14 August 2026
Tanya Donnelly was born in Newport, Rhode Island.
She celebrated her 60th birthday last month, on
July 17.
She started Throwing Muses in 1981 with her stepsister Kristin Hersh,
co-founded, with the Deal twins, The Breeders in 1988, but left quickly
to form her own band Belly.
20 May 2026
Photo by Turn Up The Volume
I’m with Francis.
Tour Dates 2026
May
20th – Barbican, York, UK
21st – Alhambra Theatre, Dunfermline, UK
25th – Aviva Studios, Manchester, UK
28th – Royal Albert Hall, London, UK
31st – Live at the Castle, Limerick, UK
June
2nd – Olympia, Dublin, Ireland
30th – Zitadelle Spandau, Berlin, Germany
July
1st – Parkbühne Clara-Zetkin-Park, Germany
2nd – Jahrhunderthalle, Frankfurt, Germany
14th – Parco Della Musica, Milan, Italy
17th – Maassilo, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
18th – Muziekcentrum, Enschede, The Netherlands
19th – PLT, Heerlen, The Netherlands
Black Francis has been looking for his mind for 40 years now.
The band will trace it on their 40th-year milestone tour around
the world.
All dates HERE.
Let’s have a look back.
MELODY MAKER
1988
ROCKPOOL
1989
NME
1991
NME
2004
LOUDER THAN WAR
2019
– 28 September 1976 –
Artist: STEVIE WONDER
The soul legend started his supreme
career in 1961. He’s 75 now.
Album: SONGS IN THE KEY OF LIFE
His 12th LP, a double one.
#1 in the US, #2 in the UK.
The record was viewed as a guided tour through a wide range of musical styles and the life and feelings of the artist. It included recollections of childhood, of first love and lost love. It contained songs about faith and love among all peoples and songs about social justice for the poor and downtrodden.
SINGLE
ALBUM
.
– 28 September 1987 –
Band: PIXIES
1986–1993, 2004–present
Album: COME ON PILGRIM
Their (mini) debut LP.
Spin Magazine said afterward: “The band may sound tentative, but the building
blocks are here. The soft/loud song structures that were the then-future sound of
alternative rock.”
STREAM
.
– 28 September 1987 –
Band: THE SMITHS
1982–1987
Album: STRANGEWAYS, HERE WE COME
Their 4th and final one.
AllMusic wrote: “A subtly shaded and skilled album, one boasting a fuller
production than before. It offers a summation of the group’s considerable
strengths.”
SINGLE
ALBUM
.
– 28 September 1998 –
Artist: PJ HARVEY
1988-present.
Album: IS THIS DESIRE?
Her 4th one. No. 17 in the UK.
Q Magazine: “One of the most artfully truncated missives
of bleakness and pain to have emerged since the dawn of CD.”
SINGLE
ALBUM
.
– 28 September 2004 –
Artist: BRIAN WILSON
The late Beach Boy virtuoso
passed away last June, aged 82.
Album: SMILE
His 5th solo one.
It features all-new recordings of music that he had originally created
for an unfinished album by The Beach Boys that he abandoned in 1967.
Rolling Stone said: “What elevates the songs into something approaching
a utopian vision is Wilson’s orchestrations: brief bridge melodies, youthful
harmonies and an enthralling profusion of instrumental colors.”
SINGLE
ALBUM
.
23 September 2025
Pixies? 40? No? Yes! OMG!
Still looking for their mind?
MAY
20 – Barbican, York, UK
21 – Alhambra theatre, Dunfermline, Scotland
25 – Aviva Studios, Manchester, UK
28 – Royal Albert Hall, London, UK
31 – Live At The Castle, Limerick, Ireland
JUNE
02 – Olympia, Dublin, Ireland
30 –Zitadelle Spandau, Berlin, Germany
JULY
01 – Parkbühne Clara-Zetkin-Park, Leipzig, Germany
02 – myticket Jahrhunderthalle, Frankfurt, Germany
14 – Parco Della Musica, Milan, Italy
17 – Maassilo, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
18 – Muziekcentrum, Enschede, The Netherlands
19 – PLT, Heerlen, The Netherlands
25 is the number!
Last October PIXIES released their 9th LP with The Night the Zombies
Came and hit the road right away to promote it. And they still are flying
around the world to do the job.
.
24 November 2024
Credit: Kristin Sollecito
Scary indeed.
Full interview with British newspaper The Guardian here.
26 September 2024
We’ll see/hear, Francis. New album ‘The Night The Zombies Came‘ out in October.
Photo by Turn Up The Volume – Lokerse Feesten, Belgium – 5 August 2024
Every week 10 new rad tracks added
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.
FULL JUKEBOX (so far)
.
The 10 new ones added this week
TRACK-BY-TRACK
Band: BABY SCHILLACI
Who: Welsh alt-act producing a raw, unfiltered sound. Rooted in post-punk
and noise, the band’s aggressive yet intricately layered compositions evoke
comparisons to seminal acts like Mclusky, At the Drive-In, and Fugazi.
Track: BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA
A barbed slice of mayhew from their upcoming
debut album ‘THE SOUNDTRACK’ in 2024.
TUTV: This Welsh foursome is, without a shadow of a doubt, one of
the most excited bands my ears have experienced lately. Fact! Think
Sonic Youth going forth and back, and finishing with a flabbergasting finale.
Fucktastic.
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Linktree – Spotify
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Photography by Dimitri Tzoytzoyrakos
Band: LAFRANTZ
Who: The culmination of a journey that began in Salt Lake City,
where two kindred spirits, Jack and Meg, united by their love for
music, decided to chase their dreams together in Los Angeles.
FFO: Led Zeppelin, Rolling Stones, and The Allman Brothers Band.
Track: RATTLESNAKE
Press info: It’s a modernized, Southern rock n’ roll inspired pop track. The move-inducing wild and raucous song is brought to life through a determined, foot-stomping beat, catchy lyrics and twangy instrumentation.
Advice from the duo: “Blast this song when you’re in the car with your windows down and wanting to feel like a badass, when you’re at a party with your friends wanting to DANCE, or when you’re on a dusty desert road-trip wanting to feel like an outlaw.”
TUTV: No, it’s not the White Stripes but Lafrantz cause the same adrenalized delirium with this fantastic debut banger. The sultry harmonica, the glam vocals, the wham bam bloody wham bam drones combine for a solid gold knockout. Don’t miss the fireworks.
Instagram – Spotify
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Band: PIXIES
Track: MOTOROLLER
Cut from their upcoming 9th album, titled
The Night The Zombies Came and out
on October 25.
TUTV: No retirement yet for the Boston legends. After almost 40 years, the band hasn’t
the same stupefying force anymore (well, they’re 40 years older), but still come up with infectious tunes that resonate from the get-go. I wonder if Francis has already found his mind.
Instagram – Spotify
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Artist: ELIAS RøNENNEFELT
Who: Frontman/songwriter of
Danish indie outfit Iceage.
Track: WORM GREW A SPINE
Piece from his upcoming solo debut LP.
TUTV: It’s the third shared track, and all 3 are guitar-poppy earworms with
an instant yes-yes-yes impact which promise more cracking things to come.
Instagram – Spotify
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Artist: PETER PERRETT
Who: Frontman of British legendary
new-wave band The Only Ones.
Track: DISINFECTANT
From his forthcoming, second solo full-length,
called ‘The Cleansing‘ out on November 1st.
TUTV: The 72-year-old only one rocks out as if he’s 22 again. Disinfectant is an utterly cool, straightforward rocker. Listen up, all you ambitious upstarts out there, and take notes.
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Instagram – Spotify
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Band: ESCAPE GOATS
Who: Fresh indie trio
from Glasgow, Scotland.
Track: COWARDS
Their 4th one.
Press info: “Cowards” is a high-octane anthem that rips through the false bravado
and empty promises of a generation hiding behind masks. With fiery guitars and raw, unapologetic lyrics, this track calls out the pretenders and fair-weather friends, daring them to show their true colours in a world full of fakes.
TUTV: Hello Hüsker Dü fans, attention. Escape Goats‘s vigorous verve and reckless
drive remind me of the electrical panache of the former Minnosota noise rock heroes.
No-nonsense commotion. Fast-forward swiftness without looking back. Spot-on!
.
Instagram – Spotify
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Photo by Sara May
Band: BONNIE TRASH
Who: Italian-Canadian twins, Emmalia and Sarafina Bortolon-Vettor,
who beef out their sound with adding two new members.
Track: KISSES GOODBYE
Ace piece from their brand-new EP
My Love Remains The Same.
Press info: There’s a subtle softness to “Kisses Goodbye,” yet the energy is fully commanding with a catchy riff chugging us through. Bonnie Trash shows off their skill
with tight percussion and a heavy bass line. Squealing electric guitar, distortion, and harsh noise give a rough edge to this shoegaze-y track, while Sarafina’s airy and intimate vocals show off the band’s impressive ability to genre-hop from heavy metal to soft rock and everything in between.
TUTV: Layers of distorted guitars. Shoegaze echoes. Kisses Goodbye gets under your skin within 10 seconds and takes you on an entrancing trip juiced with dreamy vocals. Right on.
Band: MOGWAI
Track: GOD GETS YOU BACK
Barry Burns (multi-instrumentalist): “I couldn’t come up with the lyrics
so I asked my 7 year old daughter to make some up, and she did and I
sang them”
Are you kidding us, Barry?
TUTV: Scottish post-punk heroes are around for ages, actually since 1995, and still
appeal with every new release. This stand-alone single goes on like forever – 6,40 minutes – and rotates incessantly with Krautrock-like dynamics. For all fans: the band embarks on a world tour next year. Dates here.
Instagram – Spotify
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Photo by Gary Conway
Band: HOLLY HEAD
Who: Fresh, outspoken indies
from Manchester, UK.
Track: NO GAIN
The group’s stellar debut single.
Expect fringing post-punk, flirting with dance and suffusing no little funk into precious
few minutes of an incessant, rug-cutting “Afrobeat Curious Post-Hardgaze”, the four-piece transmit the crucial sounds of a raging, wide-awake, no more bullsh*t society.
Joe (vocals/guitar) says: “I was in a police cell in Scotland after getting arrested for disrupting the Scottish Grand National in April 2023. I could request a piece of paper and a pen to write or draw to keep me sane, whilst waiting to be released. I used the piece of paper that I got given about halfway through to write drafts of about two lines, one being eventually “I may not see what I want before I leave here, but I can’t regret in the cell I sit” – just trying to console myself that even though I’m in this unpleasant situation now, it won’t be for nothing. There’s also a jab at the royal family in there.”
TUTV: I hope that Joe gets arrested again soon and goes to jail, long enough to write an album. Meanwhile this head-twisting, bass-infused, vocally stand-out will mess-up your troubled mind the way you like it. Hells bells.
Linktree
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Band: SOFT SKIES INC
Who: Philadelphia-based identical-twin duo and longtime musical confidants
Ryan and Martin Rex, their shared sonic compass draws a straight line from the
classic alternative of their youth to the modern alternative and dream-pop of today.
Track: SOONER OR LATER
A song of hope, riding those tender waves of nostalgia, understanding that a loss of innocence comes with age but that we emerge from the other side with newfound perspective and awareness.
Ryan: “‘Sooner or Later’ is filled with bittersweet nostalgia for a time in one’s life that was innocent and free. I think no matter your circumstances, most can point to a period, usually younger years, where the world feels open, limitless, profound – before ‘real life gets in’. The song both lyrically and sonically reminisces about this time and laments the fact that we all get mangled – even under the best of conditions – and that sooner or later this is inevitable. And that somewhere deep down, we all know it’s inevitable.”
TUTV: Melodic guitar pop at its Sebadoh best. Uptempo shoe-slacker-gaze
spiced with scintalling synths and ethereal vocals. Start dreaming in overdrive.
Right now, right here.