The Waeve

20 BEST TRACKS OF THE MONTH – FEBRUARY 2025

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ALL TOGETHER


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TRACK BY TRACK

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Photo Credit: Kalpesh Lathigra

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

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

Track: LOVE IS ALL PAIN.

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

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

Never thought that painful love
could sound this invigorating .

The Waeve: Instagram – Spotify
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Band: THE SLOW READERS CLUB
Who: Alt-pop rockers from
Manchester, UK.

Track: BOY SO BLUE

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

TUTV: 24 Carat pop gem. Hands down.

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

Track: YOUR GOD (GOD’S DICK)

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

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

Wowzers.

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

Track: MILES FROM MY MIND

Highlight from their brand new
boisterous 5th album Cursed.

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


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

Track: KRAUT

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

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


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So, who’s Yorke and who is Prichard?

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

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

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

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

Track: GIMME GABBA GABBA

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

Gimme Suck Suck!

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

Track: HOW DO WE GET HERE

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

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

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

Track: FLOWERS

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

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

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Artist: ANIKA
Who: Charismatic
Berlin-based sonsgtress.

Track: HEARSAY

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

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

Instagram – Linktree
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Band: LEATHERETTE
Who: Buzzing indie
trio from Italy.

Track: ITCHY

It’s a cathartic breakup song, blending the raw energy of post-punk with the angular charm of new wave. Written from the perspective of an inept and creepy protagonist, the track navigates the emotional chaos of a crumbling relationship, where frustration, anger, and reluctant self-realization collide.

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

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

Track: PRETTY BRUTAL

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

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


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

Track: THE NIGHT BEFORE

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

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

Instagram – Linktree
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Photo by Laura Talja

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

Track: LOSING MY GRIP

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

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

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

Track: MIND HIVE

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

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

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

Track: #1 MOST LIKELY

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

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


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

Track: COCOON

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

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

Don’t worry, be happy.


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📷 Kate Russell Photography

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

Track: YESTERDAY

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

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

Instagram – Linktree
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Photo by Simmcat

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

Track: SUPERMAN

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


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Band: STEREOPHONICS
Who: The Welsh rock heroes.

Track: THERE’S ALWAYS GONNA BE SOMETHING

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

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

Instagram – Linktree

THE WAEVE Rock Out On Brand New Riveting Ripper ‘LOVE IS ALL PAIN’

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Daily electricity to load your batteries

18 February 2025


Photo Credit: Kalpesh Lathigra

THE WAEVE – Blur‘s guitarist Graham Coxon and singer/keyboardist
partner Rose Elinor Dougall – launched their rad sophomore album,
titled City Lights, last year, following their splendid self-titled debut
from 2023.

And the tandem’s creativity/productivity keeps on rolling.

They dropped a brand-new piece, named LOVE IS ALL PAIN.
It’s the harbinger for a 3-track EP, titled Eternal, that will be
out on 14th March via Transgressive Records.


EP artwork

TUTV: Wowzers! The Waeve rock out on this new riveting ripper.

The glowing intensity at work here expands with a hair-rising velocity as
the stormy trip rushes on. Greedy guitars, sizzling synths, motorized drums
and buzzing sax interjections join arms to create a smoking resonance you
simply can’t resist and brings Coxon‘s pumped-up rough-and-tumble commotion
of some of his solo albums. And the alternating vocals add again a seductive
impassion.

Never thought that painful love
could sound this invigorating .

“Oh! Love is all pain
Thought I’d escaped it
But I need it again
It’s hard, it’s hard
It’s harder than hell
I know you feel it, babe
I know you can tell”

Watch the ’80s-tinged video, shot
entirely on black and white 8mm film.

16th March – Academy 2, Manchester
19th March – The Leadmill, Sheffield
20th March – KOKO, London
21st March – Trinity, Bristol
22nd August – Colchester Castle Summer Series
24th August – Victorious Festival, Portsmouth

Tickets here.

The Waeve: Instagram – Spotify

5 BEST ALBUMS OF THE MONTH – SEPTEMBER 2024

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1 October 2024


Artwork

Band: XIU XIU
The Californian art noise duo XIU XIU aren’t the lazy kind of artists.
In their 22-year-old career, they recorded/released 14 LPs including
the new one.

Album: 13″ FRANK BELTRAME ITALIAN STILLETO WITH BISON HORN GRIPS

The Quietus writes: “13”… is a superlative pop record, but still an endless cycle of extremes.
A shining, distorted, expertly constructed, open-ended record, that might be Xiu Xiu’s best.”

TUTV: This is their most intense, most emotional, and most accessible album to date.
Well, not that it will sell millions of copies and be No. 1 on the charts all over the world.

It’s still XX, always exploring different soundscapes, but here they come up with
less complex song structures, actually more (sort of) conventional alt ones. And?
Outstanding record dominated by layers of industrial synths and chilling melodies.

I hear Cure-esque echoes (Common Loon / Veneficum), eerie and ghostly vocality
à la the late great Scott Walker (Arp Omni / Sleep Bvld.) and trippy Cabaret Voltaire
dynamics. All together, these sonic ingredients lead to a fascinating XX opus.

The more spins, the more your ears
get around this new Xiu Xiu exploit.

KEY SINGLE

ALBUM


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Band: THE WAEVE
Blur‘s guitarist Graham Coxon and Rose Elinor Dougall.
launched their sophomore album, titled CITY LIGHTS.

Album: CITY LIGHTS
Their 2nd one.

MOJO (monthly UK magazine): “A yin-yang parity asserts itself with the wistful, jazzy,
Rose-sung Simple Days, electro-pop You Saw and epic, wicca-ish Druantia. Elsewhere,
there’s arty chamber pop, demented swing-jazz and the epic Surf’s Up-echoing closer
Sunrise: middle-aged bliss has rarely sounded so weirdly magical.”

TUTV: Partners in love, partners in parenthood, partners in music. With this 2nd LP
Coxon and Dougall offer an even more varied one than their notable debut. They rock out (City Lights, You Saw, Moth To The Flame, Broken Boys, Simple Days) and slow down (I Belong To, lullaby for their little daughter Song For Eliza May, Girl Of The Endless Night) with three constants.

Arrestive tunes, rich instrumental orchestrations and emotional, alternating and duet vocals. You hear a happy and dynamic couple delivering a high-songwriting-quality record. Embrace it with your ears, heart and soul, it’ll feel good.

KEY SINGLE

ALBUM


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New album cover

Band: HINDS
The peppy Spanish power pop outfit is now
reduced to two Amazons. So, only 2 hinds left.

ALBUM: VIVA HINDS

Uncut (British music monthly): “The fourth album is a
masterclass in simple but devastatingly effective melodies.”


Press photo by Dario Vazquez

TUTV: Infectious tune after infectious tune make you reach for Piña Colada after
Piña Colada. Hinds resurrect here from a difficult period with 2 members leaving.
It leads to songs of love and loss, yep, songs about life.

The overall vitalizing formula of this new longplayer lies in the fact that every single track
is embedded in an on-the-spot galvanizing melodiousness that triggers joyous, gratified and devil-may-care feelings. It’s called pop-ular music. No less, no more. Oh so welcome
in these disordered times. Uplifting entertainment for all seasons. Gracias ciervas.
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KEY SINGLE
(Contender for best one of 2024)

ALBUM


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Band: EQUATOR
Who: Hard-hitting-screaming
noiseniks from Toronto, CA.

New album: HOOLIGAN

Press info: This new release is a raucous blend of anthemic rock ‘n’ roll, brimming with boogie, rage, forgiveness, and raw energy. The music is loud, fast, and bombastic, infused with lyrics that highlight our ongoing struggle for equality and the collective effort required to bridge the gap.

TUTV: Imagine MC5 have a headbutt fight with The Stooges, while Led Zeppelin are
waiting around the corner, armed with battleaxes, to have their go at the winner.
Gee wizz. Sounds fucking cool, right? You betcha.

Equator unleash uppercut after uppercut at your ears and poor loudspeakers. What you hear is what you get. Filthy garage blues-punk rock. Helter-skelter. A non-stop tsunami of Herculean riffs, primal Wolfmother screams, berserk octopus drumming, and voluminous choruses combine for a badass whopping record. Fasten your seatbelts for these manic hooligans.

You know what to do.
Turn the volume to the max.

STREAM/BUY


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Album artwork

Band: MERCURY REV
The day-and-night dreamers from Buffalo, New York MERCURY REV – with key members Jonathan Donahue and Sean “Grasshopper” Mackowiak are around for 35 years now and still float in a universe of their own They now operate with new members Marion Genser (keyboardist) Jesse Chandler (piano).

ALBUM: BORN HORSES

Mojo (British musical monthly): “Bands, as Donahue famously sang on Holes,
“never work quite right”, but with this late-period beauty, Mercury Rev have hit
the cosmic balance perfectly.”


Press photo by Joe Magistro

TUTV: Reflections about the past, the present, and the future. Frontman Jonathan
Donahue tells stories about life. Real images, illusionary images. His heartwarming
voice and the subtly jazzy, soothing, and tranquillizing orchestrations flow into each
other just beautifully.

Poetry in motion. Born Horses is an ideal companion for meditative nights, for silent
moments of nostalgic pensiveness and widescreen fantasies. After a couple of spins,
I played Laurie Anderson‘ new album Amelia (about the legendary female aviator Amelia). Other stories but a same telling atmosphere and impact, same cinematic sonority. Then back again to Born Horses. A spiritual experience. Dim the light, sit down, relax, and let
your thoughts flow.

SINGLE

STREAM ALBUM


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THE WAEVE – Partners Graham Coxon And Rose Dougall Deliver A Richly Orchestrated And Varied 2nd LP With ‘CITY LIGHTS’

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24 September 2024

Blur‘s guitarist Graham Coxon and Rose Elinor Dougall
launched their sophomore album, titled CITY LIGHTS.

Order info here.

Press info:”A year on from their acclaimed eponymous debut album, The WAEVE is back with City Lights, a collection of 10 songs that illustrate the evolution of their collaborative musicianship and sees the band’s sound solidified into something bolder, more expansive and self-assured. Written by the pair, and produced once again by James Ford (Fontaines D.C and Arctic Monkeys) the album features Graham and Rose on vocals, as well as keyboards, guitar, bass guitar, drums and saxophone.

MOJO (monthly UK magazine): “A yin-yang parity asserts itself with the wistful, jazzy,
Rose-sung Simple Days, electro-pop You Saw and epic, wicca-ish Druantia. Elsewhere,
there’s arty chamber pop, demented swing-jazz and the epic Surf’s Up-echoing closer
Sunrise: middle-aged bliss has rarely sounded so weirdly magical.”

TUTV: Partners in love, partners in parenthood, partners in music. With this 2nd LP
Coxon and Dougall offer an even more varied one than their notable debut. They rock out (City Lights, You Saw, Moth To The Flame, Broken Boys, Simple Days) and slow down (I Belong To, lullaby for their little daughter Song For Eliza May, Girl Of The Endless Night) with three constants.

Arrestive tunes, rich instrumental orchestrations and emotional, alternating and duet vocals. You hear a happy and dynamic couple delivering a high-songwriting-quality record. Embrace it with your ears, heart and soul, it’ll feel good.

SINGLE

ALBUM


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THE WAEVE Dropped Spectacular 3rd Piece From Their Upcoming LP – Here’s ‘BROKEN BOYS’

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Daily electricity to load your batteries

1 September 2024

In March of last year, Blur‘s ace guitarist Graham Coxon and Rose Elinor Dougall
joined forces, under the moniker of THE WAEVE and wrote and recorded/released
their excellent self-titled debut LP.


Credit: Kalpesh Lathigra

As announced earlier, the duo ave canned album #2.
It’s titled City Lights and will arrive on September 20th.

With BROKEN BOYS we get taster #3.It’s their most experimental track so far.
Aggressive, distorted guitars, sinewy percussion and Coxon/Dougall‘s feverish
vocals combine for a jagged jackhammer. Spectacular stroke.

WATCH/LISTEN

All 3 new tracks


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20 Best Tracks Of The Month – AUGUST 2024

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ALL TOGETHER


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TRACK BY TRACK

Artist: KIM DEAL
Who: Best known as the former Pixies bassist
and from her own band The Breeders, featuring
her twin sister Kelley.

Track: CRYSTAL BREATH

Brand-new cut from her upcoming solo debut
album ‘Nobody Loves You More‘ out November 22.

Crystal Breath is quite special and pretty different from anything
Deal has been done before. EBM bass dynamics, trip-hop quivering
and a spiky guitar riff.

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Artist: CAROLINE ROMANO
Who: 22-year old Nashville-based
alt-pop singer/songwriter.

Track: BODY BAG

“‘Body Bag’ is a peak behind the curtain at the reality of modern romance and feeling young and old at the same time. I think sonically the song has so many ups and downs, and that’s exactly how this stage of my life has felt. It’s running barefoot on the concrete, chasing something you can’t quite put your finger on, but running towards it nonetheless. That’s
how I would best describe ‘Body Bag.’”

TUTV: This is an astounding piece of multi-layered music. An effervescent mix of pop,
rock and EBM going everywhere fast and Romano‘s sensual voice adds an arousing dynamic. A stream of adrenalin rushes through your body, all the way.

Top-tier tune.
Hands down.

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Press photo by Nik Freitas

Band: BRIGHT EYES
Who: Nebraska‘s indie trio formed
by singer-songwriter Conor Oberst.

Track: RAINBOW OVERPASS
From their 11th LP, baptized ‘Five Dice, All Threes‘.
It comes our way on September 20th.


Album artwork

TUTV: Bright Eyes are on a revved roll here.
So will you too when this whirlwind blasts
out of your speakers.

“No I’m not slowing down
Yea I’m not slowing down
I’m speeding up”

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Band: THE RATS
Who: 5 ambitious rascals
from Ghent, Belgium.

Track: OLD FLAMES

It will be on their debut EP Disco To Disco, out on September 13.

The song is about rediscovering old lovers after a night out from disco(theque) to disco(theque), with references to The Pogues’ Shane MacGowan and his excessive drinking, and a legendary Belgian crooner. Bringing these two completely different iconic figures together makes you wonder if they don’t have more in common than you might think.

TUTV: Full steam ahead from the get-go. All engines on. Decibels up, amps up.
The breakneck speed and the relentless synth/percussion riff make your head
spin 360°. I dare you to catch up with this steamroller.

If you don’t know they’re from Belgium you would think they are one of those
post-Brexshit-punk misfits such as Deathletter, Ditz, shame, English Teacher, and
more of those exciting indie wolves. Cool, right? You betcha.


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Band: THE SMILE
Who: Star trio featuring radioheads Thom Yorke
and Jonny Greenwood and drummer Tom Skinner .

Track: ZERO SCUM

One of the two new shared pieces from their upcoming 3rd LP, named Catouts, out October 14. It’s a hypnotizing Krautrock-like jam rushing through your bloodstream.
Great saxophones too.

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Photo credit: Ebru Yildiz

Band: A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS
Who: The rapid-fire Brooklyn turbine,
led by Oliver Ackermann, pump up the
decibels since 2003.

Track: YOU GOT ME
A foretaste of their upcoming LP,
titled ‘Synthesizer‘, out on October 4.

TUTV: Expect a spine-chilling guitar/bass riff rocket with Ackermann‘s
vocals echoing all over it. Another hellraiser for your graveyard parties.

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Band: THE VERAS
Who: 4 British mavericks inspired by glam rock,
punk, new wave, 90s indie, and Britpop.

Track: DAVEY WALKING ROUND WITH THE SOLE OFF HIS SHOE

“It’s a shout out to all the unusual characters that you may find in any High Street who, for whatever reason, are considered outsiders. They need championing as they are just like everyone else and want the best for themselves, but have been dealt a difficult hand.”

TUTV: The Veras storm out of the gates with tons of high-voltage force, powered by
an army of ablaze guitars and mighty drum/bass beats. The spanking chorus fueled by peppy vocals completes this rattling burst. Now go out in the streets and start a riot.


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Band: THE CHRONICLES OF MANIMAL AND SAMARA
Who: London-based DIY duo – Daphne Ang (Singapore) and Andrea Papi (Italy)
that fills a gap in music by bringing literature, art, and history together into a
space where rock and metal meet electronica.

Track: BITE THE BULLET
From their 3rd album, named
Origins, out November 1st.

TUTV: This surprising, blistering collaboration sees TCOMAS exploring another
musical place where they’ve never been before. Teaming up with sharp-cutting
Italian rapper Mr Meuri and make it work, combined with their by-now trademark
metallic wall of sound and monstrous growls is flabbergasting.

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Band: LONELY LITTLE KITSCH
Who: Two-piece alt-rock band from Niagara, Canada featuring
vocalist Kristen Goetz and drummer Nolan Jodes. What started as
a way to pass the time during the pandemic, soon became a more
serious project as fully formed songs took shape.

Track: VICES

TUTV: A grungy headbanger propelled by hammering vigorousness, some
edged Grohl riffs and exploding when the crashing chorus crushes in. Right
in the middle of the song and the video, vocalist Kristen Goetz, draws your
attention with her Shirley Manson-like vocal tone and her subtle moves.

Get together now.

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Band: THE MERINGUES
Who: A Kingston, Ontario-based
post-punk powerhouse.

Track: ROYALTY
This track is a cut from their 2nd album, Pavlova’s Dog,
which will be available on September 16th.

“It’s that feeling of having idealized someone, only to discover they didn’t deserve it.
Or when you thought you knew someone, but they revealed a different side. This song
explores the disorienting feeling of realizing you were wrong about someone or something.”

TUTV: This punk ‘n’ roar torpedo guarantees you a vitalizing kick. Royalty explodes
from the get-go. The smashing chorus, with its screamy duet vocals, causes ecstatic
elation.

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Band: RAZORLIGHT
Who: British power guitar-pop indies RAZORLIGHT (2002–2014, 2017–present),
led by guitarist/singer Johnny Borrell, who have their first LP in 16 years finished.

They baptized it Planet Nowhere.
It’ll land on October 24.

Track: SCARED OF NOTHING

It’s the first taster off of the forthcoming full-length. A simple, but oh so
effective tune. Jaunty and terrifically infectious. Welcome back to the party,
guys.

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Band: STRAWBERRY SLEEPOVER
Who: A psych, garage rock act from Baltimore, MD which  makes waves in
the local music scene with their unique sound and captivating performance.

Track: FILTH
From their upcoming new
album, out September 6.

TUTV: If you’re depressed because summer is almost over, comfort yourself with this bonkers cowboy-punk jackhammer. Big, really big fun. ‘Filth‘ gets filthier and filthier along
its rowdy course. Think Dropkick Murphys riding wild horses while consuming a stream
of cold beers. Get the picture? As I said, big fun.


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Band: HINDS
Who: Spanish powerpop Amazons. Two members, bassist Ade
Martín and drummer Amber Grimbergen left. Only 2 hinds now.

Track: THE BED, THE ROOM, THE RAIN AND YOU

TUTV: A moony daydream floating smoothly around and in your ears and
has an on-repeat effect. It’ll appear on their 4th LP, baptized ‘Viva Hinds‘
and lands on September 6.

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Artist: LEAH MARTEL
Who: Singer-songwriter
from Ontario, Canada.

Track: NOT COOL
Only her 2nd single.

Martel: “After surviving elementary and high school, working in customer service and an office job, going to college and university I realized I still have not overcome social anxiety. I wrote this song about it so I could finally try to stop caring so much.”

TUTV: Martel strikes again with unbridled punch on this invigorating pop pearl juiced with jumpy bass lines, a vigorous drum beat, an edgy guitar solo and a chirpy chorus. Vocally Martel could be family of Alanis Morissette‘ voice. That same stirring timbre and expressive tone.

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Band: THE WAEVE
Who: Blur‘s guitarist Graham Coxon
and songstress Rose Elinor Dougall.

Track: YOU SAW
Piece from their upcoming 2nd LP.

TUTV: City Lights is an ardent upper for the midnight hours when you hit town.
Coxon lets his greedy guitar and his sultry saxophone have some funky fun, the
relentless bass/drums tandem take care of the groove’s banging beat. Uplifting
duet vocals and a chipper chorus complete the sonic picture.

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Band: THE TRUSTED (Southend-on-Sea, UK)
Who: Formed in 2016, making music with strong
melodies and catchy hooks.

New single: MIRACLE FACE

“This is very different to anything we have released before it’s
very pop and a song of unrequited love and idolising others.”

TUTV: The Trusted deliver again. Miracle Face is a bittersweet power-pop symphony. Vehement orchestrations, layers of guitars, drum/bass puissance, and perfervid vocals combine for an affecting anthem. Think of New York City‘s heroes The Strokes’ mellower moments.

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Band: MERCURY REV
Who Day-and-night dreamers with key members Jonathan
Donahue and Sean “Grasshopper” Mackowiak

Track: A BIRD OF NO ADDRESS
From their 10th LP, their first in 9 years, named
Born Horses, and out on September 6.

TUTV: A Bird Of No Address is a starry-eyed musing, a magnific symphony
with classical piano play, sensitive orchestrations and Donahue‘s romantic
vocals.

Bewitching, just bewitching.

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Artist: BLACK VIIOLET
Who: The moniker of the new solo project of Nicole Laurenne, the
flamboyant daredevil/voice/face of American garage rockers The Darts.

Track: KILL ME NOW
The title song of Laurenne‘s debut EP. A totally different
affair from what she has done for a long time with The Darts.

TUTV: Music for jazzy, smoky nightclubs where crooners play love songs,
happy and sad ones on piano, backed by a smooth little orchestra.

Viiolet‘s sexy, near-whispering voice and her sensual
film noir appearance fit the mood just perfectly well.


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Artist: JAMIE SUTHERLAND
Who: Scottish singer-songwriter

Track: SOME THINGS HURT A LITTLE MORE
Piece from his upcoming 2nd solo album.


“I was playing around with this song and the chorus came to me almost immediately. It reminded me of something from Joni Mitchell’s Clouds album and the line “Some things hurt a little more, this one’s you” had such a resigned sentiment the rest of the song was easy to write. It’s a love song, but from an older point of view. Less drama and more realisation that another one had slipped away. The loneliness of an empty house and the need to escape the quiet.”

TUTV: Singer-songwriter splendour. A dynamic reverie, driven by titillating acoustic
six-strings, playful piano fragments, and a heartwarming voice. I’m pretty sure that
Jamie Sutherland is a fervent Nick Drake and Tim Buckley fan.

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Artist: ADRIANNE LENKER
Who: Big Thief‘s frontwoman/songstress

Track: ONCE A BUNCH
A song that only appeared as a bonus track on the Japanese
CD edition of her new 5th solo LP Bright Future.

TUTV: It’s a sprightly cowboy song to sing along
to with your friends in your local pub/bar/café.

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Band: AVALANCHE PARTY
Who: Garage punk outfit
from Yorkshire, UK.


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Track: COLLATERAL DAMAGE

Poignant and spooky twilight jam,
empowered by a vehement bass/drum
force and possessed vocals.

Stellar stroke.

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Band: CROWS
Who: Impassioned post-punk
4-piece from London.


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Track: VISION OF ME
2nd taster from their forthcoming 3rd longplayer
Reason Enough, out on September 27

Joy Division is just around the corner.
Haunting, eerie and darksome.

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Band: THE WAEVE
Who: Blur‘s ace guitarist Graham Coxon
and Rose Elinor Dougall

Track: YOU SAW
2nd shared piece of forthcoming, 2nd album City Lights, out September 24.

Horns injected pop buzz
growing in intensity along
the way.

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Artist: KELE
Bloc Party‘s frontman
Track: HOMETOWN EDGE

“I realise London has been a constant source of inspiration for me as a songwriter. In my writing it’s always been there on the periphery, but it felt right doing something where my love for the city was front and centre. Over the years, life in the capital has shaped who I am and what I am, so it was nice to pay homage to that.”

Jaunty tune. Cheerful vibe.

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Artist: LAURIE ANDERSON
Track: INDIA AND ON DOWN TO AUSTRALIA

The song features songstress Anohni and is the 2nd piece that Lou Reed‘s
widow shares from her 9th LP, named AMELIA, out on August 30.

Romantic musing backed by a classical orchestra.

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THE WAEVE – Blur Guitarist GRAHAM COXON And Songstress ROSE ELINOR DOUGALL Dropped New Arousing Single ‘CITY LIGHTS’

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Daily electricity to load your batteries

8 May 2024

In March of last year, Blur‘s ace guitarist Graham Coxon and Rose Elinor Dougall
joined forces, under the moniker of THE WAEVE and wrote and recorded/released
their excellent self-titled debut LP.

And their creativity/productivity obviously doesn’t stop there.
The duo just shared a brand-new single, titled CITY LIGHTS.

“The city lights bestow a unique magic on everyone – the beautiful and
the grotesque, the angels and the devils – shining and seductive, one
and all… Who wants to love you and who wants to destroy you?”

TUTV: City Lights is an arousing upper for the midnight hours when you hit town.
Coxon lets his greedy guitar and his sultry saxophone have some blistery fun, the relentless bass/drums tandem take care of this steamy groove’s banging beat and
Dougall joins the Blur man on the exultant chorus.

Touchdown. Hopefully this is a
harbinger for a second longplayer.

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THE WAEVE Impressed Big Time At LOKERSE FEESTEN In BELGIUM

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10 August 2023

British alt-dream-pop-rock duo THE WAEVE – featuring Graham Coxon (Blur’s guitarist)
and songstress Rose Elinor Dougall launched, last February, one of the most compelling albums of the year with their Self-Titled Debut LP.

A multi-faceted, versatile opus with different sonic textures for different moods and matching vocal performances by both. Coxon‘s bedazzling saxophone, Dougall’s subtle piano play and strings create warm moments on the slow ones and all cylinders are turned for the fast ones. As the cliché says, “it’s a grower” that slowly but surely gets under your skin. Stream it below.

Last Monday the duo played with their band at Lokerse Feesten Festival in Belgium.
They were sandwiched between Siouxsie and Placebo, who I’ve seen several times before.

So, as planned, I left Siouxsie‘ (awful) show (always out of tune) to see The Waeve‘s gig in full. Great choice (as I excepted). They grabbed our aural attention from the kick-off and played 7 songs out of the short 8-track set, coming from that glorious LP.

They started smoothly with jazzy humdingers ‘Can I Call You’, ‘Over And Over’, Drowning, ‘Undine‘Sleepwalking‘, and coloured with smooth saxophone play by Coxen and Dougall‘s fitting, sensuous voice, shiny synth touches and cool dance moves.

With 3 to go, all burners went on, the amount of decibels grew (manic drummer!), and the duet vocals got really ardent and intense. The Waeve band rocked big time with dynamite crackers Kill Me Again (my fav), Someone Up There and Something Pretty (not on the album).

Unfortunately it was all over in an eye/ear blink, actually 50 minutes. As we all know time flies when you’re having fun. Many spectators looked hypnotized and as I could grab the setlist, several approached me to take a photo of it. The Waeve made lots of new fans that night. Deservedly so. Afterward I went to see Placebo, but it felt like I had seen enough while revisiting the Waeve experience on the screen in my mind. I left after a half hour while Kill Me Again was playing in my head.

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Manic drummer


Woo-hoo man (the day after)


Piano girl


“While my violin gently weeps”


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(Live photos by Turn Up The Volume)