Using the island state of Hawaii as a home base, Jeff Cotton of Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band fame, emerges from his seclusion with his first ever solo album, 'The Fantasy of Reality', that's out this Friday 12th August via Madfish, of which the video for the first single, ‘Does It Work For You’, is today's Video Of The Day. After playing guitar lap steel and vocals on the ground breaking album 'Trout Mask Replica' (under the pseudonym Antennae Jimmy Semens), as well as playing on 'Strictly Personal' and 'Mirror Man', Cotton helped craft some of Beefheart's most vibrant recordings, but then withdrew from the commercial music business for nearly fifty years. Whimsical, playful and tongue-in-cheek - Cotton delivers a psychedelic journey that will delight Beefheart devotees across the sprawling 22 track, 66 minute runtime, blending together musical strands such as Jazz, Delta Blues, Hawaiian and the avant-garde to create a melting pot of ideas.

After not only captivating audiences on their European Summer tour, but also now fully energised and pumped to kick off their next round of dates in the USA next month, The Dead Daisies are set to release their sixth studio album, ’Radiance‘, on Friday 30th September, and for today's Podcast Of The Day we go back to November 2018 and Hard Rock Hell 12, when we were lucky enough to interview Dave Lowy and Marco Mendoza after their set. Indeed, the new album is ten tracks of pure unadulterated brilliant Rock, now boasting legendary front man Glenn Hughes' rock solid bass grooves and unmatched vocal intensity, as the power of Doug Aldrich and Lowy‘s dual guitars provide a wall of sonic nectar, complemented of course by Brian Tichy‘s drums, setting the engine room on fire!

The Jackson Five hoist the curtain on David Hamilton's latest Boom Radio Music Show Podcast Of The Day, on which David also reminisces about his day's as a continuity announcer with Dickie 'World of Sport' Davies, plus of course there's lots of great music including Jigsaw from 1975 (remember them?) and for his regular "Best of British" showcase, Diddy features one hit wonder's that all left an indelible mark on the annals of Pop history, such as 'Fire' by The Crazy World of Arthur Brown (pictured).

For fans of Periphery and Dream Theater, Next Door To Heaven is a Progressive Metalcore band based in Los Angeles, who have supported such iconic bands as Red and Tesseract, and the Californian band are currently working on a new EP, of which they have just released a new track, 'Disguise', that's also one of today's six of the best 'Wednesday Rocks!' Tracks Of The Day, complemented by five further new and recent releases from Little Villains, Suspyria, A Different Sky, HeadTrip Trauma and Indus Valley Kings.

"Great original songs and superb interpretations - their version of ‘The Times They Are a-Changin’ was a horn driven funky blast. This was one classy act. Catch them when they’re next over. In the meantime, feast on their studio albums, they’re excellent; perhaps stick them on in the car as you drive down to Ramsgate to see what the Red Arrow Music Club has to offer." Read today’s latest gig review, as Simon Green gives you his complete take on The Hitman Blues Band's gig at Ramsgate's The Red Arrows Music Club on Tuesday 26th July, plus some great photos and today's Video Of The Day.

Nozfest takes place this coming Saturday 13th August at the 1865, Southampton SO14 3AR, and today's six of the best Nozfest Rocks! Tracks Of The Day showcases for the final time six of the great bands taking part, namely Massive, The Hot Damn, Collateral, Scarlet Rebels, Dead Man's Whiskey, plus headliner's Mason Hill.

Only one year after its official inception, and following their EP, 'Wake Up', and its single, 'Let You Down', for fans of Royal Blood, Queens Of The Stone Age, PJ Harvey, The Kills and Wolfmother, Belgian egnimatic Alternative-Rock/Stoner two-piece, Bar II, last month released a brand new two-track digital single-EP called 'How I Fake It', of which, 'Fake It', is today's Video Of The Day. Indeed, in our present urban times, over-saturated by Electro and Hip-Hop, dominated by show-offs and pretenders, Bar II keeps their mysteries to themselves, refusing to abide by the dictatorship of imagery, not only focusing on pure, raw, dark deranged Rock music, but raising the bar too.

Today's latest Blues On The Radio Podcast Of The Day, ends with tracks from Gemma Dorsett ahead of her band's show at The Tuesday Night Music Club in Coulsdon tonight, plus there's three new IBBA Picks Of the Month from Stevie Watts Organ Trio featuring Alice Armstrong, Dave Thomas and The Jujubes, and new music from Bernie Marsden, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Rory Gallagher (pictured), Breezy Rodio, Mississippi MacDonald & Vaneese Thomas, Kier featuring Tom Killner and Marcus King.

Influenced by a whole range of contemporary artists, such as Nick Drake, Jackson Browne and Elliot Smith, earlier this year Caspar inked a deal with Lastman Music and consequently went into the studio to work on and hone the fourteen tracks that were to become his debut album, 'Hesitation Wounds', due to be released on Friday 19th August, of which the title track is today's Video Of The Day. Hailing from Dorset and described as a blend of original, traditional and contemporary styles, that fuse to create an emotional resonance and energy, Caspar was classically trained as a singer, although the enfant terrible in him incorporates flashes of Rock and Grunge into the flawless rhythms of a masterful first album. A spokesman for our times, as well as a unique musical talent, his songwriting shines through at live performances, as demonstrated last December when the 22 year-old went on the road with Birmingham's Broken Witt Rebels, grasping the opportunity to connect with a wider audience, drawing plaudits for his emotive lyrics and singing style.

Summoner's Circle join today's latest The Zach Moonshine Show Podcast Of The Day, to talk about their upcoming performance at the Tennessee Metal Devastation Music Fest, plus there's new and classic tracks from Runt, The Band Repent, Kryptoxik Mortality, Viridis, The Red Mountain, Limp Bizkit, Sleuthfoot, Marilyn Manson, Korn, Diabology, Pressure and Konatune.

Chicago’s hard hitting Rock veterans, SOiL, pay respects to their musical influences and inspirations, when they release their new studio album, 'Play It Forward', via Cleopatra Records on all formats on Friday 26th August, consisting of eleven songs that inspired the quartet throughout the years, including an absolutely ripping and hypercharged version of Halsey’s 'Nightmare', which is also one of today's six of the best 'Monday Rocks!' Tracks Of The Day, complemented by five further new and recent releases from Riot After Midnight, Marco Mendoza, October Thorns, The Interrupters and The New Bardots.

For today's Podcast Of The Day, we turn the clock back to October 2019, when Chicago's JD Simo stopped off at London's The Underworld in Camden, the penultimate night of his European tour, when we were lucky enough to interview JD before the gig. On a night where JD once again showed off not only his guitar and vocal abilities, but also the incredible rhythm section of drummer and ex-SIMO bro Adam Abrashoff and bassist Andraleia Buch, take a listen as we discussed former band Simo, JD's knee, his European and US tour, being away from home, recording 'Off At 11' and his next album, his band, pipe smoking, Duck Dunn, Tommy Emmanuel, The Royal Festival Hall, Cindy Walker, The Grateful Dead, holidays and guitar clinics.