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The Rolling Stones Star In The Latest Issue Of MOJO!

As The Rolling Stones get ready to release their new album “Foreign Tongues”, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood speak exclusively to MOJO about the making of the record, the Stones’ rich history, recent jeopardy, and why they’re not done yet. “You’ve got to be really tough to survive…” they tell Will Hodgkinson.

Also in the issue: Janis Joplin – her whirlwind rise; 50 years of The Fall – Music; The Waterboys revisit “Fisherman’s Blues”; The Beatles unseen in ’66; the dub reggae revolution; Lenny Kaye – we salute you! Plus: Deep Purple; Deaf School; Dexys and Dexys Midnight Runners; The Cramps; Echo & The Bunnymen; Japan; Bruce Springsteen; Yoko Ono; Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy; Frank Zappa; Wednesday; Ron Carter; Sonny Rollins; Panda Bear & Sonic Boom… and all

This month’s covermount CD is The Waterboys: “Abandonment And Love – Lost. Rare. Live. 1986-1989”. Amazing unreleased music from the “Fisherman’s Blues” sessions, plus revelatory live versions of And “A Bang On The Ear” and Dylan’s “New Morning”.

The new MOJO is on UK newsstands from Tuesday June 16th 

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of their first-ever acoustic performances, Spiritualized are set to perform four rare Acoustic Mainlines shows in the UK this December. Tickets are on sale tomorrow at 10am so set your alarms

Conceived around the time of the making of the “Songs In A&E” album, and after J Spaceman had survived serious illness, the shows originally grew out of an appearance at a Daniel Johnston show at the Barbican where Spaceman and Spiritualized guitarist, Tony Doggen Foster, performed covers of Johnston’s Devil Town, Funeral Home and True Love Will Find You In The End. As Spaceman later recalled: “I was under weight and battered and this was a gentle way of getting back on stage. It wasn’t my show for a start, and it was small, and it was beautiful. Originally, it was just going to be the two of us, but we ended up getting the strings and the choir and because it worked so well, it led to other things.”

The Acoustic Mainline shows that followed featured songs from across the Spacemen 3 and Spiritualized catalogues as well as various cover versions. The same will be true this time round – and once again, J Spaceman will be accompanied on all dates by a string quartet, gospel singers and Spiritualized guitarist Tony Foster.

“Frozen Charlotte” – the 7th studio album from Jack White shows the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer at his best; backed by an incredible band (Patrick Keeler on drums, Dominic Davis on bass, Bobby Emmett on keys) whose collective hand is scorching hot after coming off a tour of universally-acclaimed performances. Instead of resting on a ‘job well done,’ they went straight to work in the studio and laid down what became “Frozen Charlotte”.

“Recorded in White’s Third Man Studio in Nashville, this album shows Jack carrying on the same raucous, raw, and frenetic energy from his lauded 2024 album, “No Name”. 13 tracks of distinct feel and tone, “Frozen Charlotte” is an intense rock and roll punch with never far behind blues underpinnings…all of which fits right at home with long time fans while leaving an inviting open door to newcomers alike.

Titled “Frozen Charlotte”, the album is scheduled for release July 10. It features a total of 13 tracks, including a pair of recent singles: “G.O.D. and the Broken Ribs” and “Derecho Demonico.”

Collective hand is scorching hot after coming off a tour of universally-acclaimed performances. Instead of resting on a ‘job well done,’ they went straight to work in the studio and laid down what became “Frozen Charlotte.”

Jack White announced the release of his forthcoming seventh studio album, “Frozen Charlotte”, arriving via Third Man Records on Friday, July 10th. Alongside the announcement, White released the new single “Dollar Bill” which is available on all DSPs and streaming services. The album will be available on black vinyl; a limited-edition “Zug Island Blue” as the Third Man Records exclusive vinyl; a limited-edition “Chrome” for the Jack White tour and webstore; and a limited-edition “Ice Blue” for independent record stores. 

The Gaslight Anthem frontman has announced “Not Bad For New Jersey”, his first solo album of original material in more than five years. The 12-track collection arrives digitally on September 10th via Fallon’s Lesser Known Records, with physical editions following a day later.

Leading the announcement is the newly released single “Pearls,” a reflective heartland rock anthem that finds Fallon grappling with privilege, perseverance and self-worth. “I do think there’s real value in overcoming the odds stacked against you,” he says. “Getting to the point of feeling like you’re actually worth something is one of the toughest mountains to climb.”

Produced by longtime collaborator Butch Walker at his Nashville-area studio, “Not Bad For New Jersey” finds Fallon leaning into a bigger, more exuberant sound than some of his previous solo outings. Drawing inspiration from classic radio staples like Bryan Adams’ “Run to You” and the Police’s “Every Breath You Take,” the album blends power pop hooks with the blue-collar romanticism that has defined much of his songwriting career.

The record also boasts an impressive supporting cast. The Killers’ Brandon Flowers appears on “Love at the End of the World,” while Def Leppard guitarist Phil Collen, celebrated avant-garde player Marc Ribot and Grammy-winning songwriter Lori McKenna contribute elsewhere across the album. Walker himself played multiple instruments throughout the sessions, joined by drummer Eric Slick of Dr. Dog.

Elsewhere, Fallon takes inspiration from one of punk rock’s most enduring figures. “Nobody Likes You in New York City” is described as a surprisingly tender tribute to Ramones bassist Dee Dee Ramone, written from the perspective of his former wife, Vera Boldis.

The new album arrives after a particularly active period for Fallon. In 2023, the Gaslight Anthem returned from a lengthy hiatus with “History Books”, their first studio album in nine years, followed by an extensive international touring schedule. Last week, Fallon performed Johnny Cash’s “Ring of Fire” during Music America: The Songs That Shaped Us, a celebration tied to the opening of the Bruce Springsteen Center for American Music at Monmouth University in New Jersey.

“I Built You a Tower” marks Ben Gibbard’s return to the studio after years touring the anniversaries of albums from his acknowledged heyday with Death Cab for Cutie and the Postal Service. With John Congleton on production, he and the band composed the new album as a sort of mission statement for a new era, conjuring up synthpop anthems like “Riptides” while waging war on the lyrical crutches that have made Gibbard a patron saint of cardigan-clad, emo-leaning indie kids for decades.

“The fact that I enunciate, arguably too much, means that I can’t get away with the kind of stuff that Matt Berninger gets away with,” he told The New Yorker. “I’ve been making a conscious effort to break out of a couple of the jails that I built for myself lyrically.”

Hooks aplenty, and Ben Gibbard is still one of the premier indie lyricists even 20 years out from transatlanticism Death Cab for Cutie is one of the definitive indie-rock bands of the century.

After twenty-odd years in the major label system, the band returned to their indie roots and signed with ANTI- Records and they’re back with a brand- new eleventh album titled, “I Built You A Tower”. 

“I Built You A Tower” is the sound of loss, compartmentalization, and then grief bursting out from the seams. It’s also the sound of the growth that comes after falling apart, of acknowledging pain without letting it destroy you. “I see the tower existing on your emotional horizon,” Ben Gibbard states. “You don’t always have to look at what’s inside it, but it’s a reminder that it happened. You know it’s there. You have to face it.”

The band is set to hit the road in the US this summer, kicking off in July and includes a two-night run at The Greek in Los Angeles. This comes on the heels of a historic, sold- out global tour marking the 20th anniversary of the album “Transatlanticism” , and the release of their universally acclaimed, 2022’s “Asphalt Meadow”.

Death Cab for Cutie is an American alternative rock band formed in Bellingham, Washington in 1997. The band is composed of Ben Gibbard, Nick Harmer, Jason McGerr, Dave Depper, and Zac Rae. They have been nominated for eight Grammy Awards. The band’s new album ‘I Built You A Tower’ is out now on Anti Records. 

released June 5th, 2026

After a chaotic start caused by daunting weather conditions, Primavera rallies for a weekend of standout sets spanning every genre, one band Geese. The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain, when it seems to mainly fall on the rock band Geese. “Qué bonita lluvia” (What pretty rain!), drawls Cameron Winter, Geese’s rakish, tracksuit-wearing frontman, as the first drops of water fall on Primavera Sound’s Occident stage. An hour later, the band are drenched, water pooling on the floor and coating the instruments and musicians. Their set meets the epic ferocity of the conditions: this is an immensely impressive, technically emphatic gig from a young band who justify all hype.

Faced with an hours-long downpour and pernicious winds, Primavera’s infrastructure falters.

Geese have stopped playing and masses of people are breaking apart, scattering in different directions. A torrential downpour has beset the first day of Barcelona’s Primavera Sound 2026, but groups of devoted fans are still gleefully singing the band’s choruses: a “Like a sailor” here, a “Doctor! Doctor!” there. Nobody knows it yet, but Geese have, in effect, become the day’s headlining act, as every set that was supposed to follow over at the main stages will be cancelled

If there was a whiff of disaster about Primavera’s first big night, then by morning it mercifully dissipates. Another standout was Rilo Kiley are an early Friday highlight, the American indie rockers having reunited a year ago, nearly two decades after disbanding. There’s an amiable middle-agedness to their vibe these days, playing songs written by their younger selves; their sound is crisp and unfaded. Jenny Lewis, in yellow sunglasses, radiates New Age cool.

Ty Segall has maintained an inexhaustible release schedule for nearly two decades now, and he’s just announced yet another addition to his behemoth catalog with “Chrome”, his 18th solo studio album. Following last year’s detour into nostalgic pop-rock on “Possession”, Segall’s latest is billed as one of the garage-psych destroyer’s heaviest records yet, and that comes through on the ripping lead single “Black Paint.”

The album is out on Aug. 28th via Drag City, and just for kicks he’ll also drop a new EP, “Love Fuzzz“, on the same day.

Where Segall performed, recorded and mixed “Possession” alone, he flipped the script for “Chrome”, enlisting his tried and true touring band of Mikal Cronin, Emmett Kelly, Ben Boye and Evan Burrows and Bitchin’ Bajas’ Cooper Crain to track the album live. Wand drummer Burrows is credited for some songwriting apart from the full-band tracks, alongside other returning collaborators Matt Yoka and Ty’s wife Denée.  

On “Black Paint,” Segall submerges the bright melodies of his last dispatch in thick, dark riffs. In keeping with the meticulous production standard that he’s sharpened since last year with work for White Fence, Annabelle Chairlegs and Upchuck, every screech and sputter in the flood of distortion hits hard. The same head-banding sessions gave rise to the “Love Fuzzz” EP, which includes a slowed stoner metal take on the song of the same name from 2012’s “Twins” and “My Pet Guru,” billed as “hypnotic art psych fried-kraut air.”

Ty Segall is back with the whole band on board, and their rocksplosion is too vast for just one album! That’s why there’s a full-length called “Chrome” LP AND an EP called “Love Fuzzz” dropping at the same instant! They hail from oppositional planes from the rock and roll spectrum – one a spiffy pop-and-punk rock album and the other, a slo-mo, doom ‘n dirge EP. If tend toward fragility, focus on which side of the universe you want rocking your world, but if you’re ready to roll with your rock, have we got a bundle for you! “Chrome” and “Love Fuzzz” united as one! Before you tie one on, you might want both Ty’s in hand. Together they’ll take you through a dark night of the soul you’ll never forget.

Ty Segall, precleared for flight in full rock congress with the band (Ben Boye/Evan Burrows/Mikal Cronin/Emmett Kelly), shifts “Chrome”. Songs of massive riffs, swung, tightly arrayed lines of fuzz and distortion, twin-guitar attack-and-parry, endopic keyboards kicking, precise and thudding power, a rhythmic core on the march in full band energy. The songs are lyrically allusive trips, dark passages in the labyrinth, everything in the air bristling collectively, as minds collide.

Ty Segall’s album “Chrome”, out on LP/CD/CS from Drag City on August 28th, 2026.

Jeff Tweedy performing live in the KEXP studio. This lineup just keeps getting better every time I see them perform, and the songs from TO seem to keep evolving in the live setting. KEXP always has such a top notch sound mix. Worth watching!!!! In my opinion the songs from “Twilight Override” really have to be seen live. Really great performances.

Recorded April 2nd, 2026.

Songs: One Tiny Flower 00:41 New Orleans 06:39 Out In The Dark 10:30 Lou Reed Was My Babysitter 14:35 Jeff Tweedy – Guitar, Vocals Spencer Tweedy – Drums, Vocals Sammy Tweedy – Synthesizer, Vocals Macie Stewart – Guitar, Strings, Vocals Sima Cunningham – Bass, Vocals Liam Cunningham – Guitar, Vocals

From the heart of the Australian psych scene… country pop rainbow rockers Babe Rainbow return with their 7th studio album “Acid And Honey” recorded on a houseboat in Amsterdam and zen master Mullarky’s Malibu ranch… Exciting dance beat production backs wailing Babe Rainbow vocals on solid skanking hip-hop hard rocking finger funky sounds. Pressed in ‘Acid & Honey’, 180gm Black & Gold pinwheel vinyl, and housed in a euro-style card sleeve, with a gold foiled embossed sticker. Limited to only 250 copies with our signature, numbered obi strip.

From the heart of the Australian psych scene… rainbow rockers Babe Rainbow return with their 7th studio album “Acid and Honey” recorded on an op shop acoustic on a houseboat in Amsterdam and finished at zen master Mullarky’s Malibu ranch. Exciting country-pop beat production backs wailing Babe rainbow vocals on solid skanking hip-hop hard rocking finger funky sounds. The first single  “Polymucalsaccharide’ is just something Perry Farrell says and it means “drool, like you’re dribbling cos the truth is once you hit the road you don’t remember the good shows, they’re just like every other show”

New album “Acid and Honey” out July 16

British sibling duo Penelope Isles have announced a new album, “3” on Bella Union, and shared its lead single, “Thinking Seat,” via a music video.  The fittingly titled “3” is the Brighton-based band’s third album and is due out September 25th . Check out “Thinking Seat” below, followed by the album’s tracklist and cover art.

The new album follows 2021’s “Which Way to Happyand” 2019’s “Until the Tide Creeps In“. Not only has it been five years since Penelope Isles’ last album, it’s also been three years since their last live show. In that time, the duo have been busy with solo projects—Jack with Cubzoa and Lily with My Precious Bunny (who released “A Moment in My Eyes” in May; Jack has also toured with CMAT on guitar.

“Penny Isles is such a big part of our personalities,” says Jack in a press release. “So it was about time we got back to it.”

The album features Joe Taylor on drums and was recorded live in the studio, at Black Bay Studio on the Isle of Lewis off Scotland’s northwest coast. Prior to that, the album was written on a monthlong surf trip to Lagos, Portugal.

Out on September 25th.