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Early David Bowie recordings featured on new album, ‘The Shel Talmy Recordings’

July 15, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Early recordings made by David Bowie, made before he became the artist the world would come to know, are set to be released in September.

The Shel Talmy Recordings is made up of tracks Bowie recorded with ‘60s producer Shel Talmy while he was still going by the name Davie Jones.

Talmy, best known for working with The Who and The Kinks, signed the then-Davie Jones and his band at the time, the Manish Boys, in December 1964. By the time they began recording, however, Bowie had formed a new band, Davie Jones & The Lower Third. Most of the recordings featured on the album were made with the latter band or are solo demos.

The Shel Talmy Recordings includes 21 tracks. The CD and digital versions feature 10 previously unreleased recordings, while the vinyl features six. Guests on the album include a pre-Led Zeppelin Jimmy Page and future Rock & Roll Hall of Fame pianist Nicky Hopkins.

As a preview of the album, one of those previously unreleased tracks, “I Want Your Love” is out now via digital outlets.

Musician and music historian Alec Palao writes in the liner notes that the collection is “a primary chapter if not the very earliest installment in David’s musical journey.”

“The sounds here should not be judged by the standards of his later career, but by the standards of what was happening in Britain at that precise point in time,” he adds. “In which case, they speak as loudly of the excitement of London and its music scene in that pivotal year of 1965 as they do for the launch of its brightest future star.”

The Shel Talmy Recordings will be released Sept. 18. It is available for preorder now.

Queens of the Stone Age announce Asia & Australia tour dates

July 15, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Queens of the Stone Age will close out 2026 with some international travel.

The “No One Knows” rockers have announced a run of tour dates in Asia, beginning Nov. 25 in Tokyo. The trek also includes two more shows in Japan and then a trip to Singapore.

Queens will then head Down Under for a tour of Australia and New Zealand starting Dec. 8. Those dates will also include Primus on the bill.

For the full list of dates and all ticket info, visit QotSA.com.

Queens of the Stone Age are currently on tour in Europe with System of a Down, and will launch a U.S. stadium run in August supporting Foo Fighters.

Meanwhile, a new Queens song called “Easy Street” premiered on Tuesday, marking the band’s first fresh material to follow their 2023 album, In Times New Roman…

Frontman Josh Homme also recently released collaborations with Mastodon and Shania Twain.

‘KATSEYE: WILD HEARTS’ trailer debuts as tickets go on sale

July 15, 2026 by WDNY Radio

We’ve got eyes on the new trailer for KATSEYE: WILD HEARTS, a new film about the global girl group hitting theaters next month.

Set to their hit “Pinky Up,” the trailer features footage of KATSEYE performing onstage to hundreds of screaming fans and rehearsing behind the scenes. We also see interviews with the group members, with Yoonchae proclaiming at the end, “New era, new aura.”

As previously reported, the film will explore “the powerful bond between KATSEYE and their global fandom,” known as EYEKONS.

Tickets for KATSEYE: WILD HEARTS are on sale now. The film hits theaters for a limited engagement on Aug. 12.

The group’s third EP, WILD, comes out Aug. 14. Their sold-out KATSEYE: THE WILDWORLD TOUR kicks off Sept. 1.

Big Daddy Kane credits LL COOL J, Busta Rhymes, Q-Tip for upcoming final album

July 15, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Big Daddy Kane announced in June that he’ll soon be releasing his final album, Curtain Call. Speaking to Vibe, he credits LL COOL J for getting him back into the studio to record his first full-length project since 1998’s Veteranz Day.

“LL COOL J came and played his album for me,” Kane recalls. “We sat in an alley, just sitting there listening to it and bumping it from the truck. I told him how phenomenal I thought it was, how lyrical he was on there and the diversity that he showed. He was like, ’It’s that time, not just for me, but for you, too. We need to do this right now.’ To see that fire in him and also him wanting to share that light, I was like, ‘Maybe you’re right.’”

He adds LL called Q-Tip to help put the battery in his back and noted that Busta Rhymes had also been encouraging him to make his musical return.

Kane says after almost 30 years away, his return has been met with love.

“It’s been getting a great reception,” he tells Vibe. “Some people are even saying things like, ‘This can’t be your last!’ So I’m very, very appreciative. I’m just hoping that everybody that’s into Big Daddy Kane supports it.”

While the album does not yet have a release date, Kane plans to drop it sometime in September and celebrate with wine tastings. The project features his son Tasheem Hardy, as well as Busta, Anthony Hamilton, Jadakiss and Conway the Machine.

Beck announces new album, ’Ride Lonesome’

July 15, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Beck has announced a new album called Ride Lonesome.

The 15th studio effort from the “Loser” artist, and his first since 2019’s Hyperspace, is due out Sept. 18. It includes the previously released title track, which dropped in April.

A second cut, titled “In the Night,” is out now alongside a video, which you can watch streaming on YouTube. Like the song “Ride Lonesome,” “In the Night” taps into Beck’s more acoustic-driven, folkier side.

Beck will hit the road on the Ride Lonesome North American tour Sept. 16 in Vancouver.

Here’s the Ride Lonesome track list:

“Ride Lonesome”
“Run Away”
“In the Night”
“Failed Words”
“Bleed”
“Disappearing Act”
“For Your Love”
“Slow Canyon”
“It Ends Right Here”
“Falling Through My Hands”
“If You Don’t Know What Love Is”
“Beyond the Light”

Watch Phoebe Bridgers perform ‘Lost Boys’ during surprise ’Tonight Show’ appearance

July 15, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Phoebe Bridgers made a surprise appearance on Tuesday’s episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon to perform the TV debut of her new single, “Lost Boys.”

For the rendition, Bridgers was backed by a band of children musicians, which certainly fits in with the theme of the song and the lyrics, “Lost boys never grow up, never get old.”

You can watch the “Lost Boys” performance streaming now on YouTube.

“Lost Boys” is the lead single off Bridgers’ upcoming new album, Lost Weekend, the much-anticipated follow-up to 2020’s Punisher. The record is due out Aug. 14.

Bridgers will launch a sold-out U.S. arena tour in September.

Alexandra Kay’s ‘Second Wind’ brings her first US hit

July 15, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Newcomer Alexandra Kay’s enjoying her first U.S. hit on the radio, as “Straight for the Heart” currently sits at #27 on the Mediabase chart.

The nontraditional breakup tune is one of only two songs she didn’t have a hand in writing on her 14-track sophomore album, Second Wind.

“‘Straight for the Heart’ is about a relationship ending and basically just saying to your partner, ‘If you’re going to end this, make it bad. Make sure I’m never gonna love you again,'” she explains. “And I think that there is so much strength in that sentiment. And I think it helps to tell this story of confidence and strength really well.”

“Straight for the Heart” isn’t her first radio hit, however. She had a top-10 hit in Canada in 2025 with “How Do You Miss Me,” a duet with Canadian artist Dallas Smith. Alexandra is from Waterloo, Illinois.

If you happened to watch the Netflix series Westside in 2018, Alexandra was probably already on your radar, since she was one of nine performers on the music reality show.

Lenny Kravitz has a good reason for working out in leather pants

July 15, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Lenny Kravitz is sharing the secrets to his sculpted body in the latest edition of Men’s Health magazine.

The mag talks to both Lenny and his trainer, where they discuss what it takes to get the 62-year-old rocker those six-pack abs.

According to Lenny, he doesn’t need technology to help him track his fitness. Instead he relies on his 28-inch pants to tell him how he’s doing.

“I can gauge everything by how I’m in my pants,” he tells the mag. “Like, if my pants are a little tight, I know I’m getting outta shape.”

Speaking of pants, back in 2024 Lenny went viral after posting a video of himself working out in leather pants. But he says there’s a perfectly reasonable explanation for why he does so.

“I perform onstage in leather, denim, whatever, so those are the pants I wear to train,” he says. “It also means I can fit in a workout anytime, anywhere.”

As for his overall physique, Lenny notes, “I’m not looking to be big or bulky. I want a very narrow silhouette, more like Spider-Man meets Bruce Lee, you know what I mean?”

He adds, “Bruce Lee looked good in clothes. He’s bad—a thin, cool guy who obviously had muscle tone and who moved and flowed really gracefully.”

So, does Lenny have any issues with his own body?

“Not right now, and I don’t mean that to sound like I’m into myself, but I’ve put in the work and I feel really good,” he says. “But I gotta fill out my legs a little bit.”

Lenny is currently on a European tour, which hits Gdańsk, Poland, on Thursday. A complete list of tour dates can be found at LennyKravitz.com.

Why hasn’t Ad-Rock released new music post-Beastie Boys? ‘Good question’

July 15, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Michael “Mike D” Diamond’s upcoming debut solo album, Thank You, marks the first full-length release from a Beastie Boys member since the group disbanded in 2012 following the death of Adam “MCA” Yauch. As it turns out, Mike’s surviving Beasties bandmate, Adam “Ad-Rock” Horovitz, has also been creating music of his own.

In an interview with The New York Times, Horovitz says he has years of music stored on a laptop that he’s been working on on a near-daily basis. As for why he’s never released any of the material, Horovitz replies, “Good question.”

Diamond, meanwhile, tells the Times he started working on music following Yauch’s death, but would stop due to “grieving and sadness.”

“The easiest way to not feel that was to shut the computer down and walk away from it,” Diamond says. “It was too much for me to process to stay focused and creative.”

Diamond eventually started producing for other artists before deciding to give his own material another go.

“I shouldn’t be projecting my ideas onto any other artist,” Diamond recalls thinking. “I should be saving that for myself.”

Diamond was also helped in putting his own music together by his two sons, Davis Diamond and Skyler Diamond.

“I don’t know that Mike would have done this on his own,” Horovitz says. “We spent the bulk of our lifetime being in a band, a threesome that did everything together. And doing something on your own feels weird.”

He adds, “I think it’s great that Mike has recorded a record, especially with his kids. I think it is probably really helpful and healing to him.”

Thank You is due out Aug. 28.

Highly Suspect announces US tour with Yelawolf

July 14, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Highly Suspect has announced a U.S. tour co-headlined by rapper Yelawolf.

The joint outing, dubbed the War Within tour, kicks off Sept. 23 in Indianapolis and wraps up Oct. 15 in Flagstaff, Arizona.

Presales are open now, and tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday at 10 a.m. local time.

For the full list of dates and all ticket info, visit HighlySuspect.net.

Highly Suspect’s most recent album is 2024’s As Above, So Below. They’ve released three new songs so far in 2026: “Yellow Roses,” “Wasted” and “Big Shop of Horrors.”

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