JUKEBOX 2026 – WEEK 38 – 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: ASH
Who: The rockin’ vets
from Northern Ireland.

Track: BITTERSWEET BLUE
New single. You can pre-order the 7″ vinyl right here.
The firm rocker will be on the 30th anniversary edition
of their debut LP 1977, out October 16th. More info here.

TUTV: After all these years seething guitars and poppy harmonies still
dominate Ash tunes. And they are still pretty good at it. Bring on the heat.

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Band: AMYJODOH & THE SPANGLES
Who: Spanish punk rock fury who
have scored two albums thus far.

Track: IT’S A GIRL

AmyJohDoh: “It’s about reconnecting with the feminine energy in all of us: compassion, respect, harmony, empathy. Look where all that anger and ‘divide and conquer’ energy has actually gotten us. Enough is enough. The time has come for change, and it starts with
each one of us.”

TUTV: These Spanish punk rock bloodhounds do not waste valuable time. Piping-hot guitars kickstart this supersonic stormer, immediately followed by the flamboyant frontwoman AmyJohDoh who’s loud and clear about these days’ ongoing worldwide intolerance and damaging bigotry.

Why not get all together and start a global moshpit while the true-hearted vehemence behind It’s Girl blasts out of giant speakers. C’mon, let’s give it a try. Fun guaranteed.

Welcome to #SPANGLELANDIA.

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Band: SEADOG
Who: Dream-pop outfit from the mystic shores of Brighton (where
almost everybody is in a band). They have 2 albums under their belts.

Track: INTO THE NIGHT

The song is a haunting descent into isolation and anxiety that channels
a sense of creeping unease, and the ghosts we carry with us long after
the lights go out.

TUTV: Sonically and vocally, this jangly guitar pop woolgathering resonates like
a breezy Indian summer tune for quiet night drives. On the other hand, the song’s
story isn’t a happy one, whatsoever. Mental issues draw all attention.

Well, these days, with the chaotic times we live in, ruled by psychotic world leaders,
it’s not like we have a lot of reasons to jump for joy. And then again, music can have
a healing force. It always has. In the end, music rules. As it does here.

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Artist: KURTYS KIDD
Who: Canadian gritty guitar
riff rocker and actor.

Track: OUT IN THE SPIRAL ARM
Preview from his upcoming 2nd album, The Dirty Machine, landing on September 30th.  A record about finding your way through the dark to the dawn.


The eye-catching album artwork

TUTV: Out In The Spiral Arm is a classic hard rocker motorized by an avid army of roasting
riffs-licks-hooks loaded guitars. They create an overwhelming wall of high-octane thunder that blows you and your speakers away, while Kidd‘s hell-bent voice adds more fuel to the electrical firestorm.

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Artist: KEVIN MORBY
Who: The Texan troubadour/songsmith.

Track: PBJ
New standalone single that follows his
8th full-length Little Wide Open, released
in May.

TUTV: One of Morby’s close friends described driving with the windows down and the air conditioning on as ‘peanut butter jelly’. Hence PBJ. Morby‘s romanticism and enthralling voice mark this electrifying, folky daydream. His beloved wife/songstress Waxahatchee stars in the accompanying video clip.

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ASH – Northern Irish Guitar Rock Vets Release Their 9th Album In October

3 September 2025

Northern Irish guitar rockers ASH had a successful run between
1996 and 2007 with 5 albums. It took them 18 years to come back
and make 3 more.

A few weeks ago the news came in that the trio have canned #9.
It’s called Ad Astra and it’ll land on October 3rd. At the same time
they shared two tracks with Give Me Back My World and Jump
The Line
and here come another pair.

A jangly The Smiths-like tune titled WHICH ONE YOU WANT?,
and FUN PEOPLE, a full of beans rocket featuring Blur‘s guitarist
Graham Coxen.

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10 BEST VIDEOS OF 2023

For your eyes

1. ‘Like A God’ by ASH (UK)

2. ‘The Bomb’ by THE HIVES (Sweden)

3. ‘Dicks In Tanks’ by MORLOCKS (Sweden)

4. ‘Six-Pack’ by SHAME (UK)

5. ‘Wireless’ by WITHIN TEMPTATION (The Netherlands)

6. ‘Fossora’ by BJÖRK (Iceland)

7. ‘Dumbest Girl Alive’ by 100 GECS (St.Louis, US)

8. ‘Now And Then’ by THE BEATLES (UK)

9. ‘Eureka!’ by THE VANITY PROJECT (Manchester, UK)

10. ‘White Van’ by LAMBRINI GIRLS (Brighton, UK)

Best Video Of September 2023 – Northern Irish Heroes ASH With Their Spectacular Clip For Steamy Single ‘LIKE A GOD’

1 October 2023

Northern Irish trio ASH were labelled Britpop by the critics because they hit that scene in the midst of it, in 1996. If so, they were without a doubt the loudest of all Britpop bands.

With driving guitar force/face/voice Tim Wheeler at the wheels they enjoyed immense
success with their four first – all top 10 – albums. Afterward, in 2009, they took a break from relentless touring and from writing new material.

Six years later they returned into the public eye and fabricated
two more albums (one in 2015, and one in 2018) and toured them.

And now #8 – titled Race The Night – came out 2 weeks ago. Order info here.

One of the singles was/is the unbridled blues-rock belter LIKE A GOD. Hallelujah!

The accompanying clip is a visual-animated spectacle. Video of the Month.

WATCH/LISTEN.

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ASH – Celebrated Northern Irish Noise Pop Trio Feel ‘LIKE A GOD’ On Their Brand New Storming Single

Daily noise that works faster than any stimulant

21 July 2023

Northern Irish trio ASH were labelled Britpop by the critics because they hit that scene in the midst of it, in 1996. If so, they were without a doubt the loudest of all Britpop bands.

With driving guitar force/face/voice Tim Wheeler at the wheels they had immense success
with their four first – all top 10 – albums. Afterward, in 2009, they took a break from
relentless touring and from writing new material.

Six years later they returned into the public eye and fabricated
two more albums (one in 2015, and one in 2018) and toured them.

And now longplayer #8 – titled Race The Night – is waiting
in the pipeline to be released in October. Pre-order info here.

Following the pretty poppy and terrifically catchy title track
we can go bonkers to the unbridled blues-rock belter LIKE A GOD.
Hallelujah!

The accompanying video clip is a visual-animated spectacle.

Watch/listen.

Also st(r)eaming on Spotify.


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ASH: Bio – Discography – Linktree

THE CURE – ASH – ELBOW – LPs Turning 25 – 25 – 20

Back in time…

Band: THE CURE (UK)
Album: WILD MOOD SWINGS – 10th LP
Released: 7 May 1996 – 25 years ago

Trouser Press said: “A potent and sweeping dissertation on
melancholy and tentative dreams denied. Consistently compelling.”

Stream here…

THE CURE: Facebook

Band: ASH (UK)
Album: 1977 – debut LP
Released: 6 May 1996 – 25 years ago

BBC Music
wrote: “To listeners of a certain vintage, Ash will
forever be summer holidays and half-inched hooch, stained
into the grey like a spilled alcopop.”

Stream here…

ASH: Facebook

Band: ELBOW
Album: ASLEEP IN THE BACK – debut LP
Released: 7 May 2001 – 20 years ago

AllMusic: “Elbow fiddles with a battery of widescreen dynamics
and slight prog-rock tendencies, delivering an epic debut of
Manchester miserablism.”

Stream here…

ELBOW: Facebook

Boisterous Blast ‘GIRL FROM MARS’ By ASH – 1995

17 January 2020

Band: Ash (Northern Ireland)
Song: Girl From Mars 
B-sides: Astral Conversations with Toulouse-Lautrec and Cantina Band
Released: 31 July 1995
Album: 1977 – the band’s second album released in 1996
Score The single reached #11 in the UK

Here comes the boisterous blast…

ASH: Facebook

5 Brand New MUST-HEAR Longplayers Right Here…

This week’s brand new longplayers that will impress your ears and your speakers…

1/ ‘Tell Me How You Really Feel‘ – COURTNEY BARNETT
Second full record by Aussie singer/songwriter/storyteller – Review NME here

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2/ ‘Wide Awaaaaake!’ by PARQUET COURTS
Arrogant Texans / First-rate garage rockers with 6th LP – Rolling Stone review here

Stream here…

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3/ ‘Konark Und Bonark’ by ELEFANT
Far-out debut album by Belgium’s eccentric noiseniks – More info here

Stream here…

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4/ ‘Islands’ by ASH
Veteran noisemakers back with – Review NME here

Stream here…

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5/ ‘Sparkle Hard’ by STEPHEN MALKMUS AND THE JICKS
Seventh solo longplayer by ex-Pavement frontman – Rolling Stone review here

Stream here…

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NME Praises New Album ‘ISLANDS’ By Northern Irish Veteran Rockers ASH…

14 May 2018

Irish veteran rockers ASH started their flamboyant career 26 years ago, in 1992.
After ups and down and changing line-ups the band launches next Friday, 18 May,
their eighth album, titled ISLANDS. Former British legendary music weekly NME,
now only informing the world about music and much more other stuff via their
website just published a raving review about Ash‘s new LP. “No band is an island,
but Ash’s peaks rise as tall as any other..”
– Score: 4/5 – full review right here.

Here’s flashing single ANNABEL…

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