Black Sabbath / Queen: Rockanoid

Bill McClintock made a mashup of Black Sabbath and Queen: Paranoid + We Will Rock You = Rockanoid. Plus snippets from Metallica (Sad But True - Kirk Hammett's guitar solo), Def Leppard (Rock of Ages), Dio (We Rock), AC/DC (Let There Be Rock & For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)), Judas Priest (Rock Hard Ride Free), Ozzy Osbourne (Rock 'n' Roll Rebel), Pat Benatar (Heartbreaker - Neil Giraldo's guitar solo) and Helix (Rock You). You Want more? His YouTube channel has lots of them.

murkla: Mover

Swedish musician Mattias Lagerkvist takes his avant-garde lo-fi approach to the next level on Mover, the new album by his murkla project. His previous effort Leviata was inspired by the mysteries of Eulisis, but this time he plunges into darkness, stumbling upon a bad news bird (The Glowing Duck) and grappling with the concept of a 24-hour cycle of noise (A Circadian Hymn).

Amidst a stack of field recordings that sound like crap on purpose, white noise and unrelenting drones Lagerkvist creates an alternate universe where humankind is insignificant, a tiny speck on the face of Mother Nature. Life on Earth will adapt and survive, because time is not of the essence to do so. Mover is bleak and foreboding, but like a major trainwreck it is impossible to look away from it.

John Cale, Marc Jacobs and Martin Scorsese on the cover of Charli xcx album

John Cale, Marc Jacobs and Martin Scorsese are on the cover of Charli xcx 's new album Music, Fashion, Film, due for release on July 11. Cale teamed up with her for House, the lead single from her previous album Wuthering Heights, in 2025, contributing a Aidan spoken word part. The photo was made by Aidan Zamiri.

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DBA!: I was born, I was dead

photo: Dylan Cubbin

Liverpool based indie rock quartet DBA! capture boredom and frustration in the midst of a world gone mad on their I was born, I was dead EP. Becoming something cool and interesting is still within their grasp (A Poet And A Clown), while people they used to call their mates have given in with steady jobs (Little Rivers).

Being English ensures that there is no Hollywood ending, and maybe it is easier to call it quits for their quest for living dangerously (I Fall Away). As long as their anger fuels their art, the band can keep going with this fuzz-driven take on post-punk, making it sound nasty to create beauty against all odds.

Marco Bartoccioni: Bartok

Italian multi-instrumentalist Marco Bartoccion can shred and purr on both his electric guitar and his lap steel. Steeped in rough-around-the-edges blues rock and soul, plus passionate vocals he has created an impressive catalog. The latest addition is called Bartok and while it won't pick up any awards for musical risk taking or even straying too much from tried-and-true chord changes, the energy and obvious joy of stitching together these tracks one layer at the time are top shelf and should be enjoyed at maximum volume.

He played every instrument on the album, safe for the drums courtesy of Piero Pierantozzi and he invited a bunch of guest vocalists to set up a conversation with. If anything, it is nice to know that roots music is alive and well in the capital of Italy, providing a new answer for "What have the Romans ever done for us?"