Vitalizing tunes that work faster than a stream of caffeine
14 October 2026
Artists: PARTY DOZEN Who: Hellish electro-rock duo from Sydney, Australia.
A project loosely based around improvisation.
Track: FULL POWERS
3rd preview cut from their upcoming 6th album, titled 21 Bum Salute. Out November 6th. More info here.
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PD about the song: “There’s ‘Full Powers’ good and there’s ‘Full Powers’ bad.
The good is when you’re personally becoming too powerful, an angel pisses on
you, everything is going very well and suddenly you’re gliding down the street like
King Swinging Dick.
The bad is when one side has all the power and more is not enough. Powerlust, greedmongering, gluttonous fiends. This track switches between the two. It has a
really strong, confident feel that gets a little uneasy as the track progresses.”
TUTV: Maniacal mayhem guaranteed with these two hectic Aussies who incite more
bedfull than a full army on a maddening mission. Bashing drums, deranged guitars, and
a meshugge saxophone all contribute to a cooking cacophony that leaves you behind out
of breath and out of mind. Oh my, jumping Jehoshaphat. The sirens are blaring. Time to get paranoid.
TUTV: These punked-up Irishmen rush and rage with knives between their teeth,
chasing bad news. Watch your back, Fontaines guys, Gurriers are coming fast.
Band:U2 Who: The giant Irish rock & pop
stars playing around since 1976,
yep that’s 50 years.
Track: SILENCIO
New single from their upcoming 16th album,
called Carnaval De Luz, out November 13th.
TUTV: Silencio is a sterling rock footstomper with a red-hot chorus.
I guess I haven’t heard them ignited like this since Vertigo (gosh, that’s
22 years ago). Bono & Co are still swirling relevant.
TUTV: Wham bam. From the first chord, these Swedes rock and knock incessantly.
No breaks, no brakes. Fast forward is the only direction to get to Sri Lanka. Expect
a stormy flood of pelvis-energizing riffs and heated hooks, peaking on the sing/scream along chorus.
Artist: KATE NASH Who: Widely praised, full-hearted English
songstress from North Harrow, London.
Track: SPLIT MILK
First single from her new, upcoming 6th longplayer,
titledCailín. Out 22 Jan 2027. More info here.
TUTV: Nash is on a roll on this spiky jackhammer as if she has a lot of repressed
passion to ventilate, which results in a flaming dash. The milk is boiling, people.
Don’t burn your headphones.
Artist: THE GENTLE RECKONING Who: The new project from Irish singer-songwriter Jamie Wells. Designed as an vehicle of intense personal self-expression that centres around himself, with the ability to surround himself with a rotating cast of band members, pulling people into his orbit dependent on what the song requires.
Lyrically, the track is pulled from Jamie reflecting on years lost to excess, self-loathing, and the precarious situation the world found itself in while dealing with the intense isolation and loneliness.
TUTV: Unbridled guitar rock puissance is burning throughout this roaring riff ripper, juiced with anxious vocals. Wells channels past demons via a stream of gutsy guitar electricity. The present sounds fully charged; the future is a challenge to encounter with all amps up.
Band: TOY PARLOUR Who: A hectic indie outfit combining their prior unique and influential sounds,
with a certain swagger and raw energy that looks to fly into the UK Alt scene with
all guns blazing.
“Galactic Girl is a love song. It’s about meeting someone so amazing, so
unbelievably perfect, they must be from out of this world. There’s no other
explanation. Everyone wants to know her, everyone wishes she wanted to
know them, and you can’t believe you’re lucky enough to be with her.”
TUTV: This riff-insane fireball starts ticking and ticking like an eruption is about
to emerge, which actually happens when the detonating chorus explodes into
your ears and confuses the Richter scale. All hence and decibels on deck.
Toy Parlour take no chances; they go nuclear into the universe
to track down the galactic girl. T.Rex called it Hot Love.
TUTV: MFT have another head-twisting, electro-punk whopper on their hands. Every Version Of You hammers without mercy, without escape exit. Glorious shit
to go ballistic to.
TUTV: C’mon, twist those itchy hips, move that hot head on top of your body, while the beating beats go crescendo and predict a volcanic discharge. Euro Stomper matches the fervid forcefulness of a missile that gets launched. Blimey.
Band: ADULT DVD Who: EBM punk partygoers
from Leeds, UK.
Track: JESUS CHRIST SUPERCAR
Cut from their brand new self-titled debut
fireworks full-length. Stream it here.
TUTV: Holy Moses, there goes Jesus Christ, unstoppable and unindestructible,
with the speed of an illegally pepped-up Ferrari. Even atheists (like me) should
make a sign of the cross and pray for safety first.
Artist: HANNYA WHITE Who: Experimental noise
crusader from London.
TUTV: Relentless, merciless bass/drum beats pulsate non-stop. White is into
noise exploration driven by her appetite for unorthodox, distorted percussion
and outlandisch wailing.
White‘s #FREAK draws you into her David Lynch-like labyrinth you want to get lost in.
Band: THE LIVING PINS Who: Texan outfit started by seasoned
rock chickc/musicians Pam Peltz and Carrie Clark.
Track: A AND B
Newest single from their forthcoming debut album, titled Roxy Unicorn. Out on November 13th. Tracklist and pre-order
info here.
TUTV: Addicted TUTV followers know we’re vivid Living Pins fans. Why? They always guarantee something stimulating for all of your limbs. Once upon a time, English glam rockers shouted “Clap your hands, stamp your feet, get down and get with it“. That’s the Living Pins attitude for you, music junkies. No nonsense. This pumping riff-roller is worth an A+.
TUTV: It is a soul-stirring and mellifluous pop pearl. The siblings still have
a knack for writing exciting tunes that stick the moment they start. Hats off
to the everlasting-delivering Scots.
Artist: ELISA SMITH Who: Country singer-songwriter based in Boston. Her soulful
sound blends elements of Americana, folk, and traditional country
music. She released her debut EPHitch A Ride in 2018.
Smith:“I wrote this song about my two greatest heroes, Loretta and Dolly,
quoting as many of their songs as I could to describe them. They were such
a powerful force for music and women and have inspired me every day to
keep going, keep writing, and keep playing.”
TUTV: This room-filling, warm-hearted, and zealous voice confused me at first.
I thought, I swear, when I heard this sonic stimulant for the first time, I got tuned
into ‘a best of’ playlist of legendary country diva’s (I’m sure you know many
of them).
Smith displays a similar confident timbre and uplifting tone that those self-assured
angels spread worldwide. Take no shit from your boss, people; sing as loud as you
can from 9 to 5.
TUTV: Be ready to get drowned in a smoggy psychedelic spiral of echoing,
mind-altering guitars. Once there, you’ll stay to be engrossed in this lyrical trip,
with its striking vocals and hallucinatory flow. There’s always a dream at the end
of the tunnel. Go catch it.
Band: DEAD WELLS Who: 4 British indies
from Macclesfield.
Track: COLD SEAS
Only their 2nd single, following
debutStain that came out last May.
“The sounds of the guitars are inspired by the spanky spring reverb sound used in early
garage rock, but with a thick layered fuzz sound underneath to give them an edgier, grungy sounding kick. Lyrically the song centres on the pull of a dangerous attraction: the point at which temptation becomes difficult to resist despite knowing where it may lead.”
TUTV: Psychotic guitars, accompanied by a frenetic drum/bass collaboration, set
the tone, from the get-go, for this ominously reverberating jam. Nervous tension fills
the air. Cold Seas gets under your skin without asking. And it feels good, in a startling
way, that is.
Brian Molko:‘‘This is a new rock song inspired by the piano melody from
H.K. Farewell and named after one of my favourite people from history,”
Helen Keller was an American author who lost her sight and her hearing after
a bout of illness when she was 19 months old, but it didn’t stop her from writing
14 books and hundreds of speeches and essays.
TUTV: Placebo just started their massive 30th-anniversary arena tour. It seems as
if they wanted to entertain all of their thousands and thousands who are waiting to see them with this new tranquillising mid-tempo cruise. I guess it’ll work. Definitely, maybe.
Artist: BAXTER HALL Who: Indie folk singer-songwriter from Boston, who released
his debut full-length, Somewhere In My Guitar, back in 2020.
Track: THE WORK
Title song of his luring brand-new EP.
Stream it here
Hall: “‘The Work’ is about my personal experience handling the emotions of going no-contact with a parent. The feelings of loss and sadness that come with that decision, but also having your boundaries be stronger than your empathy and empowering yourself to break the cycle and not internalize and inherit toxic behavior.”
TUTV:Hall‘s heart-and-soul arousing voice, his songwriting skills, and refined
feel for captivating melodiousness combine for an aurally satisfying happening.
From acoustic to electric; from reflective to emotional, The Work evokes
the wandering spirit of various legendary singer-songwriters from the past.
TUTV: I love this kind of torch-burning, power rock ballads. They have an overwhelming
effect on your mind and body. As long as they’re not too sugary my ears are very willing.
Artist: MARY GAUTHIER Who: Much-lauded 64-year-old folk singer-songwriter with a rich
past, writing/recording/releasing her deeply felt songs since 1990.
TUTV: I don’t know much about this indie musician. He mailed me some songs that sit “somewhere between indie rock, alternative and indie folk, with influences ranging from Bon
Iver and The Neighborhood to The 1975 and David Kushner.” and who writes songs as he quotes for the almosts, the maybes & the memories.
Won’t Let Me Go is the musing that caught my ears’ attention. Its darkish acoustic tone, reflective moodiness, and melancholic vocals got me in a self-rumintive headspace.
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 roasting riff-insane haymakers that stick after just
one spin. The repeat button was invented for mind-bending juggernauts like
this. Sun Mahshene is blistering joy. Wowzah!
Artist: FIG TREES Who: The artistic project of Belgian songsmith JJ Vroman, a former music journalist.
He’s inspired by bands such as Captain Oats, And They Spoke In Anthems and ADM.
They appear as mythical figures in his musical odyssey.
Piece from his upcoming debut
album, titled ‘Room 22‘.
TUTV: This feels good, really good. From the kick-off, you’re drawn into an electrifying guitar-juiced groove that will play on your stereo in your head all day long. No need to
look for hooks, you get a ton of them right here.
When Vroman turns up the speed for the dazzling chorus (is that a banjo I hear in the
back?) your adrenaline production will speed up too. Then again, that rotating riff bliss is the song’s magnetizing motor, and his captivating, carefree vocality completes this solid gold gem of a tune. Bingo.
Artists: PARTY DOZEN Who: Australian duo featuring saxophonist Kirsty Tickle and
percussionist Jonathan Boulet. They have released 4 albums
so far. You can discover them via Spotify.
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.
The first taster from the film. A song that
deals with the isolation and depression of
the pandemic.
TUTV: A characteristic Down The Lees thunderstorm cranked up by blustery bass lines, monstrous guitar riffs, Herculean drumming, Schultz‘s sky-scraping vocals and a volcanic finale. My oh my. One of the best noiz rock bands around. Fact!
“It’s about noticing how quickly we get entrapped online into spending money, and spending
the latest form of currency, our attention, and questioning how to break away from it. It’s about how horrifying excess is.
The fictitious shop, Tamoo, which looks like it should come with a gamblers aware warning sign, stocks everything you’ve never wanted, and it’s not just your money it will cost you being there.”
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TUTV: The Baby Seals strike with high-powered Black Sabbath-esque thwacks on this
hellish haymaker, bucked up with eldritch guitar flashes and a slam-bang chorus. If
you’re addicted to spending money, give it all to these ear-poppping punkettes so they
can spend all that money on recording new exciting music like this. Yep, a win-win.
First single from their forthcoming 4th full-length, their
first in 4 years, slated for release in September 2026.
Press info: A song which tells the tragic story of the loss of frontman Scott Marsden‘s
uncle Tony, who sadly drowned as a child in Cyprus. It was a story Scott was told from
a very young age, staying with him his whole life, creating a fear of the water.
How living on a small Island surrounded by the sea created an anxiety he never really understood growing up. How for decades the tragedy affected the whole family with trauma and struggles with addiction which tore the family apart.
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. His everlasting heart-and-soul distress leads
to this astonishing piece of sonic catharsis. What an impressive return.
TUTV: A raging blast of an uppercut, pro-welcoming refugees and anti-super rich
who despise the common people. Raw and rough like powerhouse proto-punks The Stooges.
Band: KNEECAP Who: Belfast‘s sharp-mouthed, notorious rap team KNEECAP – Mo Chara,
Móglaí Bap, and DJ Próvaí – hip and hop around with a knife between
their teeth since 2017. So far, they have 2 LPs on their résumé.
For the past months, the spotlight wasn’t really on their music
but more on their problems with some governments for their
support for Palestine on and off stage.
Member Mo Chara got charged for allegedly displaying a flag
in support of Hezbollah one year ago. After a long trial, he was
acquitted of all claims against him.
In the aftermath, they dropped this new chant, called NO COMMENT featuring renowned British DJ Sub Focus.
Kneecap: ‘No Comment’ is all about getting harassed by the British state.
Simple as. Us Irish are well used to it, been happening for centuries. Was
a pleasure to work with Sub Focus on this, the man is a legend.”
A song about being caught
between two life chapters.
TUTV: The Middle has that rotating rock vibe of Run Run Run by proto-punk
legends The Velvet Underground, but with even more garage buzz, straight
from a smelly basement somewhere in Stockholm. The rattling beat goes
on and on and on.
On top come anxious vocals that add a barbed edge
to this jagged jam. A bang-on debut. Don’t miss it.
TUTV: Dramatically disturbing sentiments are bottled here in this titanic juggernaut
of a song, where 80s/90s Gothwave guitar lines connect with modern-day psych-rock kingpins such as Interpol and The Strokes. We should never ever stop screaming about murderous conflicts. That’s exactly what Customs do here in sonic capitals. STOP THE KILLING.
The fierce frustration embedded in this outburst is a universal, final warning.
It’s also one of the, unfortunately, too many scary songs we posted lately in
our daily wake-up call series.
The accompanying video is a series of photos and footage that shows the
devastating horror caused by today’s inhuman war-greedy world leaders.
Band: REFLECT Who: Young indie rockers from Belfast, Ireland.
The name ‘Ocnus‘ comes from an allegorical deity in Greek
mythology personifying hesitation, delay and the wasting
of time, harking back to their debut.
TUTV: Be ready to get on Reflect‘s new soul-stirring rollercoaster, going back and forth.
Its unbridled rock and pop brio has a whopping sonic boom imprint, and the splendacious vocal performance stands out right in the middle. Think Florence + The Machine turning up the heat. Gee-whizz feat.
‘’Empathology’ is half about wanting to feel the pain of everyone around you
so they don’t have to, and half wanting to share it with them, grow closer and
connect on a deeper level. I’ve created my own subject, Empathology: the study
of empathy’.
TUTV: Empathology is a chilling, torch-burning grunge jam propelled
with jarring guitars, brawny percussion and Chelsea Andrews‘s transfixing
vocals. Empathy can lead to a connecting nirvana experience.
Artist: USI ES Who: The musical moniker of Belgian singer-songwriter Ester Weemaes. In her attic studio, she interweaves synths and samples with her distinctive, dark voice. Her music balances between darkness and dreaminess, feeling like a blanket wrapped around you: soft yet heavy, with frayed edges. She released her debut EP Mutiny.
2nd single from her upcoming debut album, expected to
be released early 2026, on which she worked again with
her coach, mentor, and mixer Dijf Sanders.
“I see it as one of the signature Usi ES songs, in a coming-of-age jacket.”
TUTV: Imagine Kate Bush and Goth queen Chelsea Wolfe doing a slo-mo duet in
a twilight universe where surreality and reality meet. Spellbinding, mysterious,
and entrancing. Dim the lights, sit down, relax, and let your thoughts run free.
Verstegen: “The inspiration for this track came when I was looking at a box of matches
and suddenly realized that every romantic “match” is actually a bit like a real matchstick.
You only get one chance to make it ignite. Some go out quickly, others need a bit of oxygen
and sometimes you can spark a fire that will keep you warm for the rest of your life.
“Matches” is the first release from my upcoming debut album, and for it, we drew some inspiration from artists such as Bon Iver, Ben Howard, Phoebe Bridgers, Marble Sounds,
and others.”
TUTV: Matches feels like a sonic match right away. It’s a heart-and-soul touching
reflection with a feverish drive. Near-whispering vocals and enthralling harmonies
star up front, causing goosebumps. Think Bon Iver, Ed Harcourt, and other transfixing voices.
Verstegen sounds like being around for a long time. His enwrapping story-telling
and evocative singing is top-tier and a real revelation. Don’t miss this notable debut.
Artists: MOON MOTHER Who: MM is the voice echoing through a starless night, music born from darkness, yet always carrying a glimmer of light. From the rural landscapes of western Sweden, the duo has built an architecture of earthy, alternative slow rock and melancholic, atmospheric folk with a Nordic touch. A sound they call månrock.
It captures the feeling of standing outside the world through a heavy
acoustic lament, where fragility slowly breaks through the darkness.
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TUTV: Intimate piano soulfulness, emotive vocals, and at times grand orchestral
arrangements combine for a mystical-like ambiance. Both transmundane and melodramatic. Moon Mother‘s musical world triggers surreal sentiments in our
grim reality on this mesmerizing trip.
Artist: MAVIS STAPLES Who: Legendary soul/blues/rock voice who, along with family, had a long and
greatly accomplished career under the name ofThe Staple Singers (1948-1994).
She’s 86 now, singing and swinging like a 36-year-old.
Band: PARTY DOZEN Who: Supersonic duo from down under, featuring saxophonist Kirsty Tickle and percussionist Jonathan Boulet, who love noizzzzz
and improvisation.
It’s the 3rd shared track (you can stream all 3 singles below) from their new
upcoming, 4th LP titled Crime In Australia, that’ll be out on September 6.
More info here.
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Jonathan Boulet: “The first section of this song is inspired by a sound that we heard at the airport pick up zone in Sydney. A small aircraft coming in to land low would project this low bending rumble into the cement car park filling it with resonant frequencies. Sounds like A HIT. ‘Money & the Drugs’ features Kirsty really letting it out into her saxophone void. Then it picks up a coupla gears into a rockin’ frenzy. It’s one of our most fun songs to play live. But sometimes too much of a good thing can land you in deep water. Sometimes this song gets away from us.”
TUTV: OMG! Wowzers! Helter-Skelter! I heard this cast-iron stunner for the first time this morning when I had breakfast. I almost choked on my coffee, my ears were in shock, and my neighbors knocked on the wall. Party Dozen got my awake in merely 20 seconds. If I tell you that they sound even louder than NY’s noise maniacs A Place To Bury Strangers you should have a real loud and clear idea of their deafening havoc.
Money & The Drugs resonates like a demonic cry-out straight from hell. It’s a supersonic fireball going fast-word like a Formula 1 race car. No breaks, no brakes, no mistakes.
Tickle wails like she’s obsessed and treats her saxophone like a weapon to destroy evil. You’ll understand quickly why Boulet says that this new hellraiser was inspired by a sound they heard at an airport. OMG! Let’s fly.
