‘n’ roll grooves colliding with futuristic electronica and punkish attitude.

The lyrics for “Superbrain” – grappling with the uneasy relationship between human creativity and rapidly evolving technology – feel more urgent now than when first penned. Now, the music video brings those themes vividly to life. “It represents the song visually by showing the struggle humans have with technology – how much of our real selves still exist, how much we lose, and what’s left in the end,” Kav explains. “I think we’re currently on that journey. I guess we’ll see how it all pans out.”

Conceived and directed by Blitz Vega’s longtime art director Paul Mulvey, the video takes the song’s consequential subject matter and filters it through a stylized, slightly playful lens. “Paul’s like a non-musical member of the band,” says Kav. “He came up with the concept, and I loved how it captured everything about the song in a simple way. It’s kinda funny, too. That’s always been the Blitz Vega way – we never want to make things too heavy, even when the songs are dealing with pretty serious ideas.” The video also reflects how “Superbrain” itself has evolved since its initial demo: “The strange thing is the song has become more relevant with time,” Kav notes. “It evolved sonically more than anything, with the style of playing becoming more intense.”

“Superbrain” now sets the stage for Blitz Vega’s forthcoming EP (more details to come), arriving two years after the release of their debut album Northern Gentleman – the posthumous project hailed as “a striking, emotional collection of songs, embedded in energy and life” (Clash) and “a life-affirming, rollicking, thrilling, kinetic, sometimes unbearably poignant tribute” (Louder Than War).

Skullcrusher Announces New Album ‘And Your Song is Like a Circle,’ Shares Final Single “Living”

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Skullcrusher Announces New Album ‘And Your Song is Like a Circle,’ Shares Final Single “Living”

Skullcrusher recently announced her highly anticipated new album, And Your Song is Like a Circle, due out October 17th via her new label home Dirty Hit. Today, Helen Ballentine has shared the album’s final preview, the lush and harmony-laden “Living.” She shares, “One day I was wandering around Brooklyn and I felt like I was watching everything through a window or on a screen. I felt like everyone was moving so fluidly and certainly like moving through a piece of choreography. Living is about being a voyeur, catching a glimpse of brief moments of people’s lives. Like watching a play through a small peep hole, or through the slit of a curtain. I wonder if I am the same. If my life feels a part of this production or if it exists in a small detail somewhere off stage.” 

Next week, Skullcrusher will host an intimate New York headline performance at Night Club 101 on Oct 6th. Tickets available HERE. 

Recorded over a period of years following the release of her celebrated 2022 debut, Quiet the Room, And Your Song is Like a Circle does not capture experience – it gestures toward the imprint of an experience that is uncapturable. Swaying between elegant folk and crystalline electronics, landing somewhere in the snowfields shared by Grouper and Julia Holter, Circle probes the ways that grief turns itself inside out. Loss itself becomes as real and substantial as what’s been lost.

Ballentine began writing Circle after leaving Los Angeles, a city she’d called home for nearly a decade. She ended up returning upstate to New York’s Hudson Valley, where she was born and raised, leaving her chosen family to return to her blood family. 

Several years of intense isolation followed, and Ballentine immersed herself in films, books, and art that reflected the rupture of relocating cross-country and its dissociative aftershocks. If Skullcrusher’s first album rendered the detailed intimacies of domestic space, Circle finds itself vaporized across the landscape: swirling, drifting, searching. It skirts an event horizon in long, slow strokes.

WATCH “LIVING” LIVE PERFORMANCE

Lead single “Exhale” is built around gorgeous vocal filigrees that fan out into a haze of synthesizers and strings. Watch the video for “Exhale” below, which was conceptualised by Ballentine in collaboration with director Adam Alonzo and shot in Upstate New York in and around her mother’s house. Opening track “March,” is a stark piano reverie laced with flickering electronics and ambient layers. Watch an intimate, stripped back performance of the heartwrenching song HERE. Third single “Dragon” is a gorgeous, murky pop song that lets piano echo over tight, gritted percussion.

Read more about the record in Ballentine’s profile with The FADER, who said her “skill as a songwriter is adding gravitas to the most conceptual of ideas or, as she does on the album’s meta first single “Exhale,” pull into focus the act of writing a song in the first place.”

Lyrics came into shape while doing dishes. She painted her kitchen cabinets. The months grew long. One summer, a moth infestation across Hudson kept her from leaving her building. Moths swarmed outside, and crept into her apartment. She shooed them out of her bedroom for the night. When she woke up, they were all dead. She watched a lot of movies to fill the days. “I had a really visceral experience watching David Lynch’s Inland Empire for the first time,” she says. “At the climax, I literally fell out of my chair crying. I zoomed out and saw myself from above.”

At first, she wasn’t sure the music she was composing would cohere into an LP. While making the album, Ballentine focused deeply on the evaporative nature of creative work: the way ideas can appear and dissipate, leaving only faint traces behind, the way a voice courses through a fragile point in time, the way meaning can flicker and falter between people trying their best to understand each other. She recorded at home and in friends’ studios, working alongside apob (Dora Jar, Deb Never) in Los Angeles and co-producer Isaac Eiger (The Dare, Frost Children, Cassandra Jenkins, Malice K) in New York.

While recording, Ballentine experimented with new ways of capturing her voice, such as singing with contact microphones attached to her throat, “creating these really scary sounds.” Throughout the record, the line between human and machine blurs. “The voice is my favorite instrument because everybody has it,” she adds. “It’s related to so many different kinds of sounds: crying, screaming, laughing. And it’s ephemeral. It’s going to eventually die.”

Tracklist:

01 March

02 Dragon

03 Living

04 Maelstrom

05 Changes

06 Periphery

07 Red Car

8 Exhale

09 Vessel

10 The Emptying

Some experiences never spit back what they devour. They are too dense; they wield too much gravity. The closer you get to the nucleus, the more you deform. “That kind of journey can be metaphorically applied to so many different things. It could be trying to find yourself, figure out who you really are, figure out what you believe in,” says Ballentine. “As you are journeying within the labyrinth, you have to take on a different form in order to bear witness to the energy inside. You have to become this other being in order to experience something new, and then return to yourself, or get stuck.”

“I like thinking about my work as a collection, and every time I add more to it, I’m adding a rock,” Ballentine says. “Eventually it might form a circle. Each time I make something, I’m putting another line around the body of work. It feels like I’ll be trying to trace it for my whole life.”

Imagine a hand steering a pencil around an empty space. The lines left in the graphite’s wake are not quite round, but they scratch at the idea of a perfect circle. This sketch wobbles, nearing the axis and then drifting from it. A circle’s ghost lifts from the scrawl all the same: The shape emerges from the failure to capture it. And Your Song is Like a Circle curves across that evocative failure, vibrating with the fervency of the attempt. 

‘Jane’: Brett Morgen’s Documentary Captures the Life and Legacy of Jane Goodall

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‘Jane’: Brett Morgen’s Documentary Captures the Life and Legacy of Jane Goodall

Drawing from over 100 hours of previously unseen archival footage, director Brett Morgen tells the story of JANE, a woman whose chimpanzee research revolutionized our understanding of the natural world. Set to a rich orchestral score from legendary composer Philip Glass, the film offers an intimate portrait of Jane Goodall— a trailblazer who became one of the world’s most admired conservationists.

In 1960, Dr. Jane Goodall’s early fieldwork observing chimpanzees at Gombe Stream Game Reserve, in Tanganyika (now Tanzania), unveiled groundbreaking research of shared behaviors between humans and apes.

The Jane Goodall Institute announced on October 1, 2025, that Jane Goodall died at 91. A primatologist, conservationist, animal advocate, educator, and National Geographic Explorer, her work revolutionized our understanding of the natural world.

Beethoven’s ‘Symphony No. 9’ 1st Movement Animated with Philharmonia Baroque

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Beethoven’s ‘Symphony No. 9’ 1st Movement Animated with Philharmonia Baroque

Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 opens with a storm of energy, and in a recent performance by Philharmonia Baroque, that drama finds new form. The ensemble’s playing is paired with an animated bar-graph score by smalin, turning sound into motion. The result is both a performance and a visual meditation on one of music’s most enduring works.



Ensiferum Announce Winter 2026 European Tour with Freedom Call and Dragony in Support of Acclaimed Album ‘Winter Storm’

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Ensiferum Announce Winter 2026 European Tour with Freedom Call and Dragony in Support of Acclaimed Album ‘Winter Storm’

Finnish metal pioneers Ensiferum are proud to announce their upcoming Winter 2026 European headline tour, set to kick off on January 7th, 2026 in Heidelberg, Germany.

he band will be joined by German power metal veterans Freedom Call as direct support, with Austrian symphonic power metallers Dragony opening each night of the run.

The tour comes in support of Ensiferum’s most recent studio album, “Winter Storm”, which marked another milestone in the band’s celebrated career. Released to critical acclaim, “Winter Storm” charted strongly across Europe, further cementing Ensiferum’s status as one of the leading forces in melodic Death/Power/Folk-inspired metal. The upcoming shows will bring the album’s powerful and anthemic tracks to life on stage, alongside fan favorites from the band’s extensive catalogue.

Much of the new material for Winter Storm emerged during the COVID lockdown, when Ensiferum’s founding guitarist Markus Toivonen set himself the challenge of finding new ways to make music — eventually composing every song except the rousing and anthemic “Fatherland”, written by bassist Sami Hinkka. The addition of singer/organist Pekka Montin’s crystal-clear melodic high notes provided a tremendous boost on 2020’s Thalassic. But on Winter Storm — a fantasy concept narrative penned by Hinkka — Montin’s super-strong voice finds its optimal place in Ensiferum’s sound. Bringing to life such grandiose, heroic material, the singer emerges as one of the greatest vocal discoveries of the decade.

Coinciding with the tour announcement, Ensiferum are also unveiling a brand-new lyric video for their track “From Order to Chaos”, taken from “Winter Storm”.

The video can be viewed below.

With anthemic choruses, relentless energy, and their signature blend of folk melodies and metal fury, Ensiferum promise an unforgettable live experience for fans across Europe.

European Tour Dates 2026:
07.01.2026 – DE, Heidelberg – Halle 02
08.01.2026 – IT, Treviso – New Age
09.01.2026 – CH, Zurich – Meh Suff! Winter Festival
10.01.2026 – FR, Paris – La Machine du Moulin Rouge
11.01.2026 – GB, London – O2 Academy Islington
13.01.2026 – LU, Esch / Alzette – Rockhal
14.01.2026 – NL, Haarlem – Patronaat
15.01.2026 – DE, Cologne – Live Music Hall
16.01.2026 – DE, Geiselwind – Music Hall
17.01.2026 – DE, Leipzig – Hellraiser
18.01.2026 – DE, Stuttgart – LKA Longhorn
19.01.2026 – DE, Hamburg – Markthalle
20.01.2026 – DE, Frankfurt – Batschkapp
21.01.2026 – DE, Berlin – Festsaal Kreuzberg
22.01.2026 – PL, Warsaw – Proxima
23.01.2026 – SK, Kosice – Colloseum
24.01.2026 – PL, Cracow – Hype Park
25.01.2026 – HU, Budapest – Barba Negra Red Stage
27.01.2026 – DE, Munich – Backstage Werk
28.01.2026 – CZ, Brno – Sono
29.01.2026 – AT, Salzburg – Rockhouse
30.01.2026 – DE, Memmingen – Kaminwerk
31.01.2026 – NL, Nijmegen – Doornroosje
01.02.2026 – BE, St. Niklaas – De Casino

Agnostic Front Announce ‘Echoes in Eternity,’ a 15-Track Hardcore Onslaught Featuring DMC, Out November 7

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Agnostic Front Announce ‘Echoes in Eternity,’ a 15-Track Hardcore Onslaught Featuring DMC, Out November 7

NYC’s legendary pioneers, Agnostic Front, are set to unveil the unapologetically fierce new studio album “Echoes in Eternity”. The band’s established sound remains best known for their pure adrenaline fueled riffs, unrelenting energy and outspoken critique on social corruption.

“Way of War” is the first single to land ahead of this forthcoming onslaught; “Echoes in Eternity” is set to arrive in its full thunderous form on November 7th, 2025, via Reigning Phoenix Music.

“Echoes in Eternity” is a raging, 15-track assault that blends blistering hardcore punk with hard-earned wisdom. The album includes the politically charged “Way of War”, the unifying pit anthem “Turn Up the Volume”, and “Matter of Life & Death”, a crossover explosion featuring hip-hop legend Darryl “DMC” McDaniels. Lyrically, the band tackles war, betrayal, oppression, personal struggle, and defiance with unflinching honesty.

The band comments on “Way of War”:
“The track is very much a sign of the times! How the corrupt politician’s greed pulls us and many other nations into senseless wars. These actions unfortunately come with casualties that civilians never call for. It’s the way of war”.

Agnostic Front hold nothing back. In “Way of War”, the forthcoming album’s opener, a relentless storm of driving rhythms and aggressive vocal chants awaits. It’s an abrasive and raucous display of power against injustice.

Tracklist:
1. Way of War
2. You Say
3. Matter of Life & Death (feat. Darryl “DMC” McDaniels of RunDMC)
4. Tears for Everyone
5. Divided
6. Sunday Matinee
7. I Can’t Win
8. Turn Up the Volume
9. Art of Silence
10. Shots Fired
11. Hell to Pay
12. Evolution Of Madness
13. Skip the Trial
14. Obey
15. Eyes Open Wide

Agnostic Front is set to tour the United States this fall with a stacked line-up including Strung Out (playing “Exile in Oblivion” in its entirety), Murphy’s Law and LA Armada. The tour is set to kick off on Wednesday, October 15th in Denver CO and will continue to pummel audiences across the West Coast until ending on November 2nd in Garden Grove CA. Then the band will then embark on an East Coast US winter tour with Raw Brigade & Violent Way as support.

US Tour Dates 2025:
Oct 15, 2025 – The Oriental Theater – Denver, CO
Oct 16, 2025 – Metro Music Hall – Salt Lake City, UT
Oct 17, 2025 – The Shredder – Boise, ID
Oct 18, 2025 – Hawthorne Theatre – Portland, OR
Oct 19, 2025 – El Corazon – Seattle, WA
Oct 21, 2025 – The Ritz – San Jose, CA
Oct 22, 2025 – Goldfield Trading Post – Sacramento, CA
Oct 23, 2025 – Cornerstone Berkeley – Berkeley, CA
Oct 24, 2025 – Ventura Music Hall – Ventura, CA
Oct 25, 2025 – The Glass House – Pomona, CA
Oct 26, 2025 – Swan Dive – Las Vegas, NV
Oct 28, 2025 – The Rock – Tucson, AZ
Oct 29, 2025 – The Nile Theater – Mesa, AZ
Oct 30, 2025 – Transplants Brewery – Palmdale, CA
Nov 1, 2025 – House of Blues – San Diego, CA
Nov 2, 2025 – Garden Amp – Garden Grove, CA
Dec 4 Cambridge, MA@ The Middle East*
Dec 5 Atlantic City, NJ @ Anchor Rock Club*
Dec 6 NYC, NY @ Irving Plaza*
Dec 9 Richmond, VA @ The Canal Club*
Dec 10 Columbia, SC @ New Brookland Tavern*
Dec 11 Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade (Hell)*
Dec 12 Melbourne, FL @ Pineapples (Moon Room)*
Dec 13 Miami, FL @ Gramps*
Dec 14 Tampa, FL @ The Orpheum*
Dec 15 Jacksonville, FL @ The Albatross*
Dec 16 Greenville, SC @ Radio Room*
Dec 17 Wilmington, NC @ Reggie’s 42nd Street Tavern*
Dec 18 Raleigh, NC @ The Pour House*
Dec 19 Lynchburg, VA @ Super Rad Arcade*
Dec 20 Altoona, PA @ McGarvey’s Bar & Grill*
Dec 21 Allentown, PA @ Archer Music Hall (Arrow)*
* (w/ Raw Brigade & Violent Way as support)

Founded in 1982, Agnostic Front stand among the most esteemed pioneers of the hardcore genre. No band comes close in sonic and socio authenticity, where the struggles of survival on the streets have literally given life to a sound that remains as impactful today as it was over four decades ago. Their battering, socially critical anthems laid the foundation for true New York hardcore and fueled the rise of crossover thrash.

After a brief disbandment in the early ‘90s, the band roared back in 1998 with “Something’s Gotta Give”, launching a renewed era of relentless touring and crushing albums. Led by the inimitable roar of vocalist Roger Miret and the charismatic, razor-sharp guitar work of Vinnie Stigma, Agnostic Front have released a slew of hard-hitting records, culminating in their acclaimed 2019 album “Get Loud!” – a reminder of their enduring relevance and uncompromising spirit.

In 2025, Agnostic Front signed with rising metal label Reigning Phoenix Music. “We are excited to announce that we have officially joined the Reigning Phoenix Music family! Excited to work with new and some familiar faces in the team for our new release ‘Echoes in Eternity’, this coming November! Let’s celebrate in making this collaboration a force to be reckoned with!”, says Miret.

RPM co-founder Gerardo Martinez adds: “Having worked with Roger and the guys for two decades, this makes it that much more special. Here’s to many more years of killer music”!

Through line-up changes, industry shifts, and a changing world, Agnostic Front have remained steadfast: unyielding in sound, spirit, and message. “Echoes in Eternity” proves that after 40+ years, they’re not slowing down. If anything, they’re louder, harder, and more vital than ever.

Blue Rodeo Announce Record Store Day Exclusive ‘Songs Seldom Heard’ Vinyl Release

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Blue Rodeo Announce Record Store Day Exclusive ‘Songs Seldom Heard’ Vinyl Release

Following a year of milestone celebrations for their 40th anniversary, Canadian music legends Blue Rodeo have announced the release of Songs Seldom Heard, a special vinyl pressing featuring handpicked fan-favourites and deep cuts from the band’s storied catalogue. This highly personal collection offers a new way for fans to connect with the band’s extensive body of work, a testament to Blue Rodeo’s enduring love affair with Canadians through four decades of timeless music.  Songs Seldom Heard will be released on November 28th as a Record Store Day Black Friday Exclusive, available only at local independent record stores in Canada.

In creating this collection, the band’s current lineup of Jim Cuddy, Greg Keelor, Bazil Donovan, Glenn Milchem, Mike Boguski, Colin Cripps, and Jimmy Bowskill each chose a track that rarely sees the spotlight, offering an intimate look into their personal connection to the music. The translucent emerald LP also features personal notes from every member, revealing hidden stories and little-known details that give a deeper look into both the music and the band itself. This collectible release is the perfect final note on a year of anniversary celebrations, which also included the release of Greatest Hits Vol. 2, their first-ever vinyl pressing of Greatest Hits Vol. 1, the award-winning documentary Blue Rodeo: Lost Together, and a commemorative Canada Post stamp.

Blue Rodeo’s journey began in 1984, when high school friends Jim Cuddy and Greg Keelor formed what they called a “psychedelic country band” in an era dominated by other musical trends.  After facing challenges in New York, their return to a thriving Toronto inspired them to craft music that resonated with their true artistic vision. Joined by bandmates Bazil Donovan, Cleave Anderson, and Bobby Wiseman, Blue Rodeo quickly gained momentum, filling venues and ascending to the top of the charts. Their unwavering commitment to authenticity and a distinctive sound became the cornerstone of their enduring success in the Canadian music scene.

Now celebrating their 40th anniversary, Blue Rodeo has solidified its place as one of Canada’s most enduring and important bands. Their rise in the late 1980s and early 1990s helped spark a roots and country-rock music revival in Canada, influencing a new generation of musicians. The magic of Blue Rodeo’s sound stems from the distinct yet complementary songwriting styles of its lead singers, paired with the exceptional musicianship of its members, including original member Bazil Donovan, drummer Glenn Milchem, keyboardist Michael Boguski, guitarist Colin Cripps, and multi-instrumentalist Jimmy Bowskill. This unique blend of country, rock, and roots has created a body of work that stands as a benchmark in Canadian music, weaving deeply resonant, distinctly Canadian stories that have influenced countless songwriters and become woven into the fabric of the nation’s cultural identity. Blue Rodeo continues to prove their relevance and importance, maintaining an enduring love affair with Canadians through four decades of timeless music.

Blue Rodeo – Songs Seldom Heard 

Side A: 

1. Begging You To Let Me In 

2. Rage 

3. Summer Girls 

4. Nice Try

5. In My Bones

Side B:

1. Is It You

2. So Hard to See 

3. Train 

4. Girl of Mine 

5. The Ballad of the Dime Store Greaser and the Blonde Mona Lisa

Blue Rodeo 2025-2026 Tour Dates:

October 2, 2025: Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium, Calgary, AB

October 4, 2025: Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium, Edmonton, AB

October 5, 2025: Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium, Edmonton, AB

October 7, 2025: Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Vancouver, BC

October 8, 2025: Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Vancouver, BC

October 9, 2025: Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre, Victoria, BC

October 11, 2025: Prospera Place, Kelowna, BC

October 14, 2025: TCU Place, Saskatoon, SK

October 16, 2025: Burton Cummings Theatre, Winnipeg, MB

October 17, 2025: Burton Cummings Theatre, Winnipeg, MB

October 18, 2025: Keystone Centre, Brandon, MB

October 20, 2025: Burton Cummings Theatre, Winnipeg, MB

October 21, 2025: Thunder Bay Community Auditorium, Thunder Bay, ON

October 23, 2025: GFL Memorial Gardens Arena, Sault Ste. Marie, ON

October 24, 2025: Sadlon Arena, Barrie, ON

November 5, 2025:  Savoy Theatre, Glace Bay, NS

November 7, 2025: Avenir Centre, Moncton, NB

November 8, 2025: Scotiabank Centre, Halifax, NS

November 9, 2025: TD Station, St. John, NB

November 14, 2025: FirstOntario Concert Hall, Hamilton, ON

November 15, 2025: Canada Life Place, London, ON

November 20, 2025: Slush Puppie Place, Kingston, ON

November 21, 2025: National Arts Centre, Ottawa, ON

November 22, 2025: National Arts Centre, Ottawa, ON

December 27, 2025: Tribute Communities Centre, Oshawa, ON

December 28, 2025: OLG Stage @ Fallsview Casino, Niagara Falls, ON

January 8, 2026: The Colosseum at Caesars Windsor, Windsor, ON

January 9, 2026: Centre in the Square, Kitchener, ON

January 10, 2026: Centre in the Square, Kitchener, ON

January 16, 2026:  Palais MOntcalm, Quebec City, QC

January 17, 2026: Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier, Place des Arts, Montreal, QC

January 23, 2026: Massey Hall, Toronto, ON

January 24, 2026: Massey Hall, Toronto, ON

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That Eric Alper

Eric Alper is a 6-time nominee for Publicist of the Year during Canadian Music Week and has overseen the publicity campaigns for over 183 JUNO Award-nominated albums (and 16 in 2025), 45 Grammy-nominated albums, including 47 JUNO Award, 58 Canadian Folk Music Award, 126 Maple Blues Award-winning albums and is also truly honoured to work with some of the biggest and most important artists of our time.

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