Lesbian Of The Year

TURN UP THE VOLUME – 20 BEST LULLABIES OF 2025

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Band: MY MORNING JACKET
Who: The veteran Louisville‘s
rockers.

Track: WHERE TO BEGIN

A pearl of a ballad beauty, actually a previously unreleased
track from their 20th-anniversary edition of their 4th LP ‘Z’.

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Band: THE WATERBOYS
Who: The Scottish pop-rock-folk
band orchestrated by Mike Scott.

Track: RIDING DOWN TO MARDI GRAS

Mike Scott at its gripping best. A piece from the band’s
astonishing 16th LP titled Life, Death And Dennis Hopper.

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Band: Much lauded indie act JAPANESE BREAKFAST
Who: The much lauded indie act formed back in 2013
in Philadelphia.

Track: ORLANDO IN LOVE

Dreamy gem from their 4th full-length, named
For Melancholy Brunettes (& Sad Women).

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Artist: MAVIS STAPLES
Who: Legendary soul/blues/rock voice who, along with family, had a long and
greatly accomplished career under the name of The Staple Singers (1948-1994).
She’s 86 now, singing and swinging like a 36-year-old.

Track: SAD AND BEAUTIFUL WORLD
Title track from her new LP.

What a voice.


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Band: THE BEACHES
Who: All female Canadian
guitar pop quartet.

Track: LESBIAN OF THE YEAR

Glorious slow-mo anthem from their 3rd LP, titled No Hard Feelings.

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Band: CHARM SCHOOL
Who: The latest project from singer-songwriter Andrew Sellers
who, originally from Louisville, has paid his dues in both the
NYC and LA DIY music scenes.

Track: WITHOUT A DOUBT 

Impassioned, amplified piece from their debut LP Debt Forever.


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Band: WOLF ALICE
Who: Lauded British guitar pop quartet, fronted
by the tremendous vocalist Ellie Rowsell.

Track: WOLF ALICE

Heart-rending humdinger from their 4th longplayer, baptized The Clearing.

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Band: BIG THIEF
Who: The folk-pop combo from Brooklyn,
led by touching voice Adrianne Lenker.

Track: ALL NIGHT ALL DAY

Mellow reverie from their 6th full-length Double Infinity.

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Band: PORRIDGE RADIO
Who: Young Brighton indies by the wonderful
Dana Margolin, who have released 4 albums.

Track: DON’T WANNA DANCE

Tearjerker from their goodbye EP, called
The Machine Stars To Sing. I miss this band,
on record and on stage.

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Band: THE MOONLANDINGZ
Who: English electro-pop freaks fronted by chameleon
Lias Saoudi (Fat White Family, Decius, author, modern day
philosopher).

Track: ROUSTABOUT

Film noir theme from their 2nd LP, called No Rocket Required .

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Artist: EZRA FURMAN
Who: Flaring singer-songwriter
from Chicago.

Track: YOU HURT ME I HATE YOU

Mixed emotions nightmare. From her
7th longplayer, titled Goodbye Small Head.


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Band: NEWMOON
Who: Popular Belgian
melodic shoegazers.

Track: SAME DISTANCE

Cinematic splendour.


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Artists: BRIAN ENO and BEATIE WOLFE

Track: WHAT WE ARE

Ambient silence from the duo’s full-length, called Luminal.

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Band: NEIL YOUNG AND THE CHROME HEARTS

Track: THANKFUL

Vintage Young. From the album Talkin To The Trees.


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Band: PULP
Who: Sheffield’s beloved
common people.

Track: A SUNSET
From their comeback
longplayer More.

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Artist: MARK STEWART
Who: One of the most adventurous/inventive/original
post-punk & dub artists/performers ever, passed away
2 years, aged 62.

Track: A LONG ROAD

Soul-stirring song from his final, posthumously
released LP, titled The Fateful Symmetry.


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Artist: USI ES
Who: The musical moniker of affecting
Belgian singer-songwriter Ester Weemaes.
She released her debut EP Mutiny.

Track: SENDER UNKNOWN

Weemaes opens her heart for all refugees in the world who have no place to go.


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Band: MUMFORD & SONS

Track: MALIBU

Enthralling contemplation from their 5th album Rushmere.

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Artist: YOUTH LAGOON
Who: The musical project of
Idaho musician Trevor Powers.

Track: FOOTBALL

Cut from their album Rarely Do I Dream.

Goal.

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Band: Múm
Who: Icelandic indietronica
team (1997-present).

Track: MILD AT HEART
From their 7th longplayer,
named History Of Silence.

Daydream reverie for reflective moments.

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THE BEACHES – Canadian Indie Pop Outfit Repeat Themselves Too Much On New Album ‘NO HARD FEELINGS’

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3 September 2025


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Band: THE BEACHES
Who: Zappy Canadian indie
guitar pop combo.

Album: NO HARD FEELINGS.
Their 3rd one.

Press info: “The Beaches have spent the past decade building something unstoppable. Their third album No Hard Feelings finds the band blaming themselves (rather than their exes), embracing their partying ways and accepting the occasional semi-self destructive thoughts and actions.”

Clash Magazine says: “Thanks to the quartet’s desire to intertwine their stories into one solid narrative, we now have to deal with even more exes… Along with personal transformations, the girls have undergone very noticeable sonic metamorphoses, giving up the mid-to-late 2000s raw indie sound.

They have taken a hard left from garage-indebted indie rock into a more poppy and
danceable surf-pop version of Haim, with euphoric choruses and a pinch of post-punk.”


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TUTV: The album’s closer Last Girls At The Party is their best tune. A bright-eyed and
bushy-tailed guitar pop earworm that sticks on the spot. Effervescent, hepped up and hung go. The band liked it so much they tried to copy it 9 times, but never matched it
fully.

It causes an ongoing déja entendu experience, which reduces the record to an average level. But let’s end with good news. Lesbian Of The Year is one of the best ballads I heard all year long. Its 60s romantic resonance and its emotive, vocal thrill makes it the best track of the album.

KEY SINGLES

ALBUM


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JUKEBOX 2025 – Week 34 Five New Rad Tracks Added Twice A Week

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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

The 5 fresh ones
TRACK BY TRACK

Band: ROBERT PLANT & SAVING GRACE
Who: The former Led Zeppelin icon and
his touring band (for 6 years now).

Track: GOSPEL PLOUGH
Newest piece of the forthcoming LP, named
after the group. It’ll land on September 26th.

Mesmerizing folk roots music.
Alluring duet vocals with
songstress Suzi Dian.


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Photo Credit: Meg Moon

Band: THE BEACHES
Who: All-female Canadian
revved-up pop combo.

Track: LESBIAN OF THE YEAR

Newest preview piece from their 3rd full-length.
It’s named No Hard Feelings, and shows up on
August 29th.

Leandra Earl (keyboards, guitar, backing vocals): “It’s about the shame I felt coming
out later in life and the pressure of trying to live up to ‘Lesbian of the Year,’ a title given
to me by my sweet fans. I feel regret for not knowing myself sooner, but this song is also
about the journey of self discovery & sexual identity and accepting that everyone is on
their own timeline and we’ll get there when we get there.”

A retro-sounding ballad
at its gripping best.

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Artist: LAVA LA RUE
Who: Soulful British-Jamaican hip-hop songstress,
who released her debut album Starface last year.

Track: EASY COME EASY GO

Lava: “Even if you feel hopeless about the state of the world, use that
energy to genuinely double down on radically exuding compassion
and community action.”

Summer isn’t over yet; still plenty of time to dance.
Add this funky hip-activating gem to your party playlist.

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Band: THE CRIBS
Who: Veteran Britrock indies, active since 2001.
Johnny Marr was once a short-time member.

Track: SUMMER SEIZURES
Lead single from their 9th album, the first in 6 years,
named Selling A Vibe, out next year, January 9th.

Back in town with a glammy
powered guitar pop tune.

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Artist: CASS MCCOMBS
Who: American singer-songwriter who played in
different bands before going his own way in 2002.

Track: MISS MABEE
Highlight from his brand-new
11th LP, named Interior Live Oak.

One of those traditional Americana reveries.

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