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The Pineapple Thief Revisit A Defining Era With ‘Retracing Our Steps’ Box Set

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The Pineapple Thief Revisit A Defining Era With ‘Retracing Our Steps’ Box Set

The Pineapple Thief look back at a pivotal stretch of their catalog with ‘Retracing Our Steps,’ an expansive 8-disc collection out now via Kscope. Spanning the albums ‘What We Have Sown,’ ‘Tightly Unwound,’ ‘Someone Here Is Missing,’ ‘All The Wars,’ and ‘Magnolia,’ the set gathers newly remixed and remastered recordings, rarities, acoustic versions, and immersive audio formats that trace the band’s evolution during their most formative years. All material was remixed in 2025 by Bruce Soord and remastered by Steve Kitch, with the Blu-ray disc presenting Dolby Atmos, 5.1 surround, and hi-res stereo mixes. The package also includes a 76-page hardback book written by Polly Glass, featuring reflections, interviews, and personal correspondence between Soord and longtime friend and fan Peter Clemens, offering rare insight into the moments, relationships, and turning points behind the music.

Retracing Our Steps Discs:

  1. What We Have Sown (2007) – 2025 Mix with bonus tracks
  2. Tightly Unwound (2008) – 2025 Mix
  3. The Dawn Raids (2009) – 2025 Mix plus rarities
  4. Someone Here Is Missing (2010) – 2025 Mix plus Show A Little Love EP
  5. All The Wars (2012) – 2025 Mix with bonus tracks
  6. Magnolia (2014) – 2025 Mix with bonus tracks
  7. The Acoustic Versions
  8. Blu-ray with Dolby Atmos, 5.1 surround, and hi-res stereo mixes

King Stingray Bring Coastal Groove And Power To KEXP Studio Session

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King Stingray Bring Coastal Groove And Power To KEXP Studio Session

Australian rock band King Stingray deliver a vibrant live set at KEXP, recorded in the station’s studio and hosted by Kevin Sur. Moving through “Lookin’ Out,” “Hey Wanhaka,” “Best Bits,” and “Milkumana,” the performance highlights the band’s rich vocal blend, rhythmic pulse, and melodic warmth, with voices shared across the lineup and Billy Wanambi’s didgeridoo adding a deep, grounding presence. The session captures King Stingray at full strength, relaxed, confident, and locked in.


Colin Farrell And Danny DeVito Swap Penguin Stories

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Colin Farrell And Danny DeVito Swap Penguin Stories

Emmy nominee Colin Farrell sat down with Danny DeVito for Variety Studio’s Actors On Actors, resulting in a genuinely funny and thoughtful exchange centered on their shared history and overlapping legacies. The pair reflected on working together on Dumbo for director Tim Burton, compared notes on the physical and psychological toll of transforming into The Penguin, and laughed through DeVito’s early confusion about It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia. The conversation balances craft talk with sharp humor, turning a shared comic-book villain into an unexpected bridge between generations of character acting.


Bardcore Favorite Algal The Bard Time Travels With “Don’t Fear The Reaper” Cover

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Bardcore Favorite Algal The Bard Time Travels With “Don’t Fear The Reaper” Cover

Bardcore musician Algal The Bard leans fully into medieval menace with a foreboding, minor-key cover of Don’t Fear The Reaper, reimagined using instruments straight out of the Dark Ages. Built from lute-guitar, bouzouki, viola da gamba, and low whistles in D and G, the performance turns a classic rock staple into something that sounds fit for a candlelit stone hall right before the plague hits.

David Gilmour Studio And Stage Captured In Polly Samson’s ‘Luck And Strange – Studio Live’

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David Gilmour Studio And Stage Captured In Polly Samson’s ‘Luck And Strange – Studio Live’

On January 6, Thames & Hudson publish ‘Luck And Strange – Studio Live,’ an intimate photographic chronicle by Polly Samson documenting the creation and performance life of David Gilmour’s fifth solo album ‘Luck And Strange.’ With complete access granted throughout recording sessions, rehearsals, backstage moments, and live shows, Samson captures the full arc of the album’s journey, from quiet studio concentration to the scale and electricity of a sold-out international tour. Shot using her preferred Leica cameras, the images move between candle-lit black-and-white studio scenes and vivid color photographs from the stage, offering a textured and deeply personal visual record of the process behind a No. 1 album.

The book also features distinctive hand lettering by Anton Corbijn across the cover and interior, alongside a new interview conducted by renowned rock photographer Jill Furmanovsky, which explores Samson’s approach, instincts, and long creative partnership with Gilmour. A foreword by the late Alan Yentob adds further context to the project. Together, the photographs and accompanying text form a candid visual diary that balances humor, intimacy, and spectacle, offering fans a rare look at both the human and musical moments surrounding ‘Luck And Strange.’

Industrial Rock Artist Staytus Fuses Grunge Fury And Cinematic Tension On “Kiss N Tell”

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Industrial Rock Artist Staytus Fuses Grunge Fury And Cinematic Tension On “Kiss N Tell”

Electro industrial and alternative rock artist Staytus returns with “Kiss N Tell,” a brooding and confrontational single that blends grunge-era aggression with cinematic weight. Produced by Grammy-winning producer Mikal Blue and recorded at Revolver Recording Studio in California, the track explores obsession, secrecy, and emotional collision through distorted guitars, layered vocals, and a sense of mounting tension. The song arrives as a sharp continuation of Staytus’s industrial-grunge hybrid, leaning into atmosphere while keeping its punch direct and physical.

Powering the track is a commanding drum performance from Jeff Friedl, whose work with A Perfect Circle and Puscifer informs the song’s heavy pulse, while Anthony Laurie of Thredge adds serrated guitar lines that cut through the mix. Visually, “Kiss N Tell” draws inspiration from The Silence Of The Lambs, featuring gothic imagery centered on secrecy and transformation. Following the earlier single “68 Kill,” produced by Matt McJunkins, this release further establishes Staytus as an artist unafraid to lean into darker themes, sharper sounds, and a fully charged industrial edge.

Indigenous Punk Band Dead Pioneers Return With Fierce New Single “Freedom Means Something”

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Indigenous Punk Band Dead Pioneers Return With Fierce New Single “Freedom Means Something”

Denver-based Indigenous punk band Dead Pioneers continue sharpening their voice with the release of “Freedom Means Something,” a standalone single recorded during the sessions for ‘PO$T AMERICAN’ but held back until now. Built on their signature fusion of spoken word intensity, hypnotic post-rock tension, and punk urgency, the track captures a level of rage and clarity that feels immediate and unfiltered. Though written over a year ago, the song lands squarely in the present, reflecting the fear, anger, and fallout surrounding political decisions in the United States. Frontman Gregg Deal explains the song was left off the album for sequencing reasons rather than strength, making its release now a deliberate and timely choice.

“Freedom Means Something” stands as one of the band’s most direct and confrontational statements, closing with lyrics that refuse comfort or neutrality. The accompanying video underscores that intensity, pairing stark visuals with the song’s uncompromising message. Dead Pioneers emerged as a musical extension of Deal’s performance art practice, translating his work around Indigenous identity, resistance, and historical reckoning into sound. Completed by Josh Rivera and Abe Brennan on guitars, Lee Tesche of Algiers on bass, and Shane Zweygardt on drums, the band channel punk’s raw force into music that speaks plainly, hits hard, and insists on being heard.

Sick New World Festival Expands In 2026 With Las Vegas Return And Texas Debut

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Sick New World Festival Expands In 2026 With Las Vegas Return And Texas Debut

Live Nation has announced the full lineup for the 2026 edition of Sick New World while also confirming the launch of an inaugural Texas event. The Las Vegas edition returns April 25 at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds, once again led by System Of A Down and Korn. The stacked bill brings together a wide spectrum of heavy music with performances from Bring Me The Horizon, Evanescence, Marilyn Manson, Danny Elfman, Knocked Loose, Ministry, AFI, Cypress Hill, Acid Bath, and many more.

The festival’s Texas debut arrives October 24 at the Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, headlined by System Of A Down and Deftones. That lineup raises the stakes with Slayer performing ‘Reign In Blood’ in full, alongside The Prodigy, Mastodon, Power Trip, Evanescence, Marilyn Manson, AFI, Ministry, and Knocked Loose. Together, the two editions position Sick New World as one of the most concentrated heavy lineups of the year, spanning metal, hardcore, industrial, and alternative scenes across generations.

Ticket options include GA, GA+, VIP, and VIP Cabana packages, with tiered amenities ranging from shaded lounges and air-conditioned restrooms to preferred viewing areas and private cabana experiences. With two large-scale events now on the calendar, Sick New World continues to scale up as a destination festival for fans of heavy music in all its forms.

UK Rock Band Atlas&i Roar Back With ‘Between Collapse & The Quiet Beyond’

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UK Rock Band Atlas&i Roar Back With ‘Between Collapse & The Quiet Beyond’

UK rock band Atlas&i return with force and clarity on ‘Between Collapse & The Quiet Beyond,’ a sweeping 10-track album that expands the epic sound they first carved out on ‘In Desolate Times.’ Powered by soaring vocals, melodic twin guitars, driving bass, and hard-hitting drums, the record feels confident and fully charged, capturing a band reconnecting with each other and the rush of making loud, emotionally grounded rock again. There is a renewed intensity here that feels earned rather than nostalgic, with songs shaped by time, experience, and persistence. After more than a decade away, Atlas&i are locked in and alive, delivering a record that stands tall, embraces scale and feeling, and reasserts their place within the modern UK rock landscape.

Folk Rock Artist Kentucky Sounds Alarm With “Born American” Single

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Folk Rock Artist Kentucky Sounds Alarm With “Born American” Single

Folk rock artist Kentucky, the project of songwriter Jordan Holman, returns with “Born American,” a stark and deliberate new single that turns its gaze outward. Where his debut album ‘Second Chance Music’ focused on survival and personal reckoning, this release addresses the fragile reality of birthright citizenship in the United States. The song pairs an almost buoyant melodic drive with a message that stays plainspoken and unresolved, letting the tension between sound and subject carry the weight rather than leaning on slogans or dramatics.

The track’s final moments strip back completely, closing with an unadorned a cappella fragment of the American national anthem that fades without comfort or conclusion. Its companion video reinforces that unease through restrained imagery, showing Kentucky lying beneath dripping red, white, and blue candle wax that scars the surface below. Together, the song and visuals frame “Born American” as an observation rather than a solution, placing the listener face to face with the question it raises and leaving space for reflection to linger.

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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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