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PONYCLUB TARTIFLETTE – Manicial DIY Punk Duo Offer Free Primal Scream Therapy

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Up and coming bands

8 April 2026

Recently I got blown away, at a gig by a charming Dutch/French duo who make music
under the bizzare name of PONYCLUB TARTIFLETTE featuring Annelies & Anatole.

The electric-chair experience actually started the moment they took the stage. Suddenly they turned into a hellish punk tornado, screaming and shouting like maddened maniacs.

Annelies‘ vocal cords are twice as long and strong as those of any average human being. Her clamorous eruptions broke the Richter scale into a thousand pieces, and when Anatole joined in bashing his poor drums in with muscular force and producing scary Slipknot growls, I got worried that the anti-decibel police would be alerted.

In between pyrotechnics, Annelies took time for a primal
scream therapy treatment for a perplexed volunteer.


Aaaaaarrrrrrggggghhhhh

Their deafening burts are shorter, nastier, and more blitzkrieg-bop-like than the 1-2-3 rippers by those Ramones dropouts of yesteryear. Sounds pretty deranged, right? You betcha.

Btw, my eardrums needed two days to recover
but they told me it was worth the damage.

Once Annelies turned off her turbo, we had a short chat.


Beware, Annelies only looks nice

How, when, and where did Ponyclub Tartiflette get started?

“We met in a Flemish (Belgium) pony play cult where our masters forced us to eat
fries all day, although we prefer tartiflette. We both complained about the food and
got thrown out of the cult. We ended up on the streets, and started a band to make
money.”

Crazy band name. What is the story behind it?

“We love eating tartiflette. We are ponies. We’ve always wanted to start a club.”

Where do you get the power to scream your lungs out for an entire gig?
“Drugs”


Man in red

Do you wanna a primal scream therapy treatment too?
Play PT’s self-titled debut LP, right here. But don’t forget
to alert your neighbours first.

FASTEN YOUR SEAT BELTS


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GREAT HARE – Spotlight On Swedisch Guitar Rock Indies Who Dropped 3 Stimulating Singles This Year

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3 November 2025

Band: GREAT HARE
Who: Seasoned DIY guitar rockers from Sweden, putting as much time as possible
in their music. TUTV featured them frequently in the past. With their characteristic
riff-rich electricity, they turn catchy pop melodies into contagious rock nuggets.
Think Guided By Voices, Kurt Vile, early R.E.M. and The Chills.

This year the Gothenburg 4-piece have released 3 stimulating singles.

Kalle Mogren (vocalist/guitarist): The last 15 years we’ve recorded a lot of music in our studio, but we’ve only been able to finish and release 1-2 tracks a year due to all other obligations in life.

As we do everything ourselves in the spare time, the pile of work in progress have been growing bigger and bigger so this year we decided to stop recording new music and instead try to finish and release more songs and also rehearse for playing live again. So therefore, we’ve been able to drop more tunes this year and we also have an EP coming up soon.”

– LOVE & SOLITUDE –

“It’s was recorded during the pandemic and in my ears have a new wavish vibe with the two interplaying guitars and a bass line inspired by The Knack”s superhit My Sharona. The lyrics
are some kind of reflective celebration of long time relationships and its positive side effects.”


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– HOLE DIGGERS –

“This one reminded us a bit of Glasvegas (note TUTV: Scottish guitar pop indies) biggest hit Geraldine when we recorded it 2022 and the lyrics reflects on the fact that we humans are experts on both getting into troubles and feeling pity for ourselves when we have to deal with it.”


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– PLACES & TRACES –

“It was recorded back in 2019, and it’s a straight forward indie pop
song about discomfort with modern, hectic city life.”


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JOHNNY CASH – Hear Groovy Track ‘SPOTLIGHT’ From The Legend’s Upcoming Previously Unreleased Album

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9 June 2024

The late great country icon JOHNNY CASH recorded an LP’s worth
of self-penned songs in 1993 that weren’t released until now.

Those songs are now collected on a new album, titled SONGWRITER
and will be released on 180g black vinyl with printed LP sleeve,
on June 28. Order-info here.

Following the heart-warming first taster Well Alright
we get this groovy track titled SPOTLIGHT .


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JC: Website

SPOTLIGHT On… Natural Born Helter-Skelter Misfits FAT WHITE FAMILY

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Favorite Turn Up The Volume bands

12 February 2022

Band: FAT WHITE FAMILY
Who: Natural born misfits with key members Lias Kaci Saoudi (manic frontman)
and Saul Adamczewski (musical director). They crawled out of their squats in
Peckham, London in 2011.

It’s really a miracle that the Family is still around as their first years were filled with too many drugs and booze, chaotic gigs (I know, I saw them several times. They even left the stage – nobody sober – after 20 disorderly minutes in France a couple of years ago) and different line-ups.

Despite all that make-or-break shit, the hit team survived with smiling faces and their concerts became tempestuous helter-kelter events, making them one of the best live
acts of the past 10 years I’ve ever witnessed and their records got better and better.

Manc rock legend Liam Gallagher is a big fan too. He invited the natural-born
misfits them to play at his upcoming massive outdoor shows in Knebworth (UK)

Albums

Champagne Holocaust (2014)
Songs For Our Mothers (2016)
Serfs Up! (2019)

Three TUTV favorites…

– I AM MARK E SMITH –
(Flabbergasting)

– WHITEST BOY ON THE BEACH –
(Modern disco)

– IS IT RAINING IN YOUR MOUTH –
(Absolutely sick performance)

FAT WHITE FAMILY: Facebook

(Photos by Turn Up The Volume)

Black And White Reflections – Swedish Electro Artist FLYCKT Released Moody Debut Single ‘SPOTLIGHT’

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17 June 2020


(photo by Bingo Rimér)

Swedish musician and songwriter Flyckt (real name Rasmus Flyckt) previously a
member of successful Swedish band Urban Cone, starts his solo journey with
debut single SPOTLIGHT.

Flyckt elucidates: “Spotlight was one of the first songs I wrote after I got out of a toxic relationship with my then-girlfriend. I remember thinking to myself why I let this go so far. Everyone is in the Spotlight in their lives, and maybe that can be counterproductive in some sense. Like, it’s harder to take action cause you’re afraid that everyone is gonna judge you. I believe this song was a message to myself saying that it’s gonna be fine. If you want change,
you have to take action.”

Spotlight has the same sonic sentiments as Billie Eilish mega-hit ‘Bad Guy‘. Enigmatic, puzzling, and tremendously groovy. A delicate and affecting electro tune, coming straight out of a film noir. Music for the twilight hours, while sitting in the dark in your bedroom, thinking about what went wrong in the past, looking for answers to secure your future.

Here’s the freak show…

flyckt: Facebook