{"id":614042,"date":"2026-09-28T06:10:21","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T06:10:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/614042\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T06:10:21","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T06:10:21","slug":"classic-rock-tracks-of-the-week-september-28-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/614042\/","title":{"rendered":"Classic Rock Tracks Of The Week: September 28, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s been another triumphant week for Kiwi rockers Pieces Of Molly, with new single Skinwalker the fourth song by the band to top the Tracks Of The Week podium, ahead of hot things Greta Van Fleet and Dirty Honey. This quadruple victory is a feat matched by very few, and bodes well for Pieces Of Molly’s debut UK shows in November.<\/p>\n

Pieces Of Molly – Skinwalker(official video) – YouTube
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This week, another eight contestants are on the starting grid, and look! The lights have changed! Off they go!<\/p>\n

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Clutch – Wasted Lands<\/p>\n

Listen up, rock fans: the title track of Clutch\u2019s next album is here, and it does not disappoint. H.P. Lovecraft and Stephen King are name-dropped within seconds. Fallon and co\u2019s inimitable blend of bluesy hoodoo, punk-addled fire and piledriver riffing sounds match-fit and ready for a fight. It\u2019s like hearing ZZ Top with lead boots. Or the dirtier, gnarlier cousin of their 2015 groovefest Psychic Warfare. The sort of shit you definitely want in your life, in other words.<\/p>\n

Clutch – Wasted Lands (Official Video) – YouTube
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\nThundermother – Bimbo Boost<\/p>\n

With that hard-kicking, Smoke On The Water-in-reverse riff and shoutalong AC\/DC vibes, the Swedish foursome made us smile with this one. Yes it\u2019s about as subtle as a bowling ball to the head (not to say that the point about women in the public eye being held to disproportionately more exacting beauty standards than men isn\u2019t spot-on \u2013 it is), but pulled off with the right combo of humour, melody and quality chops. Familiar and faintly ridiculous, in a good way.<\/p>\n

THUNDERMOTHER – Bimbo Boost (Official Video) | Napalm Records – YouTube
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\nHOL1D4Y – Holotropic<\/p>\n

\u201cSome albums I\u2019ve made have been pretty arduous, filled with debate and ideas from many different directions,\u201d Holiday says, as he releases his psychedelic new album Topology. \u201cWe\u2019ve made a joke that it is difficult, like birthing a child. Topology was more flowing and came quick and without strain\u2026like releasing a valve.\u201d You can definitely hear that here. Holotropic is the hypnotic, blissed-out opening track with a touch of QOTSA in its veins, evocative of childhood nights spent stargazing to Pink Floyd\u2019s Echoes in his Californian desert home.<\/p>\n

HOL1D4Y – HOLOTROPIC (Official Music Video) – YouTube
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\nEurope – Come This Madness<\/p>\n

The title track of the returning Swedes\u2019 new album is a banger, reflective of the big, moody but groovy good stuff to be found therein. Capped off with a casually ace solo from John Norum \u2013 and with Joey Tempest seemingly yet to feel the wear of age on his voice \u2013 it\u2019s the sort of textured, dynamic banger you\u2019d be genuinely stoked to hear in a setlist. Classy work from one of classic rock\u2019s most consistent groups.<\/p>\n

Europe – Come This Madness (Video Montage) – YouTube
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\nThe Temperance Movement – Silverlight Blues<\/p>\n

Further teasing their much-anticipated comeback album, New Promise Land Incorporated (out in full next month), The Temperance Movement are on prettily bittersweet form with Silverlight Blues. Like the rest of the album it\u2019s a raw, hot-off-the-floor affair with the ease and warmth you\u2019d hope for from such a tight group of seasoned pros \u2013 while also channelling the life experiences of the last few years. It\u2019s good to have them back.<\/p>\n

The Temperance Movement – Silverlight Blues (Official Audio) – YouTube
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\nCrown Lands – Through The Looking Glass<\/p>\n

Tales of ancient darkness, riding on dragon\u2019s wings and a pedalboard the size of a swimming pool all feed into this sumptuous live single from the Canadian prog duo. Weaving textures of Rush and Zeppelin with their own old-world atmosphere and fantastical storytelling, Cody Bowles (percussion and vocals) and Kevin Comeau (guitars with *all* the necks) create something that feels luxurious yet light, its heaviness and technical flexes offset by a melody that slips down very easily.<\/p>\n

CROWN LANDS – Through The Looking Glass (Live at Chalet) – YouTube
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\nThe Sedonas – Reckonin\u2019 More<\/p>\n

Stomping into Tracks Of The Week in a rich, gritty flurry of blues rock guitars and strident lead vocals (\u201cIs he an American Toby Jepson?\u201d one Classic Rock staffer wondered) The Sedonas mix swaggering US roots and rock\u2019n\u2019roll into one juicy, classic but bright-eyed package. You could say it\u2019s what\u2019d happen if Joe Bonamassa wore denim shirts and made a heartland record, but really Reckonin\u2019 More is its own thing. No rulebooks are rewritten and yet it has a certain edge that makes us sit up and pay attention.<\/p>\n

Crossbone Skully – Riding With Angels<\/p>\n

Tommy Henriksen and the gang are back with another track from their upcoming, Mutt Lange-assisted second album Condemned To Rock ‘N Roll, and it’s undeniably huge, with drums that boom like Def Leppard at their peak and a chorus so big it can probably be seen from space. Riding With Angels is so confident it begins with that chorus, with Henriksen’s Joe Elliott-meets-Marc Storace voice handling the vocal with the right amount of razor-throated ease. The album arrives in January.<\/p>\n

Crossbone Skully – Riding With Angels (Official Video) – YouTube
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