JUKEBOX 2026 – WEEK 19 – 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.
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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Instagram – Linktree
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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.
Instagram – Linktree
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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.
Instagram – Spotify
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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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Instagram – Spotify
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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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Bandcamp – Instagram
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The Imperishable SPARKS Brothers Can’t Stop – New Tour Dates
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.
ELVIS PRESLEY – The King Scored His First US Hit Single With ‘HEARTBREAK HOTEL’ Today 70 Years Ago
6 May 2026
Today 70 years ago, on 5 May 1956, ELVIS PRESLEY occupied the top
spot on the American Single Charts and stayed there for 7 consecutive
weeks. It was The King‘s first No. 1 in his home country.
The song was written by a songstress and former high-school teacher
named Mae Boren Axton and songwriter/steel guitarist Tommy Durden
and also credited to Presley himself.
A newspaper article about the suicide of a lonely man
who jumped from a hotel window inspired the song.
“Well, since my baby left me
Well, I found a new place to dwell
Well, it’s down at the end of Lonely Street
At Heartbreak Hotel
Where I’ll be, I’ll be so lonely, baby
Well, I’m so lonely
I’ll be so lonely, I could die”
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Spotify – Short Bio – Discography
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THE ROLLING STONES Premier 2 Rippers From Their Upcoming LP ‘FOREIGN TONGUES’
Daily electricity to load your batteries
5 May 2026
After a series of cryptic billboards popped up across the globe, THE ROLLING
STONES revealed the title of their upcoming album and release date last week.
It’s named Foreign Tongues and will be shared with the world on July 10th.
It’ll be their 25th, following 2023’s
comeback Hackney Diamonds.
Check out the two firecrackers that just went online.
They easily could have been on their previous album.
No surprises. Only rock ‘n’ roll, but they still like it.
– ROUGH AND TWISTED –
The track that was released as a vinyl-only single
last month, under an old alias, The Cockroaches
Totally new riff-hooked,
mid-tempo, ripper.
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MODERN WOMAN – British Post-Punk Newcomers Nail It Big Time With Their Dazzling Debut Album ‘JOHNNY’S DREAMWORLD’
5 May 2026
Album artwork
Band: MODERN WOMAN
Who: London-based art-rock outfit fronted
by singer-songwriter-guitarist Sophie Harris.
Album: JOHNNY’S DREAMWORLD.
Their debut.
Press info: ‘Johnny’s Dreamworld’ represents the culmination of Modern Woman’s
journey from Sophie Harris’s early, intimate songwriting project into a full-bodied
band capable of folding post-punk, avant-garde, and folk traditions into a live
force of dynamic originality.
At its heart, the record explores the strange poetry buried within the ordinary.
Harris’s lyrics, steeped in literary detail and filmic atmosphere, draw from her
fascination with the dark underbelly of the everyday and the contradictions
of womanhood.”
TUTV: Modern Woman nail it right away with their spellbound debut. One of the
best firstborns in along time according to my eardrums and my perplexed mind.
No comfortable verse/chorus/verse/chorus song structures here. MW take us on
a knock-down-drag-out ride, zigzagging its way through 9 resounding rollercoasters.
Black Midi and Black Country, New Road rolled into
one. Puzzlingly catchy and whimsically hooking.
Sophie Harris is one hell of a performer, vocally and lyrically, who writes spine-chilling pieces of intoxicating music. Imagine Kate Bush without any sonic boundaries, backed
by a tenacious post-punk force. Beyond any doubt, one of this year’s most dazzling
records thus far.
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TOM PETTY And His HEARTBREAKERS Released Fourth LP ‘HARD PROMISES’ 45 Years Ago
Significant longplayers from the past
5 May 2026
On 6 May 1981, 45 years ago, TOM PETTY and his HEARTBREAKERS
released their 4th longplayer, HARD PROMISES.
Its working title was Benmont’s Revenge, referring to their keyboard player
and the band’s co-founder Benmont Tench. Hard Promises is the last full
album to feature the original Heartbreakers lineup, as bassist Ron Blair
left after the album’s release.
It reached #5 on the US Charts, #1 in New Zealand and #32 in the UK.
AllMusic‘s verdict: “It offered a reaffirmation that the previous album ‘Damn
The Torpedoes’ wasn’t a fluke. There’s not much new on the surface, since it continues
the sound of its predecessor, but it’s filled with great songwriting, something that’s as
difficult to achieve as a distinctive sound. It has a tremendous set of songs and a unified
sound that makes it one of Petty’s finest records.” Score: 4/5.
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Amazing Album Artwork – Cover Of Debut One By Experimental Duo HEITH & TARAWANGSAWELAS Out Today
5 May 2026
Press
Artists: HEITH & TARAWANGSA WELAS
Who: Experimental, instrumental duo, Milan-based artist/musician Daniele Guerrini (Heith) and Indonesian musician Teguh Permana (Tarawangsawelas). They produce a distinctive “5th world music in low data mode,” blending experimental electronic sounds with traditional Indonesian elements.
Album: DUORI
It’s released today.
Otherworldly Eastern
trip-hop. Quite special.