STEREOPHONICS – Welsh Rock Heroes By Good Numbers On New Album

28 April 2025

Welsh rock legends STEREOPHONICS have launched their 13th longplayer,
titled MAKE ‘EM LAUGH, MAKE ‘EM CRY, MAKE ‘EM WAIT on April 25.

Press info: “Stereophonics celebrate over 25 years as one of the UK’s most loved
bands, with ‘Make ‘em Laugh, Make ‘em Cry, Make ‘em Wait’, Kelly Jones – who also
produced the record – continues to cement his place amongst the great British songwriters. Stereophonics have developed an enduring success and deep-seated
bond with their audience that is like few others.”

Clash Magazine says: “‘Make ’Em Laugh, Make ’Em Cry, Make ’Em Wait’ is full of hope
and feel good offerings. It really does embody the emotions captured in its title. Whilst
it’s not necessarily reinventing the wheel, it’s yet another triumph from the Stereophonics
who offer up a precise, assured and focused album that further cements their prowess at blending rock sensibilities with those glorious soaring melodies that keeps their sound as
vital and atmospheric as ever.”

TUTV: The Welsh heroes weren’t/aren’t about experimenting and doing things they never did before. They’re the Kelly Jones-fronted singer-songwriter band that always pop out and rock out with simple, easygoing tunes. Bittersweet songs for heart and soul. Melancholia all over this record, which only contains 8 songs, all solid ones, and finishes after 29 minutes. Maybe after 25 years, Jones thinks that less is more.

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ALBUM


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TOUR

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20 BEST TRACKS OF THE MONTH – FEBRUARY 2025

ALL TOGETHER


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TRACK BY TRACK

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Photo Credit: Kalpesh Lathigra

Artists: THE WAEVE
Who: Blur‘s guitarist Graham Coxon and
his partner and singer/keyboardist Rose
Elinor Dougall

They launched their rad sophomore album,
titled City Lights, last year, following their
splendid self-titled debut LP.

Track: LOVE IS ALL PAIN.

It’s the harbinger for a 3-track EP, titled
Eternal, that will be out on 14th March.

TUTV: The Waeve rock out big time on this new riveting ripper.
The glowing intensity at work here expands with a hair-rising
velocity as the stormy trip rushes on.

Never thought that painful love
could sound this invigorating .

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Band: THE SLOW READERS CLUB
Who: Alt-pop rockers from
Manchester, UK.

Track: BOY SO BLUE

Piece from their 7th album,
titled Out Of A Dream slated
for launch on 14 March 2025.

TUTV: 24 Carat pop gem. Hands down.

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Artist: LAURA JANE GRACE
Who: Chicago‘s notorious singer-songwriter who’s around since the 90s.
She makes a lot of noise with her punk group Against Me! (7 albums so far)
and solo (2 albums so far).

Track: YOUR GOD (GOD’S DICK)

Grace: “Does God have a dick? Is that what those of the faith believe when they refer to their Lord as “he” & “him” & “father”? Well, imagine that! Oops, I think I may have imagined a little too hard and gone and written a song about it. He lord’s heavenly hammer must swing mighty! And away we go! Here is the first offering from the songs I recorded over the summer in Athens, Greece while there on a Fellowship through the Onassis Foundation.”

TUTV: Your God (God’s Dick) is both a hilarious and fucktastic punk
choir chant reminiscent of scream and shout Celtics Dropkick Murphys
with a blustering storm of surf-like riffs chopping your stereo into
pieces.

Wowzers.

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Band: BIKINI BEACH
Who: Three turbulent indies
from Konstanz, Germany.

Track: MILES FROM MY MIND

Highlight from their brand new
boisterous 5th album Cursed.

TUTV: BB produce kamikaze electricity that electrocutes all the nerves
in your body. Ballistic hullabaloo to start a solo moshpit in your bedroom,
bathroom, kicthen, wherever you want. Just jump up and down like a
kangaroo on dope.


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Band: CLUTTER
Who: Full-energized indies
from Stockholm, Sweden.

Track: KRAUT

From their upcoming debut EP
Loves You, out 11 April.

TUTV: From the get-go a rotating guitar riff and repetitive drum beat sneak
and creep under your skin until the very end. Kraut grooves and improves
unstoppably, while eager vocals roll over its hypnotic flow. Your head spins
around and all your other limbs join the ride on the spot. Ace.


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So, who’s Yorke and who is Prichard?

Artists: THOM YORKE and MARK PRITCHARD.
Who: Radiohead & The Smile orchestrator and
the pioneering electronic musician/producer.

They had their first collaboration on a track called
Beautiful People which appeared on Pritchard‘s
2016 solo LP Under The Sun.

TUTV: They found each other again on this
spooky, trance-like, electro-catchy jam.

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Band: SUCK
Who: Ferocious punks
from Kassel, Germany.

Track: GIMME GABBA GABBA

TUTV: Right from the blistering start, these punk motherockers
trash and slash your shocked stereo speakers. No rest for the
wicked. Watch your back, Amyl & The Sniffers.

Gimme Suck Suck!

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Band: LONELY LITTLE KITSH
Who: Canadian indie duo – Kristen Goetz and Nolan Jodes who took their name
from “…just another future song, lonely little kitsch” from the late genial Bowie‘s
1974 banger Diamond Dogs

Track: HOW DO WE GET HERE

Goetz (vocalist): “It’s a song about second chances vs. leaving the past behind.
When you reach a point that you can try again or keep moving on and making
progress… in this case, the decision is to keep going forward. It’s a Pixies meets
pop-punk track.”

TUTV: Fast forward we go from the kick-off. Power-driven pop punk fun all the way peaking when the high-voltage chorus kicks in. That’s why LLK got here in the top-10
of TUTV’s best tracks of this month.

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Band: HEISA
Who: Belgian LOUD rock trio whose sound draws influences from bands such as
Black Midi, Tool, Battles and Swans, blending dissonance with a strong sense of identity. Their music balances chaos and control, mixing unsettling atmospheres with hypnotic rhythms and sharp distortion.

Track: FLOWERS

2nd single from the band’s third LP
‘TROIS’, landing on March 28th.

TUTV: Flowers is a slow progressing outburst of earsplitting
noizz turmoil. Schizophrenic guitars, bashing drums, and eerie spooky vocals
conspire to mess up your head, the way you like it.

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Artist: ANIKA
Who: Charismatic
Berlin-based sonsgtress.

Track: HEARSAY

First single from her upcoming 4th full length,
baptized Abyss and will drop on April 4th.

TUTV: Hearsay‘s sound resonates richer than before. The song has a rockin’ groove
and poised drive with a psychedelic effect. On top comes Anika‘s mesmerizing voice
and she tackles the polluting media brainwashing people. Rad effort.

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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.

TUTV: Indie guitar pop/rock at its piercing best.
Both unbridled and melodic, soundtracking
barbed emotions. Bone-chilling whack.

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Band: VAZUM (Detroit, Michigan)
Who: Zach Pliska and Emily Sturm. They describe their sound as deathgaze,
combining the raw energy of deathrock with the depth of shoegaze. So far
the duo released six albums and a handful of singles and EPs.

Track: PRETTY BRUTAL

It’s the title song from the duo’s forthcoming album due later
this year. It follows last year’s acclaimed Western Violence LP.

TUTV: Vazum rock out with urgent panache and
puissance. Full steam ahead the first chord on.
Emily Sturms‘ sensual vocals add a sense of
seductive mysteriousness. Striking stroke.


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Band: THE BLACK KEYS
Who: The blues rock
luminaireers from Ohio.

Track: THE NIGHT BEFORE

A warm-up for their 2025 tour,
billed No Rain No Flowers.

TUTV: chipper feel-good pop tune as we got several
ones on last year’s highly entertaining LP Ohio Players.

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Photo by Laura Talja

Band: SLICERRR
Who: 4-piece garage-punk band from Helsinki, Finland. The band’s sound
is straightforward, brute and chaotic. The songs are bass-driven and catchy.

Track: LOSING MY GRIP

Opener from their brand new
self-titled debut EP. Discover
it here.

TUTV: If you want to lose your brain, than this sick mindfucker is what you need.
These Finnish dogs cut it sharp with a vicious bass-riff, shizo guitars and agressive
vocals. Helter-skelter.

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Band: SKLOSS
Who: Formed in Austin, TX as a husband-and-wife duo between American drummer/vocalist Karen Skloss and Scottish guitarist/vocalist Sandy Carson
during the COVID lockdown.

Track: MIND HIVE

From their upcoming debut album The Pattern Speaks. Out on March7th.

TUTV: After a short cracking, distorted guitar intro all hell breaks loose. They
produce a raw and rough clangor that grabs you by the throat and holds its
firm grip all the way. No arty farty stuff for this garage punk blues tandem.

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Band: SMITT E. SMITTY & THE FEZZTONES
Who: Kooky Boston-based glam and glitter
rock octet.

Track: #1 MOST LIKELY

TUTV: Pure pop gem, feel-good injection, sticky easy-going booster. You
can sing along, swing along, shake along, whistle and hum along. Its merry
melody works like a magnet. It’s an all together now chant for all lovers out
there.

Until EVERYONE is convinced to be at least a tolerant human being, we
need to spread John Lennon’s All You Need Is Love message, like Smitt E.
Smitty
and his flourishing party gang do their flamboyant way, on repeat.


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Artist: KAT KOAN
Who: Femme fatale songstress
from Berlin, Germany.

Track: COCOON

Koan: “It’s a little circus themed escape world. I wanted to create a bit of a dreamy
break from daily worries. It’s pretty crafty and full of cool instruments. It also features
my daughter for a brief moment. It’s my favourite song I’ve made so far.”

TUTV: Step into Koan‘s cocoon. It relaxes your mind, triggers you to set your busy plans
on a hold, and invites your body to have a waltz-y dance that transfers you to a utopian circus place for a while, far away from our daily, suffocating rat race.

Don’t worry, be happy.


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📷 Kate Russell Photography

Artists: COCOROSIE
Who: Folktronica siblings Sierra Rose Rosie”
and Bianca Leilani “Coco” Casady

Track: YESTERDAY

Single from 8th album in 20 years. It’s named
Little Death Wishes. It comes out on 28th March.

TUTV: Trippy, cheerful and jaunty vibes.
Listen to it yesterday today and tomorrow
too. It’ll put a big smile on your face.

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Photo by Simmcat

Artist: ADULT MATTERS
Who: The solo project of Luigi Bussotti. 90’s guitars,
honest and brutal lyrics. Their music is a secret
diary of a non-binary queer person.

Track: SUPERMAN

TUTV: Jazzy, saxy, and impassioned ebullience.
Sky-scraping vocality and ardent horns. Masterly
composition.


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Band: STEREOPHONICS
Who: The Welsh rock heroes.

Track: THERE’S ALWAYS GONNA BE SOMETHING

First shared song from their upcoming 13th LP, called
Make ’em Laugh, Make ’em Cry, Make ’em Wait on
April 25.

TUTV: A sweet little melancholic gem you can sing/hum/whistle
along. Okay, it’s Sterephonics by numbers, but a good number.

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STEREOPHONICS – Welsh Legends Share Melancholic Gem ‘THERE’S ALWAYS GONNA BE SOMETHING’ From Upcoming 13th LP

Daily electricity to load your batteries

9 February 2025

Welsh rock legends STEREOPHONICS will launch their 13th LP, called
Make ’em Laugh, Make ’em Cry, Make ’em Wait on April 25.

Ahead of it comes single THERE’S ALWAYS GONNA BE SOMETHING.
A sweet little melancholic gem you can sing/hum/whistle along.

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SOULFUL SUNDAY – 10 Musings For The Laziest Day Of The Week

2 October 2022

The 7th day is one to be lazy, to relax, to walk in slow-mo
from your bed to your couch, to have a glass of wine and
to listen to musings/reveries/ballads that massage your
ears and mind gently.

Turn Up The Volume picked 10 to create the fitting
atmosphere to lose yourself in a blissful trance.

Old and new.

This Sunday’s musers

The Big Moon
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
The Bergamot
Subatomic Strangers
Interpol
Beck
Kurt Vile
Cory Singer
Matthew Connor

Start dreamin’…

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It’s Only Rock ‘N Roll But We Like It – ‘OOCHYA!’ By Welsh Darlings STEREOPHONICS

New longplayers

11 March 2022

Band: STEREOPHONICS
Who: Veteran rockers from Wales
Active: Since 1992 / 12 studio LPs
(new one included)

New album: OOCHYA!
Released: 4 March 2022 – order info here

Info: “The brand new studio album features 15 tracks. As Stereophonics celebrate
25 years as one of the UK’s most loved bands, with Oochya! Kelly Jones continues to
cement his place amongst the great British songwriters. Having now achieved seven
number 1 albums and 8.5 million albums sold in the UK alone, Stereophonics stand
as undeniable giants of British Music.”

The Guardian says: “As ever, the best songs hit a reliably sweet spot between the
emotional and the anthemic. They’re past their best nowadays, but this is a decent
effort after a quarter of a century.”
Score: 3/5.

Turn Up The Volume: A pretty vivid mix of muscled jackhammers and power ballads. Nothing new but nothing bad. It’s only rock’ n roll but we like it, don’t we? Well, I do.

Singles/clips:

– DO YA FEEL MY LOVE –

– HANGING ON YOUR HINGES –

– FOREVER –

STEREOPHONICS: Facebook

Here’s the full album

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THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN – 7 New Firecrackers Week 46

Every week Turn Up The Volume picks 7 new
firecrackers that burned his ears the past 7 days

1. ‘Let’s See Each Other’ by A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS (New York)

New York’s electro darkwave bulldozer has its 6th album See Through You
ready for release on 4th February 2022. It’s a return to their fiercely independent,
DIY roots on their own label Dedstrange.

Lead single Let’s See Each Other is an intimate and disarming love song from
a forgotten future. Syncopated memories and deconstructed fantasies of lovers
lost in an ity that doesn’t know their names.

Press play, watch and listen…

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2. ‘Sonic’ by DAYFLOWER (UK)

This indie dream-pop band from Leicester, England, combines nursery rhyme melodies, reverb-drenched guitars, and electronic textures. They released their debut full-length Honeyspun two years ago and now return with this astonishing wall-of-shoegaze stroke. Imagine My Bloody Valentine, Slowdive, and Swervedriver having a decibels contest.

Sonic is a hazy, multi-layered and perplexing
discharge leaving you behind with your mouth open
and totally puzzled.

Here’s why…


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3. ‘Do Ya Feel The Love’ by STEREOPHONICS (Wales, UK)

On 4 March 2022, the vivid Welsh veterans will make their
loyal fans smile with new full-length Oochya!, their 12th LP.

This track is a feverish rocker with an immediate impact on your
body’s activity. Add Kelly Jones‘ characteristically fervid vocals and
energetic guitars and you have a solid gold Stereophonics winner.

Make your move here, folks…

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4. Be Sarcastic‘ by SHYBITS (Berlin)

This fervent German trio fuzz and buzz with panache and determination. Jingle jangle electricity with that early B-52′s swagger. If this steaming stunner doesn’t make you jump out of your lazy couch you better fire your shrink and change your meds at once while we all go crazy to this head-spinning twister. Top!

Feel the heat here…

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5. ‘Capture Love’ by MELTED WINGS (Toronto)

Melted Wings is the multigenre project of Toronto musician Michael Wynn (founding member of bands Trains of Winter and Vicky von Vicky.)

His new longplayer lands next year. Ahead of it comes first taster Capture Love which explores the melancholy of feeling down and the occasional small lights of brightness
that can help you get out of the funk of these depressing times.

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Expect an electro head-in-the-clouds groove with an 80s New Romantics vibe.
Heartening, beatific, and hopeful…

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6. ‘Tenement Time’ by JOHNNY MARR (Manchester UK)

The Former The Smiths guitar hero has another solo LP canned,
actually, a double one called Fever Dreams Pts 1-4 that lands
next year, in February.

New single Tenement Time is an excitatory tune, with
instantly appealing hooks and upbeat chorus.

Turn it up, Johnny…

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7. ‘Big Wave’ by MODERN MOXIE (South Carolina, US)

Vivid guitar pop band centered around multi-instrumentalist
Madison Lucas who took up songwriting in college.

Two years ago entrancing debut album Claw Your Way Out saw the day
of light and now Modern Moxie have a 5-track EP, called Gutter Honey,
ready to unleash on 9 December.

First taster Big Wave sticks from the kick-off, jumps forth and back
and energizes all the way driven by Lucas‘ avid vocals. Touchdown!

Let’s roll…

See/hear you next week, music junkies…

Do Ya Feel The Love Of Rockers STEREOPHONICS?

Daily electricity to load your batteries

14 November 2021

Band: STEREOPHONICS
Who: Veteran rockers from Wales
Active: Since 1992 / 12 studio LPs (new one included)

New album: OOCHYA!
Out: 4 March 2022 – pre-order info here

New single: DO YA FEEL MY LOVE?

It’s the second taster after lead single Hanging On Your Hinges and an
equally feverish rocker with an immediate impact on your body’s activity.
Add Kelly Jones‘ characteristically fervid vocals and energetic guitars and
you have a solid gold Stereophonics winner.

Turn it up here…

STEREOPHONICS: Facebook

New album OOCHYA! out 4 March 2022. More info here

STEREOPHONICS Back With Anthemic Single ‘CHAOS FROM THE TOP DOWN’…

Brand new sonic impulses

13 February 2019

After their 2017 Scream Above The Sounds Welsh rockers THE STEREOPHONICS return today with the release of a stand-alone single called CHAOS FROM THE TOP. Frontman and songwriter Kelly Jones told NME that the song is sung from the “imagined perspective
of a 15-year-old boy laying in the road after being shot. He’s reflecting in his time of dying about his life and the choices he made through the lack of options and opportunities he felt he had in today’s Britain.

Jones added also: “I don’t want this to be dark and all doom n’ gloom, as music is meant to
be a release, but at times also to inform or provoke us. I’m sure like I had, these kids who are victims of knife or gun or any attacks, had other hopes and dreams. The streets are changing in London just like they are changing
in Wales and everywhere else.”

‘Chaos From The Top’ is a supreme and compelling crackerjack growing in strength and vigour slowly but surely. A true tour de force about our troubled times that will grab you by the throat instantly. Magnetizing and spine-tingling power pop this is. Experience the profound passion right here…

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