20 BEST TRACKS OF THE MONTH – SEPTEMBER 2025

ALL TOGETHER


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TRACK BY TRACK

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Band: KASABIAN
Who: British star rockers from Leicester. One of the best bands
of the past 25 years on record and on stage, in my book.

Track: HIPPIE SUNSHINE.
Lead single from their forthcoming
9th LP. Details TBA.

TUTV: Expect a mega vitalizing, disco-charged haymaker.
Since co-founder/songwriter/frontman Serge Pizzorno pulls
all the band’s strings he provides dynamite tunes you can
throw 24-hour parties with.

Yoohoo.

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Band: GURRIERS
Who: Post-punk upstarts from Ireland.
They released their debut LP Come And See
last year.

Track: ERASURE

TUTV: These young Irishmen punch left and right with puisssant post-punk panacherie.
Hit here, hit there, hit everywhere. Best thing about Erasure is, you can bounce like a ping pong ball to it. If its bang-up drive doesn’t make you go bonkers, I recommend to check your shrink. Pronto.

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

Track: BETTER
Along with Something’s Gonna Happen, my top fav track
on their brand new, second LP, called All That Is Over.

TUTV: Every time I play this pure punk-rock gem, I feel way better. Fact. No, it doesn’t
have that by now known Sprints quiet/Loud/quiet progression. It’s Better‘s striking swagger, superb groove, excited duet vocals, and infectious guitar play that make this one of the best cracking tunes they ever wrote. Hallelujah!

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Band: BIKINI BEACH
Who: Three turbulent indies from Konstanz, Germany.
They released their boisterous 5th album Cursed last
February.

Track: BRAIN TILT

TUTV: This ferocious wham bam uppercut doubles your adrenaline production instantly. Loud, nasty, brutal and red-hot are the keywords. Roasting post-punk at its fieriest best. Titanic stroke. Hells bells!

The single comes with a video filled with live and tour footage, captured in the last
couple of months as the band is constantly on the road since the release of ‘Cursed‘.

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Band: LOBSTERBOMB
Who: Glamorous indie quartet from Berlin. They released
their pithy party debut album Look Out in 2023. You can
stream it here.

Track: OVERSTIMULATED
Title track from their brand-new debut LP.
Discover the album here.

TUTV: Lobsterbomb‘s passionate punk razzmatazz works like a nuclear magnet.
Their vigorous vivacity is infectious and Nico Rosch‘s piquant vocals perk up your
troubled mood. Move your furniture and start a solo mosphit.

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Nijmegen, The Netherlands, 2024 – Photo by Turn Up The Volume

Band: LAMBRINI GIRLS
Who: Brighton‘s high-speed punk train duo who trippled their fanbase this year with
their boiling debut longplayer Who Let The Dogs Out and their spectacular shows.

Track: CUNTOLOGY 101

The Girlzz invited legendary queer artist Peaches do a remix of their LP’s closer.


Press photo

TUTV: And? Fuckin’A! Queers rule the dancefloor.
Smell the cunty spirit, move your lazy ass and
shake your hot booty.

Check the sickly funny video clip via YT.

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Band: PINS
Who:
Power pop trio
from Manchester, UK

Track: I’LL BE YOURS
Their first new music since their
fab 2020 EBM album Hot Slick.

TUTV: Feel the funky bravado vibes. Move to the bootylicious groove,
surrounded by torching guitars. Swing yourself around the booming
beats. Hear the sensual vocals. Pump up the Pins jam. Welcome back.

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Artists: PRINCESS UGLY
Who:J. Christopher-Rome and Christopher Moncrieffe – from Portland, OR
who are influenced by goth, post-punk, darkwave, and adjacent genres.
So far, the tandem has released two albums.

Track: THE OUT

“Even as the things we perceive as negative can sometimes light our way with an
unsettling brilliance, we look away. Tear it all up. Everyone is looking for their out.”

TUTV: Hypnotic beats. Limbs activating eurhythmics. Pounding bass drones.
The darkwave EBM duo strikes again with a nightclub killer. The Out has a 2025
doom and gloom vibe. The future isn’t predictable anymore. Let’s ignore its
demons for 200 seconds and dance. NOW.

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Photo by Jeremy Bewer

Artist: BEDROOM JUNE
Who: Singer-songwriter from Hamburg, Germany who transforms personal fractures into delicate electronic pop songs that oscillate between vulnerability, alienation, and a quiet longing for closeness.

Track: DISTRACTED BY YOU
Piece from her New EP. It tells of inner vulnerability, the search for
connection, and small moments of clarity—all wrapped up in a warm,
electronic indie pop sound.

TUTV: Propelled by enrapturous bass reverberations, luminous synths and sultry vocals, this jagged jam takes you on a whirling ride. Trust me, you will be attracted, not distracted by this swift thrill. Startling stuff.

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Artist: ROSIE STUART
Who: Restless Belgian singer-songwriter who writes raw songs
in stark contrasts: 100 percent black and white, with no room
for gray.

Track: VEGAN
Debut single from her
upcoming debut EP.

Rosie reveals her most vulnerable side, though an impenetrable wall shields her deepest longings. She carries an intense energy, is uncomfortably honest, and constantly balances between bravado and self-sabotage.”

TUTV: This exorcistic cry out gives you the creeps. Tension and danger in the air all
the way, fueled by Stuart‘s agitated vocals. No birds and bees here. Vegan resonates
like a wandering soul screaming in the darkness, hoping to get saved. Goosebumps.

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Artist: ASSASUN
Who: Berlin-based dark-techno-wave artist
Alexander Donat (Vlimmer, Fir Cone Children, WHOLE)

“Sound-wise, you could imagine Assasun operates somewhere between irate Clipping, a parallel timeline of early Nine Inch Nails, and Sleaford Mods on a havocked, misanthropic hotel lobby techno party. In short: dense, raw, uncompromising.”

Track: POISONALAN
Opener from his 4th LP, named
Retrofate
. You can stream it here.

TUTV: I don’t how many hours Berlin has in a day, but I think it’s definitely more than in other countries as Alexander Donat‘s musical production with his 3 different projects is off the charts. Anyway, this dark-techno-wave stomper from his new LP is one to play out loud, while going berserk on a trampoline.


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Band: LADYTRON
Who: British electro pop act, still with three of their original members, since 1999. Restarting now and then, they recorded/released 7 LPs so far with Time’s Arrow
from 2023 as the most recent one.

Track: I BELIEVE IN YOU

TUTV: It’s a new single shared without any further info,
but sources whisper that a new album is coming in the
near future.

Anyway, I Believe In You is an undisputable dancefloor thrill. Pounding percussion, bouncy and breezy synths, airy vocals, and a galvanic beat combine for a light-hearted pop gem.

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Photo Credit: Diana Levine Photography

Artists: WAYWARD VINE
Who: Americana indie-folk project from Boston,
featuring Valerie Rachel and Greg Lawrence.

Track: HARD WAY TO LIVE
Piece from their brand-new, notable debut
full-lenght, titled The Fall. Stream it here.

TUTV: Tune! Tune! Groove! Groove! Catchy! Catchy! Voice! Voice!
Infectious. Contagious. Sticky. Addictive. Magnetic. Mesmeric.


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Artist: MILES KANE
Who: British mod vet
who started his voyage in 2004.

Track: WITHOUT YOU

Newest single from his 6th full-length, baptized
Sunlight In The Shadows ready for release
on October 17th.

He wrote all songs with blues rock tandem The Black Keys.

TUTV: Kane is a retro rocker/popper at heart. And he’s very good at it.
Here he offers some of Marc Bolan‘s T.Rex glam rock grooviness. Hot love,
indeed.

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Photo Credit: Ken Rothman

Band: LOVINA FALLS
Who: The dark dream-pop project of Boston-based singer-songwriter,
multi-instrumentalist, and producer Valerie Forgione. In 2023, they released
their debut album, Calculating The Angle Of Our Descent.

Track: ABOUT THE SUN
Piece from their brand-new 5-track EP
Would That I Were. Stream it here.

TUTV: The band swing your ears between a bewitching torch reverie
and a power pop melody. The process repeats itself a couple of times,
around Forgione‘s seductive voice. Riveting. Am I the only one who thinks
that Chris Isaak is on guitar here and there on the slow part? Well, that’s
what my ears tell me.


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Artist: MR BILLY FRITZGERALD

WhoDublin-based singer-songwriter writing lush indie-pop songs that
simultaneously bathe in the faded light of heartbreak while pulling you
on to the dancefloor.

Track: YOU HAD YOUR CHANCE
Latest single from his debut album
A Grand Romantic Gesture,
released last February.

Billy tackles enduring a vicious break up, wading through the emotional
carnage that accompanies it and coming out the other side.”

TUTV: With his chirpy high-pitched voice, his jazzy swagger, and his songwriting
prowess, Fritzgerald takes you back to the 60s/70s for some Motown soul excitement. Sexual healing ambiance.


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Artists: peach|melba
Who: Queer femme indie duo,
half Brighton and half Los Angeles.

Track: HAVE A LATTE
Their 4th of the year, more to come
every six weeks of the year.

pIm: “It’s a raucous anti-genocide anthem recorded and mixed by us and features our trademark duo vocals, oscillating between unsettling quiet and raucous chaos set to a Severance-costumed video, but filmed in a swimming pool, naturally.”

TUTV: This new drone sounds like a vintage, raw bass/drum pounding
uppercut from the late Steve Albini’s band Shellac. No arty-farty production,
nor special effects for these two punkettes. What you hear is what you get.

Have A Latte has a poignant, garage punk edge as if it were recorded in, eh,
a garage without tuning up the instruments. In the end, it’s the real, honest
sonic deal that matters.

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Band: DOPAMINE FIX
Who: Fresh Irish indie duo who’s manifesto says a lot about them:
“With a nod to the Dadaists, we create Post Punk, Experimental and
Electronica which aims to unnerve, to disturb and to question.”

Track: WELCOME TO THE SHARKTANK
Debut single.

“The song erves as a record of how dysfunctional and broken our world is. This single is a soundtrack for the alienated and the awake, those treading water in a dystopia they never asked to enter.”

TUTV: Ominous tension hangs all over this feverish and foreboding psych jam incited
by angstful guitars. A sign of the times. Welcome To The Sharktank isn’t a song about the birds and the bees, it’s about today, about 2025 and the uncertain future. Anxious vocals amplify the inauspiciousness in the air and get out of control in the end. Scary reality as
we know it.

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Artist: THURSTON MOORE
Who: The former Sonic Youth top dog.

Track: TEMPTATION INSIDE YOUR HEART

TUTV: The tireless Moore treats us with a cover of a song by
The Velvet Underground. Not a really famous one. It dates
back to 1968, but did come out much later, on a VU
compilation from 1985.

It’s a fooling around, riff-rotating VU ripper
spiced with Lou Reed‘s characteristic vocality.

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Artists: BRIAN ENO and BEATIE WOLFE.
Who: The ambient sound wizard and the Anglo-American songstress.
They met for the first time in 2022 at the SXSW festival. The beginning of
a fertile musical collaboration.

Last June, they have released 2 dream-pop-wave LPs,
at the same time, titled Luminal and Lateral.

And a third one, named Liminal is waiting in
the pipeline to be released on October 10th.

Track: PART OF US
A piece from that upcoming
3rd longplayer.

Atmospheric, enchanting, and magnific
vocals by Wolfe. Heaven in motion.

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TRACK BY TRACK

– 1 –

Band: BOB VYLAN
Who: London‘s hip-punk-pop duo.

Track: DREAM BIGGER
One of the singles of last year’s 3rd
album Humble As The Sun.

The jackhammer returned now re-named Dream Bigger.


Amyl Taylor (and The Sniffers) – photo by TUTV – Antwerp, 2023

It features riot-gun rappin’ vocals from Australian
punk daredevil Amyl Taylor from Amyl & The Sniffers.

Bigger dream. Bigger havoc. Bigger Amyl.


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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.

New single: CAREFREE

A stunning steamroller that gets under your skin faster than
you can say “this is bloody bonkers “. Its red-hot-blooded rush
doubles your adrenalin production on the spot. Blimey. Ecstasy.

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Promo photo

Band: FRANZ FERDINAND
Who: The Scottish power-pop
veterans.

Track: HOOKED

Best piece of their new 6th album The Human Fear.
Far better than the two average singles they dropped.

Addictive electricity.
Yep, you’ll get hooked.
Can’t escape the buzz.

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Band: THE LATHUMS
Who: British folk rockers with a massive following,
countless Mumford & Sons fans included.

Track: HEARTBREAKER
From their upcoming, 3rd LP, titled
Matter Does Not Define, out March 7.

A blazing hot crackerjack
driving your ears and your
legs crazy.

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Band: CHEST.
Who: Post-punk
combo from Paris.

Track: ACETA
From their debut EP,
that’ll land in February.

Aceta speaks to someone overwhelmed by anxiety. Someone feeling stuck, unable to
move forward, and uncertain about why. The song aims to bring comfort, offering a
reminder that doubt is a natural part of life and that it’s important to embrace these
turbulent phases, as they always pass with time.

Imagine Idles, Yard Act and Kneecap
throwing punches at each other.
Mind-blowing uppercut. Wowzers.


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Credit: Anya Forrest

Band: MARSEILLE
Who: Juvenile rock wolves
from Derbyshire, UK.

New single: HISTORY
The song is a love letter to the
dreams we all had as children.

TUTV: These young British gunslingers echo the early hopped-up days of global rock champs Oasis. They have the Gallaghers‘ sassy swagger, cocksure verve and champagne supernova groove. And the vocalist is Liam‘s son, well he could be.

They look cool, they act cool and they sound supersonic cool. They don’t look
back in anger, they want to conquer the future. D’ you know what I mean?


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Band: SKUNK ANANSIE
Who: Famous British noizz rockers SKUNK ANANSIE,
fronted by the awesome Skin.

Track: AN ARTIST IS AN ARTIST
Their first single in 3 years and according to
a press message “the surprising first taste of
what’s to come from the band in 2025”
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An Artist Is An Artist is an instant striking stroke pushed by a mind-boggling
speedy velocity, Skin‘s hyperactive rapping, a paranoid saxophone and a
flabbergasting chorus. Not the titanic bombast we’re used to. Mind you,
still loud enough to wake your neighbours. Fucktastic flare-up.

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Press photo by Destiny Robb

Band: CHARM SCHOOL
Who: The latest project from Andrew Sellers who, originally from Louisville (KY),
has paid his dues in both the NYC and LA DIY music scenes, and his various bands
have played with seminal acts like Joan of Arc, Grizzly Bear & At The Drive-In.

Track: WITHOUT A DOUBT 
Cut from their upcoming LP, titled ‘Debt Forever‘,
out on January 24th. More info here.


Album artwork

Sellers about the track: “It’s by far the most pensive, melancholic song on the record, and it seems fitting that it’s coming out right now, amidst all the turbulence in the world. The main theme of this new record is financial uncertainty (or just uncertainty in general), so the main thing I remember about this song is the refrain “Please don’t let me run out of money” coming out randomly during practice one day.”

Interpol guitar echoes are the backbone of
this glorious mid-tempo gem. Close your eyes
and lose yourself in this riveting masterstroke.


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Band: THROWING MUSES
Who: Legendary indies fronted by
mesmeric voice Kristin Hersh.

Track: SUMMER OF LOVE
Single from the Muses‘ upcoming, 11th longplayer,
baptized Moonlight Concessions. Comes our way
on March 14.

The song was inspired by a bet Hersh had with a guy for
a dollar that revolved around the idea that the seasons
don’t change us.

Kristin Hersh strums her acoustic guitar
as she did/does her wayward way for years
now, on this sonic hypnotizer. It gets under
your skin without asking permission.

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Band: CMON CMON
Who: Brussels/London-based indie rock trio,
who started to realize their childhood dream
in their 40s.

New track: TURN OFF THE LIGHTS

It’s the second shared song from their upcoming, new EP, titled Headwind.
It follows CC’s excellent 2023 debut album The Crack And The Light.


Striking artwork by Belgian designer Lisa Van de Vyver with
cover images
by Swedish photographer Moa Karlberg.

Turn Off The Lights is exhilarating guitar pop that sticks
on the spot. It has all the entertaining ingredients to be
added to your on repeat list.

An effervescent flow, a dominant and steadfast drum beat, an awesome guitar solo, romantic vocals, blithesome harmonies and a resonant chorus. Sonic warmth in winter.
CC hit the bullseye again!

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Band: MUMFORD & SONS
Who: London’s famed folk-rockers.

Track: RUSHMERE

I had no clue these guys were still around.
But with this contagious TUNE they triggered
my ears right away.

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Band: SNAPPED ANKLES
Who: London-based synth mavericks, incorporating
elements of performance art and art rock. Masked
and dressed up as threes on stage.

Track: SMART WORLD
Third single from their new upcoming album Hard Times Furious Dancing. Out on
28 March.

Snapped Ankles never let you down
when you love to sway yourself gaga
to electro dancefloor uplifters like
this acid house one.

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Credit: Julie R. Kane

Band: RATTLE
Who: Musicians Katharine Eira Brown and Theresa Wrigley formed in
2011 after meeting on the live circuit whilst both playing in other bands.

Track: RITUAL

It is inspired by Boleskin House in Scotland, once
inhabited by occultist/writer Aleister Crowley.

Drums thud non-stop and put
you in a trance. ghostly vocals
augment the eerie mystique.
Intriguing and spellbinding.

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Artist: ERIC SCHROEDER
Who: Very productive San Diego-born songwriter
and multi-instrumentalist who released no less than
5 albums in just 4 years and a new one is waiting
in the pipeline.

Track: EMILY
Piece from his new, forthcoming LP
named Cat’s Game out on April 11.

The lyrics speak to a lost love, as he sings, “I long to be where the colors tease, and her love concedes” with wounded swagger benefitting the paradoxical paradise of psychic devotion. There’s a unique form of bittersweet American poetry in Schroeder’s ability to make you feel the weight of longing with every lancing line.

A guitar-infused reviver from start to finish.
Catchy as hell. Emily will bounce around in
your head for quite a while.


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Band: HOT HAIL!
Who: Seattle-based darkwave
act. Brainchild of songwriter Billy Sigil.

Track: HORRIFIC
It follows the 3-track debut EP
Dance Your Body Broken.

Depeche Mode vibes, a touch of New Order and Bauhaus echoes.
Apocalyptic danger in the dark. The world is in a really bad place.
Have a last doom and gloom dance before it’s all over.


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Single Artwork Photo by Max Power Photography

Artist: TRISTAN ARMSTRONG
Who: Skilled composer and lyricist finding beauty in the quotidian struggles of urban life. His music combines a sense of earnest romanticism and poignant introspection, with a guitar-centric aesthetic.

Track: THE LONELY AVENUE
A cathartic release of rock-and-roll energy inspired by the dualities
of urban life and a longing for home. Written during his early days
in Toronto after moving from Vancouver Island.

Expect a tsunami of riffs and a pulsating
bass engine juiced with avid vocals.

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Artist: MR BILLY FRITZGERALD
Who: Dublin-based solo artist writing lush indie-pop songs
that simultaneously bathe in the faded light of heartbreak
while pulling you on to the dancefloor.

Track: LET US BE (SINGLE)
Song from his upcoming debut album,
titled ‘A Grand Romantic Gesture’, out on
Feb 20th.

Lyrically the track explores the theme of being with someone when everyone else thinks it’s a bad idea. Billy draws on his own experience, while growing up and learning how to be in a relationship and developing those tools, inevitably and regrettably, people get hurt along the way. Here he delves into this, as he declares love and devotion while facing down the barrage of words against the union. A true Romeo and Juliet story.

Tremendous intro. Infectious upper
juiced with sparkling guitar play,
a puissant, foot-tapping drum beat
and intensive vocals.


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Artist: BOB MOULD
Who: Former Hüsker Dü frontman.

Track: HERE WE GO CRAZY
Title song of his upcoming,
15th longplayer.

Mould about the album: “On the surface, this is a group of straightforward guitar pop songs. I’m refining my primary sound and style through simplicity, brevity, and clarity. Under the hood, there’s a number of contrasting themes: Control and chaos, hypervigilance and helplessness, uncertainly and unconditional love.”

Vintage Mould passion.
Affective. Sticks immediately.

Instagram – Spotify
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Artist: STEPH SWEET
Who: Arresting British
songstress.

Track: TUESDAY LOVE

The shadowy aura of Mazzy Star,
the mysterious karma of Tess Parks.
Dim the lights and let this torch song
capture your soul.


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New album artwork

Artist: SHARON VAN ETTEN
Who: Renowned Brooklyn-based
singer-songwriter.

Track: TROUBLE
Song from her 7th LP, titled
Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory,
out on 7 February 2025.

Her first album which credits her band, named
for the occasion, The Attachment Theory.

One of the finest and most sensuous voices
of the past years. Van Etten charms even
when she’s in trouble.

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In order to not miss a beat TURN UP THE VOLUME scans the musical horizon
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This week’s 10 fresh ones.
TRACK BY TRACK


Press photo by Destiny Robb

Band: CHARM SCHOOL
Who: The latest project from Andrew Sellers who, originally from Louisville (KY),
has paid his dues in both the NYC and LA DIY music scenes, and his various bands
have played with seminal acts like Joan of Arc, Grizzly Bear & At The Drive-In.

Track: WITHOUT A DOUBT 
Cut from their upcoming LP, titled ‘Debt Forever‘,
out on January 24th. More info here


Album artwork

Sellers about the track: “It’s by far the most pensive, melancholic song on the record, and it seems fitting that it’s coming out right now, amidst all the turbulence in the world. The main theme of this new record is financial uncertainty (or just uncertainty in general), so the main thing I remember about this song is the refrain “Please don’t let me run out of money” coming out randomly during practice one day.”

Interpol guitar echoes are the backbone of
this glorious mid-tempo gem. Close your eyes
and lose yourself in this riveting masterstroke.


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Instagram – Facebook
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Artist: ERIC SCHROEDER
Who: Very productive San Diego-born songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
who released no less than 5 albums in just 4 years and a new one is waiting
in the pipeline.

Track: EMILY
Piece from his new, forthcoming LP
named Cat’s Game out on April 11.

The lyrics speak to a lost love, as he sings, “I long to be where the colors tease, and her love concedes” with wounded swagger benefitting the paradoxical paradise of psychic devotion. There’s a unique form of bittersweet American poetry in Schroeder’s ability to make you feel the weight of longing with every lancing line.

A guitar-infused earworm from start to finish.
Catchy as hell. This classy cracker will stay with
you for a long time.


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Artist: SKUNK ANANSIE
Who: Famous London noizz rockers
fronted by the awesome Skin.

Track: AN ARTIST IS AN ARTIST
Their first single in 3 years.

A fucktastic flare-up, with
a hyperactive rapping Skin.

Bang-on.

Instagram – Linktree
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Artist: MR BILLY FRITZGERALD
Who: Dublin-based solo artist writing lush indie-pop songs
that simultaneously bathe in the faded light of heartbreak
while pulling you on to the dancefloor.

Track: LET US BE (SINGLE)
Song from his upcoming debut album,
titled ‘A Grand Romantic Gesture’, out on
Feb 20th.

Lyrically the track explores the theme of being with someone when everyone else thinks it’s a bad idea. Billy draws on his own experience, while growing up and learning how to be in a relationship and developing those tools, inevitably and regrettably, people get hurt along the way. Here he delves into this, as he declares love and devotion while facing down the barrage of words against the union. A true Romeo and Juliet story.

Tremendous intro. Infectious upper
juiced with sparkling guitar play,
a puissant, foot-tapping drum beat
and intensive vocals.


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Linktree
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Artist: ANDY BELL
Who: Veteran musician best known as a member
of British shoegaze old-timers Ride and temporary
bassist for Oasis.

Track: I’M IN LOVE…
His cover of The Passions’ sweet 1981 tune I’m In Love With A German Filmstar.
It features Dot Allison & Neu!’s Michael Rother. It’ll be on his 5th solo longplayer,
named ‘Pinball Wanderer’, out on Feb 28.

Bell: “I went through a stage of playing
the guitar part for that song at every
Ride soundcheck.”

Trippy and scintillating.

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Band: MOREISH IDOLS
Who: Up-and-coming indies
from Falmouth, UK.

Track: DREAM PIXEL

“’Dream Pixel’ is about what we all see in our dreams; the colours, sounds
and occurrences that are often too surreal to put into words and leave you
questioning how the subconscious can paint such a vivid, psychedelic picture.”

Combining 70s inflected, layered vocals with psych-tinged, Gordian instrumentation that darts and weaves around broken beat rhythms, the track throbs with moments of intense saxophone, distorted guitars, mangled electronics, trembling synths, and reversed vocals. It’s another valiant testament to the band’s conscious effort to continually challenge their songwriting, told via Dan Carey’s explorative creative filter.


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It’ll be part of the band’s debut album
All In The Game, out 7 March.

Mesmerizing psych-pop jam
going left/right, driven by
a multi-instrumental groove.
The capricious saxophone
finale messes up your mind.

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Artist: HEARTWORMS
Who: The psych-pop project of swift
up-and-coming British songstress
Jojo Orme.

Track: EXTRAORDINARY WINGS
From her debut LP, titled Glutton
For Punishment
. It’ll land on Feb 25.

2025 will be a triumphant year for Heartworms.

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Artist: SHINING GLASS
Who: Singer/songwriter/guitarist
Drew Johnson from Tucson, Arizona.

Track: DRAWING FIRES
Top piece from his new 6-track EP
Yellow & Purple. Stream it here.

The slowly haunting, intoxicating and hypnotizing progression
at play here, the psychedelic orchestration and ghostly vocals
combine for an enticing experience.


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Band: MY MORNING JACKET
Who: Renowned pop-rockers
from Louisville, Kentucky.

Track: TIME WAITED
Piece from their new, 10th LP, named IS.
It arrives on 21st March.

This melancholic ballad
stirs heart and soul.
Magnific return.

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Artist: PERFUME GENIUS
Who: The musical moniker of acclaimed Iowa
singer-songwriter and visual artist Michael Hadreas

Track: IT’S A MIRROR
Lead single from his new 7th LP, baptized Glory,
and out on March 28th. More info here.

“I wrote ‘It’s A Mirror’ while stuck in one of these isolating loops, seeing
that something different and maybe even beautiful is out there but not quite
knowing how to venture out. I have a lot more practice keeping the
door closed.”

PG’s vulnerable vocals
star once more in this
smooth muse.

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TURN UP THE VOLUME’s JUKEBOX 2024 – 10 New Tracks Added Every Week

Every week 10 new rad tracks added

In order to not miss a beat Turn Up The Volume scans the musical
horizon daily (doing it for years now, actually) to stay in touch with
all new things sonically great and shares the results on a weekly
basis.

FULL JUKEBOX
(380 tracks)


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The 10 new ones added this week

TRACK-BY-TRACK


Photo credit: Alex Arauz

Artist: TIBERIUS B
Who: Acclaimed singer-songwriter
from London.

Track: NEW LIFE

It’s a seductively breathless, carnally beautiful
premonition about the end of a formative
relationship.

New beginning, new life.
Tiberius B celebrate theirs
with this electro stomper.

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Artist
: FATHER JOHN MISTY
Former Fleet Foxes drummer who became
a marvellous solo singer-songwriter.

Track: SHE CLEANS UP

Piece from his upcoming LP Mahashmashana.
It’ll arrive on November 22. More info here.

Here’s a rare FJM rock-out ripper.


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Band: THANK
Who: 4 indie noisemakers
from Leeds, UK.

Track: WOKE FRASIER
It follows previous ace
single Do It Badly.

“The song strikes an alluring mixture of dark techno adjacent punk themes and farcical lyrics from the perspective of a right-wing podcast host grifter obsessed with the word Woke. Solidifying the group’s terminally online status, the song is accompanied by a brilliant absurdist music video made in a video game sim akin to “You’re A Wizard Harry”.

Punk woke punk here,
punk woke there,
punk woke everywhere.

Hells bells!

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Band: TV PINS
Who: 5-piece from London and the West Midlands, delivering vocal harmony drenched sounds of West coast Americana with distinctively British avant-garde songwriting. They share a love of keyboard grooves and a fusion of styles from 70s Americana, classic British new wave, 60’s psychedelia and hook-laden power pop.

Press: “Set against a dystopian backdrop, ‘Bye Bye Reseda’ transports listeners to an alternate reality where the United States has become a dictatorship. In this world, the supreme leader has transformed the entire southern states into one massive golf course named after his favourite Los Angeles suburb. While the residents of Reseda are forced into servitude, working as caddies, bartenders and exotic dancers for less than minimum wage, one brave couple make their escape for the coast.”

Vibrant tune. Revved-up orchestration.
Guitar-charged power pop gem.
Scream-along chorus.

FUCK TRUMP!

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Band: HUGE MOLASSES TANK EXPLODES
Who: 4 space rockers from Italy.

Track: TENUOUS FORM
Piece from their new III album.

Psychedelic Kraut-pop-rock trip, driven
by gloomy synths, mind-boggling bass lines
and bone-chilling guitar electricity, with
ghostly vocals creating a twilight
experience.


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Band: SLIP~ons
Who: Indie quartet from Vancouver (Canada)
References: Husker Du, The Posies, Soul Asylum, the Nils.

Track: GRAYSTONE

“The Graystone was a venue we used to play in Detroit back in the late 80s when I was in the Doughboys. It was always an adventure, from just getting across the border to dealing with the promoter, Cary Safarian, who everyone referred to as ‘Scary.’

Graystone” showcases singer Pytel’s signature gravelly vocals and clever, tongue-in-cheek lyrics, all backed by slamming rhythms, punchy guitars, and rolling bass lines that drive the melodies. Pytel reflects on the inspiration behind the song, saying, “The Graystone was a venue we used to play in Detroit back in the late 80s when I was in the Doughboys. It was always an adventure, from just getting across the border to dealing with the promoter, Cary Safarian, who everyone referred to as ‘Scary.

Passionate.
High-powered.
Far-out and fiery.

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

Track: LEAST I HAVE YOU
The first new song to celebrate
the siblings’ 20 years in music.

Press: The song’s musical arc mirrors the sisters’ relationship: it begins
combatively, with the sound of gun-toting guitar squalls and beats like
Street Fighter punches, before leveling out into tentative euphoria,
cautiously crawling towards the ecstatic union of that chorus.

Happy 20.

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Artists: CROW BABY
Who: Berlin-based duo, featuring Jean-Louise Parker and Cherilyn MacNeil,
both born and raised in Johannesburg, South Africa, and each a songwriter
and multi-instrumentalist with own projects.

Track: ONLY IF YOU WORK

“Hey, rein it in/ Pain again/ Rein it in / Feign, play it ok/
Play it to win, Never give in, never complain
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“Like an anthem or a mantra, cheering themselves on as they strain to reach some unnamed success. In verse two, “rein” becomes “reign” – shrieked like a mad queen! – cheeky word play that alludes to great ambitions.”

Both sensuous and ardent guitar-pop entertainment
with crystalline vocals and a far-out climax.

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Artist: MR BILLY FITZGERALD
Who: Singer-songwriter from Ireland who
makes eclectic lush indie-pop-rock songs.

Track: OLD LOVES

“A song almost two decades in the making that explores the dangerous
nostalgia in looking back through rose tinted glasses at past romances.”

A peppy, amplified and foot-stompin’
pop groove spiced with affecting vocals.

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