The Jim's Rock Shots channel on YouTube has uploaded video of THE PRETTY RECKLESS's entire July 1 acoustic performance at Amoeba Records in Hollywood, California. Check it out below.
The band's setlist was as follows:
01. Going To Hell
02. Make Me Wanna Die
03. Harley Darling
04. When I Wake Up
05. For I Am Death
06. About You
07. (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding (Brinsley Schwarz cover)
THE PRETTY RECKLESS's fifth studio album, "Dear God", arrived on June 26 via Fearless Records.
This past April, the band released the single "Love Me", which was charged with intensity, grit and edge, while previous single "When I Wake Up" entered at No. 10 on the Mediabase Active Rock chart. The album's lead single, "For I Am Death", became THE PRETTY RECKLESS's eighth Mainstream Rock Radio No. 1.
"Dear God" leans further into vulnerability and creative freedom, shaping one of the band's most raw and uncompromising releases to date. Written with diaristic honesty, the record captures THE PRETTY RECKLESS at their most unfiltered.
THE PRETTY RECKLESS is bringing its electrifying stage performance to fans across the world with their all-new headlining "Dear God" tour. This tour follows their incredible two-year long trek across the globe alongside AC/DC on the "Power Up" tour.
This upcoming marquee year follows a remarkable 12 months for THE PRETTY RECKLESS, which included an acclaimed performance at the prestigious 2026 MusiCares Person Of The Year Gala, where singer Taylor Momsen honored the legendary Mariah Carey alongside the FOO FIGHTERS, as well as a performance at the 2025 Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame where Taylor performed with SOUNDGARDEN for their induction. Additionally, the band released their holiday EP "Taylor Momsen's Pretty Reckless Christmas", which features the revamped "Where Are You Christmas?" — the lead single hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Hard Rock Songs chart, reigniting over two decades of global fandom and nostalgia.
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For more than four decades, NAPALM DEATH has challenged expectations and redefined the limits of extreme music. Now, the legendary U.K. grindcore pioneers have added another milestone to their storied career with an appearance on NPR Music's celebrated "Tiny Desk" concert series, bringing their uncompromising intensity to one of music's most unexpected stages.
Widely regarded as one of the heaviest acts ever to perform behind the iconic "Tiny Desk", the band's set offers a rare glimpse of NAPALM DEATH in an intimate setting while proving that their relentless energy, razor-sharp musicianship, and socially conscious message resonate just as powerfully outside the walls of a packed club or festival stage.
NAPALM DEATH vocalist Mark "Barney" Greenway comments: "I've dipped in and out of 'Democracy Now!' via NPR Radio for decades now to get my unvarnished-yet-thoughtful North American news. So when the NPR 'Tiny Desk' thing came up, it kind of blew my tiny mind a little bit. We realized that we were going to reach far more people than usual with the 'Tiny Desk' performance, but as you might expect from NAPALM DEATH, we were never going to temper the performance to any degree. We hope everybody at least gets something from it, even if it's just an understanding of musical abrasion being pushed to the nth degree. Please always support public access broadcasting in view of the ongoing relentless attacks upon it."
The performance was curated by NPR Music producer and writer Lars Gotrich, whose long-standing appreciation for heavy music helped make the appearance possible and further underscores the growing recognition of extreme music within the broader cultural landscape.
Gotrich comments: "The first grindcore band at the 'Tiny Desk' had to be the founding fathers. I turned down or said 'maybe later' to so many others — that's how important it was to me to get this right. There is only one NAPALM DEATH, not only exemplary of extreme music but also what it takes to be human in what feels like an inhumane time."
NAPALM DEATH was formed in Birmingham, England in 1981. While none of NAPALM DEATH's original members remain in the group, Greenway and bassist Shane Embury have been the core of NAPALM DEATH for most of the band's career so far.
Embury is currently taking a break from touring with NAPALM DEATH in order to address various health issues, including a battle with pancreatitis. He is being temporarily replaced on the road by Adam Clarkson, who has been filling in for Shane, on and off, since 2023.
Having joined NAPALM DEATH in 1987, Embury is the longest-serving member, appearing on 15 of the band's 16 albums.
NAPALM DEATH's current touring lineup is rounded out by longtime drummer Danny Herrera and guitarist John Cooke.
Despite initial bemusement from the media, NAPALM DEATH enjoyed global success, propelled by the support of John Peel. They are credited with the invention of grindcore, an extreme metal sub-genre characterized by ultra-fast songs.
In 2017, NAPALM DEATH became the first extreme metal act to play Glastonbury. They have also won Kerrang! and Metal Hammer awards.
Belligerence,” the second single off The Ocean’s upcoming 12th studio album, Solaris, is a heavy one: A song that makes reference to the band’s older albums while imbuing it with a fresh sense of intensity. Stream the single here, and find a visualizer below.
New vocalists Enrico Tiberi’s vocals deliver a familiarity and energy that is sure to resonate with long-time fans of the band. Meanwhile, Lane Shi (Otay:Onii), who used to sing for the American band Elizabeth Colour Wheel, adds a new direction to The Ocean’s sound, comprising elements and experience as a musician and performance artist who has appeared at events such as CTM, Biennale, or as part of Florentina Holzinger’s polarizing opera Sancta. When Shi’s and Tiberi’s voices meet in the harmonized verses, its moments of unprecedented beauty.
“Belligerence” draws parallels between the cosmic explorations of Tarkovsky’s 1972 film Solaris — the inspiration behind the band’s new album — and the explorative nature of artists and current-day political leaders. One of the last lines of the lyrics of “Subatlantic,” the closing track of Holocene is “prepare for departure” — invoking the idea of a group of survivors embarking on a ship to take them away from a sinking mothership earth, to build a new place to live in space.
Solaris is an album that tells a story of cosmic escapism: journey on that ship, which is essentially a celestial rescue boat escaping from a metaphorically sinking Mother Earth. The rescue boat can be imagined as a historic naval vessel, and the lyrics and episodes of the album make reference to the real-life explorers of the past who set out to discover (back then) unknown continents and uncharted territories: Da Gama, Magellan, Sir Frances Drake, as well as the Polar explorers Amundsen, Scott, Rasmussen etc.
The stories of these historic journeys all share similar elements: Storms, disease, wreckage, power games, personal rivalries, egos, belligerence, mutiny, AND finally the quest for truth and justice. While most explorers initially had noble motives and were driven by a limitless spirit of exploration and discovery which was stronger than the many hardships suffered along the way, their legacy is often stained with cultural imperialism, genocide and tales of dictatorial leadership.
Far from being a glorification of male, white explorers who sought to colonize unknown worlds, or a romanticization of patriarchal constructs, Solaris draws a line between these extremely driven explorers and present-day political leaders. It poses questions of the shadowy darkness of being a “great” leader, it queries the very notion of a divine calling and the cost of following such an instinctive pull. It also traces the shape of these psychological patterns into the creative world and applies the same lines of enquiry to creative forces. Can exploration be redefined to be conceived as a process of silent observation, documentation and learning, rather than bequeathing our own ideas and values on others?
The album serves as a critique of the underlying motives and psychological dispositions of an explorative mindset and a thirst for power. It is an existential questioning, a probe of reason of the general purpose of technological advance, in the specific light of the destruction of our habitat. It’s a dystopian outlook into a future where Earth has become uninhabitable – not despite, but as a direct consequence of human intelligence, as the foundation of technological advance.
The band comments, “‘Belligerence’ is a song about the culture of arguing and about the destructive force of contained anger and belligerence as a trait of character, often transfigured as an attribute of reason and a critical mind.”
Pre-order the album here.
Solaris tracklisting:
“52°30’11” N, 13°26’12“ E”
“Departure Song”
“Light Pollution”
“Simulacra”
“Belligerence”
“Ultima Esperanza”
“Milk Of My Dreams”
“51°28’30” S, 73°6’11” W”
Rock icons NICKELBACK today announced their highly anticipated new studio album, "Everything Under The Sun", will arrive on October 30, 2026, via Virgin Music Group, while simultaneously unveiling the blistering lead single, "Rattle The Cage" (featuring John 5). Available everywhere today, the track marks the first taste of the band's powerful new era.
Marking the band's first new music since 2022's "Get Rollin'", "Everything Under The Sun" arrives at a moment of renewed momentum for one of rock's most enduring acts. Fresh off the success of their acclaimed documentary "Hate To Love: Nickelback" and the record-breaking "Get Rollin'" world tour — the fastest-selling and highest-attended tour of their career — NICKELBACK continue to build on a legacy that has only grown stronger with time.
True to its title, "Everything Under The Sun" delivers the complete spectrum of what has made NICKELBACK one of the biggest rock bands in the world. Across the album, towering arena-ready anthems collide with reflective songwriting, undeniable melodies, massive guitars, and the unmistakable chemistry that has defined the band for more than three decades.
Leading the campaign is "Rattle The Cage", an explosive first taste of the album. Heavy, loud, and blisteringly fast, the track channels the electricity that erupts every night between the band and their fans inside packed arenas around the globe. Fueled by pounding riffs, soaring hooks, and relentless energy, "Rattle The Cage" captures the communal spirit that has become synonymous with a NICKELBACK live show.
"This album has every side of the band on it," says NICKELBACK frontman Chad Kroeger. "There are songs that hit as hard as anything we've ever done, songs that take chances, and songs that remind us why we've been doing this together for so long. 'Rattle The Cage' felt like the perfect way to kick the door open — it has the energy we've been feeding off every night on stage, and we can't wait for people to hear it."
From humble beginnings in Hanna, Alberta, NICKELBACK have grown into one of the most successful rock bands of the 21st century. Since emerging onto the global stage with "Silver Side Up" and the era-defining hit "How You Remind Me", the band has built an unparalleled catalog of rock staples, earning multiple Grammy Award nominations, American Music Awards, Billboard Music Awards, JUNO Awards and international acclaim along the way.
With nearly 60 million albums sold worldwide, billions of streams across digital platforms, and more than 50 million monthly listeners across digital platforms, NICKELBACK remain one of the most streamed and commercially successful rock bands in the world. Their music continues to resonate across generations, finding new audiences through streaming while maintaining a devoted global fanbase that has filled arenas for more than two decades.
That enduring appeal reached new heights over the past several years. The Netflix documentary "Hate To Love: Nickelback" became a global sensation, spending weeks in the platform's Global Top 10 while offering fans an unprecedented look inside the band's remarkable journey. At the same time, the "Get Rollin'" world tour shattered attendance records and reaffirmed NICKELBACK's reputation as one of rock's premier live acts.
"Everything Under The Sun" builds on that momentum while looking firmly ahead. It is both a celebration of everything NICKELBACK has accomplished and a statement that their creative fire burns as brightly as ever.
The album also marks NICKELBACK's first release with Virgin Music Group, the world's leading partner to independent labels, artists and entrepreneurs. As the band embarks on this exciting new chapter, Virgin Music Group president, North America, Jacqueline Saturn, shares: "NICKELBACK have built one of the most remarkable careers in music, and it's a huge honor for everyone at Virgin Music Group to work alongside a band with such an enduring legacy and global impact. We're thrilled to partner with them as they begin this exciting new chapter and can't wait for fans to experience 'Everything Under The Sun'."
More than thirty years into their career, NICKELBACK continue to evolve without losing the unmistakable sound that made them one of modern rock's defining bands. With "Everything Under The Sun", they prove that their story is still unfolding — and that their biggest moments may still lie ahead.
"Everything Under The Sun" track listing:
01. Rattle The Cage (feat. John 5)
02. Bones For The Crows
03. I Already Know
04. Leave Me Behind
05. If I Don't Go
06. Make Me Love You
07. Chasin' Famous
08. Simple Song
09. Technicolor Steamboat
10. Lift Somebody Up
11. Bottled Dreams
12. Last Night Was Fun
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