Midnight Til Morning news

Global pop vocal group Midnight Til Morning have released the Afterglow (Unplugged) EP and the limited-edition Afterglow (Deluxe) CD/LP bundle. The new music lands as the band continues their largely sold-out global run in Australia before continuing on to the UK and EU in January and February 2026.

“These tracks have lived in our phones and in our hearts for so long. Getting to reimagine them in this unplugged format and share both EPs together feels incredibly special. ‘Afterglow (Unplugged)’ shows a side of us that’s raw and honest, and we can’t wait for everyone to hear it.” – Midnight Til Morning on Afterglow (Unplugged)

Following their Afterglow EP — now over 14M Spotify streams — Midnight Til Morning's Afterglow (Unplugged) is a 5-track acoustic companion project recorded in Sydney with producer Joel Farland. Filmed by Ben Develin and Mude, the EP reimagines the band’s standout songs with stripped-back arrangements.

The new focus track, “17 (Acoustic),” was written by Adam Yaron, Nolan Sipe, and Michael Gerow, with Yaron also producing. Watch the video below. Alongside the digital EP, the band release Afterglow (Deluxe) — a CD/LP exclusive combining all 12 tracks from Afterglow and Afterglow (Unplugged). The bundle is available at the Australian tour dates, with limited quantities on their Official Online Store.

Formed on Netflix’s Top 10 Global series Building the Band, Midnight Til Morning have quickly become one of the most-watched new acts of the year, earning more than 30M video views, entering five Spotify Viral 50 charts with debut single “Bye,” and building a combined social audience of 4.1M+.

ABOUT MIDNIGHT TIL MORNING

Midnight Til Morning is a four-piece group formed on the hit Netflix series Building the Band and includes: Conor Smith (22, Central Coast, NSW), Mason Watts (26, Toowoomba, QLD), Shane Appell (22, Upstate New York), and Zach Newbould (22, Boston, MA). Their collaborators include Benson Boone, Amy Allen, Adam Yaron, Joshua Murty, Feli Ferraro, CASTLE., and Evan Cline.

UK/EU Tour Dates:

JAN 11 @ Button Factory in Dublin, IE

JAN 12 @ SWG3 Warehouse in Glasgow, UK
JAN 14 @ Koko in London, UK
JAN 15 @ Academy 2 in Birmingham, UK
JAN 16 @ Club Academy in Manchester
JAN 18 @ La Maroquinerie in Paris, FR
JAN 19 @ Melkweg in Amsterdam, NL
JAN 21 @ Astra Kulturhaus in Berlin, GER
JAN 22 @ Live Music Hall in Cologne, GER
JAN 24 @ Koncerthuest - Studie 2 in Copenhagen, DR
JAN 25 @ Debaser Nova in Stockholm, SE
JAN 26 @ Parkteateret in Oslo, NO
JAN 29 Antwerp, BE Trix
FEB 1 Zurich, CH Plaza
FEB 2 Milan, IT Magazzini Generali 
FEB 5 Barcelona, ES Sala Apolo 
FEB 6 Madrid, ES Lula Club 

Upcoming orchestrated Paul Anka album includes Michael Jackson, Jack White co-writes

Legendary pop singer/songwriter/actor Paul Anka - the man behind solo hits spanning from the 1950s ("Diana," "Puppy Love," "Put Your Head on My Shoulder") to the 1970s ("You're Having my Baby") as well as adapting "My Way" into English for Frank Sinatra - returns with a new studio album, Inspirations of Life, on February 13.

Lead track “Anytime” is now available as an instant grat. Get “Anytime” now HERE. Watch the visualizer for “Anytime” HERE.

The album features nine original recordings, plus two tracks co-written by Michael Jackson (“Love Never Felt So Good”) and Jack White (“Freedom – Prefer the Fade”).

It was recorded mainly in Anka’s home studio in California, with symphony orchestra accompaniment recorded in Budapest. The orchestral album follows the documentary film Paul Anka: His Way, which premiered at last year’s TIFF (Toronto International Film Festival). The film will be making its way to the public soon, with distribution to be announced in the coming months.

Track List: 

1. Just Can’t Wait
2. Anytime
3. Boulevard
4. It Was a Very Good Year
5. Let Me Try Again
6. All of a Sudden (My Heart Sings)
7. Love Never Felt So Good
8. Freedom – Prefer the Fade
9. I Believe
10. The Last Time I Saw You
11. That’s Life

The Cure's 2024 London concert for 'Songs Of A Lost World' to get cinema showings Dec. 11; home video release to follow

In 2024, The Cure released their long-awaited album Songs Of A Lost World. The night of its unveiling, The Cure performed the release in full for the first and only time at London’s Troxy in front of an audience of 3,000. 

Now, fans will get to watch the whole show in cinemas worldwide before a physical Blu-Ray and DVD release in late December 2025.

The Cure: The Show Of A Lost World is a remixed, recut, and 4K remastered film of that night’s whole 31-song show. Directed by Grammy-nominated Nick Wickham, with a new Dolby Atmos sound mix by Robert Smith.

The film includes all 31 songs performed that night, featuring the complete live performance of Songs Of A Lost World and a special five-song set to celebrate 45 years of the Seventeen Seconds album. The Cure: The Show Of A Lost World is being released via Lost Images, Polydor/Capitol Records, Mercury Studios and Trafalgar Releasing.

Tickets at cinemas around the world will go on sale on Nov. 20 at 2pm GMT/10am EST/6am PST for showings starting on Dec. 11 for a limited time. 

Further details are available at thecurelostworld.com

THE CURE : THE SHOW OF A LOST WORLD

Alone

And Nothing Is Forever
A Fragile Thing
Warsong
Drone:Nodrone
I Can Never Say Goodbye
All I Ever Am
Endsong
Plainsong
Pictures of You
High
Lovesong
Burn
Fascination Street
A Night Like This
Push
In Between Days
Just Like Heaven
From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea
Disintegration
At Night
M
Secrets
Play for Today
A Forest
Lullaby
The Walk
Friday I'm in Love
Close to Me
Why Can't I Be You?
Boys Don't Cry

FOR MORE DETAILS, VISIT
thecurelostworld.com
www.thecure.com

Out now: Jimmy Eat World EP 'Something(s) Loud'

As a band whose members grew up listening to their favorite music on physical media, JIMMY EAT WORLD only really consider their music “released” once it’s available in such forms.

With that sentiment in mind, the Arizona quartet has put out the Something(s) Loud EP via the band's own Exotic Location Recordings. 

Standard vinyl is available exclusively through the band's webstore, marking the vinyl debuts of formerly digital-only singles “Something Loud," “Place Your Debts,” and a cover of Crooked Fingers’ "Call to Love" (featuring Bethany Cosentino), along with an acoustic version of “Something Loud” and a TW Walsh remix of “Place Your Debts."

Rounding out the EP is a never-before-released track, “Failure,” (originally recorded in 2019 for the Surviving sessions — co-produced by Jimmy Eat World and Justin Meldal Johnsen and engineered/mixed by the band Failure’s co-founder and vocalist, Ken Andrews.

Reflecting on the songs that ultimately made it onto the EP, Jim Adkins explains, “By 2021, it felt like distancing restrictions were finally easing and we could get back on the road. Our Surviving album had barely been released before we were performing live again and reconnecting with fans. Coming out of the pandemic, it didn’t feel right to tour without offering something more, so we took the chance to share a few more tracks we’d been working on. At the time, it seemed like listeners were gravitating toward playlists rather than full albums, so we decided to meet them where they were.”

About “Failure”:

Ken Andrews breaks down the mixing process of “Failure.” (VIDEO) Following the success of the 2021 global livestream series, Phoenix Sessions, Jimmy Eat World reconnected with co-director Keith Koenig at Distiller Works for the official "Failure" music video. The lyrical arc of the song lent itself to the homemade 90s style skateboarding videos, reminiscent of the band’s formative years in Arizona. (WATCH HERE)

About "Something Loud":

Produced by the band and Justin Meldel-Johnson, “Something Loud” has all the qualities that we come to expect of a Jimmy Eat World song: punchy, powerful guitar driven intro, instrumental dynamics, topped off by the earnest lyrics, with Jim Adkins exclaiming, “Do you still feel part of something loud?”

About "Place Your Debts":

What began in a writing session with Clark Baechle (The Faint) and Denver Dalley (Desaparecidos), “Place Your Debts” transformed into a true Jimmy Eat World classic, opening with an eerie keyboard swell that’s slowly joined by an atmospheric instrumental backdrop for Adkins’ understated vocals and contemplative lyrics. Co-produced by the band and Justin Meldal-Johnsen.

About "Call to Love":

“Call to Love” is a song written by Eric Bachman for his project, Crooked Fingers. Recorded Live in 2020 & featuring singer Bethany Cosentino from the indie-rock duo Best Coast.

The Something(s) Loud art was created by Nick Steinhardt of 23in, the architect behind 2019’s Surviving album packaging.

Track listing:

1. Something Loud (VIDEO)

2. Failure (VIDEO)

3. Place Your Debts (VIDEO)

4.Something Loud (Acoustic Version) (VIDEO)

5. Call to Love (featuring Bethany Cosentino) (VIDEO)

6. Place Your Debts (TW Walsh Remix) (VIDEO)

JimmyEatWorld.com 

Photo credit: Jimi Giannatti

Out now: Jake Owen album 'Dreams to Dream,' featuring Jamey Johnson, Waylon Jennings cover

'Dreams to Dream,' the new Jake Owen album, was co-produced with Shooter Jennings in Los Angeles at Sunset Sound. It is Owen’s first independently released album. 

Says Owen, “I've just become a guy that wants to sing songs for people that have also matured with me in my life. Sometimes you need to get outside what's comfortable, what people think you are, or think you should be, and take a risk. I'm always going to chase the passions that keep me moving forward."

Dreams to Dream reflects real-life experiences like heartbreak, struggle, and defiance. “It really feels cathartic to be honest about a lot of stuff in my life — how I feel, where I see myself going, and how I see myself going there,” Owen says.

“Wouldn’t Be Gone” is a song where Owen ponders what life might be like if he traveled a different path, a different career. He says, “It would keep me goin’, but I wouldn't be gone.” Where he would live a more “simple life back home…be with my children while they’re small.”

The album was heralded by earlier releases including “Middle Age Crazy,” “Long Time Lovin’ You,” the title track, “Dreams to Dream,” as well as a cover of the Waylon Jennings tune, “Them Old Love Songs" feat. Savannah Conley, reimagined in the studio with Shooter.

The new album also features Jamey Johnson on “The Jukebox Knows,” and Savannah Conley on “Them Old Love Songs.” 

Owen wasn’t expecting much when he commented on one of Shooter Jennings’ Instagram posts, half-jokingly suggesting that they make a honky-tonk record, but the producer called his bluff. Two days later, Owen’s manager had Jennings on the line and, soon, Owen was on his way to L.A. and Jennings’ Sunset Sound. 

“All my friends who have heard my stuff have gone, ‘Dude, Jake, this is you man. This is who you've always tried to be,’” Owen says. “Sometimes you need to get outside what's comfortable, what people think you are, or think you should be, and take a risk.”

Owen hosts his annual Flamingo Weekend to benefit the Jake Owen Foundation, today-November 14. 

The recording artist, headlining entertainer, and actor has released nine albums, headlined tours globally, and appeared in the movie Our Friend (2019). The music business executive, philanthropist and father of two is a partner in Good Company Entertainment (a Nashville-based management and label service company) and the founder of The Jake Owen Foundation (2010).

Track listing:

Dreams to Dream
Them Old Love Songs (feat. Savannah Conley)
Long Time Lovin’ You
Wouldn’t Be Gone
The Jukebox Knows (feat. Jamey Johnson)
Fool Like Me
Chill of December
Middle Age Crazy
The One I Did it To
You’d Think
Wrinkle In The Road
So Long, LA
Voice Note to Shooter (Once And For All)

Out now: Orville Peck's 'Appaloosa' EP

Country artist Orville Peck has released his 'Appaloosa' EP via Warner Records; listen HERE. It includes a new duet with Noah Cyrus. See the music video for lead single “Drift Away.” Watch HERE.

“Appaloosa — the spotted horse — is a collection of songs created to honour the power of singularity. A celebration of uniqueness and performance. An archive of love and fear,” says Orville. The set was produced by Unknown Mortal Orchestra’s Jacob Portrait. 

Today, Peck kicks off his 7th Annual Rodeo, running all weekend in Pioneertown, CA, at Pappy & Harriet’s, and featuring performances from Joy Oladokun, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Allison Russell, Hurray for the Riff Raff, and more. Beyond curating the entire experience, Peck will play a different set each day: cover songs tonight; headlining on Saturday with special guests; and winding down with an acoustic performance on Sunday. Info HERE.

“Maybe This Time” was made famous by Liza Minnelli in the 1972 film adaptation of Cabaret. Peck made his Broadway debut in a five-month, 128-show run of Cabaret this summer, drawing rave reviews along the way.

Peck also recently wrapped filming the star-studded 2026 Street Fighter movie, in which he plays the masked assassin Vega. Appaloosa is not just Peck’s return to music, but also to solo songcraft. In recent months, he’s teamed up with Cyrus for her single “Love Is a Canyon,” and Kesha for “Tennessee” also featuring Hudson Mohawke and Tayla Parx. Notably, the latter was recorded for the just-released All Things Go: 10 Years album, with all proceeds benefitting Jack and Rachel Antonoff’s The Ally Coalition.

Last year, Peck dropped his eclectic and acclaimed duets album Stampede, featuring collaborations with Kylie Minogue and Diplo on “Midnight Ride,” Beck on “Death Valley High,” and Willie Nelson for a cover of “Cowboys Are Frequently Secretly Fond of Each Other.” The project's guest list also included Cyrus, Rateliff, Russell, Elton John, Teddy Swims, Midland, Margo Price, Molly Tuttle, and more.

Appaloosa track listing:

1. “Dreaded Sundown”
2. “Drift Away”
3. “Atchafalaya” ft. Noah Cyrus
4. “Maybe This Time”
5. “Oh My Days”
6. “My Side of the Mountain”
7. “It’s the End of the World”

Orville Peck Live Dates:

Nov 14 – Pioneertown, CA @ Orville Peck’s 7th Annual Rodeo [covers set]
Nov 15 – Pioneertown, CA @ Orville Peck’s 7th Annual Rodeo [headlining set]
Nov 16 – Pioneertown, CA @ Orville Peck’s 7th Annual Rodeo [acoustic set]

Photo by Gordon Nicholas, courtesy Warner Records

Squeeze album news

Squeeze songwriters Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook reveal 'Trixies,' their first album in eight years, due on March 6 via BMG. It is also the first album they ever wrote. 

Written by the teenage Difford (19) and Tilbrook (16) at the very start of their songwriting partnership, when concept albums and rock operas were de rigueur and with the snappy underworld vernacular of New York fabulist Damon Runyon filling Difford’s thoughts, the songs are a collection of stories set in a fictional night club, Trixies.

The only problem with these songs was that, back in 1974, the musical vision of the young creators exceeded their virtuosity. “We fully committed ourselves to songwriting but this was three or four years before we even got to make our first record. Long story short, these were songs that we just didn’t have enough musical experience to record properly” explains Difford.

Fifty years on, and having rediscovered the original cassette, that problem no longer exists for the band who have played more than 600 shows since reuniting in 2007. So, what better way to mark 50 years of Squeeze than to complete the circle and realize the vision they had for Trixies? “The songs that we wrote then astound me. I’m proud of them now, and I’m particularly proud that it was young us that did that. These are very much the same songs that we wrote then,” says Tilbrook, “The only difference is that now I can teach the songs to the rest of the band. Back then, I didn’t even know what the names of the chords were!”

Now this precocious opening volley of songs – under the guiding production hand of Squeeze’s bassist Owen Biddle (The Roots, John Legend, Al Green) – finally gets to enjoy its moment in the spotlight.

And by returning Difford and Tilbrook to the birth of their creative partnership, Trixies has acted as the catalyst to a latter-day songwriting surge. On the heels of Trixies, an album of brand new Squeeze songs – recorded concurrently with Trixies – is finished and set to follow in the future. “The act of revisiting the Trixies songs had me in tears,” smiles Tilbrook, “partly because they’re so good, but also because I’m aware of all the stuff that I’ve still yet to hear and write.” The sentiments are echoed by Difford: “It really fills me with joy that at my age we can discover that we wrote such great songs when we were teenagers. I’m very proud of that.”

The first taste of the record comes in the form of “Trixies Part One,” a sub-3 minute introduction to Trixies, the rhythm of the club and the colorful assortment of characters within.

Squeeze are on tour with Madness in December. See www.squeezeofficial.com for more information.

“Trixies Part One” is available everywhere today.

Trixies album; pre-order HERE. Formats include black vinyl, transparent pink vinyl, transparent red vinyl, CD and deluxe CD. 

Track listing:

What More Can I Say
You Get The Feeling
The Place We Call Mars
Hell On Earth
The Dancer
Good Riddance
Don't Go Out In the Dark
Why Don't You
Anything But Me
It's Over
The Jaguars
Trixies Part One
Trixies Part Two