JUKEBOX 2026 – WEEK 5 – Five New Rad Tracks Added Twice A Week

Probably the only playlist that matters

Another year, another Jukebox to fill with new
tracks, 5 twice a week, for your aural pleasure.

This is the 7th batch of 5 new rad ones of 2026.

ALL TOGETHER

TRACK BY TRACK

Band: DEAD DADS CLUB
Who: New project of Chilli Jesson who was the frontman of
former British guitar pop group Palma Violets (2011-2016).

Track: THAT’S LIFE
Piece from their most gripping,
brand new self-titled debut LP.

TUTV: This mid-tempo, guitar power pop anthem’s intensity is astonishing.
Inflamed emotions, galvanic outpouring, deep-felt vocals. Formidable performance.
This is what’s sonic life is about.

Goosebumps.

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Band: THE FAIR ATTEMPTS
Who: A dystopian force – Timo Haakana and his wife Starwing – from Finland who merge raw, driving rhythms with haunting melodies, exploring the human condition in a future where technology, control, and alienation intertwine.

Track: GHOST WITHIN

“Ghost Within” examines the internal monsters: negative self-talk, doubts, pride before collapse, and the subtle ways the human mind feeds on its own fear. The song portrays self-awareness as a mirror maze, where reflection offers no clear exit.

TUTV: This pumping, new-wavish synth stomper causes head spins from the kick-off.
Ghost Within sticks immediately with its orchestral melodrama, darksome goth echoes, stirring vocals and high-octane chorus.

Slam-bang.

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Artists: SKYRACER
Who: British synth-wave
rock duo from Sheffield.

Track: LAST TOKEN
Their 8th single.

TUTV: Synth-rock pandemonium with industrial NIN droning. Heavy-duty electropunk to sway yourself dizzy to. Last Token never loses its persistent grip. Booming beats crush your stereo. Trust me, it’s worth the damage.

Bang-on tune.

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Band: VIRGINS
Who: Belfast-based
shoegaze indies.

Track: CRUCIBLE
From their upcoming, final release.
A 4-track EP, named Light The Space Left Behind.
Out on February 19th. More info here.

TUTV: Sad news. This compelling indie shoezegaze collective call it a day after 5 years.
Their debut album nothing hurt and everything was beautiful made Turn Up The Volume a fan. This both manic-guitar-propelled and melodic jam, spiced with crystalline vocals, is an arresting harbinger for the band’s goodbye.

Virgins didn’t hurt, everything they did was beautiful.


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Photo Credit: Jeff Sussman

Artists: WAYWARD VINE
Who: Acoustic collective – Valerie Rachel and Greg Lawrence – exploring the human condition and the world around us. Our music probes themes of love, heartbreak, obsession, and social justice.

Track: THE FALL
The title track of their notable debut
album. You can stream it here.

TUTV: This enchanting reverie is so welcome in these messed-up times. Back to nature, where you can enjoy tranquility and reload your mind with basic normality. Touching piano play, some harmonica warmth, some violin nostalgia, acoustic guitar melancholy, bass and drum smoothness and hearty vocals paint a bittersweet symphony visualized now in a new, sepia-colored video.

Enrapturous.

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THE MURDER CAPITAL Cut Like A Knife On New Single ‘THE FALL’ From Their Upcoming 3rd LP

Daily electricity to load your batteries

26 January 2025

Band: THE MURDER CAPITAL
Who: Irish mavericks who released 2 remarkable
LPs so far. When I Have Fears (2019) and Gigi’s
Recovery
(2023).


New album artwork

New album: BLINDNESS
Release: 21 February 2025

With THE FALL the Irishmen deliver the third taster.

James McGovern (frontman): “’I can’t be told, I can’t be dressed,
I can’t be held, I can’t be fed, I can’t be whipped’. The Fall is coming.
The Fall is inevitable. The Fall is one finger over the self destruct
button, while the other holds its pose in meditation.”

The psychotic guitars at work here cut like a serrated knife.
McGovern‘s eerie vocals augment the menacing Mark E. Smith
mystique of the song. Ill-omened goosebumps.

Murder she wrote.

All 3 singles


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Back in time

24 December 2024

Band: NEW ORDER
Album: Low Life
Their 3rd one,
#7 in the UK.

Melody Maker said: “The album boasts the most articulate sound
since The Cocteaus’ Treasure, elevating depression to ecstasy.”

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Band: THE POGUES
Album: Rum Sodomy & The Lash
2nd LP, #13 in the UK.

The album’s title is taken from a quotation attributed to Winston Churchill:
“Don’t talk to me about naval tradition. It’s nothing but rum, sodomy, and the lash.”

NME wrote: “A collection of free-ranging stuff to be sure. It’s never
sentimental, it’s rarely polite, and it’s certainly not ordinary.”

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Artist: TOM WAITS
Album: Rain Dogs
9th LP,
#188 in the US,
#29 in the UK.

The Village Voice wrote: “Waits worked out a unique and identifiable lounge-lizard
sound that suits his status as the poet of America’s non-nine-to-fivers.”

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Band: THE FALL
Album: This Nation’s Saving Grace
8th longplayer.

AllMusic: “This collection is ample proof of the pure confidence the group had
at this time. The Fall sound mysterious, down-to-earth, and hilarious all at the
same time.”

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Band: THE CURE
Album: The Head On The Door
6th one, #7 in the UK.

Pitchfork: “Their most focused
pop album. A tight, terrific package.”

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Artist: BRIAN ENO
Album: Thursday Afternoon

AllMusic: “Thursday Afternoon is an hour-long, uninterrupted ambient piece
created in Eno’s “holographic” compositional style, in which even the most brief
snippet of music is representative of the performance as a whole.”

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Band: TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS
Album: Southern Accents
Their 6th LP,
#7 in the US.

AllMusic: “An ambitious album, attempting to incorporate touches of soul,
psychedelia, and country into a loose concept about the modern South.”


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Band: THE CULT
Album: Love
Their second LP,
# in the UK.

AllMusic: “Considering the musical schizophrenia that would plague each
subsequent Cult release, Love just may be the band’s purest moment.”

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Band: THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN
Album: Psychocandy

NME said: “A great searing citadel of beauty whose wall of noise,
once scaled, offers access to endless vistas of melody and emotion.”

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Band: HĂśSKER DĂś
Album: Flip Your Wig
4th longplayer
#1 Indie charts UK

AllMusic: “Flip Your Wig would be a remarkable record on its own terms, but the fact that it followed New Day Rising by a matter of months and Zen Arcade by just over a year is simply astonishing.”

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The Kinks ‘VICTORIA’ By THE FALL With Lord MARK E. SMITH – Released 35 Years Ago

 

22 December 2023

Iconic post-punk misfits THE FALL released their
cover of The Kinks‘ 1969 classic VICTORIA 35 years
ago in 1988.

It featured on their The Frenz Experiment LP.

Back to the Victorian era with lord Mark E. Smith.

The Kinks original (1969)


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Back in time

Band: ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN
Active: 1978–1993, 1996–present

Album: PORPUCINE – 3rd LP
Released: 4 February 1983
Score: #2 in the UK

Stream here…

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ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN: Bio – Discography
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Band: R.E.M.
Active: 1981-2011

Album: MURMUR – debut LP
Released: 12 April 1983
Score: #36 in the US

Stream here…

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R.E.M: Bio – Discography
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Band: MARK STEWART + THE MAFFIA
Who: One of the adventurous dub projects of
The Pop Group‘s centipede musician Mark Stewart

Album: LEARNING TO COPE WITH COWARDICE – first and last LP
Released: January 1983

Stream here…

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MARK STEWART: Bio – Discography
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Artist: TOM WAITS
Album: SWORDFISHTROMBONES – 8th LP

Released: 6 March 1983

Stream here…

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TOM WAITS: Bio – Discography
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Artist: BILLY BRAGG
Album: LIFE’S A RIOT WITH SPY Vs SPY – debut LP
Released: May 1983

Stream here…

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BILLY BRAGG: Bio – Discography
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Band: THE FALL
Active: 1976–2018

Album: PERVERTED BY LANGUAGE – 6th LP
Released: 12 December 1983

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THE FALL: Bio – Discography
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Band: CABARET VOLTAIRE
Active: 1973–1994, 2009–2022

Album: THE CRACKDOWN – 3rd LP
released: 18 August 1983

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CABARET VOLTAIRE: Bio – Discography

Band: THE THE
Matt Johnson‘s band

Album: SOUL MINING – debut LP
Released: 21 October 1983

Stream here…

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THE THE: Bio – Discography
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Band: NEW ORDER
Active: 1980–1993, 1998–2007, 2011–present

Album: POWER, CORRUPTION AND LIES
Their second LP
Released: 2 May 1983
Score: #4 in the UK

Stream here…

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Band: BIG COUNTRY
Active: 981–2000, 2007, 2010–present

Album: THE CROSSING – debut LP
Released: 29 July 1983

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BIG COUNTRY: Bio – Discography