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Sweden's premier hard rockers H.E.A.T. will release a new live album recorded in their home country last year. 'Live At Sweden Rock Festival' will feature thirteen thundering tracks on CD, while the CD+BD Digipak will also include eight of the songs on video. The sets will be released July 26th via earMUSIC.

Five-piece rock & roll group Piston have just dropped a new single, the second release from their upcoming debut album. The track, 'Rainmaker' is a slice of no-holds-barred rock with crashing drums, incisive bass and furious riffs all leading to a shoutalong chorus. It was produced by Dan Smith and remixed by Romesh Dodangoda and follows the lead single 'One More Day' which received airplay on Planet Rock and BBC Radio 2's Rock Show amongst others.

Scottish rock quartet The Naked Feedback this week dropped the latest in their series of ear-shattering new singles. 'Smoke Without Fire' is just as uncompromising as the cutting edge rock music the band are known for, yet also represents something of a departure for the band with a tuneful, groove-oriented feel and slow-burn buildup. They even deploy some intriguing overt production effects which throw you off balance just enough for the incisive lyrics about the perils of social media to hit home all the more.

UK blues young gun Laurence Jones has just dropped the lyrics video for his new single 'I'm Waiting' - the first track to be taken from his upcoming self titled album 'Laurence Jones Band.' The album will be released on Friday 27th September on Top Story Music via Sony.

One of Britain's top blues/rock guitarists, Danny Bryant, has just announced news of his upcoming 11th studio album. 'Means Of Escape' will drop on September 20th via Jazzhaus Records and will be available on CD, digital and 180g white vinyl. It will be preceded by the title track which will be issued as a single on Friday 8th July.

Hot on the heels of their outstanding album ‘Can’t Go Home’, Unruly Child played an emotional set at the Frontiers Rock Festival 2017 in Milan (which was filmed/recorded and released in early 2018).

Revived and re-invigorated, the track is first to emerge a brand new album from the cult outfit, ‘DNA’, slated for release in November 2019. The new material also lands on the day that the Northern rock’n’roll four-piece embark on a lengthy run of tour dates throughout the UK & Europe. (Full dates and details below).

Suburban Symphony have released their first offering since the success of their self-titled debut album in September 2017. The track is called “Cutbacks”, and lyrically coupled with the music video analysing societal issues in the UK; Suburban Symphony have released a wake-up call.

Billboard offers the "Exclusive Online Premiere" of "Rhinestone Rodeo," the highly-anticipated song from independent Country/Americana artist Hannah Bethel. Watch the music video here. "Rhinestone Rodeo" drops on 5/31 and will be available on all digital platforms.

London based Jade Bird, who's originally from Northumbria is a name that's gathering pace amongst a varied audience of music lovers. At just 21 this multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter has just found herself performing at BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend and upcoming shows beckon with The Mumford & and Sons, a Glastonbury appearance and an American tour supporting Father John Misty & Jason Isbell.

Like a lot of good music, Riot Fest began in a basement, when a rabid fan wanted to connect his favorite bands with like-minded music lovers in Chicago. Fifteen years and 1,500+ bands later, Riot Fest returns to Douglas Park with a stacked array of bands to score the festivities—featuring many friends of Riot Fest returning to pay tribute to the festival and its loyal fans, alongside iconic and emerging artists who reflect the broad musical tastes the festival is known for.

When you have opened for a band like Red Hot Chilli Peppers you must know that you’re well on your way to becoming someone, and if your fan base includes Quincy Jones, then you have got to be a top drawer act.

Singer/songwriter Danny Vaughn will drop his new solo record Myths, Legends and Lies on 7th June via Townsend Music. Well-known as lead singer with classic rockers Tyketto, he has said that this is the solo album he always wanted to make.

Scottish blues/rock two-piece have just dropped the video for the first single from their debut album, which itself will be released later this year. The song is called 'Paper Planes' and is one of thirteen tracks that will appear on their debut album 'Song House Of The Forest Men.'

Another Sky are an Alternative/Indie group from London. They currently have a bunch of gigs commencing at the end of May into July. Their debut EP ‘Forget Yourself’ released back in March 2018 catapulted the band into recognition by major media including the BBC. 

‘Rainier Fog' is the title track of Alice in Chains’ most recent release, which hit No. 1 across Billboard’s Rock, Alternative and Hard Music Charts and No. 1 on the iTunes Rock Album Chart and earned them a Grammy nomination for Best Rock Album. It’s a quirky song featuring people wearing giant beer bottles, a humorous side of their music coming through and the lyrics also referencing alcohol too - "Live in the past, you find out it's hard to stay sober."

‘Run Me Down’ sees Dan making a bold return with the first taste of new music following the release of his highly acclaimed debut album Stay Awake With Me last year. It saw Dan clock up over 30 million streams on Spotify, receiving high profile acclaim from the likes of Sunday Times Culture, Daily Express, Metro, The Independent, TMRW and more including support from Radio 1 and Radio 2.

Black Star Riders - the hard rock band that began as an offshoot of Thin Lizzy's last touring line up - previously announced the title of their fourth album, 'Another State Of Grace.' Now they have provided further details of the record, as well as  streaming the title track.

Glenn Hughes has now announced a set of re-scheduled dates for his acclaimed ‘Performs Classic Deep Purple Live' Tour. The trek was postponed just three days ahead of the first date on 14th May as Hughes required treatment for an unspecified illness. The cancellations were announced by a statement on Hughes' social media which said:

The long-anticipated solo album--HYDE's first solo release in 10 years--features 5 singles including the focus track “AFTER LIGHT” and the latest songs “SET IN STONE,” “OUT” and “MAD QUALIA” that have been released since the rock icon resumed his solo recording career.

Exceeding over 50 million cumulative streams, 22-year-old alternative pop singer-songwriter Christian French maintains his staggering momentum on the new single “head first.”