Good news for the fans. Today, they revealed details of album #6.
It’s baptized REMEMBER THE HUMANS and will be shared with
the world on May 8th. Tracklist and pre-order infohere.
The first single, named NOT AROUND ANYMORE is a
percussion-driven jam, moving euphonically and jazzily.
Band:PVA Who: A genre-hopping London trio, intuitively blending club music and
a smart pop sensibility with the more organic elements and instrumentation
of new-wave and post-punk.
Press info: “This record dives into repression as a dismissal of authenticity. It reflects on how we misremember and remain uncertain about what is true or real. Immersed in the waters of others’ wants, the album asks: What do we truly desire? How can we know what genuine want is?
The Quietus says: “No More Like This is a rippled watery reflection of PVA’s work so far – familiar yet distorted. Their prior releases, such as their (2020) EP Toner are echoed in the group’s continued musical exploration of queerness and the body. No More Like This is intelligent but not chin-stroke music.
No More Like This sees the familiar and unfamiliar shake
hands, like a hallucinatory introduction between friends.”
The disturbing artwork
TUTV: PVA mix trip-hop-pop and electro throbbings since they entered the scene
in 2017. They produce shadowdancing music to chill out to in the morning hours
after a night in the city. Several times I thought “Okay, here they go, decibels up” but
it doesn’t happen.
The distance between them and their fellow citizens Dry Cleaning is quite close.
Whispering vocals, velvety atmospherics, and bassy Massive Attack beats. After
a couple of spins, everything falls into place. This record is about daydreaming
at dawn while mysterious ghosts fill the room.
Last Sunday at the Grammy Awards a supergroup, featuring Slash and Duff McKagan (Guns N’ Roses), Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers), Andrew Watt (producer) and superstar Post Malone on vocals, honored OZZY OSBOURNE by playing Black Sabbath‘s classic juggernaut War Pigs. Remarkable tribute it was. Ozzy, who passed away last summer, aged 76, would have loved it, absolutely.
His family was very touched by this Ozzy celebration.
Vitalizing tunes that work faster than a stream of caffeine
3 February 2026
Band: GRRRL GANG Who: Three Indonesian
guitar-pop indies.
Track: LAPDOG
Piece/clip from their new 3-track
maxi-single, named Online 24/7.
Edo (guitarist) “This song is about the choices we make every
day, when we click ‘agree’ to something that actually hurts us.”
TUTV: Lapdog tackles, just like the other two guitar-electryfing songs,
the signs of our times, and those do not look good, as we all now.
The fervent firecracker grooves with verve and vigor. Vocalist Angee‘s spoken
word performance is loud and crystal clear, so is the vibrant chorus. We need
to stop messing up.
Wake up, people.
Indonesia is here
to rock.
Tour Dates
March 17 – Washington, D.C. @ Pie Shop March 18 – Philadelphia, PA @ Silk City March 19 – Boston, MA @ Warehouse XI March 20 – New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge March 22 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Smell March 23 – San Diego, CA @ Soda Bar March 25 – San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill March 27 – Portland, OR @ Swan Dive March 28 – Seattle, WA @ Clock-Out Lounge
USI ES is the musical moniker of Belgian singer-songwriter Ester Weemaes.
Her music balances between darkness and dreaminess. Her debut album SideQuest lands next Friday.
Wolf Vanwymeersch is a seasoned musician who released the first LP, A Mass In the Water by his new band Wholes last November.
Press info: “One Way the Sea” isn’t a sugary ballad, but rather the story of a couple
of fortune seekers who take their chances at sea. Musically, the duet navigates the same waters as the collaborative work of PJ Harvey and Mark Lanegan, but is powered by raw electronics.”
TUTV: Two things popped up in my head instantly. Firstly, David Lynch‘s 2001 enigmatic movie Mulholland Drive and secondly, Nick Cave and his 1996 album Murder Ballads, featuring his Where The Wild Roses Grow duet with Kylie Minogue.
Those that make sense? Does it have too? As I said, these were my first thoughts
after hearing this collaboration for the first time. So I guess it makes sense to me.
Usi Es and Wolf‘s duet is a slow-mo, hush-hush wandering, a subtly orchestrated dream
in motion, an alluring song of a utopian future, a tempting adventure. Their voices fit romantically well. Both intriguing and heartening, creating an illusory ambiance.
Band: KULA SHAKER
Who: British psych rock vets, fronted by charismatic
vocalist/songwriter Crispian Mills. Their 1996 debut LP,
titled K made them instant indie stars.
Press info: “Named after a 9th-century Indian poet king, the band have always existed
in an alternate reality, mixing mysticism, psychedelia, and raucous rock ‘n’ roll energy. With Wormslayer, they continue that quest, creating a kaleidoscopic journey that feels both
timeless and urgently fresh.”
TUTV: KS show again their passion for 60s psychedelic rock/pop. Broke As Folk,
Little Darling, Shaunie and Wormslayer are obvious examples of their retro delirium.
Think early Pink Floyd, The Kinks, and Arthur Lee’s Love.
And they are very good at it. Wormslayer is stuffed with top-flight pop-edelia tunes, elevating this 8th LP to a must-hear level. Voice/face/songwriter mastermind Crispian
Mills lifts his troops to ecstasizing nostalgia heights. Respect.
