On Friday 26th July David Bowie’s groundbreaking debut album is set for a vibrant revival on Deram with a reissue on both CD and coloured vinyl, boasting exclusive tracklists, plus a rare version of ‘Space Oddity’ on vinyl for the very first time, of which the album track, 'Come And Buy My Toys', is today's Video Of The Day. These early recordings reveal an earnest young artist at the dawn of his career, working hard on material in which David passionately believed, indeed pouring his young heart into this music - and it shows.

Last month, 'Kimono My House' turned 50 and Pale Wizard Records paid tribute to this most special of albums the best way they know how, presenting 'Sparks - Kimono My House - 50 Years Later', with the whole album re-imagined on limited edition viny by a roster of great Rock bands around the world, including tracks from Krooked Tongue, Sergeant Thunderhoof, Tony Reed and more, of which the album's lead single is a blistering take on the classic track, 'This Town Ain't Big Enough for Both of Us', taken on by Bristol's Phoxjaw, which is today's Video Of the Day. 'Kimono My House' is rightly heralded as a legendary 'Glam' Rock album, though it's the sheer quality of the songwriting, largely from Ron Mael, and the soaring vocal performance of brother Russell that surely ensures it's not only a fan favourite Sparks album, but that it's also one of the very best albums of the entire decade.

With a slightly reduced WRC service this week, due to deserved holidays, 'Down in Flames', is the new single from Forlorn Hope, which is based on the real life story of Flight Lieutenant James Brindley Nicolson during the Battle of Britain in World War II, accompanied by today's visually striking lyric Video Of The Day, that features on the group's upcoming EP, 'Valour - Part I', to be released on Friday 30th August. The 'Valour – Part I' EP is the first part of ‘Valour’, the second full-length album from the band. 'Valour' tells the stories of fifteen Victoria Cross winning actions from Crimea to the Second World War; stories of sacrifice, determination and derring do on land, sea and in the air. It is a saga in equal parts thrilling, horrific and heart-breaking that explores not just the exploits of these extraordinary men, but the myriad and diverse conflicts in which they fought.

Today's latest 2023 WRC Award winning Blues Club Podcast Of The Day, has another two hours of non stop Best in Blues and a bit of this and that, with More Music and Less Chat, featuring Kenny Wayne Shepherd (pictured), The Mighty Bosscats, Judy Sings The Blues, Krissy Matthews, Bison Hip, plus many more.

With six full albums and two of the biggest Rock songs of the 2000s under their belt, and continuing the Australian headline theme established last year, Wolfmother will both make their Mote Park debut and headline Maidstone's Maid of Stone Festival on Saturday 20th July, that promises to be an electric night of Classic Rock sounds and singalong choruses, of which the Aussie rockers are one of six bands showcased in today's 'Maid Of Stone Rocks!' Tracks Of The Week, that are performing among many others over that long Summer weekend, namely Ashen Reach, When Rivers Meet, Blind River, Twister and Jared James Nichols.

Solid Entertainments award winning Tuesday Blues at London's 100 Club, took place again this week with the 'Remember Me' album launch party of UK Blues Awards 2024 UK Emerging Act of The Year nominee, Connolly Hayes, featuring Jess Hayes and Frankie Connolly, with support from Andy Taylor Group and Joe Anderton, so with a review to come, check out today not only John 'Mr. Rockrpix' Bull's photos from the gig, but also watch today's Video Of The Day of the album track 'Something's Gotta Matter'.

Released today on Frontiers Music Srl, 'A Fortress Called Home', Seven Spires fourth studio album, is the highly-anticipated follow-up to 'Gods of Debauchery' (2021) and takes their signature blend of Symphonic power and extreme Metal to new heights, dragging the listener to the deepest abysses in the process, of which their second album single, 'Architect of Creation', is also one of today's six of the best 'New Releases Friday Rocks!' Tracks Of The Day, complemented by five further similarly timed releases today from Clone. Greenleaf. The Rogues, Joe Bonamassa and Max Blansjaar.

Today we have Simon Green's review and photos from Day 3 of Kent's Black Deer Festival, the UK festival for Americana, that took place in Eridge Park last weekend, three days of fun for all the family and more than 100 live music acts, activities plus a fantastic food arena, featuring not only Aine Deane, Brooke Law, Dylan Gossett, Hermanos Gutierrez, Muireann Bradley, Pat Reedy, Roseanne Cash, Rufus Wainwright (pictured), The Staves, Todd Day Wait and Ward Thomas, but also today's Video Of The Day of Alyssa Bonagura, filmed on the Ridge Stage.

With another Rock Revival show due to be broadcast tonight at 8pm UK time on Meridian FM, last week's show is today's Podcast Of The Day, that saw WRC Award winning Jules and Bob with a playlist that included Attic Theory, Those Damn Crows, Collateral, Iron Maiden. Black Stone Cherry, Avenged Sevenfold, Royal Blood, Audioslave, The Commoners (pictured), Creeping Jean, Not Now Norman, Greenleaf, Jethro Tull, Hat Stealers, Black Country Communion, Silver Horses, Humble Pie, 100 Watt Vipers, The Picturebooks, Drab, The Groundhogs, Electric Pyramid, Spooky Tooth, Slash & Paul Rodgers, Jeff Healey and loads more.

2022 WRC award-winning Pete Feenstra has spent the last forty years or so listening to, writing about, talking about, and promoting Rock music, with a particular interest in the Blues, and Pete's Rock & Blues show is today's Podcast Of The Day, featuring Blues Pills, Frank Zappa, Dexter Allen, Otis Rush, Godsmack, Jake Aaron with John Etheridge, L.A. Edwards (pictured), Brother Buffalo, Bette Smith, Guitar Slim, Gnola Blues Band, Sea Level, Jeffrey Halford, plus many more.

Last Sunday afternoon, as a treat for Dad on Father's Day, as well as to set him up for England's first Euros game later in the evening, London Prog Gigs presented The Brackish at Camden's The Fiddler's Elbow in London NW5, that also saw the four-piece experimental band from Bristol, supported by an intense melting pot of Psychedelic Punk, Flamenco and Space noises from Sweetpool, plus London singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Jon Hunt, so not only have a butcher's today at Tim Russell's review and photos from the gig, but also check out Jon Hunt's 'Conjure Something' Video Of The Day, taken from his forthcoming album, 'An Explosion Of Nothing', that's out on Friday 5th July.

Unlike the Birmingham outfit's Rock 'n' Roll assault that was their debut album, 'Relentless', Glam Rock outfit, Tremendous, release their new EP 'Transcendence on the Cheap' on Friday 26th July, a straight up, stripped down intimate acoustic affair, that's intended to massage rather than attack the ears, of which we have an exclusive today with their EP track, 'Innocent Soho' that's one of today's six of the best 'Thursday Rocks!' Tracks Of The Day, complemented by five further recent and forthcoming releases from Dream Heavy, Ghosts Of Sunset, Goatizm, Rivers of Nihil and Oceanhoarse.