25 September 2026
Surprise! Surprise!
Today Irish superstars U2 returned to their old
school, the Mount Temple Comprehensive School
in Dublin.
They played their new ablaze single SILENCIO,
which was shared yesterday with the world.
The song will feature on their new album, baptized
Carnaval De Luz and is set for release on Nov 13th.
Watch here.
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Pukkelpop Fest, Belgium – 21 August 2026 – Photo by Turn Up The Volume
BAND: GURRIERS
Who: Fast-rising, voltaic
indies from Dublin, Ireland.
Album: NOBODY’S COMING TO SAVE YOU
Their 2nd.
Press info: “With Nobody’s Coming To Save You, Gurriers have sent their ambitions sky-high and come out swinging. If the band’s MO was to find a way to make the record “slap you in the face”, then consider yourself smacked.”
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TUTV: Without a shadow of a doubt, one of the hottest records of the year. They rock,
they punk, and they punch with blood-and-guts fervour. They’re on a quest to find the
light at the end of the tunnel to replace today’s dark times. Watch your back, Fontaines, your fellow committed countrymen are coming fast.
SINGLE
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Band: GILLA BAND
Who: Razor-blade-cutting,
idiosyncratic Irish post-punks.
Album: PUGNELLO.
Their 4th and first in 4 years.
Press info: “Gilla Band never know where they’re going next. For over ten years now,
the Dublin quartet have been redefining what you could loosely call “rock music” in the 21st century, influencing a wide swath of similarly forward-thinking guitar acts along the way.”
TUTV: I follow/love these Irishmen since I saw them live in Belgium in 2014
as nervous snotnoses hadn’t a record out yet, as support act for Fat White
Family. Their chainsaw hullabaloo went through bone and marrow.
And it still does. Mind you, their songs had and still have bloodcurdling body and returning, capriocious structure that’s bone-chilling and mind-blowing at times, while frontman Dara Kiely fights upfront to vomit his eccentric lyrics. If your eardrums survive
this electric-chair experience, you’re ready for some more sonic Gilla Band blitzkrieg.
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Band: ADULT DVD
Who: EBM punk agitators
from Leeds, UK.
Album: ADULT DVD
Debut LP
Press info: “The album fuses Adult DVD’s love of hook laden indie, with
pulsing groove, 90’s acid house influence and an undeniable humour in
their songwriting.”
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TUTV: Think/feel this. Electro-punk mixed with industrial thumps mixed with drum/bass bashing sledgehammers mixed with sonic booms. Sounds like thunder and lightning fireworks for (il)legal raves produced by techno experts Underworld. Bonkers, right?
You wham bam betcha.
SINGLE
ALBUM
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Album on Spotify
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Linktree
Band: NOTHING BUT THIEVES
Who: British Herculean rock squad
formed in 2012 in Essex.
Album: STRAY DOGS
Their 5th.
Press info: “Stray Dogs reconnects the Southend five-piece with their DIY roots.
The album was written in unison over a dedicated 5-month period, resulting in
the band creating their most liberating and cohesive work to date.”
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TUTV: On 6 tracks NBT mess with your rotating head with untrammelled force,
storm-wracked noiz drills, hysterical guitars, drum/bass horsepower, and full-hearted vocals. On the other 6 tracks they go for more traditional rock sucker punches. It results
in a roller coaster record with a straightaway impact. Nothing but thrills.
SINGLE
ALBUM
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Artists: SOFT CELL
Who: British electro-pop champs featuring vocalist
Marc Almond and the late keyboardist Dave Ball.
Album: DANCETARIA
6th and final one.
The recordings were finished before co-founder
Dave Ball passed away last year in October.
Press info: “The final album is both a love letter to early 80s New York and
a tribute to the late, great Dave Ball. The album is a big, classy and playful
farewell after.”
TUTV: It’s a Soft Cell worthy goodbye, showing their heart and soul for dancefloor
entertainment once again, but, unfortunately, for the last time. Their magnificent 1981
gem “Say Hello, Wave Goodbye” is playing in my head while writing this. Thank you for
the music, electronic dance pop champs.
SINGLE
ALBUM
25 September 2026
Bek David Campbell aka Beck released his new
sensitive album ‘Ride Lonesome‘ last week.
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Full NME interview here.
Daily electricity to charge your batteries
25 September 2026
Band: THE PRETTY GRAVES
Who: Indie art–rock troubadours from Connecticut.
They craft a potent mix of raw emotion, soul-baring
lyricism, fuzzed-out guitars, and pure melodies.
Last May they released their eponymous debut album. Check it out here.
And they’re not done yet. On October 30th, they’ll launch Tapes & Demos via cassette and digital. A collection of ten tracks left over from the foursome’s heralded debut album, and like all great rock and roll bands, this striking batch of b-sides, unfinished demos, and live favorites holds up as a dynamite record on its own merit.
Track: BLUEBIRD
Sonic harbinger from Tapes & Demos.
Christopher M. Listorti: “‘Bluebird’ is about an encounter I had with a bluebird that
lived outside on my porch. I would bump into him while out on my porch, day or night.
This encounter entwined with what I was going through at the time without going into
great detail. The bluebird can symbolize happiness, hope, and being grounded,
which the dude on my porch inspired for me.”
TUTV: The Pretty Graves flew back to the swinging 60s, bought records by The Flamin’ Groovies, The Sonics, and The Velvet Underground, then came back to the present, went straight to the studio, and recorded psychedelic, piano-spiced boogie stomper Bluebird, stimulated by jangly guitars, tambourines, bopping dynamics, and hearty vocals.
Well, those were the images and sounds that popped up in my head halfway through my first listen. Yes, TPG have your ears’ attention right away. And you surely know where to find the repeat button.
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Artist: LUCY BEDROQUE
Who: The moniker of Los Angeles‘ 20-year-old
rage/digicore artist Jeremiah Jabulani Mark.
Album: C
His 3rd.
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HotNewHipHop says: “A mix of metal and rap vocals that will leave your head spinning. Ultimately, it is a dope project, but it may not be for everyone given just how experimental things can get. Whatever the case, the underground is in good hands.”
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Significant longplayers from yesteryear
24 September 2026
Band: NIRVANA
Active: 1987-1994 / 3 studio LPs
Album: NEVERMIND
Released: 24 September 1991 – 35 years ago today
It was their second and global breakthrough album.
A seminal one for the future. Copies are still sold today.
It topped the US Charts and peaked at #7 in the UK.
TUTV: The magnum opus that made grunge a worldwide (commercial) phenomenon.
Nevermind the bollocks, Nirvana rocked their asses off while Kurt Cobain focused on
his life in his impassioned songs.
KEY SINGLE
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Band: RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS
Active: 1982–present / 13 LPs
Album: BLOOD SUGAR SEX MAGIK
Released: 35 years ago today, 24 September 1991
It was their 3rd and peaked at
#3 in the US, #25 in the UK.
TUTV: Mega punky/funky/groovy record for punky/funky/groovy parties.
KEY SINGLE
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24 September 2026
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Irish giant stars U2 have just announced details of their upcoming album.
It’s their first in 9 years, following Songs Of Surrender, which was actually
one with reworked versions of old songs.
The new LP is titled Carnaval De Luz and is set for
release on November 13th. Pre-order info HERE.
The 12-song record is produced by Jacklee Knife and tackles themes of spirituality, friendship, freedom, and endurance. The news comes a couple of months after the
band’s two surprising 6-track EPs, Days Of Ash (February) and Easter Lily (April),
and the new CD/LP’s teaser single Street Of Dreams (July).
Bono: “Roll up, roll up, roll up! Bring your purple socks, your broken hearts, your
rose-tinted naivety… oh be amazed in the hall of mirrors. There will be loud guitars,
deep bass, some ecstatic rhythms and, yes, some silver tears will make an appearance.
Because in the near distance just outside our carnival of light there are all kinds of creatures. The same imagination that brings us our creativity can also bring us monsters. So we make
the drums louder. We build a bigger fire. We make our stories wilder and funnier. We make the melodies sweeter and the songs, they better shine, because if the world is in darkness we better not be.”
The Edge: “It’s a messy, provocative, sacred collection of songs, and features
the first-ever use of flat-wound strings on a U2 recording. Just saying.”
Along with the news, we get the 2nd appetizer, named SILENCIO. It’s a solid gold footstomper with a red-hot chorus. I guess I didn’t hear them ignited like this since
Vertigo (2004, gosh, that’s 22 years ago).
WATCH
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24 September 2026
Actor WILLIAM SHATNER, best known for his role as Captain Kirk
in the American TV series Star Trek (1966-1969), is a longtime metal
fan.
Now at 95 (!!!!!) he has recorded a metal album, details TBA, and last weekend
he performed at Riot Fest in Chicago last weekend. Among several other bangers
he played Metallica and Black Sabbath classics. See below, and scroll to the right.
On stage
24 September 2026
Brighton‘s swirling guitar pop (they call it themselves ‘wonk pop‘) sensation
LIME GARDEN entered the scene in 2017 and took a long to come up with
their debut album named One More Thing, which was released in 2024.
Last April, the Brighton girls launched their sophomore CD/LP, titled
Maybe Not Tonight, bursting with sing-along and dance-along pop
sparklers.
Last Tuesday, they came, saw, and conquered Brussels with an exhilarating 50-minute
set. Live, they pump up the jam and had the crowd in the sold-out club on their feet and clapping/singing in no time, with an incessant flood of excitatory tunes.
Frontwoman Chloe Howard was the magnetic entertainer in the middle. She’s blessed
with a self-assertive, strong, venue-filling voice; she plays the tambourine better than
Liam Gallagher and her discofloor moves are pretty seductive.
Hard to pick highlights as the gem-packed party flow went on and on. But I’ll give you the standout cracker of all standout crackers, called 23. A funky/groovy pelvis-shaking booster, so far TUTV‘s single of 2026. As expected, it ended their glorious rave-up. An invigorating pop triumph. Not bad for a Tuesday, not bad at all.
MAYBE NOT TONIGHT
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SETLIST
Body
Pop Star
Lifestyle
Moving Target
Bitter
Always Talking About You
I Want to Be You
Downtown Lover
Clockwork
Maybe Not Tonight
All Bad Parts
Cross My Heart
Love Song
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Photos by Turn Up The Volume
