{"id":528864,"date":"2026-04-13T17:24:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T17:24:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/528864\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T17:24:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T17:24:15","slug":"classic-rock-tracks-of-the-week-april-13-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/528864\/","title":{"rendered":"Classic Rock Tracks Of The Week: April 13, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

It seems that 2026 might be the year of animal-themed groups, with Geese triumphing at Coachella and Goose’s upcoming album certain to move them beyond their jam band audience. Now you can add Brass Camel to that list, as the proggy Canadians triumph in our latest Tracks Of The Week contest. So congratulations to them.<\/p>\n

Brass Camel – Everybody Loves a Scandal (Official Video) – YouTube
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Dancing While The World Is Ending by rock progeny Stanley Simmons was the song you voted into second place, while Jack White’s G.O.D. And The Broken Rib fleshed out the podium. Nice.<\/p>\n

Below, you’ll find eight more bruisers looking to do battle.<\/p>\n

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Erik Gr\u00f6nwall – Born To Break<\/p>\n

From Swedish Idol to H.E.A.T, Skid Row and most recently Michael Schenker, at 38 Erik Gr\u00f6nwall has fronted a lifetime\u2019s worth of bands and musical ventures \u2013 also battling cancer in the process. So it\u2019s great to find him on such strong form on this boot-stomping floor-filler, driven by galloping beats and Erik\u2019s searing, on-the-money vocals. \u201cI\u2019ve had the honour of fronting some great bands, but now it\u2019s time to tell my own story,\u201d Erik says. \u201cBad Bones is about owning who you are and not apologising for it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Erik Gr\u00f6nwall – Born to Break (Official Music Video) – YouTube
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\nCastle Rat – Siren<\/p>\n

Castle Rat stir a deliciously murky streak of Alice In Chains-esque wooze into their doomy, riff-tastic heavy metal cocktail on Siren. Fresh from their album Bestiary, this hooky highlight now gets the full single treatment with a commandingly stylised video (written and directed by singer\/guitarist\/mastermind Riley \u2018The Rat Queen\u2019 Pinkerton) full of smoke, swords, lightning bolts, blood-spattered kisses and other good clean fantastical fun.<\/p>\n

Castle Rat – SIREN (Official Music Video) – YouTube
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\nBleeker – Great Unknown<\/p>\n

Having started in 2003 as the grungy Bleeker Ridge (named after the streets they lived on), these Ontario rockers became Bleeker ten years ago \u2013 following some stylistic and line-up changes \u2013 and have been touring since they were 12. Now they\u2019re gearing up for a return to British soil for gigs in May with this mid-tempo banger, its hard-snapping classic rock riff leading into a soaring, radio-ripe but pleasingly bittersweet chorus. If Jet had a kid with Alter Bridge, it might have sounded like this.<\/p>\n

A – Sh!t Summer<\/p>\n

This highlight from the returning Brit rock mavericks\u2019 upcoming album (Prang, out in May) is an intimate, deeply moving picture of the pain of being separated from your children, following divorce. Wrapped up in a huge, stirring melody that makes it feel familiar and classic, it finds them at their best \u2013 packing a more nuanced, emotional punch than you might anticipate from a 90s band known for their chirpy vibe. \u201cI got help. I needed help,\u201d says frontman Jason Perry, who drew unflinchingly from personal experience to write and sing this. \u201cWe all need a little help sometimes. Some hugs and honesty and love. Manning up doesn\u2019t quite cut it when you\u2019re down and out. This song is dedicated to anyone who\u2019s going through it.\u201d<\/p>\n

‘A’ – Sh!t Summer (Official Video) – YouTube
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\nThe Lemon Twigs – 2 Or 3<\/p>\n

The D\u2019Addario brothers continue to set the stage for their next album, Look Out For Your Mind!, on this gorgeous, intelligent piece of lovelorn pop rock \u2013 fresh out of the 60s and passionately brought to life for a 2026 audience. Arranged with Beach Boys-level detail but still full of doe-eyed sincerity and hope, it\u2019s the antidote to depressing headlines, prospective AI-shaped shadows and homogenised beauty we could all use right now.<\/p>\n

The Lemon Twigs – 2 or 3 (Official Video) – YouTube
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\nThe Flynts – Smoke And Mirrors<\/p>\n

Inspired by the \u2018new old school\u2019 likes of Greta Van Fleet and Rival Sons \u2013 and here produced by countryman\/Triggerfinger drummer Mario Goossens \u2013 these young DIY Belgians kick up a classy throwback storm on Smoke And Mirrors. Think strutting 70s chops with a slightly psychedelic undertone and a strong, cocksure chorus (seemingly they\u2019ve also listened to a generous share of Zeppelin, Free etc). Nice.<\/p>\n

Otoboke Beaver – I Don’t Need To Be In Your Strike Zone<\/p>\n

Otoboke Beaver cram more musical adventure into the 68 seconds of I Don’t Need To Be In Your Strike Zone than some bands do in an entire career, despite the song essentially being a stop-start blast of dayglo punk-prog chaos without anything resembling a chorus. The Kyoto quartet have been doing this sort of thing for more than a decade now, drawing comparisons with the likes of Cardiacs and My Bungle, so it’s no surprise that Cardiacs superfan Dave Grohl has picked them to open for Foo Fighters at several European dates this summer. If you’re going, go early.<\/p>\n

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\nThe Black Crowes X Whiskey Myers – Star Star<\/p>\n

The Black Crowes and Whiskey Myers embark on their Southern Hospitality Tour next month, and have recorded a version of the Rolling Stones’ notorious 1973 song Star Star to celebrate. Originally called Starfucker until Atlantic Records head honcho Ahmet Erteg\u00fcn insisted on the change, the song became famous for its explicit lyrics \u2013 notably the line “Ali MacGraw got mad with you for giving head to Steve McQueen” – but Chris Robinson and Cody Cannon don’t water anything down and their version is as tempestuous and as joyfully ragged as the original.<\/p>\n

The Black Crowes X Whiskey Myers – “Star Star” – YouTube
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