New Album Alert 2026

JON SPENCER Ventilates His Anger With A Flood Of Blues Riffage On New LP ‘SONGS OF PERSONAL LOSS AND PROTEST’

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12 June 2026

Blues rock veteran JON SPENCER has been riffin’ around since 1983. He did so, with…
take a deep breath, his first band Pussy Galore, his gang the Blues Explosion, with his wife Christina Martinez‘s in Boss Hog, with his group the Hitmakers, and now as a trio (under his own name) with Kendall Wind on bass and Spider Bowman on drums.

Their album, called SONGS OF PERSONAL LOSS AND PROTEST, is out now.

Press info: “Garage punk for today, hyper-driven soul and powerhouse grooves,
beats hard as diamonds and slick as ice, fuzz bass in your face, and an avalanche
of uncontrollable urges, pushing Jon’s latest outbursts — hollering, drooling, sexified crooning, and vociferously lamenting these difficult times — to new levels of rock’n’roll expressionism.”

Spencer: “I’m in a time of spiritual reckoning. These past few years, there has been a lot of emotional conflict and personal loss, the passing of time takes its toll. Losing friends, losing family, and all of this set against a world gone topsy-turvy, where it feels like we are losing
basic freedoms I’m trying to balance a lot of things, but the answer is always rock ’n’ roll.”

TUTV: Spencer is fed up, as millions of us, with that monkey in the White House. He totally messed up the world’s balance with trade wars, insulting and intimidating other countries and their leaders for not kissing his fat ass, and with his economically disastrous Iran war, and all this in just 18 months. Whatever disturbs Spencer’s mind, he seeks distraction in his music, as we music junkies do in listening to it.

There’s an abundance of anxiety, anger, and fury to ventilate on this new record, instigating a non-stop riff-licks-hooks flood. Old skool blues explosions. A 32-minute
tirade of raging rock ‘n’ rebellious roll excitation. Songs Of Personal Loss And Protest has enough deliberative firepower to reinvigorate us with the confidence to face and fight
the daily turmoil caused by larger-than-life egos in charge, who derail our lives.
Thanks, Jon.

Singles.

– KNOCK ‘EM OUT –

– ORANGE SLICE BLUES –

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OSEES Surprise With Surprising 5-Track Psych-Prog Rock Album ‘OFF COURSE’

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8 June 2026


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Riff machine OSEES led by barnstormer in shorts John Dwyer dropped,
without foreplay or warning, new music. 5 tracks, 32 minutes, under
the caption OFF COURSE.

Is it an album, is it an EP?

According to Wikipedia and EP contains more tracks than a single but fewer
than an album (8-10). Contemporary EPs usually contain up to eight tracks
and have a playing time of 15 to 30 minutes.

I call it an EP, Osees‘ general calls it an album.
He’s the boss. So an album it is.


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Dwyer: “We went back to an older method of writing for this one. We jammed
and jammed and jammed. I took the tapes home and ironed out some mutant
tunes. We went back into the studio and burned them to tape live and then I
took it home and did the vocals. Spice is always nice.

Mixed it all up in the cauldron and thus we have a strange brew indeed Floating in
the smoke we have: A couple long jams, a couple short jams and a finale that’ll dump
a bucket of ear worms on you (reminiscent of “the axis”?) Dip your toe in organ rock
and roll.”

TUTV: Whatever format it is. I played Off Course 5 times in a row. Yes, to my
ears it’s one of the best things Osees did in recent years. No riff mania, but 60/70’s
psych prog rock inspired work-outs, a bit of Deep Purple in their symphonic phase.

Mind-bending and trance-inducing, coming close to the extravagant trips
of that other ultra-productive team King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard,
27 albums in 16 years.

The Trick is my fav track. An instrumental, Krautrock-like, motorik piece
that thrives on organ and hyperkinetic drumming. Flabbergasting. Mind
you, all 32 minutes have a dumbfounding effect.

What a surprisingly surprising surprise.


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THE CLAYPOOL LENNON DELIRIUM Color Psychedelic Rainbows On Their 3rd Album ‘THE GREAT PARROT-OX AND THE GOLDEN EGG OF EMPATHY’

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6 June 2026

Band: THE CLAYPOOL LENNON DELIRIUM
Who: Outlandish duo, composed of bassist/vocalist Les Claypool,
member of Primus, and guitarist/vocalist Sean Ono Lennon.

Album: THE GREAT PARROT-OX AND THE GOLDEN EGG OF EMPATHY

Their 3rd LP. A concept one with a 24-page original comic
book created with longtime collaborator Rich Ragsdale.

Story: “Set in the once-glorious land of Cliptopia, where a sentient A.I. known
as Cliptron and his army of robots are resourcing everything, then turning it all
into Clipnex brand paperclips, the album follows young artist Hippard O. Campus Jr.
as he rebels against his father, Hippard Sr. (owner of the CLIPNEX corporation and
creator of CLIPTRON).

With help from salty sea-dog Colonel O’Coren, Hipp embarks on a fantastical adventure
to stop Cliptron’s cold, chrome heart from converting the world, humans included, into paperclips.”

Hipp’s quest leads across the sea to the Isle of Lucidity, where the all-wise Ministry of Manatees guide him to the Great Parrot-Ox, whose Golden Egg of Empathy is the only
thing that can bring understanding and emotion to Cliptron.

Claypool: “The album was over three years in the making and was the most labor intensive recording I have ever been involved in. The results are something Shiner and I are very proud
of. A relevant concept piece accompanied by a colorful, phantasmic comic book.”

Lennon: “The record is a cautionary tale of what could be in store for humanity if we continue to favor machines over men. It is a tale of a technocracy eclipsed by paperclips; a young man destined to unravel the fabric of his father’s folly, and a sacred feathered Goddess (played by WILLOW), who holds the egg-shaped key to their future.”

TUTV: Lucy in the sky with diamonds? Well, sort of. This unusual pair take you on a trip where they treat you with a mix of 60s dream pop, prog-rock, and rainbow psychedelia. Mind you, it’s an accessible record to go eight miles high to, but it goes a long way, 1 hour and 2 minutes, and the fictional story in play isn’t a simple one to get hold of.

En route, this retro-addicted duo play round elaborated poppy tunes that are dressed
up with yesteryear orchestrations, and plenty of space for Claypool’s bass extravaganza.

After a couple of spins, I’m not sure yet if this is a bad, good, or very good LP (certainly not a delirium one). I know that doesn’t make sense, I suppose. But yes, I’m confused, so I’ll get back to my headphones and see what happens this time.

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WIDOWSPEAK Offer Vivifying Dream Pop ‘ROSES’

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6 June 2026

Band: WIDOWSPEAK
Who: Vivifying dream pop friends from Brooklyn, NY.
Guitarist and vocalist Molly Hamilton and guitarist
Robert Earl Thomas.

Album: ROSES
Their 7th.

Press info: “An record called Roses would be concerned with romantic gestures.
Across the ten tracks, intimate spaces and stages of love are captured with a nostalgic, vaseline-coated lens. Candles burn inside red glass as lovers get close in a leather booth.

Celebrity headshots gaze down like angels in a restaurant. Elsewhere, carnations are pressed in a black book and dancers pull each other close. Widowspeak is a band that
riffs on big emotions without being too self-serious. The sweetness, even silliness, of an extended limerent phase that becomes as all-consuming as a pulpy trade paperback.

Cars and their drivers serve as a way to talk about codependency. If music can simultaneously be naturalistic and noir, saturated and lush, that is Widowspeak.
They’re a band that knowshow to set a scene.”

Far Out Magazine says: “Conjuring dreamy, folksy nuggets from life’s unassuming
corners, Widowspeak herald a charming return, delicately rippling with slowcore
ambience and a touching songcraft that carries Roses a respectable distance.”

TUTV: OMG, I’m lazy today. If I say that this record sounds like Mazzy Star backed
by Neil Young on acoustic and electric guitar I guess you know what to expect.

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THE AFGHAN WHIGS Will Launch Their 10th Album ‘SOFT CONTROL’ In August – Info & Its 3 Singles Here

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5 June 2026


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Cincinnati‘s rock bigshots THE AFGHAN WHIGS fronted by general Greg Dulli, celebrate their 40th anniversary as a band. They’ll share the milestone with their fans on the road (1st leg already done) and with a new album, their 10th.

It’s named SOFT CONTROL, and it’ll hit the streets on August 21th. Pre-order info here.

Press info: “The new album is testament to the old David Bowie quote, where he describes aging as “an extraordinary process where you become the person you always
should have been.”

By now, the volatile years of band leader Greg Dulli’s youth have been substituted with a wry and self-aware satori. The edge and sensitive temperament remain but the unchecked infernos of ego and rage no longer threaten personal immolation. And Dulli’s vocals are simultaneously the strongest and most delicate that they’ve ever been.

The album captures The Afghan Whigs’ unique ability to conflagrate stab you in your
nose bone guitars and cubist refractions of soul and R&B. There is a reconciliation of loud volume and somber reflections, living life with joy and purpose while keeping one eye on the clock and remaining aware of the absurdity. ”

Greg Dulli: “I’ve worked hard on my inner peace. I was an angry young man, and it fueled
my art, ambition and my drive. I wouldn’t change anything because I can’t. But as I got into photography and other art forms, I realized that I’m not in competition with anyone, including myself. Now, I know what I’m doing and there’s a quiet confidence that comes with being able
to back it up.”

Ahead of the LP’s launch, the Whigs offered us 3 singles (thus far).

– HOUSE OF I –
As Dulli described the track
‘an uptempo banger’.

– DUVATEEN –

Dulli: “When I finished “Duvateen it felt like my life passing before my eyes.
The references to the teacher chasing me down the hall reminded me of my childhood. Digging a hole was an obvious allusion to a grave. I’m at a precipice in life where I can look behind and clearly see the forest of my youth, but I can also see the path to the other side. And it’s going to inform what I do for the rest of my days.”

– JUNGLE ROUX –
Vintage ardent AW passion.

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EMPTY HEAD – Belgian Titanic Tunes Rockers Nail It Big Time With Smashing Debut Album ‘FREAK SHOW’

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5 June 2026


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Band: EMPTY HEAD

Who: Hefty Belgian noise-rock outfit, formed in 2020 in Liege, Belgium.
They produce an explosive mix of punk energy, raging guitar riffs and
infectious melodies, fully formed and bristling with a wiry tension.

Album: FREAK SHOW
Their debut.


Photo: Vincent Press

TUTV: If your hungry ears go bonkers on muscular noiz rock they will
definitely (not maybe) gonna tremble and shake when this freak show
hits them with fiery force.

Empty Head produce riff-roasting racket with a merciless tsunami of titanic tunes,
brutally melodic at its core, that challenge the flexibility of the Richter scale when
all sledgehammers’ Herculean choruses kick in.

All their banging belters are revved up by chainsaw riffs and explosive drum/bass fuel, while the maniacal vocalist – 4 lungs and iron pipes – brings tons of kickass gusto and sinewy ardency to the table. These motherrockers are going places. They groove and
move like hell, without looking back, and so should you. Don’t forget to fasten your seatbelt.

Smahing debut.

Hey, It It Anita, Ronker, and Sons, watch your backs. Empty Head are coming fast, real fast, like a comet out of control. First Belgium, and then, as cokehead Tony Montana sneers in Scarface, “the world, chico, and everything in it“. Comprendido, all you punked-up music junkies out there? You better you bet.

Singles.

– VINCENT –
Schizo electricity.

– CONQUEST –
Blasting psych-punk.

– DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE –
Knife-edged kamikaze.

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New Albums: ICEAGE – BOARDS OF CANADA – SPARTA

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2 June 2026


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Band: ICEAGE
Who: Glamorous Danish indie outfit fronted by
charismatic frontman Elias Bender Rønnenfelt.

Album: FOR LOVE OF GRACE & THE HEREAFTER
Their 6th.

Paste Magazine (US) writes: “It recalls the kinetic energy of their first two records but possesses the sophistication of their more recent output. Equal parts jangly and muscular,
the five-piece forge a new path while staying true to their roots.”

TUTV: The Danish indie heroes return with sonic panacherie and a sense of urgency, rockier and punkier than on predecessor Seek Shelter (still my fav one). Rønnenfelt is omnipresent, although obviously in a feverish place of his own, torn from reality at
times. Iceage fans will have their time of the year.

HIGHLIGHTS: Ember / The Weak / Salve For Every Sore / Mother-Of-Pearl / Lifetime

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Band: BOARDS OF CANADA
Who: Scottish electro vets, Mike Sandison and Marcus Eoin, twisting
buttons since 1986. After several EPs they released their debut LP
in 1998.

Album: INFERNO
Their 5th, and first in 13 years.

The Guardian (English newspaper): “The Scottish electronic duo remain hugely influential – but their new album’s interrogation of religion is dubious, and the drum programming is worse still.”


BOC press

TUTV: After a fine atmospheric/cinematic, and panoramic start, repetition starts
to creep in, and my attention weakened. With its 79-minute length, the record is
way too long. Sure, there are some appealing pieces here and there, but overall,
the defective balance gets in the way too much.

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Band: SPARTA
Who: Veteran rockers from El Paso, Texas (2001–2008, 2011–2013, 2017–present).
Founding members Paul Hinojos and Tony Hajjar played also with At The Drive-In (Hajjar still does now and then).

Album: CUT A SILHOUETTE
Their 6th.

Kerrang says: “This new album finds mainman Jim Ward playing to his strengths, with a clutch of concise tunes that contains a few real gems. It’s an album which traces the outline of Sparta’s identity with satisfying clarity. Echoes of revered influences and peers, from Fugazi and Jawbox to AFI and Jimmy Eat World, swing by. Sixth time’s a charm, it turns out.”


📸: @visualritual

TUTV: The Texan vets don’t waste time. From the word go their energy punches holes
in the ceiling. They run and sweat like young dogs. Their post-hardcore-rock-punk engines still burn fierily. But to avoid going over the top they slow down now and then with trenchant and expressive ballads (See You Soon, Midnights and Glimmer). Rock on!

HIGHLIGHTS: Split Lip / Crater / Daydream / Midnights

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NEIL YOUNG & THE CHROME HEARTS – New Live Album ‘AS TIME EXPLODES’ Out Now

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1 June 2026

Last April rock icon and political/environmental activist NEIL YOUNG released
a press statement, saying that a 2nd LP with The Chrome Hearts is in the making.

He revealed that 3 of the songs were written more than 60 years ago.

Young: “It’s quite a special album to me. Music is a gift and when it comes
like this I really feel it. Everything here feels so good. I hope you will agree.”

He went on to say that the album includes five news song, noting they
recorded four on day one in the studio, and the fifth on day two.

“We were then out of songs. We needed more. The next morning I had
a song going through my head and was playing it. I checked it out in the
archives and found it was from 1963, unreleased.”

“There were three more. I found the three others with it, also
unreleased. Three 60 year old songs and five brand new ones!”

That’s all we know at this point. Release date and the LP’s title will follow.

Ahead of it we get a new live album, recorded on
last year’s Love Earth Tour with the Chrome Hearts.

AS TIME EXPLODES is a 13-track record. It features one song (Silver Eagle) from Young
and the band’s swell 2025 LP Talkin’ To The Trees, 11 tracks are taken from Young’s substantial catalogue, including Harvest Moon, Ohio, Vampire Blues, After the Gold Rush, Cortez the Killer and others and it also features a live version of his new anti-Trump track, called Big Crime (that came out last September).

AllMusic says: “The character of the Chrome Hearts, the emphasis of the organ
and keys, the drawn-out interplay between the guitars, the thoughtful and generous communication between the players, makes even these well-worn tunes sound new. “

TUTV: Neil Young has released more live albums than some big name artists’ have
studio LPs. A Young live record is like an old friend who comes, now and then, to visit
you to exchange old and new stories. It’s always a welcome pleasure. Cozy and matey, never boring. A special bond with a special friend you never want to lose.

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Live photos by Turn Up The Volume – NY & Chrome Hearts in Brussesl, 1 July 2025

PAUL MCCARTNEY – Yesterday’s Memories For Today’s Entertainment With His 19th Solo LP ‘THE BOYS OF DUNGEON LANE’

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30 May 2026


Photo by Mary McCartney

Imperishable melody genius PAUL MCCARTNEY (83 now) and, arguably, the best pop songwriter ever, released his 19th solo LP, baptized THE BOYS OF DUNGEON LANE.

Press info: “The new album is a collection of rare and revealing glimpses into memories never-before shared, along with some newly inspired love songs, from one of the most culturally significant figures of our time.

These extraordinary new songs find Paul writing with rare openness about his childhood
in post-war Liverpool, the resilience of his parents, and early adventures shared with George Harrison and John Lennon long before the world had ever heard of Beatlemania.”

NME says: “Pop’s twinkly eyed granddad gets nostalgic on an album that also finds him pushing forward musically. It’s a guided tour of the long and winding road. McCartney co-produced the album with 35-year-old hot-shot Andrew Watt, the pair squeezed in sessions
over a four-year period whenever the octogenarian’s hectic schedule allowed.

Against all odds, given that this album arrives some 63 years after the Beatles’ debut
‘Please Please Me’, Macca actually makes history on ‘The Boys Of Dungeon Lane’. Remarkably, the jaunty ‘Home To Us’ is his first-ever duet with Ringo Starr, who assists him in celebrating their rough-and-tumble hometown.

Despite the absence of any real bombshells, it’s a pleasure to accompany
McCartney as he gets back to where he once belonged.”

Order info here.

TUTV: Yep, I’m a Macca fan(atic). What he did with The Beatles was/is phenomenal.
His unique gift for writing simple, yet cleverly layered, and inventively orchestrated,
pop-ular tunes is truly exceptional in music history. And he did it countless times, over
and over again, in his almost 70-year (!!!) career. His oeuvre is massive.

Of course, his immensely productive/inspiring partnership with John Lennon in
the Fab Four was instrumental and monumental for their worldwide, lasting success.

Then he did some sublime stuff with his band on the run, Wings, and with his
solo debut in 1971, he started a formidable solo journey, with LPs ranging from
good to unforgettable and, yes, with a couple of stinkers in between.

And now we have #19 on our earphones. Melancholia, storytelling reflection, and
euphonically spot-on, fitting songs are all over this nostalgic, never-look-back-in-anger record. It misses some glorious moments, as there are a lot on Egypt Station
from 2018 (my all-time fav McCartney solo album).

Still, its charming, entertaining, and, again, of course, its melodic and vocal (his voice
hasn’t aged whatsoever, and shines as ever before) beatitude is far better than what
some contemporary singer-songwriters have to offer. His yesterday memories sound velvety today.

Ahead of the release, Macca gave us two 2 singles.

– DAYS WE LEFT BEHIND –

– HOME TO US –

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JESUS THE DINOSAUR – Indie Folk Friends Deliver Candid And Frank Debut Album With ‘NOTHING TO THE BRANCHES’

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26 May 2026


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Band: JESUS THE DINOSAUR
Who: Boston-based indie folk team.

Debut Album: NOTHING TO THE BRANCHES

Press info: “As most of us go through life’s formative stages, there are often
two lanes of maturity and fulfillment that casually intertwine, with each helping
inform and propel the other.

One is establishing who we are as a person, while discovering a sense of identity
and comfort as our true selves; and the other is finding our community along the
way, seeking refuge and safety in those that exist, and persist, closest to us.

Those lanes converge and come to the forefront of Jesus The Dinosaur’s introspective
debut album, Nothing To The Branches, a record that acts as a portal into a different
kind of emotive headspace.”

Tommy Ng (frontman) “The statement that we are making with this album is that we’re here! The songs cover a range of things from complex relationship dynamics to gender identity to anxiety attacks. But at our core, the music we make is really more about being involved in an intimate collaborative creation process together and finding our own expressions within it.”

“Our chemistry is everything! We’ve been friends for a long time. They are my closest friends.
It allows for the process of music writing to be very intimate and vulnerable and expansive. There’s space for everyone to have their expressions, and we all want to work together and
feel seen.”

TUTV: On this debut, the band explore gender identity, relationship dynamics, anxiety,
and escapism. Musically, they embed these life-important issues in gentle, charming, candid and acoustic-euphonious reveries. Luring indie folk that triggers self-analysing daydreaming.

The ruminative balladry of Bon Iver and Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy comes to mind. Nothing To The Branches embraces a similar heart-and-soul stirring melancholia, wrapped in introvertive reveries such as Lifetime, Not Yr Boy, I Miss My Friend and fervent tunes (Agender, Empty Space, Sweet Nothing and Looking For A Way Out). Great vocals too from Ng and guitarist Hannah Foxman on Can’t Say.

I’m sure many young people out there can relate to the covered
topics on this brave and frank debut. Kudos to Jesus The Dinosaur.

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