Romeo are a rock ‘n’ roll band formed in 2024 with a clear point of view and the songs to back it up. Their new single “True Confessions,” out now on all digital platforms with an accompanying music video, arrives ahead of their debut album ‘Deja Vu Letters,’ set for release May 29 via Street Symphonies Records and Burning Minds Music Group. Recorded at Slack Studios and Fico Studio, the album was produced by Romeo and Fede Randi.
Inspired by the vintage sound of mid-70s and early 80s rock, with Thin Lizzy, UFO, Cheap Trick, and The Dogs D’Amour as touchstones, “True Confessions” leans into the dark side with real swagger. The band puts it directly: “We stood in front of a mirror and confronted our evil side, took what we said, and combined it with a rock ‘n’ roll beat made for the occasion.” Nine tracks, a full band lineup, and guest appearances including Hammond organ, horns, and backing vocals round out a debut that sounds refined and built to ignite a room in equal measure. Pre-save ‘Deja Vu Letters’ now.
Wolfgang Van Halen’s Mammoth are keeping busy this summer. The hard-rock outfit has announced a run of headline tour dates for July and August 2026, mixed in with previously announced support slots alongside Creed, all coming on the back of ‘The End,’ the band’s third full-length album released in October 2025. Big Wreck supports the Omaha headline date and 10 Years joins for the Myrtle Beach and Baltimore shows.
Mammoth 2026 Tour Dates:
July 12, Edmonton, AB, Exhibition Lands Racetrack (w/ Creed)
July 14, Winnipeg, MB, Canada Life Center (w/ Creed)
July 16, Des Moines, IA, Wooly’s (Headline)
July 18, Omaha, NE, The Astro Theater (Headline / Big Wreck Supporting)
July 19, Tinley Park, IL, Summer of ’99 and Beyond Festival 2026 (w/ Creed)
July 22, Huntsville, AL, Orion Amphitheater (w/ Creed)
July 24, Orange Beach, AL, The Wharf Amphitheater (w/ Creed)
July 25, Tupelo, MS, Cadence Bank Arena (w/ Creed)
July 27, Savannah, GA, Victory North (Headline)
July 29, Chattanooga, TN, Barrelhouse Ballroom (Headline)
July 30, Raleigh, NC, Lincoln Theatre (Headline)
August 1, Myrtle Beach, SC, House of Blues Myrtle Beach (Headline / 10 Years Supporting)
August 2, Baltimore, MD, Nevermore Hall (Headline / 10 Years Supporting)
August 4, Virginia Beach, VA, Elevation 27 (Headline)
August 5, Lititz, PA, Mickey’s Black Box (Headline)
Fifty years on, Jon Anderson’s solo debut still sounds like nothing else ever made. Mobile Fidelity is marking the occasion with a strictly limited 180-gram reissue of ‘Olias of Sunhillow,’ pressed to just 2,000 numbered copies and representing only the second domestic vinyl release of the record since its original 1976 Atlantic Records pressing. It’s the first time this album has received the full audiophile treatment, and given the complexity of what Anderson created, that matters enormously.
The backstory remains astonishing. Following Yes’s 1975 Relayer tour, Anderson brought a mobile recording unit to his Buckinghamshire home and played every single instrument himself, from koto and ethnic flutes to harp, percussion, and modern electronic keyboards, assisted only by Yes sound engineer Mike Dunne. The album debuted at number 8 on the UK charts and number 47 on the Billboard 200, and its ambient landscapes, new-age synthesizers, and Anderson’s signature vocals have only grown in stature since. “The dream of Olias was to spend time learning how to play the numerous instruments I had collected,” Anderson says. “The evolution of the idea took me on an everlasting mission, driving me a bit crazy but nonetheless a satisfying experience which has stood the test of time.”
The Mobile Fidelity reissue replicates the original gatefold jacket with an inner hinged panel and embossed textures, with artwork by David Fairbrother-Roe, who stepped in when longtime Yes artist Roger Dean was unavailable. The vinyl is sourced from a quarter-inch/15 IPS Dolby A analog master to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe. The reissue arrives this July. With only 2,000 copies pressed, this one moves fast.
Calgary heavy alternative outfit Howells have released ‘Fade Into Being (Part 1),’ their most expansive and collaborative work to date, alongside the video premiere for standout track “Overflow” featuring fellow Alberta emo collaborators Astrology Girl. Produced by Devin Taylor (5x Nail The Mix winner) and shaped with visual guidance from JUNO-nominated Mercedes Arn-Horn of Softcult, the EP blends emo emotional weight, shoegaze atmosphere, and metalcore force into what the band calls “halo-core,” equal parts lift and collapse, beauty and ruin.
“Writing ‘Overflow’ with Astrology Girl was effortless,” says frontman Benjamin Howells. “They’re exceptional songwriters, sharp instincts, no hesitation. Chaos, but the right kind.” The EP also features contributions from Folded Hand, and its visual world, shot on a 1984 Minolta X-700 and built around a stark recurring image of a white-tailed deer captured across stages of decay, reflects a project rooted in transformation and rebirth. ‘Fade Into Being (Part 2)’ follows in fall 2026. Nominated for Rock Recording of the Year at the 2025 YYC Music Awards and earning regular airplay on CBC Radio One and X92.9, Howells are one of Canada’s most compelling emerging voices in heavy alternative music. Stream ‘Fade Into Being (Part 1)’ now.
Billy Childs has waited 25 years to make another trio album, and ‘Triumvirate’ makes clear it was worth every year. The six-time GRAMMY-winning pianist and composer releases the new record on Mack Avenue Records, bringing together bassist Matt Penman and drummer Ari Hoenig for an intimate, deeply swinging session built around material revisited from his earliest recordings. It’s a long-overdue return to a format that suits Childs completely.
The company he keeps here is elite. Penman, a longtime member of the all-star SFJAZZ Collective, has worked with John Scofield, Joe Lovano, and Wayne Shorter, and co-founded the collective quartet James Farm with Joshua Redman, Aaron Parks, and Eric Harland. Hoenig has logged time with Chris Potter Underground, the Kurt Rosenwinkel Group, and bands led by Wayne Krantz, Mike Stern, Richard Bona, and Pat Martino. While Childs hadn’t officially recorded with either before, the three had shared stages as a rhythm section behind frontline players including Steve Wilson, Chris Potter, and Sean Jones, and that existing chemistry translates powerfully to tape.
‘Triumvirate’ follows Childs’ 2023 LP ‘The Winds of Change,’ which took home the GRAMMY for Best Jazz Instrumental Album. Across eight tracks including “One Fleeting Instant,” “Flamenco Sketches,” and “Whisper Not,” the album moves with the kind of equal-power interplay the title promises, each member steering the sound from moment to moment with full creative authority. Nearly 50 years into a career that has earned him six GRAMMYs and 17 nominations, with commissions from the Kronos Quartet, the LA Philharmonic, and performances at Carnegie Hall and Kennedy Center, Childs sounds as focused and present as ever.
Childs brings ‘Triumvirate’ to San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, and beyond in the weeks ahead.
Tour Dates:
April 30, San Francisco, CA, Caroline H. Hume Concert Hall *
May 5, Los Angeles, CA, Walt Disney Concert Hall +
May 13-17, New York, NY, Smoke Jazz Club
May 19, Washington, D.C., Blues Alley
May 22, Rockport, MA, Shalin Liu Center
May 23, Old Lyme, CT, Side Door
May 29-30, Los Angeles, CA, Catalina’s
July 5, Portsmouth, NH, Jimmy’s Jazz & Blues Club
*RJAM Big Band featuring Billy Childs on piano
+Billy Childs on piano, Dan Chmielinski on bass, Christian Euman on drums, with strings from the LA Phil
Recorded October 26, 2018, in Belfast for Boiler Room, Caribou’s Dan Snaith delivers a hypnotic, club-floor set that pulls from his signature blend of electropop and psychedelia, demonstrating exactly why he remains one of electronic music’s most compelling live artists.
Underground Springhouse have been building this one differently. ‘A Noise Without A Name,’ the band’s second studio album, arrives May 1 on all streaming platforms and on limited edition vinyl, and it represents a genuine creative leap. Recorded at Standard Electric Recorders Co. in Atlanta in fall 2025, all 10 tracks were written specifically for the studio, none of them road-tested beforehand, making this the first time the band let the recording space itself shape the songwriting from the ground up.
The result draws on rare guitars, vintage synthesizers, and analog processors that the band hadn’t previously had access to, adding new texture to their genre-blending southern rock, indie, and reggae-rooted sound. The album also marks the first studio recordings with drummer AJ Covey, whose world percussion expertise and understated style bring each song a new dimension, and the lead vocal debuts of members Mitch Davidson and Max Motley. Longtime songwriting contributors Charlie Haas and Jackson Thompson anchor the album’s core, keeping the band’s classic feel intact while pushing into new territory.
“We kept it pretty simple, it didn’t need a million tracks,” says Haas, who also wrote second single “I’m A Couch,” which he describes as “the most proud I’ve been of a song that I’ve written. It may initially come off as a silly tune due to the title, but it’s actually a heartfelt and honest account about the struggles that come with losing a loved one.” Lead single “13 Days,” written by bassist Jackson Thompson, tackles the indecision that comes at life’s biggest crossroads, with a harmonized hook and triumphant guitar solo designed to leave optimism even without resolution.
Underground Springhouse have played over 100 shows a year since their 2021 debut, and that relentless road commitment shows in how naturally this band communicates on record. Live tracking kept the sessions spontaneous and conversational, the same quality fans of their live show have always come to expect. ‘A Noise Without A Name’ is out May 1. Limited edition vinyl pre-orders are available now.
Upcoming Tour Dates:
May 7, Asheville, NC, One World Brewing West
May 8, Blacksburg, VA, The Milk Parlor
May 9, Washington, DC, The Atlantis (Co-Bill with The Wilson, Springs Hotel)
June 12, Salem, VA, NokeFest Music & Arts Festival
Mack Geiger is bringing his Australian country sound to American soil for the very first time. The Queensland-born RECORDS Nashville/Columbia newcomer kicks off his New Dirt, Same Boots 2026 Tour this June, hitting CMA Fest in Nashville before moving through Texas and Oklahoma for five more shows. Tickets go on sale May 1 at 10 AM local time.
The momentum behind Geiger’s U.S. debut is real and documented. His sophomore track “String By” has crossed 30 million global streams, hit number 3 on Spotify’s Viral 50 USA, reached number 50 on Billboard Hot Country, and landed a Top 10 position on U.S. Shazam charts. His latest single “Campdraft Queen,” released April 24, earned immediate praise from country tastemakers and landed on major New Music Friday lists. All Country News wrote that it “proves he’s got a voice and vision that feel right at home in today’s country landscape.”
Raised on cattle stations in Central Queensland and shaped by a deep love for 90s country, Geiger writes and performs with an authenticity that translates. His live show is raw, high-energy, and built for the kind of legendary rooms on this tour, from Cain’s Ballroom in Tulsa to Billy Bob’s Texas in Fort Worth to Gruene Hall in New Braunfels. These are venues that have a nose for the real thing, and Geiger fits.
This debut U.S. run marks the start of what looks like a breakout global year. More new music is on the way, and Geiger is also scheduled to tour with Warren Zeiders and Drake Milligan across Australia. Catch him at CMA Fest or on the Texas and Oklahoma leg while the rooms are still this intimate.
Mike Peters gave everything he had right to the end. The Alarm’s founding vocalist and driving force passed away on April 29, 2025, following a fearlessly fought 31-year battle with cancer. Now, his final recorded statement arrives. ‘Transformation,’ the band’s new album, releases May 29, 2026 via Twenty First Century Recordings and Virgin Music Group, and its latest single “Live Today” is out now.
The circumstances surrounding “Live Today” make it one of the most emotionally charged pieces of music you’ll encounter this year. The video was filmed just days before Mike underwent CAR-T therapy in a last attempt to defeat Richter’s Syndrome, an aggressive form of lymphoma. He performed on a beach in the North of England at sunrise, with no visible sign of the battle raging inside him. “As the sun rose, watching Mike perform this song with so much optimism and hope will live with me forever,” says Jules Peters, his bandmate and wife. After filming wrapped, they drove straight to Christie Hospital in Manchester. “I was personally terrified,” she says. “I couldn’t shake off a feeling that cancer had finally caught up with us both.”
The recording sessions for ‘Transformation’ began spontaneously on October 7, 2024, and were completed on January 15, 2025, the night before CAR-T therapy began. Across 12 tracks, the album carries the full weight and warmth of everything The Alarm built across more than four decades. “New Life” opens as a rallying call that now carries entirely new meaning. “Chimera” was released on the exact day therapy began, drawing on Greek mythology to reflect Mike’s belief that he would literally become chimeric with two types of DNA flowing through him. “One In A Million” builds from a quiet hymn into a fiery chorus, and the closing ballad “Love Makes Love” ends the album with the warmth of a final embrace.
Peters first rose to prominence in the early 1980s with anthems like “68 Guns” and “Strength,” earning a devoted global following and the admiration of U2, Simple Minds, and The Cult. Bono described The Alarm as “the second greatest rock and roll band in the world.” Off stage, Peters co-founded Love Hope Strength alongside Jules, a music-driven cancer charity that has added over 400,000 people to the global stem cell registry through innovative campaigns at concerts and on mountaintops.
“Transformation is the finest Alarm album of all,” says Jules, “written through adversity, with lashings of hope to stay strong, to believe, to keep moving forwards, to stay alive, to never be afraid and to welcome transformation.” ‘Transformation’ arrives May 29. Blast it loud.
Nine years between albums is a long time, and Europe have used every bit of it. ‘Come This Madness,’ the Swedish hard rock outfit’s 12th studio album, arrives September 25 via Silver Lining Music and Hell & Back Recordings, and it announces itself with immediate force. Lead single “One On One” is out now, accompanied by a striking music video featuring acclaimed actor Peter Stormare (Fargo, The Big Lebowski, Minority Report), directed by Patric Ullaeus.
The album was recorded at RMV Studio in Stockholm, the recording facility founded by Benny Andersson and Ludvig Andersson, and produced by Tom Dalgety, whose credits include Ghost, Rammstein, Pixies, The Cult, and Opeth. Dalgety went deep into the writing and recording process, co-writing on select tracks and functioning, as Joey Tempest puts it, as a sixth member of the band. Mike Fraser (AC/DC, Van Halen, Metallica) handled mixing. The album also features guest appearances from Tobias Forge of Ghost and Michael Åkerfeldt of Opeth, and its artwork was created by Storm Studios, known for their work with Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, and Muse. That’s a production team assembled with serious intention.
“One On One” opens with an orchestral intro before moving into a driving bass riff layered with soaring melodies, building into an arena-ready hard rock moment that lands between Europe’s classic sound and something genuinely fresh. “The power and feel is fresh, but some of the melodies bring me back to where it all began,” says Tempest. “Lyrically, it’s perhaps not filled with as much escapism as early Europe. These lyrics automatically ended up being more of a reflection of the times we live in today.” The track is one the band refused to abandon through years of development, and that persistence paid off.
‘Come This Madness’ arrives across songs including “The Cult of Ignorance,” the title track, “Scandinavian Eyes,” and “The Devil’s Back,” a full 11-track statement that the band describes as their most uncompromising work to date. Pre-orders are live now on vinyl, CD, and digital formats.
The album release comes alongside an extensive live run, including festival appearances at Graspop Metal Meeting, Wacken Open Air, and Stonedead Festival, followed by The Final Countdown 40th Anniversary Tour launching September 30 in Glasgow and running through November across the UK, Europe, and Scandinavia. Full dates and tickets at europetheband.com.
‘Come This Madness’ Track Listing:
One on One
The Cult of Ignorance
Come This Madness
This Time of Year
In a Different World
Scandinavian Eyes
Takin’ It Back
In the Absence of Grace
The Angels Must Have Flown
The Devil’s Back
Nothing Can Follow This
2026 Tour Dates:
June 6, Maia, PT, North Festival
June 21, Dessel, BE, Graspop Metal Meeting
June 25, Bela Nad Cirochou, SK, Rock Pod Kameňom Festival
June 28, Tilloloy, FR, Retro Trop C
July 5, Marostica, IT, Summer Festival Piazza Castello
July 7, Roma, IT, Cavea-Auditorium Parco della Musica
July 8, Brescia, IT, Arena Campo Marte
July 9, Forte Dei Marmi, IT, Villa Bertelli
July 25, Meaño, Pontevedra, ES, Son Do Mar Festival
July 30, Wacken, DE, Wacken Open Air
August 29, Newark, GB, Stonedead Festival
September 30, Glasgow, GB, SEC Armadillo *
October 2, Wolverhampton, GB, Civic Hall *
October 3, London, GB, Eventim Apollo Hammersmith *
October 5, Arnhem, NL, Musis Arnhem *
October 6, Paris, FR, Olympia *
October 8, Barcelona, ES, Poble Espanyol *
October 9, Bilbao, ES, Bilbao Arena Mirabilla *
October 10, Madrid, ES, La Cubierta *
October 12, Lausanne, CH, Salle Métropole *
October 13, Zürich, CH, Volkshaus *
October 14, Milan, IT, Alcatraz *
October 16, Stuttgart, DE, Liederhalle *
October 17, Wien, AT, Gasometer *
October 19, Berlin, DE, Admiralspalast Theater *
October 20, Warszawa, PL, COS Torwar *
October 22, Frederiksberg, DK, Falkoner *
October 23, Gothenburg, SE, Film Studios *
October 24, Stockholm, SE, B-K *
October 26, Oslo, NO, Sentrum Scene *
November 15, St. Julians, MT, Malta Metal Weekend *
November 21, Ostrava, CZ, Ostravar Aréna *
November 25, Helsinki, FI, Aalto Hall at House of Culture *
November 27, Jyväskylä, FI, John Smith Rock Frozen Paviljonki *
November 28, Joensuu, FI, Unholy Winter Festival Joensuu Areena *
