Indie Popster SNAIL MAIL About Herself
15 July 2026
Oops.
She released her 3rd full-length Ricochet last March.
JUKEBOX 2026 – WEEK 29 – Five New Rad Tracks Added Twice A Week
Hello, music junkies.
Another batch of 5 new, stellar tracks has
been added to Turn Up The Volume’s Jukebox.
Turn it up.
ALL TOGETHER
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TRACK BY TRACK
Band: SLYRYDES
Who: Self-described Irish
chaos merchants.
Track: ONE IS TOO MANY
“The band have always spoken with conviction and passion about real issues, especially the mental health crisis that exists in Ireland. The new single addresses this explicitly and candidly; both in the self-awareness that being sober is simultaneously critical but can also feel like no craic, and in the haunting spoken word sections which close out the track.”
TUTV: Join the rackety, ear-piercing and rumbustious pandemonium of Slyrydes and get rid of your dire demons. Primal scream therapy to free messed-up mind. One is not enough. Kneecap goes punk, people. Say no more.
Sick shit.
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.
Press info: “The song turns the spotlight toward one of Doghouse Rose‘s greatest strengths: songwriting. Packed with towering harmonies, razor-sharp hooks, and
enough power-pop charm to make Tsar, The Muffs, and No Doubt proud.”
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.
Wowzah!
Band: SUEDE
Who: London’s glam rock/pop vets, conducted
by their never-aging frontman Brett Anderson.
out today.
Track: SHARPENING KNIVES
Best bonus piece out of the 5 on their new expanded
edition of last year’s high-octane LP Antidepressants.
Band: STARS & THE UNDERGROUND
Who: New Zealand-based post punk outfit with dark synthwave
and shoegaze sound that drifts like cathedral smoke and sways
like twilight on the tide.
Track: ECHOLOCATION
New single from their upcoming LP
titled ‘Guardians of the Night’.
TUTV: A barrage of psych-o-tic guitars spearhead this shoegazy fuze.
Dusky vocals at the front, hallucinatory vocals in the back. It all leads
towards a minacious experience. Spine-chilling and petrifying.
Unleash here.
Band: THE NUV
Who: Noisemakers from Italy who have
uninhibited thoughts at the third pint of beer.
Track: I AM ALL
Piece from their upcoming new album. Out later in the year.
“Let’s free ourselves from the burden of mistakes, let’s recover our memory and
our sense of friendship. No more civil wars. We desire simplicity and truth.”
TUTV: This unwavering bass/drum propelled head-spinner gets under your skin without asking. The hoarsely off-center vocals cause goosebumps. And the catchy and wacking great chorus bounces on repeat on your inner stereo for the rest of the day. This avid anthem will set your mind and your ears free.
Damn right.
Image Of The Day – Dia Del Los DEFTONES’ Festival Poster
Nu-metal titans DEFTONES will headline their 7th annual
Dia Del Los Deftones festival at Petco Park in San Diego on
7 November 2026.
I dig eye-striking concerts/festivals posters, like this one.
Happy 80 To Magic Voice LINDA RONDSTADT
Rock/pop/country star and drop-dead gorgeous singer
LINDA RONSTADT was born on 15 July 1946. Happy 80!
She released 26 LPs between 1968 and 2006. Many of them have been certified gold,
platinum or multiplatinum in the United States and internationally. She scored several
hit singles with covers of other artists.
Ronstadt has earned 11 Grammy Awards, 3 American Music Awards,
2 Academy of Country Music Awards , an Emmy Award, and an ALMA
Award
2 of her biggest hits.
Magic Voice!
– BLUE BAYOU –
Written by Roy Orbison and Joe Melson
– IT’S SO EASY –
Written by Buddy Holly and Norman Petty
(Image: cover of her ‘Essential Linda Rondstadt’ LP)
Amazing Album Artwork – Cover Of New MASTODON One
15 July 2026
Promo pic, taken in Paris
Atlanta‘s metal giants MASTODON announced the birth of their 9th LP via their
socials (see below). They named it MARROW DEEP. It’ll land on planet Earth on
August 28th. More info here.
And as usual, Mastodon come up with album artwork to
stare at for a while and try to figure out what’s all in there.
Hear the 2 shared singles.
– SNAKES FOR DINNER –
– YOUR GHOST AGAIN –
TOUR DATES
Summer Of 1982 – 14 July PINK FLOYD’s Movie THE WALL Premiere In London
Every day of this summer we go back to the same summer day somewhere in history
14 July 2026
PINK FLOYD‘s mentally dramatic movie, about a troubled rock star who descends
into madness in the midst of his physical and social isolation from everyone, named
THE WALL premiered in London on 14 July 1982.
Bob Geldof, frontman of The Boomtown Rats‘ and
later co-organiser of Live Aid 1985 had the lead role.
The film blended live action with animation and was based on the prog-rock supremos’ 1979 album of the same name. It was a commercial success on both sides of the Atlantic, and earned two BAFTA Awards and remains a cult favorite among the band’s fans.
David Gilmour, Roger Waters, and Nick Mason of the band all attended the event,
alongside Pete Townshend, Sting, and Queen’s Roger Taylor, among other stars.
The movie’s trailer.
TY SEGALL Goes Out Of His Mind On His New Chainsaw Cutter ‘RUNNING TO NOWHERE’
Vitalizing tunes that work faster than a stream of caffeine
14 July 2026
Artist: TY SEGALL
Who: The 24/7 garage rocker
from Laguna Beach, CA.
Track: RUNNING TO NOWHERE
This is, following Black Paint, a 2nd preview of his forthcoming 18th longplayer,
titled Chrome, out August 28th. Weirdly enough, he releases the same day an EP,
named Love Buzz.
Album artwork
TUTV: Sounds like Segall uses a chainsaw
as his guitar on this demolishing barnstormer
to go out of his mind.
Turn it up, Ty.
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Tour Dates
BRICKHOUSE – Fresh Manchester’s Indie 4-Piece Debut With Remarkable Psych Belter ‘ANGEL EYES’
14 July 2026
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
It’s written by vocalist and rhythm guitarist Owain Sharp, on an acoustic guitar
in his childhood bedroom over a solitary Christmas. The song deals with the aftermath
of an ended relationship and the difficulty in separating the past from the present.
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’s Underground ripper ‘Run Run Run‘, but slower.
There’s a sort of anxious tension in the air throughout the song’s roller-coaster ride that creates a strong sense of traumatic hang-up, fed by a cathartically processing energy. Striking debut stroke, for sure. Don’t miss it, people.
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New MOJO Magazine Issue With Cover Stars DEPECHE MODE
14 July 2026
MOJO tells the detailed story of how DEPECHE MODE returned a different, darker, more adult band after they went to Berlin. A fascinating change into their most formative phase, 40 years since its key release, Black Celebration.
Also in the magazine: Rush – inside their remarkable comeback tour; Paul Simon’s Graceland revisited; The Damned – undead at 50; Phil Collins – vindicated; Robyn Hitchcock; Jack White; Slade; Ma Rainey; Peter Hammill; The Durutti Column; Ry Cooder; The Scaffold; Dinosaur Jr; Clive Davis; Shannon & Narducy’s R.E.M. love-in; and more.
This month’s Free CD, dubbed Masters & Servants: A Depeche Mode Companion.
counts 15 Depeche-adjacent tracks featuring The Stooges, Johnny Marr, The Normal,
Cabaret Voltaire, Gordon Lightfoot, LFO, Blind Willie Johnson and others.
You can purchase a copy and have it sent to your home. Info HERE.
L7’s Bassist JENNIFER FINCH Diagnosed With Brain Cancer
Sad news. 59-year-old bassist/co-vocalist Jennifer Finch of all-female
Californian rock band L7 ( 1985–2001, 2014–present) has been diagnosed
with brain cancer.
More info below.
The band had planned their final tour in the Autumn. It’s not
certain whether it will go ahead or not, but Finch want them
to do so.
