25 February 2026
The 2026 inductees will be decided by ballots cast by an international
panel of more than 1,200 artists, historians and music industry pros.
The Rock & Roll Class Of 2026 will be revealed in April
with the induction ceremony taking place this fall.
Here’s the first batch of nominees.
Click and discover them all.
Daily electricity to load your batteries
25 February 2026
Photo Credit: Karla Lopresti Photography
Band: ARROWS OF ATHENA
Who: Cinematic Boston alt-rock duo – Jac-Lyn Gibson (vocals, visuals, and storytelling) and Scott Lerner (guitar, bass, synth, drum programming, and engineering) – echo the past with a modern tenacity.
They released their debut album The Ghost Archives in 2024
Track: COMETS
Press info: “Gibson was recently turned on to the story of Barbe-Nicole Ponsardin Clicquot, a French widow who in the early 1800s took over her husband’s wine business.
Proving her worth and defying patriarchal constraints of the era, Ponsardin eventually became known as Madame Clicquot, the “Grande Dame of Champagne,” and her famous pink bubbly, Veuve Clicquot, is still, to this day, consumed around the world.”
Gibson: “It’s said that comets crashed into the vineyard one evening and, although everyone was convinced the grapes were no longer usable, she was certain it would help with the flavor of the wine.
After many failed attempts, her ‘wine’ became popular among the elite and people would
travel quite a distance for a taste of her pink bubbly wine. The story is fascinating and a
true testament of what women can overcome in times of despair.”
TUTV: Electrifying layers of guitars and Gibson‘s avid vocals star in this new exuberant electro-pop whirlwind, while non-stop bass/drum riffs/beats pump up the jam. Fasten
your seatbelts, and be ready for this sonic collision. A superb bottle of champagne waiting for you at the end of this mousseux ride. Santé.
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24 February 2026
Artist: BLACK VIIOLET
Who: Alter-ego of American garage punk ‘n’ roll
turbo The Darts‘ front Amazon Nicole Laurenne.
New album: DARK BLUE
Her 2nd.
Press info: “Dark Blue sits in that liminal space where jazz, noir pop, and trip-hop overlap, but the real engine is Nicole. Her writing, her arranging, her ability to take the tension of long months on the road and turn it into something soft, bruised, and unmistakably hers.
It is a record full of late-night light, small scars, little mercies, and the quiet
ache of wanting someone who is always a few thousand miles away.”
Laurenne: “When you’re doing what you love but the person
you love is always far away, you get stretched thin.”
📸 Brian Kasnyik
TUTV: Dark Blue connects fluently with debut album After You, continuing to soundtrack your night out at your favorite downtown club. Laurenne‘s 24/7 songwriting production (The Darts & solo) doesn’t affect the quality of her torch songs, not in the slightest.
You’re drawn into this new, relaxing record from her first sensual whispers on ( ‘Dark Blue’ and ‘One’ with some smooth organ touches). Jazzy-brassy trip-hop musings (‘Gimme Your Love’ / ‘Not Too Bad’ / the 1936 jazz standard ‘Why Don’t You Do Right?’ / ‘No Fool Like Me’ and the vulnerable closer ‘Whiskey Eyes’) and some more up-tempo reflections (‘Take Me (Or Leave Me)’ / ‘Got Me Down’ / ‘Just Met’) intertwin.
Dark Blue is an ode to love, as blissful as it can be, it also can cause a kind of tristesse when lovers need to miss each other for some time, as Nicole Laurenne experiences when she’s flying around half of the world to entertain us music addicts.
Think of soul legend Otis Redding‘s heartfelt ballads on his classic Blue L (with a lot of Sam Cooke songs on it) from 1965. Similar melancholic mood swings, similar amorous longings, similar midnight hour lovesickness.
Black Viiolet echoes universal emotions that many of us can relate to.
That’s what pop-ular music was, is, and always be about.
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25 February 2026
Original members Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson today
Canadian prog-rock legends RUSH had/have a brilliant,
very long career, which started in 1968. They released 19 LPs.
On March 13th they RUSH will release a deluxe edition of
their 1984 LP Grace Under Pressure. More info here.
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The new front cover will be different from the original one.
New Artwork
Original Artwork
And, they’ll go on the road again, under the banner of Fifty Something Tour.
This year in North America and next year in Argentina, Brasil, and Europe
JUNE-JULY 2026
AUG-DEC 2026
2027
Top singles from the past
25 February 2026
Immortal American pop stars THE WALKER BROTHERS (John, Scott
and Gary) had a short, but succesful run between 1964–1968.
Scott (1943-2019) went solo afterward and made
a name for himself as avant-garde musician.
Their biggest hit THE SUN AIN’T GONNA SHINE (ANYMORE) (more than
29 million streams on Spotify) was written by songwriters duo Bob Crewe
and Bob Gaudio.
It topped the UK charts and peaked at #13 in the US.
It was originally released as a single credited to Frankie Valli in 1965, but became really famous when recorded by the Walker Brothers in 1966. Cher, Keane, Doug Parkinson and Bruce Springsteen among others have covered the song.
24 February 2026
Sittin’ on the dock of the bay, Kelly?
(Image on top: from Jones’ solo LP ‘Don’t Let the Devil Take Another Day’)
Hello, music junkies.
Another 5 new, stellar tracks have been
added to Turn Up The Volume’s Jukebox.
All for your aural pleasure.
ALL TOGETHER
TRACK BY TRACK
Photo by Luke Ivanovich
Band: NOTHING
Who: Philly shoegazers,
shoegazing since 2010.
Track: NEVER COME NEVER MORNING
The final single from their 6th LP, named
A Short History Of Decay, landing this Friday.
TUTV: Forcible guitar/drum/bass dynamics dominate this,
both a pretty melodic and capricious jam, having your aural
attention all the way. Shoe-pop-gaze excellence.
Instagram – Linktree
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Photo: Luke Hallett
Band: LIFE
Who: Audacious post-punks
from Hull, UK.
Track: THE DOLLYWAGON
New piece from their upcoming 4th longplayer, called Abstract / Natural.
It’ll hit our stereos on June 19th. Tracklist and more details here.
Mezz Sanders-Green (frontman): “‘The Dollywaggon”s universal theme
is about letting go and moving on – new adventures and beginnings. I wrote
the lyrics whilst doing a long-distance walk, turning what I saw into characters
and scenes.”
TUTV: LIFE go fast-forward, full steam ahead from the first second and never look back. Their intoxicating buzz is motorized by a salvo of riffs, persistent drumming, and adrenaline-pumping vocals. They slow down somewhere in the middle, but don’t worry, it’s the harbinger for an abalaze climax.
Classy corker.
Instagram – Bandcamp
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Band: DEADLETTER
Who: Reckless and adventurous
alt indies from the UK.
Track: AMONG US
Single from their sophomore album, baptized
Existence Is A Bliss. Out this Friday.
TUTV: These fast-rising mavericks excel in constructing orchestral, post-punk
symphonies, enriched with some steamy saxophone glow, in 3 and a half minutes
as they show again here on this wowing belter.
Sax it up right here.
Instagram – Tour Dates
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Band: LEZARD
Who: Flamboyant Belgian
guitar pop team.
Track: COLTRANE & XTC
Opener from their brand new album,
titled Que Se Passe-t-il (What’s happening).
TUTV: Imagine Talking Heads on steroids. You can funk, punk and
get drunk to the high-octane groove, the inexhaustible beats, and
zippy vocals.
E-cstatic stunner.
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Instagram – Linktree
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Credit: Alison Clarke
Band: GOGOL BORDELLO
Who: International gypsy-punk rock crew
from Manhattan, NY going nuts since 1999.
Track: LIFE IS POSSIBLE AGAIN
Piece from their brand new LP, their 7th,
called We Mean It, Man!
TUTV: These get-up-and-move oldtimers still party hard with gingery,
singalong chants, like this one. Hurry over to their bordello and celebrate
life like you mean it, man!
Here! Now!
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Instagram – Facebook – Spotify
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TURN UP THE VOLUME
24 February 2026
📸 Nicole Nodland
As announced before, the longtime Portland groove experts
THE DANDY WARHOLS, will release a covers album, named
Pin Ups on March 20th.
A total of 17 tracks with covers by big names such as The Cramps, The Clash,
Gang Of Four, Bob Dylan, The Beatles, The Byrds, The Runaways, and New York
Dolls.
Full tracklist and order details here.
They offer us another peppered appetizer with their slowed-down, blazing
hot, percussion-stuffed take on The Damned‘s 1979 rushing hit LOVE SONG.
Neat! Neat! Neat!
THE DANDYS
THE DAMNED
