In order to not miss a beat TURN UP THE VOLUME scans the musical
horizon daily, for 10 years now, to pick ace tracks and add 5 new ones
twice per week, to the one and only JUKEBOX playlist that matters.
ALL TOGETHER
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The 5 fresh ones
TRACK BY TRACK
Band: THE BLACK VEILS
Track: HAVE YOU SEEN BUNNY LAKE?
New single of the upcoming album,
named Gaslight. Out this Autumn.
Info: It’s a sad-and-epic post-punk serving a chant against gender-based violence,
psychological and physical — and all the predatory behaviors rooted in exploiting
unequal power relationships.
The song also explicitly quotes some intertitles of Swedish moviemaker Victor
Sjöström’s 1924 silent psychological tragedy film He Who Gets Slapped, a circus-
themed chilling study of social humiliation, obsession, abuse and dehumanisation.
A painful invocation of empathy.
TUTV: The fanatical bass/drums partnership at work here push this maddening darkwave missile to a head-twisting velocity. Imagine The Cure played in fast-forward mode. Glowing synths come and go, while gut-wrenching vocals accentuate the song’s exploitative relationship theme. Trance-inducing and thought-provoking.
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Band: THE LEMONHEADS
Who: Veteran songsmith
Evan Dando‘s backing band.
Track: DEEP END
New piece from a new upcoming album. The first since 2006
if you don’t count their 2 cover albums Varshons and Varshons II).
Details TBA.
TUTV: Over the past few years Dando has become a good boy. (Almost) no drugs, no booze
and no disturbing fuckups in public. It was all about going back to the music with a couple of stand-alone singles and now with this first taster of a new full-length, he continues to prove that he means it.
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Band: EMPTY SPACES
Who: Irish indie team who took their name from a Pink Floyd song, as a nod
to another influence and facet of their sound. Songwriting happens in a very
organic way with members bringing in ideas to the practice room to see if they
pass the Empty Spaces litmus test, the band then bring their respective hammers
to the anvil, working through ideas, allowing the song to take shape.
Track: IN MOTION
Info: ‘In Motion’ is ready to move swathes of people is sweaty clubs or have the nose bleeds in stadiums singing along in unison. The band draw on rock royalty influences
in the shape of Foo Fighters, Nirvana and Royal Blood.
TUTV: Amps up, volume up, temperature up. No brakes, no breaks, no mistakes.
Expect muscular guitar/drums-charged rock and roll you can start a BBQ grill with.
Don’t come too close or you will get roasted. Hit-and-run score.
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Band: SMALL MIRACLES
Who: Queer Welsh indies
from Cardiff.
Track: BIXSEXUAL PANIC
The song confronts societal prejudices around gender
and sexuality with unapologetic rage and relish.
TUTV: These barbed wire punks use all their anger, fervour, and frustration to make
all narrow-minded straight people and moral-preaching hypocrites go run and hide. Think The Clash‘s 1977 white riot spirit and The Stooges search and destroy turmoil. Scary, right? You betcha.
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Band: SLOW CRUSH
Who: Belgian lauded shoegazers.
Track: THIRST
The title track from their
3rd LP, due August 29th.
TUTV: This is sugary candy for shoegaze devotees. A barrage of layers of
guitar galvanism, think My Bloody Valentine (who else?), foggy melodiousness
and hazy vocals.
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