Frequently named alongside the likes of Biffy Clyro, Muse, Royal Blood and Thrice in their German homeland, Alternative Rock band, The Intersphere, release their brand new album, 'Wanderer', on Friday 26th May, and to coincide with this announcement, the four-piece have just released their new single, 'Bulletproof', which is today's Video Of The Day. Coming five years after their last record, this sixth album demonstrates that the band, consisting of Christoph Hessler - vocals, guitars, Thomas Zipner - guitars, Moritz Mueller - drums and Daniel Weber - bass, don't shy away from a big hook line, dramatic harmony or epic song arcs, as the hard-hitting staccato riffs and drums on this punchy Rock single pair with a groove-laden chorus, mirroring and lyrically delivering a powerful socio-political observation about the conflicting feelings that are provoked by online social media presence today.

Recorded almost entirely over the course of just two days, Indiana trio, The Cold Stares, will release their new full-length album, ‘Voices', on Friday 10th March, the band’s most mature, eclectic collection yet, balancing gritty muscle and tender emotion in equal measure, and the album’s lead single, 'The Joy', which draws from Pink Floyd as it revels in the happiness that comes with finding your true soulmate, is one of today's six of the best 'Thursday Rocks!' Tracks Of The Day, complemented by five further forthcoming and recent releases from Witch Ripper, Category VI, Frail, Slow Cinema and Iron Wings.

A New Year, new music plus a new Heavenly Homes Episode, the first for 2023, proving that Prog is very much alive and kicking, and in fact in it's best shape for decades, as testified by today's Podcast Of The Day that includes Ghost of the Machine, Gandalf’s Fist, VODA, Solstice (pictured), Peter Gabriel and many more.

Today's latest WRC Bulletin looks forward to February with our six 'February Rocks!' Tracks Of The Day showcasing some of the many gigs this month on our 2023 WRC Gig Calendar https://www.wrinklyrockersclub.com/gig-calendar-wrinklystock including Robert Jon & The Wreck (pictured), Lonely Robot, Katatonia, Dream Theater, Stone Broken and Those Damn Crows. We also look back at January, including our WRC 2022 Award Winners, our Steppers Division (Dec), Tommy Hare (Dec), The Wall, Wishbone Ash, Susan Santos, Big Boy Bloater & The LiMiTs and Nine Below Zero photo galleries/gig reviews, our latest book competition, also not forgetting our comprehensive January News Archive. Finally, don't forget that if you want to receive our monthly e-mail bulletin, please submit your e-mail address in the box below.

Including a sold out full-band concert at the London Palladium on Saturday 18th March, Beth Hart has recently announced British guitarist Connor Selby as her special guest on next month's eight-date UK Tour, following Beth's most recent album, where the Grammy-nominated powerhouse vocalist took on one of her most profound undertakings to date, on 'A Tribute To Led Zeppelin', of which Hart's version of 'Black Dog' is today's Video Of The Day. One of the brightest guitarists on the UK Blues scene, Connor has just been nominated at the 2023 UK Blues Awards for “Acoustic Act of the Year”, “Instrumentalist of the Year”, “Blues Vocalist of the Year” and “Blues Artist of the Year”.

Voluntary Mortification join today's latest The Zach Moonshine Show Podcast Of The Day, to play and talk about 'Suffer To Rise', plus there's brand-new releases and classics from Obituary, Overkill, Casket Robbery, Gutted Alive, Macabre Eternal, Never Reborn, Solar Flare, The Red Mountain, Death Warmed Over and Acid Bath.

Founded at the end of 2019 as a Neo-Psych experimental band, with strong New Wave influences, released last Friday via Italy's Shyrec and France's Icy Cold Records, 'Lights in Forgotten Places', is the first full length from Venice's Karma Voyage, unleashing dreamy Shoegaze waves with their very first single from the album, 'Shine', which is also one of today's six of the best 'Tuesday Rocks!' Tracks Of The Day, complemented by five further forthcoming and recent releases from Lunar, Them Guns, Crazy Mad Ride, Gramercy Arms and Sum Of Seven.

Exactly six years ago today, Prog Rock music legend John Wetton sadly passed away after a long and courageous battle against colon cancer at the age of 67, and an official book, John Wetton - An Extraordinary Life, has just been launched about the legendary Family, King Crimson, Uriah Heep, Wishbone Ash, Roxy Music and Asia, singer/bass player, of which John's performance of 'Starless', live in Poland in 2003, is also today's Video Of The Day. The book will be published later this year, but the sign-up is now open at www.johnwettonbook.com for people to be a part of this much anticipated book created with John’s family and management, along with some seventy-plus people who knew and worked with Wetton, who pay witness and tribute to his life and work, including Steve Howe, Phil Manzanera, Bill Bruford, Robert Fripp, Carl Palmer, Rick Wakeman, Dave Kilminster, Geoff Downes and many, many more.

Today's Blues On The Radio Podcast Of The Day brings you a look at the just announced finalists in two categories of the UK Blues Awards, plus new releases and two artists who are appearing at Coulsdon's Tuesday Night Music Club re-opening night next week, therefore cue an incredible hour of music from The Nighthawks, Thomas Heppell, Trevor Babajack Steger, Big Wolf Band, Martin Harley, The Mary Stokes Band, Catfish, Ed Blunt, Sean Taylor, When Rivers Meet, Mark Harrison, Brave Rival, Dave Arcari, GA-20 and The Cinelli Brothers.

Legendary Television guitarist Tom Verlaine passed away at the age of 73 on Saturday, and today's Video Of The Day, the title track taken from their 1977 seminal debut album, 'Marquee Moon', is dedicated to Verlaine. Indeed, last year, due to illness, Television cancelled their special guest slot on Billy Idol's UK tour (see below), when they were due to play 'Marquee Moon' in full, originally hailed by critics as one of the most striking and original recording debuts in years. Formed in New York’s East Village in 1973, Television’s influence was felt worldwide with a particularly major effect on British Post-Punk Rock as well as American Indie rock. The scissory, cascading guitar lines, the jabbing vocals, and the ‘psychotic calypso’ drumming demonstrated that there was nothing punky or muddled about Television - it had the silvery clarity of a poised knife. 'Marquee Moon' was ranked #128 on Rolling Stone’s list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. It was also ranked #2 on Uncut magazine’s 100 Greatest Debut Records, and #3 on Pitchfork Media’s list of the best albums of the 1970s.

A celebration of small music venues around the UK and a nod to the people that own, run and work in them, week in, week out, Independent Venue Week kicks off tonight at London's The Half Moon in Putney with James Walsh of Starsailor, with Aynsley Lister also returning to London's 100 Club tomorrow night for his traditional annual gig, and for today's Podcast Of The Day, we go back to July 2014 when Aynsley headlined our 2014 WRC Bluesfest on an awesome Summer's day, which includes tracks and interviews from all the quality bands that performed at another top independent venue, Kent's Leo's Red Lion in Gravesend.

With the promise of being ‘hands down the fattest, nastiest, chunkiest thing’ he's ever done, Mike Ross' brand-new twelve-track album, ‘Third Eye Open’, is due out this Spring, and Mike hasn’t so much started the ball rolling, as fired a first cannonball salvo with the album's debut single, ‘The Preacher’, that's full of raw Rock energy and colour, aided and abetted by guest vocals from Brit rocker Jack J Hutchinson, which is also one of today's six of the best 'Monday Rocks!' Tracks Of The Day, complemented by five further recent and forthcoming releases from Dreamyth, Supertilt, Redlight King, Averlanche and Time To Kill.