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JUKEBOX 2025 – Week 19 – Five New Rad Tracks Added Twice A Week

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In order to not miss a beat TURN UP THE VOLUME scans the musical
horizon daily, for 10 years now, to pick ace tracks and add 5 new ones
twice per week, to the one and only JUKEBOX playlist that matters.

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The 5 fresh ones
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Band: PRIMUS
Who: The powerhouse rock vets from
El Sobrante, California. 9 albums since 1974.

Track: LITTLE LORD FENTANYL

It features Tool’s vocalist Maynard James Keenan.
Let that fat funky bass roll, guys.


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Band: DAS KOOLIES
Who: 4 former Super Furry Animals,
the longtime Welsh indie stars.

Track: OGOV GÔKH
Piece from their forthcoming 2nd album,
named Pando. It’s out tomorrow, May 9th.

TUTV: Expect effervescent synth-pop juiced with a dance-rock dynamism.
Ogov Gôkh is a twirling twister that drives you insane if you come to close.

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Band: BLISTERS
Who: Fresh Belgian punk team.

Track: BLOODSUCKER
Piece from their brand-new fierce debut EP
Cracking Down. Stream it here.

TUTV: These manic motherrockers crack it up with this fast and furious missile.
The spirit is 1977. The riff-racket is MC5. The raging vocalist is mental. Scare your neighbours. Hell Yeah!

Suck suck suck.


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Band: THE FAMILY BATTENBERG
Who: Welsh garage rockers.

Track: ANTEATER

Eliot (frontman): “This is an anti-love song. When unhealthy adoration becomes a quest
for romance, or approval in this case, we find ourselves doing strange things. In this story, the protagonist justifies total metamorphosis in the name of subservience. “It’s self-humiliation in the pursuit of a potential suitor’s attention”.

TUTV: This fired-up blast attacks your speakers on repeat, motorized by a Herculean drummer, high-pressure guitars, feverish vocals, and crushing chorus. Be ready for
the crashing climax.


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Band: FANGSLINGER
Who: Southern-fried, blood-stained British romp
built for fans of Black Stone Cherry, Dorothy and
Guns ‘N’ Roses.

“The kind of track that makes you want to kick open swinging doors and
throw your hat at the moon. Seductive, sinister and soaked in sleaze.”

TUTV: Next to these bloodthirsty gunslingers Clint Eastwood looks like
a pussy. FangSlinger shoot from the hip with a striking salvo of nasty guitar
riffage, intimidating vocals, and a smoking chorus. Sassy score!

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JUKEBOX 2025 – Week 18 – Five New Rad Tracks Added Twice A Week

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In order to not miss a beat TURN UP THE VOLUME scans the musical
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Band: HOME IS WHERE
Who: Rock team from Palm Coast, Florida
who easily could be your neighbours.

Track: MILK & DIESEL
Piece from their upcoming, 3rd LP, named
Hunting Season . More info here.

Spellbinding psych jam that
goes on like forever. Top!

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Band: CAR SEAT HEADREST
Who: The Virginia indie act conducted
by singers-songwriter Will Toledo.

Track: THE CATASTROPHE (Good Luck With That, Man)
Single from their new album, titled The Scholars which is
out today.

No catastrophe whatsoever, only good luck.

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Band: TOPS
Who: Canadian indie pop-rockers with
4 albums (so far) on their résumé.

Track: ICU2

This kind of tune make my day on
the spot. Feel good pop thrills.

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Band: TURNSTILE
Who: Rackety hardcore rockers
from Baltimore, Maryland.

Track: SEEING STARS
Single from forthcoming 4th LP,
called Never Enough.

From emo hardcore to emo guitar
pop is clearly a little step for Turnstile.

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Band: SPARKS
Who: The brothers Ron (79) and Russell Mael (76)
who are around since 1966. Yes, that’s 59 years
and no sign of retirement.

Track: MY DEVOTION
4th shared piece from their upcoming
28th (!!) LP, named Mad!. Out May 23rd.

A slow moving spark.

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JUKEBOX 2025 – Week 17 – Five New Rad Tracks Added Twice A Week

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Band: TEEN JESUS AND THE JEAN TEASERS
Who: Australian power pop Amazons. They
released their debut LP I Love You in 2023.

Track: BALCONY
Their brand-new single.

And it’s about…

“BALCONY IS FOR WHEN YOU’RE FEELING CHEEKY AND WANT TO KISS
SOMEONE ON THE FACE AND GET KICKED OUT OF A BAR!!! CHAOS!!!!!”

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Band: LINKIN PARK
Who: American screamy nu-metal rock luminaries.
They released their newest album From Zero last
November.

Track: UNSHATTER
A second new haymaker that is added
to the LP’s upcoming deluxe edition.

TUTV: New vocalist Emily Armstrong is also the new clamorous star of LP.
Here she joins rapping’ guitarist Mike Shinoda, with another astronomical
4-lungs performance. Her range goes higher than the Empire State Building.

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Band: CIVIC
Who: Australian rockers from Melbourne,
turning up the racket since 2017.

Track: THE HOGG
First single from their upcoming 3rd album,
named Chrome Dipped. Out on May 30th.


New album artwork

TUTV: Afire guitars, aggressive vocals,
blistering outpouring, ear-piercing punk
rock. Hells bells.

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Artists: CUTTY
Who: Indie rock-pop
tandem from Hull, UK.

Track: ONE SHOT
2nd single from their upcoming
debut EP, titled Pump Funk.

“‘One Shot’ is us doing what we love most. Mixing moody indie with synthy electronic feels. Imagine Metronomy, Spill Tab, and MGMT having a drink a studio and seeing what happens.”

TUTV: Only their 2nd single, but it’s clear that Cutty is here to stay. One Shot is a groovy jam that satisfies your avid ears on the spot. You can hum, sing or whistle along until the shaky finale sets in. The repeat button was invented for sickly sticky tunes like this. Bullseye.


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Artist: KENTUCKY
Who: The musical project of Canadian singer-songwriter Jordan Holman.
His songs, a quicksilver blend of acoustic rock, indie folk, and subtle ’90s alternative
glow, carry stories shaped by extremes: from near-death hushes to the hard-won
hope of second chances.

Track: THE FIRST DAY OF THE REST OF MY LIFE

The song marks a shift in tone for Kentucky, offering a clear-eyed, quietly triumphant reflection on renewal after pain. With its steady acoustic build and gentle optimism, it feels
like the emotional breakthrough following a long internal storm.

TUTV: Hail hail Rock ‘n’ Roll! Kentucky keeps it simple with this irresistible, straightforward steamroller. Foot on the gas, incessant riffage and feeling-good vocals. Amidst all the chaos that plagues our planet, a hopeful booster like this is very welcome.

I Am Kentucky

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JUKEBOX 2025 – Week 17 – Five New Rad Tracks Added Twice A Week

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Artist: A. SMYTH
Who: Singer/songwriter from Dublin, Ireland who
released his notable debut album Last Animals in
2021.

New Track: CAN’T STOP THE RAIN

“This is a song about the inevitability of pain. We all try to avoid the bad things in life, to hide from them, but as sure as the sun will set bad things are going to get you. Because life is made of the light and the dark, you can’t have one without the other. And in that way, sometimes, the dark can be kinda beautiful”.

TUTV: Sonically Can’t Stop The Rain combines both the melodic briskness
of Vampire Weekend and the mystic sensibility of Beirut. The result is a breezy
pop tune for the summer, even when it’s cloudy and you need to hide for
teardrops from above. Envigorating music always works, come rain or shine

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Band: THE NORTHERN LINE
Who: Newcomers from Boston, Massachuttes raised on a steady diet of Britpop, baggy, Madchester, and modern alternative, who urge everyone to raise a fist, bang a drum, and get on the indie dance floor.

New Track: THROW A FIST

Bilvox (Vocals/guitar): “It’s a personal song, but it is also a song that connects with
anyone who has done the hard work to move on after a meaningful relationship falls
apart. The liberation, the freedom of the ‘fist’ that’s thrown, mostly metaphorically, is
throwing away the pain, the failed dream, and embracing the future.”

TUTV: Could easily be a hidden track on Blur‘s 1991 debut album Leisure. 90s psych pop with trippy 60s echoes and the characteristically British, confident swagger. Peppy party tune for girls & boys on a high on a holiday on an exotic island. Mass.chester indeed.


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Band: HIGH HI
Who: Sprightly power pop trio from Belgium with
3 albums (so far) on their résumé. You can check
them out on Spotify.

New Track: RUNNING
First taster of album #4. Info TBA.

TUTV: Expect a passionate, orchestral pop gem with affectingly emotive
duet vocals. Infectious and heartfelt. Think Roxette at their romantic finest.


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Band: MODEL/ACTRIZ
Who: Electro pop-punk act
from Brooklyn, NY.

Track: DIVA

Third piece from their upcoming sophomore LP,
named Pirouette. It’ll see the day of light May 2.
More info here.

Electro funk activating your body on the spot.

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Artist: SLEEPY HABITS
Who: The moniker of seasoned New Orleans musician
Alan Howard who released his debut album Ouchie! in
2022.

Track: ANTIQUE MALL

“At the time I wrote this song, I was coming to terms with the fact that you can’t carry everything with you throughout your life. The physical space of the antique mall symbolizes that feeling. With that symbol as its base, the song explores allowing yourself to hold onto the reverence of memory and acknowledge how it has shaped you while letting go of the idealistic sense of the ‘good ol’ days’.”

TUTV: Lazy bedroom pop tune for lazy people on
a lazy day. Like you and me and Alan Howard.

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JUKEBOX 2025 – Week 16 – Five New Rad Tracks Added Twice A Week

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Band: VANDOLIERS
Who: Texan country
pop-rock indies.

Track: LIFE BEHIND BARS
Title track from 5th longplayer.
Will be shared with the world on
June 27.

Singer Jenni (Gin-ee) Rose came out recently as a trans woman.
The album explores her journey with gender dysphoria.

This new single is vintage country rock.
Americana bliss juiced with cathartic lyrics,
and a sickly sticky chorus.

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Artist: ELIJAH JOHNSTON
Who: Georgia-based singer-songwriter.

Track: IDEAS
First single from his forthcoming 7th LP in only 8 years,
titled Stupid Soul. Out on June 20. More info here

A powerful and revved-up pop tune.
Infectious with backing Beach Boys
harmonies.

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Artist: SAMWOY
Who: Gloomy singer-songwriter
from Montreal.

Track: DIAMOND EYES
Newest single from his upcoming 3rd album
Even Sad Boys Like To Have Fun, out on
May 30th.

Saxy film-noir nightmare, visualized
with a horrifying video clip.

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Band: SOMERSET THROWER
Who: Flamethrowers from
Long Island, NY

Track: NEVER GOING THERAPY
Piece from their forthcoming 3rd LP, baptized
Take Only What You Need To Survive. It’ll land
on July 11th.

These gasping grungers turn up the
heat with about a million guitars.
Consult your shrink before you
press play.

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Band: THE DIRTY NIL
Who: Canadian rock force, busy
since 2006, but only 4 LPs so far.

Track: GALLOP OF THE HOUNDS
Cut from their 5th LP, named The Lash,
out July 25th.

Schizo and clamorous racket.
Noizzzz juggernaut. Dirty score.

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JUKEBOX 2025 – Week 16 – Five New Rad Tracks Added Twice A Week

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Band: MCLUSKY
Who: Welsh notorious, outspoken, post-punk crusaders fronted by
Andrew Falkous, also the ringleader of turbo Future Of The Left.


Album artwork

Track: CHEKOV’S GUNS
Piece from their upcoming 3rd LP, their first in 21 years, named
The World Is Still Here And So Are We and out on May 9th.

TUTV: Mclusky still is a hard-slamming drone machine. Falkous still rages and
rampages in a scary and sharp-teethed way, as we hear/saw (and soon again)
him doing it for a long time now.


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Band: MOB WIFE
Who: Irish noiseniks who entered the scene back in 2018 and who draw influences from the American underground by way of Metz, Fugazi, Protomartyr and of course, Kiss. They released their debut LP Eat With Your Ears in 2022.

Track: MAKE YOU RICH

The lyrical inspiration for the song comes from an ill-advised foray into the world of
TikTok and the uneasy myriad of anti-feminist, racist and misogynistic content that was being presented as a default on the platform. Written as a satire on the influencer culture being peddled to the masses, written from their viewpoint, particularly basing it around one local influencer.

TUTV: Prepare your ears for an emotive eruption of fiery frustration with so-called influencers on Tik Tok and other socials. It chops over and over again like a sharp-cutting battleaxe, crushing misleading social media shit along the way. Wham bloody wham bam. A sonic sledgehammer to haunt maddening mobs with on the Internet.


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Band: PROPAGANDHI
Who: Veteran grunge-metal
trashers from Canada.

Track: CAT GUY
Piece from their upcoming, 8th album,
titled At Peace, out May 2.

Chris Hannah (vocalist/guitarist): “From my songwriting perspective, the thing I was thinking of was capturing a little bit of Judas Priest’s 2018 album Firepower as if SNFU vocalist Chi-Pig was writing the lyrics.”

TUTV: I don’t know if this metallic hammer blow is one to crush moronic vice-president
JD Vance, who stigmatized women without children as ‘cat ladies’, with. But the very thought makes my day. Fuck you, sexist.

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Artist: LEXYTRON
Who: “Half Greek, half Persian and half English” – as this musician described herself age 5 – the Manchester-born Lexy found her identity in music early on as a pianist and violinist.”
She’s now based in Auckland, New-Zealand.

Track: KISS ME QUICK
First music in 5 years.

TUTV: Lexytron returns as a happy mother with this entrancing power-pop musing.
Her crystalline voice leads the orchestral glow at work here, and the kiss me quick chorus makes
you stick to this song.


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Artist: MATTHEW NOWHERE
Who: Vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, and producer based in Nevada, who blends vintage inspired sounds from the best eras of music, he shares deeply authentic and soulful music that speak to power of love to overcome all obstacles.

Track: ECHOES STILL REMAIN
Piece from his upcoming, 2nd album, named Crystal Heights, out on May 23rd. More info here.

TUTV: Ambient pop atmospherics calm your busy mind, away from the outside rat race world. This is mind-massage music for relaxing moments. I wonder if you also think that Peter Gabriel is, incognito, on vocals.

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JUKEBOX 2025 – Week 15 – Five New Rad Tracks Added Twice A Week

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Press photo by Madison Carroll

Band: THE WANTS
Who: Voltaic post-punk indie outfit from
NYC. They released their debut album
Container in 2020.

Track: 87 GAS
 Newest single from their sophomore album,
named Bastard. It’ll land on June 13th.

Expect a spellbinding, forth and back groove
that gets under your skin, slowly but surely.

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Band: GHOST
Who: The Swedish theatrical pop-metal band GHOST
fronted singer-songwriter, actor, filmmaker and metal
Pope Tobies Jens Forge aka Papa Emeritus.

Track: LACHRYMA
Piece from their forthcoming, 6th LP,
baptized Skeletá. Out April 25th.

Metal for pop fans and Mötley Crue addicts.

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

Track: JETPLANE
2nd shared single from new,
upcoming LP. Details TBA.

For those who don’t like peppy power pop, sorry.

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Artists: THOM YORKE and MARK PRITCHARD
Who: The smiling radiohead and the pioneering
electronic musician and producer.

Bliep bing bleep bong.

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Photograph by Kevin Westenberg

Band: THE DIVINE COMEDY
Who: Northern Irish collective orchestrated
by veteran songsmith Neil Hannon.

Track: ACHILLES
Lead single from their upcoming 13th LP, the first in 5 years,
baptized Rainy Sunday Afternoon, out on September 19th.

Stay in when it rains and enjoy
Hannon‘s new sensitive musing.

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JUKEBOX 2025 – Week 15 – Five New Rad Tracks Added Twice A Week

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In order to not miss a beat TURN UP THE VOLUME scans the musical
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Band: VIRGINS
Who: Belfast-based shoegaze band who transcend that reductive tag to deliver a noise which is thrillingly loud and weightily light. Last year they released their notable debut album nothing hurt and everything was beautiful.

Track: BLOOMS

Heavenly melodiousness, edged layers of shoegazing guitars, forceful
drumming, crystalline vocals, and a non-stop bass riff pushing the pace
throughout combine for a breathtaking score.

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Band: THE BEACHES
Who: 4 Canadian pop-rock indies.

Track: LAST GIRLS AT THE PARTY
Third single from their 3rd LP, called
No Hard Feelings, out August 29th.

Instantly sticking, surf-pop shaker.
The key word is: irresistible.

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Art design by Jason Zucco

Band: REAL BEAUT
Who: Rackety rockers
from Boston.

Track: POLITICS ON THE INTERNET
Piece from their new 4-track EP, named
Politics. Stream/buy here.

“‘Politics on the Internet’ is about caring for yourself enough not to engage in the beast battle all the time. You can talk to your brothers, parents, and friends. There are minds you can change in this world if you disagree with them, but some dope on the other end of a keyboard isn’t going to open their mind because of the intelligent quip you made on the socials. Prioritize your family and fight locally. Flinging verbal excrement at a screen isn’t the way. Love yourself, love others. Love, sex, being strong through kindness, the weight of political turmoil and technology on what is human in humanity.”

Holy fuck. This guitar-pyrotechnics juggernaut
has a knockout vehemence that floors you in
150 seconds. To hell with shitty politics on the
Internet, Real Beaut are the real riff-raging
deal.


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Band: THE SONIC REDEMPTION
Who: Belgian raging rock’n’roll preachers
spreading the gospel of raw, high-octane
music.

Track: PISSING CONTENT
From their new 6-track EP, named
Preaching To The Wasteland.
Stream here.

Prepare your ears for a spasmodic sucker-punch.
Paranoid guitars, badass bass/drums, stressed vocals.
All ingredients you need for a sonic molotov cocktail.

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Artist: FIR CONE CHILDREN
Who: The musical moniker of
Berlin-based indie Alexander Donat.

Track:YOUR VOICE

From the get-go Donat takes you on a head-rotating and power-driven ride.
No brakes, no breakes. Always pedal to the metal. Raise your voice and absorb
this flat-out ripper. Bingo.


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JUKEBOX 2025 – Week 14 – Five New Rad Tracks Added Twice A Week

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Band: LEDHER BLUE
Who: The product of two distinctively different individuals, Zé and Pedro,
that the waves of life comically decided to beach in a northern town of
Portugal – Guimarães.

Track: SORROWS OF AMENDED HEARTS
Piece from their upcoming debut album,
titled Fait Divers, out on April 8th.

TUTV: Be ready for a whirling guitar-and-drum-insane
head twister with a blistering rush and race velocity and
prickly vocals.

A winner.

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Band: TV SUNDAZE
Who: Wired indies
from France.

Track: DON’T MIND ME
From their upcoming, 2nd LP, named Plastic Bags / Packing Tape.
Comes our way on 18th April. More info here.

TUTV: When I just say that my excited ears hear jangly Parquet Courts echoes, you already should get excited too. The sharped-edged riffage, explosive eruptions now and then, and fidgety vocals will drive you mad.

Sassy score!

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Band: LIONS OF DISSIDENT
Who: Electrifying outfit from the Midlands (UK).
They released their debut album Ghost Behind You
in 2022.

Track: SIRENS AT THE SEA

Tim Baker (founder and creative director): “The best of what we do in one song,
it’s a tune that really carries the soul of everything good we have stood for over the last ten years”.

TUTV: Expect electrifying energy from the kick-off. Delirious guitars set the haywire tone and hyperventilated vocals augment the buzzing fuzz. A modern-day post-punk roller coaster.

Rapturous ride.


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Band: GREAT HARE
Who: Swedish pop indies, making noise since 2010.
They released their debut album In Another Shape
in 2013.

Track: HALFWAY 2 HEAVEN

TUTV: Holy Moses. Great Hare detonate their electric generator for this mind-bending garage punk torpedo. Faster than a Formula 1 race car. No brakes, no breaks, always
full speed ahead. A breathtaking hit-and-run bullet.

Manic missile.


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Artist: AWILD MIND
Who: Irish songwriter based in Clare. With a knack for spotlighting emotions often
left unspoken – anxiety, grief, sadness – and balancing them with moments of quirkiness and joy, the music feels both intimate and universal.

Track: SOLITUDE

TUTV: This kind of trancey mid-tempo tunes make my day. Highly entertaining, activating the dreamy side of your mind, and evoking a relaxing atmosphere. When you feel alone, this little gem is a great companion.

Gripping passionateness.


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JUKEBOX 2025 – Week 13 – Five New Rad Tracks Added Twice A Week

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Band: SONS
Who: Praised garage
rock unit from Belgium.

Track: DO MY THING
First single from their upcoming, 3rd LP,
called Hallo and lands on 26 September.

TUTV: Infectious riff-roaring roaster.
No breakdowns. Always frontwards. Sticky chorus.
As long as Sons do their own thing my ears will
be amused. What about yours?

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Band: WETSUIT
Who: Indie hit team
from Brooklyn, NY.

Track: MIDWEST DREAM

At its core, it’s a tribute to frontwoman Allison Becker’s mother.
The song is a personal reflection, an exploration of her
changing relationship with her mom as she grows older.

Becker: “I grew up in St. Louis, where there’s a saying: ‘If you don’t like the weather, wait
5 minutes.’ As a Midwest girl, I can confirm the weather does change every 5 minutes, but the saying is why I embrace the seasons and changes in life. There’s so much you can’t control, and sometimes it’s all about finding the little pleasures and riding out the storm. That sentiment echoes throughout the song, especially in the refrain: “They say if you don’t like the weather, wait and it will go.”

TUTV: Midwest Dream is a fabulous, pepped-up pop gem for all weathers, all seasons,
all hours of the day, spiced with high-voltage guitars, Becker‘s heart-rending vocals and
an evocative chorus. Don’t wait 5 minutes to play it on repeat. Bingo.

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Band: KATHMANDU
Who: Alternative four-piece band from The Netherlands, led by songwriter and lyricist Donna Marie. Their catchy dreamy songs thrive on the tension between light and dark, exploring the spaces where the two meet.

Track: DIFFERENT LIFE

Donna Marie: “I wanted to write a song that doesn’t just talk about freedom, but actually sounds like it. That expresses this urge to escape and create a fresh start for yourself. What
I wanted to convey is that it is never too late to start over. But you need to initiate it yourself.
No one else will do it for you.”

TUTV: Brisk and energetic, juiced with sensuous vocals
and a shaky chorus. A refreshing, stimulative, amplified
pop debut thrill.

Clap your hands to the beat. Right here.


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Artists: TIME AND THE HUNTER
Who: The visionary musical project
of Enrico Longhin and Niklas Sundin.

Track: THE FOLLOWING SILENCE
From their upcoming debut album Weapon Pt. 1
scheduled for release on 25th April.

“It’s a deeply introspective piece. When we reached this stage of the arrangements, we immediately thought of Mikael as a guest. He had been following the project’s development behind the scenes, and his contribution to the lyrics was a perfect fit for both his voice and the song’s message.”

TUTV: The Following Silence echoes the gothic powerfulness of former Bauhaus maestro Peter Murphy’s solo work. Well, that’s what my excited ears tell me. Its polyphonic dynamic lifts the overall resonance to a melodramatic level that stirs, arouses and incites. Triumphant piece.

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Band: BLACK COUNTRY, NEW ROAD
Who: English indies who keep
on climbing up the indie ladder.

Track: FOR THE OLD COUNTRY
Piece from their forthcoming 3rd album,
named Forever Howlong. Out 4th April.

TUTV: BC, NR should write an indie opera and open it with this chant.

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