24 June 2026

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Band: YARD ACT
Who: British post-punk outfit from Leeds, fronted by poetic wordsmith
James Smith, who catapulted themselves to the top of indie world with
their first 2 longplayers.

Track: NEW BEGINNINGS 2nd shared cut from their upcoming,
3rd full-length, baptized You’re Gonna Need A Little Music.

TUTV: Beginnings is both a lazy and boogielicious
stimulus that bursts open when eager guitars rev up.

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Band: EDITORS
Who: Far-famed rockers
from Birmingham, UK.

Single: THE RUSH
2nd rollout, following Call It In, from their 8th LP,
titled Surface, Echo & Sound. Out October 30th.
Pre-order info here

TUTV: Their chilling post-punk debut LP The Dark Room, from 2005, is still the one for me. Afterward Editors went down risk-free pop lane. Mind you, they got my attention now and then again, like here with this new urgent tune.

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Band: BAD NERVES
Who: London‘s razor-blade sharp punks shot themselves to
the premier league of indie hullabaloo with their first 2 LPs.

Track: NETWORK
No signs of a new album, yet.

TUTV: OMG! Bad Nerves have you in a headlock from the first crushing chord.
No way to escape. You’re in the middle of a punk tornado, and in the end, you’ll
be completely exhausted. OMG!

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Band: BODEGA
Who: Zesty indie-dance
rock team from NYC.

Single: ALL INSIDE AQUARIUM
2nd taster and title track, following Pick Up The Check
from their upcoming 5th LP. Out October 9th.

Ben Hozie (singer/guitarist), who says to be inspired by Jane’s Addiction and The Stone
Roses about the album: “Let’s go back to melodic tunes, let’s be more of a proper rock band. We were aiming at something larger, warmer, watery, and metaphysical, inspired by the optimistic alt rock of our half-remembered youth.”

TUTV: Bodega never reached the topmost level I expected them to reach after their thumping first LP. And as they are now moving towards the middle-of-the-indie-road
rock I wonder if it will ever happen. All Inside The Aquarium has a rumbustious na-na-na
buzz but isn’t the memorable cut I hoped for.

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Artist: LOCUST
Who: The logtime project of London-based electro pop veteran
Mark Van Hoen, who also released records as Autocreation.

Single: SOUL SKY
Following Long Distance Lover, the 2nd new piece from his
forthcoming full-length Spectral+, slated for release on Sept 11.

It features rapper Griff Spex and multimedia artist Olive Kimoto.

“I used a couple of the same synths that I’ve still got since the early 90’s.
The beat was made on the sampler I used on my album Truth Is Born of
Arguments from 1995. It was my first time working directly with a rapper,
I’m very happy it was Griff!”

TUTV: Yeah. What’s up, bro? Slow-mo pelvis-swaying time it is. Yeah.

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