26 May 2026
Jazz genius Miles Dewey Davis III was born on 26 May 1926. He would have turned 100 today.
He passed away in 1991, aged 65.
(Image Miles Davis: cover of his ‘Milestones’ album)
Hello, music junkies.
Another batch of 5 new, stellar tracks have
been added to Turn Up The Volume’s Jukebox.
Turn it up.
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TRACK BY TRACK
Artist: LIDO PIMIENTA
Who: Columbia-born songstress based in Toronto, Canada.
As much as she is an iconoclast, Pimienta is a healer who
has expanded sonically since 2010.
Track: TOXICA
Piece from her forthcoming 4th LP,
titled Caribenya. Out on July 17th.
More info here.
Album artwork
TUTV: Hurray! Summer is here (almost). This is the kind of titillating tunes that boost
your state of mind. Tóxica‘s hip-swinging swagger, triggered by exotic African beats, and her high-spirited voice create a beach party atmosphere, although lyrically the song is
less positive, drawing attention to toxic relationships.
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Artists: LUNAR TWIN
Who: A dark, cinematic dream-wave duo, based between Hawai, Los Angeles
and Salt Lake City, blending dreamy soundscapes with soulful, nostalgic energy.
Track: DISAPPEAR INTO THE EARTH
Lead single from their forthcoming LP,
named ‘Night Jaguar’.
“It’s a story as old as the earth and it’s also a story of this very moment.
It’s about searching alone through the darkness, crossing a desert of
the soul.”
TUTV: Expect a synth ear-massage incited by trance-like
trip-hop vibes and dream-stimulating impulses.
Think Massive Attack and Arab Strap.
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Band: VELVET JESUS
Who: Belgian dream pop-rock team from Leuven.
FFO: David Sylvian, Calexico, and Isbells.
They released their debut album Qatar in 2024.
Track: THE ENDLESS BORDER
First single from their sophomore LP,
out later in the year.
TUTV: Moody music for glowing sunsets, heartened by a steady-going rhythm section and mellow vocals, while glistening guitar sparks enliven this dreamy pop tune with its Western feel.
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Band: THE CORAL
Who: Liverpool‘s psych-folk-pop-rock
ramblers, wandering around since 2002.
Track: LET THE MUSIC PLAY, 13th LP, called 388
that landed last week, out of the blue.
TUTV: Mid-tempo, ska-esque horn vibrations that instigate slow-mo
pelvis moves throughout while velvety vocals add a melancholic touch.
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Artist: MICHAEL FRANTI
Who: The lauded, politically outspoken singer-songwriter veteran
from Oakland, California and frontman of his band Spearhead.
Track: REASON TO BREATHE
A bonus track on his upcoming live LP, titled
Revival Nights at Red Rocks, out June 5th.
TUTV: A reggae-juiced musing for quiet moments.
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26 May 2026
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Band: JESUS THE DINOSAUR
Who: Boston-based indie folk team.
Debut Album: NOTHING TO THE BRANCHES
Press info: “As most of us go through life’s formative stages, there are often
two lanes of maturity and fulfillment that casually intertwine, with each helping
inform and propel the other.
One is establishing who we are as a person, while discovering a sense of identity
and comfort as our true selves; and the other is finding our community along the
way, seeking refuge and safety in those that exist, and persist, closest to us.
Those lanes converge and come to the forefront of Jesus The Dinosaur’s introspective
debut album, Nothing To The Branches, a record that acts as a portal into a different
kind of emotive headspace.”
Tommy Ng (frontman) “The statement that we are making with this album is that we’re here! The songs cover a range of things from complex relationship dynamics to gender identity to anxiety attacks. But at our core, the music we make is really more about being involved in an intimate collaborative creation process together and finding our own expressions within it.”
“Our chemistry is everything! We’ve been friends for a long time. They are my closest friends.
It allows for the process of music writing to be very intimate and vulnerable and expansive. There’s space for everyone to have their expressions, and we all want to work together and
feel seen.”
TUTV: On this debut, the band explore gender identity, relationship dynamics, anxiety,
and escapism. Musically, they embed these life-important issues in gentle, charming, candid and acoustic-euphonious reveries. Luring indie folk that triggers self-analysing daydreaming.
The ruminative balladry of Bon Iver and Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy comes to mind. Nothing To The Branches embraces a similar heart-and-soul stirring melancholia, wrapped in introvertive reveries such as Lifetime, Not Yr Boy, I Miss My Friend and fervent tunes (Agender, Empty Space, Sweet Nothing and Looking For A Way Out). Great vocals too from Ng and guitarist Hannah Foxman on Can’t Say.
I’m sure many young people out there can relate to the covered
topics on this brave and frank debut. Kudos to Jesus The Dinosaur.
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Top singles from the past
26 May 2026
THE ROLLING STONES topped the UK Singles Chart with their
single PAINT IT, BLACK 60 years ago today, on 26 May 1966.
A haunting, dark, and ominous masterstroke with Indian,
Middle Eastern, and Eastern European influences and lyrics
about grief and loss. The Stones at their mystical best.
It also hit the top spot in the US
and in several countries in Europe.
I see a red door and I want it painted black
No colors anymore I want them to turn black
I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes
Wacky disco-rap-punk duo from Bristol, UK are gearing up for their
second album, following their invigorating 2023 debut LP Crisps.
The new one is named Massive Champion
and will see the day of light on August 14.
Ahead of it they’re on the cover of NME.
Don’t they look cute? Mmmm… rather
hilarious.
New Single
25 May 2026
Fortunately, I’m a music fanatic.
Daily electricity to load your batteries
25 May 2026
Photo by Jack Coleman
Hip-rap-hop zealots Beastie Boys entered the scene with their
soon-to-be 40-year-old (15 Nov 1986) debut LP Licensed To III
featuring their pyrotechnic chant Fight For Your Right.
In 2012, the band abruptly finished their journey following
the untimely death of co-vocalist and bassist Adam MCA Yauch
due to cancer.
As previously reported, now 14 years later, co-vocalist/songwriter
MIKE D (né Michael Louis Diamond, 60 years ago in NYC) returns solo.
A couple of weeks ago, we got his dazzling debut single Switch Up
and here is a 2nd jiving jumper with WHAT WE GOT.
Mike D on a rappin’ roll again.
Do not sabotage him.
25 May 2026
Artist: BLADEE
Who: The moniker of notorious Swedish
rapper Benjamin Thage Dag Reichwal.
Album: SULFUR SURFER
His 8th in 16 years. Busy guy.
Dazed says: “This album is dense, with Bladee pastiching disparate references
to Lord of the Rings, Dragon Ball Z, Mary Poppins, Christian mysticism and more
into the postmodern artwork that is his singular musical universe, a world in which
good and evil, nihilism and hope, and, ultimately, fantasy and reality intertwine.”
I looked at the cover from different angles. I must
say that Bladee doesn’t look like a surfer at all.
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25 May 2026
After the imperial success of Hounds Of Love, visionary legend Kate Bush travelled
into bolder, stranger territory, where she began to reimagine not just her music but
her life, a journey that would bring both creative freedom and personal upheaval.
“My desire wasn’t to be famous, it was to do something interesting from a music point of view.”
Also in this new edition: Cream, The Specials, R.E.M., Robert Fripp,
Peter Hamill, Elvis Costello, Jim O’Rourke, album reviews and more.
You can purchase a copy and let it be sent to your home. Info HERE.
This month’s Free CD, titled Frippertronics features collaborations
and rarities from Robert Fripp‘s archive, compiled by the man himself.
Robert Fripp
24 May 2026
German musician and designer KLAUS VOORMANN (now aged 88) met the Fab Four in their early days when they played in bars in Hamburg. He played here and there on Beatles‘ albums as a session collaborator, but is probably best known for designing the front cover of the band’s classic LP Revolver.
For his iconic creation, Voormann was inspired by The Yellow Book,
a British quarterly literary periodical that was published in London
from 1894 to 1897.
A couple of days ago, I stumbled upon this Voormann pencil sketch for the LP.
Final work
ALBUM
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