Tom Morello returns with his first solo rock album, Everyone Gets Everything They Want, released via Mom + Pop Music.
Produced by Tyler Smyth, Carl Restivo, Zakk Cervini, Dan Carey, and Sam Nelson Harris, it features guest appearances from Serj Tankian, Kneecap, and Beartooth. Morello’s son Roman Morello co-wrote five tracks, contributing guitar riffs and solos.
Tom Morello is a Grammy-winning, Harvard-educated, Rock & Roll and Metal Hall of Fame-inducted artist, songwriter, and activist living proof of the transformative power of rock ‘n’ roll. Known for his innovative guitar work and socially conscious songwriting, Morello rose to prominence as a founding member of Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave…
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The Frank Zappa estate have released a 60th anniversary super deluxe edition of his debut album with The Mothers Of Invention, Freak Out!.
In keeping with the Zappa estate’s recent run of 50th anniversary releases – Waka/Wazoo, Over-Nite Sensation, Apostrophe, One Size Fits All and Bongo Fury – the reasonably-priced set is packaged in a neat clamshell box and features the original album, studio outtakes, demos, rehearsals, live tracks over multiple CDs, plus a Blu-ray featuring various mixes. As with many Zappa releases, unpicking what’s already out there is tricky, with the period around Freak Out! already covered by a bunch of releases. Released in 1985 as part of The Old Masters: Box One, Mystery Disc was a compilation of early Mothers material…
Roger Clark Miller was guitarist/vocalist/co-leader in the highly influential post-punk band Mission of Burma. Their album Vs. was listed at number 19 in Pop Matters’ “50 Best Post-Punk Albums ever”, and number 24 in Rolling Stone’s “100 Greatest Punk Albums of All Time.” They even have a chapter dedicated to them in “Our Band Could be Your Life.”
He continued expanding his guitar skills after Burma on his Dream Interpretations for Solo Electric Guitar Ensemble album and through his current rock band Trinary System.
His new album, The Green Man, due late summer 2026 on Don Giovanni Records, sees him returning to slightly more traditional song-writing. As a solo singer/songwriter, the lyrics are prominent, supported by his unique guitar stylings.
Haken underwent a sea change in January 2026 when guitarist Charlie Griffiths and bassist Conner Green left the band and formed metal band Tiktaalika. It forced them to regroup and reconsider where they’d been as both a band and as individuals. In a fever dream is a five-track EP created by the remaining quartet, with guest bassists Bryan Beller and Adam “Nolly” Getgood. As expected, the loss of a third of the lineup necessitated aesthetic as well as practical changes.
Haken’s trademark prog rock sound remains; this EP’s sonic profile is a close cousin to the albums Vector and Virus, with a more strident electronic backbone. That said, the music on offer here also sidles up closely to 21st century prog metal. It’s easy to hear that Haken…
Summer Magic 1985 is a 20CD collection featuring seven previously unreleased concerts from the legendary band’s 20 Years So Far tour.The Dead’s magic in the summer of ’85 was plentiful, and the large box will include all three of the band’s 20th anniversary concerts at Berkeley, California’s Greek Theater (6/14-6/16/85) which kicked off the tour, as well as dates from Saratoga Performing Arts Center (6/27/85); Hersheypark Stadium (6/28/85); and Merriweather Post Pavilion (6/30/85).
All of the gigs were recorded by the Dead’s longtime sound engineer Dan Healy and mastered for this release by David Glasser at Airshow Mastering. Typical for the Dead sets of this magnitude, it’s a lavish affair with original artwork by Marcos Alvarado…
Carrying on the legacy after the tragic passing of lifelong friend and co-founder Daniel Hutchens, influential roots-rock outfit Bloodkin released the downtrodden and poetic Flowers & Ash. The 10-song project is a cathartic, meditative listen on the idea that you never need a bigger picture to worry about if the little things are out of order, opting for slower melodies that punctuate the complexity of the songwriting.
…Rather than trying to replace an irreplaceable creative partner (the pair first met when Carter was 7 years old), Carter chose to embrace the album as both a tribute and a continuation, crafting a focused, 40-minute collection of songs meant to be experienced from beginning to end, with Hutchens’ spirit woven throughout every track.
Ringo Starr, Phil Collins, and Don Henley are just a few examples of drummers who have had successful solo careers. You could add Roger Taylor of Queen to that list. He may not have sold as many albums, but he has had a very healthy solo career. He has just released his seventh solo album, Violence Insane in a Beautiful World, his first since 2021’s Outsider. Taylor has created a very cohesive and strong album with a great deal of meaning throughout. It is a very positive album, with bits of anger, but it is a beautiful album.
The album opens with “A Beautiful World.” Anytime you combine a little science fiction with science fact, it works perfectly. The addition of The Ndlovu Youth Choir with their stunning backing vocals just makes it a great opening.
It appears that much of Three Dog Night’s catalogue has quietly moved to Primary Wave Music; now comes a new physical release on CD and vinyl of the band’s fifth album, 1971’s Harmony. It features two top ten hits: Paul Williams’ “An Old Fashioned Love Song” and Hoyt Axton’s “Never Been to Spain.” Harmony has been remastered for this release.
The release of Harmony in the fall of 1971 gave Three Dog Night their seventh gold record in less than three years, yielding two Top Ten singles with Paul William’s “Old Fashioned Love Song” (number four) and Hoyt Axton’s “Never Been to Spain” (number five). In addition, William’s “Family of Man” would just fail to crack the top of the charts, rising as high as number 12 by March of 1972.
In 1995, amidst the alternative rock-osphere of sincere boys with angst to spare, entered Ben Folds Five. The misnomered trio of Ben Folds on piano and vocals, Robert Sledge on bass, and Darren Jessee on drums, Ben Folds Five interjected a bit of much-needed whimsy into a scene that was rapidly becoming stale. The band’s debut album was an explosion of pop-filled tunefulness, endearing silliness, and musical jubilance that set the band apart from its peers and catapulted them into the limelight.
Now, upon the 30th anniversary of Ben Folds Five’s eponymous release (or the 31st anniversary to be exact), the band’s vaunted debut is being reissued, on double vinyl and CD, with a special bonus. Before the band recorded…
Punch Card delivers android funk of the highest order. The Stoke-on-Trent trio raises the ghosts of Hearpen Singles Pere Ubu and robot-funky Devo. The main flavor though is the earliest version of the Talking Heads (think “Psycho Killer”). Formal Sppeedwear moves with the herky-jerky, stutter-stepping assurance of the very earliest Talking Heads, before the incorporation of Afro-beat, all thumps and yelps and manic rants. They raise rickety architectures of post-punk syncopation, the bass plunking forward and doubling back, as fizz bombs of trebly guitar go off, synth stabs rattle and wobbly rants unfold. The music shakes like jello and bangs like junkyard metal.
…This is the band’s first album, following a hotly tipped EP from 2024. It’s a disciplined…
One of the central queercore pioneers of the 1990s, Portland, Oregon’s Team Dresch released just two albums, 1995’s fiery Personal Best and 1996’s more crisply produced but no less visceral Captain My Captain, before dispersing into solo and side projects. The group never fully deactivated, however, releasing the odd single and appearing in various iterations at festivals and anniversary celebrations over the years, including participating in the reissue of their entire catalog (including a non-album singles compilation) by Jealous Butcher Records in 2019. Something that set the band apart somewhat from their contemporaries on the scene, and perhaps helped foster continued interest, is an embrace of rock, grunge, and metal influences in addition to the more typical…
Innovative guitar duo Rodrigo Sanchez and Gabriela Quintero began working together in Mexico City in the 1990s, first in the heavy metal band Tierra Ácida, then as a beach bar-playing duo in Ixtapa, then as a busking duo in Dublin, Ireland, Western Europe, Australia, and Japan. They are citizens of the world. OurHome was recorded and produced by the duo in Japan at Tokyo’s NK Studio with mixing assistance from Dave Sardy. The country, its culture, and its people are beloved by the duo. The album marks RyG’s return to a primarily acoustic sound, though electric guitars appear. The 11-track set also includes their first-ever vocal song and guest instrumentalists including jazz pianist Hiromi, guitarists Yukihiro Atsumi and Marty Friedman (ex-Megadeth), and cellist Hiyori Okuda.
The 20th anniversary of Bob Seger‘s acclaimed 2006 album Face the Promise is being celebrated with a vinyl release. Newly remastered by longtime Seger mastering engineer Robert Vosgien, the Expanded Edition features four bonus tracks—“Time,” “Little Jane,” “Red Eye to Memphis,” and “Let Me Try”
Originally released on September 12, 2006, Face The Promise marked Seger’s 16th studio album and came over a decade after his previous effort, It’s A Mystery. The album includes the hit singles “Wait for Me” and “Wreck This Heart.”
Another highlight is “The Answer’s In The Question,” Seger’s duet with Patty Loveless, who he helped induct into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2023.
Experience the full force of Grateful Dead at Merriweather Post Pavilion on June 30, 1985 with Merriweather 6/30/85, a previously unreleased complete live performance. Originally part of the Summer Magic 1985 limited 20-CD boxed set, it’s now availabltreet.
Sourced from the original Sony F1 tapes, the album was mastered by Grammy Award-e as a 3-CD set and limited edition 4-LP set.
It’s a vital snapshot of the band in peak summer form, featuring favourites including Sugar Magnolia, Cryptical Envelopment, and what many Dead Heads call the finest ever take on Shakedown Swinning engineer David Glasser and produced for release by Grateful Dead legacy manager David Lemieux.
The David Bowie estate is going back toward the beginning of the late singer’s career, focusing on his early days as a blues interpreter with a famous British producer. The Shel Talmy Recordings collects 22 recordings the then-unknown musician recorded with producer Talmy during 1965, when he was a member of bands The Manish Boys and The Lower Third. Only four of these tracks were released at the time as singles, with another seven alternate and outtake versions turning up on compilations over the years; that of course makes 10 tracks debuting here on this package – including lead track “I Want Your Love.”
Still a year from changing his stage name to “Bowie” – “Davy Jones,” of course, would be well spoken for by The Monkees in 1966, and that…
At the start of 2026, MOJO enlisted the help of our readers to compile a guide to the best new Neil Young albums of the 21st century. It had proved, thus far, a hectic and complicated 26 years: by our count there had been 20 studio albums, six live albums, two memoirs, approximately 30 Archives releases, at least seven movies, innumerable tours, a revolutionary car and a Toblerone-shaped rival to the iPod.
Young’s 21st new album of the 21st Century, however, is strong evidence that the Top 10 we constructed needs revision. Second Song is comfortably his best since the molten sprawl of 2012’s Psychedelic Pill, the last hurrah of Poncho Sampedro-era Crazy Horse. And while Young’s current backing band, The Chrome Hearts,…
…Sourced from the original analog tapes and mastered by engineer Rob LoVerde.
It would be tempting to scour No. 4, Scott Weiland’s reunion with Stone Temple Pilots, for insights into his troubles, yet the group consciously avoids this throughout the album. That’s for the best, since it’s their hardest effort since their debut, Core. “Down” and “Heaven & Hot Rods” provide a powerful, brutal opening for No. 4 — it’s as if STP decided to compete directly with the new generation of alt-metal bands who prize aggression over hooks or riffs. With these two songs, the band’s attack is as vicious as that of the new generation, but they retain their gift for gargantuan hooks. Much of the album hits pretty hard — most explicitly on “No Way Out,”…
The boldly colored cover of Fantastic Thoughts features a sinewy band of horses heroically galloping out of the clouds above and into the foreground. Believe it or not, even that image might still be a little understated for the mood of the music.
Multi-instrumentalist Nate Mercereau is a prolific MVP of the L.A. post-jazz scene, frequently found in the company of similarly ubiquitous, outside-the-box musical thinkers like Carlos Niño and Josh Johnson on projects including 2025’s transcendent Openness Trio album and Andre 3000’s head-turning ambient-jazz solo debut. But while Mercereau’s solo sojourn shares a sense of spiritual uplift with those projects, it couldn’t be further from their quietly contemplative tone.
