The Lemonheads
TURN UP THE VOLUME’s 20 BEST ALBUMS OF 2025
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Band: THE BELAIR LIP BOMBS
Who: Buzzing indies from
Montreal, Canada.
Album: AGAIN
Their 2nd one.
NME: ‘Again’feels like Belair Lips Bomb
are auditioning to be the biggest band
in the world.”
TUTV: Just one spin and I knew this LP was a winner. Ace tune, after ace tune, after
ace tune. Guitar pop at its most move ‘n groove exciting. In the middle, vocalist and
guitarist Maisie Everett draws all attention. Wonderful voice, striking performance.
She’s backed by a well-oiled rock turbo. Hype or not, these
revved-up Aussies are going places, all around the globe
that is.
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Band: DITZ
Who: Unbridled post-punks
from Brighton, UK.
Album: NEVER EXHALE
Follow-up to their astonishing debut
The Great Regression from 2022.
Press info: “The album explores themes of unnecessary hatred and
division. It’s political, but ultimately personal. More Genet or Kafka
than Orwell or Huxley.
TUTV: Without a shadow of a doubt, the perfect soundtrack for Doomsday.
Sledgehammer after sledgehammer, drone after drone, brainfucker after
brainfucker. Always tension in the air.
Any track would work in a zombie horror movie. And we know all
about horror, right? Just take a look outside the window, and you
see a lot of it. For free.
Cal Francis‘s spoken word performances are bone-chilling. Their primal screams
send shivers down the spine. Lyrically, they operate in a space where reality and
surreality meet. No room for birds and bees.
Cal Francis – Pukkelpop Fest 2025 – Photo by TUTV
Never Exhale is an other-worldly Götterdämmerung experience.
It smells like something is alive and kicking here. No regression,
only progression.
Inhale them.
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Band: SPRINTS
Who: Irish post-punk whirlwind, led by charismatic
voice/songwriter/guitarist Karla Chubb.
Album: ALL THAT IS OVER.
Their sophomore one, following last year’s
amazeballs debut LP Letter To Self.
Sprints about the LP: “While the world is literally burning down around us there are voices that seem hell bent on pointing the finger at anyone but those actually responsible. There’s no need to dream-up dystopia, we’re living in it. And somehow, while the world has never seemed uglier, our life has never been more beautiful.”
TUTV: Their riff-ripping quiet/loud/quiet formula works again, big time. Their sucker-punches hit you, piece by piece, hard in the teeth while Karla Chubb‘s hepped-up vocals rule again. Here and there, her unbridled explosiveness brings young Courtney Love‘s borderline cry-outs to mind. Only the 6 last cooking/boiling/bloodcurdling haymakers
are already worth a full album.
KEY SINGLE
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Band: LAMBRINI GIRLS
Who: Two razorblade riot girrrrlzz – vox/guitarist Phoebe Lunny
and bassist Lilly Macieira – from Brighton (UK), with an insatiable
appetite for mass moshpits.
Album: WHO LET THE DOGS OUT
Their debut LP.
Photo by Turn Up The Volume
NME said: “Lambrini Girls prove punk is alive and kicking. They’re unapologetically amplifying chaos, calling out societal wrongs, and daring us all to feel something. This record is loud, raw, and impossible to ignore.”
TUTV:
Faster than a Formula One Ferrari.
Louder than a supersonic jet.
Punkier than any punks around.
Trashing. Crashing. Slashing.
Hellish. Demonic. Manicial.
11 knockouts. 11 killers. 11 hits.
11 Molotov cocktails. 11 bulls-eyes.
Bitchy. Boiling. Blasting.
Chaotic. Mental. Queer.
Bonkers. Berserk. Banging.
Massive bass buzz.
Schizo guitar riffs.
100 sneers. 100 spits.
100 rants. 100 bursts.
100 shits. 100 fuck-offs.
Middle-finger to all LGBTQ-haters.
To hell with all greedy capitalists.
Kick Brex-shit in the nationalistic ass.
KEY SINGLE
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Album On Spotify – Instagram – Website
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Band: THE WATERBOYS
Who: The Scottish veteran pop-rock-folk band
orchestrated by singer-songwriter Mike Scott.
ALBUM: LIFE, DEATH AND DENNIS HOPPER
Press info: Inspired entirely by the life and mythos of actor Dennis Hopper, Mike Scott
and The Waterboys created this expansive album as tribute to one of American popular culture’s most compelling public figures.
TUTV: This a remarkable piece of work. It could be the soundtrack for a yet to be made
Dennis Hopper documentary. Hats off to Mike Scott for his boldness, imaginativeness, and ingenuity to score this musical movie, constructed marvellously with its sonically cinematic versatility.
Pop, rock, blues, country, bar-room jazz, and musing balladry take turns and puzzle
a most coherent and highly entertaining whole together, spiced with magnificent vocal contributions by Fiona Apple, Steve Earle and others. Never a dull moment with its varied stream of entertaining songs and Scott‘s awe-inspiring vocality throughout.
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Band: HEISA
Who: 3 Belgian post-punk crusaders.
Album: TROIS
TUTV: Trois is one of the most balanced, the most arousing and the most vitalizing
noise rock records I heard in a very long time. Heisa grab you by the throat for 40 wicked minutes, and you won’t protest for one second. The cliché all killers, no fillers is so accurate here.
No arty farty tricks, no unnecessary overdubs, no useless volume exaggerations.
The production is flawless, and is an instrumental factor for the overall organic
resonance of this expressive exploit.
KEY SINGLE
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TROIS on Spotify – Instagram – Facebook
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Band: MCLUSKY
Who: The renowned Welsh post-punk noiseniks
featuring Andrew Falkous, as known as hysterical
frontman of Future Of The Left.
Album: THE WORLD IS STILL HERE AND SO ARE WE
Their 4th.
Press photo by Damien Sayell
TUTV: Loudmouths Andrew Falkous and Damien Sayell still spit and sneer their 4 lungs
out and rip politicians to shreds while they wield their razor-sharp axes. Chainsaw guitars everywhere, backed by a hellacious drum/bass duo. And they’re still maddening masters when it comes to search and destroy punk havoc.
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Band: WHOLES
Who: A fresh, rowdy hit team led by Belgian
musical chameleon Wolf Vanwymeersch,
Album: A MASS IN THE WATER.
Press info: An intense and raw reflection
of grief, trauma, and the desire for healing.
‘A Mass In The Water’ roughly describes the last day of Wolf Vanwymeersch‘s father,
who took his own life during a psychotic episode. The album balances between
mockery, anger, powerlessness, grief, understanding, compassion, and love.
TUTV: It’s both a scary and flabbergasting opus that takes a lot of courage to make and share with the world. The album’s ominous dynamics, distorted vocals, and riff-roasting razzmatazz resonate like if you are listening to the soundtrack of a modern day horror movie.
Vanwymeersch and Wholes created their own Dante’s Inferno.
Bloodcurdling, pitch-black, and bone-chilling. Helter-skelter.
KEY SINGLE
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Artist: HEAD ON STONE
Who: The solo project of Belgian songstress
Nele Janssen, frontwoman of post-punk turbo
Peuk.
Album: STONY BEDS
Debut LP
TUTV: Nele Janssen bewitches with her crystalline voice and enchanting piano play. Intimate, passional and heartfelt. From a Peuk scream to a solo whisper. A beautiful,
soul-stirring record that silences you from start to finish.
Eleven bittersweet reveries for the midnight hours. Stony Beds is an ideal companion
for cold winter nights, while relaxing with dimmed light on your couch and your favourite drink at hand.
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Band: THE NEW EVES
Who: Must hear/see indies from Brighton (where everybody is in a band).
They cruise from folk to punk, using, besides traditional instruments (guitar,
bass and drums) also cello, flute, violin and other classical gear.
Photo by Turn Up The Volume – Brussels
Album: THE NEW EVE IS RISING.
Their debut.
NME: “A record that mines the unpredictable free-spiritedness of freak
folk, the loose, louche nature of rock’n’roll and the no-rules attitude of punk.”
TUTV: Eccentricity is the new normal. Poetic, medieval music is among us.
The New Eves are something special, really special. Next to drum/bass/guitar
they use more untraditional instruments such as cello, flute, violin and other
classical music gear.
At their core, musically, they’re a folk punk rock band, an outlandish one, that is.
One of those that play gloriously out of tune at times, enthuse up with splendacious chants and have your bewildering attention for the full 40 baffling minutes. One of
the most innovative full-lengths of the year. Hands down.
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Band: AVALANCHE PARTY
Who: High-voltage outfit from Yorkshire Moors (UK),
formed by Joe and Jordan Bell, vocalist and bassist
respectively.
Album: DER TRAUM UBER ALLES
Their second one.
TUTV: TAP funk and punk, buzz and fuzz, move and groove on this voltaic
record. They shoot a series of titanic tunes from their hips with a hair-raising
impact.
Avalanche Party have become masterly songwriters who know exactly how to construct adrenalized knockout killers with the right combination of roasting riffs, jagged hooks, bang-on licks, powerhouse drumming, effervescent synths and sultry horns here and there. Stupendous record.
KEY SINGLE
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Album On Spotify – Instagram – Linktree
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Band: WOLF ALICE
Who: Lauded British guitar pop quartet, fronted
by the charismatic vocalist Ellie Rowsell.
New album: THE CLEARING
Their 4th.
TUTV: With The Clearing, the changing, musical process since their debut LP is complete. It’s now more ELLIE + THE WOLF (yes, FLORENCE + THE MACHINE territory) than before. Pop music in all its seducing and alluring ways. It’ll make them superstars in and outside the UK.
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Artist: BLACK VIIOLET
Who: Alter-ego of American garage punk ‘n’ roll
turbo The Darts‘ front Amazon Nicole Laurenne.
Album: AFTER YOU
Her debut.
Laurenne: “The songs were written in the style of vintage jazz standards, but are then drenched with Rhodes piano and sparkling horn parts, with upright bass and triphop beats holding down a groovy, downtempo feel underneath. The vocals are the polar opposite of my garage rock sound in The Darts – in Black Viiolet, I am quietly telling you secrets in the dark.
TUTV: After You is delectable music for the midnight hours that massages
your ears for 40 minutes. The most sensual record I heard in a long time.
It transfers you to a place where you can dream away, far from today’s
depressing outside world.
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Artist: PREWN
Who: The moniker of Massachusetts‘ born, LA-based chilling
singer-songwriter Izzy Hagerup. She released her debut album
Through The Window in 2023.
New Album: SYSTEM
Her 2nd one.
Hagerup: “I need to tap into my grief and sadness and stuff because it’s there. And when
you don’t live in it then you’re just numb. You can’t see the beauty and you are running from
the pain. It’s this Groundhog Day feeling. I feel that’s the antithesis to art, love, and connection, and giving a shit about the world.”
TUTV: The combination of creepy violins, ominous cello shadow play, and last but
not least Hagerup‘s wailing voice dominate this record causing bone-chilling sensations.
Her laments evoke moments of uncomfortableness, but her grip is so overwhelming
that you just can’t get away of her sonic exorcism. Like watching a traumatic thriller
you can’t escape from without knowing the end of the story.
SINGLE
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Band: SPAMMERHEADS
Who: Techno tandem
from Valencia, Spain.
Album: THE MIRE CHRONICLES
Press Info: “This album, was born from the difficult experience of the floods that hit Valencia on October 29, 2024. During this time, the duo lost part of their studio and actively participated in the cleanup efforts in their city.
The Valencian duo offers six tracks (plus two digital bonus tracks) to remind us that despite
the difficulties we may face, we must always fight to get ahead, get back on our feet, and not
be swept away by the current.”
TUTV: Eight titanic techno thrills, eight 90s inspired trance tunes. Think Chemical Brothers, The Orb and The Prodigy. The pair’s Mire Chronicles have a hammering impact on their post-drama demons. At the end of the traumatic tunnel there’s a Spammerheads light that
illuminates a healing future.
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Band: THE LEMONHEADS
Who: Veteran tunesmith
Evan Dando and his crew.
Album: LOVE CHANT
Their first in 19 years,
their 11th overall.
TUTV: Dando has resurrected himself and his band gloriously. Now and then he touches turbulent memories from the past and does some soul-searching again, but you can feel he’s truly happy, healthy and excited to be here in great artistic shape. A welcome reaffirmation of The Lemonheads‘ riveting pop mastery.
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Artist: PETER DOHERTY
The notorious Libertine.
Album: FELT BETTER ALIVE
His 3rd solo one.
TUTV: Writing songs is Doherty‘s oxygen. He has music running through his veins.
Enter this new solo album. A collection of daily life tunes that puts a smile on your
face. The man entertains, charms and shows his inspiring skills once again. It’s clear
that the French air stimulates his productivity. Poetry in motion.
KEY SINGLE
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Artist: MARK STEWART
Who: One of the most adventurous/inventive/original post-punk & dub artists/performers
ever. He was a founding member of genre-bending new wave group The Pop Group and released lots of solo and collaborative records. Unfortunately, he passed away 2 years ago,
only 62.
As a prolific solo artist, he scored 7 LPs, collaborated with countless
other artists, and caused poignant waves with his Mafia outfit.
Album: THE FATEFUL SYMMETRY
His 8th solo LP, released posthumously
by Mute Records.
Album artwork
TUTV: Stewart expresses again his mixed emotions about humanity and its messy planet. Both pessimistic and optimistic reflections, but always with sparks of hope. Musically, it’s
a very accessible pop work with several crooning musings.
His characteristic, captivating voice, both heartrending and heartwarming at the same time, feels so real, so close, and as always, engaged and genuine. Mark Stewart was one
of a kind and will always be in my book.
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Facebook – Mute Records
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Band: NEIL YOUNG and the THE CHROME HEARTS .
Album: TALKIN TO THE TREES.
TUTV Talkin To The Trees brings Young‘s 1975 masterwork Tonight’s The Night instantly
to mind, sonically that is. Raw and rough, as if the LP was recorded live in one take, in
a garage with lots of echo and plenty of ramshackle guitars, buzzing electricity and
Young‘s characteristic, ardent vocals. Very familiar, very entertaining.
It’s vintage Young, musically and thematically, wondering about the world’s future, warning for environmental pollution dramas, difficult times to come for our children, and the need of a big positive change.
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Neil Young’s Archives Website
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Artists: BRIAN ENO and BEATIE WOLFE
They met in 2022 at the SXSW festival. They met again while exhibiting visual
and conceptual art pieces in London and began recording together early
last year.
Album: LIMINAL
The duo’s third in only 5 months.
Talking about a fertile collaboration
TUTV: I always loved and embraced Eno‘s sonic ambient paintings, his chimerical and fanciful synth symphonies with its calming impact and starry-eyed radiance. Liminal is another Eno opus I added to my headphone music playlist for psychological relaxation.
An invitation to ease your mind and ears in their
phantasmagorical universe. A record to cherish.
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THE LEMONHEADS Voice/Face EVAN DANDO About Rock ‘n’ Roll
18 November 2025
Is it, Evan?
New stellar album ‘Love Chant’ out now.
UK Tour 2026
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.
Instagram – Linktree – Tour Dates
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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
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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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Instagram – Linktree
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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!
Instagram – All Albums
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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.
Linktree
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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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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
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10 BEST ALBUMS OF THE MONTH – OCTOBER 2025
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Band: THE LEMONHEADS
Who: The notorious singer-songwriter
Evan Dando‘s band for almost four
decades now.
Album: LOVE CHANT
Their 11th one. The first with new music since 2006. In between
the band released a couple of albums with covers of Dando‘s
favorite songs.
Press info: “It’s a record that sounds both fresh and familiar: rooted in the hallmarks
of The Lemonheads’ best work, yet expanded by years of lived experience
and new surroundings.”
Mojo Magazine says: “Love Chant might be described as scrappy, vulnerable and
heartfelt, but it is also loose, exuberant and animated in a manner that seems faithful
to who Dando is today.”
TUTV: Clean Dando has obviously refound his 90s appetite for creating
enthralling pop music and he eagerly wants it to share with us from the
get-go.
Dando has resurrected himself and his band gloriously. Now and then he touches turbulent memories from the past and does some soul-searching again, but you
can feel he’s truly happy, healthy and excited to be here in great artistic shape.
Not one dull moment. Mind you, it’s not a masterpiece, rather
a welcome reaffirmation of The Lemonheads‘ riveting pop
mastery.
KEY SINGLE
ALBUM
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Band: SPAMMERHEADS
Who: Techno tandem
from Valencia, Spain.
Press Info: “The latest album by Spammerheads, was born from the difficult
experience of the floods that hit Valencia on October 29, 2024. During this time,
the duo lost part of their studio and actively participated in the cleanup efforts
in their city.
This was an experience filled with a mix of emotions—shock, helplessness, fury, resistance, solidarity, and resilience, among others that shaped what may be their
best work to date. Written as a chronicle, the album explores the personal and
collective states of people affected by tragedies or catastrophes.
TUTV: It sounds like if the Spanish electroclash duo decided to process last
year’s devastating floods drama in their hometown Valencia with new music.
Their intentions resulted in this new notable LP stuffed with eight titanic
techno thrills.
Eight 90s inspired trance tunes. Think Chem Bros, The Orb and The Prodigy.
Yes, EDM has become a timeless musical outlet genre that puts you in a
mind-bending trance, far away from the shambolic reality.
The pair’s Mire Chronicles have a hammering impact on their post-drama demons.
To hell with them. At the end of the traumatic tunnel there’s a Spammerheads light
that illuminates a healing future.
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Artist: PREWN
Who: The moniker of Massachusetts-born, LA-based chilling
singer-songwriter Izzy Hagerup. She released her debut album
Through The Window in 2023.
New Album: SYSTEM
Her 2nd one.
Stereogum said:”System begins by oscillating between numbing ease of the modern
world and the fight-or-flight response that each new day in a world of crumbling institutions brings. But by the album’s end, Hagerup finds resolve in humanity.”
Hagerup: “I need to tap into my grief and sadness and stuff because it’s there. And when
you don’t live in it then you’re just numb. You can’t see the beauty and you are running from
the pain. It’s this Groundhog Day feeling. I feel that’s the antithesis to art, love, and connection, and giving a shit about the world.”
TUTV: Most songs are written from “twisted and sociopathic perspectives” during late-night bedroom sessions, says Hagerup. And you can feel what that did to System. Freaky at times, off-centre now and then, psychotic here and there.
The combination of creepy violins, ominous cello shadow play, and last but not least Hagerup‘s wailing voice dominate this record causing bone-chilling sensations. Her
laments evoke moments of uncomfortableness, but her grip is so overwhelming that
you just can’t get away of her sonic exorcism. Like watching a bloodcurdling thriller you can’t escape from without knowing the end of the story.
SINGLE
One of the best
of 2025 to my ears.
Masterly stroke.
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Band: IT’S KARMA IT’S COOL
Who: Psych pop rock outfit from Lincoln (UK),
led by singer-songwriter Jim Styring.
Album: ONE MILLION SUBURBAN SUNSETS
Their 4th, insipred by living in this modern world,
and what it means to be alive in the 21st century.
Louder Than War says: “From Lincoln, fourth album from a band who burst
the confines of the genre they are best known for. It’s Karma It’s Cool are now
a proper contemporary rock band in search of an audience who want big anthemic
tunes, stadium-sized angst that somehow lifts you out of a generational mid-life
crisis.”
Jim Styring (singer-songwriter) said to Louder Than War: “I always leave lyrics open to interpretation. It’s more important what the listener believes than what I had in mind when
I wrote them.
These so called ‘experts’ telling us that rock and roll is dead and buried. As long as we, as humans, have emotions, songwriters will continue to write, bands will continue to form, our music will continue to thrive. Basically, if you believe in something , don’t let anyone put you down.”
TUTV: The Brits have enriched their already psychedelic sound with early R.E.M.’s sinewy
jangliness and Michael Stipe‘s poignant vocality. It’s without a shadow of a doubt their most arresting opus so far. Frontman Jim Styring reflections on this turbulent and grim century are sign’s of the times.
It’s the end of the world, as we know it, but IKIC, and many of us, do not feel fine. But as long as impassioned and unequivocal records like this one are made there will always be a hopeful light shining at the end of the dark tunnel. It’s called cool karma.
Highlights: Crashability / 21st Century Meds / Serotonin /
Sidewalk Flowers / Paper Tigers / Swans
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Band: OF MONSTERS AND MEN
Who: Icelandic indie folk/rock outfit
formed in Garðabær in 2010.
Album: ALL IS LOVE AND PAIN IN THE MOUSE PARADE
Press info: “The title and beating heart of Icelandic collective Of Monsters
And Men’s fourth album hits a lot closer to home than you’d expect. A tapestry
of stories, moments, and conversations, the album explores how love and pain
intertwine.”
AllMusic says: “Hitting on the highs and lows of life, the Icelandic quintet stick close to
their established sound: touching and tender indie folk anthems that play on earnestness
and innocence.”
TUTV: This is what melancholic, folk-inspired splendour is about. Galvanically
crafted songs that touch heart and soul. Rainbow-colored reveries about daily
life put to bewitching music with a leading role for beatific piano play amidst
enticing orchestrations and idyllically alternating and duet vocals.
Think Scottish romantics Belle & Sebastian. This is the kind of
gratifying records to cherish and embrace when your mind
wants/needs a break from the outside world.
Mesmerizing, just mesmerizing.
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6. Lovin’ You by RICHARD ASHCROFT
TUTV: As an ardent Richard Ashcroft/The Verve fan a new RA full-length feels
like a conveted present a 10-year-old was waiting for. But (there’s always
a but) this one leaves me with mixed emotions.
Mind you, 5 tracks (Lover / Heavy News / I’m A Rebel / Crimson Fire ) out of the 10
are arresting tunes, but the other 5 miss the needed divertissement to make it a full commandable record. Lovin You‘ misses Ashcroft‘s epic touch and magical resonance.
No classics such as The Drugs Don’t Work, This Is How It Feels, Sonnet, Lucky Man or (of course) Bittersweet Symphony here.
Considering his illustrious work from the past, it’s hard to come up with first-class
material time and time again that achieves a similar heart-and-soul stirring glamourness. On the other hand, many singer-songwriters would have Lovin’ You on their résumé. And that says a lot about Ashcroft‘s unmistakable strength as a singer-songwriter.
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7. Liminal by BRIAN ENO and songstress BEATIE WOLFE
Who: The ambient sound wizard and songstress.
TUTV: I always loved and embraced Eno‘s sonic ambient paintings, his chimerical and fanciful synth symphonies with its calming impact and starry-eyed radiance. Liminal is another opus I have added to my headphone music playlist for physical relaxation.
Again songstress Beautie Wolfe‘s angelic voice is so complementary with Eno‘s euphonic wanderings. Third collaboration in 5 months. Third invitation to ease your mind and ears in their phantasmagorial universe. A record to cherish in the coming months.
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8. All Systems Are Lying by SOULWAX
Who: the Belgian brothers David and Stephen Dewaele‘s band for 30 years now,
is only one of the siblings’ diverse projects. They DJed the world around as 2manydjs,
had their own Radio Soulwax, and produced/remixed countless other artists.
TUTV: Soulwax excel here with a kaleidoscopic sonic amalgam that connects Kraftwerk‘s otherworldly euphoniousness and The Orb‘s ambient dynamics and at times Cabaret Voltaire‘s experimental capriciousness
The record’s arresting strength, to my ears, is it’s underlying poppiness. Half of
the album is stuffed with pop tunes, enwrapped in the bros’ electronic universe.
It’s not pure techno, not pure dance, not really EBM, rather a versatile, chameleon-like
kind of synth-layered album that sparkles and effervesces non-stop and they aren’t afraid
of tackling the powers that be, the systems that are after your soul.
The siblings got it right: “It’s a rock record without guitars”.
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9. I’m Nice Now by UPCHUCK
Album artwork
Who: High-voltage punks
from Atlanta, Georgia.
TUTV: When young punks play old skool punk you get bands like Upchuck. Their sharp-teethed tenacity, perseverance and hardihood bring 80s angry dogs Dead Kennedys and Black Flag to mind. The message is more important than the racket they all produce. As millions of Americans do, Upchuck also feel trapped by the tyrannical regime in the White House.
Their cathartic music helps them to ventilate all the shit they’re confronted with every single day. Ty Segall‘s production is spot on. I’m sure he took them to a filthy basement somewhere and created an out-of-tune sound that resonates exactly like these Atlanta bohos want to express themselves. Raw, rough, and real. The Upchuck revolution starts here.
Who: Nashville‘s kamikaze pop punk combo
TUTV: Suppose the mailman has delivered you
the LP this morning, and you ride a car to go to work.
PLAY IT during breakfast, but check your
pulse before you get in your car.
DON’T PLAY IT in the car, ’cause you’ll surpass the speed limit within
30 seconds, which is not a good thing when the lights are turning red.
PLAY IT during your lunch break, and challenge your
co-workers to a roller skate race through the office.
STOP PLAYING IT when your boss catches you, doing a
series of somersaults, forth and back, over your desk.
Yes, track #9 is a Beatles cover.
PLAY IT when you’re in the bathroom, it can
be useful for your activity in there.
DON’T PLAY IT on the way home, you have
already wrecked your car in the morning.
PLAY IT on repeat when you get home and pretend you’re
a kamikaze pilot or, that’s big fun too, a pit bull on acid.
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EVAN DANDO And THE LEMONHEADS – Wowing Ressurection With New Album ‘LOVE CHANT’ Out Now
27 October 2025
EVAN DANDO and his band, for almost 4 decades, THE LEMONHEADS have released
their new album baptized Love Chant , the first with original, new Lemonheads music
since 2006. In between Dando had recorded/released a couple of albums with covers
of favorite songs.
Press info: “After years of writing, wandering, and starting over, Evan Dando returns with Love Chant, the first Lemonheads studio album of original material in nearly two decades. Long in the works and shaped by shifting geographies and a cast of trusted collaborators, it’s a bold, melodic reaffirmation of one of alternative rock’s most distinctive voices.
Now based in Brazil, where much of the album was recorded, Dando’s relocation
in recent years has offered a quiet shift in perspective, a chance to reset, reconnect,
and finally bring these songs into focus.
The result is a record that sounds both fresh and familiar: rooted in the hallmarks
of The Lemonheads’ best work, yet expanded by years of lived experience and new surroundings.”
Mojo Magazine says: “Love Chant might be described as scrappy, vulnerable and heartfelt, but it is also loose, exuberant and animated in a manner that seems faithful to who Dando is today.”
TUTV: The fact that em>Dando and his Lemonheads have a new album, after all these years, out is surprising, but it’s even more surprising that it’s a crackerjack one. Clean Dando has obviously refound his 90s appetite for creating enthralling pop music and
he eagerly wants it to share with us; from the get-go.
The 4 first tracks’ swift and jaunty flow, catchy melodiousness, rollicking guitar
exuberance and peppy vocals set the record’s reborn tone. Dando has resurrected himself and his band gloriously. Now and then he touches turbulent memories from the past and does some soul-searching again, but you can feel he’s truly happy, healthy and excited to be here in great artistic shape.
Not one dull moment. Mind you, it’s not masterpiece, rather
a welcome reaffirmation of The Lemonheads‘ riveting pop
mastery.
Singles/clips: The Key Of Victory / In The Margin / Deep End
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– IN THE MARGIN –
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JUKEBOX 2025 – Week 38 Five New Rad Tracks Added Twice A Week
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: SLEAFORD MODS
Who: Rap-punk poetry duo featuring
voice Jason Williamson and instrumentalist
Andrew Fearn.
Track: MEGATON
First new music since the release
of their 12th LP ‘UK Grim‘ 2 years ago.
“Megaton, No War No Death! Such is the weight of trauma, guilt and powerlessness
in privileged societies that we squirm like an overloaded petri dish full of algae fed
by the algorithm.
Everything is wrong and everything as a reaction is argued to be right, and in
this we give birth to behaviours that smother solidarity and cause mass waves
of haemorrhaging alienation while the world quietly collapses offscreen.”
The mods on a characteristic,
sharp-cutting roll. Chop. Chop.
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Band: CARDINALS
Who: Young Irish indies
Track: MASQUERADE
Title track from their
upcoming debut album.
“The song is definitely one of the more intimate moments on the album.
The vulnerability it reveals is uncomfortable and that’s where we wanted
to be when we were writing the songs on the record.”
Poignant slo-mo torch jam.
Spellbinding. Spine-tingling.
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Band: STEREOLAB
Who: Anglo-French avant-pop
veterans from London.
Track: FED UP WITH YOUR JOB One of two new pieces, that follows
last May’s album Instant Holograms On Metal Film, their first in
15 years.
Jaunty take on the daily
rat work race. It will fit
your stereo perfectly.
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Band: THE NUDE PARTY
Who: 7-piece folk rock collective
originating from North Carolina.
Track: SWEETHEART OF THE RADIO
First single of their 4th album,
named Look Who’s Back.
Shaun Couture (guitar/vocals): “This song is about a truck driver who is so lonely he falls
in love with a country singer on the radio. I’ve always been fascinated with truck drivers, and
as a touring musician, our lives are not that far off from a trucker’s.”
Vocal country elation.
Let’s hit the road.
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Band: THE LEMONHEADS
Who: Songsmith vet Evan Dando‘s band,
for almost 4 decades and 11 LPs
Track: TOGETHERNESS IS ALL I’M AFTER
Newest single from their 12th album, baptized Love Chant
recorded in Brazil where Dando lives now. It lands on Oct 24th.
Dando delivers another
inspirative and sensitive
reflection.
JUKEBOX 2025 – Week 32 Five New Rad Tracks Added Twice A Week
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
Artist: PETE BRILEY
Who: American singer-songwriter who used to be part
of the country-rock band Outlaw Orchestra and released
his self-titled solo album in 2023.
Track: COPENHAGEN
Newest preview of his
upcoming, 2nd album.
Briley: “I realised I’d passed through that airport over a dozen times but never
stepped foot in the city itself. I was always just a ghost—present, but never rooted.
That fleeting sense of presence grew into a broader meditation on transience.”
TUTV: Expect a limbs-activating and jaunty pop tune with a funky groove
you should add to your 2025 summer playlist, pronto. A stimulant in the
morning, a nightcap in the evening, an inspiration during the day.
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Band: SEADOG
Who: Guitar pop indies
from Brighton, UK
Track: AT WAR (WITH EVERYTHING)
First new music since last year’s release
of their 2nd album Internal Noise.
Press info: It’s a powerful reflection on the digital age of division. Inspired by the rise of keyboard warriors and the echo chambers of modern politics, the track delves into how social media fuels conflict and polarization, with poignant lyricism and sonic intensity.
TUTV: Think Dinosaur Jr and Grandaddy teaming up for a psychedelic stroll. Jangly melodic, vocally harmonic and shoegazy electrical. One spin and your dreaming ears are hooked. Share this therapeutic trip on your social media, all you music junkies out there, and light up our digital world.
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Band: SMOKING OCEAN
Who: 4-piece alt outfit from London, who blends inspirations from the greatest to create a unique, absorbing sound. Always delivering huge riffs and raw energy, creating music that makes you feel alive and inviting you to sing along and dance.
Track: COUNT ME OUT
TUTV: A short metallic intro is followed by a bouncy, electrically-charged, forth and back pop rollercoaster propelled by greedy guitars, vivid vocals, and a chorus that counts.
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Artist: pMAD
Who: Irish Gothic post-punk artist with,
so far, two albums on his résumé.
Track: CELESTIAL
Opener of his new EP Trust Devoured. It features
transatlantic post-punk act Lunar Paths.
Press info: Drawn from the thunderous rhythm of Lunar Paths’ Zero Trust Mentality, Celestial is pMad’s cosmic, post-apocalyptic meditation on distance, connection, and collapse. It’s an ethereal yet hard-hitting track that bridges Cinematic rock with pMad’s unmistakable gothic roots.
TUTV: Vintage dark-pMad-wave. Glowing six-strings sparks, meditative vocals,
and accelerated dynamics and reflective pauses alternating organically. Stellar.
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Band: THE LEMONHEADS
Who: The once drugs-troubled songsmith
Evan Dando and his artillery.
Track: THE KEY OF VICTORY
Newest single from new upcoming full length
Love Chant, the first since 2006. It’ll show up
on October 24.
TUTV: Dando takes it easy, smoothly and mellowly
here. He’s a romantic at heart. Charming piece.
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EVAN DANDO And THE LEMONHEADS Confirm The Upcoming Release Of A New Album – Hear New Single ‘IN THE MARGIN’
Daily electricity to load your batteries
25 June 2025
A couple of weeks ago EVAN DANDO and his band, for
almost 4 decades, THE LEMONHEADS dropped 2 songs.
A new jangly Dando one, called Deep End, featuring backup vocals by
Juliana Hatfield and J Mascis on guitar, and a cover of Townes Van Zandt‘s
Sad Cinderella.
He now has announced a new album, with new Lemonheads music since 2006.
The longplayer is baptized Love Chant and recorded in Brazil where Dando lives
now. It lands on October 24th. Tracklist and more details here.
Simultaneously we get a 2nd single.
IN THE MARGIN is a swift
guitar-inflamed crackerjack.
Yep, vintage Lemonheads.
JUKEBOX 2025 – Week 20 Five New Rad Tracks Added Twice A Week
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
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The 5 fresh ones
TRACK BY TRACK
Band: THE BLACK VEILS
Track: HAVE YOU SEEN BUNNY LAKE?
New single of the upcoming album,
named Gaslight. Out this Autumn.
Info: It’s a sad-and-epic post-punk serving a chant against gender-based violence,
psychological and physical — and all the predatory behaviors rooted in exploiting
unequal power relationships.
The song also explicitly quotes some intertitles of Swedish moviemaker Victor
Sjöström’s 1924 silent psychological tragedy film He Who Gets Slapped, a circus-
themed chilling study of social humiliation, obsession, abuse and dehumanisation.
A painful invocation of empathy.
TUTV: The fanatical bass/drums partnership at work here push this maddening darkwave missile to a head-twisting velocity. Imagine The Cure played in fast-forward mode. Glowing synths come and go, while gut-wrenching vocals accentuate the song’s exploitative relationship theme. Trance-inducing and thought-provoking.
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Band: THE LEMONHEADS
Who: Veteran songsmith
Evan Dando‘s backing band.
Track: DEEP END
New piece from a new upcoming album. The first since 2006
if you don’t count their 2 cover albums Varshons and Varshons II).
Details TBA.
TUTV: Over the past few years Dando has become a good boy. (Almost) no drugs, no booze
and no disturbing fuckups in public. It was all about going back to the music with a couple of stand-alone singles and now with this first taster of a new full-length, he continues to prove that he means it.
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Band: EMPTY SPACES
Who: Irish indie team who took their name from a Pink Floyd song, as a nod
to another influence and facet of their sound. Songwriting happens in a very
organic way with members bringing in ideas to the practice room to see if they
pass the Empty Spaces litmus test, the band then bring their respective hammers
to the anvil, working through ideas, allowing the song to take shape.
Track: IN MOTION
Info: ‘In Motion’ is ready to move swathes of people is sweaty clubs or have the nose bleeds in stadiums singing along in unison. The band draw on rock royalty influences
in the shape of Foo Fighters, Nirvana and Royal Blood.
TUTV: Amps up, volume up, temperature up. No brakes, no breaks, no mistakes.
Expect muscular guitar/drums-charged rock and roll you can start a BBQ grill with.
Don’t come too close or you will get roasted. Hit-and-run score.
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Band: SMALL MIRACLES
Who: Queer Welsh indies
from Cardiff.
Track: BIXSEXUAL PANIC
The song confronts societal prejudices around gender
and sexuality with unapologetic rage and relish.
TUTV: These barbed wire punks use all their anger, fervour, and frustration to make
all narrow-minded straight people and moral-preaching hypocrites go run and hide. Think The Clash‘s 1977 white riot spirit and The Stooges search and destroy turmoil. Scary, right? You betcha.
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Band: SLOW CRUSH
Who: Belgian lauded shoegazers.
Track: THIRST
The title track from their
3rd LP, due August 29th.
TUTV: This is sugary candy for shoegaze devotees. A barrage of layers of
guitar galvanism, think My Bloody Valentine (who else?), foggy melodiousness
and hazy vocals.
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