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TURN UP THE VOLUME’s JUKEBOX 2024 – 10 New Tracks Added Every Week

Posted on May 2, 2024 by JL

Every week 10 new rad tracks added

In order to not miss a beat Turn Up The Volume scans the musical
horizon daily (doing it for years now, actually) to stay in touch with
all new things sonically great and shares the results on a weekly
basis.

Check the 10 new rad cuts just
added to this rad 2024 playlist.

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Band: BROADSHEETS (UK)
Who: Bristol-based unit conceived in 2022. They combine the starkness and
emotional intensity of Slowcore bands like Duster and Movietone with the seductive soundscapes and nocturnal moods of vintage Trip-hop acts Portishead and Massive
Attack.

Track: CHEVRON

TUTV: Epic psychedelic jam. Ominous howls, spine-chilling agitation,
freaky saxophone. There’s always a dark light at the end of the tunnel.

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Band:NIHILOCEROS
Who: Noizzz three-piece
from Brooklyn, NY

Track: PINGUIN WINGS
Piece from their upcoming LP Dark Ice Balloons,
out tomorrow, May 3. More info here

TUTV: Rousing missile powered by psychotic guitars, hefty bass/drum
mayhem and neurotic vocals, peaking with a mental chorus. Hüsker Dü
in overdrive.

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Band: slab feat. The Sewer Cats
Who: Rowdy indies from Manchester
who claim that 2+1=0

Track: Holy smoke. Hide, here comes a volcanic punk eruption fueled
by quick-tempered guitars, hammering percussion and exorcistic vocals.

Helter skelter.

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Band: DEEP PURPLE (UK)
Who: Heavy rock icons

Track: PORTABLE DOOR
First single from their upcoming 23rd LP, weirdly
named ‘=1′ on July 19.

TUTV: The Purple still sound like they did in the 60s/70s. As hard as concrete,
as ebullient as if they were still in their 20s and Ian Gillan still has iron pipes.

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Band: MANTAROCHEN
Who: Electrifying trio from Leipzig, Germany
They released their debut album S/T last year

Track: REFLECTION
Piece from their upcoming
6-track EP In The Bagers Cave

TUTV: Expect a post-pysch-punk projectile causing dizziness
in your head. Think Siouxsie and the Banshees on speed.

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Band: STRANGE ENCOUNTERS
Who: Psych/power pop duo
from Berlin, Germany

Track: RECOGNIZE
Piece from their brand
new LP All In The Mind

TUTV: Tremendously catchy, jangly and vibey pop earworm, balancing between
Scottish heroes Teenage Fanclub and 60s harmony legends The Byrds. Frolicsome
and frisky. Makes your day on the spot.

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Band: PET SHOP BOYS (UK)
Who: Seasoned electro-pop heroes

Track: AM I DANCING?
From their brand-new LP Nonetheless

TUTV: PSB do what they do best. Writing/creating hum/whistle/sway
along tunes. Join them on the dance floor, because they feel alone
a bit in the disco on this one.

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Artist: ST. VINCENT (New York)
Who: Famous songstress from the Big Apple

Track: SO MANY PLANETS
Song from her excellent new longplayer All Born Screaming

TUTV: You’ll love this. An easy-going, feel-good humdinger with
a buoyant and hip-shaking reggae spin. Puts a smile on my face.

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Artist: CUSTIE
Who: Emerging alternative pop artist hailing from London, Ontario. His distinct sound explores pop music as it intersects with singer-songwriter, R&B and alternative music.

Track: ON E AND EVERYTHING BETWEEN

“‘E’ is an attempt to stylize and leave much of the song up to listener interpretation. By giving things concrete names, it makes everything very topical. I always like to find a way to have my listeners move with me by presenting a song with a certain kind of allure in mystery. Hence the ‘E’ – it stands for anything you’d like. ”

TUTV: A smooth, mid-tempo, richly orchestrated, sonically
and vocally, pop reverie. Close your eyes, and dream away.

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Artist: ERIC SCHROEDER
Who: Singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and pop-rock polymath from San Diego, combining contrast and contradiction.

Track: THE KIND OF WOUND THAT NEVER HEALS
Piece from his brand-new album Turned On The Stereo

TUTV: Electrical mid-tempo blues reflection. Weeping guitars,
perfervid vocals, and ab intense resonance.

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TURN UP THE VOLUME’s JUKEBOX 2024 – 10 New Tracks Added Every Week

Posted on April 18, 2024 by JL

Every week 10 new rad tracks added

Check the 10 new rad cuts just
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Band: GUIDED BY VOICES (Dayton, Ohio)
Probably the most productive band ever in
rock history (40 albums in 41 years!)

Track: SERENE KING

It’s the first single from GBV’s new, upcoming, 40th (!!) album (since 1983), named
Strut Of Kings and slated for release on June 28. Firm familiar indie rock, as we know it.

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Artist: SPIELMANN (Leeds, UK)
Ben Lewis aka Spielmann has been around the block, as a songwriter, producer, band member, DJ, promoter and now, after a good decade and varying degrees of success,
as a front person and songwriter in his own right.

Track: JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE

“In this one we follow our narrator through breakdowns at parties, potential book deals, writing letters to his MP and anxiety attacks. It’s an anthem for the modern person who wants to have it all, but is probably realising something has to give.”

It’ll feature on his debut EP, titled ‘Fifteen Minutes With Spielmann’, and landing on 31 May.

This is glorious, full-orchestrated pop, that transfers you in an eye/ear blink to a sonic dreamland with its affecting melodiousness, riveting chorus and warm-hearted vocals. Three minutes and twenty seconds with Spielmann sounding not like everybody else.

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Band: JAMES
Manchester‘s indie pop veterans

Track: LIFE’S A FUCKING MIRACLE

Standout, life-celebrating, pop bliss from their brand new LP Yummy.

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Band: THE WESLEYS (Montreal, CA)
Up-and-coming DIY pop/rock quartet

Track: A LOT TO LOSE

From the band’s brand-new self-titled 9-song strong debut album.

Drawing inspiration from iconic bands like The Clean, Teenage Fanclub, The Pixies,
and The Replacements, this band deliver a captivating musical experience that will resonate with fans of diverse tastes. Continuing their DIY approach, this remarkable debut album effortlessly introduces new sonic dimensions and emotional depth to their ever-expanding musical repertoire, showcasing the band’s innate ability to craft mesmerizing melodies.

Stream/buy it here.

A Lot To Lose is probably the poppiest piece on the LP.
Jangly vibes, glistering guitars, 60s The Byrds-like harmonies.

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Artist: STRESS DOLLS (Buffalo, NY)
The moniker of songstress Chelsea O’Donnell

Track: CLOSE ENOUGH

“I wrote “Close Enough” in the midst of the pandemic, a period where I didn’t see some of
the people who mattered most to me for weeks at a time. On a subconscious level I think that inspired the lyrics in the chorus about being “close enough” to someone, but the other half was me thinking about the process of falling in love, and how you can be so wrapped up in another person that, no matter how physically and emotionally close you are to them (“even if you were a part of me/ even if you were alive in me”), it doesn’t feel like enough to express how you feel.”

Another top guitar pop piece from the Buffalo singer-songwriter.
Tantalizing tunefulness, glistening guitar sparks, and gratifying vocals.

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Band: THE FOLK IMPLOSION (US)
The musical project of Lou Barlow (Dinosaur Jr, Sebodah) and John Davis.

The duo are gearing up for their first longplayer in 25 years.
Walk Thru Me lands on June 28. More info here

Barlow: “A big part of what I consider to be the Folk Implosion
is taking disparate things and turning them into pop.”

The smooth first single Moonlit Kid is a tribute to, yes, owls.

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Artist: RICHARD THOMPSON
London‘s 75-year-old legendary folk songsmith’s
career exceeds more than 5 decades.

New track: FREEZE

Another arresting new cut from his upcoming, 20th full-length,
named Ship To Shore and will arrive on 31 May.

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Artist: MOSS
Singer-songwriter from Hull, UK

New track: BLACK DAHLIA

Moss: “Black Dahlia, for me symbolises an evolution from being a bedroom musician, estranged to the music world, to now playing on stage & finding my place & family in Hull’s vibrant music scene over a six-year period. The record’s almost a diary entry into my life, as I got fed up with people taking me for granted & so I kept telling myself I need to ‘do it for YOU’”.

The feverish, mood swings vocality and mixed emotionalism
of Jeff Buckley came to mind almost instantly. Say no more.

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Band: JENNY DON’T AND THE SPURS (Portland, Oregon)
Outfit known for their high energy Country Western style and captivating stage
presence, they’ve garnered a global following with their infectious enthusiasm,
and extensive discography, featuring three albums, an EP, and nine singles.

Track: UNLUCKY LOVE

From the band’s new forthcoming LP, titled Broken Hearted Blue ,
out on June 14. Pre-order info here.

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Jenny: “I was listening to a lot of Lee Hazlewood while writing this song. I have always been captivated by his songwriting and how he weaves feelings of nostalgia, despair and hope into his songs. His blend of self-deprecation and romanticism strikes a chord, particularly the universal experience of loving someone who loves another. Despite this reality, we still find ourselves lost in daydreams about them. If these were transformed into a song, this is how I would envision it.”

Country Americana at its romantic and heavy-hearted best. Heart-and-soul vocals and easy-going, lovey-dovey vibes for the midnight hours. Wurlitzer jukeboxes were invited
to play this kind of lullabies in bars where the lonely gather for some companion.

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Band: PEARL JAM
The iconic veteran grungers
from Seattle

Track: WRECKAGE
Song from their 12th longplayer, titled
DARK MATTER and out on April 19.

A pure PJ power rock ballad.

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TURN UP THE VOLUME’s JUKEBOX 2024 – 10 New Tracks Added Every Week

Posted on April 11, 2024 by JL

Every week 10 new rad tracks added

Check the 10 new rad cuts just
added to this rad 2024 playlist.

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Band: THE MYSTERINES (UK)
Track: SINK YA TEETH

New cut from the British post-punks’ second album,
titled Afraid Of Tomorrows, that’ll see the day of light
on June 7.

Cool as fuck!

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Band: METZ (Ottawa, Canada)
Track: SUPERIOR MIRAGE

Newest single from this Canadian noise turbine.
Part of their 5th LP, named Up On Gravity Hill
that comes out tomorrow.

Intoxicating Metz groove.

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Artist: PETER BIBBY (Australia)
Track: FUN GUY

From his new, forthcoming album Drama King. More info here.

“Fun Guy” shares Bibby’s perspective of his recent turn to an alcohol-free
lifestyle and the subsequent challenges faced to his social standing and
chaotic live performance. It’s a drum-machine-fuelled, hard and fast, punk
banger taking notes from Suicide and Throbbing Gristle.

Expect a maddening missile that races like a 4-motor hotrod on the run.

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Artist: KIRAN LEONARD
Track: PASS BETWEEN HOUSES

Newest shared piece from Leonard‘s upcoming album
Real Home out on April 17. Pre-order info here.

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A flood of diverse percussion, acoustic guitar and jittery vocals create a both
chaotic and intriguing flow. Capriciously fascinating, waywardly impressive.

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Artist: JOVI SKYLER (Sydney, AUS)
Track: ASSHOLE

Sydneysider vegetarian punk-rocker/singer-songwriter and
DIY music video maker just released his brand new 4-track EP
named Call It A Day.

Asshole is the revved-up opener. A razzle-dazzle banger that blasts
out of your trembling speakers with combative horsepower.

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Band: THE LEMON TWIGS (Long Island, NY)
Track: HOW CAN I LOVE HER MORE?

Another retro Beatles/Beach Boys infused pop tune from their
upcoming 5th LP A Dream is All We Know , that comes our way
on May 5.

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Artist: TAPE RUN OUT (Cambridge, UK)
Track: SMALL JOYS

This British collective, formed in 2012, have 3 albums
and 6 EPs on their résumé. Discover it all via Spotify.

New single Small Joys is a brisk guitar pop symphony that sticks instanly. Beautifully orchestrated with moony vocals floating all over it. The accompagning video is quite remarkable.

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Artist: JACK MANLEY (Hudson Valley, NY)
Track: SAVE YOUR OWN

From his upcoming EP Unmeasurable Terms, out on May 10.

Manley about Save Your Own: “In the chaos of addiction and treatment,
sometimes the best you can do is take care of yourself first–put on your own
oxygen mask first. It’s a plea to my partner Anna to take care of herself and
let me go.”

Despite the dream pop vibrancy, think Vampire Weekend, the sentiments at
play here are alarming. An awe-inspiring, real-hard-life inspired tune that’ll
boggle your mind.

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Artist: OLIVER HOHLBRUGGER (Norway)
Track: BLACK CANVAS

Hohlbrugger: “It’s about that someone you’ll never be with and that you allow to remain
inside you as a perfect unspoiled thing, yet still you measure and hold your real relationship up against it. It’s a dream, an illusion, an unfair fantasy. Nothing and therefore able to be perfect.”

It’s a yearning, gripping, melacholic ballad for the midnight hours. The bittersweet duet perfomance features the sensuous vocals by critically acclaimed Norwegian indie artist Frøkedal. Think murder ballad duo Nick Cave/Kylie Minogue, but also legendary 60s duo’s Nancy Sinatra/Lee Hazlewood and Jane Birkin/Serge Gainsbourg. Heartfelt romanticism.

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Artist: DOLLY PARTON
Track: SOUTHERN ACCENTS
Tom Petty cover

Dolly Parton‘s performance of Petty‘s 1984 classic Southern Accents for tribute
album Petty Country: A Country Music Celebration is a vocally goosebumps pearl.

TURN UP THE VOLUME’s JUKEBOX 2024 – 10 New Tracks Added Every Week

Posted on March 20, 2024 by JL

Every week 10 new rad tracks added

Check the 10 new rad cuts just
added to this rad 2024 playlist.

ALL TOGETHER

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Band: THE BLACK CROWES (Atlanta, US)
Who: The blues rock Robinson brothers

New album: HAPPINESS BASTARDS – their 10th

Track: RATS AND CLOWNS

Hottest belter on the LP.
Afire, aflame, amazeballs.

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Band: THE DANDY WARHOLS (Portland US)
Who: Groove masters led by Courtney Taylor-Taylor

New album: ROCKMAKER
Their 12th longplayer featuring 3 famous guests.
Black Francis, Debbie Harry and Slash.

Doom and gloom funkiness.
Riff-loaded ripsnorters.

Welcome to the Dandy‘s Terrrodome.

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Band: GIRLS IN SYNTHESIS
Who: Indie mavericks from London

New album: SUBLIMATION
Out on 3 May. Pre-order:here.

New single: LIGHTS OUT

“This is a song of two definitive sections. The first half was instinctive. It projects the uneasy feeling of late-night anxiety when you awake from sleep in the dark of the night and your brain jumps from one terrifying thought to another. The lyrics were just a continued representation of that atmosphere of the music, which spilled out on the page.

Haunting jam.
Eerie electricity.
Yearning vocality.
Blistering finale

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Band: OBEY COBRA
Who: Hefty rock team from Wales

New album: MRG DRWG
Their 3rd, out on May 3

New single: TEN OF WANDS

Vicious bass-driven exorcism.
Wailing vocals.
Psychedelic turmoil.
Monstrous mayhem.

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Band: JADE HAIRPINS
Who: Jonah Falco and Mike Haliechuk
from Canadian post-hardcore-rock
unit Fucked Up

New single: UNRELIABLE

A song “about living up to the ideals and expectations
of an ever changing brain, will, body, and world.”

Towering vocal emotiveness.
Ecstatic power-guitar-pop thrills.
Sticking from the get-go.

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Band: HOT JOY (St. Louis, Missouri)
Who: Austin McCutchen (Choir Vandals / Foxing / Squint)
and co-vocals /bassist Nicole Bonura

New single: FINGERS ON MY SIDE
Piece from their upcoming debut EP, out on 19 April.

“This song is sort of about being afraid of confrontation, but leaning into it because you know it’ll make your life easier in the long run. By not confronting the things that are taking up space in your head, you’re living in a different sort of reality. Not knowing if anything is fact or fiction, feeling the friction of wrestling with those thoughts in your mind all the time.”

Sleater-Kinney jamming with Dinosaur Jr.
Guitar-bass-layered slackerness.
Melodic turbulence all the way.

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Band: METZ (Canada)
Who: One of the best noizzz makers around,
actually, since 2007.

New album: UP ON GRAVITY HELL
Their 5th, out on April 12

New single: LIGHT YOUR WAY HOME

Alex Edkins: “I was listening to lots of Jesu and Low, as I do most winters, when writing this one. Lyrically, it’s about missing your loved ones to the point of losing your grip on reality. We distorted and added a mechanical slap back to the drums to create a wild and huge sound. I love how big we got the production on this one. It’s like nothing we’ve ever made before, sonically or lyrically. Amber Webber (Black Mountain, Lightning Dust) was so great to work with, and her voice just takes this song to another stratosphere. I think the video by Colin Medley perfectly captures the vibe and intent of the song.”

Shoegaze guitar galvanism in slo-mo.
Starry-eyed, far-out, and hallucinatory.
Metz explore new sonic boundaries.

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Band: BODEGA
Who: Post-punk act
from New York City

New album: OUR BRAND COULD BE YR LIFE
Out on April 15

New single: CULTURE CONSUMER III

“In “Cultural Consumer III the consumer has become a new ager who is blasting a killer curated playlist in his car on the way to the airport to fly to a meditation retreat in Taiwan. Despite all of his consuming and questing for self-help, unlike Bob Dylan, he has never once ‘gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing.’ He is just buying crap.”

Rattling riff ripper.
Hip-shaking stimulation.
Consumer rock.