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TURN UP THE VOLUME’s JUKEBOX 2024 – 10 New Tracks Added Every Week

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Every week 10 new rad tracks added

In order to not miss a beat Turn Up The Volume scans the musical
horizon daily (doing it for years now, actually) to stay in touch with
all new things sonically great and shares the results on a weekly
basis.

Check the 10 new rad cuts just
added to this rad 2024 playlist.

ALL TOGETHER


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TRACK BY TRACK

Band: THE BLACK CROWES (Atlanta, US)
Who: The blues rock Robinson brothers

New album: HAPPINESS BASTARDS – their 10th

Track: RATS AND CLOWNS

Hottest belter on the LP.
Afire, aflame, amazeballs.


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Band: THE DANDY WARHOLS (Portland US)
Who: Groove masters led by Courtney Taylor-Taylor

New album: ROCKMAKER
Their 12th longplayer featuring 3 famous guests.
Black Francis, Debbie Harry and Slash.

Doom and gloom funkiness.
Riff-loaded ripsnorters.

Welcome to the Dandy‘s Terrrodome.


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Band: GIRLS IN SYNTHESIS
Who: Indie mavericks from London

New album: SUBLIMATION
Out on 3 May. Pre-order:here.

New single: LIGHTS OUT

“This is a song of two definitive sections. The first half was instinctive. It projects the uneasy feeling of late-night anxiety when you awake from sleep in the dark of the night and your brain jumps from one terrifying thought to another. The lyrics were just a continued representation of that atmosphere of the music, which spilled out on the page.

Haunting jam.
Eerie electricity.
Yearning vocality.
Blistering finale

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Band: OBEY COBRA
Who: Hefty rock team from Wales

New album: MRG DRWG
Their 3rd, out on May 3

New single: TEN OF WANDS

Vicious bass-driven exorcism.
Wailing vocals.
Psychedelic turmoil.
Monstrous mayhem.

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Band: JADE HAIRPINS
Who: Jonah Falco and Mike Haliechuk
from Canadian post-hardcore-rock
unit Fucked Up

New single: UNRELIABLE

A song “about living up to the ideals and expectations
of an ever changing brain, will, body, and world.”

Towering vocal emotiveness.
Ecstatic power-guitar-pop thrills.
Sticking from the get-go.


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Band: HOT JOY (St. Louis, Missouri)
Who: Austin McCutchen (Choir Vandals / Foxing / Squint)
and co-vocals /bassist Nicole Bonura

New single: FINGERS ON MY SIDE
Piece from their upcoming debut EP, out on 19 April.

“This song is sort of about being afraid of confrontation, but leaning into it because you know it’ll make your life easier in the long run. By not confronting the things that are taking up space in your head, you’re living in a different sort of reality. Not knowing if anything is fact or fiction, feeling the friction of wrestling with those thoughts in your mind all the time.”

Sleater-Kinney jamming with Dinosaur Jr.
Guitar-bass-layered slackerness.
Melodic turbulence all the way.

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Band: METZ (Canada)
Who: One of the best noizzz makers around,
actually, since 2007.

New album: UP ON GRAVITY HELL
Their 5th, out on April 12

New single: LIGHT YOUR WAY HOME

Alex Edkins: “I was listening to lots of Jesu and Low, as I do most winters, when writing this one. Lyrically, it’s about missing your loved ones to the point of losing your grip on reality. We distorted and added a mechanical slap back to the drums to create a wild and huge sound. I love how big we got the production on this one. It’s like nothing we’ve ever made before, sonically or lyrically. Amber Webber (Black Mountain, Lightning Dust) was so great to work with, and her voice just takes this song to another stratosphere. I think the video by Colin Medley perfectly captures the vibe and intent of the song.”

Shoegaze guitar galvanism in slo-mo.
Starry-eyed, far-out, and hallucinatory.
Metz explore new sonic boundaries.

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Band: BODEGA
Who: Post-punk act
from New York City

New album: OUR BRAND COULD BE YR LIFE
Out on April 15

New single: CULTURE CONSUMER III

“In “Cultural Consumer III the consumer has become a new ager who is blasting a killer curated playlist in his car on the way to the airport to fly to a meditation retreat in Taiwan. Despite all of his consuming and questing for self-help, unlike Bob Dylan, he has never once ‘gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing.’ He is just buying crap.”

Rattling riff ripper.
Hip-shaking stimulation.
Consumer rock.

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Band: VIHAR UTAN
Who: Post-rock outfit from Hungary

New album: SONGS OF PEOPLE
Out now. Stream here.

Track: Paint my face with honest colors

Mogwai meets Explosions In The Sky.
Instrumental piano-driven Odyssey.
Sparkling guitars, orchestral resonance


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Artist: Artist
Who: Ex-Roxy Music / Ambient expert

New track: ALL I REMEMBER
Piece from the forthcoming documentary (April) named ENO,
about the musician by filmmaker Gary Hustwit.

Dreamy.
Moony.
Starry-eyed.


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50 Best Albums Of 2020 According To LOUDER THAN WAR…

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Very popular British music website LOUDER THAN WAR revealed their list of 50 best albums of 2020 preceded by this message: “An unforgettable year, and some magnificent music. 30 odd LTW writers agree on these fifty to varying degrees. Bob Vylan led the field right up to the last two nominations, closely followed by Bob Dylan! There are artists here you won’t find on any other End of Year lists. New and old side by side. In the Top 20 more than half the acts are female or include female members. Enjoy.”

1. ‘I Am Moron’ by THE LOVELY EGGS (Lancaster, UK)
“LTW favourites The Lovely Eggs return on top form with album number six. Psych
punk at its height, again produced by Flaming Lips magician David Fridmann.” – LTW

Stream album here…

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2. ‘We Live Here’ by BOB VYLAN
“A groundbreaking album that slammed right into 2020 full of rage, anger and messages
pre lockdown (WC) Crucial mix of grime and punk with a clear angry fuck off to racists.” – LTW

Stream here…


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3. ‘A National Disgrace’ by DEAD SHEERAN
“Dead Sheeran is the dogs bollocks. The one album which makes you laugh at the impotence of the collective rage and feeling of desperation in the UK in 2020. He doesn’t have answers, he doesn’t even know the fuckin’ question. But he is some kind of accidental genius and a vital antidote to the misery of 2020.” – LTW

Stream here…

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4. ‘Rough And Rowdy Ways’ by BOB DYLAN
“How can this fantastic return of Mr Zimmerman not make it into the top 5?
An absolute masterclass of songwriting once again.” – LTW

Stream here…

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5. ‘Made Of Rain’ by THE PSYCHEDELIC FURS
“Purely beautiful. Shiver down the spine stuff. Not a bad track and a hark
back to the glory days. No One is just a stunning piece of songwriting.” – LTW

Stream here…

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6. England Is A Garden by CORNERSHOP
7. A Hero’s Death by FONTIANES D.C.
8. Now Here’s An Echo From Your Future by GIRLS IN SYNTHESIS
9. Untitled (Rise) by SAULT
10. Fetch The Bolt Cutters by FIONA APPLE

Full 50 list here.

London’s Punk Trio GIRLS IN SYNTHESIS Spits And Sneers On New Fiery Single ‘FAN THE FLAMES’…

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Daily fuel to load your sonic batteries…

15 October 2018

Band: GIRLS IN SYNTHESIS

Who: “Formed in late 2016, Girls In Synthesis have quickly forged a fearsome reputation
as one of the most exciting and volatile live acts in London.In equal parts frantic, considered, ear-splitting and melodic, the group take their cues from the early DIY punk and post-punk pioneers.”

Pick: FAN THE FLAMES – title track from their upcoming E.P.

Score: Punk is not dead. Punk is alive and hitting. Living proof is London’s Girls In Synthesis.
Their new hot-blooded slam ‘Fan The Flames‘ is a nasty uppercut pushed by the drummer’s kick-ass battering, the bassist’s pumping cadence and the guitar’s head-splitting electricity. Add the frontman’s spit and sneer vocals and a stirred up scream-along chorus to test the flexibility of your vocal chords to and what you get is a rowdy firecracker to wake up your entire neighbourhood with. Ignite the frenzy right here…


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FAN THE FLAMES E.P. out 10 November – All info and order facilities here