20 BEST TRACKS OF THE MONTH – OCTOBER 2025

ALL TOGETHER


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TRACK BY TRACK

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Band: OPUS KINK (Brighton, UK)
Who: Razor-edged, punked-up, sax-and-trumpet infused
noizzz collective team fronted by charismatic frontman
Angus Rodgers.

Track: I’M A PRETTY SHOWBOY

Angus Rogers: “Here is our song, rock and roll music for the empty and stunning.
A song about contempt, appetite, impotence and self-preservation through gyration.
Enjoy superficially with your body and send the reeling mind on to hell! “

TUTV: Wham Bam! Yeah Yeah! Go Go! Oh my Oh My! Razzle Dazzle!
This is the kind of adrenalizing tunes I wait impatiently for every single day.
Tunes that put a big smile on my face, tunes that make all of my limbs go nuts,
tunes that go straight to my best-tracks-of-the-year list. Funky buzz, vocal fuzz.

Catchy as hell, cool as fuck.

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Promo photo

Band: MY FIRST TIME
Who: Fast-rising indie
rebels from Bristol, UK.

Since their 2023 debut single Wind Up Merchant
MFT went on to become the newest British hype.

New single: SIPPY CUP

Isaac Stroud-Allen (frontman): “It’s about power, corruption and how people
are happy to watch the world burn if they’re the ones sitting on a rooftop bar sipping
on a Sex On The Beach.”

TUTV: Believe the hype. These young wolves bulldoze their way through the daily
bullshit we have to endure with a knife between their teeth. Sippy Cup is a bruising,
full of vim and vigor uppercut hitting where it hurts. If this is your first time that you
hear these rabble-rousers, you’ll be gobsmacked. Bring it on, rascals.

WATCH

STREAM

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📷 Mats Verschueren

Band: WIJF. (WIFE. in English)
Who:
Hungry hit team from Belgium
ready to take on the world.

Track: LOVE MACHINE

TUTV: One of the 5 astronomical sledgehammers of their brand-new
debut EP Alter Ego. Love Machine takes you on a hair-rising rollercoaster.
Awesome vocalist, awesome band, asewome tune.

Helter-skelter!


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Photo by Isabella Martinez

Band: PSYCHEDELIC PORN CRUMPETS
Who: The dumbfounding psych-prog rockers from
down under, who started their odyssey in 2014.

Last May they launched their volcanic 7th full-length, titled
Carpe Diem, Moonman and only 2 days ago they dropped
album #8, named Pogo Rodeo.

There’s definitely something in the Australian air that makes bands over there very productive. Yes, as you may or may not know, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard are
also from down under.

Track: THE REAL CONTRA BAND
Single from that brand-new LP.

TUTV: Blimey. As usual, the cooking
Aussies turn your mind and your body
upside down. Killer stunner.

Hallelujah!

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New album artwork

Artist: PEACHES
Who: The fabulous performer/producer and feminist/gay
activist born Merrill Nisker 58 years ago in Toronto, Canada.

Track: NOT IN YOUR MOUTH NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS

Brand-new single from her upcoming 7th LP, her first in 10 years.
It’s baptized No Lube So Rude and will come out next year.
Details TBA.

Peaches: “When the world is friction, lube isn’t a luxury. It’s a necessity.
It’s how you turn that friction into pleasure, into power, into pride.”

Peaches goes nuclear on this
booming disco-punk eruption.

Bang! Boom! Bang! Boom!

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Band: SLEAFORD MODS
Who: Rap-punk poetry duo featuring
voice Jason Williamson and instrumentalist
Andrew Fearn.

Track: THE GOOD LIFE

Single from their forthcoming, 13th LP, baptized
The Demise Of Planet X. It’ll land on Mother Earth
on 16 Jan 2016.

Actress Gwendoline Christie and agog duo The Big Special join the tandem on this one.

TUTV: We know for a long time that the sharp-mouthed mods are an unstoppable
groove engine, and this one is another pulsating one. Wowza. Fucking-A. Let’s see
if you can catch up with this speedy hip-shaking trigger.

Rush and race here.
Live your good life fast.

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Band: FIRE BLANKET
Who: Noise rock/post-hardcore outfit from Manchester, UK.
FFO: Jon Spencer, The Jesus Lizard and Tropical Fuck Storm.

Track: DOCUMENT

TUTV: Picture this. Aggressive guitars rage like chainsaws around a nasty mid-tempo groove, juiced-up by sinewy drum hits and when the clamorous chorus kicks in the
vocalist bellows as if he can’t get out of his straitjacket. Oh yeah, you’ll love this horrific slice of hellraising post-punk mayhem.

They look and they operate like your new favorite Halloween band. Amps up, decibels
up, heat up. I wonder if this track isn’t a hidden one on one of Fugazi‘s detonating exploits.
An in-your-face debut. Bang-on.

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Photo by Connor Reilly

Band: TEST PLAN
Who: Indie noizz trio from London looking for the sweet spot between
dancing and moshing. They cultivate a ferocious blend of noise-rock,
dance-punk, and post-hardcore.

Track: GONE
The beginning of a brand-new chapter, according to the band.
It’s the first of a few singles from an EP out sometime next year.

TUTV: Hells bells. Test Plan grab you by the throat from the blaring intro and never
lose their suffocating grip. They come at you, full speed, with schizophrenic guitars,
an indefatigable drummer and a psychotic vocalist who screams his four lungs out
and tries to excommunicate his eerie demons.

No rest for the wicked. No emergency exit. We’re trapped, so let’s join these
maniacal mindfuckers in their attempt to make the Richter scale go ballistic.

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Band: CAST
Who: Britpop vets who were one of the
support acts for Oasis’ reunion shows in the UK.

Track: CALLING OUT YOUR NAME
Newest single from their upcoming 8th full-length,
baptized Yeah Yeah Yeah, out 30 January 2026

Ebullient retro Britpop bliss.
Makes you want to open your
windows and sing along.

Anthemic knockout!

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Band: KREIN’S LOW-BUDGET DEATH EXTRAVAGANZA
What a name!!
Who: Polish punk dropouts.

Track: I THINK I’M IN LOVE
Single from their upcoming album
called ‘Evil Love‘.

TUTV: So these four Polish dropouts think they’re in love.
In love or not, I guess any reason is good for these riff-shooting
punk cowboys to run amok.

Their new cacophonous sucker-punch is a piercing piece of rambunctious racket motorized by raucous guitars, a brutal drummer and a weird frontman who looks
mental and sounds mental. Hell, bloody hell, yeah.

Get on your pogo-stick and pretend
you are a kangaroo on dope.


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Artist: RICHARD ASHCROFT
Who: Former legendary frontman of The Verve ,
and still a bona fide legend today.

Track: HEAVY NEWS
Stand-out gem from his
7th full-lenght Lovin’ You

TUTV: Ashcroft does what he does best for years now, making your hair in the back of your neck stand up. This is another stadium anthem for thousands and thousands vocal cords to sing a long out loud.


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Band: THE LEMONHEADS
Who: Notorious songsmith Evan Dando‘s
band, for almost 4 decades now.

Track: WILD THING
One of the highlights of their first
album in 24 years, baptized Love Chant.

TUTV: Dando sounds brisk,
jaunty, hungry and energetic.
Welcome back.


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Band: ARYEL MOON
Who: Fresh Irish indie outfit, fronted by Italy-born musician
Donatella Camedda, who have been building a reputation on
Dublin’s live circuit.

Track: LITTLE BIT CLOSER

Camedda: “It carries that mix of desire, anticipation, and adrenaline you feel
in the very first stage of falling for someone. That in-between space where you’re
caught between genuine connection and the rush of limerence.”

TUTV: Expect flamboyant indie power-pop, invigorated with reverberating guitars,
pummeling drumming and penetrating vocals, intense and intrepid, and a passional
chorus. One spin and you know we have a winner. In a normal world this should be
an indie hit. Trust me, you’ll fall in love with Aryel Moon.

Get your ears a little bit closer.

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Credit: Reuben

Band: THE CHELSEA CURVE
Who: Mod-pop-rock trio
from Boston, MA.

Track: RALLY’ ROUND
Brand new single.

Linda Pardee (vocalist/songwriter): “This song has morphed into a different meaning
than what was originally intended when written. The lyrics were initially about friendships, acquaintances, people coming into your life. Being part of a community. Finding your
people. Despite differences, we can or should be able to at least co-exist.

TUTV: TCC are no strangers to Turn Up The Volume. And their back again with
this new flashy rocker. Those jangly guitars, that vital, that feverish drive. Resonates
like R.E.M. are back and teamed up with Evan Dando‘s Lemonheads. No I don’t have a
hangover whatsoever. Listen closely and your ears will experience what I experience(d).

All you shiny people out there, come on feel the Dando vibe.


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Photo by Kirk Lisaj

Artist: JANE INC.
Who: Toronto-based
songstress.

Track: WHAT IF
Piece from her upcoming 3rd full-length, called
A Rupture A Canyon A Birth, out October 17th.

The song is inspired by the moment that a semi truck plowed into her broken-down tour van. Nobody in the Jane Inc. touring party was hurt in that accident, and they even played their scheduled show later that night. But everyone could’ve easily been killed, and that kind of near-death experience will do something to you. That’s the key to what if.

TUTV: Bumping EBM thrumming, shimmering synths, trippy piano touches,
and vocal outpouring. Donna Summer would like this stomper. Dress up
and hurry to the discotheque.

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Band: BLURT
Who: Experimental post-punk combo founded in 1979 in Stroud,
Gloucestershire
(UK) by poet, saxophonist and puppeteer Ted Milton,
aged 82 now.

Milton grew up in Africa, Canada and Great Britain. He started his artistic career
with poetry publications. In the mid-1960s, he began performing as a puppeteer, participating in numerous international festivals and TV performances

With Blurt he recorded/released a dozen of albums
with Beneath Discordant Skies from 2015 as their
most recent one.

They’re back in town now with a brand
new track, titled THE MECCANO GIRAFFE.

TUTV: It grooves and moves along to a non-stop drum beat, a rollin’ bass
riff, trippy guitar lines, some saxy moments and Milton’s shivering voice.

Funky shit!


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Debut single: MURPHY’S MEDICINE

Amy (vocalist): “The Brighton Scene is buzzing at the moment and it is thrilling to be playing alongside so many other great bands. Our single launch at the venue Alphabet in Brighton is part of a great new grassroots series of gigs from Spagetti promotions that showcases emerging bands from across the city”.

TUTV: Way to start! These Brits hit bullseye
right away with their chirpy debut single.

Its lazy indie pop vibes stick on the spot. Feathers is a tremendously catchy
feel-good lullaby, juiced with sparkling guitar solos, a bouncy drum/bass
tandem, and happy-go-lucky duet vocals upfront.

Bingo.

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Photo by Corey Poluk

Band: THE GOODS
Who: American power pop band blending big guitars, huge hooks,
and sweet British Invasion-style harmonies into a fresh, distinctive
sound. Formed by singer-songwriter Rob Good, a veteran of
the Oakland underground.

Track: SUNDAY MORNING OUT OF THE BLUE

Single from their riff-filled debut album
Don’t Spoil The Fun. You can stream it here.

TUTV: Imagine nightingale legends The Byrds eight miles high, causing a jingle jangle
spectacle at an adrenalized speed, flavored with vivid vocals. Trust me, one spin and
you’ll be hooked.

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Band: DIRT ROAD SOULS
Who: Roots rock band who have a story tell, not per se their own,
and not entirely yours, either. It’s universal in its truth, but specific
in its intent.

Track: HOLD ON SOUL
Single from their upcoming album named ‘(The Life and Times of) Johnny Moonshine’, an ambitious 12-track concept album and roots rock opera set for release in early 2026.

Davis Black (vocalist/guitarist) “‘Hold On Soul’ was first written many years ago when
I had left my small town and gone off to start a life in Boston. After high school and college years I’d often return to my small town to recharge – and get drunk with my friends who didn’t leave town. These lyrics come from the culture shock between the two places. The stress of the city vs. the simplicity of the small town was very real for a little while.”

TUTV: Americana at its entertaining best. Groovy and cacthy melodiousness, heart-ans-soul stirring vocals/harmonies and glowing guitar electricity combine for a galvanic chant.

Enjoy the vibrant vibe right here.


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Band: PRESENT NATURE
Who: Alt-indie songwriting
newcomers from Leeds, UK.

Track: COLUMBA

Jonny Woolnough (songwriter): “It’s a character appropriation offering a lens
into a couple’s day-to-day existence. A protagonist veering off the track is reminded
of his immaterial fortune. It celebrates life, existence, and endless possibility.”

TUTV: De-stressing fuel for daydreamers.
Columba feels like an Indian summer
sun ray.

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THE CHELSEA CURVE – Shiny Happy Boston People Strike Again With Jangly Rocker ‘RALLY’ ROUND’

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Credit: Reuben

Band: THE CHELSEA CURVE
Who: Mod-pop-rock trio
from Boston, MA.

Track: RALLY’ ROUND
Brand new single.

Linda Pardee (vocalist/songwriter): “This song has morphed into a different meaning
than what was originally intended when written. The lyrics were initially about friendships, acquaintances, people coming into your life. Being part of a community. Finding your
people. Despite differences, we can or should be able to at least co-exist.

I realized that, since writing the lyrics, they may come across a little differently now given the current social climate, and that’s okay. It’s hard to be an optimist sometimes, but when I sing ‘We’re all on the same side’, I am thinking – at the very least, we are all humans. But it’s not always easy to sing it, because it doesn’t feel that way.”

TUTV: TCC are no strangers to Turn Up The Volume. And their back again with
this new flashy rocker. Those jangly guitars, that vital, that feverish drive. Resonates
like R.E.M. are back and teamed up with Evan Dando‘s Lemonheads. No I don’t have a
hangover whatsoever. Listen closely and your ears will experience what I experience(d).

All you shiny people out there, come on feel the Dando vibe.

STREAM



BUY


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THE CHELSEA CURVE Steamroll On New Summer Swipe ‘KINDAWANNA’

Daily electricity to load your batteries

21 July 2025

Band: THE CHELSEA CURVE
Who: Swing-and-shake,
mod-pop trio from Boston.

Track: KINDAWANNA.
Their newest single. It follows their cover of
Mickey Lee Lane‘s 1965 hit Hey Sah-Lo-Neh.

Described in a press statement as “the acclaimed Boston trio’s latest effort for
Rum Bar Records boasts punchy punk rock grit and hooky mod-pop slickness as
we raise a glass to the good times — poppin’ bottles of Prosecco, joyriding on the
Lambretta — and crush hard on the ones we love. Dubbed an “easy breezy summery
luuuv song” by the band.”

TUTV: Let’s see. What should a vintage summer hit sound like? Zippy, fuzzing
and buzzing, full-blooded, powered by resounding guitars, a thunderous beat,
vehement vocals, and a killer chorus. Enter KINDAWANNA, a perfect example.

Did I hear The Who‘s Roger Daltrey say: The Chelsea Curve are alright? Definitely, maybe.

KINDALIKETHISALOT


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20 BEST TRACKS OF THE MONTH – MAY 2025

ALL TOGETHER


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TRACK BY TRACK

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Photo by his wife Daryl Hannah

Band: NEIL YOUNG And The Chrome Hearts
Who: The imperishable 79-year-old legend with
his new band, on record and on tour.

Track: LETS ROLL AGAIN

Single from the upcoming album, baptized
Talkin’ To The Trees. It comes our way on
June 12th.

TUTV: No pension whatsoever for the incomparable rocker in the free world.
Middle-finger straight up, in the face of the ‘Me, myself and I‘ POTUS and his
arse-licking billionaire monkeys.

“If yer a fascist, then get a Tesla”

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Press photo

Band: SUEDE
Who: London‘s unwearying glam rockers
who entered the Britpop scene back in 1992.

Track: DISINTEGRATE

The lead single from their upcoming album #10,
named Antidepressants. It’ll arrive on Sept 5th.


New album artwork

TUTV: Disintegrate is a badass barnstormer revved up by radioactive guitar riffs,
a colossal drum beat, and, of course, Anderson‘s feverish vocals. Suede sound like
young dogmanstars once again. Take notes, all you ambitious rock snotnoses out
there.

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Band: PANIC SHACK
Who: 4 pop punkettes from Wales. In 2022 they
released their 6-track debut EP Baby Shack.

Track: GIRL BAND STARTER PACK

2nd shared single from their forthcoming
self-titled debut LP, out on July 18th.

TUTV: Party! Party! Party! These Welsh punkettes drive you bonkers with this
bass-insane punk ‘n’ roll uppercut. Kick-ass band, kick-ass attitude, kick-ass blast.

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Band: THE CHELSEA CURVE
Who: Swinging mod-pop trio
from Boston, MA.

Track: HEY SAH-LO-NEY-COVER

A cover of Mickey Lee Lane‘s 1965 firecracker, which, along with a remix of their 2022
song Jamie C’mon went digital last weekend and will be out on 7″ vinyl this summer.

TUTV: This is the kind of instant-affecting tunes that get all of your lazy limbs excited.
165 swirling seconds of punchy punk ‘n’ roll. An irresistibly uplifting upper. Bass and drum produce a battering beat, guitar riffs fly around and Linda Pardee‘s vivid vocals trigger you to get up, stand up and scream your lungs out when the ridiculously catchy chorus pops up.


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Artist: BAXTER DURY
Who: The playboy son of his
late playboy father Ian.

Track: ALLBARONE

The title track of his 8th full-length,
available from September 12th on.

TUTV: Baxter invites us all to the dancefloor with
this ultra-contagious disco thrill. Jump onto Dury‘s
gondola below.

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Artist: EZRA FURMAN
Who: Flaring singer-songwriter from Chicago. She started
her career with a band called The Harpoons who released
3 albums.

Track: I NEED THE ANGEL

The closing song from her new, tremendous
album Goodbye Small Head. Her 7th one.

TUTV: Furman rocks out with tons of flamboyance, zestfulness and
passionate bravura. No wonder she’s out of breath at the end.

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Artist: JEHNNY BETH,
Who: France-born, former frontwoman of female post-punk band
Savages (2011-2017), who released her solo debut LP Love Is To Live
back in 2020.

Track: BROKEN LIB

First single from her 2nd solo album titled
You Heartbreaker You. Out August 29th.

TUTV: Beth sounds raw, rough and raging. Just like she intended
to do on her new longplayer. Be ready for a savage knockout
shocker, folks.

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Band: WHOLES
Who: A fresh, rowdy hit team led by Belgian
musical chameleon Wolf Vanwymeersch.

Track: MODERN DAY DRAMA

Second shared piece from their upcoming debut LP
‘A Mass In The Water, which lands on 14 November.


Single artwork by Maxime Rouquart

TUTV: This new slam dunk’s ominous mid-tempo dynamics, distorted vocals,
and riff-roasting razzmatazz resonate like if you are listening to the goosebumps
theme song of a horror movie.

Creepy tension in the air, melodrama about to happen. Yes, at the 2.30 minute
mark all hell breaks loose. Decibels up, amps up, temperature up. From a whisper
to a scream. From planet Earth to Dante‘s inferno. Helter skelter.


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Artist: RICHARD ASHCROFT
Who: The former bittersweet
symphony frontman of The Verve.

Track: LOVER

TUTV: Lover is a vintage big Ashcroft tune. Sirenic
power pop, with Ashcroft repeating the track’s title
non-stop.

The song samples English singer-songwriter Joan Armatrading’s
1976 hit Love And Affection. When RA let Armatrading hear ‘Lover
she gave her blessing to release it.

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Via Mute Records

Artist: MARK STEWART (Bristol, UK)
Who: One of the most adventurous/inventive/original post-punk & dub artists/performers
ever, who passed away, unfortunately, 2 years ago, aged 62. He was a founding member of genre-bending new wave group The Pop Group

Track: NEON GIRL

2nd shared piece from the upcoming album The Fateful Symmetry,
which Stewart completed in early 2023. It’ll arrive on 11th July.


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Act: DICE MACHINE
Who: Tandem Michael Daks & Drew Five. Their music is shaped by a wide range of
influences, from punk to electronic, making them sound both familiar & refreshingly unpredictable. Combining Daks‘ narrative artistry with electro-pop act Feral Five‘s
Drew’s innovative production, they craft songs that resonate on multiple levels.”

Track: TEARS IN THE RAIN
Their 2nd single.

TUTV: DM take you on an adrenalized punk ‘n’ roll ride from the kick-off.
No brakes, no breaks. Full steam ahead, pushed by a rip-roaring salvo of
guitar riffs and infused with intoxicating vocals. High-voltage magnetism
all the way through. Second single, second bullseye!


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Band: MODEL/ACTRIZ
Who: Electro act from Brooklyn.

Track: VERSPERS
Opener from their brand-new
2nd album, named Pirouette.

TUTV: A hyperkinetic electro/guitar-riff beat ticks on your head non-stop. It drives you crazy, and pushes your poor mind into a chilling daze. Sounds challenging, right? You bet.


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Artist: ROBERT FORSTER
Who: Former frontman of Australian
pop-rock outfit The Go-Betweens.

Track: ALL OF THE TIME

Single from his brand-new 8th
solo longplayer Strawberries.

TUTV: Forster‘s motto is keep it simple, shake and swing your hips to the swirling rhythm, ignore the outside world, love your loved ones, and have fun, it always helps you to get you through the day.

Let the riffs rattle.


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Band: ELBOW
Who: England‘s veteran
pop romantics.

Track: SOBER

Newest cut from a new, upcoming EP,
named Audio Vertigo Echo

TUTV: Lots of dance-fueled tunes this month. Even daydreamers Elbow have one to jump and down to in your bedroom/bathroom/kitchen/wherever, while you stay sober.

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Artist: ARYEL MOON
WhoDublin-based, Italian-born artist
Donatella Camedda (vocals/guitar).

Track: EULOGY
Only her 2nd single.

Lyrically, Donatella delves into her past to help vanquish demons that circle from previous trauma of manipulation and abuse. Through this primal scream of emotion, she is able to find liberation and rebirth.

TUTV: Spellbinding, riveting and fetching. This melodramatic discharge holds
your aural attention all the way. Moon‘s engrossing vocality works like a magnet.
Very promosing stuff.

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Band: SPAMMERHEADS
Who: Electro techno tandem
from Valencia, Spain.

New single: GHOSTLESS

A collaboration with Spanish
EBM producer Nightcrawler.

A track that exposes the puppeteering forces behind the system and
the disappearance of authenticity in a world shaped by fabricated
idols. It’s both a protest and a purge.

TUTV: Think techno experts The Chemicals Brothers with eerie vocals by a demon.
A maddening 90s master blaster for 24-hour parties where stroboscopes spin you
into a trance. To hell with all authoritarian politicians and meaningless celebs. Living
our lives the tolerant way we want is what we all should do, while going mental to bombastic beats and blustery bangs. It’s hammertime, folks.


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Credit: Big Ed Photography

Band: DAS KOOLIES
Who: 4 former Super Furry Animals,
the longtime Welsh indie stars.

Track: OGOV GÔKH

Piece from their forthcoming 2nd album,
named Pando. It’s out tomorrow, May 9th.

TUTV: Expect effervescent synth-pop juiced with a dance-rock dynamism.
Ogov Gôkh is a twirling twister that drives you insane if you come to close.

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Band: THE CHIEFS
Who: Bloodthirsty Finnish indies with
two lead vocalists, from Finland.

Track: BABY CRAVES HUMAN FLESH

The lyrics paint a picture blending imagery of horror and cannibalism. The song
portrays a character adrift in a world without moral boundaries, a being driven by
thirst and pleasure. The themes explore unrestrained hedonism, the loss of control,
and the banality of evil.

TUTV: Be ready for a sonic Stephen King -esque nightmare. Diabolic, bone-chilling and bloodcurdling. Perfect to play to your zombie friends. Play this tormenting serpent of
a track loud, and scare your neighbours.

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Artist: A. SMITH
Who: Singer/songwriter from Dublin, Ireland who
released his debut album Last Animals in 2021.

Track: I CAN BE YOUR TELEPHONE

TUTV: The kind of guitar pop tunes that stick on first hearing.
Mesmeric euphony, magnetic melodiousness and enticing vocals.


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Artist: TROUSER DRESS
Who: East Yorkshire’s Carden Mucklin. A young genderqueer writing songs about random thoughts and feelings, pouring their lived experiences of being queer & trans, as well as their journey through the mental health jungle, into songwriting and photography.

Track: OLD SOUL

“This was my first time creating a track that I didn’t have a plan for, or a set sound in my head. I wrote the four lines & guitar part but then shelved the song as everything I added didn’t feel right. When I brought it to producer Adam, we decided to keep the lyrics simple and to build it up with other sounds and layers. I wanted the song to feel almost like ruminations that spiral around but start from just a few sentences. I think we created the perfect sound!”

TUTV: Old Soul is an intriguing, trancey, and multi-instrumental chant.
Think folktronica siblings CocoRosie. Wayward and fascinating. Top piece.


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THE CHELSEA CURVE – Boston’s Mod-Pop Trio Make Your Day On The Spot With Upper ‘HEY SAH-LO-NEY’

Daily electricity to load your batteries

19 May 2025

Band: THE CHELSEA CURVE
Who: Swinging mod-pop trio from Boston.

Track: HEY SAH-LO-NEY-COVER
A cover of Mickey Lee Lane‘s 1965 firecracker, which, along with a remix of their 2022
song Jamie C’mon went digital last weekend and will be out on 7″ vinyl this summer.

TUTV: This is the kind of instant-affecting tunes that get all of your lazy limbs excited,
that energizes your blue Monday moody state of mind and makes your day on repeat.
165 swirling seconds of punchy punk ‘n’ roll. An irresistibly uplifting upper.

Bass and drum produce a battering beat, guitar riffs fly around and Linda Pardee‘s vivid vocals trigger you to get up, stand up and scream your lungs out when the ridiculously catchy chorus pops up.

Join the peppy party, folks.


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You Can’t Resist The New Single Of Boston Rock Trio THE CHELSEA CURVE

Daily electricity to load your batteries

10 May 2023


Photo: by Joshua Pickering

Band: THE CHELSEA CURVE
Who: Firm American indie rock trio. The band’s name is
a moniker taken from a zig-zagging stretch of highway
just north of their native Boston.

New single: HOW CAN I (RESIST YOU)?
The first dose of new music of
an EP set for Fall release.

Linda Pardee (bass/vocals: “‘How Can I (Resist You)?” is a song of longing
and desire, of pining from afar, of an obsessive love… but exactly who, or should
I say what, is the mystery. I had a melody line in mind that reminded me a bit of
The Lemonheads and Elvis Costello. The melodies for the verses and chorus have
a decidedly ’80s bent to them. We went through a few arrangement ideas as a band
to get it just right. Lyrically and vocally, I’m singing about yearning/loving from afar
and as the song goes on you can hear the narrator getting more and more obsessed.”

TUTV: Tantalizing tunes like this one are very welcome in these troubled days.
This racy lovey-dovey earworm is a dynamic and highly energetic swing-and-shake
rocker, fueled with bonkers guitars, a hungry rhythm section and Pardee‘s snappy
vocals. Listen carefully and you’ll hear Blondie on a roll like they did on their second
album Plastic Letters (check Love At The Pier). And, no, you can’t resist this new
Chelsea Curve cracker.

Press play.

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THE CHELSEA CURVE: Linktree

THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN – 7 New Firecrackers Week 39

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

‘Truck Songs’ by ANGEL DU$T (Baltimore)

Hardcore noiseniks Angel Du$t mellowed their sound a bit lately,
but still kick-ass, like here with the title track of upcoming album
A Collection Of Truck Songs, out 29th October.

Tripp(songwriter): “This is one of my favorite recordings of a song that
I’ve written. Plus, all my best homies got all up in this track’s ass and sent
it home. Was listening to Tom Petty a grip. If you don’t know who that is
check him out, I guess.”

Start the fire…

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‘Blood Moon’ by CONVERGE and CHELSEA WOLFE (USA)

The hardcore legends announced a new LP
featuring Goth heroine Chelsea Wolfe.

Lead-single Blood Moon sounds like an astonishing harbinger for
what is to come. It’s a disturbing, confusing, and flabbergasting
slam dunk.

Turn it up here…

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‘The Beachland Ballroom’ by IDLES (Bristol, UK)

New album Crawler, out 12th November.

Expect the slower side of Idles with hefty eruptions now
and then and frontman Joe Talbot‘s blood cooking…

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‘7000 HOURS’ by THE CHELSEA CURVE (Boston)

With the snarl of the punk scene and the swagger of the mods,
The Chelsea Curve often earn comparisons to The Pretenders and
Husker Du (personal favorites of the trio). On their new single, the
band shows a deeper emotional side, setting a lovely mood of
autumnal longing.

Expect a twinkling tune that gets under your skin without asking.
Repeat buttons were invented for catchy corkers like these.

Start feeling good here…

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‘Text The Dead’ by ACTIVITY

The New York-based rockers’ new single is about broken-heartedness,
mournfulness and sadness following the passing of one of the most
beloved and closest person we all have, our mother.

Travis Johnson (the band’s songwriter) about the song: “My mom passed
away in February. I still can’t process it honestly… I was going through old stuff
and found it and started singing the verse melody. Then we all added our parts
and subtracted others, etc. It’s not a very ‘live’ song but we all came together
on it still.”

Text The Dead is a disturbing, confusing, strangely
infectious, and fascinating grief processing song…

Listen/watch here…

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‘Write A List of Things To Look Forward To’ by COURTNEY BARNETT

The wonderful singer/songwriter Courtney Barnett from down under,
unleashes her new longplayer Things Take Time, Take Time

Barnett: “It’s a song about darkness but also about friendship. I found
a deeper communication with people in my life — deeper conversations.
And a new level of gratitude for friendships that had been there for so
long that I had maybe taken for granted.”

Listen up…

COURTNEY BARNET: Facebook

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‘Blackouted’ by THE MANIC BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB

Besides having a great band name these siblings from Toronto score big time with their new steaming single. A song “about what hides behind the smiles for social media. It can be described as a cry for help, disguised as an upbeat dance floor banger.”

Pithy, swirling, and as sticky as first-class glue. Add glamorous vocals and a glittering, full-on wall-of-electrical sound and the final result is an instant hit.

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‘Troubles A’ Comin’ by THE ROLLING STONES

The imperishable Stones have shared a previously unreleased cover of ‘Troubles A’ Comin’, a golden oldie hit of American soul legends The Chi-Lites. The song will feature on the upcoming 40th-anniversary reissue of their Tattoo You LP.

Here we go…

See/hear you next week, music junkies