JUKEBOX 2025 – Week 46 Five New Rad Tracks Added Twice A Week
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.
ALL TOGETHER
TRACK BY TRACK
Band: ALPINE SKIES
Who: Irish guitar-synth-pop duo who got together in
2019 with a shared love of 80s synth-driven post-punk.
Track: BLOCKKS
3rd single of the year.
“Even though clarity and purpose provide an enlightenment in life, societal structures that govern will always serve to hinder from complete utopia; ‘and you’ll be denied’. The song’s
main theme centres on that feeling of being at odds with the modern world, while seeking
to find justice, clarity and purpose. Abandoning any hyper-consumerism nature of the world,
for a more valuable people and relationships focused happiness”.
TUTV: Blockks grows and grows in enlivening intensity along its frisky course. Think U2’s rhapsodic eagerness. And is that The Edge on guitar? This is pure pop delight. The repeat button was invented for vivifying tunes like this. Magnifico. Unlike Bono you may find what you are looking for.
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Band: LONELY LITTLE KITSCH
Who: Two-piece alt-rock band from Niagara, Canada featuring vocalist Kristen Goetz
and guitarist Nolan Jodes. They create their own brand of alternative music that wasn’t defined by current trends or labels. The result is 100% unabashed, authentic LLK,
no trying to fit into a specific genre or sound.
Track: PUNCTURE WOUNDS
Goetz: “It’s a song about dissociating, and wanting to feel numb. When something
is too painful or your emotions are overwhelming, you’d rather just shut down and
feel nothing at all.”
TUTV: No time to relax here. Glowing shoegazy guitar waves hit your stereo from
the kick-off and never lose their galvanic grip on your aural attention. At the core
of this sonic whirlwind, there’s a poppy melody finding its own way, with the help
of Goetz‘s psyched vocals, in the sky-reaching wall of sound. Buzzing crackerjack.
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Instagram – Linktree
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Band: MUCKSAVAGE
Who: A manic, melancholy collective from Belfast, Northern Ireland,
spewing out bedroom-bop rock anthems that make you want to
dance and cry since 2022.
Track: LETDOWN
James Foy (frontman): “It’s about Regret of past actions, past relationships,
your past-self and the time you’ve lost, and also regret for a future you could
have had.”
TUTV: Ecstatic guitars dominate this rollicking-riff rollercoaster from start to
finish. Echoes of adrenaline rockers such as Sum 41 and Good Charlotte jump
to mind. Letdown doesn’t let you down whatsoever. Its afire dynamism will
boost your day. Jeepers.
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Band: REDUCTION IN FORCE
Who: The musical project of San Diego based singer-songwriter Mike Mills.
Rooted in the groundbreaking post-punk and New Wave movements of the
early ’80s, RiF blends anthemic alt-rock with synth-driven urgency and a
post-punk guitar edge.
Track: WORLD FULL OF ECHOES
Mills: “Humans must be at the center of artistic expression or there is no art. Full stop.
This IS the crux of art. The belief that there is a demand for fictitious replacements to expound upon the human condition is consistent with ‘optimization above all’ thinking. It’s more than misguided, it fails to understand that human emotion is the product.”
TUTV: The bombastic Gothwavish power of Bauhaus icon Peter Murphy‘s solo work instantly comes to mind. Its similar blood-and-thunder explosiveness and resistless
pizzazz at work here will dumbfound you.
Instagram – Spotify
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Band: MAVERIX
Who: Insane punk trio
from Italy.
They have released their debut
album Cowpunk! in 2023.
Track: I HATE YOU ALL
It’s a raw and ironic outburst
against conformity and social
façades.
TUTV: If you want to catch up with this head-twisting barnstormer, you’ll need
a pair of rollerskates. This mind-crushing sucker-punch shows no mercy. Think
Blink-182 and Offspring jumping at each other’s throats with all the fast and
furious forcefulness they’re famous for. Hallelujah!
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