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.
ALL TOGETHER
The 5 fresh ones TRACK BY TRACK
Band: OMNI Who: Post-punk indies from Atlanta, producing
exciting havoc since 2011. They have, fabricated
4 albums, so far.
Band: SKLOSS Who: Psychedelic husband-and-wife duo started during the awful lockdown.
Surrounded by drums and amps and the need to play loud, their sound became
a response to the crazy world.
“Veto Powder is a bonus track from the Pattern Speaks album and is one of the first songs we wrote as a band. It’s also an anti-war song. May we someday have the vision and courage to celebrate the infinite beauty in each other.”
On November 10, PATTI SMITH‘s debut LP,
her magnum opus, HORSES, turns 50.
Of course, it’ll be celebrated with an anniversary edition, featuring several previously unreleased tracks. Along with the proper album, we get her 1975 audition tape for RCA,
an alternate take on Birdland and Snowball, a non-album track.
In many cases, previously unreleased tracks are just
average songs. Not here. This is vintage young Patti.
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.
ALL TOGETHER
The 5 fresh ones TRACK BY TRACK
Credit: Frances Carter
Band: THE BETHS Who: Voltaic pop outfit
from New Zealand.
Track: NO JOY
Newest single from their forthcoming longplayer Straight Line Was A Lie, their 4th one. It’ll see the
day of light on August 29th.
Hit the drums,
strike a chord,
take the mic.
Play & sing.
Artists: KURT VILE andLuke Roberts Who: Former War On Drugs troubadour
and Nashville songsmith friend.
Track: CLASSIC LOVE
Title track of their upcoming,
collaborative EP that pops up on 25 July.
Vile: “I always thought “classic love” was the epitome of a song that belonged on the radio. When I heard Luke and Kyle [Spence’s] recording of this it just floored me: like this could be old or new, just a timeless track… I figured the best way I could help it reach the masses was to just get myself up in that track as well and move ‘er through the KV/Verve machine.”
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.
Track: RADIO WAM BAM BOOM
New single from the duo’s second,
upcoming longplayer.
“‘Radio Wam Bam Boom’ is a big loud bite. It’s an eardrum of rock candy about radio past and present, transistor, satellite, vinyl records revolving, guitar licks dissolving, disc jockeys spinnin’ & rock n roll dreamin’.”
TUTV:Wop bop a loo bop a lop bom bom, tutti frutti, oh rootie. Oops, I’m losing control
of myself, but that’s the vivid vibe vibrating right here. Rock and speedy roll from the
kick-off, diving with guitars first into a sonic whirlwind. As Costello already sung light
years ago, “Radio is a sound salvation, Radio is cleaning up the nation.”
Artist: LEXYTRON Who: “Half Greek, half Persian and half English”, as this musician described
herself age 5, the Manchester-born Lexy found her identity in music early
on as a pianist and violinist.” She’s now based in Auckland, New-Zealand.
TUTV: It’s summer. Time to stimulate your own aural pleasure with some
70s Freak Le Chic riffs, Motown horns, and seductive, soul-touching vocals. Lexytron activates your hip movements and triggers your disco mood. Tell
her how you feel, and shake your booty.
Artist: TRISTAN TRITT Who: American singer-songwriter who mixes different styles including Southern rock, country, blues and alternative. Born with music in his blood, his father is Grammy-winning country artist Travis Tritt, a young Tristan picked up his first Fender Stratocaster at age 11 and never put it down.
“The song came from an idea I had, while hearing about the parallels between the Cohen
Bros. Classic O Brother, Where Art Thou? and Homer’s Odyssey. I wanted to blend an honest discussion with myself about who I am and where I come from, while also sprinkling a bit of Greek mythology behind it. There is a very special place in my heart, in regards to the relationship between the Father and his Son, so Icarus came to mind.”
TUTV: Expect a slice of passionate singer-songwriting splendor bringing the father/son relationship into a sonic picture. Feverish vocals, electrical riffage, spellbinding tune.
Artist: VLIMMER Who: Prolific, one-man
goth act based in Berlin.
Track: GLEICHBAU
Single from his upcoming, new album.
“Gleichbau” explores the blurring lines between stage persona and everyday self – how hard it can be to locate who we really are when roles start to overlap. There’s a lot of tension in the lyrics, but also something grounding: „Innerlich doch gleich gebaut“ – “Built the same on the inside after all.”
TUTV: Vlimmer drags you into his Peter Hook-like bass-driven universe on the spot,
and cruises you through a dark-capricious-wave trip surrounded by spooky Cure-esque shadows.
Daily noise that works faster than a stream of caffeine
29 April 2025
Band: THE BETHS Who: Guitar pop outfit from New Zealand with 3 full lengths
on their résumé, with 2022’s Expert In A Dying Field as the
most recent one.
New single: METAL
Their first new music
in 3 years.
Elizabeth Stokes (vocalist/guitarist): “‘Metal’ is a song about being alive and existing in a human body. For parts of the last few years, I kind of felt like my body was a vehicle that had carried me pretty well thus far but was breaking down, something I had little to no control over.
And despite all the ways that my body feels like a broken machine, I still marvel at
the complexity of such a machine. I can hold that knowledge in one hand, and yet
with the other hand I can point to my reflection and just be like ‘you are shit’. Or ‘ugly.’
Or ‘worthless.’
20 years ago STEREOGUM was born. The American music website was named after
a lyric from the song Radio #1 by the French electronic duo Air. They call themselves
the ‘best music blog in the world’ and I (almost) agree. Now straight to their best albums
of 2022 selection.
Stereogum:“MOTOMAMI sounds like nothing else from this present moment, but it also sounds distinctly like the present: rapidly scrolling through bite-sized earworms, embodying masculine aggression simultaneously and without contradiction to high femininity, and repurposing old traditions from the last 50 years to envision the future.”
TUTV: For 24-hour flamenco party people.
A mix of hot stuff and chill-out moments.
Single: Saoko
Stream on MOTOMAMI on SPOTIFY
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Stereogum: “She’s one of one. She’s number one. She’s the only one. Beyoncé Knowles
has done a lot of amazing things in a pop career that’s stretched back a quarter-century,
but she’s never attempted anything quite like this.”
TUTV: Back to the 80s with Donna Summer tunes.
Single:Break My Soul
Stream RENAISSANCE on SPOTIFY
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4. ‘Sometimes, Forever’ by SOCCER MOMMY (Nashville, TN)
Stereogum: “She’s still making the same achingly vulnerable, heartrendingly pretty pop-rock we’ve come to expect from Soccer Mommy, but with weird, inspired twists around every corner.”
TUTV: A bit too smooth for my liking.
Single:Shotgun
Stream SOMETIMES, FOREVER on SPOTIFY
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Stereogum: “There may not be a rapper on Earth who captures — or even attempts to capture — feelings of stasis so successfully as billy woods. Aethiopes, his first of two albums this year, is not only an extraordinary meditation on cannibalism and colonialism but a futureless, borderless, mapless breadth of stillness.”
No singles released.
Stream AETHIOPLES on SPOTIFY
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6. ‘God Save The Animals’ by ALEX G (Philadelphia, PA)
Stereogum: “The entire LP is layered with magical moments.
Every second breathes life, especially the twangy, hopeful closer,
“Forgive,” a perfect conclusion.”
TUTV: Unknown to my aural radar.
Single: Blessing
Stream SAVE THE ANIMALS on SPOTIFY
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7. ‘Expert In A Dying Field‘ by THE BETHS (New Zealand)
Stereogum: “Across ‘Expert In A Dying Field’, which wraps existential angst in wry lyricism and fuzzy guitar-pop hooks, the New Zealand quartet unpacks the inherent unfairness in simply being alive in 2022, when — whether due to a pandemic, technology, or the ever-worsening economy — it can feel like the goal posts are constantly moving, but you’re not.”
TUTV: Amplified and jangly dream pop vitality.
Stream EXPERT IN A DYING FIELD b on SPOTIFY
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8. ‘Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You’ by BIG THIEF (Brooklyn, NY)
Stereogum:“This is the release where Big Thief went big: a 20-track double album recorded across four studios in four different states. Big Thief’s philosophy is simple and down-to-earth; you find the answers when you’re chopping onions, stirring tea, driving at night.”
TUTV:
Single: Change – magical!
Stream DRAGON NEW WARM MOUNTAIN / I BELIEVE IN YOU on SPOTIFY
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9. ‘Diaspora Problems’ by SOUL GLO (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Stereogum: “Over the course of a dozen electrifying tracks clocking in at just under
40 minutes, Philadelphia’s Soul Glo capture the experience of being Black in America.
This is the kind of rage and resistance hardcore was meant for.”
Stereogum: “The Weeknd has flirted with mortality across his catalog of noir-pop, but he really commits to the bit on his immaculately stylized fifth studio album. The notoriously hedonistic singer looks back on a presumed life of regrets alongside famous friends — from Quincy Jones recounting the lasting effects of childhood trauma to Tyler, The Creator promoting prenups.”
New Zealand‘s frisky guitar-pop outfitTHE BETHS, led by fizzy
frontwoman Elizabeth Stokes have their 3rd album, baptized EXPERT IN A DYING FIELD out on 16th September.
Info:“Songwriter and lead vocalist Elizabeth Stokes worked on what would become The Beths’ second LP, Jump Rope Gazers, in between intense periods of touring. Like the group’s earlier music, the album tackles themes of anxiety and self-doubt with effervescent power pop choruses and rousing backup vocals, zeroing in on the communality and catharsis that can come from sharing stressful situations with some of your best friends. Stokes’s writing on Jump Rope Gazers grapples with the uneasy proposition of leaving everything and everyone you know behind on another continent, chasing your dreams while struggling to stay close with loved ones back home.” – Carpark Records
The Line Of Best Fit says: “Where their debut focused on the anxieties and self-doubts that overshadow everything else, Jump Rope Gazers searches for solace in community… They certainly haven’t forgotten how to write those big, excellent tunes filled with hooks and pithy observations… Not a single minute of Jump Rope Gazers is lacking in catchy melodies or that addictive energy.” Full review here. Score: 8.5/10
“If you’re at a certain age, all your friends scatter to the four winds,” singer/songwriter Elizabeth Stokes says. “We did the same thing. When you’re home, you miss everybody,
and when you’re away, you miss everybody. We were just missing people all the time.”
Key phrase: “Sometimes life is too hard to be
alone and sometimes life is too good to be alone.”
A maddening cocktail of roaring rippers and sassy strokes.
Fifteen jackhammers that heated up my isolation days!
Here’s Turn Up The Volume‘s Knockout May Team!
‘Skimmington Ride’ by SEX SWING (UK)
Apocalyptic and intimidating barnstormer matching these science-fiction-like times.
Contender-of-the-year single from their contender-of-the-year album TYPE II. Yeah!
‘Behajung’ by ELEFANT (Belgium)
Exotic designed title track of Belgian’s Krautsludge and sound-exploring crusaders from their new Sturm und Drang longplayer. Shake your belly and pirouette yourself dizzy. Fab!
‘Mr. Motivator’ by IDLES (UK)
Punk rebels hit again with riff crazy corker made to start crowded moshpits at gigs. Bingo!
‘Crossbow’ by TAMAR APHEX (Israel)
A shattering juggernaut, dynamized by a rattling machine-gun drum and a mind-blowing bass vibrancy. A 24 Karat score you’ll have on repeat for quite a while. Flabbergasting!
‘IW2BWU4EVR’ by FANTASY NON FICTION (New Orleans, US)
Resplendent roaring ‘n’ roll jingle having a vertiginous effect on your limbs. From
the band’s multifaceted, rad self-titled debut album. Advice: play this very loud!
. ‘Celebration’ byRHYS BLOODJOY (Manchester, UK)
Electro-industrial madness mixed with psycho wave lunacy. Bloodcurdling synths whipped up by a bone-chilling cadence. From stunning debut album Human.Pattern.Repeat.
‘I’m Not Getting Excited’ by THE BETHS (New-Zealand)
A boiling ripsnorter pushed by rattling riffs, heated hooks, and lively licks. Supersonic!
‘Suck My Mind’ by CHEMTRAILS (UK)
High-voltage roller fueled by ruthless percussion, guitar extravaganza, 60s organs and ecstatic vocals. From their fresh must-hear album The Peculiar Smell of the Inevitable.
. ‘Just Friends’ by SMALLTOWN TIGERS (Italy)
The Stooges fronted by Joan Jett with the Ramones sniffin’ glue in the producer’s room. Riot girls firework from Italy. Check their mad debut longplayer Five Things. 1-2-3-4!
. ‘Seed Of Evil’ by BLACK NEEDLE NOISE (Norway)
A colossal, diabolic electronic drone thumping mercilessly as a brain-fucking hammer causing thunder and lighting electricity. Be ready, Armageddon is just around the corner.
‘Black Love’ by UNRULY GIRLS (Italy)
Head-twisting sledgehammer as dark as the night. Jaw-dropping industrial killer from their new, storming Epidemic album. A decibels-loaded beast of a record! Sonic nightmare!
‘Fresh Air’ by GREAT HARE (Sweden)
Electric-powered slacker swagger, glimmering guitars, glowing vocals, and a tenacious chorus. Impossible to resist. Probably the best piece of this Swedish quartet. Top stuff!
. ‘POS’ by THE BUNDY BUNCH (Norway)
Furious. Red-hot-angry. Discombobulated. Pulverizing and disordered. You can burn
your poor ears by listening to this crashing bang. Let that be a loud and clear warning!
. ‘It Ain’t Water’ by ALISON MOSSHART (US)
When the lady sings the blues. Second striking solo single from The Kill’s wonderful singer.
New Zealand’s glowing rockers THE BETHS, led by frontwoman Elizabeth Stokes
released their acclaimed debut album Future Me Hates Me in 2018 and are now
gearing up for the follow-up LP entitled Jump Rope Gazers, out 10 July via Carpark Records.
Ahead of it comes the new single I’M NOT GETTING EXCITED, a boiling barnstormer fueled by rattling riffs, heated hooks, and lively licks to get totally excited about.
