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TURN UP THE VOLUME’s JUKEBOX 2023 – 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 2023 playlist.

TRACK-BY-TRACK

1. ‘Baby I Call Hell’ by DEAP VALLY (California)

A couple of weeks ago Deap Vally, one of the best bands of the past 10 years
according to my ears and eyes, announced the end of their amazing journey.

They’ll say farewell with an extensive tour starting next month (all dates here),
a new vinyl edition of their debut LP Sistrionic (pre-order here), and this new
smashing version of their smashing single from that smashing debut album.

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2. ‘TK421’ by LENNY KRAVITZ (NYC)

Superstar LENNY KRAVITZ (born Leonard Albert Kravitz in New York City
59 years ago) returns next year – 15 March 2024 – with his 12th album,
a double one, baptized Blue Electric Light.

Lead single ‘TK421’ is a 24-Carat funky rocker.

On the accompanying video Kravitz shakes a lot of bare body parts.

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3. ‘Flutter On Your Signal’ by DEAD ANYWAY (Gloucester, UK)

I discovered this two outspoken and life-observing duo – Kate Arnold (lyrics/vocals)
and Marc Symonds (beats/instruments) only last week after on the occasion of an interview with politics driven, American punk poet Joshua Baumgarten of Dutch rock unit The Irrational Library.

Dead Anyway produces the very post-punk turmoil and
society-critical stories that I have loved since I was born.

Flutter On Your Signal comes from their new 4-track EP B-Sides And Oddities.
It’s a synth-shoving and drum-beating groover with turbulent spoken-word
vocals rolling over it. Think The Stone Roses‘ 1989 pysch jam Fools Gold. Yes,
that good.

Tune in.


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4. ‘Sometimes I Swear’ by THE VACCINES (UK)


(Photo by Turn Up the Volume – Lokerse Feesten, Belgium – 2022)

The British pop idols canned their new, sixth full-length, named
Pick-Up Full Of Pink Carnations. It comes out on 12 January 2024.

Ahead of it comes this glorious single. A pure vaccine(s) knockout.

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5. LSD.TV by WAXX! (Norwich UK)

“The song is a poignant reminder of the black hole the mainstream media and commercial
TV landscape can create in today’s society. Sometimes you have to change the channel to truly escape what is going on in our reality, but still somehow end up feeling remote. The song pulls together speaker, ripping guitar tones, driving bass lines, thumping drums and waving synthesisers for a very floaty vocal to sail on top of to hopefully fine you a channel that’s for you.”

This addictive LSD snorter invites you to channel your restless thoughts. It’s spiraling tempo, layered orchestration, poppy harmonies, afire guitars and zippy chorus combine for an amplified, psychedelic triumph.


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6. ‘Black Angel’ by DEREK SMITH (Boston, MA)


Photo Credit: Courtesy

“I am talking directly to God in this song. Whatever the concept of God is.
Real, fake, whatever. I am not flat-out saying what I believe. Though, I am
sure people are smart enough to know what and how I feel.”

Smith has so far two albums on his résumé, Rubedo (2022)
and last summer’s Obscura and no signs of a pause yet.

Black Angel is a sky-scraping standout of a song, with Smith‘s astonishing voice
as the hero in the middle. This impassioned doozy bursts with expressive emotion
and stirring sensibility. Bluesy, soulful, guitar-crazy Americana. I’m sure God added
it to his divine Spotify playlist.

Get puzzled.


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7. ‘POV’ by VIA CROWE (US)

Only 17, only 3 songs out (the first one last July), and already making
a huge impression, sonically and vocally. It’s a quite rare experience.

Crowe is definitely going places. POV is a splendid pop-flavored
rocker with a gloriously full-on sonority throughout.Top!

Think Sharon Van Etten/Angel Olsen.

Keep your ears peeled for her debut album,
titled UNFINISHED and landing on October 27th.


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8. ‘Disregard’ by FULVETTA (Dublin, Ireland)

Fulvetta are a Dublin-based 4-piece. They imbibe influences from a variety of
genres and bands without being in hock to them – dreamy, reverb-laden shoegaze pioneers My Bloody Valentine, classic 90s era Smashing Pumpkins and fuzzed up
noise from the likes of Dinosaur Jr. and Sonic Youth.

Disregard is a bittersweet shoegaze symphony going sky-high, propelled by layers
of guitar commotion after a dreamy intro. This sonic process repeats it itself with
dense intensity and grows towards a rhapsodic finale. Magnificent.


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9. ‘Thorazine Bender’ by INSTANT SMILE (Philadelphia)

Philly‘s DIY rockers, husband-wife (guitarist Greg Phoenix and drummer Erin Berry)
draw influences from 60s and 70s era pop, classic rock, psych, and prog, and reformulate them into a thoughtful, satisfying, modern – and unique – take on rock and roll.

They just dropped a new, 4-track EP, titled 4 X 2

Opener Thorazine Bender is a blues-rock ripper spiced with rockabilly
guitar electricity, rattling drums, and edged vocals. I hear white stripes vibes
in my ears.

Listen/watch.

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10. ‘All I Die For’ by SWiiMS (Toronto, Canada)

“The songs is about the beginning stages of a relationship, how you try to make yourself more intriguing or impressive than you are in order to keep that person interested. It also describes the feeling of hopefulness, bliss and loss of control that the start of any new relationship brings.”

No it’s not a new single from British shoegaze heroes Slowdive‘s brand new LP, but my ears tell me that All I Die For has the quality to be part of it. The breezy combination of shiny synths, radiant guitars, floating melodiousness and the whispering vocals will reveal why I made that comparison.

Listen.

ALL TOGETHER

Steam to Spotify and Stream

See/hear you next week, music junkies

TUTV: Blog – Facebook – Instagram

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.

WAXX!: Facebook
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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