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■ Patti Smith
Patti Smith is an American singer, songwriter, poet, painter, author, and photographer. Her 1975 debut album Horses made her an influential member of the New York City–based punk rock movement. Smith has fused rock and poetry in her work. In 1978, her most widely known song, “Because the Night,” co-written with Bruce Springsteen, reached number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and number five on the UK Singles Chart.

2026 is the Year of the Horse.

Patti Smith

Last November, Patti Smith and Her Band were touring in support of the 50th anniversary of their celebrated Horses album. Music journalist Caryn Rose (the author of 2022’s Why Patti Smith Matters) attended five Smiths shows, in three cities (Chicago, New York City, and Boston) and captured her experiences in detail in her new chapbook Three Chords and Blessed Noise.

The 48-page book was written, produced, and published less than two months at the end of the tour.

Rose wanted to document the energy and spirit of live music through a traditional published work, as she noted:

I didn’t want to write something that would get lost on the web, I didn’t want to be limited by word count, and I wanted something that was tangible.

The book is printed locally in Southeast Michigan, and published under Rose’s Till Victory Press imprint. For those who prefers an ebook, it is available now.

Excerpt from book

There was a palpable excitement in the small crowd of people gathered around the entrance of the theatre [Chicago Theatre], waiting for the doors to open at 7:00pm. There were punks in leather jackets, women arriving from work in business clothes, excited groups of friends taking pictures with the marquee above them. There’s a graying long-haired man trying to raise a few dollars from the folks waiting to enter; he offers a half-sung, half-spoken version of the Stones’ “Sympathy for the Devil,” but by the next night he was giving “Gloria” a try.

P.S. We recently saw Patti Smith at a sold-out concert and memoir book reading in March 2026: “The intimate concert at the Parkway was basically a concert with reading excerpts from her book. She is joined on stage by long-time band member Tony Shanahan on bass and keyboards and her son, guitarist Jackson Smith.”

Dark Horses by Corb Lund (Jul 24, 2026)

Corb Lund

Corb Lund will be releasing Dark Horses on August 7, 2026 via New West Records (however, Amazon is currently listing the ship date as Jul 24, 2026). The 11-track set is a new recording of acoustic versions of some of Lund’s favorite songs across his catalog.

Lund say:

Dark Horses is a number of my songs that are favourites of mine but didn’t necessarily light up the charts. I chose one track from each of my eleven albums of original material and re-performed them in my living room, unaccompanied. This presents the songs in their rawest form, boiled right down to their essence. It felt good to put a little emphasis on some of these tunes that have always meant a lot to me but didn’t get much attention. Thanks to those of you out there who have appreciated these dark horses over the years.

Corb Lund On Tour:

April 11- Dublin, IE – The Workman’s Club*
April 13 – Manchester, UK – Band on the Wall*
April 14 – Glasgow, UK – Saint Luke’s*
April 15 – Newcastle upon Tyne, UK – Gosforth Civic Theatre*
April 16 – London, UK – Bush Hall*
April 17 – London, UK – Bush Hall*
April 19 – Groningen, NL – Lutherse Kerk*
April 20 – Hamburg, DE – NOCHTSPEICHER*
April 21 – Berlin, DE – Theater im Delphi*
April 22 – Malmö, SE – Plan B*
April 23 – Halden, NO – Aladdin Scene – Fjording*
April 24 – Oslo, NO – Røverstaden*
April 25 – Uppsala, SE – Black Bird*
April 27 – Helsinki, FI – Korjaamo*
April 28 – Tampere, FI – G Livelab*
May 14 – Miles City, MT – World Famous Miles Bucking Horse Sale
May 20 – Victoria BC – Capital Ballroom
May 21 – Victoria BC – Capital Ballroom
May 22 – Vancouver BC – Hollywood Theatre
May 23 – Vancouver BC – Hollywood Theatre
May 25 – Calgary AB – Ranchman’s Cookhouse & Dancehall
May 26 – Calgary AB – Ranchman’s Cookhouse & Dancehall
May 27 – Calgary AB – Ranchman’s Cookhouse & Dancehall
May 28 – Edmonton AB – The Starlite Room
May 29 – Edmonton AB – The Starlite Room
May 30 – Edmonton AB – The Starlite Room
May 31 – Edmonton AB – The Starlite Room
June 2 – Regina, SK – Casino Regina
June 3 – Saskatoon SK – Capitol Music Club
June 4 – Saskatoon SK – Capitol Music Club
June 5 – Winnipeg MB – Park Theatre
June 6 – Winnipeg MB – Park Theatre
June 19 – Kalispell, MT – Majestic Saloon
June 20 – Great Falls, MT – The Newberry
June 21 – Livingston, MT – Pine Creek Lodge
June 23 – Billings, MT – The Pub Station
June 24 – Casper, WY – The Rialto Casper
June 25 – Denver, CO – Ophelia’s Electric Soapbox
June 26 – Colorado Springs, CO – Lulu’s Downtown
June 27 – Hugo, CO – CO Championship Ranch Rodeo
June 28 – Red River, NM – Bitter Creek Ranch
June 30 – Buena Vista, CO – The Lariat
July 1 – Steamboat Springs, CO – Snow Bowl Steamboat
July 2 – Gunnison, CO – I Bar Ranch
July 3 – Greeley, CO – Moxi Theater
July 4 – Greeley, CO – Moxi Theater
July 5 – Grand Junction, CO – Warehouse 2565
August 29 – Lucknow, ON – Lucknow’s Music in the Fields

*Co-headline with Hayes Carll

Total Dive by Brown Horse (Apr 10, 2026)

Brown Horse

Norwich-based country rock band Brown Horse will be heading out on tour, in support of their new album Total Dive (Loose Music). The album came out today (April 10).

Tour Dates

Apr. 12, 2026 Oxford, The Jericho Tavern
Apr. 15, 2026 Cardiff, Clwb Ifor Bach
Apr. 16, 2026 Luton, The Bear Club
Apr. 17, 2026 Brighton, The Hope & Ruin
Apr. 18, 2026 Ipswich, The Church
May 2, 2026 Los Angeles, CA Permanent Records Roadhouse
May 3, 2026 Ojai, CA Ojai Deer Lodge
May 5, 2026 San Francisco, CA Make-Out Room
May 7, 2026 Seattle, WA Baba Yaga
May 8, 2026 Trout Lake, WA Trout Lake Hall
May 9, 2026 Portland, OR Polaris Hall
May 10, 2026 Vancouver, BC The Pearl
May 13, 2026 Minneapolis, MN 7th St Entry
May 14, 2026 Chicago, IL Hideout
May 15, 2026 Detroit, MI Lager House
May 16, 2026 Toronto, ON Monarch Tavern
May 19, 2026 Allston, MA O’Briens Pub
May 20, 2026 New York, NY Night Club 101
Jun. 30, 2026 Barcelona, Spain Sala Upload
Jul. 1, 2026 Valencia, Spain Loco Club
Oct. 20, 2026 Cambridge, Portland Arms
Oct. 21, 2026 Nottingham, Bodega
Oct. 22, 2026 London, Moth Club
Oct. 23, 2026 Norwich, Norwich Arts Centre
Oct. 24, 2026 Coventry, The Tin Music and Arts
Oct. 27, 2026 Manchester, The Deaf Institute
Oct. 28, 2026 Leeds, Brudenell Social Club
Oct. 29, 2026 Glasgow, Mono

Psycho Horses by Rusty Santos (Feb 19, 2026)

Rusty Santos

Record producer and musician Rusty Santos (formerly of The Present) is celebrating Year of the Fire Horse with his album Psycho Horses. You may know Santos from his previous works with Animal Collective, Panda Bear, and Born Ruffians.

Talking about the album and title track, Santos offers some background on the track and video:

As soon as I finished the song ‘Psycho Horses,’ I knew that it would be the single and that this release would coincide with the year of the horse. This song originated from a jam with me on Minimoog and Marcio Rivera on drums. I laid down scratch vocals with the lines, ‘Psycho horses galloping. I feel forces evaluating me.’ The rest of the lyrics sprang out of that. When I played the song live, Gabby Fiszman told me she had an idea for the music video; it’s entirely her concept. We shot this at four locations: first at a horse ranch, next inside an old basement, then at a park, and finally at the beach. All the masks were hand-made with esoteric symbolism in mind; there’s no CGI in any of it. It takes place in another time, either in the deep past or in a post-technological future.

Learning to Be a Cowboy
on the Horse That Broke My Arm (May 15, 2026)

Trinity Ace

San Francisco artist Trinity Ace announces her debut EP Learning to Be a Cowboy on the Horse That Broke My Arm. The EP will be out May 15.

You can meet the artist and pick up the debut EP/photography book in person in San Francisco on May 9 at the 4 Star Theater and in Brooklyn on May 22 at Baby’s All Right.

Learning to Be a Cowboy on the Horse That Broke My Arm Track Listing

Pierce
Martyr
Talisman
Black Sheep/White Horse
Battle Cry
Algae Bloom

Dark Horse by Zachary Baker (Apr 3, 2026)

Zachary Baker

Avenged Sevenfold’s founding member and guitarist Zachary Baker (aka Zacky Vengeance), just released his debut solo album Dark Horse.

Dark Horse Track Listing

Dark Horse
Misfit Hearts
Unlikely Cowboy
I’ll Stop Pretending
Before I Go
Lighthouse
The Storm
Long Highway
Sar Crossed
Someday
Fireflies

Pony Canyon USA

Pony Canyon USA

Last month, Pony Canyon USA announced a full Pony Canyon USA Official Store online storefront, making it easier for USA fans to access to select releases from the Pony Canyon’s catalog. Currently, the store offers vinyl, CD, and Blu-ray of BTS, Attack on Titan, Miki Matsubara and our favorite maids of J-pop, Band-Maid.

Pony Canyon USA’s official store is now open, offering US fans easier access to a selection of anime soundtracks and vinyl, CD and Blu-ray titles from artists such as BAND-MAID, Fishmans and Miki Matsubara.

If you like anime and J-Pop or K-pop, be sure to get merchandises directly from the pony’s mouth!

You know us, we’re longtime fans of Asian music and anime and generally happy to see more efforts made for the Asian market to expand to the US market and connect US fans with Japanese music and culture.