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31 January 2026
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Month: January 2026
5 BEST ALBUMS OF THE MONTH – JANUARY 2026
31 January 2026
Band: SLUT INTENT
Who: American twin cities
hardcore slut style group.
Album: SLUTWORLD
Their debut.
Stereogum says: “For such a ceaselessly aggressive band, there’s a huge dynamic
range here; they shift from runaway-train speed to slo-mo churn to discordant midtempo freakouts, making the transitions feel as natural and effortless as an world-class athlete’s graceful body contortions.
Their fury would drown out a lesser frontperson, but Kelly commands the mic with enough unbound personality to shine through the chaos.”
TUTV‘s impressions:
POST-punk-core madness.
VOCIFEROUS vocalist Katy Kelly‘s
pipes are made of steel.
LOUDER, filthier, and cruder
than the Riot grrl movement.
FASTER than Lambrini Girls
and Snooper put together.
YOU can scare your whole town
with this boiling volcano.
YOU will be arrested by the police when
you play this slut shit too loud.
NO songs, only Molotov cocktails.
ONLY 18 minutes, but you’ll be out
of breath when the tsunami is over.
FIRST punk-loud and fuck-clear
record of the year.
SINGLE
STREAM ALBUM
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Band: DZ DEATHRAYS
Who: Disorderly punk rock trio from
Brisbane, Australia who found each
other in 2012.
Album: EASING OUT OF CONTROL
Their 7th one.
Album artwork
Australia’s THE MUSIC website: “Mega riffs ready to send a festival crowd into raptures? Tick. A riotous celebration of the joys of getting back on the road? Sure. Rock anthems that address the weird place we find ourselves, with personal privacy and the pale blue dot we
call home under threat from dark forces? Several.”
TUTV: 31 minutes of running rock amok, producing as many licks, hooks and riffs,
possible in that short time. No arty farty baloney. No ego wanderings. No unnecessary digressions.
Only combusting rock and bloody roll. They take a breather (well, sort of) on
2 tracks, Real Love and lullaby Warped but ‘Easing Out Of Control’‘s dominating
racket is roisterous and boisterous.
SINGLE
ALBUM
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Artist: LUCINDA WILLIAMS
Who: Longtime lauded and award-winning
songstress (now aged 72) from Louisiana.
New album: WORLD’S GONE WRONG
Her 16th.
UNCUT Magazine (British glossy music monthly): “Williams reveals her chief preoccupation: America and where it stands today. Her natural impulse is to channel compassion, concern, empathy and anxiety in a batch of wise songs that know their past and present but refuse to crumple or compromise.
One year into Donald Trump’s second term, Williams knows people need to feel their woes
are acknowledged and understood, and more so, that they need hope for a kinder future.
The music is straight and soothing, a band coming together in a rootsy salve as Williams returns to a favourite theme, deliverance through music. She is engaged in nothing less
than a battle for America’s soul.”
Williams: “We are here to bear witness to this monstrous sickness.”
TUTV: If you have any kind of common sense, you’re disgusted by that orange dictator’s damaging politics in the White House. First of all, all the not-brainwashed Americans, of course, but also at least half of the world despises him because of his authoritarian
‘Me, Myself and I‘ politics.
Lucinda Williams is one of those millions of Americans who are sick of this MAGA cult POTUS. She embeds her rage into a series of most captivating songs, sonically, vocaly and lyrically. World’s Gone Wrong is both a worrying, candid, and sharp-observing record. Don’t miss it.
SINGLE
ALBUM
(No streaming
on Spotify)
Other platforms to stream the LP right here.
Linktree – All Albums
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Band: CAST
Who: The Britpop vets who were along with
Richard Ashcroft support act for the Oasis
reunion gigs in the UK.
New album: YEAH YEAH YEAH
Their 8th one.
Promo photo
CLASH MAGAZINE says: “With as many albums in this century as in the last, ‘Yeah Yeah Yeah’ finds Cast building on the momentum of the previous two years with both confidence and quality. Refusing to trade solely on nostalgia, it’s a beefed-up version of their best selves. Long may their positivity last.”
TUTV: When someone says Cast I say “Fine Time,” referring to their
995 debut single. Yep, the former Britpop stars, led by former The La‘s
member John Power, have been playing around for more than 3 decades.
And they didn’t lose their appetite for feel-good, easy-going, joyful tunes, at all.
YYY features 10 jangly guitar pop songs. Simple but oh so catchingly infectious.
Cast have no ambition to reinvent the rock wheel, they just wanna entertain us.
Mission accomplished.
SINGLE
ALBUM
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Instagram – All Albums
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Artist: WAIT, WHAT DID YOU SAY?
Who: Kind of mysterious singer-songwriter from
Tucson, Arizona with the weirdest alias I ever heard.
Album: STAY SAFE, LITTLE ONE
His debut album.
“This album is the culmination somewhat, since the beginning of writing
these words down. i would like to thank everybody in my life, past, present,
and future, for simply being in my life.”
TUTV: Think of the early raw rockin’ days of Evan Dando and his Lemonheads. Contagious melodies embedded in a swamp of high-energized tuines. At times chaotic, ramshackle and distorted, but hey, that’s DIY garage rock for you, folks. No arty farty production, no superfluous special effects. Direct, raw and rough. Love it.
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HEAD ON STONE Live – The Sound Of Sincere Silence
31 January 2026
Photo by Turn Up The Volume.
Affectionate Belgian singer-songwriter Nele Janssen was, so far, known by
her loyal fans as the excorsistic frontwoman of post-punk grunge turbo Peuk
who have released 2 longplayers to this day.
That all changes now with her impressive solo debut album, baptized
STONY BEDS, released under the moniker of HEAD ON STONE last
November.
Only Nele Janssen and her piano. Intimate, passional and heartfelt. From
Peuk screams to solo whispers. A stirring record that enthralls from start
to finish. Eleven bittersweet songs for the midnight hours.
Last Wednesday her album-promo tour brought her to my hometown
of Ghent (Belgium), for a spellbinding 50-minute set. You could hear a needle
fall to the ground. I can’t remember how long ago I experienced such an
attentive audience.
Some more TUTV impressions.
Janssen mesmerized us all
with a sound of sincere silence,
with heart & soul stirring musings.
Reflective and cathartic.
Stripped to the bone.
Classical pop piano play.
Dreamy and starry-eyed.
Magnetizing vocals, mixed
emotions reflections, personal
reveries and an overall
gripping performance.
Beautiful.
Stream/Buy
‘STONE BEDS’
Image Of The Day – ADDISON RAE Puts On A Lingerie Show
Sugary pop star ADDISON RAE performing and showing her
new lingerie at the Spotify’s Best New Artist Party this week.
New UNCUT Magazine Issue With Cover Stars THE VELVET UNDERGROUND
Sixty years ago, THE VELVET UNDERGROUND & NICO brought together the worlds
of avant-garde art, European cool and downtown rock’n roll into one explosive package.
Now the survivors share with British glossy music monthly UNCUT tales of drugs, breakdowns, blocked toilets and hospital beds, and of course the creation of some
of the most important music ever made.
“We only did things our way.”
Also features about Kim Gordon, Damon Albarn, Jeff Buckley, Shabaka,
Peter Gabriel, Happy Mondays, Pat Metheny, Robert Finley, The Clash and
many more.
This month’s Free 15-Track CD features some of the month’s best music with
Buck Meek, Cardinals, The Delines, Hen Ogledd, Bill Callahan, Iron & Wine, Altin Gün
and others.
You can purchase a copy and have it sent to your house. Info HERE.
Lots Of Retro Vibes To Come At FOREST MUSIC & ARTS FEST In IRELAND
20 BEST TRACKS OF THE MONTH – JANUARY 2026
Best of the best of the month
ALL TOGETHER
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TRACK BY TRACK
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Band: LIME GARDEN
Who: British pop-rock act from Brighton, UK.
They released their debut LP One More Thing
in 2024.
Track: 23
New piece from their upcoming 2nd album
Maybe Not Tonight, out on April 10th.
TUTV: Yeah! Absolutely yeah! Move your pelvis, move your head, move your feet, move anything that is movable. This resistless dancefloor upper boosts your mood on the spot.
Vivid vibes.
Instagram – Tour Dates
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Band: HOLY FUCK
Who: Robust electro rock veteran combo from Toronto, CA.
All members also have their own projects. They formed in 2004.
Track: EVIE
First single from their forthcoming 6th longplayer,
titled Event Beat, showing up on March 27th.
TUTV: HF do not fuck around. This badass jam gets you going
all day long. Sway your hips. Hip and hop to the addictive flow.
Dope tune.
Tour Dates – Instagram
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📸 Tina Gross
Band: THE DARTS
Who: Steamy garage Amazons based in Seattle, Washington,
fronted by charismatic singer-songwriter Nicole Laurenne,
also operating solo as Black Viiolet
Track: MIDNIGHT CREEP
The first single from their forthcoming LP, their 6th, named
Halloween Love Songs. It’ll hit our stereos on March 3rd.
TUTV: Midnight Creep is vintage Darts frenzy. Sizzling, blistering, and red-hot-blooded. Laurenne and her sidekick, her organ, lead the hungry troops once again. The piquant buzz and fuzz at play here ignite all of your limbs and make you jump like a kangaroo from left to right and back. From now on, every day is Halloween.
Bulleseye.
Instagram – Website – All Albums
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Band: WASTE
Who: Rowdy Belgian indies
who find beauty in chaos.
Track: DOG HOUSE
TUTV: Beware, these punked-up bloodhounds bite. They chase you with ruthless racket. They bark like werewolves. They bloody rock! They’re no waste of time whatsoever. Rabid stuff. Arrrggghhh.
Helter skelter.
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Band: HAVVK
Who: Steamy punk rock duo
from Ireland. They have 3 albums
under their belt.
Track: ON TIME
“This song is about the endless lists of goals and resolutions we make for ourselves, many of which have arbitrary deadlines attached to them. ‘On Time’ is trying to capture that feeling of being right on the crest of a wave of busyness, the ‘last wave’ where you think surely it will be calm seas after this. But there’s always another and another.”
TUTV: WTF. Riot grrl clamour is back, but dirtier, rawer, and LOUDER.
94 boiling seconds that do your poor head in. Punktastic.
Holy smoke!
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Band: COWBOY HUNTERS
Who: Glasgow‘s punk dropouts
Megan Pollock and Desmond Johnston.
Track: HAVE A PINT
New single from their upcoming 5-track EP,
titled EPeepee. It’ll hit the streets on March 20th.
TUTV: This is it. Raw and rough punk hysteria at its sharp-cutting best. These two hungry hunters take you on a wham-bam rollercoaster ride, up and down, left and right. Have A Pint sounds like it was recorded in their local pub’s toilet, generating some barbed wire shit, juiced with obstreperous duet vocals that drive you nuts .
Have a beer.
Go berserk.
Instagram – Spotify – Tour Dates
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Artists: DEAD ANYWAY
Who: British duo that sets the dark lyricism of Kate Arnold
against the music and soundscapes of Marc Symonds.
Track: A SHIFT OF PERSPECTIVE
Lead single from their new, forthcoming, 7th longplayer, named
Squeak Piggy Squeak, and out on February 6th. More info here.
TUTV: What the hell is this? Must be the most dancey, vibey, and trippy track
of their sonic canon. A Shift Of Perspective has an irresistible pelvis-energizing
swing spiced with wah-wah guitar sparks and, of course, Kate Arnold‘s
spoken-word panache.
Envigorating.
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Instagram – Facebook – Spotify
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Photo Devon Chambers
Band: ADULT DVD
Who: EBM punks from
Leeds, UK.
Track: REAL TREE LEE
“Lee is a guy that we never want to become, let’s make that clear! This tune goes out to all the blokes who keep it blokey and delve too far into the cretin side of the internet, dudes that base their entire lives around some bonkers right wing conspiracy. When it comes to Lee, what you see isn’t a what you get, and what you get is much darker than you’d expect.”
TUTV: Hit! Hit! Hit! Need an upbeat upper to get you through the day? This Adult DV
one, right here, will do the job, with striking Chemical Bros echoes and other electronic pyrotechnics.
Instagram – Linktree – Spotify
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Artists: RADARBASE
Who: British duo knocking
dance anthems together.
Track: TAKE ME TO YOUR LEADER
Piece from their brand new debut EP, called
TUTV: Alert your limbs, folks. Some boom-boom Basement Jaxx e-cstasy
is coming your way. Techno blitz in quadrophonia. Chemical beats and
underworld heat. Insane, right? You betcha.
Follow the leader.
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Instagram – Linktree
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Photo by Turn Up The Volume
Band: THE NIGHTCLUB
Who: Seasoned Belgian rockers.
Track: BLUE EYES
Only their 2nd single.
TUTV: These dance-inducing Belgians do what they did before in other bands. They move and groove with a slow-burning intensity, like a snake sneaking up on its prey. Alright, all you nightclubbers out there, get your lazy ass off your couch and shake your booty to the guitar-motorized beats.
Yes!
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Instagram – Facebook
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Photo by Jason Thrasher
Band: CROOKED FINGERS
Who: The ever line-up changing group
of seasoned North Carolina songsmith
Eric Bachmann.
Track: HAUNTED
New piece from his upcoming 7th, only his first in
15 years, titled Sweth Deth. It’s out on 27 February.
New album artwork
TUTV: Haunted is a goosebumps duet with eminent songstress
Sharon Van Etten. An impassioned, wholehearted, vocal
delight.
Wonderful.
Instagram – Linktree – All Albums
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Band: HIQPY
Who: Ebullient indies from
Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Track: YOUMAN.
Their newest single.
TUTV: A brisk, sprightly, and tremendously catchy guitar pop gem
peaking on its splendiferous chorus. A tantalising slice of music.
The repeat button was invented for tintillazing tunes like this.
Glorious.
Instagram – Spotify
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Artist: PITOU
Who: Critically acclaimed
Dutch songstress.
Track: TO DO WHAT
New piece from her upcoming second LP,
named P2, out March 15. More info here
TUTV: What starts as a mid-tempo, sensuous thrill
turns into an awesome EBM stomper. Stupendous!
Pump up the jam.
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Band: Cape Crush
Who: Power-emo band
from Massachusetts.
Track: CALM & DELIVERED
Ali Lipman (guitarist/vocalist) channels an inner strength as she details
the pressures women face to be emotionally regulated when everything
is overstimulating.
“We’re known for our upbeat power-emo songs, with big leads, big harmonies, and big refrains. This song perfectly encapsulates what we do best. There’s plenty of surprises to come on Place Memory, but ‘Calm & Delivered’ is the perfect definition of a Cape Crush anthem.”
TUTV: A kind of those tunes that puts a blissful smile on your face right away.
Guitar fireworks from the kinetic kick-off, working their way to the heartening
chorus. Sinewy indie fuel to get you going. Sensitive vocals. Punchy girl power.
Buzzing.
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Instagram – Linktree
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© Achiel De Vlerk
Band: LIP SERVICE
Who: Electro pop outfit
from Belgium.
Track: SLOWLY
Piece from their upcoming album
Swalman, out early next month.
TUTV: Electro-pop at its funky and vivifying best. A lazy tune that makes you hum/whistle along on the spot. A dreamy ditty, jaunty and breezy. A perfect sonic companion on your earphones while strolling in slow-mo in the city.
Cheery.
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Instagram – Linktree
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(c) Linde Raats
Artist: SIMON LE MA
Who: Belgian singer-songwriter
with an eclectic musical taste.
So far, he has 2 albums under his belt.
Track: NEW RELIGION
New single from his upcoming 3rd album,
named Get Sweaty, out next September.
TUTV: Expect brassy Motown vibes. Glamorous, soulful, and uplifting.
New Religion energizes all of your limbs. You can sing, whistle or hum
along. Early spring fun, folks.
Gospel!
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Instagram – Facebook
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Band: GORILLAZ
Who: The famous brainchild of Blur’s Damon
Albarn and comic book artist Jamie Hewlett.
Track: ORANGE COUNTY
Newest single from their 9th longplayer, named
The Mountain, and coming our way on March 20th.
TUTV: La-la-la. This trancey shanty features Bizarrap, Kara
Jackson and Anoushka Shankar. Feel-good and easy-going joy.
Frolicsome.
Instagram – All Albums
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Credit: Abbey Raymonde
Band: THE TWILIGHT SAD
Who: Scottish romantic indies who have
been earning a loyal fanbase since 2003.
Track: DESIGNED TO LOSE
Taster from their upcoming album, named It’s The Long Goodbye.
They’re 6th overall, and first in seven years, written in the wake
of frontman James Graham losing his mother to dementia.
Out March 27th.
TUTV: Sad story, sticky tune. Great bass riffage, bouncy
drums, expressive vocals, and an overall orchestral resonance.
Enthralling.
Instagram – Linktree
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Artist: BOB RELUCTANT & THE LONELY LOVERS
Who: The musical moniker of singer-songwriter Robert Baker.
Track: DREAMAGER
TUTV: Need some day-night-dreaming stimulus? This near-whispering reverie is what you’re looking for. Soothing and chilling. Lovely duet vocals. Starry-eyed chorus. You
won’t feel lonely when Dreamager touches your soul.
Entrancing.
Linktree
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Artist: WINONA OAK
Who: The musical moniker of engrossing
Swedish songstress Johanna Ewana Ekmark.
Track: HORSES
The 2nd single from her upcoming,
sophomore album (details TBA).
TUTV: Oak‘s velvety voice makes me think of superstars Lana Del Rey and Billie
Eilish‘s heartfelt tenderness. Melancholic reverie Horses is a nostalgic lullaby. She
revisits childhood memories of riding, a time when she felt safe, free, and deeply connected to the natural world.
Mesmerizing.
Instagram – Spotify
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Amazing Artwork – New ‘SLOWLIGHT’ EP
Trip-Hop Icon TRICKY Visits UK/Europe This Year
It’s 6 years now since TRICKY (born named Adrian Nicholas Matthews Thaws
in Bristol (UK) 58 years ago), former short-time member of Massive Attack,
released his 14th LP, the heartbreaking (about the suicide of his 24-year-old
daughter) Fall To Pieces.
But he didn’t stop writing/recording new music. Since then he released an album
under the alias of Theis Thaws and recorded 2 full-lengths with his singer Marta.
Enough material to get on the road with.
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN Wrote Anti-ICE/Trump Protest Song ‘STREETS OF MINEAPOLIS’
Vitalizing tunes that work faster than a stream of caffeine
29 January 2026
The brutal killings of two American citizens – Rennée Good shot with
3 bullets in the face and Alex Pretti with 10 bullets by 2 agents – in
Minnesota, have triggered several musicians to call out Trump and
his ruthless Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
One of them is BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN who wrote
a new song, titled STREETS OF MINNEAPOLIS, to
protest against Trump‘s devastating regime.
A powerful goosebumps ballad that should be played
all over the world, in the first place, all over America.
“I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it
to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of
Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent
immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.”
LYRICS
[Verse 1]
Through the winter’s ice and cold
Down Nicollet Avenue
A city aflame fought fire and ice
‘Neath an occupier’s boots
King Trump’s private army from the DHS
Guns belted to their coats
Came to Minneapolis to enforce the law
Or so their story goes
[Verse 2]
Against smoke and rubber bullets
In the dawn’s early light
Citizens stood for justice
Their voices ringing through the night
And there were bloody footprints
Where mercy should have stood
And two dead, left to die on snow-filled streets
Alex Pretti and Renee Good
[Chorus]
Oh, our Minneapolis, I hear your voice
Singing through the bloody mist
We’ll take our stand for this land
And the stranger in our midst
Here in our home, they killed and roamed
In the winter of ’26
We’ll remember the names of those who died
On the streets of Minneapolis
R.I.P. Renée Good.
R.I.P. Alex Pretti.