JACK WHITE Heats Up With Two New Garage Blues-Rock Firecrackers
Vitalizing tunes that work faster than a stream of caffeine
4 April 2026
Press photo
Only this week JACK WHITE (né John Anthony Gillis 50 years ago in Detroit) announced
an European tour, and he follows that news now with 2 new firecrackers, his first new music since his 6th solo album NO NAME, that came out in 2024.
They’re both White vintage, unbridled garage blues-rock headbangers.
– G.O.D AND THE BROKEN RIBS –
– DERECHO DEMONICO –
Adrenaline Shots – FAT WHITE FAMILY With Boggling Live Version Of ‘I AM MARK E SMITH’ (2015)
4 April 2026
Lias Saoudi – Fat White Family – Brussels 2016 – Photo by Turn Up The Volume
Notorious British post-punk dropouts FAT WHITE FAMILY with one permanent
member throughout their journey, the high-octane frontman and lyricist Lias Saoudi
who becomes an obsessed man on a mission when he sets foot on a stage, and who’s
also involved in other projects (The Moonlandingz / Decius) run amok, forth and back, for
15 years now.
In their drugs-infused, turbulent existence they have, so far, released 5 LPs,
the newest a jawdropping live one, called Konk If You’re Lonely.
But here we go back to a moment in 2015, playing their 2014 haymaker
I AM MARK E. SMITH, which shows why the Family is one of the best live
bands of this Century. Fact!
of MONTREAL Announce 20th Album – Hear Flaming Fuck Single ‘WHEN’ Here
Vitalizing tunes that work faster than a stream of caffeine
4 April 2026
It’s already 30 years (time flies indeed) since Athens, Georgia-born Kevin Barnes
launched his band oF MONTREAL, named after a failed romance between him
and a woman ‘of Montreal‘.
Barnes just announced their 20th LP, titled Gethermead.
It will show up on 6 June. Tracklist and order info here.
The album was made following a lot of personal upheaval including a breakup
with his then-fiance which found him relocating from Vermont to Brooklyn.
The lead single, named WHEN is a flaming, riff-packed rocker.
Barnes: “‘When’ is mora a song about yearning, sadness, confusion, frustration, than it is a song about having sex. I’m hiding behind a shield of sexual bravado and pretending as if my only needs are physical. It’s very transparent that I’m longing for much more than just libidinal fulfillment, but those other things are being withheld.’”
“When can I fuck you again?”
Amazing Album Artwork – Cover Of The Brand New One By Swedish Post-Punks MAKTHAVERSKAN
4 April 2026
Band: MAKTHAVERSKAN
Who: Swedish post-punk
team formed in 2008.
Album: GLASS AND BONES
Their, brand new, 5th one.
Stereogum: “It finds them once again in top form, wielding
their signature blend of hard-charging post-punk and pristine,
jangly indie-pop.”
I love the album artwork better
GLASS AND BONES
Think The Cure fronted
by PJ Harvey on helium.
SMITT E. SMITTY & THE FEZZTONES Drop New Turbocharger ‘BIG ASS AMERICAN CAR’
Daily electricity to load your batteries
3 April 2026
Photo Credit: Smitt E. Smitty
Band: SMITT E. SMITTY & THE FEZZTONES
Who: Kooky Boston-based glam and glitter
rock notet.
Track: BIG ASS CAR AMERICAN CAR
Newest single. Actually, a cover of a song
by the late Boston musician Trick Wallace.
SES: “I knew all The Fezztones would take ‘Big Ass American Car’ to the next level. They absolutely did, and then some. This song not only leaps out of your speakers, headphones,
or earbuds… but LIVE? Holy cannoli! This song is now one of our best moments on stage.
Yeah… I think Sir Patrick of The Wallace would approve.”
TUTV: Smitty and his Fezztones nail it once again. This time with a wham bloody
wham bam banger, motorized by 9 engines. This titanic tune resonates like a
Formula One race car. Loud, overpowering and ablast.
American cars? Probably the only reason you can love America for, these days.
Whatever, get behind the wheel and foot on the gas pedal. Fast and furious.
Flag down.
Go! Go!
BEACHLIFE FESTIVAL At Redondo Beach, L.A. County – 1/3 May 2026
JUKEBOX 2026 – WEEK 14 – Five New Rad Tracks Added Twice A Week
Hello, music junkies.
Another batch of 5 new, stellar tracks have
been added to Turn Up The Volume’s Jukebox.
Listen up.
ALL TOGETHER
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TRACK BY TRACK
Band: POLEVAULTER
Who: Indie antagonists from Leeds (UK)
who released their debut LP Hang Wave
in 2024.
Track: MANIFEST
Crushing cut from their new
4-track EP Descending.
TUTV: From the kick-off motorik, repetitive synth-layered beats drive you mad. Intimidating vocals augment the tense danger that hangs all over Manifest and haunts your confused psyche. In short, a drilling hammer to crush the demons in your mind for the rest of the day.
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Artist: ADAM DONEN
Who: South Africa-born, Germany-based multidisciplinary
artist who writes, directs, composes, and invents new art
forms. More info here.
Track: BIBLE STORIES
The title song of his upcoming album
“In my head, ‘Bible Stories’ was sung by a character not a million miles away from the guy
Mick Jagger sings as in Sympathy for the Devil or The Judge in Cormac McCarthy’s Blood Meridian. The key difference, though, is that he’s always regarding himself so much: in the midst of a genocide, you imagine him worrying about whether the photographer’s catching his good side.
He’s waltzing devil-like through this incredible evil, seemingly loving every moment, you get this sense that in part, maybe most of all, he’s performing for himself, so he doesn’t have to face what’s under the costume.”
TUTV: I know this will sound weird, but what I hear here is as if Leonard Cohen muses
all over a spooky, nightmarish, sonic cascade. The near-breathing vocals echo the late legendary crooner’s bluesy timbre, while the manic musical progression gets under your skin without asking. Intriguing and transfixing experience.
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Artists: BROTHER DYNAMITE
Who: New York City-based indie pop/rock duo of Shawn Moynihan
and Alan Miller playing and writing songs together in various bands
since high school.
In 2022, they released their debut album If We Dare.
Track: YOUR TIME WILL COME
“If there’s ever been someone in your life that you wished a little karma upon, this song is for you. Or is this song about someone in particular? We’ll leave that to the listener to decide.”
TUTV: From the get-go, this bright-eyed and bushy-tailed rockin’ jam activates all your
itchy limbs. Your time has come to tap your feet to the beat, clap along, sing/hum along, and then run for cover.
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Band: SUGARPUCNH
Who: Ferocious rock indies from the Netherlands. They got together in the spring
of 2020, in the middle of a tumultuous epidemic, aiming at world dominance.
“Window is a peephole into the dark, shameless desires that go hand in hand with obsession. Through the eyes of a stalker, we look at a one-sided desire stemming from a kind of God complex. It plays with delusions that the desired person should feel honored in order to be loved by the stalker. She portrays herself as a sort of ‘hero’ who will take away his loneliness.”
TUTV: Wowzers. After an eerie vocal intro, all hell breaks loose. Window is a merciless uppercut propelled by schizoprenic guitars, a clobbering drum/bass artillery, and sky-scraping singer Janneke screaming her four lungs out in the middle. Think The Offspring fronted by Courtney Love. Advice, have a look under your bed before you press play and start the fireworks.
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Photo by David Kruschke
Band: OCTAVIAN WINTERS
Who: 4-piece, born into the ghostly isolation of San Francisco in 2022. Their sound
mirrors the surrealism of that time, weaving threads of the visceral and ethereal
together into shimmering instrumental layers, with vocals that alternately soar
and dive.
In 2023, they released 5-track EP, The Line Of Curve.
Track: ELEMENTS OF AIR
TUTV: Dark Gothic waves flood your stereo. Big bass/drum beats, distorted guitars, shadowy synth-reverberation, and spine-tingling combine for a towering rersonance.
Think Bauhaus, think Killing Joke.
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BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB – Leather Jacket Rockers From San Francisco Released Their Bonzer Debut LP Today 25 Years Ago
Significant longplayers from yesteryear
3 April 2026
San Francisco‘ leather jacket rockers BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB scored their
bonzer debut LP B.R.M.C. today 25 years ago, on 3 April 2001. Their first of 8 (so far).
AllMusic/Bryan Thomas wrote: “This self-produced major-label debut boldly plunders
a reverb-and-white noise course previously trampled underfoot by long-gone British bands
of the late ’80s and early ’90s.
It all sounds very British, on many levels, despite the fact that only one band member is an Englishman living in exile in the States. On some songs, however, the driving, over-amped guitars and pounding drums have a swaggering primeval feel that rivals solid Detroit rock outfits, both old and new (including the Stooges and the Go, to name two).”
(photo by Turn Up The Volume – Brussels, 2010)
Turn Up The Volume: I fell in love with BRMC the moment I heard the sublime
debut single Whatever Happened To My Rock ‘N’ Roll (Punk Song) and when
the blistering debut longplayer came out, it felt like guitar fireworks and leather
ackets were totally back again. A solid gold masterpiece, and one of the best live
bands of this century.
SINGLE
ALBUM
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THE BLEACHERS Release 6th Album In May – Here The 3 Splendid Singles Shared So Far
3 April 2026
Press photo by Alex Lockett
Workalcoholic (producing multiple other artists, writing music for his band, touring)
JACK ANTONOFF and his BLEACHERS have recorded a new longplayer. It’s called Everyone For Ten Minutes and it will land on May 22.
Press Info: “Bleachers return continuing the project’s evolution under the direction of acclaimed singer, songwriter, musician, and producer Jack Antonoff, an eleven-time Grammy Award winner.
Over the past decade, Bleachers have cultivated a passionate global fanbase, celebrated for high-energy live performances and a strong sense of connection with their audience.”
Ahead of the release we already got 3 splendid tasters.
– THE VAN –
The newest single.
Groover for dreamers.
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DIRTY WEDDING DRESS
Vivifying, sax-flavored,
infectious tune
– YOU AND FOREVER –
Feverish flow.
Glorious glow.
Flaming Finale
New album means new tour.