JUKEBOX 2025 – Week 22 Five New Rad Tracks Added Twice A Week

In order to not miss a beat TURN UP THE VOLUME scans the musical
horizon daily, for 10 years now, to pick ace tracks and add 5 new ones
twice per week, to the one and only JUKEBOX playlist that matters.

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The 5 fresh ones
TRACK BY TRACK

Band: ROBOT HIVE
Who: 6-piece synthwave/electronic-rock team hailing from Regina, Canada. They draw inspiration from a diverse array of influences, including Depeche Mode, Nine Inch Nails, Devo, Tool, and many others

They released their debut album Prophylaxis in 2019.

Track: HEAVEN’S GATE
A provocative alt-pop anthem that skewers blind belief and modern
delusion, this song challenges listeners to follow evidence over fear.

TUTV: A booming bass beat that grooves and moves all the way through propels
this spicy stomper with brio and gusto. An irresistible feet-tapping buzzer that peaks
when the ablaze chorus comes on strong. Striking stroke.


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Press photo by Frances Carter

Artist: FAZERDAZE
Who: Power-pop singer-songwriter
Amelia Rahayu Murray from New Zealand.

Track: MOTORWAY

About: “A feeling of being trapped between a city and a relationship, searching for home in both, but finding it in neither. It explores an enmeshment with familiarity; and the motorway becoming a symbol of that for me; repetitive, a loop to break out of, a false sense of freedom.”

TUTV: Fazerdaze‘s unswerving drive on the motorway works like a mind-bending
magnet. Sultry synths, distorted guitars and sensuous vocals cause an overpowering
thrill. Intoxicating psych pop for the twilight hours.

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Artist: RIVAL QUEENS
Who: The solo project of British guitarist Sally-Anne Hickman
who has played as a session and live guitarist with many bands
over the years.

Track: RIGHT NOW

Press info: With shades of the sparkling indie-pop of bands such
as Best Coast as well a clear inspiration from the British DIY scene.

TUTV: Right Now is a riff-repetitive pop ripper. Energizing, stimulating and
rollin’ fast-forward. Hickman‘s vivid vocals add extra vibrancy to the racy vibe.

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Band: HOME IS WHERE
Who: Emo rock team
from Palm Coast, Florida.

Track: DRIVE-BY MOONING
Closer from their 2nd, brand-new album
Hunting Soon.

TUTV: Raw, rough, perfectly out of tune, juiced with bluesy harmonica
and drunk fire camp harmonies. DIY indie at its genuine best.


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Band: DRINK THE SEA
Who: New supergroup started by
R.E.M.’s guitarist Peter Buck.

Track: OUTSIDE AGAIN

TUTV: I played this sparkling ballad a few times on repeat. Every single
time, I thought it was a lost, bittersweet Mark Lanegan reverie.


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5 BEST DEBUT SINGLES OF THE MONTH – FEBRUARY 2025

27 February 2025

Band: PUNCHBAG
Who: A new electrifying brother-sister duo, from South London colliding the raw unfiltered energy of punk, with the overflowing ecstasy of pop. With fierce tempos and ferocious energy, their music is an explosively cathartic release of raw intensity and unapologetic fun.

Single: FUCK IT

TUTV: If you start your musical escapade with this kind of steaming synth-pop
stormer, it won’t take long before you will be the new talk of the town. Punchbag
go nuts on their first left/right uppercut, motorized by a hopped-up electro engine.

Nightclub exultation for party animals. And if you don’t like
this burst of exuberance, you know what do to. FUCK IT.

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Band: ISABELLA STRANGE
Who: 4 hungry indie Scots who came together during lockdown.
The group’s moniker comes from the name of an ancestor from
the 1700s, of guitarist/vocalist Kira Wolfe-Murray.

Single: UNFINISHED BUSINESS
From their brand-new debut EP Slick Git.


EP artwork

TUTV: Fiery riot grrrl Wolfe-Murray leads the troops on this blazing roller coaster
debut that bounces forth and back with a sinewy swagger. She gets sassy support
from her three partners in crime while she, herself, comes up with some razorblade
guitar riffs and a crushing chorus completes the steamy sonic picture.

Mission accomplished. Très bien.


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Band: STRANGE PLANTS
Who: Canadian psych-rock
act from Halifax.

Single: TELL ME ALL YOUR SECRETS Pt. 2

Matt Brannon (bandleader) It’s about that painful disconnection in a relationship—when someone is living a double life but refuses to admit it, even after it’s over. The song started with that personal story but grew into something much bigger, reflecting on the tension between authenticity and secrecy”.

TUTV: Get up, stand up and fight for your right to shake your booty.
Some Freak Le Chic riffs, echoes from New York City‘s indie legends
The Rapture and energetic vocals will trigger your craziest dance
moves.

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Artist: RIVAL QUEENS
Who: The solo project of British guitarist Sally-Anne Hickman
who has played as a session and live guitarist with many bands
over the years.

Single: NOT YOUR ENEMY

Offering a message of unity and understanding, it’s the first track to be
shared from her upcoming debut EP Crown and Conquer. Think L7 and Hole.

TUTV: Not Your Enemy swings forth and back with a sucker-punch chorus fighting
its way up front for several times. Hickman‘s intimidating phrasing makes her message crystal clear. You don’t want to have her as your enemy.

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Band: SILK
Who: The new solo project of guitarist/songwriter Michael Smyth from Belfast‘s shoegazers Virgins who released their remarkable debut album, nothing hurt and anything was beautiful last year.

Smyth: “I constantly feel like I am rushing towards the inevitable infinite oblivion. Further exacerbated by the marking of years spent circling the sun. To that end, it’s important that
I fill the time remaining with joyous, creative acts. The sharing of ideas is an essential part
of that, which brings us to Silk.”

Single: FAZE

TUTV: It sounds as if Silk tries to produce as many electrical shoegaze layers as legendary
experts My Bloody Valentine used to fabricate. A huge tidal wave of guitar vibrancy creates a transcendental resonance, and camouflages the hazy vocals. Faze drags you into a spacey place where you have never been. Yes, very intriguing indeed.

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