Gorillaz to mark new album 'The Mountain' this month with shows, limited exhibition in LA

“Damascus (feat. Omar Souleyman and Yasiin Bey)” is the fourth and latest new track to preview the upcoming new Gorillaz studio album 'The Mountain,' out February 27 via Kong. Listen HERE.

Gorillaz - which appeared on the main stage at Coachella Festival '24 - is led by Damon Albarn (Blur). The current single was first debuted during a special performance of The Mountain at London’s Copper Box Arena last September.

The Mountain, Gorillaz’ ninth studio album, was co-produced by Gorillaz, James Ford (Arctic Monkeys) and others. It was recorded around the world and features artists performing in Arabic, English, Hindi, Spanish and Yoruba. Among the collaborators are Gruff Rhys of Super Furry Animals, IDLES, Johnny Marr, Paul Simonon, Sparks, as well as the voices of the late Bobby Womack, Dennis Hopper, The Fall's Mark E Smith, Proof and Tony Allen. 

Following last year’s acclaimed London run, the gates of Kong – the fabled home of Gorillaz - will open in Downtown L.A. when the new immersive exhibition House of Kong opens for a limited 4-week run from February 26-March 19 at Rolling Greens. Exhibition tickets are on sale now. 

The exhibition will be accompanied by two Gorillaz shows at the Hollywood Palladium on February 22-23. These standalone U.S. dates will see Damon Albarn and the Gorillaz live band joined onstage by special guests to perform the band’s new album The Mountain in full, from beginning to end, all under the watchful eye of Murdoc, Noodle, Russel and 2D.

Watch exhibition trailer HERE
Tickets Available HERE

Listen to “The God of Lying (feat. IDLES)” HERE. “The Manifesto (feat. Trueno and Proof)” HERE and “The Happy Dictator (feat. Sparks)” HERE.

The Mountain will be available in the following formats: Digital Download; Standard CD; Deluxe 2CD; Standard Vinyl; Hardback Book Vinyl Edition; Limited Edition Collectors Box (incl. Art Prints). Pre-order HERE.

Pre order / pre save The Mountain HERE.

Track listing:

The Mountain (feat. Dennis Hopper, Ajay Prasanna, Anoushka Shankar, Amaan Ali Bangash and Ayaan Ali Bangash)

The Moon Cave (feat. Asha Puthli, Bobby Womack, Dave Jolicoeur, Jalen Ngonda and Black Thought)
The Happy Dictator (feat. Sparks)
The Hardest Thing (feat. Tony Allen)
Orange County (feat. Bizarrap, Kara Jackson and Anoushka Shankar)
The God of Lying (feat. IDLES)
The Empty Dream Machine (feat. Black Thought, Johnny Marr and Anoushka Shankar)
The Manifesto (feat. Trueno and Proof)
The Plastic Guru (feat. Johnny Marr and Anoushka Shankar)
Delirium (feat. Mark E. Smith)
Damascus (feat. Omar Souleyman and Yasiin Bey)
The Shadowy Light (feat. Asha Bhosle, Gruff Rhys, Ajay Prasanna, Amaan Ali Bangash and Ayaan Ali Bangash)
Casablanca (feat. Paul Simonon and Johnny Marr)
The Sweet Prince (feat. Ajay Prasanna, Johnny Marr and Anoushka Shankar)
The Sad God (feat. Black Thought, Ajay Prasanna and Anoushka Shankar)

The Black Keys news

The Black Keys' new single “You Got To Lose” is the first from their upcoming album Peaches! set for release on May 1 via Easy Eye Sound/Warner Records. 

The music video, directed by E.J. McLeavey-Fisher, centers around the band playing a surprise show at the legendary Memphis juke joint, Hernando’s Hide-A-Way, last month.

Listen to/Watch “You Got to Lose” here. Pre-order/save Peaches! here.

Peaches!, the band’s fourteenth studio album, was described by singer Dan Auerbach as the band’s “most natural record” since their 2002 debut, The Big Come Up. The project was born in the wake of Auerbach’s late father’s diagnosis of esophageal cancer, as he was staying in Dan’s Nashville home, in rapid decline. Patrick Carney, Dan’s Black Keys bandmate and oldest, closest friend, knew without asking “that it would be good for Dan to have something to do.” That something, of course, was to head into the studio and crank up the amps.

“We weren’t making a record. We were just jamming, like this is for us,” Dan Auerbach says. “Really primal, in a moment when all the nerves were raw, just kinda screaming. We were going through a lot, trying to lift our spirits. I think my dad getting sick made me not give a fuck and just wanna scream for a bit.”

In similar DIY spirit to their debut, the album was recorded with all musicians playing in the same room with very few overdubs, and is the first album mixed entirely by the band themselves since 2006’s Magic Potion.

“Everything was all cut live in one with no separation, including vocals,” adds Patrick Carney. “It was a nightmare to mix but we got it sounding raw and filthy.”

The songs on Peaches! reflect Dan and Patrick’s obsessive record-collecting habit, which in recent years has escalated into an ongoing series of Record Hang DJ-set dance parties. These hangs fueled a deeper period of musical archaeology for both of them. “I’d look for 45s specifically to play at the record hangs,” Dan says, “but sometimes I’d find a song and think, ‘This might be fun for Pat and me to play live.’”

Peaches! cover art is illustrated with an image by the iconic Memphis-born photographer William Eggleston, a hero of the band’s, and see’s Patrick’s brother, Michael Carney, designing and art-directing the package as he did similarly with early Black Keys albums, notably winning a GRAMMY award for the Brothers cover. Peaches! will be available on vinyl, CD, cassette and digitally — pre-order/save here.

The Black Keys are set to headline Gentilly Stage at New Orleans Jazz Fest this spring, with select festival dates in the summer. Tickets available here: https://theblackkeys.com/

Track listing:

01. Where There's Smoke, There's Fire

02. Stop Arguing Over Me
03. Who's Been Foolin' You
04. It's a Dream
05. Tomorrow Night
06. You Got To Lose
07. Tell Me You Love Me
08. She Does It Right
09. Fireman Ring the Bell
10. Nobody But You Baby

Upcoming Festival dates:

05/01/26 - New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival - New Orleans, LA

07/17/26 – Minnesota Yacht Club – St. Paul, MN

Out now: 'Sunday Best,' the new album from Nick Jonas

'Sunday Best,' the first solo album in nearly five years by Nick Jonas, is out today via Republic Records—listen HERE. The official music video for single “Gut Punch” can be viewed HERE. It was directed by filmmaker Anthony Mandler.

On the song’s inspiration, Nick shares, “I tend to be hyper critical of myself, not typically about my appearance or getting older, but I was wondering, ‘Am I doing everything to be the best version of myself? Am I a present and thoughtful husband? Am I a good father?’ As time goes by, the stress and complications of life will weigh on you. It’s important to remember there was once a version of you who was carefree and loved the world.”

Nick first debuted “Gut Punch” live last November while on tour in Las Vegas, introducing the song to fans at select stops in the weeks that followed, including a special performance during the Jonas Brothers’ Samsung TV Plus New Year’s Eve celebration. 

Earlier this week, Jonas performed the song on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (watch HERE), and followed that with an appearance on Late Night with Seth Meyers (watch HERE). The singer also did a show at NYC's Irving Plaza and hits the Blue Note in LA on Saturday. . 

“I’m so excited to share these new stories, candid thoughts, quiet walks home in the city, and snapshots of my life over these past few years. And while this album was made over the course of the last two years, it was truly 33 years in the making.” 

– Nick Jonas on Sunday Best

Track listing: 

“Sweet To Me”
“Handprints”
“I Need You”
“You Got Me”
“Gut Punch”
“Hope”
“Seeing Ghosts”
“Aphrodite”
“911”
“The Greatest” feat. Jonas Brothers
“Princesses”

Classic Van Halen album '5150' to get deluxe treatment for 40th Anniversary

Rhino will release Van Halen's '5150 (Expanded Edition)' on March 27, just days after the album’s 40th anniversary. The LP/3CD/Blu-ray collection includes the 1986 album remastered directly from the original master tapes, overseen by the band’s longtime engineer Donn Landee. Additionally, an Amazon-exclusive green vinyl version will be available the same day.

It arrives days after the original album's 40th anniversary. '5150' was the first album featuring the lineup of Sammy Hagar, Eddie Van Halen, Alex Van Halen, and Michael Anthony and marked the band’s first #1 album with hits like “Why Can’t This Be Love,” “Dreams,” and “Best Of Both Worlds,” continuing their streak of multi-platinum releases.

The expanded reissue introduces more than 90 minutes of previously unreleased live recordings from the band’s August 27, 1986 concert at New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum in New Haven, Connecticut. These are joined by a selection of rare 7” single edits and extended 12” versions. The Blu-ray includes a new high-definition upgrade of Live Without a Net, Van Halen’s double-Platinum 1986 concert video that was also recorded that same August night in New Haven, along with promotional videos for “Dreams” and “Why Can’t This Be Love.” Pre-order HERE.

Standalone versions of 5150 featuring the remastered album and rarities will also be available the same day as a 2CD set or a 2LP on black vinyl. Ahead of the release, the live version of “Summer Nights” from the New Haven show is available now digitally, along with the HD remastered video. Listen HERE.

Van Halen recorded 5150 at Eddie’s 5150 Studios in California beginning in late 1985. Released on March 24, 1986, the album debuted at the top of the Billboard 200, becoming the band’s first #1 release. It quickly became one of the best-selling albums of Van Halen’s career, earning 6x Platinum certification in the U.S., and was followed by the extensive and highly successful 5150 Tour. On stage, the new lineup focused on new material like “Love Walks In,” “Best Of Both Worlds,” and “Get Up,” while still delivering early VH favorites like “Panama” and “Ain’t Talkin’ ’Bout Love.”

5150 (EXPANDED EDITION)

3CD/Blu-ray Track Listing

Disc One: Original Album Remastered

“Good Enough”
“Why Can’t This Be Love"
“Get Up”
“Dreams”
“Summer Nights”
“Best Of Both Worlds”
“Love Walks In”
“5150”
“Inside”

Disc Two

“Best Of Both Worlds” (Single Edit)
“Dreams” (Single Edit)
“Love Walks In” (Single Edit)
“Why Can’t This Be Love” (Extended Version)
“Dreams” (Extended Version)
“Best Of Both Worlds” (Live)
“Rock And Roll” (Live)
“Love Walks In” (Live)

Disc Three

New Haven Veteran Memorial Coliseum, New Haven, CT (8/27/86)

“There’s Only One Way To Rock”
“Summer Nights”
“5150”
“Panama”
“Best Of Both Worlds”
“Love Walks In”
Guitar Solo
“I Can’t Drive 55”
“Ain’t Talkin’ ’Bout Love”
“Wild Thing”
“Why Can’t This Be Love”
“Rock And Roll”

Blu-ray

Live Without a Net (HD Upgrade)
“Dreams” (Promo Video)
“Why Can’t This Be Love” (Promo Video)

5150
2CD Track Listing

Disc One

“Good Enough”
“Why Can’t This Be Love"
“Get Up”
“Dreams”
“Summer Nights”
“Best Of Both Worlds”
“Love Walks In”
“5150”
“Inside”

Disc Two

“Best Of Both Worlds” (Edit)
“Dreams” (Edit)
“Love Walks In” (Edit)
“Why Can’t This Be Love” (Extended Version)
“Dreams” (Extended Version)
“Best Of Both Worlds” (Live)
“Rock And Roll” (Live)
“Love Walks In” (Live)

Bruce Hornsby album, tour slated for spring

Bruce Hornsby has unveiled the title track and first single from his forthcoming album, Indigo Park, arriving April 3 on Zappo Productions/Thirty Tigers. Produced by Tony Berg, Will Maclellan and Bruce Hornsby, Indigo Park finds the artist backed by his longtime band, The Noisemakers, as well as guitarist Blake Mills, bassist Pino Palladino and drummer Chris Dave.

It also features collaborations with Bob Weir, Bonnie Raitt, Ezra Koenig and Robert Hunter. Listen to "Indigo Park" and watch the video: HERE

With the exception of two songs co-written with late Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter ("Alabama" and "Might As Well Be Me, Florinda"), Indigo Park finds Hornsby singing more in the first-person than he ever has. In the title track, the first song he wrote for the album, Hornsby looks back on a 10th grade party at the Indigo Park Pool in Williamsburg, Virginia, when a "great big entrance" went awry. 

Bruce Hornsby says, "It's just an old bastard, looking back. To be honest, I've found a way, a path to grow old gracefully, with help from some newborn friends of mine."

The creation of Indigo Park began in 2024, as Bruce Hornsby was turning 70. After releasing a streak of four albums in five years – Absolute Zero (2019), Non-Secure Connection (2020), 'Flicted (2022) and Deep Sea Vents (2024) – he was burnt out and tried his best to stop writing for a bit. That plan did not last. 

In addition to Indigo Park, 2026 brings the 40th anniversary of The Way It Is, both the album and its #1 single. 

Alongside The Noisemakers, Bruce Hornsby will perform music from Indigo Park and his past four decades on a headline tour of two dozen shows across the US this spring and summer. Find the list of dates below, and tickets at brucehornsby.com/#tour.

Pre-Order Indigo Park

Track listing:

Indigo Park
Memory Palace (feat. Ezra Koenig)
Entropy Here (Rust In Peace)
Silhouette Shadows
Ecstatic (feat. Bonnie Raitt)
Alabama
North Dakota Slate Roof
Sliver of Time
Might As Well Be Me, Florinda (with Bob Weir & feat. Blake Mills)
Take a Light Strain

'An Evening With' Tour Dates:

2/12 - Houston, TX - The Heights Theater - SOLD OUT
2/13 - Lake Jackson, TX - The Clarion at Brazosport College
2/28 - Denver, CO - Boettcher Concert Hall w/ the Colorado Symphony Orchestra

Bruce Hornsby & The Noisemakers Tour Dates:

4/9 - Cincinnati, OH - Taft Theatre
4/11 - Louisville, KY - Brown Theatre
4/12 - Nashville, TN - CMA Theater
4/14 - Knoxville, TN - Bijou Theatre
4/15 - Winston-Salem, NC - The Ramkat
4/17 - Atlanta, GA - TBA
4/19 - North Charleston, SC - High Water Music Festival
4/21 - Ponte Vedra Beach, FL - Ponte Vedra Concert Hall
4/23 - Birmingham, AL - The Lyric Theatre
4/25 - New Orleans, LA - New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
6/2 - Redding, CA - Cascade Theatre
6/4 - Portland, OR - Revolution Hall
6/5 - Seattle, WA - Neptune Theatre
6/7 - Medford, OR - Holly Theatre
6/8 - Folsom, CA - Harris Center- Stage One
6/10 - San Ramon, CA - Dougherty Valley Performing Arts Center
6/11 - San Francisco, CA - Palace of Fine Arts
6/13 - Monterey, CA - Golden State Theatre
6/16 - Los Angeles, CA - The Troubadour
6/17 - Los Angeles, CA - The Troubadour
6/18 - Ojai, CA - Libbey Bowl
6/20 - Scottsdale, AZ - Virginia G. Piper Theatre
6/21 - Corona, CA - Dos Lagos Amphitheater
7/25 - Patchougue, NY - Great South Bay Music Festival

Record Store Day - April 2026 news: Rare titles from The Blasters, Romeo Void

As usual, the label has more cool Eighties-centric rock/alternative releases on tap...

Liberation Hall has announced a pair of titles for Record Store Day, the annual retail event which celebrates independent record stores in the U.S. and abroad. Record Store Day is set for Saturday, April 18. Liberation Hall will issue a double LP of previously unreleased live recordings from San Francisco new wave rockers Romeo Void, alongside the final installment in a wide-ranging catalog campaign from Los Angeles’ the Blasters. Both titles will be distributed by MVD Entertainment.

ROMEO VOID – Live ’81-‘85

In 2023, Liberation Hall released Live from Mabuhay Gardens, the first official concert recording from Romeo Void. That first RSD exclusive is now set to be followed by another limited-edition release. 

Live ’81-’85 captures Romeo Void performing in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and Albany, New York, as well as farther afield in London and Berlin. The 17-track set brings together songs from all three of the band’s studio albums — It’s a Condition (1981), Benefactor (1982) and Instincts (1984) — and features band members Debora Iyall (vocals), Frank Zincavage (bass), Peter Woods (guitar), Benjamin Bossi (saxophone), Larry Carter (drums), and Aaron Smith (drums). 

The deluxe double-LP package will be pressed on black vinyl and available in a gatefold sleeve designed by Zincavage and Skott Reader. The cover art is an homage to the band’s breakout record, 1981’s “Never Say Never” EP. The record’s inner bag will feature lyrics, rare photos and memorabilia. Live ’81-’85 will also be available on CD and digital. Digital single “Never Say Never” is available now.

TRACKLIST: 1. In the Dark | 2. Flashflood | 3. Shake the Hands of Time | 4. Not Safe | 5. Undercover Kept | 6. White Sweater | 7. S.O.S. | 8. Never Say Never | 9. I Mean It | 10. Billy’s Birthday | 11. Just Too Easy | 12. Say No | 13. Instincts | 14. A Girl in Trouble (Is a Temporary Thing) | 15. Out on My Own | 16. Six Days and One | 17. Chinatown| 18. Myself to Myself *

* Vinyl and digital download bonus track (does not appear on CD)
All live tracks written by Romeo Void and previously unreleased.

NEKO CASE ON ROMEO VOID:

“Live ’81-’85 captures that sweet spot after the record is made where you tour until the songs come out of you like a gorgeous martial arts drill and you wish you could go back and record them all over again. Debora Iyall’s vocals are so confident and commanding. She is one of those singers who make me wonder how much less myself I would be if they hadn’t been there.”

THE BLASTERS – Rare Blasts: Studio Outtakes and Movie Music 1979-1985

A crown jewel in last year’s Record Store Day roster, An American Music Story: The Complete Studio Recordings 1979-1985, was a comprehensive 5-LP overview from Los Angeles roots-rock legends the Blasters. This deluxe box set was an immediate sellout, and over the past six months Liberation Hall has kept busy reissuing the five titles as standalone releases. 

The final entry from that box set, Rare Blasts: Studio Outtakes and Movie Music 1979-1985, arrives on April 18. It will be available on translucent cobalt blue vinyl with an inner sleeve showcasing rare photos, memorabilia, and liner notes essay by co-producer Chris Morris. Digital single “Can't Stop Time” is available now.

Formed in Downey, California, the Blasters lineup throughout their 1980s heyday comprised vocalist Phil Alvin, Grammy Award-winning songwriter and lead guitarist Dave Alvin, drummer Bill Bateman, bassist John Bazz, keyboardist Gene Taylor, and saxophonists Lee Allen and Steve Berlin. 

TRACKLIST: 1. 21 Days in Jail (W. Dixon, L.P. Weaver) | 2. Love 24 Hours a Day (T. Jarrett) | 3. I Fell in Love (unknown) | 4. So Glad (C.A. Burnett) | 5. Ashamed of Myself (R. McCoy/C. Singleton) | 6. Lone Wolf (R. Harris) | 7. One Bad Stud (J. Lieber/M. Stoller) # | 8. Blue Shadow # | 9. Justine (D. Harris/D. Terry) | 10. Leave My Money Alone (C. Green/J. West) | 11. Flat Top Joint | 12. Can’t Stop Time | 13. Cry for Me (M. London) | 14. Kathleen

All songs by Dave Alvin unless otherwise noted.
# Originally appeared on the MCA Records release Streets of Fire: Music from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack. All tracks are previously released.

My Morning Jacket puts out a surprise acoustic album on Bandcamp for charity

My Morning Jacket are standing alongside the citizens of Minneapolis with this week's release of Peacelands, an acoustic album of original songs and exclusive covers, available now at Bandcamp.

Recorded by Shawn Everett (Alabama Shakes, Kacey Musgraves, The War on Drugs) at EastWest Studios’ Studio Three in Hollywood, CA, the 14-track collection includes stripped-down new versions of My Morning Jacket and Jim James solo favorites like “I’m Amazed” and “Here In Spirit” alongside iongs by Bob Dylan (“Blowin’ In The Wind”), The Velvet Underground (“I Found A Reason”), Brian Wilson (“Love and Mercy”), and more. 

All proceeds from Peacelands will benefit such important nonprofit organizations as the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Doctors Without Borders, and the International Rescue Committee. For an additional directory of activists providing crucial efforts on the ground in Minneapolis and elsewhere, please visit www.standwithminnesota.com.

PURCHASE PEACELANDS

“Peacelands” is a word and concept created by Louisville artist Mark Anthony Mulligan,” says My Morning Jacket’s Jim James, “an imaginary land of peace, friendship, and equality he created in his artwork - a place where folks listen to each other and find a way to get along in peace, friendship, and togetherness - despite their differences.

I think about this word “Peacelands” in our world all of the time, especially in troubled times, and we believe that it’s still possible for us to achieve Mark’s vision of Peacelands - a world of love and friendship - if only we can learn to listen, love, and forgive in paths of peace, acceptance, and tolerance.

We stand with the people of Minnesota and everywhere else affected by the horrors of ICE brutality and lack of human decency or transparency from this administration.

There is room for everyone to be safe and free and at home in this vast world and we need to find a new path together to safe and humane immigration policy and reform rooted in peace and love… safety and equality… and new systems of fairness, freedom, and transparent justice for all.

All proceeds from “Peacelands,” an album of mostly unreleased, acoustic peaceful protest songs - some covers and some of my own - that we released exclusively on @bandcamp, will go to organizations like @aclu_nationwide fighting for our safety and freedoms here at home, as well as @doctorswithoutborders and @rescueorg - organizations working hard to help heal the horrors of war and terror around the globe… working around the clock to help move us all towards “Peacelands.”

Artwork artist is unknown and comes from a handmade wood carving I found years ago at a second-hand store in Missoula called Circle Square."

TO MAKE A DONATION, PLEASE VISIT:

AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION (ACLU) – www.aclu.org

DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS – www.doctorswithoutborders.org

INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE – www.rescue.org

Track list:

1. Why Can’t We Live Together (Timmy Thomas)
2. New World Coming (Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil)
3. Love and Mercy (Brian Wilson)
4. Here In Spirit (Jim James)
5. Rainbow Power (Timmy Thomas)
6. I’m Amazed (Jim James)
7. Don’t Lose Your Eye (Sonny Boy Williamson)
8. Changing World (Woody Guthrie and Jim James)
9. State Of The Art (Jim James)
10. Blowin’ In The Wind (Bob Dylan)
11. Everything Must Change (Benard Ighner)
12. In The Moment (Jim James)
13. Together Again (Buck Owens)
14. I Found A Reason (Lou Reed)