BONNIE “PRINCE” BILLY About When Songs Change
9 April 2026
I love the smell of BPB songs in the morning.
Last month BPB released his new album We Are Together Again.
CARROSER – Belgian Hysterical Big Teeth Maniacs Cause A Götterdämmerung Explosion With ‘GOOD TIMES’
Vitalizing tunes that work faster than a stream of caffeine
9 April 2026
Band: CAROSSER
Who: Big-teethed sonic maniacs from Antwerp, Belgium. An unlikely bunch of likeable outcasts, who got together in 2024 as a result of their members’ desire to write hard-hitting and emotionally charged music. The result is a mix of posthardcore and dreamo with lyrics that constantly float between hope and cynicism.
Track: GOOD TIMES
Piece from their upcoming EP, titled
Easy Access, No Service. It’ll land
on your stereo on April 10th.
“It’s a song about sticking your head in the sand because you believe that there is
nothing you can do about the horrible sh*t that goes on around you. So you give in
to fear and self pity. Whether that is the right thing to do is up to you, dear listener.”
TUTV: Wanna scare the hell out of your nasty demons? In that case, schizophrenic eccentrics Carosser offer you a sonic Molotov cocktail to do the job. Imagine cacophonous Texan mavericks At The Drive-in and New York‘s demonic speedball rockers A Place To Bury Strangers turning their amps up to the max, Together At The Same Time!! Sounds like a Götterdämmerung hardcore explosion, right? You betcha.
Psychotic guitar riffs and a trashing bass/drums artillery produce a dystopian pandemonium you can split atoms with. On top of it comes the out-of-his-fucking
mind vocalist who desperately wants to yell himself out of his straitjacket.
Around the 2-minute mark, you can catch your breath again
and prepare your eardrums for a bone-chilling finale.
Talking about having a good time. Hallelujah.
Wake-up noizzz junks.
Here’s your breakfast.
A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS – New York’s Nightmare Rockers Release ‘2015-2025’ Compilation ‘RARE AND DEADLY’
Photo credit: Heather Bickford
New York‘s nightmarish noiseniks A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS, founded and
fronted by singer/songwriter/bassist Oliver Ackermann, have a new album out,
titled Rare And Deadly.
Press Info: “The record cracks open a decade-long vault of raw nerve and sonic chaos. Spanning 2015–2025, the collection gathers demos, B-sides, abandoned experiments, and forgotten fragments pulled from Ackermann’s personal archive of late-night recordings, blown-out tapes, and half-finished sessions.
These tracks capture the band at their most unfiltered, caught between
breakthrough ideas and beautiful mistakes, with the edges left jagged
on purpose.”
TUTV: Generally, albums featuring previously unreleased tracks, demos, rarities, etc.,
are an excuse for being too lazy to make new music and/or to make some easy money. This is an exception. This compilation counts enough badass barnstormers to get APTBS fans in an intoxicating rush of bafflement. Kudos to mastermind Ackerman for assembling a worthy collection of tracks that could have ended up on any of their 3 last albums.
SINGLE
ALBUM
Adrenaline Shots – GOSSIP Stood In The Way Of Control At Glastonbury 2024
9 April 2026
Arkansas trio GOSSIP fronted by the showy and razzle-dazzle Beth Ditto
performed their 2005 hit Standing In The Way Of Control at Glastonbury
Fest 2024 with a choir of thousands.
Lose control, folks,
here and now.
Danish Glammy Rockers ICEAGE Release 6th LP On May 29 – Info And First 2 Singles Here
9 April 2026
Photo by Alva Le Febvre
After Danish glam indies ICEAGE released their superb 5th album, titled Seek Shelter frontman Elias Bender Rønnenfelt wanted a hiatus for the band so he could do his own stuff, writing poetry and recording/releasing 2 solo LPs, Heavy Glory (2024) and Speak Daggers (2025).
Now it’s Iceage time again.
They bagged their 6th LP, baptized it FOR LOVE OF GRACE & THE HEREAFTER and
they will share it with the world on May 29th. Tracklist and pre-order info here.
Album artwork
Press info: “Across the sprawling, twelve song arc of the album, a universe of love variously expands and contracts in an eternal tango, Elias Rønnenfelt’s lyrics burn with apocalyptic intimacy while the band masterfully maneuvers within their shape-shifting scenery of feral post-punk.”
Two previews, so far.
– STAR –
Pavement-like jam
– EMBER –
Delirious upsurge
THE STROKES Dropped Lead Single From New Upcoming Album – Hear ‘GOING SHOPPING’ Here
Daily electricity to load your batteries
8 April 2026
Two days ago NYC’s rock darlings THE STROKES announced the arrival of their new,
7th LP, titled REALITY AWAITS. It’ll see the day of light on June 27. Pre-order info here.
It’s produced by renowned sound wizard Rick Rubin and features 9 songs.
The surprising, unclear artwork
Here’s the lead single, called GOING SHOPPING.
It’s an easy-breezy, poppy rocker featuring familiar, sparkling
riffs and familiar, lazy Casablancas vocals. Okey-Dokey.
PONYCLUB TARTIFLETTE – Manicial DIY Punk Duo Offer Free Primal Scream Therapy
Up and coming bands
8 April 2026
Recently I got blown away, at a gig by a charming Dutch/Belgian duo who make music under the bizzare name of PONYCLUB ARTIFLETTE featuring Annelies & Anatole.
The electric-chair experience actually started the moment they took the stage. Suddenly they turned into a hellish punk tornado, screaming and shouting like maddened maniacs.
Annelies‘ vocal cords are twice as long and strong as those of any average human being. Her clamorous eruptions broke the Richter scale into a thousand pieces, and when Anatole joined in bashing his poor drums in with muscular force and producing scary Slipknot growls, I got worried that the anti-decibel police would be alerted.
In between pyrotechnics, Annelies took time for a primal
scream therapy treatment for a perplexed volunteer.
Aaaaaarrrrrrggggghhhhh
Their deafening burts are shorter, nastier, and more blitzkrieg-bop-like than the 1-2-3 rippers by those Ramones dropouts of yesteryear. Sounds pretty deranged, right? You betcha.
Btw, my eardrums needed two days to recover
but they told me it was worth the damage.
Once Annelies turned off her turbo, we had a short chat.
Beware, Annelies only looks nice
How, when, and where did Ponyclub Tartiflette get started?
“We met in a Flemish (Belgium) pony play cult where our masters forced us to eat
fries all day, although we prefer tartiflette. We both complained about the food and
got thrown out of the cult. We ended up on the streets, and started a band to make
money.”
Crazy band name. What is the story behind it?
“We love eating tartiflette. We are ponies. We’ve always wanted to start a club.”
Where do you get the power to scream your lungs out for an entire gig?
“Drugs”
Man in red
Do you wanna a primal scream therapy treatment too?
Play PT’s self-titled debut LP, right here. But don’t forget
to alert your neighbours first.
FASTEN YOUR SEAT BELTS
JUKEBOX 2026 – WEEK 15 – 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.
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TRACK BY TRACK
Artist: COROOK
Who: Nashville-based singer-songwriter Corinne Savage,
who released her debut LP Committed To A Bit.
Track: KLEPTOMANIAC
“Being liked is nice. Being honest is better.
I’m learning to choose the second one.”
TUTV: This Courtney Barnett-like groover sticks instantly. Vivid vibes
trigger forth-and-back sway moves. Manic story, poppy vocals.
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Band: GETDOWN SERVICES
Who: Stand-up groove comedians from
Bristol (UK), with 2 EPs under their belt.
Track: THE RADIATOR
Newest single.
“This song is about only picking fights that you know you’ll win. It came about because
the heating wouldn’t come on once and I thought about when we bang things to make
hem work. The sense of victory you get when you feel like you’ve physically intimidated
an inanimate object into doing what you want is bizarre and pathetic and really
funny.”
TUTV: Getdown Services serve a new get up, jiggle and let your pelvis have some fun
tune. This witty duo master the needed tricks to activate your lazy ass and make it
wobble.
Band: KASABIAN
Who: Celebrated vet rockers
from Leicester, UK.
Track: GREAT PRETENDER
Newest shared piece from their upcoming
9th full-length, called Act III. Out on July 17th.
TUTV: Simple dance tune, gratifying outcome. No rock swagger anymore (miss that badly). Vocalist/songwriter Pizzorno changed Kasabian‘s musical course after firing charismatic frontman Tom Meighan in 2020.
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Artist: PETER GABRIEL
Track: TILL YOUR MIND IS SHINING
New cut from his 11th solo LP o\i.
Programmed for release after summer.
Gabriel: “Of all the songs that I’ve written for i/o and o\i this is probably the poppiest for me.
It takes me back to my schooldays, in some ways, because before there was Genesis we were effectively trying to be songwriters more than musicians. I think this song connects me back to some of those roots and the sort of thing that I was working on then and trying to master.”
TUTV: Gabriel does here what he already did on his previous album i/o, coming
up with electro-juiced compositions driven by funky beats and throbbing, rhythmical dynamics. No sledgehammers anymore.
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Artist: LEYLA EBRAHIMI
Who: Emotive New York via
Reston (Virginia) songstress.
Track: I’M SORRY MARIA
Piece from upcoming EP.
Details TBA.
TUTV: Alternating reflective moments with fired-up emotions,
Ebrahimi stirs with a tremendously vocal score. Fantabulous.
MASSIVE ATTACK – Masterpiece Debut ‘BLUE LINES’ Came Out 35 Years Ago Today
Significant longplayers from yesteryear
8 April 2026
British trip-hop heroes MASSIVE ATTACK released their masterpiece
debut LP BLUE LINES, on 8 April 1991, today 35 years ago today.
It peaked at #13 in the UK.
NME said: “The sleekest, deadliest, most urbane, most confounding LP 1991 has
yet seen. Massive Attack put current changes on the dancefloor in perspective and
map out blueprints for what must surely come next. Soul, funk, reggae, house,
hip-hop and space-rock will be blurred forever.”
Turn Up The Volume: A ground-and-sound breaking
record. Trip-soul-hop-pop at its captivting best.
Singles.
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KURT VILE Annouces New Album And Many Tour Dates – Hear First Single ‘CHANCE TO BLEED’
7 April 2026
The now 48-year-old electric folk star KURT VILE was born in Lansdowne, Pennsylvania,
and lives now in Philly. He’s so happy about his state that he named his upcoming new,
10th LP Philadelphia’s Been Good To Me. It’ll appear on May 29th.
Lead single CHANCE TO BLEED is Vile, alright. Lazy, feel-good, and sparkling guitar play.
North American Tour 2026
