This New Music Friday performs two tasks: More set-ups for albums coming later this year and another wave of major spring album releases.

Singles

1. Beck, Ride Lonesome (Universal)

It seems like it’s been a while since we’ve heard from Beck. This new single (mixed by Nigel Godrich, Radiohead’s favourite studio guy) evokes all the feels from from Sea Change (2002) and Morning Phase (2015). Indications are that this sort of emotional approach is where Beck is heading with his next album.

2. mgk. Fred Durst, FIX UR FACE (Interscope)

Mgk and the Limp Bizkit’s beret-wearing frontman (which he’s traded for a ball cap and beard) have come up with something that takes us back to the early 2000s (think nu-metal) while also folding in some contemporary alt-rock. The video was filmed in Berlin, Dublin, London, Prague, Munich, Nashville, and Los Angeles while mgk was on tour.

3. Modest Mouse, Picking Dragons’ Pockets (Glacial Pace Recordings)

It’s been almost five since Modest Mouse had a new album (note the name of their label), but that absence has comes to an end with a couple of singles. Look How Far… was released in March, and now we have this track. An Eraser and a Maze, MM’s eighth album and their first as an indie act in more than 20 years, will be here on June 5. Fun fact: This started as an Isaac Brock solo album before he invited the rest of the band in.

4. Show Me the Body, Dance in the USA (Loma Vista/Concord)

Living in the US is not an easy thing right now. Show Me the Body, a post-hardcore band from NYC (est. 2009), understands this very, very well. Pay attention to lyrics like “a doll on a sting.” The album, Alone Together expands on those themes.

Albums

1. Atreyu, The End is Not the End (Spinefarm)

More aggression. Atreyu’s second act, which began in 2014 after a three-year break, and produced the band’s tenth album, which they started teasing with singles last September. The current single features Max Cavalera of Sepultura. The louder you play this, the better. Obviously.

2. Foo Fighters, Your Favourite Toy (Roswell/RCA)

We’re now up to an even dozen Foo Fighters studio albums. Not bad for a band led by the surviving member of Nirvana that no one expected to do anything once the band broke up. Like most of the albums this millennium, this one was record at the Foos’ private 606 Studios in Van Nuys, although tracks were also laid down in Dave’s home studio. Interesting: There’s a new production team here. It was co-produced by the band and engineer Oliver Roman, meaning that it’s the first time Greg Kurstin hasn’t been behind the desk for a Foo Fighters album since Sonic Highways in 2014. Oh, and let’s not forget new drummer, Ilan Rubin, too.

3. Metric, Romanticize the Dive (Metric Music International/Thirty Tigers)

This makes ten studio albums for Emily and James. This one gestated for about two-and-a-half years, which is pretty quick these days. This record, recorded at Electric Lady in New York (Jimi Hendrix’s favourite studio), arrives in time for the summer tour Metric is doing with Broken Social Scene and Stars. Early reviews have been excellent.

4. White Denim, 13 (Bella Union)

White Denim first came out of Austin, Texas, two decades ago, with a sound that mixes psych, blues, punk, and more, blended in songs that aren’t exactly structured in conventional way. As the album title says, this is the band’s thirteenth album.

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What do the following authors have in common: J.D. Salinger, Emily Brontë, and Oscar Wilde? They are famous for writing just one novel.

J.D. Salinger? The Catcher in the Rye. Emily Brontë? Wuthering Heights. And Oscar Wilde? The Picture of Dorian Gray. Home runs. Classics. Enduring favourites. Lasting fame. Millions of copies sold around the planet. But in each case, there were no follow-ups. They were all one and done.

J.D. Salinger became a recluse. Emily Brontë died shortly after the publication of Wuthering Heights. And Oscar Wilde stayed with writing plays. As novelists go, they are all one-hit wonders.

When it comes to music, one-hit wonders are an endless source of amusement. How can someone become internationally famous for decades when they only have one song that anyone cares about?

These are special cases where lightning is captured exactly once. And no matter how many more songs these artists wrote, they would never, ever achieve that extreme level of fame again. A single song overshadows every other effort.

Let’s apply this to the history of alt-rock. What songs and artists qualify?

It took a bunch of research, but I think I managed to crack it using a combination of statistics. And we’re now up to episode four of five in this mission: the 50 all-time biggest alt-rock one-hit wonders.

Songs heard on this show:

• Doctor and the Medics, Spirit in the Sky
• Enigma, Sadeness (Part 1)
• Edwyn Collins, A Girl Like You
• Peter Schilling, Major Tom (Coming Home)
• White Town, Your Woman
• Meredith Brooks, Bitch
• Marcy Playground, Sex and Candy
• The Caesars, Jerk It Out
• Chumbawamba, Tubthumping
• The La’s, There She Goes

Here’s Eric Wilhite’s playlist.

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Have you ever wondered why heavy metal singers can scream for hours on end, but other singers lose their voices all the time? You’d think it would be the other way around, right? Turns out there’s a weird answer to this medical mystery of music.

Using a special high-speed camera designed to visualize vocal cords, a speech doctor in San Francisco discovered that a heavy metal singer’s screaming is more like a baby’s than an adult’s. When a metal singer sings, they’re not actually straining their vocal cords. Their muscles relax and flap to create sounds, rather than squeezing out the loudness like most adults.

It’s a skill that babies instinctively use to protect their throats while crying and screaming, but is usually forgotten as they grow older. For whatever reason, heavy metal singers are still able to do it, and doctors hope they can teach the technique to patients with throat injuries and vocal issues.

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Prince Harry arrived in Kyiv Thursday on an unannounced trip to the Ukrainian capital.

Harry, whose visit comes as the country endures its fifth year of war with Russia, said it was “good to be back in Ukraine” upon arrival at the city’s main railway station, where he greeted a line of officials awaiting him on the platform.

Upon arrival, the Duke of Sussex said Ukraine was “a country bravely and successfully defending Europe’s eastern flank,” and that “it matters that we don’t lose sight of the significance of that.”

The prince also spoke on Thursday at a security conference, where he delivered a keynote address and told Russian President Vladimir Putin there is “still a moment, now, to stop this war,” British news outlet ITV reported.

“Years into this war, with immense losses and limited gains, it is increasingly clear that this path offers no victor — only more loss,” he continued.

“President Putin, no nation benefits from the continued loss of life we are witnessing.”

Harry added that he was not there as a politician but “as a soldier who understands service, as a humanitarian who has seen the human cost of conflict, ⁠and as ​a friend of Ukraine who believes the world ​must not grow used to this war or numb to its consequences.”

He went on to address the Trump administration, calling on Washington to do more and reminding it that it had a duty to protect Ukraine after the country agreed to give up its nuclear weapons.

“This is a moment for American leadership — a moment for America to show that it can honour its international treaty obligations — not out of charity, but out of its enduring role in global security and strategic stability,” he said.

According to NBC News, he is also expected to visit the HALO Trust, a charity that deactivates landmines and was supported by his late mother, Princess Diana.

He is also scheduled to spend time with Ukrainian participants in the Invictus Games, which his foundation of the same name runs to help wounded veterans recover through sport, the U.S. outlet added.

In his speech, he also praised the Ukrainian people’s resolve and the innovative response of ​the country’s military, including its ​advanced drone capabilities.

Prince Harry last visited Ukraine in September 2025, where he met with veterans at the National Museum of the History of Ukraine. His first visit to the war-torn country was in April 2025, when he went to Lviv, a major city in western Ukraine, to visit a rehabilitation centre.

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Canada has its own trade irritants with the United States, including American tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Thursday as the deadline for a review of the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Free Trade Agreement (CUSMA) nears.

Carney’s comments come days after reporting suggested the United States was seeking concessions ahead of a renegotiation of the CUSMA free trade agreement.

“What are our trade irritants? There’s a 50 per cent tariff on aluminum, 50 per cent tariff on steel,” Carney said, adding that American tariffs on Canada’s auto manufacturing industry and forest products sector were also among the “irritants.”

“Those are more than irritants. Those are violations of our trade deal,” Carney added.

He acknowledged, though, that both sides had “trade irritants” that needed to be ironed out.

“There’s two parties in a negotiation. We’re not sitting here taking notes and taking instruction from the United States,” Carney told reporters in Ottawa Thursday.

When asked what specific trade issues the U.S. has raised issues with, Carney pointed to “provincial actions.”

“These are provincial actions, with respect to alcohol on the shelves,” he added.

In a social media post on Wednesday, Ontario Premier Doug Ford doubled down on his ban on American booze.

“I want to be clear: American alcohol will only go back on shelves when the U.S. removes its tariffs,” he said.

 

 

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Egg products sold in Ontario and Quebec are being recalled by Health Canada due to salmonella contamination.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) states in the recall notice that select lots of Supreme Liquid Whole Eggs and Supreme Liquid Egg Whites are affected by the recall.

Ten lots of one kilogram Liquid Whole Eggs and Supreme Liquid Egg Whites have been recalled. The best-before dates range between March 24 and May 7.

The CFIA also notes that the products are usually found in hotels, restaurants and institutions.

Consumers are being asked by the CFIA not to consume, use, sell, serve or distribute the recalled products.

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President Donald Trump said Thursday he has ordered the U.S. military to “shoot and kill” small Iranian boats that deploy mines to choke traffic through the Strait of Hormuz.

Trump’s post on social media came shortly after the U.S. military seized another tanker associated with the smuggling of Iranian oil, ratcheting up a standoff with Tehran over the strait through which 20 per cent of all crude oil and natural gas traded passes.

“I have ordered the United States Navy to shoot and kill any boat, small boats though they may be…that is putting mines in the waters of the Strait of Hormuz,” Trump posted. “There is to be no hesitation. Additionally, our mine ‘sweepers’ are clearing the Strait right now.”

“I am hereby ordering that activity to continue, but at a tripled up level!” Trump added.

He also said the military is intensifying mine clearing operations in the critical waterway.

The move comes a day after Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guards attacked three cargo ships in the strait, capturing two of them.

The Defense Department released video footage earlier on Thursday of U.S. forces on the deck of the Guinea-flagged oil tanker Majestic X, which was seized in the Indian Ocean.

“We will continue global maritime enforcement to disrupt illicit networks and interdict vessels providing material support to Iran, wherever they operate,” a Pentagon statement said.

Ship-tracking data showed the Majestic X in the Indian Ocean between Sri Lanka and Indonesia, roughly the same location as the oil tanker Tifani, earlier seized by American forces. It had been bound for Zhoushan, China.

The vessel previously had been named Phonix and had been sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury Department in 2024 for smuggling Iranian crude oil in contravention of U.S. sanctions on the Islamic Republic.

There was no immediate response from Iran on the news of the seizure.

On Tuesday, Trump extended a ceasefire while maintaining an American blockade of Iranian ports. There was no immediate sign whether peace talks, previously hosted by Pakistan, would resume anytime soon.

The standoff between the U.S. and Iran has effectively choked off nearly all exports through the strait with no end in sight.

On Thursday, Iran’s exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi was splattered with red liquid as he left a building after a news conference in Berlin. The alleged perpetrator was immediately detained by police.

During the event, Pahlavi criticized the ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran, arguing that the agreement assumes the Iranian government’s behavior will change and “you’re going to deal with people who all of a sudden have become pragmatists.”

Pahlavi, 65, has been in exile for nearly 50 years. His father, Iran’s shah, was so widely hated that millions took to the streets in 1979, forcing him from power. Nevertheless, Pahlavi is trying to position himself as a player in his country’s future.

Since the Feb. 28 start of the war between Iran, Israel and the United States, over 30 ships have come under attack in the waters of the Persian Gulf, the Strait of Hormuz and the Gulf of Oman.

The threat of attack, rising insurance premiums and other fears have stopped traffic from moving through the strait. Iran’s ability to restrict traffic through the strait, which leads from the Persian Gulf to the open ocean, has proved a major strategic advantage.

The ceasefire has been strained by dueling U.S. attacks on Iranian ships and those by Iran on commercial vessels. It also remains unclear when, or if, the two sides will meet again in the Pakistani capital Islamabad, where officials say they are still trying to bring the countries together to reach a diplomatic deal.

The conflict already has sent gas prices skyrocketing far beyond the region and raised the cost of food and a wide array of other products. Officials around the world have warned the impact to businesses, consumers and economies could be long-lasting.

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A Montreal man wanted after a security guard was shot following a robbery at Fairview Mall on Tuesday is also accused of stealing $235,000 in jewelry three years ago.

Toronto police said Wednesday that Kyle Douglas Prouse is also wanted in connection to a 2023 break-and-enter investigation in Durham region.

Durham Const. Nick Gluckstein told Global News in an email Thursday the investigation involves the robbery of a jewelry store in Oshawa and an auto theft in Pickering in August 2023.

“Both incidents are related as the stolen vehicle was used in the commission of the jewelry store break-and-enter,” Gluckstein wrote.

“Prouse is believed to have stolen over $235,000 worth of jewelry.”

Toronto police said officers were called around 10:05 a.m. Tuesday for reports of a shooting inside the mall, which is located at Sheppard Avenue and Don Mills Road.

A security guard confronted a 53-year-old man, who had broken into a jewelry store and stolen merchandise. During that interaction, the security guard was shot, police said.

A victim was also taken to hospital with serious injuries.

Police allege Prouse drove away from the area in a white van, travelling southbound on Don Mills. It was later recovered near Shaughnessy and George Henry boulevards. Police allege he then left that scene in a black Honda Accord.

Investigators said Prouse was last seen wearing a grey hoodie with the hood up, grey pants, a blue baseball cap, a white medical mask and black shoes. There were flecks of white paint on his clothing.

Police added Prouse is also believed to have connections to Vancouver and Toronto.

Anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to contact police.

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Darrell Sheets, who appeared as one of the main personalities on popular series Storage Wars, died Wednesday at the age of 67.

The Lake Havasu City Police Department in Arizona said Sheets died of what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

“On April 22, 2026, at approximately 0200 hours, officers with the Lake Havasu City Police Department were dispatched to a residence in the 1500 block of Chandler Drive in reference to a reported deceased individual,” the police department said in a release provided to Variety.

“The male was pronounced deceased on scene and the Lake Havasu City Police Department’s Criminal Investigations Unit was notified and responded to the scene to assume the investigation.”

Police said the body was “ultimately turned over to the Mohave County Medical Examiner’s office for further investigation.”

“The male subject has been identified as Darrell Sheets, a 67-year-old resident of Lake Havasu City and Darrell’s family has been notified. This incident remains under active investigation, and additional information will be released as it becomes available,” the release continued.

Global News has reached out to the Lake Havasu City Police Department for further comment.

Sheets appeared on 163 episodes of Storage Wars, a series that followed a group of bidders who bought repossessed storage units.

In 2019, Sheets suffered a heart attack and was hospitalized. He retired from Storage Wars in 2023 and opened an antique store called Havasu Show Me Your Junk in Lake Havasu.

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A spokesperson for A&E, which airs Storage Wars, told multiple outlets that they were “saddened by the passing of a beloved member of our Storage Wars family, Darrell ‘The Gambler’ Sheets.”

“Our thoughts are with his family and loved ones during this difficult time,” the spokesperson added.

Shortly after news of Sheets’ death spread, his Storage Wars co-stars took to social media to share their condolences.

Brandi Passante took to Instagram, writing, “I’m at a loss for words! I’ve known Darrel Sheets for many years. I’m just so very sorry, to hear the circumstances of his passing.”

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Dan Dotson, the auctioneer on Storage Wars, wrote, “RIP Darrell Sheets. You’re in our hearts and minds. The world is going to miss you brother.”

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Another Storage Wars co-star, Rene Nezhoda, shared a video to Instagram, claiming that Sheets had recently faced cyberbullying.

“Darrell has been posting a lot about the guy that’s been cyberbullying him and tormenting him, and I really hope look into that guy and it’s just not a pass. It’s just not right, guys. Be better,” Nezhoda said in the video.

“I know a lot of you guys think we hated each other, because we competed a lot on the show,” Nezhoda continued, adding: “Deep down me and Darrell were friends, we talked every now and then.”

Nezhoda called Sheets a “very hard worker that cared more than anyone.”

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Sgt. Kyle Ridgway, public information officer for the Lake Havasu City Police Department, responded to Nezhoda’s cyberbullying allegations in a statement to Fox News Digital, saying, “We are aware of these cyberbullying accusations and that is a part of the active investigation.”

Sheets leaves behind a son, Brandon, who also occasionally appeared on Storage Wars with his father.

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Hamilton police are searching for a man accused of escaping custody overnight Thursday.

Police allege 18-year-old Sultan Aldarwish escaped custody in the area of Main Street East and Grant Avenue. He had been arrested overnight on a warrant for failing to comply with a release order stemming from shoplifting offences, police said in a news release Thursday.

He was also under arrest for new charges for failing to comply with a release order. Aldarwish was handcuffed when he escaped police custody, police said.

Hamilton police deployed several officers and a K9 unit to search the area. Aldarwish’s last confirmed location was near Barton and Leeming streets.

Aldarwish is described as standing six feet one inch tall, weighing 168 pounds and having brown eyes, long black curly hair, a small goatee and a thin moustache.

He was last seen wearing a black Moose Knuckle jacket, black shorts and black shoes.

Anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to contact police.

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