Wake-Up Call 2026

DESTROY BOYS – Rowdy Californian Rockers Fume On New Single ‘HYSTERIA’

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27 October 2026


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Band: DESTROY BOYS
Who: Rowdy/punky rockers from
Sacramento, running amok since 2015.

Track: HYSTERIA
The lead single of their forthcoming, 5th full-length,
named Foie Gras. Tracklist & pre-order info here

A working-class revolt against a system that expects people to live on scraps,
‘Hysteria’ introduces the restless energy of ‘Foie Gras’, a record that constantly
moves between the personal and political while refusing to settle into any one
sound.


The striking new album artwork – Painting by Angelica Asadi

TUTV: Destroy Boys fume throughout this spanking stroke. All guitar burners and drum/bass cylinders go full blast, while frontwoman Alexia Roditis goes hysterical
up-front. No rest for the rich. Power to the people. Power to DB.

North America 2027

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VELVET TWO STRIPES – Swiss Indies Are Here To Rule With Their New Cracking Corker ‘WOMAN’

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23 October 2026


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Band: VELVET TWO STRIPES
Who: Revved-up Swiss outfit founded in 2012 by two sisters and a longtime friend.
They have spent more than a decade making rock music on their own terms.

Their sound is rooted in raw guitars, grungy swagger, and an uncompromising attitude.
It has evolved without losing the urgency and rebellious spirit that first brought them together. Drummer Samuel Jaussi now completes the band as a permanent member.

Track: WOMAN
New single from their upcoming 5th album,
titled Touch Grass, out 9 April 2027.


New album artwork

The song is an unapologetic celebration of being a woman: taking up space, trusting your instincts and finding strength in your own identity. It carries the confidence of knowing exactly who you are and being proud of it, without asking for permission or recognition.

TUTV: Girl power is back with a big boisterous bang. On ‘Woman,’ these sassy
Swiss switch from rappin’ and rollin’ verses to a hard rockin’ chorus. This vivacious combination lifts this cock-a-hoop corker to a gloriously high mountain level. With
self-belief, the sky is not the limit.

Move over all you macho males out there,
Velvet Two Stripes are here to rule.

Wake up, get out
and go airborne.

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MOUTH ULCERS – London’s Fresh Hound Dogs Cure You With Their New Cutting Single ‘LADY DUST’

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19 October 2026

Band: MOUTH ULCERS
Who: Fresh hound dogs from
London who got together in 2025.

They blend the stark emotional minimalism of Joy Division with the romantic
gloom of The Cure and the angular intensity of Bauhaus, and craft a sound built
on melodic basslines, wiry guitars, and cavernous baritone vocals.

Track: LADY RUST
Piece from their debut full-length, called You’re Not In Heaven,
slated for release on April 23rd. Tracklist & more info here.

TUTV: Sounds like a lost track from The Cure‘s dark Gothic 80s,
neurotic and hung-up, musically and vocally. Lady Dust cuts like
a Swiss knife. Pretty sick. You’d better wake up.

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PARTY DOZEN – Hectic Australian Psych Rock Duo Incite Paranoid Bedlam With ‘FULL POWERS’

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14 October 2026

Artists: PARTY DOZEN
Who: Hellish electro-rock duo from Sydney, Australia.
A project loosely based around improvisation.

Track: FULL POWERS
3rd preview cut from their upcoming 6th album, titled
21 Bum Salute. Out November 6th. More info here.


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PD about the song: “There’s ‘Full Powers’ good and there’s ‘Full Powers’ bad.
The good is when you’re personally becoming too powerful, an angel pisses on
you, everything is going very well and suddenly you’re gliding down the street like
King Swinging Dick.

The bad is when one side has all the power and more is not enough. Powerlust, greedmongering, gluttonous fiends. This track switches between the two. It has a
really strong, confident feel that gets a little uneasy as the track progresses.”

TUTV: Maniacal mayhem guaranteed with these two hectic Aussies who incite more
bedfull than a full army on a maddening mission. Bashing drums, deranged guitars, and
a meshugge saxophone all contribute to a cooking cacophony that leaves you behind out
of breath and out of mind. Oh my, jumping Jehoshaphat. The sirens are blaring. Time to get paranoid.

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TWISTED TEENS – New Orleans’ Adult Punks Ignite Garage Rock Cannonade With New Single ‘STALKS’

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12 October 2026

Band: TWISTED TEENS
Who: Two adult punks based in the Holy Cross
neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana.

Track: STALKS
Newest piece from their upcoming album No. 4. It’s baptized
The Holy Cross Tigers, and it will drop on November 6th.
Tracklist and order info here.


Album artwork

Subpop Records say about the album: “Holy Cross Tigers is the fourth Twisted Teens
album but the first that feels immediately and entirely relatable. It is a blown-out transmission from the lip of heartbreak, a place where even the lucky have been and from which they have hopefully returned. That is, it sounds an awful lot like the truth.”

TUTV: Stalks is what edgy DIY garage punk is about. Cracked guitars, cracked drums
and cracked vocals interblend to fabricate some kickass hurly-burly that cannonades
with keen-edged sassiness. Let’s stalk them.

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BAD(ASS) WAITRESS Get In Your Face While Being Drunk

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9 October 2026

Band: BAD WAITRESS
Who: 4 fierce art-punk provocateurs
from Toronto, Canada.

Track: I ONLY LIKE YOU WHEN I’M DRUNK
Single from their sophomore album In The Hollow, 
following their 2021 debut No Taste. Tracklist and
pre-order info right here.

Info: The title sounds like a joke you might regret making the next morning, but the song itself keeps digging beneath the punchline. “You horrify me / Make everything shit around me,” vocalist Kali-Ann Butala spits at the outset, only to admit moments later that she’s still drawn in. Desire becomes something embarrassing and invasive, the kind of attraction that seems to make less sense the closer you look at it.


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TUTV: Here’s some toxic and sick rock ‘n’ punk tumult. Bad Waitress attack your
terrified stereo, and your scared eardrums, and get in your panic-stricken face
in less than 3 minutes.

Schizoid guitars, an hysterical octopus drummer, and intoxicated spits and
snears join fighting forces to get their message loud and across anybody all
who dare to listen sober to this merciless motherrocker.

Stone the crows.
Release the bats.

Time to drink yourself in oblivion
and meet Badass Waitress.

“I only like you when I’m drunk / I only like you when I’m fucked up and crazy.”

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GRIPPER – Philly Oddballs Knock You KO With Two Punk Punches

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6 October 2026

Band: GRIPPER
Who: 5 combustive oddballs from Philly,
who also have fun in other bands.

Tracks: MISS BEHAVE and OTHER BASTARD.

Both hellacious punk punches, bundled under the heading PROMO 2026,
will be on their upcoming debut album, named Another Night Of Fun On Me
out early next year.


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Time to get up and
release the bats.

– MISS BEHAVE –


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Waking Up With STRANGE FRUIT From INDONESIA

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29 September 2026

Band: STRANGE FRUIT
Who: Synth/guitar pop daydreamers
from Jakarta, Indonesia.

Track: POUVOIR MOTEUR
Highlight from their
debut EP, named Drips.


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TUTV: Straight from Jakarta, Indonesia, a blend of prog synth-pop and Krautrock dynamics transferring your mind onto a cloud way above our disorderly planet. Wake up, keep on dreaming, and hope for the best.

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SNÕÕPER – Nashville’s Kamikaze Pop Punks Explode Again On New Projectile ‘MOUTH CLOSED’

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23 September 2026


Photo by Turn Up The Volume – Brussels, 2025

Band: SNÕÕPER
Who: Kamikaze pop-punk team from
Nashville with 2 LPs on their shelves.

Last July, they surprised us with the hyperkinetic hammer-drill Recess.
Surprised? Not because we don’t know how these snoopers sounded before,
but because of the way they sounded when Recess dropped. It used to be all
about schizophrenic guitars, but here schizophrenic synths took over.


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Now with their next projectile MOUTH CLOSED, we get a wrestling marriage
of an aggravated drum machine with an out-of-control bass guitar, with the
familiar screams and shouts all over it. Madness as usual.

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MY LENNIS – Belgian Motherrockers Have New Explosive Barnstormer ‘WIDE AWAKE’ Out

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17 September 2026

Band: MY LENNIS
Who: 4 Belgian noiseniks influenced by Weezer, Blink 182, Good Charlotte and The Offspring. What started as a trio became a foursome in 2023 with ambitious plans, namely making miles by playing live and diving into the recording studio.


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Track: WIDE AWAKE

TUTV: These motherrockers hit bullseye again with this explosive barnstormer.
This is what happens when grunge and punk collide and cause a nuclear reaction.
All you need to blow up your poor speakers is a revved-up rhythm section, a schizophrenic guitarist and a psych-o-tic maniac for a loudmouthed singer. Enter My Lennis. Maddening turmoil, people.

Get up, wide awake,
and release the bats.


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