ALL TOGETHER
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TRACK BY TRACK
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Photo by his wife Daryl Hannah
Band: NEIL YOUNG And The Chrome Hearts
Who: The imperishable 79-year-old legend with
his new band, on record and on tour.
Track: LETS ROLL AGAIN
Single from the upcoming album, baptized
Talkin’ To The Trees. It comes our way on
June 12th.
TUTV: No pension whatsoever for the incomparable rocker in the free world.
Middle-finger straight up, in the face of the ‘Me, myself and I‘ POTUS and his
arse-licking billionaire monkeys.
“If yer a fascist, then get a Tesla”
Instagram – Linktree
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Press photo
Band: SUEDE
Who: London‘s unwearying glam rockers
who entered the Britpop scene back in 1992.
Track: DISINTEGRATE
The lead single from their upcoming album #10,
named Antidepressants. It’ll arrive on Sept 5th.
New album artwork
TUTV: Disintegrate is a badass barnstormer revved up by radioactive guitar riffs,
a colossal drum beat, and, of course, Anderson‘s feverish vocals. Suede sound like
young dogmanstars once again. Take notes, all you ambitious rock snotnoses out
there.
Instagram – Linktree – All Albums
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Band: PANIC SHACK
Who: 4 pop punkettes from Wales. In 2022 they
released their 6-track debut EP Baby Shack.
Track: GIRL BAND STARTER PACK
2nd shared single from their forthcoming
self-titled debut LP, out on July 18th.
TUTV: Party! Party! Party! These Welsh punkettes drive you bonkers with this
bass-insane punk ‘n’ roll uppercut. Kick-ass band, kick-ass attitude, kick-ass blast.
Instagram – Linktree
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Band: THE CHELSEA CURVE
Who: Swinging mod-pop trio
from Boston, MA.
Track: HEY SAH-LO-NEY-COVER
A cover of Mickey Lee Lane‘s 1965 firecracker, which, along with a remix of their 2022
song Jamie C’mon went digital last weekend and will be out on 7″ vinyl this summer.
TUTV: This is the kind of instant-affecting tunes that get all of your lazy limbs excited.
165 swirling seconds of punchy punk ‘n’ roll. An irresistibly uplifting upper. Bass and drum produce a battering beat, guitar riffs fly around and Linda Pardee‘s vivid vocals trigger you to get up, stand up and scream your lungs out when the ridiculously catchy chorus pops up.
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Artist: BAXTER DURY
Who: The playboy son of his
late playboy father Ian.
Track: ALLBARONE
The title track of his 8th full-length,
available from September 12th on.
TUTV: Baxter invites us all to the dancefloor with
this ultra-contagious disco thrill. Jump onto Dury‘s
gondola below.
Instagram – All Albums
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Artist: EZRA FURMAN
Who: Flaring singer-songwriter from Chicago. She started
her career with a band called The Harpoons who released
3 albums.
Track: I NEED THE ANGEL
The closing song from her new, tremendous
album Goodbye Small Head. Her 7th one.
TUTV: Furman rocks out with tons of flamboyance, zestfulness and
passionate bravura. No wonder she’s out of breath at the end.
Instagram – All Albums
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Artist: JEHNNY BETH,
Who: France-born, former frontwoman of female post-punk band
Savages (2011-2017), who released her solo debut LP Love Is To Live
back in 2020.
Track: BROKEN LIB
First single from her 2nd solo album titled
You Heartbreaker You. Out August 29th.
TUTV: Beth sounds raw, rough and raging. Just like she intended
to do on her new longplayer. Be ready for a savage knockout
shocker, folks.
Instagram – Linktree
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Band: WHOLES
Who: A fresh, rowdy hit team led by Belgian
musical chameleon Wolf Vanwymeersch.
Track: MODERN DAY DRAMA
Second shared piece from their upcoming debut LP
‘A Mass In The Water, which lands on 14 November.
Single artwork by Maxime Rouquart
TUTV: This new slam dunk’s ominous mid-tempo dynamics, distorted vocals,
and riff-roasting razzmatazz resonate like if you are listening to the goosebumps
theme song of a horror movie.
Creepy tension in the air, melodrama about to happen. Yes, at the 2.30 minute
mark all hell breaks loose. Decibels up, amps up, temperature up. From a whisper
to a scream. From planet Earth to Dante‘s inferno. Helter skelter.
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Instagram – Facebook – Bandcamp
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Artist: RICHARD ASHCROFT
Who: The former bittersweet
symphony frontman of The Verve.
Track: LOVER
TUTV: Lover is a vintage big Ashcroft tune. Sirenic
power pop, with Ashcroft repeating the track’s title
non-stop.
The song samples English singer-songwriter Joan Armatrading’s
1976 hit Love And Affection. When RA let Armatrading hear ‘Lover‘
she gave her blessing to release it.
RA: Instagram – Live Dates
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Via Mute Records
Artist: MARK STEWART (Bristol, UK)
Who: One of the most adventurous/inventive/original post-punk & dub artists/performers
ever, who passed away, unfortunately, 2 years ago, aged 62. He was a founding member of genre-bending new wave group The Pop Group
Track: NEON GIRL
2nd shared piece from the upcoming album The Fateful Symmetry,
which Stewart completed in early 2023. It’ll arrive on 11th July.
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Mute Records
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Act: DICE MACHINE
Who: Tandem Michael Daks & Drew Five. Their music is shaped by a wide range of
influences, from punk to electronic, making them sound both familiar & refreshingly unpredictable. Combining Daks‘ narrative artistry with electro-pop act Feral Five‘s
Drew’s innovative production, they craft songs that resonate on multiple levels.”
Track: TEARS IN THE RAIN
Their 2nd single.
TUTV: DM take you on an adrenalized punk ‘n’ roll ride from the kick-off.
No brakes, no breaks. Full steam ahead, pushed by a rip-roaring salvo of
guitar riffs and infused with intoxicating vocals. High-voltage magnetism
all the way through. Second single, second bullseye!
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Instagram – Website
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Band: MODEL/ACTRIZ
Who: Electro act from Brooklyn.
Track: VERSPERS
Opener from their brand-new
2nd album, named Pirouette.
TUTV: A hyperkinetic electro/guitar-riff beat ticks on your head non-stop. It drives you crazy, and pushes your poor mind into a chilling daze. Sounds challenging, right? You bet.
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Artist: ROBERT FORSTER
Who: Former frontman of Australian
pop-rock outfit The Go-Betweens.
Track: ALL OF THE TIME
Single from his brand-new 8th
solo longplayer Strawberries.
TUTV: Forster‘s motto is keep it simple, shake and swing your hips to the swirling rhythm, ignore the outside world, love your loved ones, and have fun, it always helps you to get you through the day.
Let the riffs rattle.
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Instagram – Facebook
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Band: ELBOW
Who: England‘s veteran
pop romantics.
Track: SOBER
Newest cut from a new, upcoming EP,
named Audio Vertigo Echo
TUTV: Lots of dance-fueled tunes this month. Even daydreamers Elbow have one to jump and down to in your bedroom/bathroom/kitchen/wherever, while you stay sober.
Instagram – All Albums
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Artist: ARYEL MOON
Who: Dublin-based, Italian-born artist
Donatella Camedda (vocals/guitar).
Track: EULOGY
Only her 2nd single.
Lyrically, Donatella delves into her past to help vanquish demons that circle from previous trauma of manipulation and abuse. Through this primal scream of emotion, she is able to find liberation and rebirth.
TUTV: Spellbinding, riveting and fetching. This melodramatic discharge holds
your aural attention all the way. Moon‘s engrossing vocality works like a magnet.
Very promosing stuff.
Instagram – Linktree
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Band: SPAMMERHEADS
Who: Electro techno tandem
from Valencia, Spain.
New single: GHOSTLESS
A collaboration with Spanish
EBM producer Nightcrawler.
A track that exposes the puppeteering forces behind the system and
the disappearance of authenticity in a world shaped by fabricated
idols. It’s both a protest and a purge.
TUTV: Think techno experts The Chemicals Brothers with eerie vocals by a demon.
A maddening 90s master blaster for 24-hour parties where stroboscopes spin you
into a trance. To hell with all authoritarian politicians and meaningless celebs. Living
our lives the tolerant way we want is what we all should do, while going mental to bombastic beats and blustery bangs. It’s hammertime, folks.
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Instagram – Bandcamp
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Credit: Big Ed Photography
Band: DAS KOOLIES
Who: 4 former Super Furry Animals,
the longtime Welsh indie stars.
Track: OGOV GÔKH
Piece from their forthcoming 2nd album,
named Pando. It’s out tomorrow, May 9th.
TUTV: Expect effervescent synth-pop juiced with a dance-rock dynamism.
Ogov Gôkh is a twirling twister that drives you insane if you come to close.
Instagram – Facebook
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Band: THE CHIEFS
Who: Bloodthirsty Finnish indies with
two lead vocalists, from Finland.
Track: BABY CRAVES HUMAN FLESH
The lyrics paint a picture blending imagery of horror and cannibalism. The song
portrays a character adrift in a world without moral boundaries, a being driven by
thirst and pleasure. The themes explore unrestrained hedonism, the loss of control,
and the banality of evil.
TUTV: Be ready for a sonic Stephen King -esque nightmare. Diabolic, bone-chilling and bloodcurdling. Perfect to play to your zombie friends. Play this tormenting serpent of
a track loud, and scare your neighbours.
Instagram – Facebook
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Artist: A. SMITH
Who: Singer/songwriter from Dublin, Ireland who
released his debut album Last Animals in 2021.
Track: I CAN BE YOUR TELEPHONE
TUTV: The kind of guitar pop tunes that stick on first hearing.
Mesmeric euphony, magnetic melodiousness and enticing vocals.
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Linktree – You Tube
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Artist: TROUSER DRESS
Who: East Yorkshire’s Carden Mucklin. A young genderqueer writing songs about random thoughts and feelings, pouring their lived experiences of being queer & trans, as well as their journey through the mental health jungle, into songwriting and photography.
Track: OLD SOUL
“This was my first time creating a track that I didn’t have a plan for, or a set sound in my head. I wrote the four lines & guitar part but then shelved the song as everything I added didn’t feel right. When I brought it to producer Adam, we decided to keep the lyrics simple and to build it up with other sounds and layers. I wanted the song to feel almost like ruminations that spiral around but start from just a few sentences. I think we created the perfect sound!”
TUTV: Old Soul is an intriguing, trancey, and multi-instrumental chant.
Think folktronica siblings CocoRosie. Wayward and fascinating. Top piece.