TURN UP THE VOLUME’s 20 BEST ALBUMS OF 2025

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Band: THE BELAIR LIP BOMBS
Who: Buzzing indies from
Montreal, Canada.

Album: AGAIN
Their 2nd one.

NME: ‘Again’feels like Belair Lips Bomb
are auditioning to be the biggest band
in the world.”

TUTV: Just one spin and I knew this LP was a winner. Ace tune, after ace tune, after
ace tune. Guitar pop at its most move ‘n groove exciting. In the middle, vocalist and
guitarist Maisie Everett draws all attention. Wonderful voice, striking performance.

She’s backed by a well-oiled rock turbo. Hype or not, these
revved-up Aussies are going places, all around the globe
that is.

SINGLE

ALBUM


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Band: DITZ
Who: Unbridled post-punks
from Brighton, UK.

Album: NEVER EXHALE
Follow-up to their astonishing debut
The Great Regression from 2022.

Press info: “The album explores themes of unnecessary hatred and
division. It’s political, but ultimately personal. More Genet or Kafka
than Orwell or Huxley.

TUTV: Without a shadow of a doubt, the perfect soundtrack for Doomsday.
Sledgehammer after sledgehammer, drone after drone, brainfucker after
brainfucker. Always tension in the air.

Any track would work in a zombie horror movie. And we know all
about horror, right? Just take a look outside the window, and you
see a lot of it. For free.

Cal Francis‘s spoken word performances are bone-chilling. Their primal screams
send shivers down the spine. Lyrically, they operate in a space where reality and
surreality meet. No room for birds and bees.


Cal Francis – Pukkelpop Fest 2025 – Photo by TUTV

Never Exhale is an other-worldly Götterdämmerung experience.
It smells like something is alive and kicking here. No regression,
only progression.

Inhale them.

KEY SINGLE

ALBUM


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Band: SPRINTS
Who: Irish post-punk whirlwind, led by charismatic
voice/songwriter/guitarist Karla Chubb.

Album: ALL THAT IS OVER.
Their sophomore one, following last year’s
amazeballs debut LP Letter To Self.

Sprints about the LP: “While the world is literally burning down around us there are voices that seem hell bent on pointing the finger at anyone but those actually responsible. There’s no need to dream-up dystopia, we’re living in it. And somehow, while the world has never seemed uglier, our life has never been more beautiful.”

TUTV: Their riff-ripping quiet/loud/quiet formula works again, big time. Their sucker-punches hit you, piece by piece, hard in the teeth while Karla Chubb‘s hepped-up vocals rule again. Here and there, her unbridled explosiveness brings young Courtney Love‘s borderline cry-outs to mind. Only the 6 last cooking/boiling/bloodcurdling haymakers
are already worth a full album.

KEY SINGLE

ALBUM


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Band: LAMBRINI GIRLS
Who: Two razorblade riot girrrrlzz – vox/guitarist Phoebe Lunny
and bassist Lilly Macieira – from Brighton (UK), with an insatiable
appetite for mass moshpits.

Album: WHO LET THE DOGS OUT
Their debut LP.


Photo by Turn Up The Volume

NME said: “Lambrini Girls prove punk is alive and kicking. They’re unapologetically amplifying chaos, calling out societal wrongs, and daring us all to feel something. This record is loud, raw, and impossible to ignore.”

TUTV:

Faster than a Formula One Ferrari.
Louder than a supersonic jet.
Punkier than any punks around.

Trashing. Crashing. Slashing.
Hellish. Demonic. Manicial.

11 knockouts. 11 killers. 11 hits.
11 Molotov cocktails. 11 bulls-eyes.

Bitchy. Boiling. Blasting.
Chaotic. Mental. Queer.
Bonkers. Berserk. Banging.

Massive bass buzz.
Schizo guitar riffs.

100 sneers. 100 spits.
100 rants. 100 bursts.
100 shits. 100 fuck-offs.

Middle-finger to all LGBTQ-haters.
To hell with all greedy capitalists.
Kick Brex-shit in the nationalistic ass.

KEY SINGLE

ALBUM


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

ALBUM: LIFE, DEATH AND DENNIS HOPPER

Press info: Inspired entirely by the life and mythos of actor Dennis Hopper, Mike Scott
and The Waterboys created this expansive album as tribute to one of American popular culture’s most compelling public figures.

TUTV: This a remarkable piece of work. It could be the soundtrack for a yet to be made
Dennis Hopper documentary. Hats off to Mike Scott for his boldness, imaginativeness, and ingenuity to score this musical movie, constructed marvellously with its sonically cinematic versatility.

Pop, rock, blues, country, bar-room jazz, and musing balladry take turns and puzzle
a most coherent and highly entertaining whole together, spiced with magnificent vocal contributions by Fiona Apple, Steve Earle and others. Never a dull moment with its varied stream of entertaining songs and Scott‘s awe-inspiring vocality throughout.

KEY SINGLE

ALBUM


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Band: HEISA
Who: 3 Belgian post-punk crusaders.

Album: TROIS

TUTV: Trois is one of the most balanced, the most arousing and the most vitalizing
noise rock records I heard in a very long time. Heisa grab you by the throat for 40 wicked minutes, and you won’t protest for one second. The cliché all killers, no fillers is so accurate here.

No arty farty tricks, no unnecessary overdubs, no useless volume exaggerations.
The production is flawless, and is an instrumental factor for the overall organic
resonance of this expressive exploit.

KEY SINGLE

ALBUM


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Band: MCLUSKY
Who: The renowned Welsh post-punk noiseniks
featuring Andrew Falkous, as known as hysterical
frontman of Future Of The Left.

Album: THE WORLD IS STILL HERE AND SO ARE WE
Their 4th.


Press photo by Damien Sayell

TUTV: Loudmouths Andrew Falkous and Damien Sayell still spit and sneer their 4 lungs
out and rip politicians to shreds while they wield their razor-sharp axes. Chainsaw guitars everywhere, backed by a hellacious drum/bass duo. And they’re still maddening masters when it comes to search and destroy punk havoc.

KEY SINGLE

ALBUM


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Band: WHOLES
Who: A fresh, rowdy hit team led by Belgian
musical chameleon Wolf Vanwymeersch,

Album: A MASS IN THE WATER.

Press info: An intense and raw reflection
of grief, trauma, and the desire for healing.

A Mass In The Water’ roughly describes the last day of Wolf Vanwymeersch‘s father,
who took his own life during a psychotic episode. The album balances between
mockery, anger, powerlessness, grief, understanding, compassion, and love.

TUTV: It’s both a scary and flabbergasting opus that takes a lot of courage to make and share with the world. The album’s ominous dynamics, distorted vocals, and riff-roasting razzmatazz resonate like if you are listening to the soundtrack of a modern day horror movie.

Vanwymeersch and Wholes created their own Dante’s Inferno.
Bloodcurdling, pitch-black, and bone-chilling. Helter-skelter.

KEY SINGLE

ALBUM


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Artist: HEAD ON STONE
Who: The solo project of Belgian songstress
Nele Janssen, frontwoman of post-punk turbo
Peuk.

Album: STONY BEDS
Debut LP

TUTV: Nele Janssen bewitches with her crystalline voice and enchanting piano play. Intimate, passional and heartfelt. From a Peuk scream to a solo whisper. A beautiful,
soul-stirring record that silences you from start to finish.

Eleven bittersweet reveries for the midnight hours. Stony Beds is an ideal companion
for cold winter nights, while relaxing with dimmed light on your couch and your favourite drink at hand.

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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 – Brussels

Album: THE NEW EVE IS RISING.
Their debut.

NME: “A record that mines the unpredictable free-spiritedness of freak
folk, the loose, louche nature of rock’n’roll and the no-rules attitude of punk.”

TUTV: Eccentricity is the new normal. Poetic, medieval music is among us.
The New Eves are something special, really special. Next to drum/bass/guitar
they use more untraditional instruments such as cello, flute, violin and other
classical music gear.

At their core, musically, they’re a folk punk rock band, an outlandish one, that is.
One of those that play gloriously out of tune at times, enthuse up with splendacious chants and have your bewildering attention for the full 40 baffling minutes. One of
the most innovative full-lengths of the year. Hands down.

KEY SINGLE

ALBUM


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Band: AVALANCHE PARTY
Who: High-voltage outfit from Yorkshire Moors (UK),
formed by Joe and Jordan Bell, vocalist and bassist
respectively.

Album: DER TRAUM UBER ALLES
Their second one.

TUTV: TAP funk and punk, buzz and fuzz, move and groove on this voltaic
record. They shoot a series of titanic tunes from their hips with a hair-raising
impact.

Avalanche Party have become masterly songwriters who know exactly how to construct adrenalized knockout killers with the right combination of roasting riffs, jagged hooks, bang-on licks, powerhouse drumming, effervescent synths and sultry horns here and there. Stupendous record.

KEY SINGLE

ALBUM


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

New album: THE CLEARING
Their 4th.

TUTV: With The Clearing,  the changing, musical process since their debut LP is complete. It’s now more ELLIE + THE WOLF (yes, FLORENCE + THE MACHINE territory) than before. Pop music in all its seducing and alluring ways. It’ll make them superstars in and outside the UK.

KEY SINGLE

ALBUM


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Artist: BLACK VIIOLET
Who: Alter-ego of American garage punk ‘n’ roll
turbo The Darts‘ front Amazon Nicole Laurenne.

Album: AFTER YOU
Her debut.

Laurenne: “The songs were written in the style of vintage jazz standards, but are then drenched with Rhodes piano and sparkling horn parts, with upright bass and triphop beats holding down a groovy, downtempo feel underneath. The vocals are the polar opposite of my garage rock sound in The Darts – in Black Viiolet, I am quietly telling you secrets in the dark.

TUTV: After You is delectable music for the midnight hours that massages
your ears for 40 minutes. The most sensual record I heard in a long time.
It transfers you to a place where you can dream away, far from today’s
depressing outside world.

SINGLE

ALBUM

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Artist: PREWN
Who: The moniker of Massachusetts‘ born, LA-based chilling
singer-songwriter Izzy Hagerup. She released her debut album
Through The Window in 2023.

New Album: SYSTEM
Her 2nd one.

Hagerup: “I need to tap into my grief and sadness and stuff because it’s there. And when
you don’t live in it then you’re just numb. You can’t see the beauty and you are running from
the pain. It’s this Groundhog Day feeling. I feel that’s the antithesis to art, love, and connection, and giving a shit about the world.”

TUTV: The combination of creepy violins, ominous cello shadow play, and last but
not least Hagerup‘s wailing voice dominate this record causing bone-chilling sensations.

Her laments evoke moments of uncomfortableness, but her grip is so overwhelming
that you just can’t get away of her sonic exorcism. Like watching a traumatic thriller
you can’t escape from without knowing the end of the story.

SINGLE

ALBUM


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Band: SPAMMERHEADS
Who: Techno tandem
from Valencia, Spain.

Album: THE MIRE CHRONICLES

Press Info: “This album, was born from the difficult experience of the floods that hit Valencia on October 29, 2024. During this time, the duo lost part of their studio and actively participated in the cleanup efforts in their city.

The Valencian duo offers six tracks (plus two digital bonus tracks) to remind us that despite
the difficulties we may face, we must always fight to get ahead, get back on our feet, and not
be swept away by the current.”

TUTV: Eight titanic techno thrills, eight 90s inspired trance tunes. Think Chemical Brothers, The Orb and The Prodigy. The pair’s Mire Chronicles have a hammering impact on their post-drama demons. At the end of the traumatic tunnel there’s a Spammerheads light that
illuminates a healing future.

SINGLE

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Band: THE LEMONHEADS
Who: Veteran tunesmith
Evan Dando and his crew.

Album: LOVE CHANT
Their first in 19 years,
their 11th overall.

TUTV: Dando has resurrected himself and his band gloriously. Now and then he touches turbulent memories from the past and does some soul-searching again, but you can feel he’s truly happy, healthy and excited to be here in great artistic shape. A welcome reaffirmation of The Lemonheads‘ riveting pop mastery.

KEY SINGLE

ALBUM


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Artist: PETER DOHERTY
The notorious Libertine.

Album: FELT BETTER ALIVE
His 3rd solo one.

TUTV: Writing songs is Doherty‘s oxygen. He has music running through his veins.
Enter this new solo album. A collection of daily life tunes that puts a smile on your
face. The man entertains, charms and shows his inspiring skills once again. It’s clear
that the French air stimulates his productivity. Poetry in motion.

KEY SINGLE

ALBUM


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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.

As a prolific solo artist, he scored 7 LPs, collaborated with countless
other artists, and caused poignant waves with his Mafia outfit.

Album: THE FATEFUL SYMMETRY
His 8th solo LP, released posthumously
by Mute Records.


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TUTV: Stewart expresses again his mixed emotions about humanity and its messy planet. Both pessimistic and optimistic reflections, but always with sparks of hope. Musically, it’s
a very accessible pop work with several crooning musings.

His characteristic, captivating voice, both heartrending and heartwarming at the same time, feels so real, so close, and as always, engaged and genuine. Mark Stewart was one
of a kind and will always be in my book.

KEY SINGLE

ALBUM


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Band: NEIL YOUNG and the THE CHROME HEARTS .

Album: TALKIN TO THE TREES.

TUTV Talkin To The Trees brings Young‘s 1975 masterwork Tonight’s The Night instantly
to mind, sonically that is. Raw and rough, as if the LP was recorded live in one take, in
a garage with lots of echo and plenty of ramshackle guitars, buzzing electricity and
Young‘s characteristic, ardent vocals. Very familiar, very entertaining.

It’s vintage Young, musically and thematically, wondering about the world’s future, warning for environmental pollution dramas, difficult times to come for our children, and the need of a big positive change.

KEY SINGLE

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Artists: BRIAN ENO and BEATIE WOLFE

They met in 2022 at the SXSW festival. They met again while exhibiting visual
and conceptual art pieces in London and began recording together early
last year.

Album: LIMINAL
The duo’s third in only 5 months.
Talking about a fertile collaboration

TUTV: I always loved and embraced Eno‘s sonic ambient paintings, his chimerical and fanciful synth symphonies with its calming impact and starry-eyed radiance. Liminal is another Eno opus I added to my headphone music playlist for psychological relaxation.

An invitation to ease your mind and ears in their
phantasmagorical universe. A record to cherish.

SINGLE

ALBUM


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S.C.A.B. – Warm-Blooded New York Rockers Know That All We Need Is ‘LOVE’

Daily electricity to load your batteries

14 November 2025


Photo by Julie Ruiz

Band: S.C.A.B.
Who: Formed in Ridgewood, Queens, the band channels
the lived-in tension of New York life into something both
urgent and reflective.

Frontman Sean Camargo writes like someone pulling moments out of thin air: soft
subway collisions, the weight of a partner’s silence, the slow grief of change. The band’s name, once just an acronym, now feels more like a symbol of regeneration, a hardened edge formed by years of personal and collective growing pains.

Track: LOVE
Newest piece from their upcoming album, named Somebody In
New York Loves You!
, out November 21st. More info HERE.


Album artwork

It’s the most direct song on the new S.C.A.B. record — just pure, unfiltered gratitude for the people, places, and moments that make life worth living. It’s a love song to New York,
to family, to loss, to starting over.

Carmago (frontman) : “This song is a reminder to myself to get clearer on what I would
like to see. The roles we play. The illusion of truth. I had a tiny blue bird when I was young.
You had a love, it hurt, now it’s done. Blood is your teacher now. Let go of duality.”

TUTV: Once upon a time, John Lennon spread the universal message ‘All You Need Is Love‘.
It still stands as the one and only key for a tolerant world that’s not messed up like we’ve been experiencing for years now. It’s essential that artists continue to repeat Lennon‘s mantra.

Enter S.C.A.B. who accentuate the need for LOVE with blistering guitars, think NYC rock celebs Interpol with their amps up, resulting in a warm-blooded, bluesy, and melancholic jam that impresses your ears in an eye blink. Big tune, big theme, big performance.  All
you need is love when you listen to S.C.A.B. Magnifico.

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MUTATIONS FESTIVAL – BRIGHTON UK – 6/7 November 2025

MUTATIONS FESTIVAL
Brighton, UK
Indoors
6/7 Nov 2025

Wow. This is a dream line-up, when you love, like I do (post)punk, rock, psychedelia etc. by relatively small indie bands.

Note: I saw Lambrini Girls for the first time 3 years ago playing for 50 people, in a cafe in my hometown of Ghent, Belgium, now they headline a festival.

PICTURE THIS

Ghent, 22 April 2025
at Kinky Star Cafe

Picture This
April 22, Kinky Star Club, Ghent


1-2-3


“Get ready, I’m coming”


“Listen up, lads”


Turning up the bass


Getting high

Photos by Turn Up The Volume

One Sonic Summer Booster A Day Keeps Insanity Away – Today: LAMBRINI GIRLS

7 July 2025

Band: LAMBRINI GIRLS
Who: The right-in-your-face outspoken riot girls from Brighton, UK
who went nuclear after the release of their cooking debut album
Who Let The Dogs Out at the start of the year.


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Track: LOVE
Full-blooded flare-up from
that fast and furious album.

This live execution at this year’s Glastonbury Festival gives you
an idea of what a Lambrini punk party looks like (I know, I’ve seen
them about 10 times, so far).

Instagram – Spotify – Bandcamp

LAMBRINI GIRLS Launched Debut Album ‘WHO LET THE DOGS OUT’ – Faster Than A Formula 1 Ferrari, Louder Than A Supersonic Jet

11 January 2025


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Band: LAMBRINI GIRLS
Who: Two razorblade riot girrrrlzz – vox/guitarist Phoebe Lunny
and bassist Lilly Macieira – from Brighton (UK) with an insatiable
appetite for mass moshpits.

Album: WHO LET THE DOGS OUT
Their debut longplayer. Buy here.


Photo by Turn Up The Volume – Lille, France – 24 February 2024

Press info: “The album rips through a laundry list of social ills. Sirens blare over a heavy distorted bass and a live drum breakbeat. The band dance between upbeat poppunk, dirty grunge tones and discordant post-punk. There’s even some noise-popcheer for putting yourself first, whether it’s having an autistic meltdown or doing apoo at your mate’s house.

With instrumentals that inhale you like a Level 5 tornado and sentiments that make you want to kick the nearest door through, it’s a take-no-prisoners debut from one of the UK’s most fun and fearless bands.”

The English press is going fully nuts over the record, resulting in an
overall 87/100 score, for 13 reviews. Check them out on Metacritic.

TUTV’s EARS REPORT:

Faster than a Formula One Ferrari.
Louder than a supersonic jet.
Punkier than any punks around.

Trashing. Crashing. Slashing.
Hellish. Demonic. Manicial.

Deeper-cutting than a Swiss knife.
More lethal than a rattling riot-gun.

11 knockouts. 11 killers. 11 hits.
11 Molotov cocktails. 11 bulls-eyes.

Bitchy. Boiling. Blasting.
Chaotic. Mental. Queer.
Bonkers. Berserk. Banging.

Massive bass buzz.
Schizo guitar riffs.
Octopus drumming.
Exorcistic screams.
Cuntological rages.

100 sneers. 100 spits.
100 rants. 100 bursts.
100 shits. 100 fuck-offs.

Middle-finger to all LGBTQ-haters.
To hell with all greedy capitalists.
Kick Brex-shit in the nationalistic ass.

Singles (shared so far): Love / Big Dick Energy / Company Culture

– LOVE –

– BIG DICK ENERGY –

– COMPANY CULTURE –

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10 BEST GIGS OF 2024 According To The Ears/Eyes Of TURN UP THE VOLUME

31 December 2024

Band: FAT WHITE FAMILY
Who: British misfits team led by maestro Lias Saoudi.
One of the best live bands of the past 15 years. Hands
down.

They released their 5th and unquestionbly their best
longplayer this year with Forgiveness Is Yours.

Trix Club, Antwerp – 1 June

No rest for the wicked.

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Band: Lambrini Girls
Who: Hefty post-punk
turbo from Brighton, UK.

The grrllzz have their debut LP Who Let The Dogs Out
out on January 10th. They will be all over the place.

L’Aeronef, Lille, France – 17 February

Earthquake experience.

Instagram – Spotify
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Band: ILA
Who: Belgian top rock/pop outfit
fronted by charismatic songwriter
Ilayda Cicek.

They scored one of the best debut
albums of the year with Anya.

Charlatan, Ghent – 14 November

Magnetism in motion.

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Artist: LIAM GALLAGHER
Who: Our kid.

O2 Arena in London, 6 June.

We all felt supersonic.

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Band: DITZ
Who: Overwhelming post-punk
bulldozer from Brighton, UK.

On 24th January Ditz will launch
their second album, titled Never Exhale

Sonic City Fest, Kortrijk Belgium, 10 November

Illegal amount of decibels.
Helter skelter.

Instagram – Spotify
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Band: FRANK CARTER & THE RATTLESNAKES
Who: British tattoo artist and his gang.

Authors of one of the best longplayers
of 2024 with Dark Rainbow.

Ancienne Belgique, Brussels – 26 February

Passion, passion, passion.

Instagram – Spotify
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Band: THE NEW EVES
Who: Otherwordly all-female
indie act from Brighton, UK.

Botanique, Brussels – 24 May

Bizzare and different.
BRILLIANT!

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Band: YARD ACT
Who: Rap-pop-rock indie
celebs from Leeds, UK.

With Where’s My Utopia they
delivered their 2nd triumphant LP.

Botanique Nights Fest, Brussels – 28 April

Party from start to finish.

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Band: WARMDUSCHER
Who: Disco punk cowboys from the UK.

This hit team nailed it with this year’s
album Too Cold Too Hold (their 4th).

Botanique, Brussels – 24 May

Imagine James Brown being a punk.

Instagram – Spotify
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Artist: RICARD ASHCROFT
Who: British power pop expert

Lokerse Feesten, Belgium – 6 August

Bittersweet symphonies.

Instagram – Spotify

All photos by Turn Up The Volume

LAMBRINI GIRLS – British Smash And Trash Sensation Release Debut Album ‘WHO LET THE DOGS OUT’ On 10 January 2025

Coming Up

24 December 2024


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Band: LAMBRINI GIRLS
Who: Sharp-cutting riot girrrrlzz – vox/guitarist Phoebe Lunny and bassist
Lilly Macieira – with a razorblade tongue and an insatiable appetite for
moshpits.

Album: WHO LET THE DOGS OUT
Release: 10 January 2025

Pre-order info: here


Photo by Turn Up The Volume – Lille, France – 24 February 2024

Press info: “The album rips through a laundry list of social ills. Sirens blare over a heavy distorted bass and a live drum breakbeat. The band dance between upbeat poppunk, dirty grunge tones and discordant post-punk. There’s even some noise-popcheer for putting yourself first, whether it’s having an autistic meltdown or doing apoo at your mate’s house.

With instrumentals that inhale you like a Level 5 tornado and sentiments that make you want to kick the nearest door through, it’s a take-no-prisoners debut from one of the UK’s most fun and fearless bands.”

Singles (shared so far): Love / Big Dick Energy / Company Culture

– LOVE –

– BIG DICK ENERGY –

– COMPANY CULTURE –

TOUR 2025

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BIG BLASTS FROM THE PAST – 10 Classic Albums Turning 40 In 2025

Back in time

24 December 2024

Band: NEW ORDER
Album: Low Life
Their 3rd one,
#7 in the UK.

Melody Maker said: “The album boasts the most articulate sound
since The Cocteaus’ Treasure, elevating depression to ecstasy.”

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Band: THE POGUES
Album: Rum Sodomy & The Lash
2nd LP, #13 in the UK.

The album’s title is taken from a quotation attributed to Winston Churchill:
“Don’t talk to me about naval tradition. It’s nothing but rum, sodomy, and the lash.”

NME wrote: “A collection of free-ranging stuff to be sure. It’s never
sentimental, it’s rarely polite, and it’s certainly not ordinary.”

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Artist: TOM WAITS
Album: Rain Dogs
9th LP,
#188 in the US,
#29 in the UK.

The Village Voice wrote: “Waits worked out a unique and identifiable lounge-lizard
sound that suits his status as the poet of America’s non-nine-to-fivers.”

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Band: THE FALL
Album: This Nation’s Saving Grace
8th longplayer.

AllMusic: “This collection is ample proof of the pure confidence the group had
at this time. The Fall sound mysterious, down-to-earth, and hilarious all at the
same time.”

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Band: THE CURE
Album: The Head On The Door
6th one, #7 in the UK.

Pitchfork: “Their most focused
pop album. A tight, terrific package.”

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Artist: BRIAN ENO
Album: Thursday Afternoon

AllMusic: “Thursday Afternoon is an hour-long, uninterrupted ambient piece
created in Eno’s “holographic” compositional style, in which even the most brief
snippet of music is representative of the performance as a whole.”

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Band: TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS
Album: Southern Accents
Their 6th LP,
#7 in the US.

AllMusic: “An ambitious album, attempting to incorporate touches of soul,
psychedelia, and country into a loose concept about the modern South.”


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Band: THE CULT
Album: Love
Their second LP,
# in the UK.

AllMusic: “Considering the musical schizophrenia that would plague each
subsequent Cult release, Love just may be the band’s purest moment.”

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Band: THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN
Album: Psychocandy

NME said: “A great searing citadel of beauty whose wall of noise,
once scaled, offers access to endless vistas of melody and emotion.”

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Band: HÜSKER DÜ
Album: Flip Your Wig
4th longplayer
#1 Indie charts UK

AllMusic: “Flip Your Wig would be a remarkable record on its own terms, but the fact that it followed New Day Rising by a matter of months and Zen Arcade by just over a year is simply astonishing.”

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30 BEST TRACKS OF 2024

ALL TOGETHER

TRACK BY TRACK

– 1 –

Band: HINDS
Who: Sizzling Spanish
ecstatic pop fury.

Track: Superstar

Piece from their 4th LP,
titled Viva Hinds

TUTV: Perfect 24 Carat power pop tune with a rhapsodic impact
on your ears. Sonic euphoria that causes a prompt outburst of
dazzling delight.

Fantástico!

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Band: KINGS OF LEON
Track: Mustang

The Nashville family launched their 9th album
named Cand We Please Have Fun’ last May.

TUTV: A roasting steamroller that turns up the heat even
more when the cooking chorus kicks in and blows the roof off.
Red-hot-blooded belter.

Bad-ass.

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Band: FONTAINES D.C.
Track: Starbuster

Unquestionable standout from the Irish indie
stars’ much applauded 4th LP Romance.

TUTV: Intense jam, rollin’ on with a bone-chilling flow and
frontman Grian Chatten raps all over it with his characteristic
uptight parlando and grasping for his breath every time the
refrain comes on.

Breath-taking.

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Band: GUSTAF
Who: Swirling 5-piece from Brooklyn led by charismatic frontwoman
Lydia Gammil released their 2nd album Package Pt. 2 last April.

Track: Starting And Staring

TUTV: Funkier than the B-52’s in their heyday, and  Gustaf spin around
with more dash and class than Bodega and Parquet Courts. Fact!

Knockout.

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Band: STRAND
Who: Power pop quartet
from Dublin, Ireland.

Track: Progress

Part of their upcoming 5-track EP
that’ll land early next year.

“Progress is a song about changing places, people and times.”

TUTV: Epic. Grandiose. Staggering. Amplified guitar-pop at its mind-blowing best.
One of those not-everyday puissant killer tracks overwhelms your emotions
from the first spin.

Superb.


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Artist: GAVIN FRIDAY
Who: The former flamboyant spearhead of Irish
new art wave act Virgin Prunes (1977-1986).

Track: The Church Of Love

From his new album
Ecce Homo.

TUTV: Glistening electro-pop splendor. Uplifting, jaunty and
brisk. Trust me, you’ll want to join Friday‘s church afterward.

Believe.
Here.
Now.


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Press photo by Zac Bayly

Band: AMYL AND THE SNIFFERS

Track: You Should Not Be Doing that

Stand-alone single released after they dropped their
3rd full-length Cartoon Darkness last October.

TUTV: A searing left/right uppercut. Amyl is sniffin’ again
as we are used to by now, but I never get tired of her
kickass briskness.

Wowzers.

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Band: DITZ
Who: Earthquake-causing
hit team from Brighton, UK.

Track: Taximan

Piece from their forthcoming second longplayer, baptized
Never Exhale. It’ll hit the streets on 25 January 2025.

TUTV: Taximan does your head in the way we, brainbangers, like it.
Bam Bang Boom. No mercy for the wicked. Manic mayhem as usual.
You’d better check out if Robert ‘Travis’ De Niro is behind the wheel
before taking a cab.

Helter-skelter.


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Band: THE RATS
Who: 5 ambitious rascals
from Ghent, Belgium.

Track: OLD FLAMES

Cut from their excellent
debut EP Disco To Disco.

The song is about rediscovering old lovers after a night out from disco(theque) to disco(theque), with references to The Pogues’ Shane MacGowan and his excessive
drinking, and a legendary Belgian crooner.

TUTV: Full steam ahead from the get-go. All engines on. Decibels up, amps up.
The breakneck speed and the relentless synth/percussion riff make your head
spin 360°. I dare you to catch up with this missile all the way.

Hit! Hit! Hit!


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Band: LAMBRINI GIRLS
Who: A two-motor punk bulldozer from Brighton, UK who have built
a notorious reputation over the past 2 years, on record and on stage.

Track: Love

Cut from the duo’s upcoming debut LP
Who Let The Dogs Out. Out next year, on
January 10.

TUTV: Without a shadow of a loud doubt, one of the grrrlz’s best stormers so far.
An amazeballs wall-of-nasty-guitar/bass hullabaloo, a ruthless octopus drummer
and Phoebe‘s best vocals. Hell-tastic.

‘True love is nothing more than the wrong hill to die on”.

Dynamite.

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Band: THE MYSTERINES
Who: Impassioned powerhouse pop indies from
Liverpool fronted by ravishing voice Lia Metcalfe.

Track: SINK YA TEETH

Single from their 2nd LP
Afraid Of Tomorrows.

TUTV: A maddening master blaster.
Haunting electricity and Metcalfe
mystique.

Cool as fuck!

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Band: SPRINTS
Who: Irish post-punk sensation.

Track: TICKING
Opener of their kick-ass
debut LP Letter To Self.

TUTV: The jaw-dropping vitality these volcanic Irish beatniks develop here is off the charts. They build a near-unbearable tension and explode insanely, time after time, along the rough ride. Vocalist/songwriter Karla Chubb knows terrifically well how to double your adrenalin production.

Timebomb.


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Band: GETDOWN SERVICES
Who: Two flamboyant
weirdos from Bristol, UK.

Track: DOG DRIBBLE

From the duo’s brand new 6-track EP
Your Medal’s In The Post.

TUTV: Dog Dribble operates somewhere between Yard Act and Sleaford Mods.
Its limbs-activating groove is simply irresistible. Get up, stand up, and fight
for your right to bounce up and down like mad.

Buzzing.

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Band: FAT DOG
Who: South London-based gang that made thousands
and ‘true love is nothing more than the wrong hill to die on”.
thousands of ears go bonkers with their first-rate debut
longplayer Woof.

Track: All The Same

TUTV: A ballistic disco-punk whopper to end and start all (il)legal
raves with. When the huge orchestral injections blast out of your
vibrating speakers you know that these misfits are your new
favorite dogs. Hallelujah!

Barking party mayhem.

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Press photo by Cal McIntyre

Band: RIDE
Legendary British shoegazers.

Track: Last Frontier

Toptier one from their toptier
7th LP, named Interplay.

TUTV: A sickly sticky earworm with
an orgasmic chorus. Less shoegaze,
more pop bliss. Moonstruck stroke.

Bingo.

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MAYFLOWER MADAME
Who: Norwegian pysch-pop outfit.

This Norwegian band specializes in a dark and distinctive blend
of post-punk, shoegaze and psych-noir. So far they released two
albums.

Track: A Foretold Ecstasy

One of the stellar singles from their
new, third, album Insight.

TUTV: Drums and bass team up for an incessantly beat that carries
this instantaneously infectiuos trip, along with a magnetizing Cure-esque
guitar riff that gets you in a trance.

Truly hypnotizing from start to finish with velvety vocals
and darkwavish synths in the back adding a twilight tone.

Sparkling.

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Band: BLACK DOLDRUMS
Who: British synth-pop-Goth trio with key
members Kevin Gibbard and Sophie Landers

Track: Summer Breeze

From their second LP,
named In Limerence.

TUTV: No, this is not a New Order song but it could easily be one, actually a stellar one. Summer Breeze sparkles from the very start to finish with scintillating guitar riffs, zealous percussion, shiny synths and Gibbard‘s eager vocals. It’s a pure pop pearl for all seasons.

Paramount.

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Artist: ST. VINCENT
Who: Glamorous songstress
Annie Carke from NYC.

Track: Big Time Nothing
Cut from her 7th LP
All Born Screaming.

TUTV: Sexy crowded nightclub stomper.
Dancefloor filler. Orgastic titillation.

Sigh!

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Artists: ARROWS OF ATHENA (Boston, MA)
Who: A pandemic project that found its two main players – multi-instrumentalist and producer Scott Lerner and vocalist and lyricist Jac-Lyn Gibson – reuniting after the latter spent some time away from music, Arrows of Athena are crafting a distinct sound on
their own terms, bridging usually disparate ends of the pop and rock spectrum for an illuminated sound of big dance beats, heavy riffs, and melodic intensity.

New single: Reckless Heart

Piece from their debut
album The Ghost

On this song the duo explores the mental and emotional work required
for a successful marriage, and how we’re often careless with love.

TUTV: I’m quite sure that Arrows Of Athena are huge fans of former Swedish glam and glitter pop duo Roxette. The bliss and blitz at play on Reckless Heart is sonically similar. Sizzling guitars, battering drums/bass grooves, sensuous vocals and a peppy chorus combine here for a power pop pearl that flames lustrously. Orchestral melodiousness, fiery 90s spirit, and musical. An invigorating joyride.

And eye-catching animated video clip.

WATCH/LISTEN

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Band: VIRGINS
Who: Young up-and-coming
Belfast-based shoegazers .

Track: s o f t e r
Single from their fascinating debut LP
nothing hurt and anything
was beautiful

TUTV: This is a psychedelic shoegaze stunner, a multi-layered symphony
propelled by about a thousand guitars, a mindboggling bass riff, and combative
drums, while Rebecca Dow‘s ghostly vocals come from another galaxy.

Heavenly.

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Band: LEG PUPPY 2.0
Who: Madcap techno act from London.

Track: Welcome To Your New Future
Piece from their best album, so far, baptized Humanity 2.0.

TUTV: What’s in store for humankind. Nuclear war or peace and free love?
Or will we be just another brick in the wall? Whatever happens, never stop
pirouetting yourself dizzy to Leg Puppy.

We don’t need your education
We don’t need no your thought control

Move those legs.

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Art by Jeffrey Boyle

Band: THE DARTS
Who: Unwearying garage
rock turbo from Phoenix, Arizona.

Track: Ppur Another
From this year’s fabulous
new LP Boomerang.

TUTV: The most energetic, exciting, pizzazy band around. Cooking on record and on stage. Sultry garage rock for party animals. This is my absolute favorite of this years Boomerang LP. Chipper tune.

Have a drink, folks.

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Band: RAPTUROUS
Who: British hip-rock-hop squad.

Track: Repeat After Me

TUTV: Think Cypress Hill fronted by Zack de la Rocha, rattling like
a rapid-fire riot-gun. An avid anthem that celebrates freedom and
invites you to shout along while pumping your fists in the air.

Repeat after them.

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Band: BAD MOVES
Who: Fervent guitar-pop
quartet from Washington.

Track: Hallelujah
Piece from their 3rd LP,
titled Wearing Out The Refrain.

TUTV: Hallelujah rages against the anti-LGBTQ
haters with knives between their teeth and an
unstoppable drive.

“To express oneself, now expressly forbidden/ That’s a spiritual hell, that’s
a new prohibition/ And they’ll boil you down to reproductive function/ When
they see you as a vessel and not as a person!”

Bang-on.

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Band: CANYONS AND LOCUSTS
Who: Boston‘s hefty garage blues-rock duo.

Track: Anna Save A Life
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TUTV: A manic motherrocker from a duo who sound as a 4-motor hit-and-run team. Riff-o-rama all the way while bashing drums do your head in. Garage punk ‘n’ roll at its filthy best. Call your own Anna and challenge the anti-decibels police.

Pretty sick.


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Band: DUMB POSH HIPPIES (hilarious name!)
Who: Psych-influenced, three-piece punk band from
Dublin/Derry with a love for big riffs and pace.

Track: Scrunched Up Fist

TUTV: Wham bloody wham bam. Expect a sharp-splitting punk rock juggernaut. Amps up and full steam ahead. No rest for the wicked with this razor-blade cutting, head over heels bombshell spiced with sneering vocals. Wham bloody wah-wah guitars bam. Scrunched Up Fist hits your face really hard. Hurry-scurry stroke.

Hells bells.


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Band: SOFT SKIES INC
Who: Philadelphia-based identical-twin duo and longtime musical confidants
Ryan and Martin Rex, their shared sonic compass draws a straight line from the
classic alternative of their youth to the modern alternative and dream-pop of
today.

Track: Sooner Or Later

A song of hope, riding those tender waves of nostalgia, understanding that a loss of innocence comes with age but that we emerge from the other side with newfound perspective and awareness.

Melodic guitar pop at its Sebadoh best. Uptempo shoe-slacker-gaze
spiced with scintalling synths and ethereal vocals. Start dreaming in
overdrive.

Enrapturing.


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Photo credit: Thandiwe Zivengwa

Artist: SPIELMANN
Who:
Eager singer-songwriter from Leeds, UK.

Track: Just Like Everybode Else
From this year’s EP, titled Fifteen Minutes With Spielmann.

TUTV: Just Like Everybody Else is a glorious, full-orchestrated pop gem, that transfers you in an eye/ear blink to a sonic dreamland with its affecting melodiousness, riveting chorus and warm-hearted vocals. Three highly-entertaining minutes and twenty seconds with Spielmann

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Artist: KIM DEAL

Track: Crystal Breath
Single from Deal’s solo debut full lenght
Nobody Loves You More.

TUTV: Quite special and different from anything
Deal has been done before. EBM bass dynamics,
trip-hop quivering and a spiky guitar riff.

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Artist: LAUREN MAYBERRY
Who: Synth-pop band CHVRCHES
Scottish voice/face.

Track: Something In The Air
Superb song from her solo debut LP
Vicious Creature.

TUTV: A sky-scraping tune, a stunning slice of elevating music
with a multi-storey chorus and Mayberry‘s crystal voice going
airborne.

Spectacular vocals.

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20 BEST TRACKS OF THE MONTH – NOVEMBER 2024

ALL TOGETHER


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TRACK BY TRACK

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Band: DITZ
Who: Unbridled post-punks from
Brighton, UK (where everybody is
in a band).

Track: TAXIMAN
Piece from their forthcoming second longplayer, baptized
Never Exhale. It’ll hit the streets on 25 January 2025. Pre-order
info here.

TUTV: Taximan does your head in the way we, brainbangers, like it. Bam Bang Boom.
No mercy for the wicked. Maddening mayhem as usual. You better check out if Robert ‘Travis’ De Niro is behind the wheel before taking a cab.

Helter skelter.


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Press photo

Last August former white stripe JACK WHITE (aged 49 now) released
one of the best LPs of the year with powerhouse record NO NAME,
his 6th solo one. A crazed punk blues LP with a total of 13 thunderous
outbursts.

Track: YOU GOT ME SEARCHING

TUTV: I’m quite sure that this song was recorded during the No Name
sessions. Anyway, it’s as if Jimi Hendrix woke up from the dead for a day
to play firework guitar on this blistering blow.

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Band: GETDOWN SERVICES
Who: Two flamboyant
weirdos from Bristol, UK.

Track: DOG DRIBBLE
From the duo’s brand new 6-track EP
Your Medal’s In The Post.


New EP artwork

TUTV: Dog Dribble operates somewhere between Yard Act and Sleaford Mods.
Its limbs-activating groove is simply irresistible. Get up, stand up, and fight
for your right to move in mysterious ways.

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Album artwork

Band: LAMBRINI GIRLS
Who: A two-motor punk bulldozer from Brighton, UK who have built
a notorious reputation over the past 2 years, on record and on stage.

Track: LOVE
Piece from the duo’s upcoming debut LP
Who Let The Dogs Out. Out next year, on
January 10.

TUTV: Don’t be mistaken, it’s not because the new single is titled ‘Love’
that LB wrote their first-ever song about the birds and the bees. According
to the lambrinis tandem, ‘true love is nothing more than the wrong hill to die on”.

It’s one of their best knockouts so far.
An amazeballs wall-of-flaming-guitar racket
and a manic drummer with 4 arms. Hell yeah.

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Band: BILLY ZACH
Who: German act described by singer/guitarist
Max Zacherl as “the sandpaper of pop music”. So
far, they canned/released two albums.

Track: PAINTED NAILS
Single from their notable brand new 5-track EP, called
Interferer (you can stream/buy it below via Bandcamp).

TUTV: Painted Nails is a flabbergasting post-punk tour de force, a jawdropping
psychedelic trip burning its way through a turbulent trip, fired-up by schizophrenic
guitars and bone-chilling vocals. Petrifying thrill.


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Artists: SLEAFORD MODS and HOT CHIP.

Track: CAT BURGLAR

The rap-punk poets teamed up with the famous synth-pop band to collect money for help organization WARCHILD. An organization that works with parents, caregivers, community members, NGOs, governments, corporations, and other partners worldwide to ensure that children have access to protection, education, and psychosocial support.

It’s an unlikely collaboration, but it’s pretty cool that they do it together
for charity. They recorded 2 tracks in London’s famed Abbey Road studios.
You can buy both here, via Bandcamp.

One of them is a frisky punk-disco stomper; called CAT BURGLAR


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Band: CAMLANN
Who: Intruiging Indonesian
dark disco duo.

Track: RONNY (BURN IN HELL)
The song is deeply rooted in the personal experiences of lead singer Ony Godfrey,
who candidly addresses the sexual harassment she faced as a teenager at the hands
of a middle-aged man named Ronny. Through this powerful narrative, Camlann channels
a raw and unfiltered expression of female rage that resonates with many women who
have endured similar traumas.

TUTV: Expect a knockout headbutt, an in-your-face sucker disco-punk punch.
Hells bells. A blazing blast that goes after all sexual abusers out there. Bullseye.
The message is loud and clear. To hell with all harassing predators. NOW!

“You have played with fire
And the fire’s now burning you alive
So have fun suffering
‘Cause God knows that you will be
Burn in hell forever”


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Artist: KELE
Who: Bloc Party‘s maestro.

Track: KINTSUGI
From his 7th solo LP. The Singing Winds Pt. 3
and lands next year, on January 17th.

TUTV: Kintsugi is a funky and zippy riff-infused
tune that bounces on the dancefloor in your head
for a wild while.


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Photo credit: Frank Fieber

Band: FAT DOG
Who: London disco-punk cowboys, guilty of
releasing one of the best debut LPs of the
year with Woof.


(Brussels, 10 October 2024 – Photo by Turn Up The Volume)

Track: PEACE SONG

TUTV: The band say they have written this energizer, they want to compete
with at the Eurovision Song Contest of 2035. Say what?. The big question, of
course, is ‘will the world still turn in 2035?‘ as devastating wars destroy lives
every single day on half of our planet and the future doesn’t look bright
whatsoever. We can only hope for peace.

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Photo by Jim Fuller

Artist: SOMEBODY’S CHILD
Who: Musical project led
by Irish songsmith Cian Godfrey.

Track: TIME OF MY LIFE
First taster from his upcoming 2nd album
When Youth Fades Away
, out 28 March 2025.


New album artwork

TUTV: If you can resist this epic guitar/drums/piano-driven earworm
you need to change your meds and/or consult your shrink and you’ll
have the time of your life.

Stupendous tune!

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Band: CANYONS AND LOCUSTS
Who: Two-piece garage rock act, Justin Keane (vocals, guitar) and Amy Young (drums, backing vocals), from Boston, MA. Fueled by the current chaos of the world and an urgent need to be part of the conversation, the two took the indie rock foundation they built in previous bands and upped the ante by adding new levels of noise via pervasive, edgy guitar sounds, low and thundery drumbeats, and emotional vocals.

Track: ANNA SAVE A LIFE

Rowdy piece the tandem’s forthcoming
2025 concept album, The Goal Gigolo.

TUTV: Another manic motherrocker from this duo who sound as a 4-motor hit-and-run band. As usual, amps way up, and the volume to the max. Riff-o-rama all the way while bashing drums do your head in. Garage punk ‘n’ roll at its turbulent best. Call your own Anna and challenge the anti-decibels police. Sounds like far-out fun, right? You betcha.


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(photo by Turn Up The Volume)

Band: PRIMAL SCREAM
Who: Veteran stars with Scottish
roots, fronted by Bobby Gillespie.

Track: THE CENTRE CANNOT HOLD
Highlight from their new,
so-so LP Come Ahead.

The Scream on a roll.


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Band: FORGOTTEN DREAM
Who: Italian alt-rock group.

Track: RABBIT HOLE
Highlight from their brand
new album Distorted Karma.

Rabbit Hole is an invitation to explore life’s hidden corners, where desire and despair
often collide. The accompanying video clip immerses fans in distorted shadows and dramatic visuals, that perfectly mirrors the raw and introspective.

TUTV: Expect a motorized riff-ripper
with a titanic fists in the air chorus.
Steaming stuff. Punktastic!

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Band: NOVANOISE
Who: Italy’s rising alternative
punk rock outfit.

Track: LEVELS
It’s a fresh blend of punchy punk rock riffs, bold synth lines, and the undeniable
energy of frontwoman Luna Esmeralda Rizzi. Known for their high-voltage performances and cyberpunk flair, Novanoise delivers a track that’s both defiant and uplifting.
A shout-out to staying connected in a chaotic world.

TUTV: Levels is a high-voltage blowout,
with biting vocals, Herculean powerhouse
intensity and full-on electricity.

Bingo!


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Artist: PETER PERRETT
Who: Former frontman of legendary British new wavers
The Only Ones (1976–1982, 2007–2017)

Track: FOUNTAIN OF YOU
Single from his new, 3rd solo
album, named The Cleansing.

TUTV: It’s a heartfelt, sepia-colored musing where sparkling guitar lines
and Perrett‘s unique voice come together to shine. Moony melancholia in
motion.

Top!

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Band: CMON CMON
Who: Brussels/London based indie rock trio from Belgium,
who started to realize their childhood dream 5 years ago,
in their 40s.
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New track: ALL THE OTHER KIDS
It’s the first taster from their upcoming, new EP, titled Headwind that’ll land
next year and recorded in renowked producer’s James Brown‘s studio in the
world-famous Portobello Road in London. It’ll follow CC’s 2023 debut album
The Crack And The Light.


Single artwork by Belgian designer Lisa Van de Vyver
with cover images by Swedish photographer Moarlberg.

TUTV: All The Other Kids is a breezy, zippy and riff-juiced
tune that brings notorious songsmith Evan Dando and his
Lemonheads to mind.

Its easy-going melody and feel-good vibe make you want to whistle,
hum, or sing na-na-na along. That’s what pop-ular music is about.

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Photo Credit: Asher Thomas

Band: NEVERLESS.AM
Who: Prolific Boston trio who pulls threads from their hard
rock, psych, and funk influences to create a distinctive sound
that blurs a line between shoegaze and dream-punk.

Track: WILL I EVER?
Preview from their forthcoming
debut album, out in February.

It details a horrific personal experience vocalist and guitarist CA Newcomb endured
two years ago, as she relays the story and emotion of being hit as a pedestrian by a
drunk driver, sending her to the hospital and placing her on a long path to recovery.

TUTV: Woozy layers of fuzzy guitars and Alice-in-Wonderland vocals take you on a shoegazing trip to a place where reality and surreality meet. Btw, don’t get petrified
when you hear some freaky growling for a moment.

Press play.


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Artist: BLAIR GILMOUR
Who: An 18-year-old multi-instrumentalist and singer/songwriter from Irvine, Scotland. Immersing himself in music at a young age, he quickly realised that performing helped suppress his Tourette’s tics. Diving into music on a sensory level, the young artist explores the secrets of songwriting, producing and performing, inviting listeners along for the journey.

Track: BURNING UP

The tune was written at a songwriting camp in Spain. Initially inspired by the heat of their environment, the song eventually transformed into a love song, with Blair exploring the question: “How can you love something or someone so much that you know it is bad for you and your mental health, but you’re still in it for the chase?” 

TUTV: Swirling pop bliss is what you get, adrenalized amorousness is
what you feel, euphoric elation is what you hear. Touch play and enjoy.


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Instagram – Linktree
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Band: WYLDERNESS
Who: Welsh shoegazers from Cardiff
with 2 full-lengths under their belt.

Track: BIG IDEA
First taster from their forthcoming new EP
entitled ‘Safe Mode‘ which will be released
in 2025.

TUTV: Glistening guitar sparks set the glistening tone
for this sonically colored rainbow, all the way through.
Woolgathering vocals and arresting melodiousness.


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Linktree – Spotify
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Peter Murphy – photo by Jolene Siana / Boy George – photo by Dean Stockings

Former Bauhaus voice/face PETER MURPHY (67) and Culture Club‘s voice/face
BOY GEORGE (63) team up for a beauty of an epic reflection. A romantic ballad
titled LET THE FLOWERS GROW with another legend, Killing Joke’s Youth taking
care of the track’s production.

The song was originally written by the Boy George with its initial message being
“one of personal acceptance about being gay. As the song developed, it took on a more expansive and universal scope with its lyrics extending beyond sexuality and embracing
race, gender, creed and religion.”

TUTV: It’s a surprising, but terrificallyt gripping heart-and-soul
collaboration. Starry-eyed magic spreading gold dust.

“I’ve been changing / and mama don’t know /
let her tears fall / and make the flowers grow,”