OPUS KINK – Pretty British Showboys Open 2026

Daily electricity to load your batteries

1 January 2025

Band: OPUS KINK (Brighton, UK)

Who: Razor-edged, funked-up, sax-and-trumpet infused
noizzz collective fronted by their charismatic frontman
Angus Rodgers.

Track: I’M A PRETTY SHOWBOY

TUTV: It’s the song’s live version as played two
weeks ago at the Electric Ballroom in London and
as I experienced myself when they played my
hometown of Ghent, Belgium last month.

Get up, stand up, and fight for
your right to show off in 2026!!!

Badass

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TURN UP THE VOLUME – 40 BEST TRACKS OF 2025

ALL TOGETHER


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TRACK-BY-TRACK

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Band: THE HIVES

Who: The Swedish punk kingpins
who run amok since 1993.

Track: THE HIVES FOREVER, FOREVER THE HIVES

The title track from their 7th full-length,
which hit the streets last August.

TUTV: And it goes like this.

The Hives Forever, Forever The Hives
The Hives Forever, Forever The Hives
The Hives Forever, Forever The Hives

Tune! Tune! Tune!
Catchy as fookin’ hell.

Oemotståndlig sång

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Band: OPUS KINK (Brighton, UK)

Who: Razor-edged, funked-up, sax-and-trumpet infused
noizzz collective fronted by their charismatic frontman
Angus Rodgers.

Track: I’M A PRETTY SHOWBOY

Angus Rogers (frontman): “Rock and roll music for the empty and stunning.
A song about contempt, appetite, impotence and self-preservation through
gyration. Enjoy superficially with your body and send the reeling mind on
to hell.”

TUTV: Wham Bam! Yeah Yeah! Go Go! Oh my Oh My! Razzle Dazzle!
This is the kind of adrenaline-pumping thrills I wait impatiently for
every single day.

Get up, stand up, and fight
for your right to show off.

Badass

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Band: THE SLOW READERS CLUB

Who: Alt-pop rockers
from Manchester, UK.

Track: BOY SO BLUE
Single from their notable 7th album,
Out Of A Dream, released last March.

“‘Although it’s a big, joyous dance track, it’s about hiding deep emotional pain and trauma and how hedonistic coping mechanisms, like drugs, alcohol, and womanizing, are just temporary distractions.”

TUTV: This is what amazing pop-ular music is all about. Big melody, big emotions, big orchestration. Euphorically sticky as first-class glue despite its dramatic ‘real life‘ story. Aftermath soul-searching can work cathartically.

24 Carat pop

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Band: KID KAPICHI

Who: Party punk rockers from Hastings, UK.
So far, they have canned 3 longplayers.

Track: STAINLESS STEEL

KK in infectious punk overdrive.
Shaky-tastic from the get-go.
Swirl like a whirligig, people.

Boogielicious

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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.
It’s striking swagger, superb groove, passionate duet vocals, and
high-strung guitar play mesmerize.

Transfixing

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Band: PANIC SHACK

Who: 4 pop punkettes from Wales. In 2022 they
released their 6-track debut EP Baby Shack.

Track: GIRL BAND STARTER PACK
Single from stellar self-titled debut LP.

TUTV: These utterly cool Welsh Amazons
drive you bonkers with this insane punk ‘n’ roll
uppercut.

Kick-ass band, kick-ass attitude, kick-ass blast.

Party! Party! Party!

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Artist: PREWN

Who: The moniker of Massachusetts‘ chilling singer-songwriter
Izzy Hagerup. She released her debut album Through The Window
in 2023.

Track: SYSTEM
First new piece and title track from her
2nd LP, coming our way on October 3rd.

Hagerup: “When I wrote ‘System’ I was supposed to be present and alive
and gracious and happy. But somehow I couldn’t escape my own internal
fears and depression that can follow me wherever I go.”

TUTV: What a brilliant torch song. Weeping guitars come and go while
Hagerup‘s heart-stopping vocals cause goosebumps. And what a fuming
finale.

Spine-tingling

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Band: WHOLES

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

Track: MODERN DAY DRAMA
Single from their bone-chilling debut album
A Mass In The Water, dealing with the suicide
of Wolf‘s father.

TUTV: Its ominous mid-tempo dynamics, its distorted vocals, and its riff-psychotic razzmatazz resonate as if you are listening to the scary theme song of a horror movie.

At the 2.30 minute mark, all hell breaks loose.
From a whisper to a scream. From planet Earth
to Dante‘s Inferno.

Surreal


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Band: DITZ

Who: Post-punk turbo
from Brighton, UK

Track: FOUR
One of the highlights from their
brill 2nd LP Never Exhale

TUTV: Ditz operate in a very dark place. Sonically, as well as lyrically.
In the middle Cal Francis barks at the moon, while dense drones
infiltrate your shocked ears. Inhale, exhale.

Petrifying


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📷 Mats Verschueren

Band: WIJF. (WIFE. in English)

Who: Hungry hit team from Belgium
ready to take on the world.

Track: LIAR
From their debut EP Alter Ego.


Single artwork

TUTV: This 4-piece grab you by the throat from the kick-off and never lose their firm grip, while vociferous vocalist Marie De Graeve‘s has a crushing impact on your petrified stereo. Liar is a titanic motherrocker that pulverizes the Richter scale in just 250 seconds. Queens Of The Stone Age, Deftones and Black Sabbath come to mind.

Paranoic


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Band: CHALK

Who: Three earthshaking
misfits from Belfast, Ireland.

Track: AFRAID
Piece from 3rd EP,
titled Conditions III.

TUTV: OMG! What a riot-gun banger. These Irishmen create suffocating havoc with
a maddening mix of nasty racket that brings illegal-decibels-producing bands such as
NIN and Metz to my cooking mind.

Manicial

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Band: PUNCHBAG

Who: A new brother-sister party duo, from South London colliding the
raw unfiltered energy of punk, with the overflowing ecstasy of pop.

Track: I’M NOT YOUR PUNCHBAG
From their debut EP.

TUTV: Ecstasy. Elation. Euphoria. Exhilaration. This electro smack makes
you bounce and jump on your pogo-stick. They punch you in the teeth
without asking, while having fervent fun.

KO

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Band: HEISA

Who: Belgian noise rock trio whose sound draws influences from bands such
as Black Midi, Tool, Battles, and Swans, blending dissonance with a strong sense
of identity.

Track: NANDOR
Piece from their ace
3rd album Trois.

TUTV: What the fuck! From the very kick-off, chainsaw guitars do your
brain in. Electric chair electricity throughout. No way to escape. Neurotic
vocals complete this blitzkrieg assault.

Flabbergasting

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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.

Track: CHEKHOV’S GUNS

One of the singles of their earth-shaking 4th LP
The World Is Still Here And So Are We.

TUTV: As usual, Andrew Falkous screams
his 4 lungs out while spitting absurd lyrics.

Chop. Chop. Chop.


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Band: DOWN THE LEES
Who: The post-rock noise project of seasoned Canadian
singer/songwriter/guitarist Laura Lee Schultz. DTL released
3 notable albums, so far.

They have canned a live movie
now, titled This Is How It Feels.

Track: MIDI DORIC
First single. A song that deals with the
isolation and depression of the pandemic.

TUTV: A characteristic DTL thunderstorm, cranked up by blustery bass lines,
monstrous guitar riffs, Herculean drumming, Schultz‘s sky-scraping vocals and
a volcanic finale. One of the best noizz rock bands around.

Jawdropping

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Artist: PEACHES

Who: The fabulous/controversial/notorious performer/producer and
feminist/gay activist born Merrill Nisker 58 years ago in Toronto, Canada.

Track: FUCK YOUR FACE
Cut from her upcoming 7th album, her first in
10 years. It’s named No Lube So Rude and will
come out on 20 Feb 2026.

TUTV: Don’t expect Peaches to write and sing songs about
the birds and the bees, and even if she did, it would be horny
stuff too.

Mirror on the wall, who’s the hottest disco queen of them all?

Peaches

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Artist: BAXTER DURY

Who: The dandy songsmith,
still wearing a suit (no tie).

Track: ALLBARONE
The title track from his
8th titillating dance LP.

TUTV: This disco knockout can fill
a dancefloor in an eye/ear blink.

Sassy

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Press photo by Cole Yearwood

Artist: FANCLUBWALLET

Who: Canadian guitar pop outfit led
by songstress Hannah Judge from
Ottawa, Canada.

Track: COTTON MOUTH
From her 2nd full-length,
called Living While Dying.

TUTV: This sickly sticky riff earworm
drives you crazy. Head-twisting stonker.

Hyperkinetic

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Band: YOGI-G AND THE FAMILY TREE

Who: Happy Mondays co-founder/drummer
Gaz Whelan and friends.

Track: THE BLIND MAN AND THE MONKEY
A highlight from their terrific debut album,
titled Show Me The Truth.

TUTV: Madchester 2025? Absolutely. Never mind the Happy
Mondays
, here come Yogi-G And The Family Tree (what a name).

E-cstatic


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Press photo by Danny Clinch

Band: ARCADE FIRE
Who: The famous pop-rock
collective from Canada.

Track: YEAR OF THE SNAKE
One of the singles from their
7th LP, titled Pink Elephant.

TUTV: It’s a sublime, crystalline pop nugget, with its hypnotizing guitar riff,
the non-stop drum beat and the intertwined, spellbinding vocals of Win Butler
and his spouse, Régine Chassagne.

Sterling

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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.

Hip-hip hurray

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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.

Track: MEMORY OF YOU
Single from Stewart‘s solo album The Fateful Symmetry,
which was completed early 2023, not long before his passing.

TUTV: Haunting, synth-symphonic and bang-tastic,
with Mark‘s characteristically energetic voice on top.

Soul-stirring

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New album artwork

Band: PULP

Track: SPIKE ISLAND
Piece from their first LP in
24 years, called More.

TUTV: A vintage, mid-tempo, pop stimulant with
a grandiose chorus. More pulp for common
people.

“I was born to perform.”

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Band: HOLY COVES

Who: Welsh mavericks, fronted by singer-songwriter
Scott Marsden, with 3 albums on their résumé and
#4 is waiting in the pipeline.

Track: FALLING DOWN

First single from their forthcoming 4th full-length, their
first in 4 years, slated for release in September 2026.

TUTV: Holy Coves are back, and they don’t waste time. It’s full steam ahead from
the get-go. Eager guitars and sinewy drumming inject this sweltering steamroller with
a flaming briskness that causes a kinetic reverberation, while Marsden emotive vocals accentuate the song’s sad sentiments.

Toptier

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Artists: GANS

Who: 2-piece from Birmingham (UK) – Euan Woodman (drums/vocals) and Tom Rhodes (bass/vocals) – born in late 2023 over a shared love of noise, literature and late night shebeens. They write music about love and hate. They’re good for your soul.

New Single: I THINK I LIKE YOU

TUTV: Warning. This insanely groovy punk blast will bulldoze all over your shocked speakers. Expect a superheated funky firestorm that attacks the Richter scale with a shattering impact. A manically jagged jackhammer it is. Trust me, you’ll think you like them, VERY MUCH, while you bang your head into your fridge’s door.

Go nuts

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Band: KLÄMP

Who: A collective with members scattered across the UK and the Netherlands.
This group, now comprising seven members, has its roots in a trio that expanded
over the past four years.

New track: WET LEATHER
Piece from their sophomore
LP Total Technik.

TUTV: Kraut-rock and roll with an intoxicating force. A wall-of-guitar-pyrotechnics rollercoaster. An overpowering tempest of rambunctious riffs. Voltaic psychedelia
at its spine-chilling best, bombarding your ears the way you like it.

Mind-bending


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Artist: LIFE COACH

Who: The musical project of singer-songwriter-poet Jamie Cameron. Hailing from
the Scottish Borders, the music blends lo-fi beats, synths and guitars with spoken word lyrics in which he discusses subjects ranging from politics and premonitions to self help culture, and a modern society obsessed with economic thinking.

Track: SQUADDIES IN HAIR NETS
Highlight from his 2nd full-length
A Love Letter To Your Yearning Heart.

TUTV: This rattling rap ‘n’ punk roll crackerjack swings forth and back, left
and right and Jamie Cameron’s full of vim and vigour word-flow activates all
of your insatiable limbs before he relaxes towards the synthy end. Kinetic throb.
Hands up for the coach.

Exhilarating


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Band: SUN MAHSENE

Who: Irish psych-rock team who released their lauded
debut album A Place We’ve Never Been last year.

Track: LIFE IS JOY

TUTV: A nasty bass riff motorizes this rollicking psych jam that seems to go on
like forever, and when the powerhouse chorus kicks in, your ears are instantly
overwhelmed. Life Is Joy is one of those riff-crazy haymakers that stick after just

Exuberant


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Photo: Emma Chitty | Graphics: Mike Raymond

Band: NRVS

Who: Mysterious trio with an inimitable take on
humanity’s downward spiral into a dysfunctional
entropic existence. They unleashed their punk-groovy
debut EP Like You last year.

Track: FREE

TUTV: This arresting, melancholic song is heart-rending. Its bluesy guitar
radiance, its bass-beat-heavy cadence, and despondent vocals get under
your skin. Its melodic catchiness has irresistible written all over it.

Gripping

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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 have recorded/released two
albums.

Track: CAREFREE

TUTV: A razzle-dazzle steamroller that gets under your skin faster
than you can say “this is bloody superb”. Its insane, mind-bending
course doubles your serotonin production on the spot.

Blimey

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Artist: NEIL YOUNG And The CHROME HEARTS

Track: LET’S ROLL AGAIN
From their LP Talkin To The Trees.

“If you’re a fascist, then get a Tesla.”

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Artist: CMAT

Track: THE JAMIE OLIVER PETROL STATION
From her 3rd album, named Euro-Country.

TUTV: A vocal tour de force that
blows me away every time I play it.

Wowzers

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Artists: ANDY BELL and DEBBIE HARRY

Track: HEART’S A LIAR
From his new album,
named Ten Crows.

Disco delight

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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.

Track: COW SONG
From their rad debut full-length
called The New Eve Rising.

Moo-tastic

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Band: SLEAFORD MODS

Track: THE GOOD LIFE
From their upcoming LP,
called The Demise Of Planet X

Rap rush

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Photo by Isabella Martinez

Band: PSYCHEDELIC PORN CRUMPETS

Track: THE REAL CONTRA BAND
Piece from their new full-length
Carpe Diem, Moonman.

TUTV: This motherrocker of a song shows no mercy whatsoever.
From the get-go, PPC go full steam ahead and never look back

Hallelujah!

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Press photo

Band: SUEDE

Track: DISINTEGRATE
A single from their LP #10.
named Antidepressants.

TUTV: Suede age in glamorous style with frontman
Brett Anderson giving it all, just like in the early days.

Astounding

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Promo photo

Band: MY FIRST TIME

Who: Fast-rising indie
rebels from Bristol, UK.

Track: SIPPY CUP

TUTV: These young wolves bulldoze their way through the daily
bullshit we have to endure with a knife between their teeth. Sippy Cup
is a bruising, full of vim and vigor, uppercut hitting where it hurts.

Sucker-punch

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Band: THE BELAIR LIP BOMBS

Who: Buzzing indies
from Montreal, Canada.

Track: HEY YOU
Single from their tremendous
second album Again.

TUTV: Guitar pop at its most exultant, with the wonderful vocalist/guitarist
Maisie Everet fronting a fast-up-and-coming quartet from down under.

Delirious

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Band: WET LEG

Track: DAVINA McCALL
Highlight from their sophomore
full-length, named Moisturizer.

Groove/move.

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20 BEST TRACKS OF THE MONTH – OCTOBER 2025

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TRACK BY TRACK

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Band: OPUS KINK (Brighton, UK)
Who: Razor-edged, punked-up, sax-and-trumpet infused
noizzz collective team fronted by charismatic frontman
Angus Rodgers.

Track: I’M A PRETTY SHOWBOY

Angus Rogers: “Here is our song, rock and roll music for the empty and stunning.
A song about contempt, appetite, impotence and self-preservation through gyration.
Enjoy superficially with your body and send the reeling mind on to hell! “

TUTV: Wham Bam! Yeah Yeah! Go Go! Oh my Oh My! Razzle Dazzle!
This is the kind of adrenalizing tunes I wait impatiently for every single day.
Tunes that put a big smile on my face, tunes that make all of my limbs go nuts,
tunes that go straight to my best-tracks-of-the-year list. Funky buzz, vocal fuzz.

Catchy as hell, cool as fuck.

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Promo photo

Band: MY FIRST TIME
Who: Fast-rising indie
rebels from Bristol, UK.

Since their 2023 debut single Wind Up Merchant
MFT went on to become the newest British hype.

New single: SIPPY CUP

Isaac Stroud-Allen (frontman): “It’s about power, corruption and how people
are happy to watch the world burn if they’re the ones sitting on a rooftop bar sipping
on a Sex On The Beach.”

TUTV: Believe the hype. These young wolves bulldoze their way through the daily
bullshit we have to endure with a knife between their teeth. Sippy Cup is a bruising,
full of vim and vigor uppercut hitting where it hurts. If this is your first time that you
hear these rabble-rousers, you’ll be gobsmacked. Bring it on, rascals.

WATCH

STREAM

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📷 Mats Verschueren

Band: WIJF. (WIFE. in English)
Who:
Hungry hit team from Belgium
ready to take on the world.

Track: LOVE MACHINE

TUTV: One of the 5 astronomical sledgehammers of their brand-new
debut EP Alter Ego. Love Machine takes you on a hair-rising rollercoaster.
Awesome vocalist, awesome band, asewome tune.

Helter-skelter!


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Photo by Isabella Martinez

Band: PSYCHEDELIC PORN CRUMPETS
Who: The dumbfounding psych-prog rockers from
down under, who started their odyssey in 2014.

Last May they launched their volcanic 7th full-length, titled
Carpe Diem, Moonman and only 2 days ago they dropped
album #8, named Pogo Rodeo.

There’s definitely something in the Australian air that makes bands over there very productive. Yes, as you may or may not know, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard are
also from down under.

Track: THE REAL CONTRA BAND
Single from that brand-new LP.

TUTV: Blimey. As usual, the cooking
Aussies turn your mind and your body
upside down. Killer stunner.

Hallelujah!

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New album artwork

Artist: PEACHES
Who: The fabulous performer/producer and feminist/gay
activist born Merrill Nisker 58 years ago in Toronto, Canada.

Track: NOT IN YOUR MOUTH NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS

Brand-new single from her upcoming 7th LP, her first in 10 years.
It’s baptized No Lube So Rude and will come out next year.
Details TBA.

Peaches: “When the world is friction, lube isn’t a luxury. It’s a necessity.
It’s how you turn that friction into pleasure, into power, into pride.”

Peaches goes nuclear on this
booming disco-punk eruption.

Bang! Boom! Bang! Boom!

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Band: SLEAFORD MODS
Who: Rap-punk poetry duo featuring
voice Jason Williamson and instrumentalist
Andrew Fearn.

Track: THE GOOD LIFE

Single from their forthcoming, 13th LP, baptized
The Demise Of Planet X. It’ll land on Mother Earth
on 16 Jan 2016.

Actress Gwendoline Christie and agog duo The Big Special join the tandem on this one.

TUTV: We know for a long time that the sharp-mouthed mods are an unstoppable
groove engine, and this one is another pulsating one. Wowza. Fucking-A. Let’s see
if you can catch up with this speedy hip-shaking trigger.

Rush and race here.
Live your good life fast.

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Band: FIRE BLANKET
Who: Noise rock/post-hardcore outfit from Manchester, UK.
FFO: Jon Spencer, The Jesus Lizard and Tropical Fuck Storm.

Track: DOCUMENT

TUTV: Picture this. Aggressive guitars rage like chainsaws around a nasty mid-tempo groove, juiced-up by sinewy drum hits and when the clamorous chorus kicks in the
vocalist bellows as if he can’t get out of his straitjacket. Oh yeah, you’ll love this horrific slice of hellraising post-punk mayhem.

They look and they operate like your new favorite Halloween band. Amps up, decibels
up, heat up. I wonder if this track isn’t a hidden one on one of Fugazi‘s detonating exploits.
An in-your-face debut. Bang-on.

STREAM


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Photo by Connor Reilly

Band: TEST PLAN
Who: Indie noizz trio from London looking for the sweet spot between
dancing and moshing. They cultivate a ferocious blend of noise-rock,
dance-punk, and post-hardcore.

Track: GONE
The beginning of a brand-new chapter, according to the band.
It’s the first of a few singles from an EP out sometime next year.

TUTV: Hells bells. Test Plan grab you by the throat from the blaring intro and never
lose their suffocating grip. They come at you, full speed, with schizophrenic guitars,
an indefatigable drummer and a psychotic vocalist who screams his four lungs out
and tries to excommunicate his eerie demons.

No rest for the wicked. No emergency exit. We’re trapped, so let’s join these
maniacal mindfuckers in their attempt to make the Richter scale go ballistic.

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Band: CAST
Who: Britpop vets who were one of the
support acts for Oasis’ reunion shows in the UK.

Track: CALLING OUT YOUR NAME
Newest single from their upcoming 8th full-length,
baptized Yeah Yeah Yeah, out 30 January 2026

Ebullient retro Britpop bliss.
Makes you want to open your
windows and sing along.

Anthemic knockout!

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Band: KREIN’S LOW-BUDGET DEATH EXTRAVAGANZA
What a name!!
Who: Polish punk dropouts.

Track: I THINK I’M IN LOVE
Single from their upcoming album
called ‘Evil Love‘.

TUTV: So these four Polish dropouts think they’re in love.
In love or not, I guess any reason is good for these riff-shooting
punk cowboys to run amok.

Their new cacophonous sucker-punch is a piercing piece of rambunctious racket motorized by raucous guitars, a brutal drummer and a weird frontman who looks
mental and sounds mental. Hell, bloody hell, yeah.

Get on your pogo-stick and pretend
you are a kangaroo on dope.


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Artist: RICHARD ASHCROFT
Who: Former legendary frontman of The Verve ,
and still a bona fide legend today.

Track: HEAVY NEWS
Stand-out gem from his
7th full-lenght Lovin’ You

TUTV: Ashcroft does what he does best for years now, making your hair in the back of your neck stand up. This is another stadium anthem for thousands and thousands vocal cords to sing a long out loud.


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Band: THE LEMONHEADS
Who: Notorious songsmith Evan Dando‘s
band, for almost 4 decades now.

Track: WILD THING
One of the highlights of their first
album in 24 years, baptized Love Chant.

TUTV: Dando sounds brisk,
jaunty, hungry and energetic.
Welcome back.


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Band: ARYEL MOON
Who: Fresh Irish indie outfit, fronted by Italy-born musician
Donatella Camedda, who have been building a reputation on
Dublin’s live circuit.

Track: LITTLE BIT CLOSER

Camedda: “It carries that mix of desire, anticipation, and adrenaline you feel
in the very first stage of falling for someone. That in-between space where you’re
caught between genuine connection and the rush of limerence.”

TUTV: Expect flamboyant indie power-pop, invigorated with reverberating guitars,
pummeling drumming and penetrating vocals, intense and intrepid, and a passional
chorus. One spin and you know we have a winner. In a normal world this should be
an indie hit. Trust me, you’ll fall in love with Aryel Moon.

Get your ears a little bit closer.

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Credit: Reuben

Band: THE CHELSEA CURVE
Who: Mod-pop-rock trio
from Boston, MA.

Track: RALLY’ ROUND
Brand new single.

Linda Pardee (vocalist/songwriter): “This song has morphed into a different meaning
than what was originally intended when written. The lyrics were initially about friendships, acquaintances, people coming into your life. Being part of a community. Finding your
people. Despite differences, we can or should be able to at least co-exist.

TUTV: TCC are no strangers to Turn Up The Volume. And their back again with
this new flashy rocker. Those jangly guitars, that vital, that feverish drive. Resonates
like R.E.M. are back and teamed up with Evan Dando‘s Lemonheads. No I don’t have a
hangover whatsoever. Listen closely and your ears will experience what I experience(d).

All you shiny people out there, come on feel the Dando vibe.


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Photo by Kirk Lisaj

Artist: JANE INC.
Who: Toronto-based
songstress.

Track: WHAT IF
Piece from her upcoming 3rd full-length, called
A Rupture A Canyon A Birth, out October 17th.

The song is inspired by the moment that a semi truck plowed into her broken-down tour van. Nobody in the Jane Inc. touring party was hurt in that accident, and they even played their scheduled show later that night. But everyone could’ve easily been killed, and that kind of near-death experience will do something to you. That’s the key to what if.

TUTV: Bumping EBM thrumming, shimmering synths, trippy piano touches,
and vocal outpouring. Donna Summer would like this stomper. Dress up
and hurry to the discotheque.

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Band: BLURT
Who: Experimental post-punk combo founded in 1979 in Stroud,
Gloucestershire
(UK) by poet, saxophonist and puppeteer Ted Milton,
aged 82 now.

Milton grew up in Africa, Canada and Great Britain. He started his artistic career
with poetry publications. In the mid-1960s, he began performing as a puppeteer, participating in numerous international festivals and TV performances

With Blurt he recorded/released a dozen of albums
with Beneath Discordant Skies from 2015 as their
most recent one.

They’re back in town now with a brand
new track, titled THE MECCANO GIRAFFE.

TUTV: It grooves and moves along to a non-stop drum beat, a rollin’ bass
riff, trippy guitar lines, some saxy moments and Milton’s shivering voice.

Funky shit!


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Debut single: MURPHY’S MEDICINE

Amy (vocalist): “The Brighton Scene is buzzing at the moment and it is thrilling to be playing alongside so many other great bands. Our single launch at the venue Alphabet in Brighton is part of a great new grassroots series of gigs from Spagetti promotions that showcases emerging bands from across the city”.

TUTV: Way to start! These Brits hit bullseye
right away with their chirpy debut single.

Its lazy indie pop vibes stick on the spot. Feathers is a tremendously catchy
feel-good lullaby, juiced with sparkling guitar solos, a bouncy drum/bass
tandem, and happy-go-lucky duet vocals upfront.

Bingo.

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Photo by Corey Poluk

Band: THE GOODS
Who: American power pop band blending big guitars, huge hooks,
and sweet British Invasion-style harmonies into a fresh, distinctive
sound. Formed by singer-songwriter Rob Good, a veteran of
the Oakland underground.

Track: SUNDAY MORNING OUT OF THE BLUE

Single from their riff-filled debut album
Don’t Spoil The Fun. You can stream it here.

TUTV: Imagine nightingale legends The Byrds eight miles high, causing a jingle jangle
spectacle at an adrenalized speed, flavored with vivid vocals. Trust me, one spin and
you’ll be hooked.

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Band: DIRT ROAD SOULS
Who: Roots rock band who have a story tell, not per se their own,
and not entirely yours, either. It’s universal in its truth, but specific
in its intent.

Track: HOLD ON SOUL
Single from their upcoming album named ‘(The Life and Times of) Johnny Moonshine’, an ambitious 12-track concept album and roots rock opera set for release in early 2026.

Davis Black (vocalist/guitarist) “‘Hold On Soul’ was first written many years ago when
I had left my small town and gone off to start a life in Boston. After high school and college years I’d often return to my small town to recharge – and get drunk with my friends who didn’t leave town. These lyrics come from the culture shock between the two places. The stress of the city vs. the simplicity of the small town was very real for a little while.”

TUTV: Americana at its entertaining best. Groovy and cacthy melodiousness, heart-ans-soul stirring vocals/harmonies and glowing guitar electricity combine for a galvanic chant.

Enjoy the vibrant vibe right here.


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Band: PRESENT NATURE
Who: Alt-indie songwriting
newcomers from Leeds, UK.

Track: COLUMBA

Jonny Woolnough (songwriter): “It’s a character appropriation offering a lens
into a couple’s day-to-day existence. A protagonist veering off the track is reminded
of his immaterial fortune. It celebrates life, existence, and endless possibility.”

TUTV: De-stressing fuel for daydreamers.
Columba feels like an Indian summer
sun ray.

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OPUS KINK – British Post Punk Indies Razzle Dazzle Big Time With New Belter ‘I’m A PRETTY SHOWBOY’

Daily electricity to load your batteries

9 October 2025

Band: OPUS KINK (Brighton, UK)
Who: Razor-edged, punked-up, sax-and-trumpet infused
noizzz coolective team fronted by charismatic frontman
Angus Rodgers.

So far they released 2 notable EP’s.
You can stream them on Spotify.

Track: I’M A PRETTY SHOWBOY

Angus Rogers: “Here is our song, rock and roll music for the empty and stunning.
A song about contempt, appetite, impotence and self-preservation through gyration.
Enjoy superficially with your body and send the reeling mind on to hell!

There is a world in which blues-riff basslines, big-band horns, Black Sabbath breakdowns, Samuel Beckett, breakbeat and trad folk refrains live happily together, perhaps not the one
we live in, yet here we are.The first song recorded of what might be considered a ‘collection’
of some form. Stay with us now. On me, sailors!”

TUTV: Wham Bam! Yeah Yeah! Go Go! Oh my Oh My! Razzle Dazzle!
This is the kind of adrenalizing tunes I wait impatiently for every single day.
Tunes that put a big smile on my face, tunes that make all of my limbs go nuts,
tunes that go straight to my best-tracks-of-the-year list. Funky buzz, vocal fuzz.

Catchy as hell, cool as fuck.

Thank you OK, you’ve made my day and tomorrow’s
one and the next one, and the next one, and the
next one, etc.

Get up, stand up and fight
for your right to show off.

If you can catch them live, don’t hesitate. They’re awesome.


Photo by Turn Up The Volume – Antwerp, Belgium – 2023

Instagram – Linktree – Tour Dates

OPUS KINK – Brighton’s Mavericks Surprise With Sickly Sticky Single ‘I WANNA LIVE WITH YOU’

Daily electricity to load your batteries

12 May 2024

From the first time I saw them play live (2022) on, I knew this British
gang OPUS KINK was destined to make jaws drop to the floor with their
razor-edged, punked-up, sax-and-trumpet infused noizzz output and its
haunting and charismatic frontman Angus Rodgers.


Single artwork

That year they amazed my avid ears with their stunning 7-track EP ‘Til The Stream
Runs Dry
. Last year they confirmed their huge potential with another 7-track EP,
named My Eyes, Brother!

And here’s their first 2024 music with new single I WANNA LIVE WITH YOU

Rogers: “It’s a slice of gutter-pop romance concerning our desire for everlasting and fatal love. Take deep into your heart its voluptuous bassline, seductive overtones and irresistible beat, become infatuated with the navel-scream of its wild horns, and we could connect like we’ve never done before.”



TUTV
: It’s their most accessible track so far. A sickly sticky earworm that moves,
grooves and improves along its hip-shaking way. Its irresistible vibe makes your
head spin 360°, augments your epinephrine volume and creates a big grin on your
blithesome face. Goddammit, the power of music can be so fucking overwhelming.
Thanks OK. Blow the horns.

WATCH/LISTEN

STREAM


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Live photos by Turn Up The Volume – Antwerp, Belgium – 2023

TURN UP THE VOLUME’s 20 Best Tracks – APRIL 2023

ALL TOGETHER
on Spotify.

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TRACK BY TRACK

1. Beefcake Doctrine by CHUM (London, UK)

Chum are a pretty kooky combo that got my ears trembling with joy with their
grooves-filled debut LP a few weeks ago. Its lead single Beefake Doctrine is a
manic mind-twister with its trancy beats creating a mesmeric and puzzling
razzmatazz you can’t and you won’t run from.

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3. ‘LADS LADS LADS’ by LAMBRINI GIRLS (Brighton, UK)


(Press photo © Bridie Florence)

Who? Three don’t mess with us punk feminists from Brighton
with glam and utterly cool duo Phoebe and Lily in the middle.

They’re fiery Riot grrls wearing their feminist hearts on their sleeves.
Expect primal screams and unbridled in-your-face punk turmoil.

All male machos better hide ’cause this clamorous
uppercut will kick their asses painfully.

Hell yeah.

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3. ‘1.18’ by OPUS KINK (London)


(Photo by Turn Up the Volume)

With 1:18 these post-punk-rock misfits dropped a neurotic caterwaul that goes forth and back with burning pzazz. Monomaniacal vocalist Angus Rogers gets worked up to an almost hysterical level and sounds like a tormented and obsessed soul and the band’s horn duo blow their lungs out with nerve-racking urgency. Blimey!

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4. ‘My Illusion’ by ELECTRIC CIRCUS (Newcastle, UK)

My Illusion is a head-banging and riff-crushing jackhammer that makes
your fists pump in the air, makes your legs shake, and triggers you to check out
your vocal cords’ potential. Ignore your illusions, just get real and get out to party.

For those about to rock Electric Circus salute you.

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5. ‘Dead And Over‘ by DOWN THE LEES (Canada)

DTL’s mastermind LL Schultz‘s expresses her frustration and stressful state of mind
caused by those two claustrophobic pandemic years with this high-strung cry out. Its ominous mid-tempo progression, its swelling intensity advancing over an ongoing
hypnotic guitar riff and her sky-scraping send shivers down your spine.

Lockdown threw Schultz to the mat, but it couldn’t
knock her out and she’s back stronger than ever.

Alive and kicking!


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6. ‘The Snitching Hour’ by DEADLETTER (London)


(Promo photo)

London‘s up-and-coming young dogs DEADLETTER rattle on repeat
on this rad ripper spiced with relentless vocality, a sensuous saxophone,
a pumping bass and a sickly sticky chorus. 5-star punk funk.

Tune in.

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7. ‘Sub’ by DEEPER (Chicago)

With Sub these Chicago dudes sound like a cross between legends Gang Of Four and Parquet Courts. It’s a riff motherrocker making your head spin uncontrollably. On top of it comes the singer’s highly tense vocal performance. Don’t miss this holy smoke cracker.

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8. ‘Complain!’ by HYPOTHETICS (Bristol)


Photo credit: Holly Whittaker

These noisy indies from Bristol, UK Post-punk at its sharp-cutting best. Neurotic guitars and frenetic drums alternated with freaked-out vocals, rhythm changes that drive you nuts, an instrumental Devo-esque intermezzo and a mind-boggling climax. I have nothing whatsoever to complain about.

Listen/watch.

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9. ‘Your Death Is My Glory’ by CAMLANN

Who? A socially caring dark disco duo featuring
Ony Godfrey and Fauzan Pratama from Indonesia.

Your Death Is My Glory is about political hypocrisy
that suppresses the common people for their own
benefit.

It’s a steamed-up disco corker. A catchy-as-hell boomer that
accelerates your bloodstream. An irresistible tune to jump up
and down to like mad while giving the middle finger to all
power-greedy politicians.

The video is a DIY rapid-eye-movement tour de force.

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10. ‘All Of A Sudden’ by THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS (Manchester, UK)

All Of A Sudden is a B-side that easily could be an A-side. It features on the 12″ of
the previous single No Reason It’s a rotating beats-banger to start and end all
(il)legal raves with. It’ll make your adrenalin production go through the roof.

Dance, dance, dance.

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11. ‘Cars’ by LUNAR TWIN (US)

Lunar Twin‘s new full-length opus Aurora is an ideal
companion to relax with when the twilight sets.

One of the highlights and my favorite track Cars is a trippy dreamwave
with tingling guitars, scintillating synths, and near-whispering voice
combining for a top-notch vibration.


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12. ‘Juicy Lips ‘ by FIESTA ALBA (Rome, Italy)

This masked Italian dance act describe themselves as “losers on a planet
where nobody really wins. He who has nothing to lose cannot lose anything.”

They recently released a must-hear 5-track EP with Juicy Lips as one of the 5 highlights.
A capricious crackerjack for nightclubs where misfits, dropouts, eccentrics and other related outsiders have a ball. Wicked music for wicked people by wicked madcaps.

Feel the beat.


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13. ‘High Life’ by BLOC PARTY (UK)

Last year British post-punk combo BLOC PARTY returned with
their sixth longplayer Alpha Games, their first in six years.

They returned now with new track High Life.
A guitar-funky discotheque upper.

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14. ‘I’m Hurt’ by A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS(NY)

Last year Brooklyn’s notorious noiseniks A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS,
fronted by mastermind Oliver Ackermann unleashed their manic-maddening
album See Through You, their 6th one.

They decided to invite an impressive cast of musical friends to remix songs
from that album. The collection is named See Trough You: Rerealized. You
can buy it here. The digital version will be available from June 2.

Andy Bell of legendary shoegaze band Ride operating under the moniker
of GLOK is one of the remixes. He picked the psych-mind-bending piece
I’m Hurt and turned it into an ambient techno stunner with Kraut-rock-like
synth rhythms and chainsaw guitar fragments. Score!


Move and Groove.

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15. ‘Gallows’ by VAZUM (Detroit)

Deathgaze duo Zach Pliska and Emily Sturm launched
their 5th album, titled V- a couple of weeks ago.

It’s a greatest hits album consisting of
re-recorded songs from 2020-2022.

One of TUTV’s fav cuts is Gallows resonating like a slowed-down
Siouxsie and The Banshees musing. Enigmatic and haunting.

Watch/listen.

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16. ‘Nine Times Nine’ by THE CRYSTAL TEARDROP (UK)

Who? A British quartet inspired by a mutual passion for the sights,
sounds and creative experimentation of the mid to late 1960s with
its unique blend of garage rock, psychedelia and acid folk.

A 60s colored psych-pop gem that could be written by Californian legends
The Mamas & Papas
. Layered vocals, jangly guitars (playing backward at
one point. Remember The Beatles Tomorrow Never Knows song?), and an
infectious chorus. Play it 81 times.


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17. ‘What I Lost’ by COWBOY JUNKIES (Canada)

The twang country veterans Tornyo announced
the upcoming release of their 16th LP, baptized
Such Ferocious Beauty

First single WHAT I LOST is a bittersweet sparkler of a song.
Sorrowful and heavy-hearted with Margo Timmins‘s mourning
voice as entrancing as ever.

Enchanting.

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18. A Child’s Question, August’ by PJ HARVEY (UK)


Artwork new album

PJ messaged via her socials her 10th album,
baptized I Inside The Old Year Dying. It lands
on 7 July.

First single A Child’s Question, August sounds like
a stripped track from her ‘Let England Shake‘ LP.

Ominous, somber but also quite magnetic.

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19. ‘Scotch’ by TIRED KID (Canada)


Photo by Laura-Lynn Petrick

“A song inspired by my walks to coffee shops, my friends,
the band TOPS, and the scotch I like to drink!”

Easy-going tunes you can hum and whistle like this one are always welcome on my headphones after having too much noizz buzzing in my ears. Scotch is a laid-back, jaunty, and happy-go-lucky melody enriched with sunlit guitar play. Perfect for a walk in the city on a lazy Spring day. Kelly‘s mellow voice sounds like it was meant to sing devil-may-care songs like this one. Canadacana at its strolling best. Bottoms up!

Watch/listen.

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20. ‘Monkey Gone To Heaven GmBt LIFE (France)

To celebrate the first anniversary of their debut album
10 Minutes GmbtLife decided to cover a Pixies classic.

They picked one of their best-known songs, Monkey Gone To Heaven from 1989. Their take is pretty special and surprising. They decelerated it and added subtle piano play, distorted guitars, and low-pitched vocals.

OPUS KINK – One Of The Best Bands Of The Post-Brexshit-Punk Generation Played Belgium (Again)

27 April 2023

Last September I discovered London gang OPUS KINK at the glorious
indie-crowded Leffingeleuren Festival in Belgium. I was flabbergasted
by their jackhammering sound and their we-are-the-coolest-band -in-the-world
attitude.

And yesterday they impressed my greedy ears again while
bulldozing through their steamy set in Antwerp (Belgium).

Maybe conquering the world isn’t on their agenda… yet, but their definitely one
of the best gunslingers of the post-Brexshit-punk (r)evolution along with such bands
as Ditz, Lambrini Girls, Lice, DEATLETTER, black midi and Cassels (which I all saw
live too, already).

Why?

1. First of all the music of course. High capricious quality songwriting and staggering
sonic execution. Post-punk exorcism heated up with saxophone and trumpet. Not in a Black Country, New Road way, but rather in a James Brown punk orchestra way. Horntastic awesome.

Check their EP ‘Til The Stream Runs Dry for starters.


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2. Their flaming intensity/passion-loaded songs all get an enormously adrenalin
injection on stage. All burners on. They jump from rock opera to scream-your-lungs-out chants (at times in one and the same song) to barb-wire funk pushed by a brill rhythm section. When they slow down and the lights dim you feel another storm coming. And, yes, the saxophonist and the trumpetist are really special, sonically and visually. Their towering play is a fundamental aspect of who/what Opus Kink is and they look cool as fuck.

3. Besides being blessed with a knife-edged vox, frontman Angus Rogers
leads the troops with his big heart, restless soul, and cast-iron determination
to make a difference.

Final result: Opus Kink are here to stay for a long time.

Here’s an idea of their live force.

And before we all can take a breather, here’s
their new rad
single CHILDREN described as ‘our Ibiza summertime anthem’.


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OPUS KINK: Facebook – Instagram

Setlist

TURN UP THE VOLUME JUKEBOX 2023 – 10 New Tracks Added Every Week

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.

Check the 10 new rad tracks
added to this rad 2023 playlist.

1. ‘Children’ by British post-punks Opus Kink
2. ‘Jailbreak’ by post-hardcore Brits Enter Shikari
3. ‘Rescued’ by Dave Grohl’s Foo Fighters
4. ‘High Life’ by London’s rockers Bloc Party
5. ‘You’re In The Show’ by Washinghton duo The Electric Grandmother
6. ‘Veronica Lake’ by SPARKS
7. ‘Council Skies’ by Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds
8. ‘My Illusion’ by Newcastle upon Tyne outfit Electric Circus
9. ‘Dandelion Wish’ by 60s psych pop inspired duo The Vanity Project
10. ‘Cars’ by American electro-dreamwave duo Lunar Twin

TUTV: Blog – Facebook – Instagram

TURN UP THE VOLUME JUKEBOX 2023 – 10 New Tracks Added Every Week

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.

Check the 10 new rad tracks
added to this rad 2023 playlist.

ARTISTS

Gallus (Glasgow, Scotland)
Opus Kink
(Brighton, UK)
Down The Lees
(Canada)
Hypothetics
(Bristol, UK)
Dexys
(Birmingham, UK)
Camlann
(Indonesia)
Little Dragon (Sweden)
Ashley McBride
(Nashville, TN)
Pretty
(Toronto, CA)
Baxter Dury
(London, UK)

PRESS PLAY

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TUTV: Blog – Facebook – Instagram

British Manic Post-Punk Team Get Hysterical On Their New Caterwaul ‘1.18’

Daily noise that works faster and harder than any stimulant

6 April 2023

British wayward indie team OPUS KINK are one of the most
arousing bands of the British post-punk rebirth of the past years
(Ditz, Shame, black midi, Life, Crows, Lice, Deadletter).

The ambitious misfits have another EP, named MY EYES, BROTHER!
coming up next month. More info here. Following the jarring piece
Dust OK upset again with 1.18 .

“A song about letting your hair down and finding peace in the unreasonable
squalid indifference of the universe.. You do you, hun!”

TUTV: 1:18 is a neurotic caterwaul that goes forth and back with burning pzazz. Monomaniacal vocalist Angus Rogers gets worked up to an almost hysterical level
and sounds like a tormented and obsessed soul and the band’s horn duo blow
their lungs out with nerve-racking urgency. Blimey! Breathtaking!

Tune in.
Get mental.


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Also st(r)eaming on Spotify.

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OPUS KINK: Facebook – Instagram