Pick Of The Day

AHVA – Finnish Singer-Songwriter Destresses Your Mind With Rushing Roller ‘TRAPPED IN FREEDOM’

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27 April 2026


Credit: Antti Polojärv

Artist: AHVA
Who: A Finnish experimental indie pop artist crafting peculiar sounds for the joy-hungry. Blending melodic songwriting with adventurous sonic experimentation, Ahva draws from the playful spirit of early-2000s indie icons to create music that feels both familiar and genuinely strange.

Track: TRAPPED IN FREEDOM
The title cut his brand new 5-track EP.
You can stream it here.

The song was written during the COVID lockdowns in Helsinki and reflects a disorienting stretch of time where days blurred together, shaped by life at home with young children and a fading sense of routine.

Ahva: “You’re technically free, but in practice, you’re very much trapped.”

TUTV: If this rad, rolling booster doesn’t arouse all of your limbs, you need to consult
your therapist or change your meds. Trapped In Freedom causes a rush of blood to the head. It feels like you’re on an out-of-control carousel, like a steamed-up, percussive-energizing scurry, while bracing vocals add extra dynamism.

This is the kind of invigorating tune that helps you destress so you can face
your daily grind and the treadmill we’re on. Eureka, we have a winner.

Press play.
Go berserk.


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The Masked REAPER Hits Hard With New Drum ‘N’ Bass Blast ‘SWEET TALKER’

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25 April 2026

Artist: REAPER
Who: Critically acclaimed and famous
American masked drum ‘n’ bass maverick.

He released two LPs so far: DISRUPTOR (2022)
and CHALLENGER (2024)

Track: SWEET TALKER
New single with Dani King
on vocals.

Get your ears and body ready for
this drum ‘n’ bass blast, folks.

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WHOLES – Belgian Raucous Artillery Resonate In ‘THE MOMENT’

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22 April 2026


Photo by Klankbild

Band: WHOLES
Who: Raucous noise outfit led by Belgian, musical chameleon Wolf Vanwymeersch,
who played with several bands (pop, rock, sludge metal) and released a pure singer-songwriter pearl with solo debut album The Early Years back in 2022.

Wholes are “what remains after a soul has been detonated, what
struck those around it, what could no longer be contained”.

Last year, the band scored big time with their heart-wrenching debut album, named
A Mass In The Water. One of the best 10 LPs of 2025 according to TUTV‘s ears: “It’s a
both scary and flabbergasting opus about Wolf’s father’s suicide. It takes a lot of courage to make and share this soul-crushing experience with the world.”

New single: THE MOMENT

TUTV: Frontman Wolf told us that this new tune is not as dark as the previous ones,
even a teeny bit romantic with a line that goes like this “If our eyes lock for a second,
we’ll share an eternity”.

Besides that lovey-dovey line, The Moment sounds actually more like a brain-breaking nightmare, motorized by about 100 guitars and Wolf‘s ghostly vocals. It progresses
like a slow-burning torch that will, eventually, extinguish in the end. Spooky and
chilling if you ask me. Not really a whole lotta love here.


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Instagram – A Mass In the Water


Wolf Vanwymeersch – Ghent, March 2026 – photo by TUTV

MY LENNIS – Belgian Punk Misfits Call To Arms With New Headbutt Single ‘EMPIRE JUNKIES’

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20 April 2026

Band: MY LENNIS
Who: 4 Belgian misfits fueled by fast guitars, catchy choruses,
and loads of energy. Modern punk with a nod to the 90s scene.

Track: EMPIRE JUNKIES
First single from their upcoming EP.

The song is about a world in uncertainty and conflict, in which powerful leaders try
to exert control at the expense of ordinary people. It describes feelings of frustration, distrust, and resistance against political manipulation, economic pressure, and warmongering.

At the same time, it calls for action: no longer remaining silent, but standing up
together, making a statement and offering resistance, while the world watches.

TUTV: After an eruptive intro that brings the equally explosive intro of The Damned‘s
1977 steamroller New Rose to mind, these Belgian noiseniks fulminate like Jello Biafra
and The Dead Kennedys used to do when they unleashed their politically outspoken
blood-and-guts aggravation.

My Lennis storm from start to finish on this rapid-fire riff-ripper, propelled by their fast and furious vocalist, who’s backed by a tempestuous guitar-bass-drum artillery. To hell with all narcissist megalomaniacs who fuck up the world these days. Action required.

Here. Now.


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JESUS THE DINOSAUR – Boston’s Folk Pop Indies Make You Dream With New Piece ‘EMPTY SPACE’

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17 April 2026


📸 Miryam Weiss and J Kimball

Band: JESUS THE DINOSAUR (great name)
Who: Folk-rock indies from Boston, MA.

Track:
Piece from their upcoming debut LP, titled
‘Nothing To The Branches’, out on May 15th.

It showcases the band’s lush, emphatic sound that somehow
feels both intimately personal and richly expansive,

Tommy Ng (Vocals, acoustic guitar) “The lyrics are about spending time alone, and doing
your own thing. This is something I’ve always had to do to maintain my capacity for dealing
with the world, and to manage being overstimulated by it.

When I was a kid, this desire manifested itself as a fantasy about a special place that was somehow completely separate from the world, where time didn’t exist, and that only I could access, which I found incredibly soothing to think about.”


Single artwork by Hannah Foxman

TUTV: Empty Space is a nostalgic folk-pop tune. Infectious, uplifting, invigorating.
The kind of earworms that put a smile on your face, forgetting the daily manic
rat race around you.

The song’s sentiments make me think of Oasis‘ classic Live Forever, which also expresses the romantic sentiment of locking out the outside world (in this case, with your best friend) and doing whatever you want, without your entourage having any clue. Quite a universal fantasy (I guess).

LYRICS

“I wanna remember walking down the street at night in the summertime
Headphones on, streetlights casting beams through the humidity
No one at all around me

This could be,
This could be infinity


When I was young I wondered what I’d do with three wishes
I thought it fair; one for myself and two for everybody else
I never could decide on just two wishes for the world
And everytime I tried I was afraid it wouldn’t change the world

But as for me, I’d wish for an empty space
Outside of time
Endlessly open wide
That I could always go to to ease my mind
That I could always go to to ease my mind
This could be infinity
This could be infinity”

TUTV: Empty Space is an enchanting folk pop tune. Infectious, uplifting, invigorating.

STREAM/BUY


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TEMPLES – British Glam Rockers Drop 2nd Symphonic Piece ‘VENDETTA’ From New Upcoming LP And Annouce Big Tour

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15 April 2026

British glam rockers TEMPLES are back in town. A couple of weeks ago, they announced the birth of their 5th full-length album, the first in 3 years. It’s titled Bliss. It’ll come our way on June 26th.

New Track: VENDETTA
2nd shared single following the glitzy
first Jet Stream Heart.

James Bagshaw: “Suddenly, you had this almost Justice-Daft Punk-sounding sample
that then goes into something that could be a modern take on dance music, like a David
Guetta or Avicii song.”

TUTV: Expect a dazzling ride, going in different directions. Vendetta is a boggling symphony, sonically multicolored and features another delectable vocal performance
by charismatic frontman James Bagshaw.

WATCH/LISTEN

TOUR 2026

Instagram – Linktree – Spotify

THIRD BLOOM – British Ambient Trip-Hop Artist And Singer TRASH BREEZE Take You On A Fascinating Odyssey With ‘GRACE’

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13 April 2026

Artist: THIRD BLOOM
Who: A muscial and visual artist based in Brighton (UK). Drawing on years of immersion
in trip-hop, ambient, dubstep, and junglist traditions, all refracted through a prism of classical-influenced electronica. His cinematic experiments, both sonic and visual, have consistently borne rich creative fruit.

Track: GRACE

Press Info: “This is Third Bloom at his most politically charged. Where his earlier work explored the friction between electronic production and organic soul, Grace pushes deeper, into anger, grief, and the kind of hope that only survives after everything else
has burned.”

TUTV: Grace is a fascinating piece of music. It’s a three-part odyssey starting with a
speech-like message citing human rights, much-needed tolerance, and unconditional inclusivity as much-needed social instruments for survival.

Then singer Trash Breeze joins in and delivers a mesmerising vocal performance,
while trip-hop vibes in the back prepare for part three, where synths and drum/bass
take over for a 4-minute outstretched trip, think DJ Shadow’s superb album ‘Entroducing‘.
As said, a fascinating piece of music.

About the video: “‘Grace’s accompanying video is a confrontation. Hundreds of
human faces – every age, gender, race, and aesthetic – flicker past in a rapid stop-motion sequence, a kaleidoscope of shared humanity that refuses to let the viewer look away. Tash Breeze‘s own face weaves through the tapestry, appearing and disappearing as the track builds.”

LISTEN/WATCH

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SILK – Irish Shoegazers Engulf Your Ears With Six String Electricity On New Single ‘AURALUX’

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10 April 2026

Band: SILK
Who: The musical project of Irish guitarist/songwriter
Michael Smyth of former shoegazers Virgins.

Track: AURALUX
The title track from the upcoming mini-album debut,
out on May 7th. Tracklist and pre-order info here.

Lyrically, the song cuts across themes of loss and
acceptance, catharsis via volume and reverb.


Album artwork

TUTV: Shoegaze at its transcendental best. After a fuzzy intro, your ears get engulfed by a wide-ranging flood of galvanic guitars, dragging you into a whirlpool of six-string electricity with a melodramatic and bombastic resonance, while Smyth‘s velvety vocals hover all over the voltaic storm. One of his best compositions to date.

‘Keep me out of heaven
Its just another place’.

STREAM


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BUY


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THE STROKES Dropped Lead Single From New Upcoming Album – Hear ‘GOING SHOPPING’ Here

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8 April 2026

Two days ago NYC’s rock darlings THE STROKES announced the arrival of their new,
7th LP, titled REALITY AWAITS. It’ll see the day of light on June 27. Pre-order info here.

It’s produced by renowned sound wizard Rick Rubin and features 9 songs.


The surprising, unclear artwork

Here’s the lead single, called GOING SHOPPING.

It’s an easy-breezy, poppy rocker featuring familiar, sparkling
riffs and familiar, lazy Casablancas vocals. Okey-Dokey.


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Instagram – Linktree – All Albums

GANG OF FOUR – British Post-Funk-Punk Legends Entertain Again With New Amazeballs Single ‘NO KINGS HERE!’

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7 April 2026

British band GANG OF FOUR wrote history with their explosive debut LP
Entertainment! back in 1979. After 4 albums, they called it a day in 1984.

From there on, several reunions followed, with co-founder and
singer/lyricist Jon King returning between 2004 and 2011.

Then, brilliant, innovative guitarist Andy Gill, who sadly passed away
in 2020, aged 64, due to the COVID-19 virus, led GOF with another
new singer.

Last year, the band came back once more with Jon King again and original
drummer Hugo Burnham for a farewell tour. They said, “this is the last headline
tour in the US and Europe. But we will play a small run of select shows or a one-off
event in the future.”

Out of the blue, they now dropped a new single, called NO KINGS HERE!
Inspired by the recent anti-Trump protests in America under the banner
No Kings.

It’s an amazeballs stunner of a track. Vintage Gang Of Four.
Funk punk frenzy. Adrenaline for headbangers and bass junks.


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Spotify – Instagram – Linktree – All Albums