Band: GILLA BAND Who: Raw Irish post-punk
chainsaws.
Track: PLACEHOLDER
2nd shared single, following Giraffe from their
new full-length, their 4th one, named Pugnello.
It’ll show up on Sept 25th. More info here.
TUTV: Here come the freaky noise Irishmen again.
Chop chop chop. Cut cut cut. Loud loud loud.
Track: PEN IS SMALL
2nd single, following the titanic lead one Deep Blue, from their
forthcoming LP, called Who Loves The Sun, out on September 4th.
Tracklist and order infohere.
Their 11th one. The first with new music since 2006. In between
the band released a couple of albums with covers of Dando‘s
favorite songs.
Press info: “It’s a record that sounds both fresh and familiar: rooted in the hallmarks
of The Lemonheads’ best work, yet expanded by years of lived experience
and new surroundings.”
Mojo Magazine says: “Love Chant might be described as scrappy, vulnerable and
heartfelt, but it is also loose, exuberant and animated in a manner that seems faithful
to who Dando is today.”
TUTV: Clean Dando has obviously refound his 90s appetite for creating
enthralling pop music and he eagerly wants it to share with us from the
get-go.
Dando has resurrected himself and his band gloriously. Now and then he touches turbulent memories from the past and does some soul-searching again, but you
can feel he’s truly happy, healthy and excited to be here in great artistic shape.
Not one dull moment. Mind you, it’s not a masterpiece, rather
a welcome reaffirmation of The Lemonheads‘ riveting pop
mastery.
Band: SPAMMERHEADS Who: Techno tandem
from Valencia, Spain.
Press Info: “The latest album by Spammerheads, was born from the difficult
experience of the floods that hit Valencia on October 29, 2024. During this time,
the duo lost part of their studio and actively participated in the cleanup efforts
in their city.
This was an experience filled with a mix of emotions—shock, helplessness, fury, resistance, solidarity, and resilience, among others that shaped what may be their
best work to date. Written as a chronicle, the album explores the personal and
collective states of people affected by tragedies or catastrophes.
TUTV: It sounds like if the Spanish electroclash duo decided to process last
year’s devastating floods drama in their hometown Valencia with new music.
Their intentions resulted in this new notable LP stuffed with eight titanic
techno thrills.
Eight 90s inspired trance tunes. Think Chem Bros, The Orb and The Prodigy.
Yes, EDM has become a timeless musical outlet genre that puts you in a
mind-bending trance, far away from the shambolic reality.
The pair’s Mire Chronicles have a hammering impact on their post-drama demons.
To hell with them. At the end of the traumatic tunnel there’s a Spammerheads light
that illuminates a healing future.
Artist: PREWN Who: The moniker of Massachusetts-born, LA-based chilling
singer-songwriter Izzy Hagerup. She released her debut album Through The Window in 2023.
Stereogum said:”System begins by oscillating between numbing ease of the modern
world and the fight-or-flight response that each new day in a world of crumbling institutions brings. But by the album’s end, Hagerup finds resolve in humanity.”
Hagerup: “I need to tap into my grief and sadness and stuff because it’s there. And when
you don’t live in it then you’re just numb. You can’t see the beauty and you are running from
the pain. It’s this Groundhog Day feeling. I feel that’s the antithesis to art, love, and connection, and giving a shit about the world.”
TUTV: Most songs are written from “twisted and sociopathic perspectives” during late-night bedroom sessions, says Hagerup. And you can feel what that did to System. Freaky at times, off-centre now and then, psychotic here and there.
The combination of creepy violins, ominous cello shadow play, and last but not least Hagerup‘s wailing voice dominate this record causing bone-chilling sensations. Her
laments evoke moments of uncomfortableness, but her grip is so overwhelming that
you just can’t get away of her sonic exorcism. Like watching a bloodcurdling thriller you can’t escape from without knowing the end of the story.
SINGLE
One of the best
of 2025 to my ears.
Masterly stroke.
Band: IT’S KARMA IT’S COOL Who: Psych pop rock outfit from Lincoln (UK),
led by singer-songwriter Jim Styring.
Album: ONE MILLION SUBURBAN SUNSETS
Their 4th, insipred by living in this modern world,
and what it means to be alive in the 21st century.
Louder Than War says: “From Lincoln, fourth album from a band who burst
the confines of the genre they are best known for. It’s Karma It’s Cool are now
a proper contemporary rock band in search of an audience who want big anthemic
tunes, stadium-sized angst that somehow lifts you out of a generational mid-life
crisis.”
Jim Styring (singer-songwriter) said to Louder Than War: “I always leave lyrics open to interpretation. It’s more important what the listener believes than what I had in mind when
I wrote them.
These so called ‘experts’ telling us that rock and roll is dead and buried. As long as we, as humans, have emotions, songwriters will continue to write, bands will continue to form, our music will continue to thrive. Basically, if you believe in something , don’t let anyone put you down.”
TUTV: The Brits have enriched their already psychedelic sound with early R.E.M.’s sinewy
jangliness and Michael Stipe‘s poignant vocality. It’s without a shadow of a doubt their most arresting opus so far. Frontman Jim Styring reflections on this turbulent and grim century are sign’s of the times.
It’s the end of the world, as we know it, but IKIC, and many of us, do not feel fine. But as long as impassioned and unequivocal records like this one are made there will always be a hopeful light shining at the end of the dark tunnel. It’s called cool karma.
Highlights: Crashability / 21st Century Meds / Serotonin /
Sidewalk Flowers / Paper Tigers / Swans
Press info: “The title and beating heart of Icelandic collective Of Monsters
And Men’s fourth album hits a lot closer to home than you’d expect. A tapestry
of stories, moments, and conversations, the album explores how love and pain
intertwine.”
AllMusic says: “Hitting on the highs and lows of life, the Icelandic quintet stick close to
their established sound: touching and tender indie folk anthems that play on earnestness
and innocence.”
TUTV: This is what melancholic, folk-inspired splendour is about. Galvanically
crafted songs that touch heart and soul. Rainbow-colored reveries about daily
life put to bewitching music with a leading role for beatific piano play amidst
enticing orchestrations and idyllically alternating and duet vocals.
Think Scottish romantics Belle & Sebastian. This is the kind of
gratifying records to cherish and embrace when your mind
wants/needs a break from the outside world.
TUTV: As an ardent Richard Ashcroft/The Verve fan a new RA full-length feels
like a conveted present a 10-year-old was waiting for. But (there’s always
a but) this one leaves me with mixed emotions.
Mind you, 5 tracks (Lover / Heavy News / I’m A Rebel / Crimson Fire ) out of the 10
are arresting tunes, but the other 5 miss the needed divertissement to make it a full commandable record. Lovin You‘ misses Ashcroft‘s epic touch and magical resonance.
No classics such as The Drugs Don’t Work, This Is How It Feels, Sonnet, Lucky Man or (of course) Bittersweet Symphony here.
Considering his illustrious work from the past, it’s hard to come up with first-class
material time and time again that achieves a similar heart-and-soul stirring glamourness. On the other hand, many singer-songwriters would have Lovin’ You on their résumé. And that says a lot about Ashcroft‘s unmistakable strength as a singer-songwriter.
TUTV: I always loved and embraced Eno‘s sonic ambient paintings, his chimerical and fanciful synth symphonies with its calming impact and starry-eyed radiance. Liminal is another opus I have added to my headphone music playlist for physical relaxation.
Again songstress Beautie Wolfe‘s angelic voice is so complementary with Eno‘s euphonic wanderings. Third collaboration in 5 months. Third invitation to ease your mind and ears in their phantasmagorial universe. A record to cherish in the coming months.
Who: the Belgian brothers David and Stephen Dewaele‘s band for 30 years now,
is only one of the siblings’ diverse projects. They DJed the world around as 2manydjs,
had their own Radio Soulwax, and produced/remixed countless other artists.
TUTV: Soulwax excel here with a kaleidoscopic sonic amalgam that connects Kraftwerk‘s otherworldly euphoniousness and The Orb‘s ambient dynamics and at times Cabaret Voltaire‘s experimental capriciousness
The record’s arresting strength, to my ears, is it’s underlying poppiness. Half of
the album is stuffed with pop tunes, enwrapped in the bros’ electronic universe.
It’s not pure techno, not pure dance, not really EBM, rather a versatile, chameleon-like
kind of synth-layered album that sparkles and effervesces non-stop and they aren’t afraid
of tackling the powers that be, the systems that are after your soul.
The siblings got it right: “It’s a rock record without guitars”.
TUTV: When young punks play old skool punk you get bands like Upchuck. Their sharp-teethed tenacity, perseverance and hardihood bring 80s angry dogs Dead Kennedys and Black Flag to mind. The message is more important than the racket they all produce. As millions of Americans do, Upchuck also feel trapped by the tyrannical regime in the White House.
Their cathartic music helps them to ventilate all the shit they’re confronted with every single day. Ty Segall‘s production is spot on. I’m sure he took them to a filthy basement somewhere and created an out-of-tune sound that resonates exactly like these Atlanta bohos want to express themselves. Raw, rough, and real. The Upchuck revolution starts here.
Nashville‘s kamikaze pop punk combo SNÕÕPER hit the scene, 2 years ago,
with their rapid-fire debut LP Super Snõõper. 14 songs in 22 minutes, like in
the good old Ramones days.
Last June, they dropped a 4-track EP, titled Unknown Caller.
And last weekend they unleashed their sophomore album,
titled Worldwide via Jack White’s Third Man Records.
Photo by Turn Up The Volume – Brussels, May 18, 2025
Press info: “Worldwide is a mission statement for the record not just thematically,
but also aesthetically, showcasing Snooper’s stylistic exploration. Newly inspired by electronic music, the rhythm of Worldwide is unrelenting and mechanistic, capturing the frenzied pace at which Snooper’s lives were moving, but allowing for release in Tramel’s yelps and Connor Cummins’ scuzzy guitar breaks.”
TUTV: Suppose the mailman has delivered you
the LP this morning, and you ride a car to go to work.
PLAY IT during breakfast, but check your
pulse before you get in your the car.
DON’T PLAY IT in the car, ’cause you’ll surpass the speed limit within
30 seconds, which is not a good thing when the lights are turning red.
PLAY IT during your lunch break, and challenge your
co-workers to a roller skate race through the office.
STOP PLAYING IT when your boss catches you, doing a
series of somersaults, forth and back, over your desk.
Yes, track #9 is a Beatles cover.
PLAY IT when you’re in the bathroom, it can
be useful for your activity in there.
DON’T PLAY IT on the way home, you have
already wrecked your car in the morning.
PLAY IT on repeat when you get home and pretend you’re
a kamikaze pilot or, that’s big fun too, a pit bull on acid.
Nashville‘s kamikaze pop punk combo SNÕÕPER shook the world 2 years ago, with their rapid-fire debut LP Super Snõõper. 14 songs in 22 minutes, like in the good old Ramones days.
Last June, they dropped a 4-track EP, titled Unknown Caller.
Shortly after, they told us that their sophomore album, called Worldwide will see the day of light on October 3rd via Jack White’s
Third Man Records.
Photo by Turn Up The Volume – Brussels, May 18, 2025
So far we got two blitzkrieg bullets and here’s number three with POM POM.
As usual, Snõõper storm out of the gates, led by poppy voice Blair Tramel, straight
to the finish in 128 riff seconds.
Artist: PREWN Who: The moniker of Massachusetts‘ chilling singer-songwriter Izzy Hagerup. She released her debut album Through The Window
in 2023.
Track: SYSTEM
First new piece and title track from her
2nd LP, coming our way on October 3rd.
TUTV: What a brilliant torch song. Feverish tension all the way, drawing you into a mesmerizing trance you want to last like forever. Weeping guitars come and go while Hagerup‘s heart-stopping vocals are immensely soul-stirring and a galvanic guitar solo causes a spine-tingling finale.
Band: KID KAPICHI Who: From 4 to 2 party punk rockers from Hastings, UK.
They have, so far, 3 albums on their résumé, so far, with
last year’s There Goes The Neighbourhood as the most
recent one.
TUTV: Beth said she wanted to make a LOUD record. And she
definitely did. High Resolution Sadness is one hell of a brain-breaking,
industrial sledgehammer example. Hyperkinetic drums, clashing and
crashing percussion and creepy vocals. Bang-on!
Band: WIJF. (WIFE. in English)
Who: Hungry hit team from Belgium,
ready to take on the world.
Track:LIAR
Only their 2nd single, following last
year’s unhinged debut Hysterical.
Single artwork
TUTV: The 4-piece grab you by the throat from the kick-off and never lose their firm grip. Liar is a titanic motherrocker that pulverizes the Richter scale in just 250 seconds. Queens Of The Stone Age would label this jiving juggernaut a ‘song for the deaf‘.
Vociferous vocalist Marie De Graeve is seemingly on an exorcistic trip again.
Her one-of-a-kind vocal cords have a ruthless impact on your petrified stereo.
Helter-skelter. Hail! Hail!
Band: AFI (abbreviation for A Fire Inside) Who: Weathered high-volume veteran rockers from Ukiah, California who started to turn up the sonic heat
in 1991.
Artist: BAMBIE THUG Who: Moniker for Irish screamo diva Cuntry Ray Robinson. A self-described queer,
‘ouija popstar’, who uses the non-binary personal pronouns they and them. She
released her cacophonous debut LP Cathexis in 2023.
“It’s political, it’s anti-war, it’s a ‘rebel cry’ for the LGBTQIA community and for everyone
who is fed up with living in this disconnected world. All I can offer to these turbulent times
is my art and hope it wakes people up.”
Band: SNÕÕPER Who:Nashville‘s kamikaze pop punk combo SNÕÕPER shook the world
2 years ago, with their rapid-fire debut LP Super Snõõper. 14 songs in
22 minutes, like in the good old Ramones days.
Last June, they dropped a 4-track EP, titled Unknown Caller.
Track: GUARD DOG.
New piece from their upcoming, sophomore album,
titled Worldwide. it will see the day of light on Oct 3rd
via Jack White’s Third Man Records.
Photo by Turn Up The Volume – Brussels, May 18, 2025
TUTV: If this supersonic punk missile won’t wake
you up, I don’t know what will. Get up on your pogo
stick and bounce like a ping pong ball.
Track: HEY YOU
New single from their upcoming 2nd LP,
called Again, out on October 31st.
TUTV: A titillating tune that thrives on high-speed guitar riffs, a fast-track
drum beat, sharply-etched vocals and last but not least, a stream of adrenalin.
Artist: VINCE BELLO Who: Oshawa-based indie singer-songwriter rocker Vince Bello shared his newest single “Small Town Princess”, on Friday, August 8th, the title track of his upcoming EP of the same name, releasing in November 2025.
Track: SMALL TOWN PRINCESS
The title track of his upcoming EP,
that will land in November 2025.
A bold new chapter for Bello – one that captures the push and pull
between chasing your dreams and remembering where you came from.
TUTV: This instantly sticking guitar-synth pop earworm puts a smile on your face right away. Its bewitching and delighting flow gets you hooked after one spin. Sonic pearl.
The song distills the previous years’ experience and truly steps into themselves and their sound as a band. The song brings together the band’s vast array of influences pulling from the emo-pop of Paramore to the indie hip sway groove of Two Door Cinema Club to the post-hardcore energy of Movements.
TUTV: Layers of shoegazy guitars, a steadfast beat, intense and
highly impassionate, alternating vocals combine for a captivating
and febrile jam. Wowzers.
Band: SOULWAX Who: Belgian brothers David and Stephen Dewaele‘s outfit for 30 years
now, next to their other projects. They DJed the world around as 2manydjs,
had their own Radio Soulwax, and produced/remixed countless other artists.
A heartfelt tribute to real love, written with
his wife and creative partner, Frances.
TUTV: Winsome love songs like this one are so welcome in these intolerant times,
so we won’t forget there are also great things happening every day when love is
involved. Feet On The Ground has an irresistible funky bass groove and is juiced with
a soulful orchestration.
Add Thomaz‘s warmhearted voice, and the inspiring, sonic
picture is complete. Jaunty tune, frolicsome vibe, feel-good
sentiments.
Band:MY MORNING JACKET Who: Louisville‘s veteran rockers who will celebrate the 20th anniversary of their fourth full-length, called Z on October 4th. The day before, they will release a deluxe anniversary.
Artwork Z
Track: WHERE TO BEGIN
A previously unreleased song from
the anniversary album Z.
TUTV: A ballad that breathes melancholia at its most gripping,
with warm pedal steel play. One of the most heart-and-soul touching reveries
I heard all year long.
Leandra Earl (guitars, keyboards, songwriter) “It’s about the shame I felt coming out later in life and the pressure of trying to live up to ‘Lesbian Of The Year,’ a title given to me by my sweet fans. I feel regret for not knowing myself sooner, but this song is also about the journey of self discovery & sexual identity and accepting that everyone is on their own timeline and we’ll get there when we get there.”
TUTV: This stirring reverie has a 60s romantic retro feel, both
ardent and cathartic, carried by emotive vocals. Gorgeous.
Daily noise that works faster than a stream of caffeine
22 August 2025
Nashville‘s kamikaze pop punk combo SNÕÕPER shook the world 2 years ago, with their rapid-fire debut LP Super Snõõper. 14 songs in 22 minutes, like in the good old Ramones days.
Last June, they dropped a 4-track EP, titled Unknown Caller.
Shortly after, they told us that their sophomore album, called Worldwide will see the day of light on October 3rd via Jack White’s
Third Man Records.
Photo by Turn Up The Volume – Brussels, May 18, 2025
Along with that info came the aggravated title track
and here’s another supersonic missile with GUARD DOG.
If this explosive grenade won’t make you
open your eyes and ears, I don’t know what
will. Get up and boogie.
Daily noise that works faster than a stream of caffeine
30 July 2025
Press photo by Blaire Beamer
Nashville‘s blitzkrieg pop punk colletive SNÕÕPER unleashed their whirling
and twirling debut LP Super Snõõper, 2 years ago. 14 songs in 22 minutes,
like in the good old Ramones days.
Last month they dropped a 4-track EP, titled Unknown Caller.
And they’re not done yet for this year. Their sophomore
album, named Worldwide will hit the streets and your
stereo on October 3th via Jack White’s Third Man Records.
It’s not really clear who is in and out of the line -up.
From day one, members come and go as swift as
the length of their songs, well sort of.
Only the boy and girl in the photo on
top are permanent band members.
Press info: “While their debut was a collage of random images, “Worldwide” is a more cohesive, adventurous work showcasing Snooper’s evolving style. Throbbing electronics and dance breaks expand on their guitar-driven roots, while Blaire Tramel’s ever-changing lineup of larger-than-life papier-mâché puppets keeps their live shows irresistibly captivating.”
Along with the news comes the first single, the title track. They still try
to match the speed of a Formula 1 race car, but their sound is cranked-up
and somehow nastier.
Wake up and check for yourselves, people.
.
Last May they played Brussels.
A thunder-and-lighting storm,
unfortunately wrecked by an
awful sound mix.
Trash-clash-and-slash pop punk squad SNÕÕPER from Nashville, TN, unleashed
their unbridled debut LP Super Snõõper 2 years ago. A blustery blitzkrieg record.
14 songs in 22 minutes, like in the good old Ramones days.
Since then, they released a couple of singles and played countless gigs.
And to make their fans go apeshit again, they just dropped a new 4-track EP,
titled Unknown Caller. More of their head-twisting, razzle-dazzle commotion.
.
Last Sunday they played in Belgium again (this was the 5th time in 2 years) as part
of Les Nuits Botanique Festival in Brussels. Unfortunately, the sound mix was horrible.
It felt like they were sinking into a swamp of deafening racket. What a no-show.
SNÕÕPER, the 5-piece trash-and-slash pop-punk squad from Nashville, TN
unleashed their unbridled debut LP Super Snõõper last summer. A peppy
blitzkrieg punk record. 14 songs in 22 minutes, like in the good old Ramones
days.
Since then, they released a couple of singles and played countless gigs.
And they will do a bunch more in North America, with some befriended
bands (dates below).
For the occasion, they shoot off another projectile towards
our ears, propelled by insane bass play, and titled RELAY.
Hallelujah.
. Dates
10/31 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel 11/02 – Boston, MA @ Big Night Live 11/03 – Burlington, VA @ Higher Ground 11/06 – Washington, DC @ Howard Theatre 11/07 – Charlotte, NC @ The Underground 11/08 – Raleigh, NC @ Lincoln Theatre 11/09 – Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade 11/10 – Nashville, TN @ Brooklyn Bowl Nashville 11/13 – Houston, TX @ HOB Houston 11/14 – Austin, TX @ Emo’s Austin 11/15 – Dallas, TX @ Ferris Wheelers Backyard and BBQ 11/17 – Fayetteville, AR @ George’s Majestic Lounge 11/18 – Oxford, MS @ Proud Larry’s 11/19 – Birmingham, AL @ TrimTab Brewing Co. 11/20 – Pensacola, FL @ Handlebar 11/21 – Tampa, FL @ Crowbar 11/22 – Gainesville, FL @ Looseys 11/23 – Miama, FL @ Gramps 11/24 – Orlando, FL @ The Spot
