20 BEST TRACKS OF THE MONTH – AUGUST 2025

ALL TOGETHER


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TRACK BY TRACK

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Artist: PREWN
Who: The moniker of Massachusetts‘ chilling singer-songwriter
Izzy Hagerup. She released her debut album Through The Window
in 2023.

Track: SYSTEM
First new piece and title track from her
2nd LP, coming our way on October 3rd.

TUTV: What a brilliant torch song. Feverish tension all the way, drawing you into a mesmerizing trance you want to last like forever. Weeping guitars come and go while Hagerup‘s heart-stopping vocals are immensely soul-stirring and a galvanic guitar solo causes a spine-tingling finale.

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Band: KID KAPICHI
Who: From 4 to 2 party punk rockers from Hastings, UK.
They have, so far, 3 albums on their résumé, so far, with
last year’s There Goes The Neighbourhood as the most
recent one.

Track: STAINLESS STEEL

TUTV: KK in boogielicious overdrive. Funky-tastic as
hell from the get-go. Get up, stand up and sway yourself
dizzy.

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Band: THE HIVES
Who: Sweden‘s longtime punk kings
fronted by loudmouth Howlin’ Pelle .

Track: THE HIVES FOREVER, FOREVER THE HIVES
The title track from their brand-new 7th full length.

TUTV: By far the best steamroller on their new record, spiced
with a swirling sing-scream along chorus. Pelle 4ever.

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New album artwork

Artist: JEHNNY BETH,
Who: France-born, former frontwoman of
female post-punk band Savages (2011-2017).

Track: HIGH RESOLUTION SADNESS
Single from her brand-new, 2nd solo LP,
named You Heartbreaker You.

TUTV: Beth said she wanted to make a LOUD record. And she
definitely did. High Resolution Sadness is one hell of a brain-breaking,
industrial sledgehammer example. Hyperkinetic drums, clashing and
crashing percussion and creepy vocals. Bang-on!

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📷 Mats Verschueren

Band: WIJF. (WIFE. in English)
Who:
Hungry hit team from Belgium,
ready to take on the world.

Track:LIAR
Only their 2nd single, following last
year’s unhinged debut Hysterical.


Single artwork

TUTV: The 4-piece grab you by the throat from the kick-off and never lose their firm grip. Liar is a titanic motherrocker that pulverizes the Richter scale in just 250 seconds. Queens Of The Stone Age would label this jiving juggernaut a ‘song for the deaf‘.

Vociferous vocalist Marie De Graeve is seemingly on an exorcistic trip again.
Her one-of-a-kind vocal cords have a ruthless impact on your petrified stereo.
Helter-skelter. Hail! Hail!


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Photo by Lexie Alley

Band: AFI (abbreviation for A Fire Inside)
Who: Weathered high-volume veteran rockers from
Ukiah, California who started to turn up the sonic heat
in 1991.

Track: BEHIND THE CLOCK
First single from their forthcoming 12th LP,
entitled Silver Bleeds The Black Sun… .

TUTV: Vintage 80s Gothwavish fireworks
The clock is ticking, folks. Don’t miss a second.

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Promo pic

Artist: BAMBIE THUG
Who: Moniker for Irish screamo diva Cuntry Ray Robinson. A self-described queer,
ouija popstar’, who uses the non-binary personal pronouns they and them. She
released her cacophonous debut LP Cathexis in 2023.

Track: REDRUM
Her brand new single.

“It’s political, it’s anti-war, it’s a ‘rebel cry’ for the LGBTQIA community and for everyone
who is fed up with living in this disconnected world. All I can offer to these turbulent times
is my art and hope it wakes people up.”

TUTV: Deafening. Earth-shaking.
Towering vocals. Nuclear drones.

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Band: SNÕÕPER
Who: Nashville‘s kamikaze pop punk combo SNÕÕPER shook the world
2 years ago, with their rapid-fire debut LP Super Sn​õ​õ​per. 14 songs in
22 minutes, like in the good old Ramones days.

Last June, they dropped a 4-track EP, titled Unknown Caller.

Track: GUARD DOG.
New piece from their upcoming, sophomore album,
titled Worldwide. it will see the day of light on Oct 3rd
via Jack White’s Third Man Records.


Photo by Turn Up The Volume – Brussels, May 18, 2025

TUTV: If this supersonic punk missile won’t wake
you up, I don’t know what will. Get up on your pogo
stick and bounce like a ping pong ball.

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Press photo by Dean Karr

Artists: ARTHUR BUCK
Who: R.E.M.’s Peter Buck and
singer-songwriter Joseph Arthur.

Track: SLEEP WITH ONE EYE OPEN
First single from their 2nd, collaborative
longplayer, landing on October 3rd.

TUTV: Muscular tune. It sounds like if a full
orchestra is at work. Bluesy, rocky, kicky.
A full-hearted feat.

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Band: OASIS
Who: You know who.

Track: LITTLE BY LITTLE
Live version of their 2002 single from their
Heathen Chemistry album recorded in
Wembley, London on August 2nd.

Ever been part of a choir of 80,000 people?


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Band: THE BELAIR LIP BOMBS
Who: Australian indies
who got together in 2017.

Track: HEY YOU
New single from their upcoming 2nd LP,
called Again, out on October 31st.

TUTV: A titillating tune that thrives on high-speed guitar riffs, a fast-track
drum beat, sharply-etched vocals and last but not least, a stream of adrenalin.

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Artist: VINCE BELLO
Who: Oshawa-based indie singer-songwriter rocker Vince Bello shared his newest single “Small Town Princess”, on Friday, August 8th, the title track of his upcoming EP of the same name, releasing in November 2025.

Track: SMALL TOWN PRINCESS
The title track of his upcoming EP,
that will land in November 2025.

A bold new chapter for Bello – one that captures the push and pull
between chasing your dreams and remembering where you came from.

TUTV: This instantly sticking guitar-synth pop earworm puts a smile on your face right away. Its bewitching and delighting flow gets you hooked after one spin. Sonic pearl.


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Band: P T R N S
Who: Up-and-coming power pop
4-piece from Bangor, Ireland.

Track: MARY JANE
Only their 3rd single.

The song distills the previous years’ experience and truly steps into themselves and their sound as a band. The song brings together the band’s vast array of influences pulling from the emo-pop of Paramore to the indie hip sway groove of Two Door Cinema Club to the post-hardcore energy of Movements.

TUTV: Layers of shoegazy guitars, a steadfast beat, intense and
highly impassionate, alternating vocals combine for a captivating
and febrile jam. Wowzers.

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Band: SOULWAX
Who: Belgian brothers David and Stephen Dewaele‘s outfit for 30 years
now, next to their other projects. They DJed the world around as 2manydjs,
had their own Radio Soulwax, and produced/remixed countless other artists.

Track: NEW EARTH TIME
New piece from their 6th Soulwax full-lenght, titled
All Systems Are Lying, out on October 17th.

TUTV: Boom. Boom. Boom.
Groove. Bliep. Groove. Bliep.
Make your move, folks.

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Press Photo by Genesis Báez

Band: BIG THIEF
Who: The much applauded indie
folk act from Brooklyn, NY.

Track: LOS ANGELES
Single from upcoming, 6th longplayer, baptized
Double Infinity, out this Friday, September 5.

TUTV: Beautiful, endearing, enticing.
Big Thief make me feel happy.

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Artist: ANT THOMAZ
Who: Glasgow-based singer-songwriter who
blends folk, soul, pop, and his Louisiana roots.

Track: FEET ON THE GROUND

A heartfelt tribute to real love, written with
his wife and creative partner, Frances.

TUTV: Winsome love songs like this one are so welcome in these intolerant times,
so we won’t forget there are also great things happening every day when love is
involved. Feet On The Ground has an irresistible funky bass groove and is juiced with
a soulful orchestration.

Add Thomaz‘s warmhearted voice, and the inspiring, sonic
picture is complete. Jaunty tune, frolicsome vibe, feel-good
sentiments.


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Artist: RONNIE WOOD
Who: One of the greatest guitarist ever.
Of course, best known as a longtime
Rolling Stone.

Track: MOTHER OF PEARL
A new one he worte and added to his upcoming
Fearless: Anthology 1965-2025, out Sept 26.

Simple, cacthy, cheery.
rockin’ and rollin’. TUNE.

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Band: MY MORNING JACKET
Who: Louisville‘s veteran rockers who will celebrate the 20th anniversary of their fourth full-length, called Z on October 4th. The day before, they will release a deluxe anniversary.


Artwork Z

Track: WHERE TO BEGIN
A previously unreleased song from
the anniversary album Z.

TUTV: A ballad that breathes melancholia at its most gripping,
with warm pedal steel play. One of the most heart-and-soul touching reveries
I heard all year long.

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Photo Credit: Meg Moon

Band: THE BEACHES
Who: All female Canadian
revved-up pop combo.

Track: LESBIAN OF THE YEAR
Single from their brand new, 3rd LP,
titled No Hard Feelings.

Leandra Earl (guitars, keyboards, songwriter) “It’s about the shame I felt coming out later in life and the pressure of trying to live up to ‘Lesbian Of The Year,’ a title given to me by my sweet fans. I feel regret for not knowing myself sooner, but this song is also about the journey of self discovery & sexual identity and accepting that everyone is on their own timeline and we’ll get there when we get there.”

TUTV: This stirring reverie has a 60s romantic retro feel, both
ardent and cathartic, carried by emotive vocals. Gorgeous.

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Band: WOLF ALICE
Who: Lauded British guitar pop quartet, fronted
by the charismatic vocalist Ellie Rowsell.

Track: PLAY IY OUT
From their new, 4th album The Clearing.

TUTV: One of the most enthralling lullabies of the year.
with Ellie Rowsell‘s crystaline voice starring in the middle.


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