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TURN UP THE VOLUME’s JUKEBOX 2024 – 10 New Tracks Added Every Week

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Every week 10 new rad tracks added

In order to not miss a beat Turn Up The Volume scans the musical
horizon daily (doing it for years now, actually) to stay in touch with
all new things sonically great and shares the results on a weekly
basis.

Check the 10 new rad cuts just
added to this rad 2024 playlist.

ALL TOGETHER


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TRACK BY TRACK

1. ‘Allergic Food’ by MELVINS (Montesano, Washington)

The veteran noiseniks are still hungry. On April 19 the band
unleash their 27th album, titled TARANTULA HEART.

Allergic For Food is vintage rowdy punk-rock Melvins

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2. ‘You’re Just Jealous’ by CRUMBS (Leeds, UK)

Post-punk indies based in Leeds, where they are active movers in the DIY scene that currently thrives in the North of England. They recorded a Marc Riley session in 2016, released their first album Mind Yr Manners in 2017.

‘You’re Just Jealous’ is the splendid title track from their
upcoming, 2nd album. Out on May 10. Pre-order info here.


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3. ‘Ist Ist’ by EINSTÜRZNEDE NEUBATEN (Germany)

German capricious bohemians EINSTÜRZNEDE NEUBATEN, fronted
by bad seed Blixa Bargeld are around for almost 45 years and 12 LPs.

The recordings of album number 13, a double one, are finished.
It’s baptized RAMPEN ( Amp: Alien Pop Music) and will show up
on April 5.

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4. ‘How We See The Light’ by JOHN CALE (Wales)

The former VU luminary has another LP, 2nd in 18 months, ready
to share with the world. It’s named POPtical Illusion and will land
on June 14.

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5. ‘Gone Forever by GREAT HARE (Gothenburg, Sweden)

Swedish pop songsmiths describe themselves as “dreaming to stay awake.”
This new single is a sparkling mid-tempo guitar-driven meditation
with a psych resonance.

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6. ‘(I’m) Strung’ by POND (Australia)


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The psych rockers from down under launch their 10th LP, baptized Stung! on 21 June.

About new single (I’m Strung): “It’s about being totally pathetically stung by someone
and just having to be cool with it being unrequited. Being resilient, accepting that you
are a bit of a goose, but life goes on.”

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7. ‘Cold River’ by PINHDAR (Italy)

This Italian trip-hop duo have their 2nd LP, named A SPARKLE ON THE DARK WATER out.

“A new chapter in the personal journey of singer Cecilia Miradoli and guitarist/producer Max Tarenzi. An intense, contemplative, and dark work, yet not resigned, navigating through trip-hop, dream-pop, dark-wave, and electronica.”

Humans is one of the standout tracks.

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8. ‘Vampires’ by BY THE WAVES (Manchester)

By the Waves are a dynamic 4-piece band based in Manchester. A uniquely eclectic sprinkle of soul, dream-pop, reggae, rock & indie make their sound exciting and unforgettable in equal measure.

They bring beautifully constructed lyrics, delivered with a signature blend of falsetto melody lines and anthemic choruses, which are layered over driving rhythmic beats and groove-ridden baselines, all topped off with sun-drenched, reverb-soaked guitar lines and a pinch of synth.

VAMPIRES


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9. ‘Mary Boone’ by VAMPIRE WEEKEND (NYC)

New York‘s dream pop darlings VAMPIRE WEEKEND are finally
returning to the scene after their 2019 album Father Of The Bride.

Their upcoming, fifth LP, is titled ONLY GOD WAS ABOVE US.

It’ll hit our ears on April 5.

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10. ‘Someday’ by MOONPOOLS (Switzerland)


Photo credit: Mischa Nüesc

This Swiss poppy shoegazers have an new EP, titled Hide and Seek, out on 19 April.

Marcie (vocalist) about the single: “Someday’ nearly didn’t make it onto the EP.
When we first played it as a band, we turned it into a dancey indie track. When it
came to recording the tune, we realised it didn’t work and left it on the sidelines.

After I first heard Mitski’s ‘Bug Like An Angel’ last summer, I picked up
my guitar and played ‘Someday’ again for the first time in months.

I realised it needed to stay the way it sounded when I first wrote it, intimate
and fragile. We recorded the song a few days later and decided to release it
after all.”

Crystalline vocals, endearing acoustic sonority, tender and romantic pearl.

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TUTV: Facebook – Instagram – Twitter

5 NEW INDIE INJECTIONS – Week 47 – 2022

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Weekly indie fuel

22 November 2022

Band: VAZUM (Detroit, Michigan)

Who: Zach Pliska and Emily Sturm. The project started in 2017.
They describe their sound as deathgaze, combining the raw energy
of deathrock with the depth of shoegaze. So far the duo released
four albums and a handful of singles and EPs.

New single: THE PRECIOUS ONES

Info: Vazum rebell against the stranglehold a precious few have over the music
industry, they forge ahead with The Precious Ones s is influenced by punk, alt and deathrock. Their next album, V Sessions, is due out next Spring.

TUTV: Vazum ventilate their anger versus the money-greedy corporate music industry
with this brutal straightforward shocker generating a wall-of-fuck-the-elite-labels sound that bulldozes its way on repeat with schizo guitars, a non-stop spiteful rant and Emily Sturm‘s freakish backing vocals. Bang-on!

Shut your mouth
No one wants to hear more
Same old sounds
We’re all so bored
Turn you down
No one wants to hear more
Plagued by doubt
You’re all Poseurs

Buy/stream here…


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VAZUM: Facebook – Instagram
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Artist: CAMILLA SPARKSSS
Who: Darkwave artist from Kenora, Ontario. Her music is an instinctive
mixture of 80’s dark wave and experimental electronic music performed
alongside a lo-fi dancer on stage.

New tracks: GO and DRIFTING featuring Mike Mare ‘DALEK).

TUTV: Edged echoes of electro acts such as Fever Ray, Cherry Glazerr,
and Crystal Castles pop up here, but it’s Sparkesss‘s own imaginative
musical vision, spine-chilling orchestrations and enigmatic vocality
that stand out. Impressive. Two times.

Buy/stream both tracks
via Bandcamp


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CAMILLA SPARKSSS: Facebook – Instagram
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Band: CHEW MAGNA
Who: Indies out of Manchester, UK

New single: SPAT OUT
From the upcoming self-titled debut album.

Info: If you’ve ever set your watch 10 minutes ahead to trick yourself into gaining
extra time, ‘Spat Out’ is the moment you 100% relate. Painfully aware of the unease each passing second can bring, Manchester’s most raucous jam-band Chew Magna are serving up a frenzied guitar rush of realisation that whether we like it or not, time waits for no one.

Laurie (singer): “It’s fuelled by the frustration of being up against time,
of the fleetingness of life whilst having this nagging feeling of missed
opportunities.”

TUTV: Pushed by a non-stop driving drum/bass vigor Chew Magna go fast forward from
the very start as if they’re afraid to run out of time. Agitated guitar lines turn paranoid, tense vocals add urgency to this classy cracker, and the sonic temperature rises up now and then causing a feverish effect. Top stuff.

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CHEW MAGNA: Facebook – Instagram
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Band: WAXX!
Who: A 6-piece fuzzy psychedelic band hailing
loud and proud from glittering Norwich (UK).

New single: VAMPIRES

Info: Vampires is a soundscape that’s a new take on familiar sounds – laced with 90s ear worms and textured in nostalgic house piano tones, swirling trippy guitars, pounding bass and a back beat filled with big fills, bongos and tambourines. With its tongue in its cheek and an appraising eye, Vampires is a Britpop stomper about all those people out there happy to bloodsuck their way up the ladder with no care for how it affects their immortal soul.

TUTV: No way to escape the merciless vampires that surround us in daily life. It feels
like these crusaders WAXX! want to crush them with this psycho-delic cry-out that speeds forth and back. Irritated voices make their point, and classic guitar soloing completes the angry energy at work here.

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Artists: EVIL TONGUES
Who: Canadian duo – Jennifer Di and Mike Allain – have developed a gritty cinematic sound that aims to captivate listeners with soaring anthemic melodies and raw personal lyrics. The pair bonded over their eclectic range of musical tastes and saw an opportunity to take to the stage, collaborating on something new inspired by a shared love of the sounds that defined the 80’s and the UK music scene. Bands like The Cure, Depeche Mode, White Lies, and Chvrches are a major source of inspiration behind the synth-driven sound of Evil Tongues’ music.

New single: CATCH ME

Jennifer Di: From a young age, I’ve always been pretty focused on going after my dreams, which I’ve learned also comes with a lot of sacrifices. As much as I don’t regret any of the decisions that I’ve made to get here, every now and then a little voice inside my head questions has this all really been worth it? And if everything falls apart, will anyone be there to catch me? Or have I sacrificed too much? This song was written about one of those conversations that I had with myself, and acknowledging my fears yet blowing past them.

TUTV: Catch Me is an affecting dream-pop tune that floats around like a seagull carried
by the wind. Both breezy and wandering. Di‘s heartfelt voice, a cinematic synth glow, and the fervid chorus unite beautifully.

Catch the vibe here..

EVIL TONGUES: Facebook – Instagram

5 NEW INDIE INJECTIONS – Week 45 – 2022

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New indie fireworks to charge your batteries with, weekly

7 November 2022

Artists: LOVE COMMAND O
Who: The musical collaboration between husband and wife duo Fox & Bex,
based between Dublin and Berlin. Inspired by a relentless passion for 1980’s
Italo Disco and New York Mutant Disco.

New single: PROVIDENCE
The third piece the duo shares from their upcoming
full-length named Integration, out early next year.

Ominous techno beats.
Ominous lyrics/vocals.
Ominous 2022 war sound.

Otherworldly, robotic, and trance-inducing.
Ask your questions here…

LOVE COMMAND O: Website
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Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Freaks Club Band

Artist: MONSIEUR POMPIER’S TRAVELLING FREAKSHOW (Dublin, Ireland)
Who: Misfits making make music about inside-out cats, weird doctors,
pillowmen and other kooky characters.

Last year they unleashed debut longplayer Teatime Terrors
and now the freaks have a new direful video out for the LP’s
opener BANANA BOY.

“Banana Boy was the naughtiest boy the world had ever seen, and every time
that he did a bad thing – a banana would grow where his finger had been.”

I wouldn’t be surprised if the eccentric Ron Mael, the mustache weirdo
of the Sparks brothers plays organ here and is the guy behind the creepy
leatherface mask in the video.

Press play for some freaky fun…

MONSIEUR POPMIER: Website – Facebook

(Photo by Stefan Evans)
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Band: FUSIA
Who: A Danish indie pop trio. They marry a retro 80’s inspired sound
with modern pop production. The name ‘Fusia’ comes from the flower
fuchsia which is an almost artificial-looking flower, even though it’s natural.

New single: CLIMATE CONTROL

About: The song protests against the inactions of the climate debate
symbolized by a pickup truck driver who eats red meat and only thinks
of himself while driving towards the abyss.

A striking stroke and bracing banger fueled by an angry groove
and alarming vocals/lyrics. The cranked-up chorus says it all.


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FUSIA: Facebook – Instagram
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Band: WAXX!
Who: A 6-piece fuzzy psychedelic band
hailing loud and proud from glittering Norwich.

New single: VAMPIRES

Vampires is a soundscape that’s a new take on familiar sounds – laced with 90s earworms and textured in nostalgic house piano tones, swirling trippy guitars, pounding bass and a back beat filled with big fills, bongos and tambourines. With its tongue in its cheek and an appraising eye, Vampires is a Britpop stomper about all those people out there happy to bloodsuck their way up the ladder with no care for how it affects their immortal soul.

Expect a 60s psychedelic-colored belter
and ditto video clip. Quirky and droll.

Check it out…

WAXX: Facebook – Instagram
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(photo by Lindsay Beaumont)

Band: BOTHERS
Who: Seasoned indie trio from Portland, Oregon who had their
eponymous debut album out in 2019 and the follow-up named II
lands on 18 November. ‘II’ marks a new era for the band. Heavier and
more expansive, the album ventures into the realm of metallic hardcore
with fierce-some riffing and dynamic tempo changes.
Pre-order info here.

New single: BLACK/ORANGE

Holy fucking smoke. I hope your stereo is resilient enough to survive this
rampant razorblade rocket. Prepare your lungs for this screamtastic stunner.

Right here…


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BOTHERS: Facebook – Instagram