Kneecap
Notorious Rap Trio KNEECAP About Being IRISH
1 June 2026
Middle-finger to all politicians who tried to cancel
the band after their Pro-Palestine protests.
New album FENIAN out now.
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20 BEST TRACKS OF THE MONTH – MAY 2026
ALL TOGETHER
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TRACK BY TRACK
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Band: REALLY GOOD TIME
Who: 3 heated, Irish punk rock
dropouts from Dublin.
Track: DO IT
“It’s a song about impossible tasks. It’s about trying to do everything you have been told to do in life, and never achieving what was promised. The goalposts have shifted, no, that isn’t how you do it.”
TUTV: Really Good Time are manic motherrockers, racing and rushing with puissance and roasting power. They develop a kind of Gilla Band disturbance, but less chaotic, way more movin’ and groovin’. Whether you want it or not, your head goes 360. Blimey.
Just do it!
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Band: FARVEBLIND
Who: Electro dance-pop-rock trio from Copenhagen, Denmark that fabricates
sonic touchstones ranging from Battles and The Chemical Brothers to Underworld
and Viagra Boys.
Track: KNOCKING DOWN YOUR DOOR.
Piece from their brand new debut LP, titled Micro Pleasures.
It features vocals by itcallsme i.
TUTV: A cocksure, motorik-feverish dancefloor filler for sweaty nightclubs. A tsunami of synth extravaganza hits you straight in the face, while rollicking vocals add a jaunty feel.
Bingo!
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Photo by Luke Bovill
Artists: ARAB STRAP
Who: Trippy Scottish electro-pop vets, Aidan Moffat and
Malcolm Middleton (1995–2006, 2011, 2016–present).
Track: YOU YOU YOU
First single from their new full-length Half-Told Tales,
their 9th, out on September 4th. Tracklist here.
AS: “A disco-metal sound and lyrics that explore
overcoming troubles and tumultuous times”.
TUTV: Trip Trip Trip! Hip Hip Hip! We We We!
“I’ve got a portly paunch I just can’t shift/I feel undesired, dismissed, adrift/
My get-up-and-go is long gone/ and the days keep dragging on/ But I’ve got
you, you, you”
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Band: WESTSIDE COWBOY
Who: Fast up-and-coming indies
from Manchester, UK.
They turned all eyes and ears on their spellbinding post-Brexshit-punk disturbance with
2 EPs, This Better Be Something Great (2025) and So Much Country ‘Till We Get There (January 2026), both together worth an ace album.
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Track: KICK STONES (THE BOYS)
Single from their upcoming debut LP, titled It Goes On.
Out on August 21st. Tracklist here. Pre-order info here.
TUTV: A jittery, hypnotic, speedy guitar-riffin’ roller coaster ripper, spirited
with Geese-resonating duet vocals. All freshly galvanic and strangely thrilling.
They’re gonna be big. Pretty soon.
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📸 Charlie Pryor
Band: BLOC PARTY
Who: London‘s indie rockers,
fronted by charismatic songwriter
Kele Okereke.
Track: COMING ON STRONG
First single from their upcoming 7th full-length, titled
Anatomy Of A Brief Romance, out September 11th.
Tracklist here.
Okereke wrote the record in the wake of a more than decade-long relationship.
“Every lyric you’re hearing on this record was something that actually happened to me.
I had to tell the story, from start to finish.”
TUTV: Damn. Time flies with supersonic speed. BC are entertaining our eager eardrums since 1999. Well Okereke took time, now and then, for solo work, but it’s always a sonic pleasure to hear them coming up, again and again with firm, dance-spiked singles.
Play!
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Artists: RADARBASE
Who: Two Brits knocking
dance anthems together.
Track: SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL
TUTV: Soft Cell on adrenaline. Erasure on amphetamine. Enriching electro pop nirvana
at its most beautiful. Ignore the outside bedlam for about 6 minutes on repeat. The beat goes on and on and on. Twirl yourself dizzy.
Eureka.
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Artist: MARTIN CARR
Who: Former guitarist of Britpop
idols The Boo Radleys.
Track: WHAT FUTURE
The title song of his new album.
Carr: “I’ve been putting together these sounds for many years but this
is the first time where I thought ‘this doesn’t really sound like anything else
and decided to put it out.”
TUTV: Techno daft-punk on the run. Electro rock shock. Winding mix of paranoic synths, bass booms, and some helium-infused Carr interventions. Good grief. What a brainfucker.
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Band: KNEECAP
Who: The controversial and
outspoken Irish rap trio.
Track: COLD AT THE TOP
Cut from their 3rd LP,
named Fenian.
TUTV: Hip-hop-rotating vibes combined with non-stop
rap radiation results in one of their most mainstream
firecrackers.
Shake it.
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Band: ICEAGE
Who: Glamorous Danish indie outfit fronted
by charismatic frontman Elias Bender Rønnenfelt.
Track: THE WEAK
Piece from their 6th LP, baptized
For Love Of Grace & The Hereafter,
out today.
TUTV: This is a sassy, kind of fuck you stunner, that speeds all over your
trembling stereo with Rønnenfelt throwing sneers around. Vicious sucker
punch all the way.
Badass.
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Band: THE CHRONICLES OF MANIMAL AND SAMARA
Who: London-based DIY duo – Daphne Ang (Singapore) and Andrea Papi (Italy)
that fills a gap in music by bringing literature, art, and history together into a
space where rock and metal meet electronica.
Track: GIROTONDO
Single from their forthcoming 4th album, named Misantropi.
Out June 22nd. Tracklist and pre-order info here.
TUTV: This Metallica-echoing shocker thunders unstoppably and peaks every time its fistpumping chorus kicks in. TCOMAS rock here as never before. They kick ass with this striking uppercut.
Helter skelter.
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Band: SOCIAL DISTORTION
Who: The robust, generational Californian rockers fronted by the only
original member, voice/guitarist/songwriter Mike Ness, who beat tonsil
cancer a few years ago, are one of the most notorious and celebrated
American punk bands ever.
Track: CRAZY DREAMER
Cut from their brand new, 15th full-length Born To Kill.
It features the wonderful country star Lucinca Williams
on vocals.
TUTV: This really fun country rock corker makes
my ears happy and is a top mood booster.
Catchy as hell.
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Artist: JON SPENCER
Who: Flaming blues rock expert riffin’
around with different bands and solo
since 1983.
Track: ORANGE SLICE BLUES
Piece from his forthcoming album, named
Songs Of Personal Loss And Portest
out on June 12th. More info here.
TUTV: Vicious riffs, red-hot riffs, nasty riffs. Spencer never gets tired.
You’re never too old to run electrical amok seems to be his motto.
Let’s roll.
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Band: CASSIUS WOLF & DAS ABS
Who: The musical project of Cassius Wolf and Don Watson. Formed in Liverpool during the original wave of post-punk and new wave. Now, decades later, that same spirit is driving the band’s long-awaited return.
Track: LOSING SLEEP
Single from their brand new full-length, An Afternoon in Bedlam. Stream here.
TUTV: When I say that this avid anthem has an epic Echo & Bunnymen sonority,
you should pay attention instantly. The flamboyant flair, the whirling drive, the
euphoric vocals. I see Ian McCulloch standing around the corner, with a big smile
on his face.
Top drawer tune.
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Photographer: Martin Sommerschield
Band: DELFOI ROAD
Who: A Finnish alternative rock act, formed at the turn of the millennium.
The four-piece blends artistic sensitivity, strong melodic songwriting, and
atmospheric depth with an energetic and dynamic edge.
Track: TAKE ME AWAY
New piece from their upcoming debut full-length, planned to come out in the fall.
“It’s one of the catchiest and most radio-friendly tracks on the album.”
Artwork single
TUTV: Think Mumford and Sons‘ arousing passion and vocal eagerness.
Take Me Away draws you into its stirring spirits, its intensifying orchestration,
and its exhilarating euphoniousness. Towering tour de force.
Tremendous bliss.
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Artist: BIZARRE FAE
Who: British eccentric non-binary
“fairy-witch” from Hull.
Debut LP, Revolting, came out in 2024.
Track: REAL PROBLEMS
BZ: “I’ve spent a long time thinking about where to take my musical journey next & Real Problems, ironically, has become an unexpected solution. I wrote this track off the cuff a while back, as an outlet for feeling disconnected from the so called “real world”. For my entire life I’ve been told “that’s just how the world is” but all I’ve learnt in my 23 years alive is that it seems the world was never meant to be like this.
Humans have this disturbing desire to disconnect themselves from the natural world & forget that we’re in fact all a part of it. Real Problems is my attempt to reconnect to that part of myself that I feel has been hidden away due to societal noise. I’ve never met ‘these people’ & they’ve never met me, so why am I expected to uphold their ideas of who I was meant to be!”
TUTV: Industrial slam-bang EBM for all dance-addicted misfits out there.
You need to be in top shape to catch up with Bizarre Fae. She zooms with
steamy swiftness throughout this boomtastic missile. Face your problems
and sway them into oblivion. Trust me, it’s unquestionably worth a try.
Fast and furious.
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Artist: TRICKY
Who: Trip-hop bigwig and former Massive Attack visionary, born
Adrian Nicholas Matthews Thaws in Bristol-UK 58 years ago.
Track: BECAUSE I DON’T KNOW
Newest single from his 15th LP, named Different When It’s Silent.
It’ll land on July 17th. Tracklist and pre-order info here.
TUTV: Tricky grooves in the dark again.
Tenseness in the air, twitchiness in motion.
Masterly piece.
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Photo by Jenn Webb
Artist: KAT FIVE
Who: EBM songstress from London. She fuses together a raw
punk energy with a dark pop magic, she consistently creates
indefinable, politically-engaged glitched-up anthems.
Track: EMERGENCY START
Newest single.
FIVE: “This is a call out to all kinds of creators, and also a shout out
for some simple moves you can make against techno-feudalism.”
TUTV: Kat Five offers a both luring and foreboding-sounding EBM tune for
shadow-dancing fans. Despite the hazardous times worldwide, she suggests,
rightly so, that togetherness is the only way to get out of the intolerant chaos
we have to go through right now.
Action!
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Artist: SOUTHPAW GRAMMAR
Who: British garage musician and producer. He has toured extensively with some
of the biggest names in popular music. His music speaks directly to the realities of working-class life while delivering dancefloor-ready grooves.
Track: THE NEW DANCE
“It captures the evolution of a generation raised on late nights and pirate radio, now navigating mortgages, energy bills, and nursery pickups. With his signature dry wit and unmistakably British storytelling, Southpaw Grammar delivers a relatable anthem for anyone who’s swapped the rave for responsibility but still hears the bassline in everyday life.”
TUTV: This is cheer fun. Its ska-esque beat and jumpy flow kick-start hectic body movements. Bouncy piano touches and frolicsome rappin’ piggyback the feel-good tone. Ideal to play when workin’ out, although I fear that many of us (certainly me) will fall over our feet when trying to follow the pace. Fervid ambiance.
Just a lot more coffee,
and ess Charlie Sheen.
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Photo by Kelly Davidson
Band: GIRL WITH A HAWK
Who: Boston collective fronted by longtime
musician and scene veteran Linda Viens.
Track: WASN’T IT JUST YESTERDAY
Single from the upcoming new LP Regenesis.
It will arrive on June 12th. More info here.
LV: “At least four or five of the songs on the record speak to a life lived being in bands, the bonds forged, and the life of a musician and performer, with themes of loss, addiction, death and redemption woven through. All the cliches about spending your time in bars, being on the road, being ‘out’ and not at home, are real.”
TUTV: Overall, this is a warm, hearty, and nostalgic energizer, spiced with classic textbook riffs and bright-eyed and bushy-tailed vocals. A stimulating upper for moody moments. It’s only rock ‘n’ roll, but we’ll never stop liking it.
Forever.
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Artists: KIDS WITH BUNS
Who: Lauded dream pop duo from Belgium. They released
their debut album Out Of Place in 2023.
Track: HALF OF A DREAM
First single from their upcoming 2nd LP,
titled ‘Bell Jar‘. Out October 16th.
TUTV: Dream pop bliss with a romantic
melodiousness and heartwarming vocality.
Beautiful.
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TURN UP THE VOLUME
JUKEBOX 2026 – WEEK 20 – Five New Rad Tracks Added Twice A Week
Hello, music junkies.
Another batch of 5 new, stellar tracks have
been added to Turn Up The Volume’s Jukebox.
Turn it up.
ALL TOGETHER
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TRACK BY TRACK
📸 Charlie Pryor
Band: BLOC PARTY
Who: London‘s indie rockers,
fronted by charismatic songwriter
Kele Okereke.
Track: COMING ON STRONG
First single from their upcoming 7th full-length, titled
Anatomy Of A Brief Romance, out September 11th.
Tracklist here.
Okereke wrote the record in the wake of a more than decade-long relationship.
“Every lyric you’re hearing on this record was something that actually happened to me.
I had to tell the story, from start to finish.”
TUTV: BC still groove ‘n’ move like the best.
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Band: REAL FARMER
Who: 4 full of beans indies
from The Netherlands.
Track: 9 TILL NOT ALRIGHT
Piece from their stupendous new LP, called
Two Wrongs Don’t Make A Right.
TUTV: Bass/guitar/drum pushed post-punk radness you can shake your booty to.
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Band: KNEECAP
Who: The controversial and
outspoken Irish rap trio.
Track: COLD AT THE TOP
Cut from their 3rd LP,
named Fenian.
TUTV: Hip-hop-rotating standout. Irresistible tune.
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Band: DEAD PONY
Who: Heavy-charged-up
Scottish punks from Glasgow.
Track: BOOM!
Piece from their brand
new 6-track EP Eat My Dust!
TUTV: Ole okay. From a whisper to a scream.
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Artist: KEVIN MORBY
Who: The lauded singer-songwriter
from Lubbock, Texas.
Track: 100.000
Cut from his brand new 8th LP,
named Little Wide Open.
TUTV: Singer-songwriter excellence.
KNEECAP – Irish Rap & Roll Loudmouths Have New Crazy & Catchy Whopper Called ‘FENIANS’ Out
Vitalizing tunes that work faster than a stream of caffeine
2 April 2026
Belfast‘s notorious rap & roll activists KNEECAP – Mo Chara,
Móglaí Bap, and DJ Próvaí – hip and hop around with a knife
between their sharp teeth since 2017.
They released their debut album 3cag in 2018
and went viral in 2024 with follow-up Fine Art.
Last year, the spotlight wasn’t really on their music but more on their
problems with some governments for their support for Palestine on
and off stage.
This year will see the release of their 3rd longplayer.
It’s baptized FENIAN, Irish for Fínín, an adjective with
Fíníneach Origin: Old Irish féne, the name of an ancient
Irish people.
It’ll hit the streets on May 1st. More info here.
The album is promoted as “A new chapter, new sounds, new manifestos.
A blistering album that revels in darkness while bursting through the void
with illuminated revery.”
Following Smugglers & Scolars and Liars Tale,
the brazen Irishmen come up with the title track.
Crazy & Catchy as Hell.
KNEECAP – Notorious Hip-Hop Activists Have A Lot Of Comment On New Flare-Up ‘NO COMMENT’
Vitalizing tunes that work faster than a stream of caffeine
19 November 2025
Belfast‘s sharp-mouthed, notorious rap team KNEECAP – Mo Chara,
Móglaí Bap, and DJ Próvaí – hip and hop around with a knife between
their teeth since 2017.
They released their debut album 3cag in 2018
and went viral last year with follow-up Fine Art.
For the past months, the spotlight wasn’t really on their music
but more on their problems with some governments for their
support for Palestine on and off stage.
Member Mo Chara got charged for allegedly displaying a flag
in support of Hezbollah one year ago. After a long trial he was
acquitted of all claims against him.
In the aftermath, they just dropped a new song, called
NO COMMENT featuring renowned British DJ Sub Focus.
Kneecap: ‘No Comment’ is all about getting harassed by the British state.
Simple as. Us Irish are well used to it, been happening for centuries. Was
a pleasure to work with Sub Focus on this, the man is a legend.”
Leave your comments here, people.
Image Of The Day – KNEECAP
PICTURE OF THE DAY – Wednesday 27 August 2025
27 August 2025
Belfast‘s notorious, politically and socially outspoken rap trio KNEECAP make headlines these days with being under attack by British justice, being banned at festivals, and with other related problems for their loud and clear, ongoing support for Palestine.
Some hypocritical Western governments act as if the
band is the problem, not Israel‘s demolition of Gaza.
I hope now that they won’t be attacked by some French art purists who could possibly
be offended by the band’s advertisement poster (on top) for a couple of upcoming gigs
in Paris.
21 August 2025 – PICTURE OF THE DAY
21 August 2025
Last Saturday I was at Pukkelpop Festival in Belgium.
I saw 8 bands/artists and all of them drew attention to the
still ongoing, horrific genocide in Gaza. Kudos to them.
One of them were the so-called controversial (when you condemn Israel out loud,
most hypocritical Western governments label you controversial) Irish rappers KNEECAP
who delivered a tempestuous set. At the end of the show, ‘Free Palestine‘ flickered on
the big screen behind them.
Kneecap at Glastonbury last June.
Photo by TUTV
25 BEST TRACKS OF 2025… So Far
ALL TOGETHER
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TRACK BY TRACK
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Band: THE SLOW READERS CLUB
Who: Alt-pop rockers
from Manchester, UK.
Track: BOY SO BLUE
Single from their notable 7th album,
Out Of A Dream released last March.
“‘Although it’s a big, joyous dance track, it’s about hiding deep emotional pain and trauma and how hedonistic coping mechanisms, like drugs, alcohol, and womanizing, are just temporary distractions. They ultimately fuel a self-destructive cycle. There’s a deliberate contrast between the euphoria of the music and the melancholy of the lyrics, capturing the subject’s duality of light and darkness.”
TUTV: This is what great pop-ular music is all about. Big tune, big emotions, big orchestration. Euphorically cacthy despite its dramatic ‘real life‘ story. Aftermath
soul-searching can work cathartically, and here it sounds pretty boosting.
24 Carat pearl.
Hands down.
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Band: PANIC SHACK
Who: 4 pop punkettes from Wales. In 2022 they
released their 6-track debut EP Baby Shack.
Track: GIRL BAND STARTER PACK
Single from their forthcoming self-titled
debut LP, out this Friday, on July 18th.
TUTV: These utterly cool Welsh punkettes drive you bonkers with
this bass-insane punk ‘n’ roll uppercut. Kick-ass band, kick-ass attitude,
kick-ass blast.
Party! Party! Party!
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Band: PUNCHBAG
Who: A new brother-sister party duo, from South London colliding the raw unfiltered energy of punk, with the overflowing ecstasy of pop. With fierce tempos and ferocious energy, their music is an explosively cathartic release of raw intensity and unapologetic fun.
Track: I’M NOT YOUR PUNCHBAG
From their same titled debut EP,
released last May.
TUTV: Ecstasy. Elation. Exhilaration. This flamboyant electro-slam makes
you bounce and jump like mad. Punchbag kick you in the teeth without
asking while having uppercut fun. And they’ve only just started.
Amazeballs.
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Artist: FANCLUBWALLET
Who: Canadian outfit led by
songstress Hannah Judge from
Ottawa.
Track: COTTON MOUTH
“I wrote this one when I was feeling stuck and stagnant, but when I finally
brought it to the band they really breathed new life into it and made it feel
magic again!!”
TUTV: This sickly sticky steam-riff-roller drives me crazy. Head-twisting stonker.
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Band: BOB VYLAN
Who: Controversial hip-punk-hop
duo from London.
Track: DREAM BIGGER.
A re-worked, re-named jackhammer single from
their 3rd album, Humble As The Sun released
last April.
TUTV: It features roasting vocals by the fantastic Australian punk
daredevil Amyl Taylor from Amyl And The Sniffers. She’s the perfect
sharp-mouthed match for this fierce flametrohwer.
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Band: KNEECAP
Who: Belfast‘s sharp-mouthed, notorious rap team KNEECAP – Mo Chara,
Móglaí Bap, and DJ Próvaí – hip & hop around with a knife between their
teeth since 2017.
So far they released 2 albums.
Lately, they make headlines with their loud and clear, ongoing support for Palestine.
They got heavily critiqued for it when they played Coachella Festival in Indo, California
last April.
Then the UK’s right wing politicians jumped into it, and prosecuted Mo Chara after allegedly displaying a flag in support of Hezbollah last November (no verdict yet), and tried to get them banned from playing Glastonbury Festival next week. It gained them, rightly so, countless support from musical colleagues and fans.
To emphasize the whole political charade, the band just released a new single, named
THE RECAP, going after Tory politician, business and trade minister Kemi Badenoch who started to hunt them back in 2023 when he withdrew an arts grant awarded to the band.
The trio brought a discrimination case against the U.K. government
and won, donating the proceeds to Belfast community groups. Yes!
Free Palestine.
SHOUT! SHOUT! SHOUT!
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Artist: JEHNNY BETH
Who: France-born, former frontwoman of
female post-punk band Savages (2011-2017)
Track: OBSESSION
Single from her upcoming, 2nd solo LP,
baptized You Heartbreaker You. It’ll
land on August 29th.
Beth: “We’re living in a dark time, full of drama and barbarous tragedy.
It became clear to me that, in these times, we either learn how to scream
really well, or we learn how to whisper.”
TUTV: With this savage industrial shocker it’s crystal clear what Beth meant
when she talked about her amadant intention to make an agressive sound
on her new record. Obsession is a nine inch nails bombshell. Volcanic
2025 gloom and doom eruption.
Helter skelter.
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Press photo by Damien Sayell
Band: MCLUSKY
Who: Notorious Welsh noiseniks feat. angry man
Andrew Falkous, also the mastermind of Future
Of The Left.
Track: CHEKHOV’S GUNS
Piece from their 4th full length, called
The World Is Still Here And So Are We.
TUTV: Post-punk aggression at its Mclusky‘s sharp-biting best,
gas-powered by a cast iron bass/drum tandem, schizo guitars
and Falkous‘s intimidating sneering.
Chop, chop, chop.
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Photo by his wife Daryl Hannah
Band: NEIL YOUNG & THE CHROME HEARTS
Who: You know who.
Track: LETS ROLL AGAIN
Single from the brand new excellent
LP, named Talkin’ To The Trees.
TUTV: No pension whatsoever for the incomparable 79-year-old rocker in
the free world. Middle-finger straight up, in the face of billionaire monkeys.
“If you’re a fascist, then get a Tesla”
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Band: WHOLES
Who: A fresh, rowdy hit team led by Belgian
musical chameleon Wolf Vanwymeersch.
Track: MODERN DAY DRAMA
Single from their upcoming debut LP
‘A Mass In The Water, which lands
on 14 November.
Single artwork by Maxime Rouquart
TUTV: This hellraiser’s ominous mid-tempo dynamics, distorted vocals, and
riff-roasting razzmatazz resonate like if you are listening to the goosebumps
theme song of a horror movie.
Creepy tension in the air, melodrama about to happen. Yes, at the 2.30 minute
mark all hell breaks loose. Decibels up, amps up, temperature up. From a whisper
to a scream. From planet Earth to Dante‘s inferno.
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Press photo by Danny Clinch
Band: ARCADE FIRE
Who: The famous pop-rock
collective from Canada.
Track: YEAR OF THE SNAKE
First single from their forthcoming 7th album, named
Pink Elephant ready for release on May 9th. 2025 is
the ‘year of the snake‘ in the Chinese Zodiac.
TUTV: It’s a sublime, crystalline pop nugget, with its hypnotizing guitar riff,
the non-stop banging drum beat and the intertwined, spellbinding vocals of
Win Butler and his spouse Régine Chassagne.
Sterling stroke.
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New album artwork
Band: PULP
Who: Sheffield‘s guitar-pop heroes
fronted by the charismatic songsmith
Jarvis Cocker.
Track: SPIKE ISLAND
single from their first LP in 24 years.
More came out on June 6th.
TUTV: A vintage, mid-tempo, pop thrill with a grandiose
chorus. Wake up common people, here’s some more pulp.
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Band: THE LATHUMS
Who: British folk rockers with a massive following,
countless Mumford & Sons fans included.
Track: HEARTBREAKER
From their 3rd LP, titled
Matter Does Not Define,
released last March.
TUTV: Expect an adrenalizing, hurly-burly track that drags you into
its head-over-heels flow, from the very start. Ridicously infectious.
Top-drawer earworm.
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Artist: BAXTER DURY
Who: The playboy son of his
late playboy father Ian.
Track: ALLBARONE
Title track of his 8th full-length,
available from September 12thn.
TUTV: Baxter invites us all to the dancefloor with
this ultra-contagious disco stomper. Jump in
Dury‘s gondola below.
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Credit: The Irrational Library
Band: THE IRRATIONAL LIBRARY
Who: The Irrational Library is a Dutch-American rock band with its roots
firmly planted in both the regional and international counterculture. The
Dutch-American band produces a raw, dirty groove influenced by punk,
provo and punk icons. Their poetry is packed with social criticism.
Track: TRUTH SERUM
First single from the quartet’s new, upcoming
5th LP ‘The Saying Of It All’. More details TBA.
Artwork by political cartoonist TRIK
TUTV: TIL is back in town. And they move and groove again with brio and gusto
motorized by a striking drum/bass tandem, while a 60s psychedelic flute flutters
like a butterfly throughout the song. Frontman Joshua Baumgarten draws your
aural attention (as usual) with his near-rapping phrasing of the clear-cut lyrics.
Gutsy groover.
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Instagram – Facebook
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Band: SKUNK ANANSIE
Who: Famous British noizz rockers,
fronted by the charismatic Skin.
Track: AN ARTIST IS AN ARTIST
Single from their 7th LP The Painfull Truth
which came out last May.
TUTV: An Artist Is An Artist is a sizzling sledgehammer
pushed by a mind-boggling speedy velocity, Skin‘s
hyperactive vocals, a paranoid sax and a flabbergasting chorus.
Skintastic flare-up.
Instagram – Linktree
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Artist: LAURA JANE GRACE
Who: Chicago‘s notorious singer-songwriter who’s around since the 90s.
She makes a lot of noise with her punk group Against Me! (7 albums so far)
and solo (2 albums so far).
Track: YOUR GOD (GOD’S DICK)
Grace: “Does God have a dick? Is that what those of the faith believe when they refer to their Lord as “he” & “him” & “father”? Well, imagine that! Oops, I think I may have imagined a little too hard and gone and written a song about it. He lord’s heavenly hammer must swing mighty! And away we go!”
TUTV: This is both a hilarious and punktastic choir chant reminiscent
of scream and shout Celtics Dropkick Murphys with a blustering storm
of surf riffs chainsawing your stereo into pieces.
Wowzers.
Instagram – Linktree
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Band: THE NEW EVES
Who: Must hear/see indies from Brighton (where everybody is in a band).
They cruise from folk to punk, using, besides traditional instruments (guitar,
bass and drums) also cello, flute, violin, and other classical gear.
Photo by Turn Up The Volume
Track: HIGHWAY MAN
Piece from their upcoming debut longplayer
The New Eve Is Rising , out on August 1.
It’s a darkly-energised, female-first retelling of
writer/poet Alfred Noyes classic 1906 romantic
poem.
TUTV: These four musical mavericks don’t care about rock ‘n’ roll rules. They do what they want, the way they want to do it, annex unseen visual presence on stage and in video clips. On Highwayman they rattle and brattle full speed ahead motorized by restless drum/bass teamwork.
Here and there the tune, goes, eh, out of tune, and it sounds totally perfect for this emotional belter. No arty farty production for TNE. Winder-Lind‘s awesomely agitated vocals put a spell on you. My, oh my.
Instagram – Linktree – All Singles – Tour Dates
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Photo by Graham Noble
Band: DECLAN WELSH AND THE DECADENT WEST
Who: Post-rock-punk combo from Scotland. So far
they recorded/released two albums.
Track: CAREFREE
TUTV: A razzle-dazzle steamroller that gets under your skin faster
than you can say “this is bloody superb”. Its insane, mind-bending
course doubles your serotonin production on the spot.
Blimey.
Instagram – Linktree
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Artist: MARK STEWART
Who: One of the most adventurous/inventive/original post-punk & dub artists/performers
ever. He was a founding member of genre-bending new wave group The Pop Group and released lots of solo and collaborative records. Unfortunately, he passed away 2 years ago,
only 62.
Track: MEMORY OF YOU
Single from Stewart‘s solo album The Fateful Symmetry,
that was completed early 2023, not long before his passing.
TUTV: Haunting, synth-symphonic and boom-tastic,
with Mark‘s characteristically energetic voice on top.
Mark Stewart Facebook – Mute Records
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Photo by Shelly Reese
Band: THE LIVING PINS
Who: Indie outfit featuring, Carrie Clark and Pam Peltz, who found each other on
the edge of the delicately ramshackle playground of the 1990s Austin (Texas)
music scene. They released their 4-track debut EP Let It Be So in 2023.
New single: GOLD
TUTV: Gold is a bluesy, foot-tapping garage ripper that has an instant impact on your greedy ears with its solid swagger, its gloriously cracking guitars, with a feverish solo somewhere in the middle, and its cool duet vocals.
Shake your booty.
Instagram – Facebook – Bandcamp
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Artist: LIFE COACH
Who: The musical project of singer-songwriter-poet Jamie Cameron. Hailing from
the Scottish Borders, the music blends lo-fi beats, synths and guitars with spoken word lyrics in which he discusses subjects ranging from politics and premonitions to self help culture, and a modern society obsessed with economic thinking.
Jamie Cameron
Track: SQUADDIES IN HAIR NETS
Highlight from his 2nd full length
A Love Letter To Your Yearning Heart,
released last May.
TUTV: Life Coach are on fire, again. This new rattling rap ‘n’ punk roll crackerjack
swings forth and back, left and right and Jamie Cameron’s full of vim and vigour
word-flow activates all of your insatiable limbs before he relaxes towards the
synthy end. Kinetic kick. Hands up for the coach.
Let the siren blare.
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Instagram – Facebook
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Image Credit: Euripides Altintzoglou
Band: LIONS OF DISSIDENT
Who: Electrifying outfit from the Midlands (UK).
They released their debut album Ghost Behind You
in 2022.
Track: SIRENS AT THE SEA
Tim Baker (founder and creative director): “The best of what we do in one song,
it’s a tune that really carries the soul of everything good we have stood for over the
last ten years”.
TUTV: Expect electrifying energy from the kick-off. Delirious guitars set
the haywire tone and hyperventilating vocals augment the buzzing fuzz.
A modern-day post-punk roller coaster.
Rapturous ride.
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Instagram – Linktree
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Berlin-based artist KAT KOAN offers her first music of
the year with a new, jaunty little gem, called COCOON.
Koan: “It’s a little circus themed escape world. I wanted to create a bit of a dreamy
break from daily worries. It’s pretty crafty and full of cool instruments. It also features
my daughter for a brief moment. It’s my favourite song I’ve made so far.”
TUTV: Leave your own cocoon and move to Koan‘s one where she will treat
you with this lighthearted tune that swings in mid-tempo from left to right
and back.
It relaxes your mind, triggers you to set your busy plans on a hold, and invites
your body to have a waltz-y dance that transfers you to a utopian circus
place for a while, far away from our daily, suffocating rat race.
Don’t worry, be happy.
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So, who’s Yorke and who is Prichard?
Artists: THOM YORKE and MARK PRITCHARD.
Who: Radiohead & The Smile orchestrator and
the pioneering electronic musician/producer.
They had their first collaboration on a track called
Beautiful People which appeared on Pritchard‘s
2016 solo LP Under The Sun.
Track: BACK IN THE GAME
From their longplayer Tall Tales,
released last May.
TUTV: Spooky and trance-like electronic jam.
Mesmerizing and hypnotizing. Emotive vocals
by Yorke.
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