PUSSY RIOT Slam This Year’s VENICE BIENNALE ARTE For Accepting RUSSIA Again With Guerilla Flamethrower ‘DISOBEY’

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Vitalizing tunes that work faster than a stream of caffeine

7 May 2026


Courtesy Pussy Riot – Photo by Nikita Teryoshin

You can’t shut up the imperishable Russian political activists PUSSY RIOT and
their ever-growing fanbase. This year marks their 15th year of opposition against
the Kremlin tyranny.

Thus far, they expressed their fierce discontent with two loud and clear studio LPs,
several mixtapes and a series of barbed wire singles, and countless live protests
in their home country, in Ukraine, and in the Western world.

And now, after yesterday’s protests in Italy (more below), the band released,
in a rush, a guerrilla-made punk flamethrower, annex video of the happening.

A nasty slam dunk, called DISOBEY, comes amid the controversial Russian
return to this year’s Biennale Arte in Venice – Italy, which has led to the
EU cutting funding, the Jury resigning, and many protests. Of course, the
Pussy Riot movement was present on the front line.

Over 50 PR members stormed the Russian Pavilion at the Biennale, only yesterday.
Police were forced to close the doors of the pavilion. They tackled PR followers
who managed to get inside and open the door that was being blocked. All Pussy
Rioters wore pink ski masks and had pink smoke, they raised their fists, played
guitars, and moshed as a protest.

Time to act pronto, musically too!

Nadya Tolokonnikova (founding PR member): “I wanted to do a classic punk song,
in old school Pussy Riot style. I’ve been trying to be polite, writing letters via the Council
of Europe, writing directly to the board, to the president, to people in the art world, and
dead ends everywhere.

Polite society doesn’t work when you are dealing with thugs and crooks, so we meet
them with punk, we have to scream our anger and disdain for what is happening.

Over 50 members of Pussy Riot, from all over the world, came here
to the Storm of Venice, to scream and take part in this moment.

We quickly go into editing mode after, gathering photographers and video people,
we cut the video sitting in a cafe, and turn it around in a day, this is our actionist training
in action. This is our art, and our protest. We hope the punks, freaks, and actually anyone
who ever felt like fucking screaming to enjoy this song and moment with us. Fuck Putin.”

Video by Taisiya Krugovykh & Vasily Bogatov.

Wake up, Italy.
Wake up world.
Fuck Putin!!

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British Invasion – HUMAN LEAGUE, SOFT CELL, ALISON MOYET & THE PSYCHEDELIC FURS All To America

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British electro pop legends THE HUMAN LEAGUE and Marc Almond‘s
Soft Cell, plus former Yazoo voice Alison Moyet will fly together to
the US.

And the pretty in pink rockers THE PSYCHEDELIC FURS aren’t retired yet, either.

YARD ACT – Swaggery Mavericks Drop Tenebrous Banger ‘REDEEMER’ From Upcoming 3rd Album

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Daily electricity to load your batteries

7 May 2026


Credit: YA

Band: YARD ACT
Who: British post-punk outfit from Leeds, fronted by poetic wordsmith
James Smith, who catapulted themselves to the top of indie world with
2 splendid albums, The Overload (2022) and Where’s My Utopia (2024).

New single: REDEEMER
First shared cut from their upcoming, 3rd full-length,
baptized You”re Gonna Need A Little Music.

It’s the first time the band have made an album live in the same room.

James Smith: “The first two records were both laptop records essentially.
This album was written in uninterrupted five month period of creativity. We
went on to produce 40 or 50 songs. It felt like freedom. It felt like everything
I’d wanted from being in a band”.

TUTV: Redeemer is a mighty, slow-mo banger, spiked with ferocious guitar riffage
and a familiar shanty chorus. More tenebrous and jaggeder than their previous stuff.

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Amazing Album Artwork – Cover Of Upcoming DEEP PURPLE’s 24th One

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7 May 2026


Press picture by Olaf Heine

English symphonic hard rock titans DEEP PURPLE
have no expiration date whatsoever.

On July 3rd, they will launch their 24th LP, named SPLAT.

Ian Gillan (vocalist): “Where we are now with this incarnation of Deep Purple feels very much like a very ‘now’ version of Deep Purple as it was in the seventies. I have to say, now we are very much back in with material that is compatible with ‘Highway Star’, ‘Smoke on the Water’, ‘Lazy’, the dynamics, the balance, and the fun of the music we made from ‘69 to ‘73.” ”


At the heart, SPLAT! is an idea conceived by Gillan. Rather than treating the end as destruction, the album imagines it as transformation. It explores the end of humanity
not in any crude apocalyptic sense but as a metamorphosis beyond physical existence.

To celebrate the release, Deep Purple will continue their extensive 2026 touring schedule with no fewer than 86 shows across 28 countries on three continents. All dates HERE.

The album’s eye-catching artwork.

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JAPANESE JESUS – Irish Powerhouse Rockers Will Be Your New Favourite Noise Toys

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7 May 2026

Band: JAPANESE JESUS
Who: 2 Irish mavericks from West Limerick.
Bertie Kelly (vocals, guitars, bass) and
Denny Dunworth (Drums).

FFO: USA Nails, Fugazi, Pissed Jeans,
Nirvana and other noiseniks.

Album: A WALL TO CLIMB OVER
Their debut, that follows their ace EP,
EP Depression Breakfast from 2023.


Album artwork

TUTV: This is one of those indie DIY records that overwhelm my (experienced) ears way more than some massive mainstream successes within the same genre, in this case, powerhouse-noise rock.

I listened to the new Foo Fighters LP ‘You’re New Favorite Toy’ twice, and I probably won’t return to it, except for a couple of corking standouts. Thus far, this Japanese Jesus debut (released the same day as the Foos LP) has heated my earphones about 10 times now.
And it won’t be the last time.

Why? Well, it’s simple. These two hepped-up underdogs come up with more impressive tunes than Dave Grohl‘s globally famous band. With The Beige, Big Balls, Boredom Forever, No Rest and Over It the Irish turbo deliver riff-sick master blasters (think The Jesus Lizard on amphetamines, backed by Black Sabbath‘s cast-iron rhythm section) with blood-curdling melodies at the core of them all and vociferous vocalist Bertie Kelly screaming, at times, way more scarily than the former Nirvana drummer

With “I’m Bits,“ “Right Back Where They Started,” and “Whatever,” they offer some reflective moments amid the overall paranoid racket, balancing the record comprehensively well.

Japanese Jesus have outscored the Foos. Say no more, except for the
fact I always love it when the underdogs beat the big rock stars.

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ALBUM


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Happy 80 To Disco Diva THELMA HOUSTON

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7 May 2026

THELMA HOUSTON (né Jackson), one of the most famous and succesful
disco soul artists ever, was born in Leland, Mississippi on 7 May 1946.

Happy 80!

Her mother was a cotton picker. She and her three sisters grew up primarily
in Long Beach, California. After marrying and having two children, she joined
he Art Reynolds Singers gospel group and was subsequently signed as
a recording artist.

She released 17 albums with 2007’s A Woman’s Touch as her latest.
The greater part of her work was written and composed by collaborators.

Houston‘s greatest hit is unquestionably DON’T LEAVE ME THIS WAY. A song written by duo Gamble and Huff (credited for developing the Philadelphia soul music genre) and lyricist Cary Gilbert. It was first recorded in 1975 by Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes, who scored Top-10 in the US and the UK.

But it was Houston‘s version that took it all the way to the top of the American charts.

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Image Of The Day – EDDIE & IRON MAIDEN

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Yesterday in London, metal icons IRON MAIDEN ‘s documentary Burning Ambition had its world premiere. The whole band was present, as was their eternal mascot Eddie who opened the festivities.

Click/watch.

More info about the showtimes/dates in all countries
where the documentary will be screened HERE.

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JUKEBOX 2026 – WEEK 19 – Five New Rad Tracks Added Twice A Week

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Hello, music junkies.

Another batch of 5 new, stellar tracks have
been added to Turn Up The Volume’s Jukebox.

Let’s roll.

ALL TOGETHER


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TRACK BY TRACK


Photo Credit: Heather Saitz

Band: MOONRIIVR
Who: Seasoned rock tandem
from Toronto, Canada.

Track: FORCE OF HABIT
Piece from their new album
Moonriivr Vol. 2, out
later in the year.

“A song about letting go of the past and searching for a new way forward.”

TUTV: Oh yeah! Brace yourself for some movin’ and groovin’ electricity.
Force Of Habit is a riff- ripsnorter with retro-rock reverberations and
eagerly echoing vocals. Back to the future.

Inspiring and enlivening.


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Artists: RADARBASE
Who: Two Brits knocking
dance anthems together.

Track: SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL

TUTV: Soft Cell on adrenaline. Erasure on amphetamine. Enriching electro pop nirvana
at its most beautiful. Ignore the outside bedlam for about 6 minutes on repeat. The beat goes on and on and on. Twirl yourself dizzy.

Get up and boogie.

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Band: CRISPY DANGER
Who: A fresh, red-hot act fronted by siblings, residing in Melbounre (Australia).
Formed last year, the trio’s soul comes from a heavy metal heritage, yet their music combines riff-driven rock with catchy pop sensibilities and hard-hitting lyrics, carving
out a genre unique to themselves.

Track: OUTTA CONTROL
Their debut single.


Artwork by Australian artist Franko

TUTV: Outta Control is a bad-ass and bass-tastic sledgehammer with all amps up,
decibels up, and uproar up. Agitated vocals, combative drumming, a Slash guitar
solo, and a mammoth chorus mingle into a bashing debut burst.

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Band: WAVES CRASHING
Who: Alt-rock outfit from
Olympia, Washington.

Track: MARINE GARDEN
New single from their upcoming sophomore full-length,
named In The Blur. Out May 20th. Tracklist and order info here.

Lyrically, it’s a meditation on presence and release, tracing the sensation
of shedding mental weight against a backdrop of ocean air and open sky.

TUTV: At the core Marine Garden is a well-pitched lullaby, warmed by The Cure-esque
guitar glow, a firm beat, and longing vocals. An ear-pleasing musing that triggers melancholic reflections.

Magnetic sensitiveness.


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Band: THE SUNCHARMS
Who: Indie/shoegaze
act from Sheffield, UK.

Track: ANNABEL LEE
Cut from their new album
Darkening Sky. Stream it here.

TUTV: It’s a mid-tempo, 60s psychedelia-echoing, guitar-layered tune, juiced
with good old-fashioned Hammond organ-like warmheartedness and dreamy
vocals.

Relaxing vibes.


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The Imperishable SPARKS Brothers Can’t Stop – New Tour Dates

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6 May 2026

The brothers Ron (79) and Russell Mael (76), known to the world as SPARKS
are around since 1966. Yes, that’s 60 years and no sign of retirement. Music
is the dominant element in their DNA. They can’t stop, neither in the studio
nor on stage.

One year ago they released their 28th album, called MAD!, went on the road,
launched a 4-track EP, named Madder!, took a break after a couple of months
touring and are now fit again to play live.

Ticket info here.

This town is still big enough for the both of them.