OZZFEST was an annual (with a break now and then) heavy
metal festival tour of the United States, sometimes Europe and
Japan, founded by Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne.
The first edition was in 1996, the last one in 2018.
This week rumours popped up on social media
that the tour will come back to the US and the UK
next year.
For now, let’s wait and see.
Poster for the very first edition in 1996.
Daily electriciity to load your batteries
26 September 2026
Band: ĠENN
Who: A Brighton (UK) based,
Anglo-Maltese act, with a DIY
work ethic.
They released their debut
album Unum in 2023.
Track: JAGUAR SUN
It features Arab Strab‘s
vocalist Aidan Moffat.
The song’s title is inspired by an unfinished novel by Italian novelist
Italo Calvino (1923-1985), titled Under the Jaguar Sun, which was
written just before his death, attempting to tell a story for each of
the senses.
Leona Farrugia (frontwoman): “The idea that sometimes we are mere observers
or simply a protagonist watching from afar – AKA life being acted out. It is almost like
a surreal experience / magical realism. We are sometimes so far removed from the
reality that everything is lost, there is no sense of a higher self.”
TUTV: Jaguar Sun is a kind of modern-day soul/pop exploit with mighty
vocals and layered orchestrations and a weirdly fitting appearance for
Arab Strab‘s spoken word/vocalist Aidan Moffat.
26 September 2026
English vocalist BRUCE DICKINSON joined metal icons IRON MAIDEN
in 1981, replacing the then drugs troubled frontman Paul Di’Anno.
Dickinson left IM in 1993 to pursue a solo career, but he returned
in 1999. Their latest album, their 17th, titled Senjutsu came out
in 2021.
This year the metalheads celebrated their 50th anniversary as a band.
26 September 2026
“‘Surfer Rosa’ would be my favourite Pixies album, because
of the combination of Steve Albini’s production and their songs. You put the record on, and it sounded like they were in the room with you.”
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R.I.P. Steve Albini
1962-2024
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.
25 September 2026
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.”
Album artwork
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
ALBUM
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Album on Spotify
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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.
ALBUM
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Tour Dates
Instagram
Spotify
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.”
Album artwork
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
Instagram
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.”
Album artwork
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
Tour Dates 2027
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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.
24 September 2026
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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