Best Tracks Of The Month

20 BEST TRACKS OF THE MONTH – JULY 2026

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The tunes that impressed Turn Up The Volume’s ears the most this past month

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TRACK BY TRACK

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Band: CHALK
Who: Electro junks
from Belfast, Ireland.

Last March they released their
earthshaking debut LP Crystalpunk.

Track: GET FUCKED
A song they finished just after
the album’s recording sessions.

TUTV: Get Fucked sounds like a crushing hammer drill.
A supersonic stroke. A banging bomb. A fucked-up
fireball. Eh… sorry I’m getting out of breath.

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Band: GARBAGEBARBIE
Who: 4-piece that has carved a space for themselves in Los Angeles’ DIY scene, gaining a reputation for hosting rowdy and oftentimes free, themed shows. Combining elements of Britpop, glam, punk, French disco, and garage rock, garbagebarbie’s confrontational racket refuses to be confined by genre.

Track: PUNK
Single from their
upcoming debut LP.

Dan Karasev (drummer): “The song holds up a mirror to ourselves. It pokes fun at the LA bar scene which even though we can make fun of, it doesn’t change the fact that we are still in that scene. “


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TUTV: Prepare your eardrums for a punked-up motherrocker, a savage haymaker,
a sped-up barnstormer. The unyielding harshness increases with every second and
every time the clamorous chorus kicks in, it’s all hands on deck.

WTF! Zoinks! Mental!

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Band: TRÄŠHBAG
Who: Hefty Irish duo from Dublin (where everyone seems to in a band lately).
They spent time playing in numerous bands together or standing in for each
other in various bands. They produce a volatile blend of visceral punk rock
and post-punk.

Track: MY WHITE VAN
Debut single.

TUTV: OMG! These two nice-looking guys aren’t that nice on record.
They smash, clash and trash with their white van. All hell breaks loose from the outset.
This noxious sledgehammer does your poor head in with non-stop industrial-punk slams.

Wham bloody wham bam! Throw some agitated vocals in the mix and
the volcanic eruption is complete. By far, best debut single of June.

“The white van is all powered by diesel, baby!”


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Band: THE FLESHTONES
Who: Garage rock veterans from Queens, NY.
They released a huge number of LPs, studio
and live ones.

Track: FLOAT YOUR SHOWBOAT

Peter Zaremba (frontman): “It’s about ‘wet-blankets’ in situations
where people should be enjoying life. Basically a positive message
behind the snarky tone. Have some fun. And Goa was great.”

TUTV: Expect a sassy slice of heavy-duty knock-out rock ‘n’ garage roll.
These vivid vets still know all the revved-up tricks to set your speakers
on fire.

Absobloodylutely!

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Band: SUEDE
Who: London‘s glamorous pop/rock prodigies who
released their 10th LP, named Antidepressants,
last year, in September.

Track: SHARPENING KNIFES
One of the 5 bonus songs on
the LP’s deluxe edition.

TUTV: Best of the 5. Exhilarative Suede fuel.


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Band: TV PINS
Who: Indie five-piece based across London and the West Midlands.
They blend prog-pop, new wave, and Americana influences with a
distinctly British alt-rock songwriting sensibility – pairing 70s-inspired
vocal harmonies with a sharp, 90s-influenced energy.

They released their debut album Aircutter in 2024.

Track: VERSION OF LOVE
Cut from their forthcoming
self-released EP.

Grace Hinks (LGBTQ+ vocalist): “To me, it’s about accepting and standing up to
those who don’t embrace all forms of love – romantic, aromantic, and especially
queer joy. It’s about celebrating that openly.”

TUTV: Version Of Love is a perky pop pearl that promptly activates your dance-hungry
body. A sparkling guitar riff, summery vibes, warm-hearted melodiousness, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed vocals, and an infectious tunefulness come together to soundtrack an
all-inclusive love gathering.

John Lennon was right all along ‘All You Need Is Love’.
This way for cloud-nine, people, next to that vibrant
rainbow.

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Band: BRICKHOUSE
Who: Fresh hit team from Manchester that evokes the uncompromising static
of The Jesus and Mary Chain and the measured rebellion of The Velvet Underground.

Track: ANGEL EYES

Sharp (vocalist/guitarist/songwriter): “Angel Eyes is, at its core, about being haunted.
Not in the supernatural sense, but rather the persistent melancholy. The lingering of
memories after losing a lover and being unsure as to how to help yourself let go and
be released from the curse of seeing someone in everybody else you meet.”

TUTV: Welcome to Brickhouse‘s remarkable debut belter. Angel Eyes is a psych-infused steamroller, going back-and-forth, motorized by alarming guitars, a pounding beat, jittery vocals, and a trenchant chorus that keeps coming back to haunt you with force – think
The Velvet Underground ripper ‘Run Run Run‘, but slower.

Intoxicating.

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Band: PAPER TIGERS
Who: Noisy indie alt-rock trio
from Boston & Iceland.

Track: GO OUT
Their first music in 3 years.

“‘Go Out’ is essentially from the perspective of an anti-social individual in
a relationship with a social butterfly. Basically, the older we get the more we
enjoy staying home and we’re tired of apologizing for it.”

TUTV: Full of vim and vigour guitar pop at its riveting best. Big intro, big sound, big melody, very big chorus. Got up this morning with the wrong leg? Put this enlivening tune on your headphones (on repeat), go out and embrace the day.

Now. Here.

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Artists: ARAB STRAP
Who: Trippy Scottish electro-pop vets, Aidan Moffat and
Malcolm Middleton (1995–2006, 2011, 2016–present).

Track: GLAMOUR MAGICK
Newest single from their new full-length
Half-Told Tales, their 9th, out Sept 4th.

TUTV: Age doesn’t matter for these Scottish vets.
They still kick ass with uplifting flair and verve.

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Band: HAIR CONTROL
Who: Canadian art-pop duo.

Track: SEEING IN THE DARK
2nd single from their debut album, named
Electric Pleasure, out October 30.

“Originally inspired by a dream melody that arrived complete with the phrase “We The Ugly People,” recalling the classic Leonard Cohen line, “we are ugly but we have the music” as well as Pulp’s “Common People,” the chorus lyric drew from this sly sense of solidarity.

Drawing influence from the spiritual yearning and melodic immediacy of classic mid-’70s power pop, particularly Dwight Twilley Band’s “Looking for the Magic,” “Seeing In The Dark” emerged as a celebration of collective connection and shared resilience.”

TUTV: From the kick-off, with its thudding drum/bass beat intro, your eager ears know that Seeing In The Dark is a vivacious and vigorous guitar pop feat. Brisk duet vocals intensify the kicky vibe. A sonic trill for common people like you and me.

Let’s roll.

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Band: DOGHOUSE ROSE
Who: 5 hepped-up rockers
based in Toronto.

Track: IT GETS WORSE
New piece from their forthcoming 3rd album, called
Born To Break Even. Out July 31. Tracklist and order
info here.

TUTV: Full blast forward from square one. It Gets Worse fires on all riff-charging cylinders. Vivid vocals lead the compulsive troops who’re bucked up by about a hundred guitars and a choleric drummer.

Think Blink-182 fronted by supercool rock chick Avril Lavigne. And when the
terrifically catchy chorus comes on like a comet without brakes, it’s all getting
better.

Blimey!

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Band: GUSH
Who: Frantic Belfast 4-piece who released their cooking
5-track debut EP Exposure Therapy in 2024.

Track: CONSTANCE
New single.

TUTV: Courtney Love is back with her band Hole. Well, not really, but
there’s definitely a sonic and attitude connection with this roasting Irish
engine. Constance rocks you off your socks in just under 3 minutes.

They race with high-voltage speed from the blitz start on, gas-powered by furious
guitars, a raving mad drummer and Chelsea Andrews‘s spiteful vocals. WTF! Fasten
your seatbelts. Gush turns you upside down with this torrid turbocharger.

Spot-on.


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Band: THE GOODS
Who: Power pop outfit
from Oakland, California.

Track: SUMMER’S ALMOST GONE
Single from their forthcoming album, titled Goodbye Summertime.
Out September 16th. More info here.

“Now is all we have. The present is slipping away, the
future isn’t guaranteed, so what are we waiting for?”

TUTV: Expect a brisklt paced and jangly earworm electrified by a flood of jangly riffs, with melancholic vocals floating all over it. Think The Drums and Tame Impala teaming up in the studio together. No brakes, no breaks. We all know we live in chaotic, bodeful times, so
I propose we play this bracing gem on repeat and extend the careless, summer feel.

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Band: QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE
Who: Stoner rock bigshots fronted
by architect Josh Homme

Track: EASY STREET.

Homme: “It’s kind of a funny song. It’s like hitting your funny bone, where it’s funny because
it hurts and it hurts because it’s funny. You’re serious, but it’s funny. We made it the way you’d make a demo. No click track, mistakes left in. It speeds up, it slows down, the claps aren’t great, but they’re not bad, and a bad clap adds this human thing you can’t fake.”

TUTV: Certainly another kind of feel-good summer hit than the one from 2000. No bragging about taking a ton of drugs here. No macho riffs. No astronomic power speed. Easy Street is an acoustic pop nugget. Infectiously melodic, spiced with duet vocals here and there. Let the freaks and the birds sing.

Beautiful.

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Band: ELEPHANT STONE
Who: Acclaimed psych outfit fronted by Rishi Dhir, a songwriter and sitarist who
has spent twenty years blurring the lines between Western psych-pop and Indian
classical.

Track: I GOT A PILL
Single from the band’s new upcoming LP, baptized Asha.
It’ll come our way on August 26th.


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TUTV: Weird intro, weird end. But in between we get an organ-flavoured and lively guitar psych-pop gem. An energizing and hopped-up foot stomper. Elephant Stone know, for a long time, how to groove and move exhaustively, how to please your aural appetite for galvanizing gems. Take this pill three times per day and shake your booty.


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Artist: RELUCTANT BOB & THE LONELY LOVERS
Who: The musical moniker of singer-songwriter Robert Baker.

Track: CARRY ON WITHOUT ME

“The song introduces us to a possibly unreliable narrator who is nearing the end of the road and is saying goodbye. The song was recorded live at Black Mountain Studios in Co. Louth and captures the energy of the band’s live performances.”

TUTV: Eels have a new album out soon. This is one of the instantly recognisable tracks. Well, it easily could be. Carry On Without Me‘s funky flow, lazy vocals, relaxing ambiance, breezy sparkling guitar glow and perky duet vocals on the contagious chorus lift this song
to E’s magnetic level.

Press play.
Enjoy.

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Track: I’M YOURS
Single from his new 15th full-length
Different When It’s Silent.

TUTV: Chilling masterstroke. Spine-tingling, enigmatic,
and bursting on the prodigious chorus. Mind-blowing.

It’s all yours.


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Band: THE DURUTTI COLUMN
Who: Post-punk project of Manchester-born, experimental singer-songwriter-guitarist Vincent Gerard “Vini” Reilly (now 72). The band’s name refers to the Durruti Column,
an anarchist military unit in the Spanish Civil War, named after Buenaventura Durruti.

Track: SCAMMER
New piece from their upcoming 28th full-length,
called Renascent, out on July 31st. Order info here.

TUTV: Reilly‘s vulnerable voice carries this both melancholic and spellbinding musing designed with warm background synths and shiny guitar sparks. Just beautiful, really beautiful. Can’t wait to hear the comeback album.

Enticing.

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Credit: Eels

Band: EELS
Who: Singer-songwriter
Mark Oliver Everett‘s combo.

Track: I’M ON STANDBY
Newest single from new album, their 16th, named
Cookie Happened. It’ll land on October 16th.

“If you’re lucky you have a friend you’re always there
for and vice versa. Bitch, I’ve always got time for you.”

TUTV: Vintage Eels musing. Simple, but
efficacious straight away and sickly sticky.

Go E!

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New album artwork – photo by Travis Shinn

Artists: TWIN TEMPLE
Who: Los Angeles-based spouses who
describe their music as Satanic Doo Wop.

The pair will launch their new, 3rd album, named
Doomed Lovers on October 9th. More info here.

Track: DOOMED LOVERS.
The first single & title track of
the upcoming full-length.

60s teardrop love melancholia.
Think Nancy Sinatra and Brenda Lee.

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20 BEST TRACKS OF THE MONTH – JUNE 2026

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Artist: TOM MORELLO
Who: Former RAGTM guitarist
and political activist.

Track: ADJOURN IT
It features his son Roman (on guitar, like his dad)
and System Of A Down frontman Serj Tankian .

Morello: “At this historical juncture every act of art is an act of resistance and ‘Adjourn It’,
a collaboration with long time friend Serj Tankian and my 15-year-old guitar wiz son Roman,
is a clarion call for justice in unjust times.”

TUTV: What the fuck! What a cast-iron, anti-tyranny rant.
Get up, stand up, rage against the Trump machine, people.

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Artists: ARAB STRAP
Who: Trippy Scottish electro-pop vets, Aidan Moffat and
Malcolm Middleton (1995–2006, 2011, 2016–present).

Track: FIGHTING FOR YOU
2nd single, following the stellar debut one You You You
from their new full-length Half-Told Tales, their 9th, out
on September 4th. Tracklist here.

Moffat: “I grew up in the ’80s, and sometimes I feel like I’m living my youth again: the same myths of a once glorious nation prevail, and the threat of global war seems constant; economic inequality and class divisions just seem to get worse and worse, and the same old bigotries are being encouraged in very dangerous ways.

I try to keep positive by telling myself I’ve seen this kind of thing before
and it will pass. And, of course, venting my frustrations in a big, noisy
banger.”

TUTV: Guess what, the Scots rock out as never before. Holy cow!


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Band: BUTTHOLE SURFERS
Who: San Antonio‘s veteran
grunge rockers.

Track: THEY CAME IN

TUTV: A stunning stonker from their lost 1998 album, named After The Austronaut.
At the time, their then record label refused to release it, not commercial enough. The
band blew new life into it, out now. It’s a splendid achievement. Stream it here.

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Band: PUSSY RIOT
Who: The notorious Russian punk feminists and political activists, led by mastermind and driving force since day one Nadya Tolonkonnik who spent two years, along with 2 fellow pussy riotiours in a Russian jail for hooliganism motivated by religious hatred after her protest performance in the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour church in 2012.

Track: FACELESS PIGS
Heated highlight from their brand new debut
album CYKA, titled Russian word for bitch.

TUTV: Don’t mess with angry bitch
Nadya no more Russia. Fuck Putin!


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Band: DROPKICK MURPHYS
They released 13LPs, thus far.

Track: THE BODY OF AN AMERICAN
Their contribution to a tribute album for the late, incomparable Pogues‘ songsmith
legend and notorious frontman. It’s titled 20th Century Paddy – The Songs Of Shane MacGowan and arrives on November 13th.

TUTV: Sing, drink, cry, smile, and party hard.

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Photo by Brendan Walte

Band: WEEZER
Who: The indestructible nerd
rockers from Los Angeles.

New track: WE MIGHT AS WELL BE STRANGERS
The lead single from their new, forthcoming 20th full-length,
another self-titled one (their 4th actually), decorated with
symbols, think Led Zeppelin‘s 4th LP.

The song features indie team on co-vocals.

TUTV: Hurray! Weezer drops, finally, another
titanic tune, as they used to deliver so many
times before.

Swaggering, staggering, and scintillating.

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Band: WHOLES
Who: Belgian raucous noise outfit led by musical chameleon.
Last year they released their heart-wrenching debut album
A Mass In The Water.

Track: EAZY FOR YOU
A song about frustration
and liberation.

TUTV: Wholes still operate in a dark place where their demons feel at home.
Main man Wolf Vanwymeersch still wallows in self-torchering nightmares.

At times it feels as if somebody tries to rip his heart out with chainsaw riffs.
Quite scary. A gruesome dilemma of staying in the darkness or fighting its
way to the light at the end of the tunnel.

Another wholes-ly goosebumps juggernaut.


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Band: THE FALL
Who: You know, the late, legendary Manchester
post-punk collective, fronted by genial putbill
Mark E. Smith (1957-2018).

Track: 30 DEGREES
Taster from a new, posthumous album, named Post Script. It was
recorded not long before Smith‘s death. Tracklist/pre-order info here.

TUTV: It’s vintage The Fall. A droning post-rock jam,
with Smith at his agitated and sneering best.

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Band: GHOST PATTERNS
Who: Psychedelic shoegazers from London.
They released their debut album Infinite
in 2021.

Track: SILHOUETTE

TUTV: Chord by chord Silhouette grows into a titanic, psychedelic wall of blistering
guitars. Mind-bending, entrancing, and hypnotic. The non-stop jamming tension of
The Brian Jonestown Massacre comes to mind.

Stupefying.


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Artists: PALINDRONES
Who: An emotionally immersive, captivating, dark electronic duo from South London.
They take listeners on a shimmering and cathartic sonic journey with dreamy Industrial Synthpop, infused with pounding rhythms, haunting, evocative vocals and esoteric ambiance.

Track: THE BLOOD MOON

“Like the celestial body that gives the song its name, The Blood Moon pulls listeners into
a world where scars become constellations, rivers run red, and every ending delivers the
seed of creation. Immerse yourself in the bloody sea.”

TUTV: The Blood Moon is a dark-EBM-wave whirlwind that creeps under your skin,
into your veins, after a forbidding intro. It’s a sickly sticking tune that spirals and adrenalizes with pithy pzazz.

Macabre alternating/duet vocals emphasize the ill-boding pressure and awaken
bats all around. Palindrones draw you into their sinister and hypnotizing world,
but they leave the door ajar for a possible rebirth.

WATCH

BUY


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Artist: PETER GABRIEL

Track: A HARD LESSON
Newest piece from his 11th LP o\i.
Release date TBA.

Gabriel: “This is the oldest track of the project. It probably started in the late 80s
or early 90s when I was in Senegal. I was falling in love with the music I heard there.
I loved the tension created by the use of polyrhythms, particularly the threes and
fours, so that was the start of this song”.

TUTV: Gabriel sticks to trippy beats
and trancy vibrations. And it works
damn well.

Shake your booty, people.

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Artist: LOCUST
Who: The logtime project of London-based electro pop veteran
Mark Van Hoen, who also released records as Autocreation.

Single: SOUL SKY
Following Long Distance Lover, the 2nd new piece from his
forthcoming full-length Spectral+, slated for release on Sept 11.

It features rapper Griff Spex and multimedia artist Olive Kimoto.

TUTV: Heya, what’s up, bro? It’s slow-mo pelvis-swaying time. Yeah.

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Artist: FIR CONE CHILDREN
Who: Musical moniker of Berlin-based
indie dream punk Alexander Donat.

Track: VAMPIRE QUEEN
My fav piece from his newest full-length, named Vs. The Real World.
You can stream/buy the album via Bandcamp.

TUTV: Vampire Queen is a double-edged crackerjack. Partly a glam-rock stomper,
partly a high-octane missile. The two parts assembled combine for a super-duper rollercoaster that goes back and forth.

Bingo!


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Credit: French Nancy

Band: FRENCH NANCY
Who: Post-punk duo
from Hackney, London.

Track: THE WAIT AND FALL

“If you didn’t pay attention to the lyrics, you’d hear an upbeat song.
Underneath, a narrator trying to talk themselves into believing they’re
still in control while underneath, they’re sinking.”

TUTV: Expect darkwavish Cure-esque guitar/pop spiritedness with
a brisk tempo, anthemic impetus and vocal gusto. Shiny score!


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Band: HMS MORRIS
Who: A bilingual outfit from Wales. They thrive at the crossroads of art-pop,
theatricality, and fearless exploration. So far, they have released 3 albums.
You can stream them on Spotify.

Track: BWLETIN BRYS

“The rapid leap forward in artificial intelligence technology over the last few years brings
an element of urgency to the questions raised. Would we be better off if human’s weren’t in charge? Should we be happy to hand over control of Earth to a species/entity that prioritizes ecological harmony over cheap smartphones and beef?”

TUTV: Combative guitars, a Krautrock-like drum/bass cadence, and bubbly vocals
cause an unwavering, spine-tingling and hallucinatory jam. Be ready for a hell of
an other-worldly trip.


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Photographer: Martin Sommerschield

Band: DELFOI ROAD
Who: A Finnish alternative rock act, formed at the turn of the millennium.
The four-piece blends artistic sensitivity, strong melodic songwriting, and
atmospheric depth with an energetic and dynamic edge.

Track: SUNLIGHT
Newest single from their
debut LP, out in the fall.

TUTV: Again these Finns perform with an electrically-charged delirium-like
zing that captures your aural attention all the way, musically and vocally.
Stirring guitar-empowering pop avidity with a heartening radiance.

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Artist: AMY BELL
Who: English songstress who started writing at 14 and playing live at 17,
is inspired by big names such as Billy Bragg, John Cooper Clark, Badly Drawn
Boy, PJ Harvey and Nirvana.

Track: MILLHOUSE.
A song that touches on themes many people her age struggle with.
Highlight from her brand new, 2nd EP, called Want Me.

TUTV: With the first seconds kicking in, I thought a country song was about to evolve.
A solid cool one that is. From there on Millhouse progresses in a lazy Courtney Barnett groove modus, evoking swaying body moves while Amy Bell‘s laid-back slacker vocals
glide over it. It’s a funky tune that sticks promptly in your head.

Top-drawer tune!


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Artists: DEAD ANYWAY
Who: British duo setting the dark lyricism of Kate Arnold against the music
and soundscapes of Marc Symonds. They offer a mix of poetry, electronica
and guitars. A heady brew of dark, glitchy head-messing wonder.

Track: EXILE WITH INTENT
Cut from their new 4-track EP
The Common Denominator.

TUTV: Welcome back to DA’s atmospheric, trip-hop
bubble for another relaxing, ear-and-mind massage.


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Artist: BETH ORTON
Who: The British, long-time renowned
singer-songwriter from Norfolk.

Track: OTHERSIDE
New piece from her brand new, 9th LP,
called The Ground Above.

TUTV: A heart-rending, spine-tingling,
vocal stream of consciousness thrill.

Soul-touching.


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Artist: CARLY SIMON
Who: American singer-songwriter shero (82 now) who became worldwide
known for her hit single You’re So Vain (more than 700 million streams on
Spotify) in 1972.

Track: HOWL
First single from her new 24th LP, first in 17 years,
called Comes In Waves. Out on August 14th.

Simon: “‘Howl’ lives in that space between betrayal and forgiveness, where anger has
to be voiced before it can be released. It’s about letting the frustration out so it doesn’t
sit and simmer. The song begins in anger, but it moves toward forgiveness, and speaks
to any situation where trust has been broken.”

TUTV: Howl shows that Simon‘s voice has aged admirably. Impressively strong
and riveting. The song itself is a tremendously arousing gem. Exquisite performance.

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Band: REALLY GOOD TIME
Who: 3 heated, Irish punk rock
dropouts from Dublin.

Track: DO IT

“It’s a song about impossible tasks. It’s about trying to do everything you have been told to do in life, and never achieving what was promised. The goalposts have shifted, no, that isn’t how you do it.”

TUTV: Really Good Time are manic motherrockers, racing and rushing with puissance and roasting power. They develop a kind of Gilla Band disturbance, but less chaotic, way more movin’ and groovin’. Whether you want it or not, your head goes 360. Blimey.

Just do it!

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Band: FARVEBLIND
Who: Electro dance-pop-rock trio from Copenhagen, Denmark that fabricates
sonic touchstones ranging from Battles and The Chemical Brothers to Underworld
and Viagra Boys.

Track: KNOCKING DOWN YOUR DOOR.
Piece from their brand new debut LP, titled Micro Pleasures.
It features vocals by itcallsme i.

TUTV: A cocksure, motorik-feverish dancefloor filler for sweaty nightclubs. A tsunami of synth extravaganza hits you straight in the face, while rollicking vocals add a jaunty feel.

Bingo!

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Photo by Luke Bovill

Artists: ARAB STRAP
Who: Trippy Scottish electro-pop vets, Aidan Moffat and
Malcolm Middleton (1995–2006, 2011, 2016–present).

Track: YOU YOU YOU
First single from their new full-length Half-Told Tales,
their 9th, out on September 4th. Tracklist here.

AS: “A disco-metal sound and lyrics that explore
overcoming troubles and tumultuous times”.

TUTV: Trip Trip Trip! Hip Hip Hip! We We We!

“I’ve got a portly paunch I just can’t shift/I feel undesired, dismissed, adrift/
My get-up-and-go is long gone/ and the days keep dragging on/ But I’ve got
you, you, you”

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Promo picture

Band: WESTSIDE COWBOY
Who: Fast up-and-coming indies
from Manchester, UK.

They turned all eyes and ears on their spellbinding post-Brexshit-punk disturbance with
2 EPs, This Better Be Something Great (2025) and So Much Country ‘Till We Get There (January 2026), both together worth an ace album.


Album artwork

Track: KICK STONES (THE BOYS)
Single from their upcoming debut LP, titled It Goes On.
Out on August 21st. Tracklist here. Pre-order info here.

TUTV: A jittery, hypnotic, speedy guitar-riffin’ roller coaster ripper, spirited
with Geese-resonating duet vocals. All freshly galvanic and strangely thrilling.
They’re gonna be big. Pretty soon.

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📸 Charlie Pryor

Band: BLOC PARTY
Who: London‘s indie rockers,
fronted by charismatic songwriter
Kele Okereke.

Track: COMING ON STRONG
First single from their upcoming 7th full-length, titled
Anatomy Of A Brief Romance, out September 11th.
Tracklist here.

Okereke wrote the record in the wake of a more than decade-long relationship.
“Every lyric you’re hearing on this record was something that actually happened to me.
I had to tell the story, from start to finish.”

TUTV: Damn. Time flies with supersonic speed. BC are entertaining our eager eardrums since 1999. Well Okereke took time, now and then, for solo work, but it’s always a sonic pleasure to hear them coming up, again and again with firm, dance-spiked singles.

Play!

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Artists: RADARBASE
Who: Two Brits knocking
dance anthems together.

Track: SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL

TUTV: Soft Cell on adrenaline. Erasure on amphetamine. Enriching electro pop nirvana
at its most beautiful. Ignore the outside bedlam for about 6 minutes on repeat. The beat goes on and on and on. Twirl yourself dizzy.

Eureka.

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Artist: MARTIN CARR
Who: Former guitarist of Britpop
idols The Boo Radleys.

Track: WHAT FUTURE
The title song of his new album.

Carr: “I’ve been putting together these sounds for many years but this
is the first time where I thought ‘this doesn’t really sound like anything else
and decided to put it out.”

TUTV: Techno daft-punk on the run. Electro rock shock. Winding mix of paranoic synths, bass booms, and some helium-infused Carr interventions. Good grief. What a brainfucker.

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Band: KNEECAP
Who: The controversial and
outspoken Irish rap trio.

Track: COLD AT THE TOP
Cut from their 3rd LP,
named Fenian.

TUTV: Hip-hop-rotating vibes combined with non-stop
rap radiation results in one of their most mainstream
firecrackers.

Shake it.

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Band: ICEAGE
Who: Glamorous Danish indie outfit fronted
by charismatic frontman Elias Bender Rønnenfelt.

Track: THE WEAK
Piece from their 6th LP, baptized
For Love Of Grace & The Hereafter,
out today.

TUTV: This is a sassy, kind of fuck you stunner, that speeds all over your
trembling stereo with Rønnenfelt throwing sneers around. Vicious sucker
punch all the way.

Badass.

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Band: THE CHRONICLES OF MANIMAL AND SAMARA
Who: London-based DIY duo – Daphne Ang (Singapore) and Andrea Papi (Italy)
that fills a gap in music by bringing literature, art, and history together into a
space where rock and metal meet electronica.

Track: GIROTONDO
Single from their forthcoming 4th album, named Misantropi.
Out June 22nd. Tracklist and pre-order info here.

TUTV: This Metallica-echoing shocker thunders unstoppably and peaks every time its fistpumping chorus kicks in. TCOMAS rock here as never before. They kick ass with this striking uppercut.

Helter skelter.

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Band: SOCIAL DISTORTION
Who: The robust, generational Californian rockers fronted by the only
original member, voice/guitarist/songwriter Mike Ness, who beat tonsil
cancer a few years ago, are one of the most notorious and celebrated
American punk bands ever.

Track: CRAZY DREAMER
Cut from their brand new, 15th full-length Born To Kill.
It features the wonderful country star Lucinca Williams
on vocals.

TUTV: This really fun country rock corker makes
my ears happy and is a top mood booster.

Catchy as hell.

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Artist: JON SPENCER
Who: Flaming blues rock expert riffin’
around with different bands and solo
since 1983.

Track: ORANGE SLICE BLUES
Piece from his forthcoming album, named
Songs Of Personal Loss And Portest
out on June 12th. More info here.

TUTV: Vicious riffs, red-hot riffs, nasty riffs. Spencer never gets tired.
You’re never too old to run electrical amok seems to be his motto.

Let’s roll.

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Band: CASSIUS WOLF & DAS ABS
Who: The musical project of Cassius Wolf and Don Watson. Formed in Liverpool during the original wave of post-punk and new wave. Now, decades later, that same spirit is driving the band’s long-awaited return.

Track: LOSING SLEEP
Single from their brand new full-length, An Afternoon in Bedlam. Stream here.

TUTV: When I say that this avid anthem has an epic Echo & Bunnymen sonority,
you should pay attention instantly. The flamboyant flair, the whirling drive, the
euphoric vocals. I see Ian McCulloch standing around the corner, with a big smile
on his face.

Top drawer tune.

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Photographer: Martin Sommerschield

Band: DELFOI ROAD
Who: A Finnish alternative rock act, formed at the turn of the millennium.
The four-piece blends artistic sensitivity, strong melodic songwriting, and
atmospheric depth with an energetic and dynamic edge.

Track: TAKE ME AWAY
New piece from their upcoming debut full-length, planned to come out in the fall.
“It’s one of the catchiest and most radio-friendly tracks on the album.”


Artwork single

TUTV: Think Mumford and Sons‘ arousing passion and vocal eagerness.
Take Me Away draws you into its stirring spirits, its intensifying orchestration,
and its exhilarating euphoniousness. Towering tour de force.

Tremendous bliss.

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Artist: BIZARRE FAE
Who: British eccentric non-binary
“fairy-witch” from Hull.

Debut LP, Revolting, came out in 2024.

Track: REAL PROBLEMS

BZ: “I’ve spent a long time thinking about where to take my musical journey next & Real Problems, ironically, has become an unexpected solution. I wrote this track off the cuff a while back, as an outlet for feeling disconnected from the so called “real world”. For my entire life I’ve been told “that’s just how the world is” but all I’ve learnt in my 23 years alive is that it seems the world was never meant to be like this.

Humans have this disturbing desire to disconnect themselves from the natural world & forget that we’re in fact all a part of it. Real Problems is my attempt to reconnect to that part of myself that I feel has been hidden away due to societal noise. I’ve never met ‘these people’ & they’ve never met me, so why am I expected to uphold their ideas of who I was meant to be!”

TUTV: Industrial slam-bang EBM for all dance-addicted misfits out there.
You need to be in top shape to catch up with Bizarre Fae. She zooms with
steamy swiftness throughout this boomtastic missile. Face your problems
and sway them into oblivion. Trust me, it’s unquestionably worth a try.

Fast and furious.

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Artist: TRICKY
Who: Trip-hop bigwig and former Massive Attack visionary, born
Adrian Nicholas Matthews Thaws in Bristol-UK 58 years ago.

Track: BECAUSE I DON’T KNOW
Newest single from his 15th LP, named Different When It’s Silent.
It’ll land on July 17th. Tracklist and pre-order info here.

TUTV: Tricky grooves in the dark again.
Tenseness in the air, twitchiness in motion.

Masterly piece.

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Photo by Jenn Webb

Artist: KAT FIVE
Who: EBM songstress from London. She fuses together a raw
punk energy with a dark pop magic, she consistently creates
indefinable, politically-engaged glitched-up anthems.

Track: EMERGENCY START
Newest single.

 

FIVE: “This is a call out to all kinds of creators, and also a shout out
for some simple moves you can make against techno-feudalism.”

TUTV: Kat Five offers a both luring and foreboding-sounding EBM tune for
shadow-dancing fans. Despite the hazardous times worldwide, she suggests,
rightly so, that togetherness is the only way to get out of the intolerant chaos
we have to go through right now.

Action!


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Artist: SOUTHPAW GRAMMAR
Who: British garage musician and producer. He has toured extensively with some
of the biggest names in popular music. His music speaks directly to the realities of working-class life while delivering dancefloor-ready grooves.

Track: THE NEW DANCE

“It captures the evolution of a generation raised on late nights and pirate radio, now navigating mortgages, energy bills, and nursery pickups. With his signature dry wit and unmistakably British storytelling, Southpaw Grammar delivers a relatable anthem for anyone who’s swapped the rave for responsibility but still hears the bassline in everyday life.”

TUTV: This is cheer fun. Its ska-esque beat and jumpy flow kick-start hectic body movements. Bouncy piano touches and frolicsome rappin’ piggyback the feel-good tone. Ideal to play when workin’ out, although I fear that many of us (certainly me) will fall over our feet when trying to follow the pace. Fervid ambiance.

Just a lot more coffee,
and ess Charlie Sheen.

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Photo by Kelly Davidson

Band: GIRL WITH A HAWK
Who: Boston collective fronted by longtime
musician and scene veteran Linda Viens.

Track: WASN’T IT JUST YESTERDAY
Single from the upcoming new LP Regenesis.
It will arrive on June 12th. More info here.

LV: “At least four or five of the songs on the record speak to a life lived being in bands, the bonds forged, and the life of a musician and performer, with themes of loss, addiction, death and redemption woven through. All the cliches about spending your time in bars, being on the road, being ‘out’ and not at home, are real.”

TUTV: Overall, this is a warm, hearty, and nostalgic energizer, spiced with classic textbook riffs and bright-eyed and bushy-tailed vocals. A stimulating upper for moody moments. It’s only rock ‘n’ roll, but we’ll never stop liking it.

Forever.


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Artists: KIDS WITH BUNS
Who: Lauded dream pop duo from Belgium. They released
their debut album Out Of Place in 2023.

Track: HALF OF A DREAM
First single from their upcoming 2nd LP,
titled ‘Bell Jar‘. Out October 16th.

TUTV: Dream pop bliss with a romantic
melodiousness and heartwarming vocality.

Beautiful.

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20 BEST TRACKS OF THE MONTH – APRIL 2026

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Best of the best of the past month

ALL TOGETHER


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Band: GANG OF FOUR

Who: The widely acclaimed post-punk heroes who wrote history with
their jaw-dropping debut album Entertainment! back in 1979. Five
years later, they called it a day.

From there on, several reunions followed, with co-founder and
singer/lyricist Jon King returning between 2004 and 2011.

Then, brilliant, innovative guitarist Andy Gill, who sadly
passed away in 2020, aged 64, due to the COVID-19 virus.

Last year, the band came back once more with Jon King again
and original drummer Hugo Burnham for a farewell tour and
they now gear up for another handful of American gigs,
with this new crackerjack corker..

Track: NO KINGS HERE!
Inspired by the recent anti-Trump protests
in America under the banner No Kings.

TUTV: An amazeballs stunner. Vintage Gang Of Four pyrotechnics.
Funk punk frenzy. Adrenaline for headbangers and bass freaks.

Blimey!

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Band: TRIGGERFINGER

Who: Belgian rock vets Ruben Block and Mario Goossens
who started as a trio in 1998 So far they have released
5 albums.

Track: STARS.

TUTV: An archetypal finger on the guitar trigger
sledgehammer. Overwhelming rock bravado.

Helter skelter.

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Band: CYPRESS HILL

Who: The weed-fueled hip-rap-hoppers
from South Gate, California.

Track: CAMPEONES

New piece from their upcoming 11th LP. A project performed entirely
in Spanish that aims to highlight their Latin roots and reconnect directly
with their cultural heritage. Tracklist & release date TBA.

It features fellow rapper Mellow Mace Ace.

TUTV: Vamos, rapeemos. Cypress Hill trigger your pelvis to move from left to right
and back to the accordion’s ambiance. Sickly sticking melodia. Fix yourself a cocktail
and sway your body to the motorik swagger.

Still insane in the brain.

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Band: BIG SPECIAL

Who: Indie rock tandem from the Black Country in
the English West Midlands with 3 albums under their
belt.

Track: ONLY FREE WHEN SLEEPING
Cut from their upcoming 10-track EP,
called O, JOY!. It’ll land on June 5.

TUTV: Joy to the world. These special guys offer a crazed corker
going wham bam bloody wham bam while rapping vocals roll all
over the boisterous beats.

Alright!

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Photo by Klankbild

Band: WHOLES

Who: Raucous noise outfit led by Belgian, musical chameleon Wolf Vanwymeersch,

Last year, the band scored big time with their heart-wrenching debut LP, named
A Mass In The Water. One of the best 10 LPs of 2025 according to TUTV‘s ears.

Track: THE MOMENT

TUTV: Frontman Wolf told us that this new tune is not as dark as the previous ones,
even a teeny bit romantic with a line that goes like this “If our eyes lock for a second,
we’ll share an eternity”.

Besides that lovey-dovey line, The Moment sounds actually more like a brain-breaking nightmare, motorized by about 100 guitars and Wolf‘s ghostly vocals. It progresses
like a slow-burning torch that will, eventually, extinguish in the end. Spooky and
chilling if you ask me. Not really a whole lotta love here.

Catch the moment, folks.


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Band: GETDOWN SERVICES

Who: Wacky and ironic disco-rap-punk duo from Bristol, UK
who made an instant impression in their home country with their
festive 2023 debut LP Crisps followed by a couple of EPs.

Track: THE RADIATOR
New single.

TUTV: Another rap-turous hip-shaker, simple but irresistible.
An upper to get you through your daily grind. Jive-tastic.

Move now.
Left and right
Up and down.

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Artist: COMMON FLAWS

Who: The solo project of Giacomo Oberti
the singer/songwriter for Italian synth-pop
act The Bankrobber.

Track: Can’t Sit, Won’t Sit

TUTV: Ecstatic 90s acid house the Soulwax way. Medication for addicted Ibiza partygoers. Electronic bass-cannonade mixed with chemical bros beats and gyrating, computerized voices. Nightclub magnetism.

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Artist: SPACEMOTH

Who: American psych-pop musician/producer Maryam Qudus.
She released her debut full-length No Past No Future, in 2022.

Track: DO WE EXIST?
New single from her upcoming 2nd album, titled Inward Eye.
It’ll see the day of light on June 26th. More info here.

TUTV: Anxious guitars, pounding drum/bass, frolicky synths,
and lighthearted vocals combine for a peppy electro earworm.

A-OK.

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Band: TEMPLES

Who: The British psychedelic-flavoured,
glam-poppers from London.

New Track: VENDETTA
Newest single from their forthcoming 5th album,
called Bliss. Out June 26th.

James Bagshaw: “Suddenly, you had this almost Justice-Daft Punk-sounding
sample that then goes into something that could be a modern take on dance
music, like a David Guetta or Avicii song.”

TUTV: Expect a dazzling ride, going in different directions. Vendetta is
a boggling symphony, sonically multicolored, and features another glittery
vocal performance by charismatic frontman James Bagshaw.

Blissfull.

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Photo by Robin Laananen

Band: MODEST MOUSE

Who: Portland-based rockers formed by singer/songwriter
and guitarist Isaac Brock in 1993 in Issaquah, Washington.

They’re quite active lately. It started with the celebration of the 20th anniversary
of their 4th LP Good News For People Who Love Bad News, and a tour that
will run until summer.

Track: PICKING DRAGON’S POCKETS

TUTV: One of those cock-a-hoop MM moments. A blissed-out dancefloor
filler for eager limbs. Isaac Brock is still tune-crazy after all these years,
still rockin’ da house. Hail hail!

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Band: HOLY COVES

Who: Highly passionate Welsh rockers, fronted
by singer-songwriter Scott Marsden.

Track: HOLE
Single from their 4th longplayer, titled Hiraeth, and
planned for release on August 14th. More info here.

Marsden: “After my Mum passed away last year it got me thinking a lot about death,
and what does all this really matter after we’re gone. We really do need to make the most
of the time we have, and to make each day count. There really is always a light at the end
of the tunnel, however hard it may seem.”

TUTV: Another fired-up, vintage HC steamroller with an uplifting tone, strung-out
guitars and avid vocals. A bracing and encouraging momentum for the future.


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Band: LONELY LITTLE KITSCH

Who: Two-piece alt-rock band from Niagara, Canada featuring
vocalist/songwriter Kristen Goetz and guitarist Nolan Jodes.

Track: SOMEWHERE ELSE
Their 8th single ahead of their debut full-length, coming out
later in the year. One of the first songs written by the couple.

Goetz: “It’s a song about people who copy and paste themselves. They see others
doing something interesting and need to believe they can do it better. You find it
everywhere, in music, in business, in everyday life. There’s always someone
who wants what you’ve achieved and is convinced they deserve it more.”

TUTV: Maybe mellower than their previous work, yet sonically, Somewhere Else
is propelled by a voltaic groove and peaks on the poppy chorus, colored with
tantalizing vocals.

Have fun with the hilarious skeleton.

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Band: THE ROOST
Who: An alternative rock band that shapes an atypical musical universe
whose energy is drawn from the roots of rock, nu-metal, and stoner.

Track: AS IT SEEMS
This single is the beginning of a major new chapter. The group’s new
six-track mini album, named ‘Black Mountain‘ is set to officially drop
on 22 May, 2026.

TUTV: Last week Foo Fighters released their new album, and this is one of the highlights. Oops. I’ll restart. Foo Fighters have a new album out and some tracks, as it seems, echo these Belgian power-rockers. Not kidding.

At the core of this firecracker, we have a poppy vocal melody, but a greedy artillery try desperately to dominate this juggernaut. Check out for yourself who wins the fight.

Here’s your new favourite toy.

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Band: SILK

Who: The musical project of Irish guitarist/songwriter
Michael Smyth of former shoegazers Virgins.

Track: AURALUX
The title track from the upcoming mini-album debut,
out on May 7th. Tracklist and pre-order info here.

Lyrically, the song cuts across themes of loss and
acceptance, catharsis via volume and reverb.


Album artwork

TUTV: Shoegaze at its transcendental best. After a fuzzy intro, your ears get engulfed by a wide-ranging flood of galvanic guitars, dragging you into a whirlpool of six-string electricity with a melodramatic and bombastic resonance, while Smyth‘s velvety vocals hover all over the voltaic storm. One of his best compositions to date.


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Band: REMINGTON SUPER 60
Who: Daydreamers from Norway.

Christoffer Schou (founder/songwriter): “Time to Breathe” is a little more energetic than our usual dream‑pop leanings — built around a groovy bassline and our singer’s soft, airy vocals. It was recorded in my living‑room studio, surrounded by guitars, basses, and a pile of well‑worn 80s Casio and Yamaha toy keyboards that have quietly shaped our sound over the years.”

TUTV: Entrancing dream pop music is about ear-catching, infectious, and stimulating tunes that bounce around in your head right away, and that you add to your favorite playlist (as I did).

Time To Breathe is one of that kind. Sensual vocals, sprightly melodiousness, a bass-driven groove, arresting chorusing, retro-romantic echoes synthesise here refreshingly. Summer is just around the corner.

Enjoy the sonic breeze.


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Band: THE GET ALONGS

Who: Canadian indie team formed in 2017 have spent the better part of a decade refining a sound that pulls from 60s garage, 70s power pop, and 90s psych without getting stuck in any one lane.

Track: COME ON
The first advance single from their upcoming,
sophomore LP, Second To None, due June 19, 2026

“The kind of track that feels right at home spilling out onto Queen West after
last call, guitars ringing out over the hum of streetcars and whatever’s left
of the night.” 

TUTV: Garage rock ruckus with all cylinders on. Filthy riffs, edged hooks,
unfaltering beats, and sinewy vocals. All those afire ingredients squeezed
together lead to a psyched-out slice of raw and rough exuberance. Come on,
press the play button and let your eardrums have some shuddering fun.

Dope stroke.

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Artist: TRICKY

Who: Co-founder of trip-hop stars Massive Attack, 38 years ago (I know,
sounds like ages). Not happy with his role in MA he left after 2 albums
and started a remarkable solo career.

Track: OUT OF PLACE
The lead single of his forthcoming 15th full-length,
baptized Different When It’s Silent. More info here.

 

TUTV: Trippy, spacey, and far-out as we know the now
58-year-old maverick for a long time. Still pushing the
right buttons.

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Credit Pat Piasecki

Band: OTHER BROTHER DARRYL
Who: Country & Americana collective from Boston.
They released their debut LP Roll Shine Roll last year.

Track: TAKE IT WITH YOU
New single.

TUTV: Warm Americana at its nostalgic best. Sonically, harmonically and
melodically. Take It With You is richly orchestrated with both an acoustic
glow and steel guitar sparkles, mellow organs and piano now and then
in the back.

Feel-good country rock vibes, early Eagles come to mind, sooth our troubled
state of mind and make us dream about much-needed better times. There’s
always an encouraging light that shines at the end of the melancholia tunnel.

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Photo by Hannah De Vries

Artist: LEYLA EBRAHIMI

Who: Emotive New York via
Reston (Virginia) songstress.

Track: I’M SORRY MARIA
Piece from upcoming EP.
Details TBA.

TUTV: Alternating reflective moments with fired-up
emotions, Ebrahimi stirs with a tremendously vocal
score.

Fantabulous.

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Artist: SUKI WATERHOUSE

Who: Songstress, actress
and model from London.

Track: TINY RAISIN
New single from her forthcoming 3rd album, called
Loveland. It comes our way on July 10th.

Waterhouse: “A love song at its core. It’s a song that stands by the fact that real love in its truest essence can be chaotic, ridiculous, and imperfect, while still being something that is absolutely worth choosing over and over again at the end of the day.”

TUTV: Power pop glamour with witty lyrics and fabulous vocals. Dumpfounding class.

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20 BEST TRACKS OF THE MONTH – MARCH 2026

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Best of the best of the past month

ALL TOGETHER


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TRACK-BY-TRACK

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Artists: SOFT CELL
Who: British electro pop champs SOFT CELL,
featuring vocalist Marc Almond and keyboardist
Dave Ball.

Track: OUT COME THE FREAKS
Lead single from their upcoming 6th LP,
baptized Dancetaria. Details TBA.

The album was finished before co-founder
Dave Ball, passed away last October.

TUTV: Back to the discotheques’ dancefloors of the 80s, colored
with its soulful flamboyance and hedonistic nights out. Sway, swing,
and shake. Get sweaty.

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Band: SOULWAX,
Who: The Belgian brothers David and Stephen Dewaele‘s main project for
30 years now, released their 6th longplayer, called All Systems Are Lying,
last year in October.

Track: PERFECT WE ARE NOT
New piece which they wrote and recorded in
just 24 hours in the historic Abbey Road Studios
in London.

TUTV: It’s a nearly 8-minute electro-spiked brainbreaker echoing,
both New Order and LCD Soundsystem with its motorik beeps an
bleeps perseverance, and nerve-racking repetition.

The siblings throw some nonchalant vocals in the mix before
storming towards an orgastic techno finale. Perfect.

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Artist: GELLI HAHA
Who: Elated EB-pop-M
songstress based in L.A.

Track: KLOUDS WILL CARRY ME TO SLEEP
Single from her brand new debut full-length
Switcheroo.

TUTV: Get on cloud nine and twirl yourself
dizzy with this eye-and-ear catching pop pearl.

Blissful.

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Artist: COURTNEY BARNETT
Who: Utterly cool rocker
from down under.

Track: GREAT ADVICE
Cut from her brand new,
4th LP Creature Of Habit.

TUTV: Don’t expect Barnett to turn into a pop diva. She’s still her slacker rocker
self, writing both lazy and electrical sonic goodies. And that’s what she does here
again. Great Advice is bite-sized, infectious, and uplifting.

Press play
and wiggle.


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Press photo by Alex Lockett

Band: BLEACHERS
Who: Workalcoholic (producing multiple other artists,
writing music for his own band, touring) JACK ANTONOFF
and his back-up team.

Track: DIRTY WEDDING DRESS
Piece from their upcoming new full-length, called
Everyone For Ten Minutes and out on May 22.

TUTV: Bleachers rock out on this upbeat,
sax-flavored, foot-tapping, and scream-along
corker.

Bang-on.

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By Ay Eye

Act: BRIAN & THE ONIONS
Who: A project of no fixed members, but emerging
as a duo to release this reactive stonker.

Track: SMALL BOATS

TUTV: Brian and The Onions don’t waste time. They produce a ton of decibels from
the get-go. They move and groove with sturdy doggedness, mulled with in-your-face vocals. And you can yell along to the chanty chorus. Rock ‘n’ rap-punk roll rules.

Think Sleaford Mods with their amps way up.

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Band: THE ACTIONS
Who: duo from Bristol, UK.

Track: TAKE MORE
Their first release since their
2021 debut album Flourish.

“Take More is a song about growing up in the suburbs. It captures nights spent twisting your mind over the future, caught between staying with the people you love and the need to escape, struggling to find anything that breaks the loop.”

TUTV: Imagine Hole fronted by Joan Jett. Bitchy, right? You betcha. This is a knife-edged stormer, vitalized by buzzing guitars and non-stop pushing drum beats, while the male action of the duo jumps in for some vocal assistance. Wanna have fun partying downtown?

Take more and hit the floor.

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Band: THE SOPHS
Who: Young up-and-coming
indies from Los Angeles.

Track: THEY TOLD ME TO JUMP, I SAID HOW HIGH
Piece from their debut LP Goldstar.

TUTV: Yes! A stirred-up ska-like groove gets your pelvis abuzz. Rapping vocals,
a hefty guitar upsurge, and 70s organ glow complete the hustling picture. What
if I tell you to jump? Would you?

Maybe, definitely.


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Band: AWAY // FANS
Who: Jumpy London team, formed in 2020, classing themselves as an indie-dance
five-piece who set out to make music that gets everyone dancing, screaming, and misbehaving. Formed in the early part of the 2020’s

Track: PERFECT MOMENT

“Perfect Moment is an ode to messy nights and hungover mornings with the people you love.
It’s a celebration of youthful stupidity and hedonism, as well as the long-lasting connections
we can make in all the silliness.”

TUTV: C’mon, get your lazy butt off your couch and shake your booty to this
bass-propelled twist-around this stimulating invigorator. This is the perfect moment to throw your furniture out of the window and make some room for your twirling actions.

The rapping vocalist shows the way, backed now and then by cheery harmonies,
while the diligent drummer produces an addictive disco beat, which made that
1978 hit Born To Be Alive popped up on my stereo in my head.

Time to work out.

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Artist: MY LO-FI HEART
Who: The project of electro-pop songwriter
Ian Turley from Sheffield, UK.

Track: WE CAN’T FALL

“It’s a song about the ecstasy of being in love, the feeling that floating on air, of being so close that you can feel the pulse of your heart when looking into the eyes of your special person. The sensation of spinning and spiralling higher with a rush of feelings which won’t ever stop, you won’t come down.”


TUTV: Pop techno for crowded dancefloors in torrid nightclubs. If your body doesn’t vibrate when We Can’t Fall enters your eager ears, you need to consult your shrink or change your medication. Anyway, invite your lover for a wild night out in the city and
let the adrenaline take over.

Catch up, but don’t fall over your feet.

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Band: McCASLIN DAHLE
Who: Duo of seasoned musicians featuring Donny McCaslin (3x Grammy nominee, bandleader on Blackstar by David Bowie) and Ryan Dahle (Limblifter, Age of Electric, Mounties).

Track: HENRY TAKES THE 5TH  
First single, from their upcoming debut album MXD,
out May 22nd. Tracklist and more info right here.

“The song frames the mundane through a child’s lens where
the everyday feels enormous, heavy and extraordinary.”

TUTV: Expect a speedy, head-twisting ride, full-steam ahead from the get-go. Vocally magnetic, sonically intoxicating, and hopped-up, spiced with frenetic saxophone upsurges, adding a freaky force to this turbulent psych stormer. One spin and your ears are hooked.

Dope.


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Band: THE N.S.O.
Who: A Yorkshire (UK) four-piece who mix various influences and genres into their work, resulting in a sound that is enticingly fresh and exciting. They combine dark and gritty vocals with light-hearted melodies making for a winning combo at every turn.

Track: COUNCELLORS CALL

“Counsellors Call is a conversation with yourself, your partner, your boss, your friends or your ‘counsellor’. It’s realisation and contradiction in one, to a familiar rhythm in a humorous way, just like life itself.”

TUTV: Take up the phone and wobble and wabble to the strumming
Coral-esque guitar swagger at work here. Counsellors Calls is a jumpy, frisky,
and pop-juiced tune that will bounce in your head for the rest of the day.

Bingo.


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Photo by Royal Cream

Band: THE AFGHAN WHIGS
Who: Cincinnati‘s rock bigshots
who celebrate their 40th birthday
as a group.

Track: HOUSE OF I

Greg Dulli (singer/songwriter): “Laid this one down in New Orleans
last summer. Was looking for an uptempo banger and feel like we
found one here.”

TUTV: An uptempo banger it is, Mr. Dulli. It sounds
like 2026 is gonna be a wild Afghan Whigs party year.

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Artist: COMMON FLAWS
Who: The solo project of Giacomo Oberti
the singer/songwriter for Italian synth-pop
team The Bankrobber.

Track: FOR YOU

TUTV: It’s been a while since we had Common Flaws on our headphones, and it’s
a techno-stoked pleasure to hear Oberti again playing around with synths, producing
an ongoing, motorik EBM stomper, which bounces around in your head all day long.

Dance.
Here.

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Band: DOPAMINE FIX
Who: Fresh-Irish indie duo who’s manifesto says a lot about them:
“With a nod to the Dadaists, we create Post Punk, Experimental and
Electronica which aims to unnerve, to disturb and to question.”

Track: REAL

“This piece speaks from inside the aftermath: after the damage, after the noise, when
certainty has begun to fail. In a world shaped by artificial intelligence, disinformation
and continuous media manipulation, perception is no longer shared. Reality becomes something assigned rather than lived.”

TUTV: Dopamine Fix offer a voltaic, jump-up-and-down earworm
that bangs and booms from start to finish, like disco legends Erasure
with a punky vibe. Trust me, they’re for real, and they produce real
sonic stimulants.

Play that funky music, here and now.

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Band: DEAD RAT SOCIETY
Who: London-based team producing bombastic explosion of Punk, Electro, Hip Hop and Grunge Rock. They are a genre-bending conceptual rollercoaster, fusing the no-nonsense lyricism of punk, the hard hitting dance beats of Electronic Music and the raucous noise of fuzz rock.

Track: OPEN YOUR MIND (TOOTI FROOTI ICE CREAM)

TUTV: These weirdos are big fun, triggering your foxtrot moves with big horns, big beats, big vocals, and big rotations. DRS make you smile, cheer, and spin around like a carousel. Simple and 100% effective with a lot of sassy swagger. That’s entertainment for you, mister Weller

Here we go,
up and down,
left and right.

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Photo: Cat Meade

Band: CAPE CRUSH
Who: Power-emo-pop indies from Boston, MA
fronted by singer/guitarist Ali Lipman.

Track: COME ON SHED YOUR LIGHT ON ME
Final single from their upcoming debut LP, titled
Place Memory. Tracklist and order info here.

The song is about the loss of Lipman‘s mother.

Ali Lipman (singer/guitarist) : “I wanted to reflect on the stage of life I was in before her
death, recognizing how youth, distraction, and inexperience kept me from fully appreciating
the time we had together. The song explores that painful awareness, as well as the disorientation of sudden loss and the struggle to make sense of it all.

At its core, this song is about how grief becomes a lasting expression of love, shaping
how I move through the world and reminding me to stay present, because nothing is guaranteed.”

TUTV: At the song’s start, the light goes on slowly and smoothly until frenzied guitars,
a pushing rhythm section and passionate vocals take over and inject this flare-up with gusto and fervor, peaking on the ardent chorus.

It feels as if Lipman wants to ease her pain caused by a dramatic loss and decides
to choose for the future with this emotional eruption. Music has a cathartic force.

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Band: GREAT HARE
Who: Seasoned DIY guitar
rockers from Sweden.

Track: VOYAGER 3

TUTV: Once again, these Swedish music addicts show their knack for writing
attention-grabbing tunes that spin around in your head throughout the day.

This new bass-peppered composition has a bit of slacker rock touch, bringing
Dinosaur Jr to mind, with fewer guitar layers, but more melodic and with vocally
passionate J Mascis echoes.

Get on board.


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📷 Gareth Harwood and B. Kayla Bell

Band: SEADOG
Who: Dream-pop outfit from the mystic shores of Brighton.
They have 2 albums under their belts. Cabin Fever Blues (2018)
and Internal Noise (2024).

Track: AGAINST THE GRAIN

Press info: “An indie anthem for the underdog. A celebration of the ones who carve their own path, rather than follow the herd. The song embraces that raw authenticity and the care-free energy of youth.


Sleeve artwork by B. Kayla Bell

TUTV: Against The Grain balances somewhere between smooth Dinosaur Jr moments
and guitar-layered fuzziness by Band Of Horses, invigorated with rigid drum/bass pulsations and spacey melodiousness. On top, silvery vocals float along, bringing Sparklehorse‘s hallucinatory vocals to mind. Splendiferous stroke.

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Band: CHERRY NOVA
Who: Australian indies
from Sunshine Coast.

Track: LIFE OF THE PARTY

The song captures the internal tug-of-war of extroversion: throwing yourself into the night to escape your own thoughts and masking heaviness with noise, movement and people. Written for those who are always invited and always present, the track sits in the uneasy aftermath of the night when you are imminently left alone.

TUTV: This slow-burning torch progresses in slo-mo, amplified with weeping guitars and somber-sounding vocals. The party is over, once again. You’re alone, again. I guess many can connect by experience with this sad situation, therefore making this distressed song an inspiring one. Shared sorrow is half sorrow

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20 BEST TRACKS OF THE MONTH – FEBRUARY 2026

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Best of the best of the month

ALL TOGETHER


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TRACK-BY-TRACK

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Band: LIP CRITIC
Who:  Adrenalized indie
crew from New York.

Track: LEGS IN A SNARE
Lead single from their 3rd LP,
titled Theft World. Out May 1st.

TUTV: Wham Boom Wham Boom Bam! From the first chord on, you can stamp your feet, spin your head around, and punch your hands in the air. Lip Critic bop to the beastly beat, so does your itching body.

But as the track progresses, the funky ambiance gets ominous, aggressive, and brutal. Vocalist Bret Kaser goes nuts, the band goes bonkers, your stereo goes berserk, and
your ears go bananas. Hallelujah.

Fucktastic, right? You betcha.

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Band: TEMPLES
Who: The glitzy British glam
rockers from London.

Track: JET STREAM HEART
Lead single from their forthcoming 5th full-length, the first
in 3 years, named Bliss. They will share it with the world
on June 26th.

TUTV: Frontman says James Bagshaw, the track sounds like Kylie Minogue
meets Daft Punk, meets Temples! My ears hear something a bit different,
more like good old T.Rex hanging out with Hot Chip at the disco. Most
important thing: T is back.

Glimmering stroke.

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📸 Tina Gross

Band: THE DARTS
Who: Garage rock Amazons based in Seattle, Washington,
fronted by charismatic singer-songwriter Nicole Laurenne.

Track: APOCALYPSE
Cut from their upcoming 6th longplayer, named
Halloween Love Songs, out on March 3rd.

TUTV: Jumpy. Bouncy. Zippy. Cacophonic overtones, frolic organ blitz, sinewy vocals,
and psychobilly guitars drenched in an Eastern frenzy, blast out of your stereo. If this is what the Apocalypse will sound like, I wanna be there. Trust me, so will you.

Woohoo!

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Band: NIMBUS CART
Who: Steamed-up dropouts
from Belgium.

Track: PRIVILEGE

“An energetic, confrontational track about power and the everyday things we tend
to take for granted. No preaching, but something we could all be a bit more aware of. Wouldn’t that be nice?”

TUTV: These Belgian motherrockers trigger your maddest pogo-stick moves and
your insatiable appetite for sweaty moshpits with this fervent flamethrower, fueled
by a bulldozing drum/bass artillery, schizophrenic guitars, and crackbrained vocals.
Consider it a privilege to be able to go out-of-your-mind to this punk dunk.

All together now, loud and proud,
La-La-La-La-La-La-La-La-La.

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Band: REMEMBER SPORTS
Who: Ohio-rooted and Philadelphia-based indie
quartet, formed in 2014, named Sports for a while.

Track: THUMB
Standout cut from their brand
new album The Refrigerator

TUTV: Fast forward from the kick-off with squeaky guitars, a cranky rhythm section,
and hurry-scurry vocals. Speedy punk Gonzales for all you sonic sprinters out there.


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Press photo

Band: VILLANELLE
Who: Fresh Brit-rock trio led
by Liam Gallagher‘s son Gene.

New track: PLACEBO
Their 3rd one. It’ll feature on their
debut EP, which will land on May 6th.

TUTV: Placebo is a haywire riff wallop. Gene Gallagher doesn’t follow in
his father’s band footsteps. His motto is more like ‘tonight I’m a grunge star‘.

Yep, his band don’t look back in anger at the Nirvana days. They’re
definitely, maybe fans of Kurt Cobain‘s unpolished and unbridled
exuberance.

Smells like new teen spirit.

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Photo by John Parrillo

Band: JENNIFER TEFFT & THE STRANGE
Who: A fired-up, energizing outfit who create earthy music
from its roots and breathes fresh, rock and roll life into them.

Track: A LITTLE MORE

Tefft: “This song was written during a point in my relationship where I felt like it was
too one-way. Where I really wanted ‘A Little More’ from my significant other, communication, time, emotion, etc. – but I was afraid to say it out loud. I think it is a pretty common theme in relationships.”


Art by Stephen ‘Sharky’ Beccia; design by Jennifer Tefft

TUTV: If I tell you that riff-riveting blues rock duo The Kills are one of my all-time fav
bands, you’ll absolutely understand why I love this amazeballs crackerjack. Jennifer
Tefft voice matches Alison Mosshart‘s warm-blooded one. Both passional and sensual.

A Little More is a magnetic mid-tempo turn-on, energized by
a striking drum/bass artillery and sparked by anxious guitars.

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Artist: PEACHES
Who: The fabulous/controversial/notorious performer/producer and
feminist/gay activist born Merrill Nisker, 58 years ago in Toronto, Canada.

Track: GRIP
Piece from her brand new, 7th album No Lube So Rude.

TUTV: Peaches is alive and kicking, once again, on the
glittery dancefloor. Get a grip on her euphoric beats.

Shake your booty.


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Artist: LEG PUPPY 2.0
Who: Seasoned techno freak from London who has released a ton
of longplayers (so far). Take a day off and move over to Spotify to
check out as many as possible.

Track: LANYARD MAN

TUTV: As my therapist once said: rich company owners are psychos. No morals,
no respect, no tolerance. Workers are tools abused to help them make even richer.
Leg Puppy 2.0 translates this ongoing criminality into a brain-breaking midtempo techno club-hammer. It easily could be the theme song for George Orwell‘s yet-to-be-made
‘1984‘ movie.

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Press photo

Band: THE BLACK KEYS
Who: Ohio‘s famously rowdy blues tandem,
singer/guitarist Dan Auerbach and drummer
Patrick Carney

Track: YOU GOT TO LOSE
First single from their 3rd LP in 3 years.
It’s baptized Peaches!. It’ll hit the streets
on May 1st.

TUTV: BK go back to their inflammable blues roots with this unbridled
boogie-woogie stomper. They rattle and ramble like in their early days.

Boss.

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Band: FOO FIGHTERS
Who: Former Nirvana drummer Dave
Grohl fav grunge rock toy, since 1994.

Track: YOUR FAVOURITE TOY
Title piece from their upcoming 12th LP,
which will show up on April 24th.

TUTV: The Foos punk their butts off as never
before on this raging riff-ripper. Never too old
to rock hard, Dave.

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Band: HUNGRY
Who: Unabated guitar energized
team from Manchester, UK.

Track: CAMBRIDGE IS ON FIRE

Jacob Peck (frontman/lyricist): “ The song expresses our frustrations with
middle-class comforts, over-analysis without action, nimbyism, intellectual
cowardice as a stand-in for material change and all too easy deference to
business and power.

TUTV: These Manchester punk dropouts hit hard. All greedy sharks in
our collapsing society better run and hide. Hungry go on a roasting rampage,
powered by a propulsive bass/drum tandem, neurotic guitars, and cranked-up
vocals.

Ferocious.

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Band: MONT LOSER
Who: A deformed creature born from the depths of a late-night Parisian haze, half kamikaze, half blood-drunk bat. ML invite you to dive headfirst into the void of a rock scene that always seems to rise from its ashes, when we sometimes wish it would stay dead.

Track: CONFESSIONAL
The title track from their upcoming
album, out on April 17th.

“It’s only reality tv confessionals — people alone in a booth, crying to
the camera, saying things they probably never meant to say out loud.”

TUTV: Ballistic guitars, chaotic screams, mindbending verve and head-twisting changes of speed combine for a roasting 5-minute rollercoaster. Be ready for a dizzying experience.

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Credit Teodora Nenadov

Band: GERECKI
Who: Art rock ensemble from Serbia, known for blending 60s- and 70s-inspired
rock’n’roll with chamber-pop intimacy, subtle psychedelic hues, and jazz-inflected
textures.

Track: IT GETS DARK
New piece from their upcoming debut album, named
Athanasios (Greek word for immortal), out May 7th.

The song draws from a quiet, deeply personal memory: a family visit to the zoo.
Seen through the eyes of a three-year-old daughter — curious, overwhelmed, moved to tears by the crocodile house, then distracted by ducks flying over seemingly empty cages.

TUTV: Gerecki produce a hook-hungry groove, reminiscent of The Beatles‘s classic Get Back jam. No kidding. That’s what my experienced ears (big Beatles fans) told me immediately. A-OK, right? Far and away. It Gets Dark thrives on it and repeats its infectious throb after slowing down here and there.

Rad!

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Artist: BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN

Track: STREETS OF MINNEAPOLIS

After the brutal killings, in cold blood, of two American citizens – Rennée Good
and Alex Pretti last month in Minnesota, several musicians called out Trump and
his ruthless Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

So did The Boss.

“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.”

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Band: KULA SHAKER
Who: British psych rock vets, fronted by charismatic
vocalist/songwriter Crispian Mills. Their 1996 debut LP,
titled K made them instant indie stars.

Track: DUST BENEATH OUR FEET
From their new LP Wormslayer.
Their 8th one.

TUTV: Part acoustic/electric psych groove with
a 60s organ-juiced resonance. Back to the future.


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Artist: KYE ALFRED HILLIG
Who: Singer-songwriter from
Tacoma, Washington.

Track: OUR REMAINING PIG
New taster from his upcoming 9th full-length,
called The All-Night Costume Company.
More info here.

KAH: “I drew a man on his family farm wading across a river toward the final living pig, knowing he had to slaughter it. You can tell he doesn’t want to do this, but sometimes the
hard thing is exactly what must be done.”

TUTV: Arresting from the start. KAH’s puissant Americana voice and the song’s rock-solid Mellencamp flow merge seamlessly together, resulting in a stem-winding gem. Both electric and absorbing.

youtube.com/watch?si=uRqpInLUxku1q-xwnne&v=YtsTszEYkw0&feature=youtu.be

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Artist: MATTHIJS VERSTEGEN
Who: Belgian singer-songwriter.

Track: CLEAN PAGE

Verstegen: “As a songwriter, I have a love-hate relationship with the “blank page.”
As long as I don’t put anything on it, anything is still possible. It’s a promise of everything
song could ever be. But I also find that emptiness intimidating. What if I mess it up?
What if I have nothing meaningful to say?

That uncertainty and doubt reminded me of how I feel after a broken relationship.
You suddenly have to turn the page and write a new chapter. A head full of doubts
and a heart full of hope. And before I knew it, I had a page full of sentences about…
a blank page.”

TUTV: Dim the lights, sit down, relax, and let your thoughts run free. Verstegen will soundtrack it all with this new restful reverie. His near-whispering vocals and acoustic, sepia-colored sonority echo Matt Berninger‘s soft, romantic touch. Candelight music for relaxing moments.

Enchanting.

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Artist: RYAN THOMAS SMELLE
Who: Canadian singer/songwriter with an acoustic approach to storytelling, using
hook-laden songs in the areas of folk, alternative, North Americana and pop.

Track: NOTHING LEFT OF MY HEART

RTS: “Some songs are stories of moments from our life. As a songwriter, this short
and sweet lyrical tale is a snapshot of a love’s farewell and how we can stew in the
feelings.”

TUTV: Vocally Ryan Thomas Smelle reminds me of The National’s Matt Berninger‘s tranquillising hush-hush timbre, which benefits the heartrending emotions and
the saddening nature of Nothing Left Of My Heart downright.

Acoustic and electric guitar sparks, think Mark Knopfler, paint cloudy images.
This is a melancholic reverie for silent pondering and soul-searching reflection.
A touching and moving ballad.

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Artists:
Damon Albarn (Blur/Gorillaz),
Grian Chatten (Fontaines D.C.)
and Kae Tempest.

Track: FLAGS

One of the 23 tracks performed by big-name bands/artists on a new album,
named Help, with all benefits going to War Child. An organisation that shapes
systems that protect and support the well-being of children affected by conflict.

The record is out on March 6th. More info here.

Slo-mo vibes.

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20 BEST TRACKS OF THE MONTH – JANUARY 2026

Posted on by JL

Best of the best of the month

ALL TOGETHER


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TRACK BY TRACK

– 1 –

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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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.

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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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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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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.

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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.

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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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© 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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(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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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Band: SUN MAHSENE
Who: Irish psych-rock team who released their lauded
debut album A Place We’ve Never Been last year.

Track: LIFE IS JOY

TUTV: A nasty bass riff motorizes this rollicking psych jam that seems to go on
like forever, and when the powerhouse chorus kicks in, your ears are instantly
overwhelmed.

Life Is Joy is one of those roasting riff-insane haymakers that stick after just
one spin. The repeat button was invented for mind-bending juggernauts like
this. Sun Mahshene is blistering joy. Wowzah!


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Artist: FIG TREES
Who: The artistic project of Belgian songsmith JJ Vroman, a former music journalist.
He’s inspired by bands such as Captain Oats, And They Spoke In Anthems and ADM.
They appear as mythical figures in his musical odyssey.

Track: LOOK FOR THE HOOK

Piece from his upcoming debut
album, titled ‘Room 22‘.

TUTV: This feels good, really good. From the kick-off, you’re drawn into an electrifying guitar-juiced groove that will play on your stereo in your head all day long. No need to
look for hooks, you get a ton of them right here.

When Vroman turns up the speed for the dazzling chorus (is that a banjo I hear in the
back?) your adrenaline production will speed up too. Then again, that rotating riff bliss is the song’s magnetizing motor, and his captivating, carefree vocality completes this solid gold gem of a tune. Bingo.


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Photo by Photo: Roger Deckker

Artists: PARTY DOZEN
Who: Australian duo featuring saxophonist Kirsty Tickle and
percussionist Jonathan Boulet. They have released 4 albums
so far. You can discover them via Spotify.

Track: MAD ROOTER

TUTV: This aggressive and badass groove
reminds me of destructive sludge-rock
misfits Royal Trux.

Sax-tastic.


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Photo by Ryan Wagner

Band: DOWN THE LEES
Who: The post-rock noise project of seasoned Canadian
singer/songwriter/guitarist Laura Lee Schultz. DTL released
3 notable albums, so far.

They canned a live movie now, titled This Is How It Feels.

Track: MIDI DORIC

The first taster from the film. A song that
deals with the isolation and depression of
the pandemic.

TUTV: A characteristic Down The Lees thunderstorm cranked up by blustery bass lines, monstrous guitar riffs, Herculean drumming, Schultz‘s sky-scraping vocals and a volcanic finale. My oh my. One of the best noiz rock bands around. Fact!

Petrifying.

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Band: THE BABY SEALS
Who: Cambridgeshire (UK) garage-punk trio who
released their debut album Chaos last year.

Track: TAMOO TRANCE

“It’s about noticing how quickly we get entrapped online into spending money, and spending
the latest form of currency, our attention, and questioning how to break away from it. It’s about how horrifying excess is.

The fictitious shop, Tamoo, which looks like it should come with a gamblers aware warning sign, stocks everything you’ve never wanted, and it’s not just your money it will cost you being there.”


Single artwork

TUTV: The Baby Seals strike with high-powered Black Sabbath-esque thwacks on this
hellish haymaker, bucked up with eldritch guitar flashes and a slam-bang chorus. If
you’re addicted to spending money, give it all to these ear-poppping punkettes so they
can spend all that money on recording new exciting music like this. Yep, a win-win.

Jackpot.

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Band: HOLY COVES
Who: Welsh rockers, fronted by singer-songwriter
Scott Marsden, with 3 albums on their résumé and
#4 is waiting in the pipeline.

Track: FALLING DOWN

First single from their forthcoming 4th full-length, their
first in 4 years, slated for release in September 2026.

Press info: A song which tells the tragic story of the loss of frontman Scott Marsden‘s
uncle Tony, who sadly drowned as a child in Cyprus. It was a story Scott was told from
a very young age, staying with him his whole life, creating a fear of the water.

How living on a small Island surrounded by the sea created an anxiety he never really understood growing up. How for decades the tragedy affected the whole family with trauma and struggles with addiction which tore the family apart.

TUTV: Holy Coves are back and they don’t waste time. It’s full steam ahead from
the get-go. Eager guitars and sinewy drumming inject this sweltering steamroller with
a flaming briskness that causes a kinetic reverberation, while Marsden emotive vocals accentuate the song’s sad sentiments. His everlasting heart-and-soul distress leads
to this astonishing piece of sonic catharsis. What an impressive return.

Welcome back.

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Photo by Turn Up The Volume – Pukkelpop Fest, Belgium 2025

Band: SOAPBOX
Who: Fresh bewildering
dropouts from Scotland.

Track: BOILING A FROG

TUTV: A raging blast of an uppercut, pro-welcoming refugees and anti-super rich
who despise the common people. Raw and rough like powerhouse proto-punks
The Stooges.

Helter-skelter.

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Band: KNEECAP
Who: Belfast‘s sharp-mouthed, notorious rap team KNEECAP – Mo Chara,
Móglaí Bap, and DJ Próvaí – hip and hop around with a knife between
their teeth since 2017. So far, they have 2 LPs on their résumé.

For the past months, the spotlight wasn’t really on their music
but more on their problems with some governments for their
support for Palestine on and off stage.

Member Mo Chara got charged for allegedly displaying a flag
in support of Hezbollah one year ago. After a long trial, he was
acquitted of all claims against him.

In the aftermath, they dropped this new chant, called
NO COMMENT featuring renowned British DJ Sub Focus.

Kneecap: ‘No Comment’ is all about getting harassed by the British state.
Simple as. Us Irish are well used to it, been happening for centuries. Was
a pleasure to work with Sub Focus on this, the man is a legend.”

Leave your comments here, people.

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Band: LEZARD
Who: Flamboyant Belgian
guitar pop team.

Track: HOW DOES IT FEEL?

New piece from their upcoming debut LP, titled
‘Que Se Passe-t-il‘, out on 20 February 2026

TUTV: Oh yeah, play that funky music, guys.
Expect Talking Heads echoes. Sway your pelvis.
Tap your feet. Oh yeah.

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Band: THE HIVES have their
Who: You know, those madcap
Swedish punk kings.

Track: ROLL OUT THE RED CARPET

New and final single from their 7th full-length,
titled The Hives Forever, Forever The Hives.

Riff royalty in motion.

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Band: GONE FUTURE
Who: Fresh Swedish post-punk group,
featuring seasoned musicians from
diverse bands.

Track: THE MIDDLE

A song about being caught
between two life chapters.

TUTV: The Middle has that rotating rock vibe of Run Run Run by proto-punk
legends The Velvet Underground, but with even more garage buzz, straight
from a smelly basement somewhere in Stockholm. The rattling beat goes
on and on and on.

On top come anxious vocals that add a barbed edge
to this jagged jam. A bang-on debut. Don’t miss it.

Intoxicating.

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Band: SORRY
Who: Indie alt-pop outfit
from North London.

Track: CANDLE

Piece from their 3rd full-length,
called Cosplay.

TUTV: A mid-tempo rollicking footstomper.
Irresistible drive. Irresistible tune.

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Band: CUSTOMS
Who: Belgian psych rock legends
who have 3 albums on their résumé.

Track: STOP THE KILLING
Their brand-new single.

TUTV: Dramatically disturbing sentiments are bottled here in this titanic juggernaut
of a song, where 80s/90s Gothwave guitar lines connect with modern-day psych-rock kingpins such as Interpol and The Strokes. We should never ever stop screaming about murderous conflicts. That’s exactly what Customs do here in sonic capitals. STOP THE KILLING.

The fierce frustration embedded in this outburst is a universal, final warning.
It’s also one of the, unfortunately, too many scary songs we posted lately in
our daily wake-up call series.

The accompanying video is a series of photos and footage that shows the
devastating horror caused by today’s inhuman war-greedy world leaders.

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Band: REFLECT
Who: Young indie rockers from Belfast, Ireland.
The name ‘Ocnus‘ comes from an allegorical deity in Greek
mythology personifying hesitation, delay and the wasting
of time, harking back to their debut.

Track: REFLECT
The band’s 3rd single.

TUTV: Be ready to get on Reflect‘s new soul-stirring rollercoaster, going back and forth.
Its unbridled rock and pop brio has a whopping sonic boom imprint, and the splendacious vocal performance stands out right in the middle. Think Florence + The Machine turning up the heat. Gee-whizz feat.


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Band: GUSH
Who: Fresh and frantic Belfast 4-piece who launched their
cooking 5-track debut EP Exposure Therapy last year.

Track: EMPATHOLOGY

‘’Empathology’ is half about wanting to feel the pain of everyone around you
so they don’t have to, and half wanting to share it with them, grow closer and
connect on a deeper level. I’ve created my own subject, Empathology: the study
of empathy’.

TUTV: Empathology is a chilling, torch-burning grunge jam propelled
with jarring guitars, brawny percussion and Chelsea Andrews‘s transfixing
vocals. Empathy can lead to a connecting nirvana experience.


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Artist: USI ES
Who: The musical moniker of Belgian singer-songwriter Ester Weemaes. In her attic studio, she interweaves synths and samples with her distinctive, dark voice. Her music balances between darkness and dreaminess, feeling like a blanket wrapped around you: soft yet heavy, with frayed edges. She released her debut EP Mutiny.

Track: NIGHTTIME BIKE RIDES

2nd single from her upcoming debut album, expected to
be released early 2026, on which she worked again with
her coach, mentor, and mixer Dijf Sanders.

“I see it as one of the signature Usi ES songs, in a coming-of-age jacket.”

TUTV: Imagine Kate Bush and Goth queen Chelsea Wolfe doing a slo-mo duet in
a twilight universe where surreality and reality meet. Spellbinding, mysterious,
and entrancing. Dim the lights, sit down, relax, and let your thoughts run free.


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Artist: MATTHIJS VERSTEGEN
Who: Belgian singer-songwriter.

Track: MATCHES
Debut single.

Verstegen: “The inspiration for this track came when I was looking at a box of matches
and suddenly realized that every romantic “match” is actually a bit like a real matchstick.
You only get one chance to make it ignite. Some go out quickly, others need a bit of oxygen
and sometimes you can spark a fire that will keep you warm for the rest of your life.

“Matches” is the first release from my upcoming debut album, and for it, we drew some inspiration from artists such as Bon Iver, Ben Howard, Phoebe Bridgers, Marble Sounds,
and others.”

TUTV: Matches feels like a sonic match right away. It’s a heart-and-soul touching
reflection with a feverish drive. Near-whispering vocals and enthralling harmonies
star up front, causing goosebumps. Think Bon Iver, Ed Harcourt, and other transfixing voices.

Verstegen sounds like being around for a long time. His enwrapping story-telling
and evocative singing is top-tier and a real revelation. Don’t miss this notable debut.


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Artists: LOST IN SEPTEMBER
Who: Musical project of Belgian singer-songwriters
Alain Quateau en Renilde Gees

Track: WHAT IF I TOLD YOU
Only their 2nd single.

TUTV: This is an endearing and soothing reverie, a reflective song
“about slowing down. About realizing that happiness often hides in
memories.

Sit down, relax, give your busy mind a day off, and let your ears dream away.


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Artists: MOON MOTHER
Who: MM is the voice echoing through a starless night, music born from darkness, yet always carrying a glimmer of light. From the rural landscapes of western Sweden, the duo has built an architecture of earthy, alternative slow rock and melancholic, atmospheric folk with a Nordic touch. A sound they call månrock.

They released their debut album She’s A Starry Night in 2023.

Track: WORLD IN A GLASS JAR

It captures the feeling of standing outside the world through a heavy
acoustic lament, where fragility slowly breaks through the darkness.


Single artwork

TUTV: Intimate piano soulfulness, emotive vocals, and at times grand orchestral
arrangements combine for a mystical-like ambiance. Both transmundane and melodramatic. Moon Mother‘s musical world triggers surreal sentiments in our
grim reality on this mesmerizing trip.

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Artist: MAVIS STAPLES
Who: Legendary soul/blues/rock voice who, along with family, had a long and
greatly accomplished career under the name of The Staple Singers (1948-1994).
She’s 86 now, singing and swinging like a 36-year-old.

Track: SAD AND BEAUTIFUL WORLD
Title track from her new LP.

What a voice.


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TRACK BY TRACK

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Band: OPUS KINK (Brighton, UK)
Who: Razor-edged, punked-up, sax-and-trumpet infused
noizzz collective team fronted by charismatic frontman
Angus Rodgers.

Track: I’M A PRETTY SHOWBOY

Angus Rogers: “Here is our song, rock and roll music for the empty and stunning.
A song about contempt, appetite, impotence and self-preservation through gyration.
Enjoy superficially with your body and send the reeling mind on to hell! “

TUTV: Wham Bam! Yeah Yeah! Go Go! Oh my Oh My! Razzle Dazzle!
This is the kind of adrenalizing tunes I wait impatiently for every single day.
Tunes that put a big smile on my face, tunes that make all of my limbs go nuts,
tunes that go straight to my best-tracks-of-the-year list. Funky buzz, vocal fuzz.

Catchy as hell, cool as fuck.

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Promo photo

Band: MY FIRST TIME
Who: Fast-rising indie
rebels from Bristol, UK.

Since their 2023 debut single Wind Up Merchant
MFT went on to become the newest British hype.

New single: SIPPY CUP

Isaac Stroud-Allen (frontman): “It’s about power, corruption and how people
are happy to watch the world burn if they’re the ones sitting on a rooftop bar sipping
on a Sex On The Beach.”

TUTV: Believe the hype. These young wolves bulldoze their way through the daily
bullshit we have to endure with a knife between their teeth. Sippy Cup is a bruising,
full of vim and vigor uppercut hitting where it hurts. If this is your first time that you
hear these rabble-rousers, you’ll be gobsmacked. Bring it on, rascals.

WATCH

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📷 Mats Verschueren

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

Track: LOVE MACHINE

TUTV: One of the 5 astronomical sledgehammers of their brand-new
debut EP Alter Ego. Love Machine takes you on a hair-rising rollercoaster.
Awesome vocalist, awesome band, asewome tune.

Helter-skelter!


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Photo by Isabella Martinez

Band: PSYCHEDELIC PORN CRUMPETS
Who: The dumbfounding psych-prog rockers from
down under, who started their odyssey in 2014.

Last May they launched their volcanic 7th full-length, titled
Carpe Diem, Moonman and only 2 days ago they dropped
album #8, named Pogo Rodeo.

There’s definitely something in the Australian air that makes bands over there very productive. Yes, as you may or may not know, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard are
also from down under.

Track: THE REAL CONTRA BAND
Single from that brand-new LP.

TUTV: Blimey. As usual, the cooking
Aussies turn your mind and your body
upside down. Killer stunner.

Hallelujah!

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New album artwork

Artist: PEACHES
Who: The fabulous performer/producer and feminist/gay
activist born Merrill Nisker 58 years ago in Toronto, Canada.

Track: NOT IN YOUR MOUTH NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS

Brand-new single from her upcoming 7th LP, her first in 10 years.
It’s baptized No Lube So Rude and will come out next year.
Details TBA.

Peaches: “When the world is friction, lube isn’t a luxury. It’s a necessity.
It’s how you turn that friction into pleasure, into power, into pride.”

Peaches goes nuclear on this
booming disco-punk eruption.

Bang! Boom! Bang! Boom!

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Band: SLEAFORD MODS
Who: Rap-punk poetry duo featuring
voice Jason Williamson and instrumentalist
Andrew Fearn.

Track: THE GOOD LIFE

Single from their forthcoming, 13th LP, baptized
The Demise Of Planet X. It’ll land on Mother Earth
on 16 Jan 2016.

Actress Gwendoline Christie and agog duo The Big Special join the tandem on this one.

TUTV: We know for a long time that the sharp-mouthed mods are an unstoppable
groove engine, and this one is another pulsating one. Wowza. Fucking-A. Let’s see
if you can catch up with this speedy hip-shaking trigger.

Rush and race here.
Live your good life fast.

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Band: FIRE BLANKET
Who: Noise rock/post-hardcore outfit from Manchester, UK.
FFO: Jon Spencer, The Jesus Lizard and Tropical Fuck Storm.

Track: DOCUMENT

TUTV: Picture this. Aggressive guitars rage like chainsaws around a nasty mid-tempo groove, juiced-up by sinewy drum hits and when the clamorous chorus kicks in the
vocalist bellows as if he can’t get out of his straitjacket. Oh yeah, you’ll love this horrific slice of hellraising post-punk mayhem.

They look and they operate like your new favorite Halloween band. Amps up, decibels
up, heat up. I wonder if this track isn’t a hidden one on one of Fugazi‘s detonating exploits.
An in-your-face debut. Bang-on.

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Photo by Connor Reilly

Band: TEST PLAN
Who: Indie noizz trio from London looking for the sweet spot between
dancing and moshing. They cultivate a ferocious blend of noise-rock,
dance-punk, and post-hardcore.

Track: GONE
The beginning of a brand-new chapter, according to the band.
It’s the first of a few singles from an EP out sometime next year.

TUTV: Hells bells. Test Plan grab you by the throat from the blaring intro and never
lose their suffocating grip. They come at you, full speed, with schizophrenic guitars,
an indefatigable drummer and a psychotic vocalist who screams his four lungs out
and tries to excommunicate his eerie demons.

No rest for the wicked. No emergency exit. We’re trapped, so let’s join these
maniacal mindfuckers in their attempt to make the Richter scale go ballistic.

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Band: CAST
Who: Britpop vets who were one of the
support acts for Oasis’ reunion shows in the UK.

Track: CALLING OUT YOUR NAME
Newest single from their upcoming 8th full-length,
baptized Yeah Yeah Yeah, out 30 January 2026

Ebullient retro Britpop bliss.
Makes you want to open your
windows and sing along.

Anthemic knockout!

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Band: KREIN’S LOW-BUDGET DEATH EXTRAVAGANZA
What a name!!
Who: Polish punk dropouts.

Track: I THINK I’M IN LOVE
Single from their upcoming album
called ‘Evil Love‘.

TUTV: So these four Polish dropouts think they’re in love.
In love or not, I guess any reason is good for these riff-shooting
punk cowboys to run amok.

Their new cacophonous sucker-punch is a piercing piece of rambunctious racket motorized by raucous guitars, a brutal drummer and a weird frontman who looks
mental and sounds mental. Hell, bloody hell, yeah.

Get on your pogo-stick and pretend
you are a kangaroo on dope.


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Artist: RICHARD ASHCROFT
Who: Former legendary frontman of The Verve ,
and still a bona fide legend today.

Track: HEAVY NEWS
Stand-out gem from his
7th full-lenght Lovin’ You

TUTV: Ashcroft does what he does best for years now, making your hair in the back of your neck stand up. This is another stadium anthem for thousands and thousands vocal cords to sing a long out loud.


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Band: THE LEMONHEADS
Who: Notorious songsmith Evan Dando‘s
band, for almost 4 decades now.

Track: WILD THING
One of the highlights of their first
album in 24 years, baptized Love Chant.

TUTV: Dando sounds brisk,
jaunty, hungry and energetic.
Welcome back.


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Band: ARYEL MOON
Who: Fresh Irish indie outfit, fronted by Italy-born musician
Donatella Camedda, who have been building a reputation on
Dublin’s live circuit.

Track: LITTLE BIT CLOSER

Camedda: “It carries that mix of desire, anticipation, and adrenaline you feel
in the very first stage of falling for someone. That in-between space where you’re
caught between genuine connection and the rush of limerence.”

TUTV: Expect flamboyant indie power-pop, invigorated with reverberating guitars,
pummeling drumming and penetrating vocals, intense and intrepid, and a passional
chorus. One spin and you know we have a winner. In a normal world this should be
an indie hit. Trust me, you’ll fall in love with Aryel Moon.

Get your ears a little bit closer.

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Credit: Reuben

Band: THE CHELSEA CURVE
Who: Mod-pop-rock trio
from Boston, MA.

Track: RALLY’ ROUND
Brand new single.

Linda Pardee (vocalist/songwriter): “This song has morphed into a different meaning
than what was originally intended when written. The lyrics were initially about friendships, acquaintances, people coming into your life. Being part of a community. Finding your
people. Despite differences, we can or should be able to at least co-exist.

TUTV: TCC are no strangers to Turn Up The Volume. And their back again with
this new flashy rocker. Those jangly guitars, that vital, that feverish drive. Resonates
like R.E.M. are back and teamed up with Evan Dando‘s Lemonheads. No I don’t have a
hangover whatsoever. Listen closely and your ears will experience what I experience(d).

All you shiny people out there, come on feel the Dando vibe.


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Photo by Kirk Lisaj

Artist: JANE INC.
Who: Toronto-based
songstress.

Track: WHAT IF
Piece from her upcoming 3rd full-length, called
A Rupture A Canyon A Birth, out October 17th.

The song is inspired by the moment that a semi truck plowed into her broken-down tour van. Nobody in the Jane Inc. touring party was hurt in that accident, and they even played their scheduled show later that night. But everyone could’ve easily been killed, and that kind of near-death experience will do something to you. That’s the key to what if.

TUTV: Bumping EBM thrumming, shimmering synths, trippy piano touches,
and vocal outpouring. Donna Summer would like this stomper. Dress up
and hurry to the discotheque.

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Band: BLURT
Who: Experimental post-punk combo founded in 1979 in Stroud,
Gloucestershire (UK) by poet, saxophonist and puppeteer Ted Milton,
aged 82 now.

Milton grew up in Africa, Canada and Great Britain. He started his artistic career
with poetry publications. In the mid-1960s, he began performing as a puppeteer, participating in numerous international festivals and TV performances

With Blurt he recorded/released a dozen of albums
with Beneath Discordant Skies from 2015 as their
most recent one.

They’re back in town now with a brand
new track, titled THE MECCANO GIRAFFE.

TUTV: It grooves and moves along to a non-stop drum beat, a rollin’ bass
riff, trippy guitar lines, some saxy moments and Milton’s shivering voice.

Funky shit!


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Debut single: MURPHY’S MEDICINE

Amy (vocalist): “The Brighton Scene is buzzing at the moment and it is thrilling to be playing alongside so many other great bands. Our single launch at the venue Alphabet in Brighton is part of a great new grassroots series of gigs from Spagetti promotions that showcases emerging bands from across the city”.

TUTV: Way to start! These Brits hit bullseye
right away with their chirpy debut single.

Its lazy indie pop vibes stick on the spot. Feathers is a tremendously catchy
feel-good lullaby, juiced with sparkling guitar solos, a bouncy drum/bass
tandem, and happy-go-lucky duet vocals upfront.

Bingo.

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Photo by Corey Poluk

Band: THE GOODS
Who: American power pop band blending big guitars, huge hooks,
and sweet British Invasion-style harmonies into a fresh, distinctive
sound. Formed by singer-songwriter Rob Good, a veteran of
the Oakland underground.

Track: SUNDAY MORNING OUT OF THE BLUE

Single from their riff-filled debut album
Don’t Spoil The Fun. You can stream it here.

TUTV: Imagine nightingale legends The Byrds eight miles high, causing a jingle jangle
spectacle at an adrenalized speed, flavored with vivid vocals. Trust me, one spin and
you’ll be hooked.

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Band: DIRT ROAD SOULS
Who: Roots rock band who have a story tell, not per se their own,
and not entirely yours, either. It’s universal in its truth, but specific
in its intent.

Track: HOLD ON SOUL
Single from their upcoming album named ‘(The Life and Times of) Johnny Moonshine’, an ambitious 12-track concept album and roots rock opera set for release in early 2026.

Davis Black (vocalist/guitarist) “‘Hold On Soul’ was first written many years ago when
I had left my small town and gone off to start a life in Boston. After high school and college years I’d often return to my small town to recharge – and get drunk with my friends who didn’t leave town. These lyrics come from the culture shock between the two places. The stress of the city vs. the simplicity of the small town was very real for a little while.”

TUTV: Americana at its entertaining best. Groovy and cacthy melodiousness, heart-ans-soul stirring vocals/harmonies and glowing guitar electricity combine for a galvanic chant.

Enjoy the vibrant vibe right here.


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Band: PRESENT NATURE
Who: Alt-indie songwriting
newcomers from Leeds, UK.

Track: COLUMBA

Jonny Woolnough (songwriter): “It’s a character appropriation offering a lens
into a couple’s day-to-day existence. A protagonist veering off the track is reminded
of his immaterial fortune. It celebrates life, existence, and endless possibility.”

TUTV: De-stressing fuel for daydreamers.
Columba feels like an Indian summer
sun ray.

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Band: KASABIAN
Who: British star rockers from Leicester. One of the best bands
of the past 25 years on record and on stage, in my book.

Track: HIPPIE SUNSHINE.
Lead single from their forthcoming
9th LP. Details TBA.

TUTV: Expect a mega vitalizing, disco-charged haymaker.
Since co-founder/songwriter/frontman Serge Pizzorno pulls
all the band’s strings he provides dynamite tunes you can
throw 24-hour parties with.

Yoohoo.

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Band: GURRIERS
Who: Post-punk upstarts from Ireland.
They released their debut LP Come And See
last year.

Track: ERASURE

TUTV: These young Irishmen punch left and right with puisssant post-punk panacherie.
Hit here, hit there, hit everywhere. Best thing about Erasure is, you can bounce like a ping pong ball to it. If its bang-up drive doesn’t make you go bonkers, I recommend to check your shrink. Pronto.

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Band: SPRINTS
Who: Irish post-punk whirlwind, led by charismatic
voice/songwriter/guitarist Karla Chubb.

Track: BETTER
Along with Something’s Gonna Happen, my top fav track
on their brand new, second LP, called All That Is Over.

TUTV: Every time I play this pure punk-rock gem, I feel way better. Fact. No, it doesn’t
have that by now known Sprints quiet/Loud/quiet progression. It’s Better‘s striking swagger, superb groove, excited duet vocals, and infectious guitar play that make this one of the best cracking tunes they ever wrote. Hallelujah!

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Band: BIKINI BEACH
Who: Three turbulent indies from Konstanz, Germany.
They released their boisterous 5th album Cursed last
February.

Track: BRAIN TILT

TUTV: This ferocious wham bam uppercut doubles your adrenaline production instantly. Loud, nasty, brutal and red-hot are the keywords. Roasting post-punk at its fieriest best. Titanic stroke. Hells bells!

The single comes with a video filled with live and tour footage, captured in the last
couple of months as the band is constantly on the road since the release of ‘Cursed‘.

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Band: LOBSTERBOMB
Who: Glamorous indie quartet from Berlin. They released
their pithy party debut album Look Out in 2023. You can
stream it here.

Track: OVERSTIMULATED
Title track from their brand-new debut LP.
Discover the album here.

TUTV: Lobsterbomb‘s passionate punk razzmatazz works like a nuclear magnet.
Their vigorous vivacity is infectious and Nico Rosch‘s piquant vocals perk up your
troubled mood. Move your furniture and start a solo mosphit.

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Band: LAMBRINI GIRLS
Who: Brighton‘s high-speed punk train duo who trippled their fanbase this year with
their boiling debut longplayer Who Let The Dogs Out and their spectacular shows.

Track: CUNTOLOGY 101

The Girlzz invited legendary queer artist Peaches do a remix of their LP’s closer.


Press photo

TUTV: And? Fuckin’A! Queers rule the dancefloor.
Smell the cunty spirit, move your lazy ass and
shake your hot booty.

Check the sickly funny video clip via YT.

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Band: PINS
Who: Power pop trio
from Manchester, UK

Track: I’LL BE YOURS
Their first new music since their
fab 2020 EBM album Hot Slick.

TUTV: Feel the funky bravado vibes. Move to the bootylicious groove,
surrounded by torching guitars. Swing yourself around the booming
beats. Hear the sensual vocals. Pump up the Pins jam. Welcome back.

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Artists: PRINCESS UGLY
Who:J. Christopher-Rome and Christopher Moncrieffe – from Portland, OR
who are influenced by goth, post-punk, darkwave, and adjacent genres.
So far, the tandem has released two albums.

Track: THE OUT

“Even as the things we perceive as negative can sometimes light our way with an
unsettling brilliance, we look away. Tear it all up. Everyone is looking for their out.”

TUTV: Hypnotic beats. Limbs activating eurhythmics. Pounding bass drones.
The darkwave EBM duo strikes again with a nightclub killer. The Out has a 2025
doom and gloom vibe. The future isn’t predictable anymore. Let’s ignore its
demons for 200 seconds and dance. NOW.

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Photo by Jeremy Bewer

Artist: BEDROOM JUNE
Who: Singer-songwriter from Hamburg, Germany who transforms personal fractures into delicate electronic pop songs that oscillate between vulnerability, alienation, and a quiet longing for closeness.

Track: DISTRACTED BY YOU
Piece from her New EP. It tells of inner vulnerability, the search for
connection, and small moments of clarity—all wrapped up in a warm,
electronic indie pop sound.

TUTV: Propelled by enrapturous bass reverberations, luminous synths and sultry vocals, this jagged jam takes you on a whirling ride. Trust me, you will be attracted, not distracted by this swift thrill. Startling stuff.

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Artist: ROSIE STUART
Who: Restless Belgian singer-songwriter who writes raw songs
in stark contrasts: 100 percent black and white, with no room
for gray.

Track: VEGAN
Debut single from her
upcoming debut EP.

“Rosie reveals her most vulnerable side, though an impenetrable wall shields her deepest longings. She carries an intense energy, is uncomfortably honest, and constantly balances between bravado and self-sabotage.”

TUTV: This exorcistic cry out gives you the creeps. Tension and danger in the air all
the way, fueled by Stuart‘s agitated vocals. No birds and bees here. Vegan resonates
like a wandering soul screaming in the darkness, hoping to get saved. Goosebumps.

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Artist: ASSASUN
Who: Berlin-based dark-techno-wave artist
Alexander Donat (Vlimmer, Fir Cone Children, WHOLE)

“Sound-wise, you could imagine Assasun operates somewhere between irate Clipping, a parallel timeline of early Nine Inch Nails, and Sleaford Mods on a havocked, misanthropic hotel lobby techno party. In short: dense, raw, uncompromising.”

Track: POISONALAN
Opener from his 4th LP, named
Retrofate. You can stream it here.

TUTV: I don’t how many hours Berlin has in a day, but I think it’s definitely more than in other countries as Alexander Donat‘s musical production with his 3 different projects is off the charts. Anyway, this dark-techno-wave stomper from his new LP is one to play out loud, while going berserk on a trampoline.


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Band: LADYTRON
Who: British electro pop act, still with three of their original members, since 1999. Restarting now and then, they recorded/released 7 LPs so far with Time’s Arrow
from 2023 as the most recent one.

Track: I BELIEVE IN YOU

TUTV: It’s a new single shared without any further info,
but sources whisper that a new album is coming in the
near future.

Anyway, I Believe In You is an undisputable dancefloor thrill. Pounding percussion, bouncy and breezy synths, airy vocals, and a galvanic beat combine for a light-hearted pop gem.

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Photo Credit: Diana Levine Photography

Artists: WAYWARD VINE
Who: Americana indie-folk project from Boston,
featuring Valerie Rachel and Greg Lawrence.

Track: HARD WAY TO LIVE
Piece from their brand-new, notable debut
full-lenght, titled The Fall. Stream it here.

TUTV: Tune! Tune! Groove! Groove! Catchy! Catchy! Voice! Voice!
Infectious. Contagious. Sticky. Addictive. Magnetic. Mesmeric.


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Artist: MILES KANE
Who: British mod vet
who started his voyage in 2004.

Track: WITHOUT YOU

Newest single from his 6th full-length, baptized
Sunlight In The Shadows ready for release
on October 17th.

He wrote all songs with blues rock tandem The Black Keys.

TUTV: Kane is a retro rocker/popper at heart. And he’s very good at it.
Here he offers some of Marc Bolan‘s T.Rex glam rock grooviness. Hot love,
indeed.

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Photo Credit: Ken Rothman

Band: LOVINA FALLS
Who: The dark dream-pop project of Boston-based singer-songwriter,
multi-instrumentalist, and producer Valerie Forgione. In 2023, they released
their debut album, Calculating The Angle Of Our Descent.

Track: ABOUT THE SUN
Piece from their brand-new 5-track EP
Would That I Were. Stream it here.

TUTV: The band swing your ears between a bewitching torch reverie
and a power pop melody. The process repeats itself a couple of times,
around Forgione‘s seductive voice. Riveting. Am I the only one who thinks
that Chris Isaak is on guitar here and there on the slow part? Well, that’s
what my ears tell me.


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Artist: MR BILLY FRITZGERALD

Who: Dublin-based singer-songwriter writing lush indie-pop songs that
simultaneously bathe in the faded light of heartbreak while pulling you
on to the dancefloor.

Track: YOU HAD YOUR CHANCE
Latest single from his debut album
A Grand Romantic Gesture,
released last February.

“Billy tackles enduring a vicious break up, wading through the emotional
carnage that accompanies it and coming out the other side.”

TUTV: With his chirpy high-pitched voice, his jazzy swagger, and his songwriting
prowess, Fritzgerald takes you back to the 60s/70s for some Motown soul excitement. Sexual healing ambiance.


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Artists: peach|melba
Who: Queer femme indie duo,
half Brighton and half Los Angeles.

Track: HAVE A LATTE
Their 4th of the year, more to come
every six weeks of the year.

pIm: “It’s a raucous anti-genocide anthem recorded and mixed by us and features our trademark duo vocals, oscillating between unsettling quiet and raucous chaos set to a Severance-costumed video, but filmed in a swimming pool, naturally.”

TUTV: This new drone sounds like a vintage, raw bass/drum pounding
uppercut from the late Steve Albini’s band Shellac. No arty-farty production,
nor special effects for these two punkettes. What you hear is what you get.

Have A Latte has a poignant, garage punk edge as if it were recorded in, eh,
a garage without tuning up the instruments. In the end, it’s the real, honest
sonic deal that matters.

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Band: DOPAMINE FIX
Who: Fresh Irish indie duo who’s manifesto says a lot about them:
“With a nod to the Dadaists, we create Post Punk, Experimental and
Electronica which aims to unnerve, to disturb and to question.”

Track: WELCOME TO THE SHARKTANK
Debut single.

“The song erves as a record of how dysfunctional and broken our world is. This single is a soundtrack for the alienated and the awake, those treading water in a dystopia they never asked to enter.”

TUTV: Ominous tension hangs all over this feverish and foreboding psych jam incited
by angstful guitars. A sign of the times. Welcome To The Sharktank isn’t a song about the birds and the bees, it’s about today, about 2025 and the uncertain future. Anxious vocals amplify the inauspiciousness in the air and get out of control in the end. Scary reality as
we know it.

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Artist: THURSTON MOORE
Who: The former Sonic Youth top dog.

Track: TEMPTATION INSIDE YOUR HEART

TUTV: The tireless Moore treats us with a cover of a song by
The Velvet Underground. Not a really famous one. It dates
back to 1968, but did come out much later, on a VU
compilation from 1985.

It’s a fooling around, riff-rotating VU ripper
spiced with Lou Reed‘s characteristic vocality.

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Artists: BRIAN ENO and BEATIE WOLFE.
Who: The ambient sound wizard and the Anglo-American songstress.
They met for the first time in 2022 at the SXSW festival. The beginning of
a fertile musical collaboration.

Last June, they have released 2 dream-pop-wave LPs,
at the same time, titled Luminal and Lateral.

And a third one, named Liminal is waiting in
the pipeline to be released on October 10th.

Track: PART OF US
A piece from that upcoming
3rd longplayer.

Atmospheric, enchanting, and magnific
vocals by Wolfe. Heaven in motion.

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