24 August 2026
Stop moaning all the time, Mozzer.
“How fantastic would life have been if Marr had chosen four more studio albums with The Smiths, instead of joining and
then been throwing out of The Pretenders.”
Go Johnny, go.
Photo by Turn Up The Volume – June 2026, Antwerp
Full Mozzer feature here.
25 July 2026
Band: TEENAGE FANCLUB
Who: The Scottish veteran
dream poppers.
Track: DAY IN THE SUN
Cut from their new LP, their 13th, titled
Do Not Dance To Dream. Out Oct 9th.
TUTV: The Scottish daydreamers haven’t changed their longtime sonic formula
one bit. They still sound like The Byrds did in the 60s, like nightingales on a bright
summer afternoon.
New album artwork
Artist: JOHNNY MARR
Who: The former The Smiths‘ guitar hero, who played afterward
several years with Modest Mouse, also with The Pretenders, Brian
Ferry and many more.
Track: OPHELIA
New piece from his new LP,
his 5th solo one. Out Oct 2.
TUTV: Marr does what he already did for
ages, writing catchy, jangly pop tunes.
Band: THE AVANLANCHES
Who: Synth-dance-pop
veterans from down under.
Track: BLUE SHADOWS
The song features Yeah Yeah Yeah‘s
charismatic frontwoman Karen O.
TUTV: Lazy mood pop for lazy mood moments.
Credit: Eels
Band: EELS
Who: Singer-songwriter
Mark Oliver Everett‘s combo.
Track: I’M ON STANDBY
Newest single from new album, their 16th, named
Cookie Happened. It’ll land on October 16th.
TUTV: Vintage Eels ditty. Simple, but sickly sticky.
17 June 2026
New album artwork
Artist: JOHNNY MARR
Who: The former The Smiths‘ guitar hero, who played afterward
several years with Modest Mouse, also with The Pretenders, Brian
Ferry and many more.
Track: SPIN
First single from his forthcoming album, his 5th solo
full-length, baptized The Age Of Everything. Out October 2.
TUTV: Marr never copied The Smiths‘ work.
With Spin he delivers a cathcy pick-me-up.
Photo by Luke Bovill
Artists: ARAB STRAP
Who: Trippy Scottish electro-pop vets, Aidan Moffat and
Malcolm Middleton (1995–2006, 2011, 2016–present).
Track: FIGHTING FOR YOU
2nd single, following the stellar debut one You You You
from their new full-length Half-Told Tales, their 9th, out
on September 4th. Tracklist here.
Moffat: “I grew up in the ’80s, and sometimes I feel like I’m living my youth again: the same myths of a once glorious nation prevail, and the threat of global war seems constant; economic inequality and class divisions just seem to get worse and worse, and the same old bigotries are being encouraged in very dangerous ways.
I try to keep positive by telling myself I’ve seen this kind of thing before
and it will pass. And, of course, venting my frustrations in a big, noisy
banger.”
TUTV: Guess what, the Scots rock out as never before. Yeah!
.
Credit: Eels
Band: EELS
Who: Singer-songwriter
Mark Oliver Everett‘s combo.
Track: CAP IN HAND
Lead single from new album, their 16th, named
Cookie Happened. It’ll land on October 16th.
Everett: “I wanted to sound kind of worn out for this one too, like someone
who’s messed up their life but now sees the error of their ways and is trying
to make amends with their tail between their legs.”
TUTV: The new Eels one is both
a darkly reflective and funky cut.
Promo pic
Band: BLOSSOMS
Who: Electric pop heroes in the UK
that is, from Greater Manchester.
Track: MEET ME IN LOVE
2nd single, following the earlier one, released
Joke About Divorce, from their forthcoming 6th LP,
called Songs From The Wedding Cake.
Out October 2.
TUTV: Sugary Tame Impala-like disco pop for their
sugary Tame Impala-like disco pop loving fans.
Significant longplayers from the past
27 May 2026
Former The Smiths legend Johnny Marr and New Order voice Bernard Sumner
teamed up as ELECTRONIC for a total of 3 longplayers (between 1989 and 1998)
with their eponymous debut LP as their best (to my ears). Synth-pop at its brisky
best.
It was released on 27 May 1991, today 35 years ago.
It peaked at #2 in the UK and sold more than 1 million
copies worldwide.
Vox (English music monthly) said: “Electronic is simply a 100 per cent pure
distillation of Marr and Sumner’s respective talents. Hit single ‘Get the Message’
has it in a nutshell: it breaks no new ground; it simply achieves perfection”
SINGLE
ALBUM
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2 January 2026
Well, the brothers are charming men, right, Johnny?
Photo below. Oasis on August 3rd at Wembley, London. Photo by Turn Up The Volume.
Image on top: cover of Marr‘s best of album.
30 April 2025
Free Johnny.
Tour 2025
(Image on top: Cover of his ‘Best Of’ album)
Ex-The Smiths guitar hero JOHNNY MARR who played/worked with countless
bands/artists (Modest Mouse, The Pretenders, Bryan Ferry, The Cribs and many
more) after that legendary band broke up, and who released his newest, fourth
LP Fever Dreams Pts 1-4 in 2022 keeps on playing live for the past years.
This summer he’ll shines his light that never goes out on a couple
of festivals and he will travel next fall to Europe for a handful of
dates.
For the occasion TUTV dived into the archives for these photos of
the man, playing Lokerse Festival in Belgium 9 years ago, in 2014.
All live pics by Turn Up The Volume
Scottish veteran pop heroes Franz Ferdinand released
their new longplayer The Human Fear 2 weeks ago.
Last weekend they played a live show for Amazon
Music UK’s Sounds In The City Sessions, in Manchester.
They were joined by The Smiths’ guitar legend Johnny Marr (who has a
longstanding habit for getting on stage as a guest with other artists) for
3 songs. One of them The Smiths‘ 1986 classic Big Mouth Strikes Again.
Watch/Listen
Wow@Franz_Ferdinand and @Johnny_Marr at Aviva Studios Manchester
“Bigmouth Strikes Again” pic.twitter.com/8iV1HgrJBu
— Altrincham HQ – Social Media Marketing in Manc (@altrinchamhq) January 18, 2025
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31 January 2024
You can expect a lot from professional charlatan Trump and his mob, but playing
The Smiths‘ 1984 classic Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want at rallies seemed completely impossible.
Former POTUS Trump included The Smiths’ 1984 classic (more than
223 million streams on Spotify) Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want
on his playlist at his rally in New Hampshire last Monday.
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Although sources say that he played the song before at rallies, only now former
Smiths‘ guitar hero Johnny Marr got notified for the first time of what happened.
This is his response.
“Ahh …right …OK. I never in a million years would’ve thought this
could come to pass. Consider this shit shut right down, right now.”
Donald Duck Trump should play the old Pointer Sisters hit instead.
