Steven Wilson has shared a video for Now Departing, played live (sort of) in the studio with Randy McStine (guitars, keyboards, backing vocals) and Russell Holzman (drums, percussion). It is a vintage sounding t progressive rock rack from his new album Requiem for a Village. Inspired by folk horror he spins a tale about an obsessive collector of sounds, missing twins and a butcher sudddenly offering more meat. Contemplating to board a train to get the Hell out is a futile exercise: "You might get on train but you'll never escape // 'Cause all destinations end here // It's absurd to believe that when you mean to leave // The train will just bring you back here"
November 09, 2026
Jeff Tweedy: "Twilight in Paris" Black Friday release
Jeff Tweedy's show in Paris at the Alhambra Theatre Music Hall in Paris on February 14, 2026 will be released as a 2LP for Black Friday (November 27): 4400 copies of Twilight in Paris on pink vinyl via Wilco's own label dBpm Records.
November 08, 2026
Barbican Estate: Rock Drill
Japanese duo Barbican Estate have found a way to bring traditional music into psych-infused avant-garde and Krautrock. Now based in London they are part of the underground where musical and visual arts are joined to create an immersive multimedia experience. Their new album Rock Drill does need not moving pictures - the tracks are perfectly capable to conjure up images on their own.
Bookended by the two parts of the soft-spoken Tokyo Ga they have built a maze of sounds, perusing drones, intimate vocals and swirling guitar flourishes. They can latch upon a riff and let it roam freely upon a backbeat that is halfway Can and the Sisters of Mercy.
Words about music (862): Susan Tedeschi
The people I liked all told a story playing guitar. There are a lot of flashy guys out there I didn't like. Whereas someone like B.B. King could play one note and make people feel it - that's way deeper.
Susan Tedeschi
November 07, 2026
The 351's: Worst-Case Scenario
Canadian punk trio The 351's have rounded up the tracks from their first two EPs (No Replacement For Displacement and Against All Odds)for a reissue on vinyl. They make it quick - the eight tracks on Worst-Case Scenario are all done in a little over 20 minutes - and there is plenty of energy, but they come up short to make a lasting impression. There's righteous anger, a decent amount of Ramones-inspired guitar, but naming your band after the evil truck from Spielberg's Duel means that relentlessness should be part of it as well.
A track like Glass Of Mosh Pit Blood with the on-point stuttering guitar and singalon potential of the chorus shows their potential, but the ill-advised attempt to channel the Clash with the ska excursion Devil's Daughter should have been confined within the confines of their rehearsal room. They are currently working on a new EP. If they are lucky, the old adage of third time's a charm might apply.
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