Artist: TY SEGALL Who: The 24/7 garage rocker
from Laguna Beach, CA.
Track: BLACK PAINT
First single from his forthcoming 18th longplayer, titled Chrome,
out August 28th. Weirdly enough, he releases the same day an EP,
named Love Buzz.
Track: DEEP BLUE
Lead single from their forthcoming LP, called Who Loves The Sun.
It’ll land on September 4th. Tracklist and order infohere.
Press info: “In a world increasingly shaped by disposable content, Chat Pile answers with something defiantly real and organic, a mentality that permeates Who Loves The Sun, their third full-length record.
Whereas their debut album God’s Country depicted a particularly American flavor of dread, and the follow up Cool World showed a cruel planet defined by global systemic violence.”
Who Loves The Sun peels the skin back on how collective indifference defines this new century. Spanning imagery of coastlines devouring cities, dead-end jobs, and submission to data-driven inauthenticity, the album dissects the apathy-bloated state of 21st-century existence as a slow-motion apocalypse.”
And here’s the lead single.
An earth-shaking warning.
Disastrous times are nigh.
The late great soul giantMARVIN GAYE (1939-1984) released his thematically
remarkable single MERCY MERCY ME (THE ECOLOGY), today 55 years ago,
on 10 June 1971.
It was the 2nd single from his 11th LP, masterpiece What’s Going On.
The the song, written solely by Gaye, and became regarded as one
of popular music’s most poignant anthems of sorrow regarding
the environment.
The distinctive percussive sound heard on the track was allegedly
a wood block struck by a rubber mallet, drenched in studio reverb.
Cash Box (American Magazine): “A similar chugging ballad effort to first single
‘What’s Going On’. The easy going surface lies gently above an exciting rhythm track.”
Press-info: Underscored by a formidable horn section and ragged, sardonic delivery,
the band bear passing resemblance to post-punk and no-wave acts like The Pop Group, Birthday Party and Lounge Lizards.
It’s the weaving of older, more traditional influences: choral, folk, country, Latin, Weimar cabaret, cruise-ship-crooning, into the fabric of their music
that sets them apart.
The album is produced by Grammy award-winning producer and mixer Craig Silvey (Arcade Fire, Florence and The Machine, Baxter Dury, REM, Kronos
Quartet, Sam Fender).”
Goth Gods THE CURE have almost canned 3 longplayers according to their
orchestrator ROBERT SMITH, who told so to BBC Radio 6 yesterday (June 8).
Smith: “We did record three albums’ worth of songs, so the
second one is done, so that’s about to be delivered to Universal.
“The third one is weird, actually. Now I’ve been doing this, people think,
‘Ah, it’s because he’s been working with Olivia, because the third one is
actually really upbeat.
It’s really poppy, but it doesn’t compare melodically to the stuff that Olivia does, but it’s my idea of Cure Pop. It’s probably 20 BPM slower than anything she does, but compared to what we’ve done in the last couple of years, it’s really rocking. It’s banging.”
NYC’s post-punk celebs INTERPOL aren’t the most productive band on
this planet. In their almost 30-year career, they released only 7 albums…
thus far.
But that’s gonna change. They just announced details of full-length number 8.
It’s titled THE MIRRORS WEIGHS A TON and will come our way on August 28th.
Tracklist and pre-order info here.
Vitalizing tunes that work faster than a stream of caffeine
9 June 2026
Band: CELL GAMES Who: 4-piece who are the proud torch carriers for Irish Nu-Metal since
their inception in 2021. The band rip up the rule book, avoiding the pitfalls
of any troupes and preconceived notions of the genre, spitting back their
own inimitable sound.
Pop culture references are a red thread that run throughout the Cell Games
catalogue so it’s unsurprising that their name came from the humble beginnings
of Dragon Ball Z marathon.
TUTV: From the kick-off, your head gets crushed by a thunderous sonic force of nature empowered by schizo guitars and a fanatical drummer. Demonian howls accentuate this bursting belter’s ominous theme. Doomsday is just around the corner. No exit way. We’re trapped.
It’s the end of the world as we know it, and it feels cell games fine.
Band: HARD-FI Who: English pop/rock veterans, who scored three successful albums
between 2003 and 2014. Then they called it a day but returned in 2022
for some live action and now new music.
Track: DIGO NADA Spanish for ‘I Say Nothing’. Newest single from their upcoming first album
in 15 years. It’s named Sweating Someone’s Fever. It’s out June 19th.
New album artwork
Richard Archer:“My wife’s from Central America and I got into Cumbia music
because of Joe Strummer, then going out to El Salvador with her and hearing more
tunes and getting into stuff like Manu Chao – I liked it and it felt quite punk rock.”
TUTV: This smells like summer, like piña colada.
Latin vibes. Hard-Fi surprise. You’ll love it, like I do.
Band: TAXI GIRLS Who: Outspoken Canadian punk daredevils from Montreal formed in 2022.
They produce a sharp mix of blown-out guitars, dual-vocal tension, and hook-heavy urgency, for fans of The Distillers, Amyl and the Sniffers, The Donnas, Bikini Kill, and Joan Jett & The Blackhearts.
Track: SECRET HANDSHAKE
Their 2nd single from upcoming debut full-length called Static, out on June 26th. Tracklist and order info here
“The song is written from a place of love and longing, the song captures the feeling
of wanting a summer fling to last a bit longer than the fading season. Even when
summer is over, you’ll always have your secret handshake.”
TUTV: Full steam forward from the get-go with avid harmonies, and pepped up by greedy guitars, and rushing drum/bass buzz. These Amazons know how to get your head-spinning 360°. They don’t slow down one second on this racing riff-ripper.
Artist: AMY BELL Who: English songstress who started writing at 14 and playing live at 17,
is inspired by big names such as Billy Bragg, John Cooper Clark, Badly Drawn
Boy, PJ Harvey and Nirvana.
Track: MILLHOUSE.
A song that touches on themes that a lot of people my age struggle with.
Highlight from her brand new, 2nd EP, called Want Me.
TUTV: With the first seconds kicking in, I thought a country song was about to evolve.
A solid cool one that is. From there on Millhouse progresses in a lazy Courtney Barnett groove modus, evoking swaying body moves while Amy Bell‘s laid-back slacker vocals
glide over it. It’s a funky tune that sticks promptly in your head.
The lyrics operate through images and statements rather than narrative, “you know what I know”, “fight the real enemy”, “what goes around keeps turning”.
When the full chorus finally comes – “who wants it, who wants it” – it feels
both inevitable and earned.
The song earns every section. Nothing overstays, nothing is wasted. The middle eight
shifts the track’s center of gravity before the final chorus brings everything back, fuller.
TUTV: Hypnotic is gingered up by shiny synth-waves, some rollin’ bass force and its melodic verve. Gutsy vocals inject this strong steamroller with intense impetuosity. Indie punk rock ‘n’ roll for your itchy ears and hankering mind. Magnetic stuff.
