A2ReleasesOct 29, 2026By Lockgroove

Friday's release radar: Nickelback, Editors, Clinic and Textures lead October 30

A busy last Friday of October spans arena rock, Britpop-era veterans, art-punk and progressive metal.

October goes out with a crowded release day. Here is what is on the calendar for Friday, October 30.

Nickelback return with Everything Under the Sun, while Editors release Surface, Echo & Sound. Both bands have spent the year building toward these records with singles and live dates.

Liverpool's Clinic, long-running favourites of the art-rock underground, put out Wild in the Streets. On the heavier side, Dutch progressive metal band Textures release Genotype, and Atreyu reissue A Death-Grip On Yesterday.

Release listings also put a Queens of the Stone Age title on this week's schedule. Dominic Fike's How To Quit Smoking appears on some October 30 lists but on others for early October, so check your streaming service before you go looking for it.

If you missed last Friday: Michael Kiwanuka's FUDGE, Anderson .Paak and Cordae's joint album Heavy Is the Crown, and Lennon Stella's Sleeping Lion all landed on October 23.

The Lockgroove take

Our pick of the week is the one least likely to trend: Clinic

Nickelback will get the headlines and the jokes, as they have for two decades. The jokes miss the point: they remain one of the best-selling rock bands of the century, and a new record from them is a real commercial event whatever critics think.

Our pick is Clinic. The Liverpool band have spent more than twenty years making short, nervy, organ-driven songs that sound like nobody else, usually performed in surgical masks. A new Clinic album is a rare thing, and it is the kind of record that is easy to miss on a crowded Friday. If you only try one new album this week, try that one.

Put this on

01
Clinic, "The Second Line" (Internal Wrangler, 2000)
The quickest way into their sound, in under three minutes.
Play on Apple Music
02
Editors, "Munich" (The Back Room, 2005)
A reminder of the dark, driving guitar sound they started with.
Play on Apple Music
03
Nickelback, "How You Remind Me" (Silver Side Up, 2001)
Love it or not, one of the defining rock radio hits of its decade.
Play on Apple Music

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