Having just kicked off a North American tour ahead of a lucky thirteen-date UK tour that begins in October, today Canadian Gothic and Electronic Rock act The Birthday Massacre release via Metropolis Records their new eight-track album, 'Pathways', of which the sextet's latest single, ‘All Of You’, is also one of today's six of the best 'New Releases Friday Rocks!' Tracks Of The Day, complemented by five further similarly timed album releases today from Rock-Out, Masters Of Reality, Nightblade, Nightsteel featuring Travis Wills and Messa.

New Model Army’s 'Unbroken', released in January last year alongside their 40th anniversary live shows, is a powerful and cohesive album that stays true to the band’s core: tribal rhythms, political engagement, and a sense of collective spirit, so read today not only Ivan De Mello's well worth waiting for review, but also watch today's Video Of The Day of the entire eleven-track album.

On Sunday, Bruce Biege was present at an intimate The Camden Club in London for an afternoon of "exceptional" Progressive music, to witness award-winning Prog/Alt-Rock band Hats Off Gentleman It's Adequate, who last month released their eighth album, 'The Uncertainty Principle', as well as Ghost Of The Machine, known for their theatrical, high-energy performances, huge sound and singalong hooks, who similarly released last month their second album, ‘Empires Must Fall’, so check out today not only Bruce's amazing Photo Gallery from the gig, but also our 'Hats Off Gentleman It's Adequate 'Between Two Worlds' Video Of The Day, taken from their aforementioned new album.

Ahead of headlining HRH Blues at O2 Academy Leicester this Saturday before touring the Netherlands, as well as her first studio recording purely under her own name since before the pandemic, Jo Harman's new heartfelt release, 'Someday We'll All Be Free', was actually written over 50 years ago by Edward Howard about the mental pain that his friend Donny Hathaway (who wrote the music and was the original artist) endured from paranoid schizophrenia, of which this stunning version that includes an exquisite guitar solo by Harman's long time associate Terry Lewis, is also one of today's six of the best 'Thursday Rocks!' Tracks Of The Day, complemented by five further recent and forthcoming releases from Reality Grey, Tooth Gore, Tulipomania, Dead Pollys and Namazu.

For today's The Proper Proggy Prog Show Podcast Of The Day, we continue to play catch up with Jef Bek from Planetary Jam, broadcast on Epic Prog Radio, Fridays and Sundays 2pm (PST), 5pm (EST), 11pm (CET), for a creative mix of Progressive Rock from the 70s to today, of which this episode sees JB playing music from and chatting to French Symphonic-Eco-Prog band Oddleaf.

Today's special double-feature episode of The Zach Moonshine Show Podcast Of The Day, also co-hosted by Raven Moonla and special guest Randall Holt Kendrick, not only sees Sun Mantra play and talk about their latest release, 'Fertilizer/Wrath', but also Danielle Fehr of The Wizard Productions who recorded the studio album, plus there's music from Virya, Divine Sovereign, Müntrails, Inhuman Condition, LIK, Midnight, Benediction, Bleed From Within, Filth, Divisive, Grave Girls, WyndRider, Twin Temple, NinjaWitch, To The Grave, Wednesday 13, ExHell, Justice Son, Infernal Seer, Vape Warlök, Rust Bucket, All Us In One, Pass the Ammunition, Hteththemeth, Worldwide Panic, Necrotion and Brutal Death Fuck.

After a standout performance at Glastonbury last June as well as releasing her stunning fourth studio album, 'Beneath The Neon Glow' last August, award-winning UK based genre-blending Roots singer songwriter, Elles Bailey, stopped off at Rochester's Casino Rooms on Saturday as part of her current Beneath The Neon Glow tour, so check out today not only John 'Mr. Rockrpix' Bull's Photo Gallery from the gig, including support from Demi Marriner, but also watch today's '1972' Video Of The Day, one of Elles' ten powerfully, uplifting album tracks.

Since the end of Nemo in 2015, JPL has taken up the torch of French-style Progressive Rock on his own, and ‘Post Scriptum’, due to be released on Monday 12th May, is further proof that Jean Pierre Louveton wants to push the boundaries of his musical universe off the beaten track, without denying his roots, with this twelfth studio album comprising seven new songs and 47 minutes of new music, of which the album track 'Jekyll' is also one of today's six of the best 'Wednesday Rocks!' Tracks Of The Day, complemented by five further recent and forthcoming releases from Dez Dare, Of Limbo, 20/20, Limbonauts and Denigrate.

Today's latest Blues On The Radio Podcast Of The Day starts and finishes with a double shot of Matt Pearce & The Mutiny and Jack J Hutchinson ahead of their double-header at The Tuesday Night Music Club in Coulsdon tonight, as well as three IBBA picks of the month from Catfish, Micke Bjorklof and Cecilya & The Candy Kings, new releases from Monika Nordli, Kashus Culpepper, Doris Brendel & Lee Dunham and The Mat Day Band, and finally a preview of a few more of the shows coming up at The TNMC, namely Thomas Heppell, Will Wilde, Revenant and AK & The Red Kites.

One of the most popular and well-known Blues Rock bands on the UK circuit, on Friday 16th May The Milk Men are releasing 'Live at Milkfest', a nine-song souvenir of the band’s performance at London's Indigo at The O2 in February, as well as being a one-day celebration of British Blues, and all being in aid of The Brain Tumour Charity, with 25% of this live CD's pre-order sales also going to the same charity, of which the album track 'Fabulous' is one of today's six of the best 'Tuesday Rocks!' Tracks Of The Day, complemented by five further recent and forthcoming releases from Crematory, The Speed Of Sound, Hteththemeth, The Mean Times and World On Alert.

One of the UK’s most compelling Blues vocalists, and ahead of the release on Friday 2nd May of her new album, 'A Spoonful of Willie Dixon', read today not only Ivan De Mello's review of award winning Emma Wilson's short but perfectly formed tribute to one of the true giants of the Blues canon, a Soul-soaked, Blues-brewed masterclass in interpretation and feel, but also watch today's 'Wang Dang Doodle' album track Video Of The Day.

Ahead of their highly anticipated debut album launch at the legendary 100 Club in London’s West End on Thursday 25th September, last Friday saw 2024 UK Blues Awards ‘Emerging Artist of the Year’ winners, The Zac Schulze Gang, kick off their current eight-date April UK tour at a sold out and very intimate The Grace in London, the Medway invasion being completed by special guests and former WRC Award winners Bad Pennies, so see today not only AJ's review and Ricardo Marques' amazing photos from the gig, but also watch today's Video Of The Day of the gang's awesome encore of Rory Gallagher's 'Ballyshannon Blues', filmed on the night.