20 BEST TRACKS OF THE MONTH – FEBRUARY 2025

ALL TOGETHER


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TRACK BY TRACK

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Photo Credit: Kalpesh Lathigra

Artists: THE WAEVE
Who: Blur‘s guitarist Graham Coxon and
his partner and singer/keyboardist Rose
Elinor Dougall

They launched their rad sophomore album,
titled City Lights, last year, following their
splendid self-titled debut LP.

Track: LOVE IS ALL PAIN.

It’s the harbinger for a 3-track EP, titled
Eternal, that will be out on 14th March.

TUTV: The Waeve rock out big time on this new riveting ripper.
The glowing intensity at work here expands with a hair-rising
velocity as the stormy trip rushes on.

Never thought that painful love
could sound this invigorating .

The Waeve: Instagram – Spotify
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Band: THE SLOW READERS CLUB
Who: Alt-pop rockers from
Manchester, UK.

Track: BOY SO BLUE

Piece from their 7th album,
titled Out Of A Dream slated
for launch on 14 March 2025.

TUTV: 24 Carat pop gem. Hands down.

Linktree – Spotify
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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! Here is the first offering from the songs I recorded over the summer in Athens, Greece while there on a Fellowship through the Onassis Foundation.”

TUTV: Your God (God’s Dick) is both a hilarious and fucktastic punk
choir chant reminiscent of scream and shout Celtics Dropkick Murphys
with a blustering storm of surf-like riffs chopping your stereo into
pieces.

Wowzers.

Instagram – Linktree
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Band: BIKINI BEACH
Who: Three turbulent indies
from Konstanz, Germany.

Track: MILES FROM MY MIND

Highlight from their brand new
boisterous 5th album Cursed.

TUTV: BB produce kamikaze electricity that electrocutes all the nerves
in your body. Ballistic hullabaloo to start a solo moshpit in your bedroom,
bathroom, kicthen, wherever you want. Just jump up and down like a
kangaroo on dope.


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Instagram – Linktree
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Band: CLUTTER
Who: Full-energized indies
from Stockholm, Sweden.

Track: KRAUT

From their upcoming debut EP
Loves You, out 11 April.

TUTV: From the get-go a rotating guitar riff and repetitive drum beat sneak
and creep under your skin until the very end. Kraut grooves and improves
unstoppably, while eager vocals roll over its hypnotic flow. Your head spins
around and all your other limbs join the ride on the spot. Ace.


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Instagram – Spotify
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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.

TUTV: They found each other again on this
spooky, trance-like, electro-catchy jam.

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Band: SUCK
Who: Ferocious punks
from Kassel, Germany.

Track: GIMME GABBA GABBA

TUTV: Right from the blistering start, these punk motherockers
trash and slash your shocked stereo speakers. No rest for the
wicked. Watch your back, Amyl & The Sniffers.

Gimme Suck Suck!

Linktree – Tour Dates EU
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Band: LONELY LITTLE KITSH
Who: Canadian indie duo – Kristen Goetz and Nolan Jodes who took their name
from “…just another future song, lonely little kitsch” from the late genial Bowie‘s
1974 banger Diamond Dogs

Track: HOW DO WE GET HERE

Goetz (vocalist): “It’s a song about second chances vs. leaving the past behind.
When you reach a point that you can try again or keep moving on and making
progress… in this case, the decision is to keep going forward. It’s a Pixies meets
pop-punk track.”

TUTV: Fast forward we go from the kick-off. Power-driven pop punk fun all the way peaking when the high-voltage chorus kicks in. That’s why LLK got here in the top-10
of TUTV’s best tracks of this month.

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Band: HEISA
Who: Belgian LOUD rock trio whose sound draws influences from bands such as
Black Midi, Tool, Battles and Swans, blending dissonance with a strong sense of identity. Their music balances chaos and control, mixing unsettling atmospheres with hypnotic rhythms and sharp distortion.

Track: FLOWERS

2nd single from the band’s third LP
‘TROIS’, landing on March 28th.

TUTV: Flowers is a slow progressing outburst of earsplitting
noizz turmoil. Schizophrenic guitars, bashing drums, and eerie spooky vocals
conspire to mess up your head, the way you like it.

Instagram – Facebook
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Artist: ANIKA
Who: Charismatic
Berlin-based sonsgtress.

Track: HEARSAY

First single from her upcoming 4th full length,
baptized Abyss and will drop on April 4th.

TUTV: Hearsay‘s sound resonates richer than before. The song has a rockin’ groove
and poised drive with a psychedelic effect. On top comes Anika‘s mesmerizing voice
and she tackles the polluting media brainwashing people. Rad effort.

Instagram – Linktree
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Band: LEATHERETTE
Who: Buzzing indie
trio from Italy.

Track: ITCHY

It’s a cathartic breakup song, blending the raw energy of post-punk with the angular charm of new wave. Written from the perspective of an inept and creepy protagonist, the track navigates the emotional chaos of a crumbling relationship, where frustration, anger, and reluctant self-realization collide.

TUTV: Indie guitar pop/rock at its piercing best.
Both unbridled and melodic, soundtracking
barbed emotions. Bone-chilling whack.

Instagram – Facebook
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Band: VAZUM (Detroit, Michigan)
Who: Zach Pliska and Emily Sturm. They describe their sound as deathgaze,
combining the raw energy of deathrock with the depth of shoegaze. So far
the duo released six albums and a handful of singles and EPs.

Track: PRETTY BRUTAL

It’s the title song from the duo’s forthcoming album due later
this year. It follows last year’s acclaimed Western Violence LP.

TUTV: Vazum rock out with urgent panache and
puissance. Full steam ahead the first chord on.
Emily Sturms‘ sensual vocals add a sense of
seductive mysteriousness. Striking stroke.


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Instagram – Facebook
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Band: THE BLACK KEYS
Who: The blues rock
luminaireers from Ohio.

Track: THE NIGHT BEFORE

A warm-up for their 2025 tour,
billed No Rain No Flowers.

TUTV: chipper feel-good pop tune as we got several
ones on last year’s highly entertaining LP Ohio Players.

Instagram – Linktree
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Photo by Laura Talja

Band: SLICERRR
Who: 4-piece garage-punk band from Helsinki, Finland. The band’s sound
is straightforward, brute and chaotic. The songs are bass-driven and catchy.

Track: LOSING MY GRIP

Opener from their brand new
self-titled debut EP. Discover
it here.

TUTV: If you want to lose your brain, than this sick mindfucker is what you need.
These Finnish dogs cut it sharp with a vicious bass-riff, shizo guitars and agressive
vocals. Helter-skelter.

Instagram – Bandcamp
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Band: SKLOSS
Who: Formed in Austin, TX as a husband-and-wife duo between American drummer/vocalist Karen Skloss and Scottish guitarist/vocalist Sandy Carson
during the COVID lockdown.

Track: MIND HIVE

From their upcoming debut album The Pattern Speaks. Out on March7th.

TUTV: After a short cracking, distorted guitar intro all hell breaks loose. They
produce a raw and rough clangor that grabs you by the throat and holds its
firm grip all the way. No arty farty stuff for this garage punk blues tandem.

Instagram – Linktree
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Band: SMITT E. SMITTY & THE FEZZTONES
Who: Kooky Boston-based glam and glitter
rock octet.

Track: #1 MOST LIKELY

TUTV: Pure pop gem, feel-good injection, sticky easy-going booster. You
can sing along, swing along, shake along, whistle and hum along. Its merry
melody works like a magnet. It’s an all together now chant for all lovers out
there.

Until EVERYONE is convinced to be at least a tolerant human being, we
need to spread John Lennon’s All You Need Is Love message, like Smitt E.
Smitty
and his flourishing party gang do their flamboyant way, on repeat.


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Artist: KAT KOAN
Who: Femme fatale songstress
from Berlin, Germany.

Track: 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: Step into Koan‘s cocoon. 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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📷 Kate Russell Photography

Artists: COCOROSIE
Who: Folktronica siblings Sierra Rose Rosie”
and Bianca Leilani “Coco” Casady

Track: YESTERDAY

Single from 8th album in 20 years. It’s named
Little Death Wishes. It comes out on 28th March.

TUTV: Trippy, cheerful and jaunty vibes.
Listen to it yesterday today and tomorrow
too. It’ll put a big smile on your face.

Instagram – Linktree
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Photo by Simmcat

Artist: ADULT MATTERS
Who: The solo project of Luigi Bussotti. 90’s guitars,
honest and brutal lyrics. Their music is a secret
diary of a non-binary queer person.

Track: SUPERMAN

TUTV: Jazzy, saxy, and impassioned ebullience.
Sky-scraping vocality and ardent horns. Masterly
composition.


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Band: STEREOPHONICS
Who: The Welsh rock heroes.

Track: THERE’S ALWAYS GONNA BE SOMETHING

First shared song from their upcoming 13th LP, called
Make ’em Laugh, Make ’em Cry, Make ’em Wait on
April 25.

TUTV: A sweet little melancholic gem you can sing/hum/whistle
along. Okay, it’s Sterephonics by numbers, but a good number.

Instagram – Linktree

SKLOSS – Texan Garage Punk Tandem Produce An Illegal Amount Of Decibels On New Single ‘MIND HIVE’

New striking strokes

20 February 2025

Band: SKLOSS
Who: Formed in Austin, TX as a husband-and-wife duo between American drummer/vocalist Karen Skloss and Scottish guitarist/vocalist Sandy Carson
during the COVID lockdown.

Surrounded by drums and amps and the need to play loud, their sonic sound
of became a response to the crazy world just outside their window. Jams became
songs, while the noise level, experimentation and distortion went up to a volume
much louder than you’d expect from a duo.

New single: MIND HIVE

Following the title trackand Imagine 1000 Dadsthis is the 3rd shared track
from their upcoming debut album The Pattern Speaks. Out on March7th.
Pre-order info here.

TUTV: After a short cracking, distorted guitar intro all hell breaks loose. SKLOSS
produce a raw and rough clangor that grabs you by the throat and holds its
firm grip all the way. No arty farty stuff for this garage punk blues tandem.

Karen Skloss hits her drums mercilessly, creating a titanic hurly-burly wall of
bone-crushing noizz, while Sandy Carson seems to play 10 guitars simultaneously.
Wailing vocals pop up now and then and the schizo finale completes the whole
volcanic shebang.

Think early White Stripes turning up the decibels to an illegal level losing control
in the process. Advice: alert your neighbourhood before you press play.

WATCH HERE

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WIRE Released 17th Album Today And It’s Top – Listen Here To ‘MIND HIVE’…

Mind Hive

24 January 2020

Band: Wire (formed in London in 1976)
Album: Mind Hive – the band’s 17th LP.
You can check their full album discography here
Released: 24 January 2020
Score: I know it’s early in the year but ‘Mind Hive‘ is the first great LP of 2020. This imperishable post punk squad made a multi-faceted record with a ravishing mix of vigorous rockers (Cactused / Primed And Ready), gloomy grooves (Be Like Them / Oklahoma), moody reveries (Unrepentant / Shadows / Humming) and the spellbinding stunner and also my favourite piece, the almost 8 minute tour de force called Hung. Young musicians should listen on repeat to this compelling and versatile longplayer and take notes.

Stream the album here…

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WIRE: Facebook