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SUMMER PARTY PLAYLIST Part 10 – The Final One With 15 Firecrackers From 2023

26 August 2023

Turn up the heat and feel the beat.

It’s PART 10 of Turn Up The Volume‘s yearly hot summer playlists.
And, oops, it’s the final one for this season. Let’s go out it with
a big bang with these 15 firecrackers from 2023.

TRACK BY TRACK

1. ‘Feet Up’ by MY UGLY CLEMENTINE (Austria)

Ace single from this indie pop-punk trio’s
excellent, spicy debut LP THE GOOD LIFE.

Move your feet here.

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2. ‘Milk’ by BLACK GRAPE (UK)

Happy Monday Shaun Ryder and his rap mate Paul “Kermit” are back.
This is the first awe-some single from their new, upcoming LP.

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3. ‘Los Angeles’ by LOL TOLHURST – BUDGIE – JACKNIFE LEE – JAMES MURPHY (US)

New supergroup feat. former The Cure drummer Lol Tolhurst, former Siouxsie
and the Banshees drummer, and Irish music producer Jacknife Lee. For their
debut single, they invited LCD Soundsystem‘s maestro James Murphy.

Yep, party time.

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4. ‘Casting No Light’ by NOBLE ROT (Canada)

Frontman Alex Edkins of Canadian noise engine Metz and Graham Walsh, keyboardist of dance punks Holy Fuck, got together for a project of their own. Their debut Heavenly Bodies, Repetition, Control last March.

This single is a motorik Krautrock-like mindfucker
that circles around like forever. Wowzers.

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5. ‘Ring Wing Beast’ by SLEAFORD MODS (UK)

The Brit rap poets released their
12th LP UK Grim last March.

This is my absolute fav jam.

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6. ‘Bullet Man’ by PARIS TEXAS (US)

These two sharp-shooting hip-hoppers hit
bullseye with their smoking debut album Midair.

Bullet Man is one of the riot-rap-gun bursts on that debut.

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7. ‘Gorilla Guerilla’ by MANTRA OF THE COSMOS (UK)

Another supergroup. Members: Shaun Ryder & Bez (Happy Mondays/Black Grape),
Andy Bell (Ride/Oasis) and drummer Zak Starkey, yes Ringo‘s son, who played with
Oasis and The Who among others.

This is a debut single you can start and end all raves with.

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8. ‘Someone Up There’ by THE WAEVE (UK)

The Waeve is Graham Coxon (Blur’s guitarist)
and songstress Rose Elinor Dougall.

Their intriguing, notable self-titled debut LP came
out last February. You can stream it here.

Someone Up There is one of my fav tracks. It’s a stomping rocker.

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9. ‘Bauhaus Staircase’ by OMD (UK)

No pension yet for this swirling synth-pop duo. This new single is TOP!

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10. ‘Carbon Dioxide’ by FEVER RAY (Sweden)

Karin Dreijer aka Fever Ray unleashed her 3rd longplayer
Radical Romantics featuring this vitriolic electro blow out.

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11. ‘Ululation’ by YOUNG FATHERS (Scotland)

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This swirling rap-hip-pop-soul collective have delivered one of the
best 2023 albums with Heavy Heavy with this spellbining chant on.

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12. ‘Everybody Chatter’ by ALGIERS (US/UK)

Atlanta’s versatile soul-pop-rap-punk outfit launched their
excellent 4th full-length titled Shook last February.

One of the standout tracks is this stellar groover.

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13. ‘Nookie’ by FIDLAR (US)

The Los Angeles‘ gunslingers obviously had fun with covering Limp Bizkit‘s
1999 hit (almost 130 million streams on Spotify). Their take is nasty punk
firework.

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14. ‘All You Fonies’ by DROPKICK MURPHYS (US)

The Celtic rock gang release their second Woody Guthrie tribute album.
On this one belter they all sing their lungs out. So should you too.

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15. ‘Plain Sailing Away’ by THE DHARMA VIOLETS (Wales)

These Welsh psychedelic band scored one of the best
indie LPs my ears heard all year with Back In The Room.

The guitar-riff-circling closing track Plain Sailing Away is one of my favs.
And a perfect one to close this final weekly Summer Patry Playlist series
of 2023.

ALL TOGETHER

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SUMMER PARTY PLAYLIST Part 9 – 15 Oldie Thrills

Posted on August 19 by JL

19 August 2023

Turn up the heat and feel the beat.

It’s PART 9 of Turn Up The Volume‘s yearly hot summer playlists.
This week 15 punk-rock-pop-dance-psych-and-other-hot-stuff oldies.

TRACK BY TRACK

1. W.L.F. by HAPPY MONDAYS (1989)

2. ‘Feel Every Beat’ by ELECTRONIC (1991)
Johnny Marr and Bernard Sumner

3. ‘Thank You’ by THE CHARLATANS (1995)

4. ‘Junco Partner’ by THE CLASH (1979)

5. ‘Door Deep’ by SINEAD O’CONNOR (2005)

6. ‘Original’ by LEFTFIELD (1995)
The Curve‘s utterly cool Toni Halliday

7. ‘Waiting For The Siren’s Call’ by NEW ORDER (2006)

8. ‘Good Stuff’ by THE B-52’s (1992)

9. ‘I Want To Be Adored’ by THE STONE ROSES (1989)

10. ‘Presidici (Et Chapaquiditch)‘ by THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN (2022)

11. ‘Now’ by DEXYS (2022)

12. ‘Flame’ by SEBADOH (1999)

13. ‘Untouchable’ by GARBAGE (2001)

14. ‘Slow And Low’ by BEASTIE BOYS (1986)

15. ‘Sour Cherry’ by THE KILLS (2008)

ALL TOGETHER

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See/hear you next week, music junkies

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STEREOGUM Magazine Readers Voted For SONG OF THE SUMMER 2023 – And The Winner Is…

Posted on August 15 by JL

15 August 2023

Officially, Summer is over on September 23, but renowned and highly praised
Internet music magazine STEREOGUM already asked their readers/followers
to name their favourite song of the Summer 2023.

And the winner is: KYLIE MINOGUE with PADAM PADAM. The infectious synth-pop earworm was released on the 18th of May (and already more than 56 million streams
on Spotify) as the first single of her upcoming – 16th – album, titled Tension, which lands
on 22 September. The tune was written by Norwegian singer-songwriter Ina Wroldsen together with its producer Lostboy.

Padam Padam is what a summer hit should sound like.

Sugary, sunny, catchy, feel good & easygoing, and totally danceable.

Congrats to Kylie.

Top 10 in full

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Steorogum was founded by American CEO Scott Lapatine in 2002. The site was named after a lyric from the song Radio Number One by the French electronic duo Air. One of Turn Up The Volume‘s favourite music sites.

SUMMER PARTY PLAYLIST Part 8 – 15 New Thrills

Posted on August 12 by JL

Turn up the heat and feel the beat.

It’s PART 8 of Turn Up The Volume‘s yearly hot summer playlists.
A mix of new punk-rock-pop-dance-psych-and-other-hot-stuff.

TRACK BY TRACK

1. ‘Feel Loop (Lizard Dream) by GAZ COOMBES (UK)

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2. ‘Time & Place’ by QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE (Los Angeles)

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3. ‘Cut Your Face’ by THE JOY FORMIDABLE (Wales)

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4. ‘Strange Neighbour’ by FOLLY GROUP (London)

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5. ‘Baggio’ by MILES KANE (UK)

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6. ‘Sharp’s Catching Waves’ by PSEUDO COOL (South Wales)

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7. ‘Never Say Forever’ by MIRROR OF VENUS (Los Angeles)

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8. ‘Bodyheat’ by L (Sand Diego, CA)

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9. ‘Fall Into You’ by VIGILANTES (Lincolnshire, UK)

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10. ‘Angelcover’ by THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS

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11. ‘Don’t Be A Fascist’ by TANTRUM ZENTRUM (London)

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12. ‘Arrive!’ by LOOKING GLASS WAR (Boston, MA)

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13. ‘Time To Let Go’ by LIKE WHAT (New York)

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14. ‘Brilliant Things’ by ODONIS ODONIS feat. Terror Bird (Canada)

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15. ‘Fatwood’ by T.G. SHAND (New Zealand)

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ALL TOGETHER

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See/hear you next week, music junkies

SUMMER PARTY PLAYLIST Part 7 – 15 Top Cocktail Thrills

Posted on August 4 by JL

5 August 2023

Turn up the heat and feel your heart beat.

It’s PART 7 of Turn Up The Volume‘s yearly hot summer playlists.
A mix of new and old tunes. A mix of adrenalin-infused punk/rock
anthems, dance fireworks, and some moony musings to end the
party when the sun comes up.

TRACK BY TRACK

1. ‘I Saw’ by YOUNG FATHERS

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2. ‘Cactused’ by WIRE

3. ‘The Men Who Ruled The World’ by GARBAGE

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4. ‘Slow Down Low’ by MOON DUO

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5. ’16 Tons’ by THE DANDY WARHOLS

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6. ‘The Witness’ by HERSELF

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7. ‘The Me Frequency’ by The Go!Team

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8. ‘Marcus Garvey’ by SINEAD O’CONNOR

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9. ‘Prima Donna’ by INDIGOS

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10. ‘Beautiful Thing’ by THE STONE ROSES

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11. ‘Sirens’ by TANDM

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12. ‘2028’ by AMELIE JAT

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13. ‘Expensive’ by SH!NER

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14. ‘Cars’ by DARKPLACE

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15. ‘English Roses’ by BURR ISLAND

ALL TOGETHER

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See/hear you next week, music junkies

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SUMMER PARTY PLAYLIST Part 6 – 15 Hip-Shaking Top Thrills

Posted on July 29 by JL

29 July 2023

Turn up the heat and feel your heart beat.

It’s PART 6 of Turn Up The Volume‘s yearly hot summer playlists.
A mix of new and old tunes. A mix of adrenalin-infused punk/rock
anthems, dance fireworks, and some moony musings to end the
party when the sun comes up.

TRACK BY TRACK

1. ‘James Brown’ by SINEAD O’CONNOR (2014)

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2. ‘Milk’ by BLACK GRAPE (2023)

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3. ‘This World Is Ugly’ by CAMLANN feat. VIC RIPPA (2023)

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4. ‘Los Angeles’ by LOL TOLHURST x BUDGIE x JACKNIFE LEE feat. James Murphy

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5. ‘And Play A Game’ by JUJU (2017)

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6. ‘Kiss’ by PIG (2023)

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7. ‘I Wanna Be Software’ by GRIMES (2023)

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8. ‘Bells & Circles’ by IGGY POP & UNDERWORLD (2018)

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9. ‘Transcendent’ by MONTA (2023)

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10. ‘Fate’ by TENDERLASH , remixed by MECHANIMAL (2022)

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11. ‘The Imajinary, Nameless Everybody In The World’ by ELEPHANT STONE (2023)

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12. ‘Pete Le Beat’ by GARETH SAGER & THE HUNGRY GHOSTS (2018)

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13. ‘Diving’ by BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB feat. HOLLY HUMBERSTONE (2013)

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14. ‘Good To Be Free’ by SUPER 8 (2023)

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15. ‘Tongue Of Kalima’ by EYEMOUTH (2023)

ALL TOGETHER

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See/hear you next week

SUMMER PARTY PLAYLIST Part 5 – 15 Top Thrills – New & Old

Posted on July 21 by JL

21 July 2023

Turn up the heat and feel your heart beat.

It’s PART 5 of Turn Up The Volume‘s yearly hot summer playlists.
A mix of new and old tunes. A mix of adrenalin-infused punk/rock
anthems, dance fireworks, and some moony musings to end the
party when the sun comes up.

TRACK BY TRACK

1. ‘Look Like A Man’ by DECIUS (2022)

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2. ‘Paradox’ 52018 by SEXTILE (2018)

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3. ‘Video Babe’ by ALAN VEGA (1983)

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4. ‘Rage Of Angels’ by MARK STEWART and FRONT 242 (2022)

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5. ‘Murder Weapon’ by TRICKY (2010)

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6. ‘Twitchin’ In The Kitchen’ by WARMDUSCHER

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7. ‘Basta’ by GHOST CAR 52023°
Remixed by Dreamwife

8. ‘Wherever It Takes Us’ by JAMES (2021)
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9. ‘Magic Medicine’ by DEAP VALLY (2021)

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10. ‘Up The Mountain’ by REGINA SPEKTOR (2022)

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11. ‘Therapy Couch’ by FLIGHT ATTENDANT (2023)

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12. ‘bleed’ by ferna (2023)

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13. ‘Vampire Empire’ by BIG THIEF
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14. Goodbye Tonight by SOCIAL STATION

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15. ‘Witness’ by BENJAMIN BOOKER (2017)

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ALL TOGETHER

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See you next week

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Summer Live – EDITORS With Electrifying Rendition Of ‘MUNICH’ At Last Month’s GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL

Posted on July 16 by JL

16 July 2023

British melodramatic rockers EDITORS turned me into an instant fan with their debut LP THE BACK ROOM that came out in 2005. A first-class post-punk-rock record. Afterward I slowly lost interest as the band went too mainstream, too soft, too unchallenging.

Anyway, MUNICH was/is a startling master-stroke from that debut.

They played it with vehemence at their set at last month’s Glastonbury Festival.

Electrifying.

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SUMMER PARTY PLAYLIST Part 4 – 20 Top Thrills – New & Old

Posted on July 14 by JL

14 July 2023

Turn up the heat and feel your heart beat.

It’s PART 4 of Turn Up The Volume‘s yearly hot summer playlists.
A mix of new and old tunes. A mix of adrenalin-infused punk/rock
anthems, dance fireworks, and some moony musings to end the
party when the sun comes up.

TRACK BY TRACK

1. ‘Casting No Light’ by NOBLE ROT (2023)

2. ‘Every Day Should Be A Holiday’ by THE DANDY WARHOLS (2010)

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2. ‘Fixer Upper’ by YARD ACT (2020)

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3. ‘Driving South’ by THE STONE ROSES (1994)

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4. ‘North American Scum’ by LCD SOUNDSYTEM (2009)

5. ‘Fixer Upper’ by YARD ACT (2020)

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6. ‘The Jezebel Spirit’ by Brian Eno & David Byrne (1981)

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7. ‘What We All Want’ by GANG OF FOUR (1981)

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8. ‘Bad Business Barbie’ by ROYAL CASTLES (2023)

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9. ‘Heart Like Chernobyl’ by SOFT CELL (2022)

10. ‘In The Room Where You Sleep’ by THE BANKROBBER (2021)

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11. ‘Leave Me Dry’ by ILA (2021)

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12. ‘Moving Too Fast’ by ANNIE TAYLOR (2023)

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13. ‘New Sensations’ by LOU REED (1984)

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14. Mr. E’s Beautiful Blues by EELS (2000)

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15. ‘Coming Home’ by DEXYS (2023)

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16. ‘Walk A Mile’ by AUSTIN GRIMM (2023)

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17. ‘Loud.exe’ by ODAWIN (2023)

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18. ‘Never Been Kissed’ by HOLLIE CARMEN (2023)

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19. ‘When I Look Out I Can See No Stars’ by LOSSLINE (2023)

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20. ‘Come Sit In My Chair’ by FRANCINE HONEY (2023)

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ALL TOGETHER

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See/hear you next week, music junkies

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SUMMER PARTY PLAYLIST Part 3 With 20 Top Thrills

Posted on July 7 by JL

7 July 2023

Turn up the heat,
move your feet, and
feel your heart beat.

It’s PART 3 of Turn Up The Volume‘s yearly hot summer
playlists. A mix of adrenalin-infused dance/groove/rock
fireworks and some moony musings to end the party
when the sun comes up.

ARTISTS/BANDS

POPPY (2023)