{"id":701891,"date":"2026-07-20T17:11:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T17:11:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/701891\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T17:11:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T17:11:16","slug":"classic-rock-tracks-of-the-week-july-20-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/701891\/","title":{"rendered":"Classic Rock Tracks Of The Week: July 20, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this week’s podium of greatness, we have three English bands. Triumphing in our latest Tracks Of The Week tournament, Juliet’s Not Dead \u2013 originally from the North East \u2013 saw off a worthy challenge from Lancaster’s Massive Wagons, while Torquay-born Kris Barras and his Band took out third place, in the process consigning the entire rest of the globe to ignominy. Like a World Cup that England actually wins, if you like. So congratulations to them all.<\/p>\n

Passing Ships – Juliet’s Not Dead (Official Video) – YouTube
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By the time you read this, our latest competition will already be underway, with challengers from Greece, New Zealand and the Turkish precinct of Los Angeles challenging the usual Brits and Americans. Enjoy!<\/p>\n

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Villagers Of Ioannina City – Veneremos<\/p>\n

These hard rockers from the North West of Greece combine heavy metal and stoner sensibilities with the traditional flavours and instruments of their homeland. It\u2019s a commanding combination, not least on this title track from their upcoming album. Galloping Iron Maiden-meets-Metallica oomph comes with primal, hypnotic heat, courtesy of old-world Hellenic folk streaks \u2013 think heady woodwind screams from Greece\u2019s rugged, mountainous Epirus region. The music video involving castles and cloaked figures also helps, natch.<\/p>\n

VILLAGERS OF IOANNINA CITY – Venceremos (Official Video) | Napalm Records – YouTube
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\nHOLID4Y – Veridream<\/p>\n

2026 is turning into the year of the Rivals Sons solo album, as guitar maverick\/moustache-twirler-in-chief Scott Holiday releases this expansive, cinematic first taste of his new solo project (following Jay Buchanan\u2019s Americana-fuelled singer\/songwriter fest earlier this year). It\u2019s *not* what you\u2019d expect \u2013 in a good way. Opening with 70s prog synth textures, Veridream grows into a psychedelic but hooky adventure. A strange, trippy beauty, paving the way for the full album, Topology, coming later this year.<\/p>\n

Split Dogs – Suffer<\/p>\n

The UK punk\u2019n\u2019rollers veer into beefier heavy metal territory on this game-raising new single. At first it\u2019s pure heavy-booted Sabbathian doom, but then Harry Martinez starts singing and everything kicks into a bouncier gear, creating a rough-throated, theatrical world of cobwebs and black leather that invites much dancing of the not-cool kind (i.e. the most fun kind). \u201cThe song deals with the struggle of letting the past dictate your happiness,\u201d Martinez says, of the personal lyrics here, \u201cbut ultimately it\u2019s about taking your power back, knowing your worth, and moving forward.\u201d<\/p>\n

SPLIT DOGS – SUFFER (OFFICIAL VIDEO) – YouTube
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\nQueens Of The Stone Age – Easy Street<\/p>\n

Back in our lives with a beautifully weird, catchy swirl of lo-fi alternative sweetness, psychedelia and shadows, QOTSA team Josh Homme\u2019s warmly heartbreaking croon with the countrified harmonies of singer\/songwriter Nikki Lane. Built upward from gentle acoustic strumming and hand claps, Easy Street comes with a video cast of oddball characters, and it all gets\u2026well, stuff happens. It\u2019s probably best if you watch it. Tender, dark and ultimately kind of lovely.<\/p>\n

Queens of the Stone Age – Easy Street (Official Video) – YouTube
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\nRicky Warwick – Seek Zen Destroy (feat. Phil Collen)<\/p>\n

Almighty frontman, voice of Black Star Riders and solo artiste, among other things, Ricky Warwick has always had a way with a tune, and this one\u2019s no exception. A bright yet dirty, strutting rock\u2019n\u2019roller with a touch of Prince under its skin, it features Def Leppard\u2019s Phil Collen on guitar and backing vocals.\u201cI wanted to make an album that captures everything I love about rock\u2019n\u2019roll,\u201d Ricky says of parent album Fire & Vengeance, \u201cits power to bring people together, to make us dance and connect with one another, even in a world that often feels consumed by fire and vengeance. At its core, this record is about finding hope and unity in the chaos.\u201d Amen to that.<\/p>\n

Ricky Warwick – Seek Zen Destroy (ft. Phil Collen) [Official Video] – YouTube
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\nEddie 9V – Blowin\u2019 Up<\/p>\n

In our experience, the best country-fried rock\u2019n\u2019roll has an edge to it, a little bit of a dark side, even. Such is the case with Dan Auerbach-produced Atlanta dude Eddie 9V. Yes his name sounds like a battery or piece of gear, but Blowin\u2019 Up is swell \u2013 a deliciously greasy, easy-on-the-ear Southern groove machine with a laidback funky blues kick, its musings on breaking through as an artist flipped into an actual, explodey-explodey \u2018blowing up\u2019 situation in the video. Fine summer holiday fun.<\/p>\n

Eddie 9V – “Blowin’ Up” [Official Music Video] – YouTube
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\nPowder Chutes – Rivers<\/p>\n

We somehow managed to miss this when it came out a couple of weeks back, but we’re putting that right now because Rivers is an absolute beast of a song, driven by the angriest riff you’ll hear this week, the kind of savage, lurching stomp that’ll prompt listeners to check that Godzilla isn’t rampaging through their neighbourhoods. It’s the first new song to emerge from the feisty New Zealanders since last year’s (rather excellent) debut album, and it bodes well for whatever big noise they have lined up next.<\/p>\n

Powder Chutes – ‘Rivers’- Official Music Video – YouTube
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\n\u00d6l\u00fcm – Y\u0131lan Kad\u0131n (Snake Woman)<\/p>\n

\u00d6l\u00fcm are a Los Angeles-based Turkish psychedelic rock band, so it won’t surprise you to learn that Y\u0131lan Kad\u0131n (Snake Woman) is both mysterious and exotic, with a video populated almost entirely by extras who appear to have been freighted in from an underground shisha lounge in Istanbul circa 1975. It’s beautifully crafted \u2013 melodically as well as aesthetically \u2013 with a slinky groove, excellent use of Middle Eastern melodies, and a keyboard player who wears a towering hat.<\/p>\n

\u00d6L\u00dcM – Y\u0131lan Kad\u0131n (Snake Woman) – YouTube
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