TURN UP THE VOLUME’s JUKEBOX 2025 – Week 6 – 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 that matters.
For a couple of years now TUTV added 10 new tracks every 7 days.
This year we will put 5 new ones in the Jukebox twice a week.
ALL TOGETHER
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The 5 fresh ones.
TRACK BY TRACK
Band: LEATHERETTE
Who: Buzzing indie
trio from Italy.
Track: ITCHY
It’s a cathartic breakup song, blending the raw energy of post-punk with the angular charm of new wave. Written from the perspective of an inept and creepy protagonist, the track navigates the emotional chaos of a crumbling relationship, where frustration, anger, and reluctant self-realization collide.
Indie guitar pop/rock at its piercing best.
Both unbridled and melodic, soundtracking
barbed emotions. Bone-chilling whack.
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Photo credit Harrison Fishman
Band: SQUID
Who: Brighton‘s rackety
indie stars.
Track: CRO-MAGNON MAN
New and final taster of their 3rd LP, named
Cowards. Out this Friday, February 7th.
Psychedelic hallucinations
trouble your mind right here.
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Band: MOB WIFE
Who: Irish noiseniks who entered the scene back in 2018 and who draw influences from the American underground by way of Metz, Fugazi, Protomartyr and of course, Kiss. They released their debut LP Eat With Your Ears in 2022.
Track: THANK GOD FOR PARK CARS
Rollin’ bass, hyperkinetic guitar riffage,
agitated vocals, aggressive progression.
Grim post-punk turbulence that cuts right
through the flesh. Clobbering knockout.
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Photo (c) Gary Conway
Band: HOLLY HEAD
Who: A beat-powered punk
four-piece from Manchester, UK.
Track: WHATEVER DRUGS YOU THROUGH
Joe (singer): “When facing the massive and seemingly unchangeable task of trying to
change our failing political systems, people can understandably feel totally powerless in
their already struggling lives. An easier way is to shy away from it or, worse, resort to blaming migrants, trans people and climate policy for the issues that repeatedly arise in our society. This song is essentially about how people come to explain away the harm they see and do in their lives, be it economically, socially or both.”
Early The Fall turmoil echoes.
Razorblade tension in the air accentuated
by vitriolic guitars, flustered percussion and
upset vocals. To hell with hate preachers.
Cracking stuff.
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📸: John McGowan
Band: PYLON POETS
Who: Three indies
from Torquay, UK.
Track: SAVIOUR
The song displays lyrical intelligence and emotional insight, derived
from the fear and trepidation of world-ending scenarios caused by others.
‘It is a cry for help in a crumbling world filled
with disillusionment, injustice and unrest’.
Powerhouse stoner rock riffs get tangled up
with frenzied post-punk impetuosity resulting
in a jagged jackhammer that works as a wry
wake-up call.
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