Weekly digest #29
Featuring Gorillaz, My Bloody Valentine, Stiff Little Fingers, Black Flag, Flamin’ Groovies and more
Welcome to Fire Red Sky’s latest weekly digest of punk rock, alt rock and indie music news and writing.
It’s a light read, a quick catch up on the week that lands with you every weekend (…or thereabouts).
The links are mainly taken from my social media feeds, so if you want more of this sort of thing than you can follow me on Facebook, Threads, Bluesky and Mastodon (I’m also on Instagram).
Headlines
Gorillaz (pictured above) confirm 2025 release for new album (Consequence of Sound)
My Bloody Valentine announce short UK tour (Pitchfork)
Mike V appears to have left Black Flag (Punk News)
New LP on the way from Peter Buck and Luke Haines (R.E.M. HQ)
Laura Jane Grace In The Trauma Tropes to release album, share 'Mine Me Mine' (Punk News)
New releases
Split Chain announce debut album motionblur (Stereogum)
Ride’s Steve Queralt announces debut solo album Swallow with shoegaze-inspired single ‘Lonely Town’ (NME)
Superchunk release new song 'Bruised Lung' (Punk News)
Stiff Little Fingers to release The Singles 1978-1983 (The Punk Site)
Bonnie Trash record Incorrect Thoughts sessions (Punk News)
Listen/watch
Mannequin Pussy perform on Everybody’s Live with John Mulaney (Punk News)
Tortoise return with first new song in nearly a decade (Pitchfork)
Deftones joined onstage by Paramore’s Hayley Williams for 'Minerva' in Nashville (Consequence of Sound)
Bruce Springsteen, Flea, Karen O and more jam with Patti Smith at all-star tribute gig (NME)
Deafheaven release new album Lonely People with Power, unveil 'Winona' short film (Consequence of Sound)
Long reads
Michael Rother and Thurston Moore talk art, music and NYC show (Spin)
The Darkness’ Justin Hawkins talks new album, his popular YouTube channel, guitar solos, maintaining his falsetto, more (Brooklyn Vegan)
Patti Smith’s Horses at 50: How a reluctant musician made a punk-rock classic (The Independent)
Jivebomb’s Kat Madeira breaks down debut LP Ethereal track by track (Brooklyn Vegan)
Interview: Cyril Jordan of Flamin’ Groovies (Big Takeover)
Elsewhere on Substack
And finally…
Sum 41 say farewell with official release of Rage Against The Machine’s ‘Sleep Now In The Fire’ cover (NME)
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We’ll do it our way this time
It’s been a little longer coming than I’d hoped when I broke the news that a new Hüsker Dü album was on the way, but finally Tonite Longhorn received a full launch last week.