22 August 2026
Yesterday was the first day of the huge Belgian Pukkelpop Festival.
Best performance, to my ears was, unquestionably, by NYC’s indie bigwigs
GEESE who caused goose-bumps with their wayward, impassioned rock buzz
and their charismatic frontman Cameron Winter blessed with a formidable
voice.
Their dumbfounding 4th LP Getting Killed came out last year.
Live photos by Turn Up The Volume.
Top singles from the past
12 August 2026
Swedish hit machine released one of their greatest pop gems with DANCING QUEEN,
on 16 August 1976, today 50 years ago. The song went to #1 in 13 countries.
Anni-Frid Lyngstad (brunette singer) who apparently started crying when she heard the song for the first time: “I found the song so beautiful. It’s one of those songs that goes straight to your heart”.
Agnetha Fältskog (blonde singer) later said: “It’s often difficult to know what will
be a hit. The exception was ‘Dancing Queen.’ We all knew it was going to be massive.”
Yes, cheesy, but also pop-tastic.
For your eyes
18 August 2026
Band: THE SCRIPT
Who: Immensenly popular
Irish pop team.
New Album: THE USER’S GUIDE TO BEING HUMAN
Their brand new 8th one.
The music isn’t really my cup of tea, but I dig the artwork and also
the album’s title. Maybe all political leaders should buy the record
and try to become humans.
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Every day of this summer we go back to the same summer day somewhere in history
21 August 2026
THE ROLLING STONES played the historic green site of KNEBWORTH, UK on 21 August 1976, today 60 years ago, supported by other big names such as 10CC, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Todd Rundgren’s Utopia and Hot Tuna.
Tickets £4.50.
It’s only rock ‘n’ roll.
21 August 2026
And it works, big time.
Tankian was born in Beirut, Lebanon on 21 August 1967. Happy 59!
21 August 2026
BLEECH 9.3
Who: Irish grunge and alt metal sensation who crushed
countless stereos with their cooking Self-titled Debut EP
that came out last May.
Track: FIGURE 8
Brand new single.
TUTV: High-pressure Irish outburst going forth and back.
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Band: EOSINE
Who: Thrilling, up-and-coming indie misfits from Belgium
who aroused the scene with their 2024 EP Liminal.
Track: A SCENT
New single from their upcoming
2027 debut album. Details TBA.
TUTV: Charismatic frontwoman Elena Lacroix is Eosine‘s vocal and visual attraction,
and she’s backed by a guitar-buzzing band. Together they produce a jagged and
cutting hullabaloo on this striking slice of manic music.
Band: TEENAGE FANCLUB
Who: The Scottish veteran
dream poppers.
Track: THERE WAS YOU
Newest single from their forthcoming full-length,
their 13th, titled Do Not Dance To Dream.
Out October 9th.
Album artwork
TUTV: The Scottish laid-back pop luminaries do what they already do since 1989, writing/recording/releasing bittersweet tunes for tranquil and dreamy moments.
📷: Autumn de Wilde
Artist: BECK
Who: The now 56-year-old versatile
songsmith from the city of angels.
Track: DISAPPEARING ACT
New piece from his 15th LP, named
Ride Lonesome. Out September 18th.
TUTV: Beck is back in one of his pondering state-of-mind periods.
21 August 2026
Lots of love from Courtney for Jennifer Finch (August 5, 1966 – July 18, 2026)
who lost her battle against brain cancer last month.
“In my 62 years I can think of nobody more loyal or honourable. A true friend,
who also gave me the security of having one house where I was safe. She was
part of one of the most important bands in history.“
Photo on top: credit Courtney Love FB.
20 August 2026
On 20 August 2004, Rob Tinsley, a man from Stoke-on-Trent, England, filed for divorce because his wife was madly in love with Canadian rock legend Bryan Adams.
For years, he spent trying to cope with his wife’s obsession with the singer. The man said he had to live with a 6-ft cutout of Adams that stood at the foot of the bed and posters on the bedroom walls.
Everything she did was for Adams.
Image on top: Cover of his Bare Bones album.
Hello, music junkies.
Another batch of 5 new, stellar tracks has
been added to Turn Up The Volume’s Jukebox.
Turn it up.
ALL TOGETHER
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TRACK BY TRACK
📸 Charlie Pryor
Band: BLOC PARTY
Who: London‘s indie rockers,
fronted by spirited songwriter
Kele Okereke.
Track: PIGWIG
Newest piece from their upcoming 7th full-length,
titled Anatomy Of A Brief Romance, out Sept 11th.
TUTV: Adrenalized ripper you can sway yourself dizzy to.
Photo Credit: Smitt E. Smitty
Band: SMITT E. SMITTY & THE FEZZTONES
Who: Madcap Boston-based glam and glitter
rock notet.
Track: MOTOR CITY YANKEE
Smitty: “Many people in both the Detroit and Boston music community know of me, but they don’t really KNOW me,” Smitty says with a thunderous laugh. “I thought this would be a great way to get under the hood, and really show everyone what drives me. Both cities are part of my DNA. I decided a song referencing that fact was due. The guitar groove in the song is very reminiscent of an MC5 type of guitar line, by design.”
TUTV: Put this smoking cannonball on your hard rockin’, guitar freakin’ playlist along
big cannons Aerosmith and Guns N’ Roses. Never a dull moment with this flamboyant hit team. Put your leather jacket on, jump on your motorcycle, and pretend you’re Marlon Brando in the 1953 classic movie The Wild One.
Artist: KURTYS KIDD
Who: Rocker/actor from
Kingston, ON.
Track: OUT ON THE SPIRAL
First single from his upcoming,
2nd full-length, This Dirty Machine.
KK: “’Out On The Spiral Arm’ is a song about isolating yourself because you’re hurt, but then finding out that wherever you go you can find love if you open yourself to it. Love is all around us in this universe – but you have to be open to it to receive it.”
TUTV: Be ready for a titanic riff-insane jackhammer, revved up with burly vocals that will roll all over your stereo and over Beethoven. Kidd produces enough red-hot hooks-and-licks to get your ears burned. Fervent fan of classic thunderous-heavy rock, annex flaming guitar solos? Here’s some fierce fuel to start you up.
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Band: SUCCULENTS
Who: Manchester’s girl-and-boy-next-door lo-fi indie duo
who blend upfront plugged-in guitar riffs, candy-floss-sweet harmonies and a sense of joyful togetherness intact.
Track: WORK IT OUT
“The song is about conflict resolution, but also about that strange apathy you can feel when you’re surrounded by constant arguments, whether that’s protests, politics or toxic online spats. The protagonist is almost taking the attitude of ‘I can’t be bothered with this’, while knowing that sometimes avoiding conflict doesn’t necessarily make it disappear. ‘Be careful what you wish for’ is probably the most important line in the song.”
TUTV: Full steam ahead from the kick-off. A flood of jangly guitars overwhelms your eardrums, while the stoked duo comes up with brisk vocals pushing the pace even further, with urgency and panache. For everybody who likes to twist and shout now and then, this is the melodic barnstormer to play when you lose your temper; for everybody else, this indie buzz is what you wish for. We’ll work it out together.
Here.
Now.
Photo by Luke Bovill
Artists: ARAB STRAP
Who: Trippy Scottish electro-pop vets, Aidan Moffat and
Malcolm Middleton (1995–2006, 2011, 2016–present).
Track: BE A MAN
Newest single from their 9th LP, called Half-Told Tales.
Out on September 4th.
TUTV: After 3 steamy synth-drum-guitar-stimulating stompers
the Scots take it easy for this moody, mixed-emotions mind trip.
