Pick Of The Day

THE RATS – Badass Belgian Punk Grinchs Drop Xmas Firecracker ‘BOXING DAY’

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22 December 2025

Band: THE RATS
Who: Hungry punks from Ghent, Belgium who have
released their smashing debut EP Disco To Disco
last year.

New Track:
The first single of their upcoming
debut album, baptized Boxing Days.

Press info: “Boxing Days” is their first release with new guitarist Eno Meulenbergs.
This line-up change opened up a renewed sense of creative freedom. You can hear it immediately on single Boxing Day, which begins in an unusually melancholic tone carried by sweeping guitars and drums, spoken word vocals and delicate strings. Once the track explodes, it’s clear the band hasn’t lost an ounce of intensity.

Lyrically, the single sits comfortably in the Fairytale of New York tradition:
Christmas as a backdrop for regret, self-reflection and resolutions that start
crumbling the moment they’re spoken aloud.

The repeated closing line “I promise next year it will get better / I promise next
year I will be better” sounds more like an attempt to convince oneself than
a reassurance for someone else.

Emile (frontman) “If Christmas is for the
family, then Boxing Day is for your mates.”

TUTV: After a moody guitar/drum intro, all hell breaks loose. No silent night with The Rats. Boxing Day is a fierce, snail-paced torch that slowly but surely heads towards a volcanic eruption. You can feel the ominous tension in the air.

Emile is joined by Lewis Duffin of British indie band Hotel Lux and Jasper De Petter of Belgian noiseninks Ronker for a louder than war finale. Your Xmas will never be the same again, folks. Watch your back for these unhinged punk grinchs.

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A Silent Ambient Night With DREW FIVE And His Piano Synthphony ‘HEADING NORTH’

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20 December 2025

Artist: DREW FIVE
Who: A versatile musician from London who creates/records electronica,
ambient minimalism, neo-classical and post-rock. He’s also half of electro
pop duo Feral Five and Dice Machine.

Track: HEADING NORTH

It’s the third solo movement in a recent minimalist trilogy which includes
the instrumental pieces Stars and Mélodie. It is also featured on Drew’s
new mini-album On The Nature Of Light.

On Heading North we encounter the soundtrack to an imaginary Scandi-noir detective/thriller. With Nordic-jazz echoes that evoke tales of mystery and
imagination, we embark on a journey to find
answers.

This track suggests going places – as the play on words in its title suggests.

It is the antithesis of “heading south” and very much heading in the right
direction. And as we warm ourselves by our northern winter hearths, there
comes hope of resolution in endless Arctic summer days where the sun
finds its home.

Have a silent ambient night, people.


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THUNDER BOMBER – Explosive Italian Rockers Launch New Torpedo ‘EMPTY HANDS’

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17 December 2025

Band: THUNDER BOMBER
Who: An Italian alt-rock collective who have gone through several
lineup changes over the years and released several singles, EPs,
a cassette, and tracks for various compilations, gradually shaping
their sonic identity.

New single: EMPTY HANDS
Piece from their upcoming new album, called
‘Boys Alive‘, slated for release on 10 April 2026.

Press info: “‘Empty Hands’ is a sonic blues piece that speaks of disorientation, the loss of oneself, and the fading of any form of faith, in a broad and universal sense. In the end, all that remains are empty hands: the echo of what has been lost.”

TUTV: Holy smoke! From the get-go a powerhouse bass/drum tandem hits you hard in the face, instantly followed by nerve-racking guitars and psychotic vocals. From there on, it’s all hens on deck, heading slowly but surely to an astonishing finale. Alert your neighbours for an upcoming thunderous eruption before you press play.

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TOGETHER FOR PALESTINE – Brian Eno And Other Artists Released Benefit Single Titled ‘LULLABY’

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15 December 2025

Last September, former Roxy Music member BRIAN ENO organized a benefit
event, featuring multiple artists under the header Together For Palestine.

Now, he has along with artists such as Neneh Cherry, Celeste, Nadine Shah and several
more released a song/single named LULLABY to raise money for the Palestinian people suffering from the Netanyahu directed genocide they were victims of benefit single from an ensemble including Brian Eno, Neneh Cherry, and Nadine Shah.

The single is credited to TOGETHER FOR PALESTINE. It’s an adaption by Peter
Gabriel of a traditional Palestinian song ‘Yomma Mweil El-Hawa’ – مي نصر – يما مويل.

Eno: “After a year defined by unimaginable loss, grief and injustice, we want to end with an act of love for Palestine’s children. ‘Lullaby’ reflects their beauty, their longing and their hope. If we rally together and download it, we have a real shot at landing Christmas No. 1, and turning that moment into vital life-saving support for Gaza’s families.”

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MAKES MY BLOOD DANCE Stupify Your Ears And Eyes With Staggering Gothic Single ‘YOUR LITTLE HAND IN MINE’

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11 December 2025


2025 photo by Jasmine Fuentes

Band: MAKES MY BLOOD DANCE
Who: An exciting hybrid of electro-goth, pop-metal and electronic dance music
who have already turned heads with their electrifying live performances and recent
singles that have been promoted with cinematic videos. The New York-based act have just signed to Metropolis Records, a leading label in the electronic and industrial music genres.

New single: YOUR LITTLE HAND IN MINE
From their upcoming debut LP.

‘Your Little Hand In Mine’, is a darkly romantic song that the group describe as “our left field heartbreaker. It’s the closest track we have to a ballad, but wired with the same voltage that makes crowds lose their minds when we’re on tour.”

An AI-enhanced video for the track drops viewers into a surreal collision of fantasy and real-world imagery that feels like slipping between memory and revelation; a moment of raw truth dressed in myth and electricity.

TUTV: It sounds and it looks like we’re going to have a scary Xmas with fantastical specimens dancing around the Xmas tree, hand in hand. MMBD offer a king-sized
power ballad. Melodramatic, bombastic, and orchestral. Not your usual festive carol.
Move over Santa, make way for these New York Godths.

Watch the stupefying clip here.

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DEAD DADS CLUB – Fresh Astounding English Rockers Score Astounding Single With ‘VOLATILE CHILD’

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8 December 2025

Band: DEAD DADS CLUB
Who: New project of Chilli Jesson who was the frontman of
former British guitar pop group Palma Violets (2011-2016).

Track: VOLATILE CHILD
Second taster from their upcoming self-titled
debut full-length, coming our way on 23 Jan 2026.

Jesson (frontman): “The song follows a young man standing at the edge of his
breaking point in a small YMCA room in Paris. Lost in the noise of grief and isolation,
he’s pulled back from the brink when he sees a vivid, grounding vision of his late father.”

Astounding hooks. Astounding melodiousness.
Astounding orchestrations. Astounding smasheroo.

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PEACHES – Notorious Electroclash Queen Shares New Banging Banger ‘FUCK YOUR FACE’

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3 December 2025


New album artwork

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

Following disco smasher Not In Your Mouth None Of Your Business
we get the 2nd preview from Peaches‘ upcoming 7th album, her first in
10 years. It’s named No Lube So Rude and will come out on 20 Feb 2026.

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. I want people to understand that they can still have a voice no matter who they are or what the world says about them. Now more than ever, there are so many forces that just want you to give up and be quiet. If this album can help you resist that, then that’s what it’s for.”

TUTV: Oh no, 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?

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THE LEMON TWIGS – The Beatles Fanatics Go Back In Time Again With New Tune ‘I’VE GOT A BROKEN HEART’

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Long Island‘s brothers Brian and Michael D’Addario artistically know as
THE LEMON TWIGS‘s are 60s pop fanatics, with a non-stop appetite for
Beatles-esque tunes.

Last year they scored big time with their
5th LP called Dream Is All We Know.

Now, at the end of this year, they shared two new songs,
of which I’VE GOT A BROKEN HEART is another sonic
proof of their All You Need Is The Beatles obsession.

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DREAMWAVE – British Pysch Rock Indies Pulverise Your Ears With Their New Single ‘MURMERS ON THE DUNES’

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29 November 2025

Band: DREAMWAVE
Who: Psych-rock indie quartet
from Bristol, UK.

New single: MURMERS ON THE DUNES

The track arrives alongside the announcement of their upcoming
EP Drifter, now available for pre-order as a vinyl pressing paired
with their previous EP Moondogs on Side A.

TUTV: No intro. From the very first second, a tsunami of pulverising guitars hit your startled ears, while eldritch vocals come on top of all the commotion. It all resonates
as if freakin’ Killing Joke is back with one of their trademark wallops that make your
hair in the back of your neck stand up. Wowzers.

The last minute is one long outro, giving you the chance to recover
from what just happened, before you press the repeat button.

Blimey.

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VELVET TWO STRIPES – Fiery Swiss Trio Fury Get In Your Face With Their New Hellraiser ‘HELLHOUND 2.0’

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27 November 2025


Photo by Veronica Coltellacci

Band: VELVET TWO STRIPES
Who: Alt rock trio from Switzerland founded in 2012. Over the past 15 years, they have built a reputation as one of Europe’s fiercest live rock acts. Combining raw riffs, sultry vocals, and grungy swagger. So far they released 4 LPs. You can check them on Spotify.

Track: HELLHOUND 2.0
New single from their upcoming EP ‘Embers’
slated for release early next year.

Hellhound 2.0 flips the familiar story of being watched and followed,
imagining what it would feel like if the roles were reversed.

TUTV: From the kick-off VTS is all over your eager ears and in your face. Hellhound 2.0 has Hole‘s sassy swagger and Babes In Toyland‘s badass bravado. Gritty grunge, pithy punk and riff-roasting rock ‘n’ roll all rolled into one fiery hellraiser with a cool chorus. Sounds pretty gee-whizz, right? You betcha. that hellhound doesn’t stand a chance.

Press play.
Here. Now.


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