19 March 2026
Isle Of Wight hipsters WET LEG – Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers – went like
a comet to stardom with their 2 albums, prizewinning self-titled debut from 2022
and last year’s follow-up Moisturizer.
TUTV‘s WL favorite still is their punchy pop pearl CHAISE LONGUE from
the debut LP. Here’s a gorgeous live rendition at Glastonbury 2022.
Hurray!
10 March 2026
Last week a new compilation benefit album was released, titled HELP (2), to raise funds
for WAR CHILD UK, a long-term operational organisation that shapes systems that protect and support the well-being of children affected by conflict.
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Wet Leg‘s song on the LP.
A previously unreleased track.
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26 January 2026
Keep it simple, indeed.
The duo released their 2nd LP ‘Moisturizer’ last summer.
ALL TOGETHER
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TRACK-BY-TRACK
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Band: THE HIVES
Who: The Swedish punk kingpins
who run amok since 1993.
Track: THE HIVES FOREVER, FOREVER THE HIVES
The title track from their 7th full-length,
which hit the streets last August.
TUTV: And it goes like this.
The Hives Forever, Forever The Hives
The Hives Forever, Forever The Hives
The Hives Forever, Forever The Hives
Tune! Tune! Tune!
Catchy as fookin’ hell.
Oemotståndlig sång
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Band: OPUS KINK (Brighton, UK)
Who: Razor-edged, funked-up, sax-and-trumpet infused
noizzz collective fronted by their charismatic frontman
Angus Rodgers.
Track: I’M A PRETTY SHOWBOY
Angus Rogers (frontman): “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 adrenaline-pumping thrills I wait impatiently for
every single day.
Get up, stand up, and fight
for your right to show off.
Badass
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Band: THE SLOW READERS CLUB
Who: Alt-pop rockers
from Manchester, UK.
Track: BOY SO BLUE
Single from their notable 7th album,
Out Of A Dream, released last March.
“‘Although it’s a big, joyous dance track, it’s about hiding deep emotional pain and trauma and how hedonistic coping mechanisms, like drugs, alcohol, and womanizing, are just temporary distractions.”
TUTV: This is what amazing pop-ular music is all about. Big melody, big emotions, big orchestration. Euphorically sticky as first-class glue despite its dramatic ‘real life‘ story. Aftermath soul-searching can work cathartically.
24 Carat pop
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Band: KID KAPICHI
Who: Party punk rockers from Hastings, UK.
So far, they have canned 3 longplayers.
Track: STAINLESS STEEL
KK in infectious punk overdrive.
Shaky-tastic from the get-go.
Swirl like a whirligig, people.
Boogielicious
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Band: SPRINTS
Who: Irish post-punk whirlwind, led by charismatic
voice/songwriter/guitarist Karla Chubb.
Track: BETTER
Along with Something’s Gonna Happen, my top fav track
on their brand new, second LP, called All That Is Over.
TUTV: Every time I play this pure punk-rock gem, I feel way better.
It’s striking swagger, superb groove, passionate duet vocals, and
high-strung guitar play mesmerize.
Transfixing
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Band: PANIC SHACK
Who: 4 pop punkettes from Wales. In 2022 they
released their 6-track debut EP Baby Shack.
Track: GIRL BAND STARTER PACK
Single from stellar self-titled debut LP.
TUTV: These utterly cool Welsh Amazons
drive you bonkers with this insane punk ‘n’ roll
uppercut.
Kick-ass band, kick-ass attitude, kick-ass blast.
Party! Party! Party!
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Artist: PREWN
Who: The moniker of Massachusetts‘ chilling singer-songwriter
Izzy Hagerup. She released her debut album Through The Window
in 2023.
Track: SYSTEM
First new piece and title track from her
2nd LP, coming our way on October 3rd.
Hagerup: “When I wrote ‘System’ I was supposed to be present and alive
and gracious and happy. But somehow I couldn’t escape my own internal
fears and depression that can follow me wherever I go.”
TUTV: What a brilliant torch song. Weeping guitars come and go while
Hagerup‘s heart-stopping vocals cause goosebumps. And what a fuming
finale.
Spine-tingling
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Band: WHOLES
Who: A fresh, rowdy hit team led by Belgian
musical chameleon Wolf Vanwymeersch.
Track: MODERN DAY DRAMA
Single from their bone-chilling debut album
A Mass In The Water, dealing with the suicide
of Wolf‘s father.
TUTV: Its ominous mid-tempo dynamics, its distorted vocals, and its riff-psychotic razzmatazz resonate as if you are listening to the scary theme song of a horror movie.
At the 2.30 minute mark, all hell breaks loose.
From a whisper to a scream. From planet Earth
to Dante‘s Inferno.
Surreal
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Band: DITZ
Who: Post-punk turbo
from Brighton, UK
Track: FOUR
One of the highlights from their
brill 2nd LP Never Exhale
TUTV: Ditz operate in a very dark place. Sonically, as well as lyrically.
In the middle Cal Francis barks at the moon, while dense drones
infiltrate your shocked ears. Inhale, exhale.
Petrifying
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📷 Mats Verschueren
Band: WIJF. (WIFE. in English)
Who: Hungry hit team from Belgium
ready to take on the world.
Track: LIAR
From their debut EP Alter Ego.
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TUTV: This 4-piece grab you by the throat from the kick-off and never lose their firm grip, while vociferous vocalist Marie De Graeve‘s has a crushing impact on your petrified stereo. Liar is a titanic motherrocker that pulverizes the Richter scale in just 250 seconds. Queens Of The Stone Age, Deftones and Black Sabbath come to mind.
Paranoic
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Band: CHALK
Who: Three earthshaking
misfits from Belfast, Ireland.
Track: AFRAID
Piece from 3rd EP,
titled Conditions III.
TUTV: OMG! What a riot-gun banger. These Irishmen create suffocating havoc with
a maddening mix of nasty racket that brings illegal-decibels-producing bands such as
NIN and Metz to my cooking mind.
Manicial
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Band: PUNCHBAG
Who: A new brother-sister party duo, from South London colliding the
raw unfiltered energy of punk, with the overflowing ecstasy of pop.
Track: I’M NOT YOUR PUNCHBAG
From their debut EP.
TUTV: Ecstasy. Elation. Euphoria. Exhilaration. This electro smack makes
you bounce and jump on your pogo-stick. They punch you in the teeth
without asking, while having fervent fun.
KO
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Band: HEISA
Who: Belgian noise rock trio whose sound draws influences from bands such
as Black Midi, Tool, Battles, and Swans, blending dissonance with a strong sense
of identity.
Track: NANDOR
Piece from their ace
3rd album Trois.
TUTV: What the fuck! From the very kick-off, chainsaw guitars do your
brain in. Electric chair electricity throughout. No way to escape. Neurotic
vocals complete this blitzkrieg assault.
Flabbergasting
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Press photo by Damien Sayell
Band: MCLUSKY
Who: The renowned Welsh post-punk noiseniks
featuring Andrew Falkous, as known as hysterical
frontman of Future Of The Left.
Track: CHEKHOV’S GUNS
One of the singles of their earth-shaking 4th LP
The World Is Still Here And So Are We.
TUTV: As usual, Andrew Falkous screams
his 4 lungs out while spitting absurd lyrics.
Chop. Chop. Chop.
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Photo by Ryan Wagner
Band: DOWN THE LEES
Who: The post-rock noise project of seasoned Canadian
singer/songwriter/guitarist Laura Lee Schultz. DTL released
3 notable albums, so far.
They have canned a live movie
now, titled This Is How It Feels.
Track: MIDI DORIC
First single. A song that deals with the
isolation and depression of the pandemic.
TUTV: A characteristic DTL thunderstorm, cranked up by blustery bass lines,
monstrous guitar riffs, Herculean drumming, Schultz‘s sky-scraping vocals and
a volcanic finale. One of the best noizz rock bands around.
Jawdropping
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Artist: PEACHES
Who: The fabulous/controversial/notorious performer/producer and
feminist/gay activist born Merrill Nisker 58 years ago in Toronto, Canada.
Track: FUCK YOUR FACE
Cut from her upcoming 7th album, her first in
10 years. It’s named No Lube So Rude and will
come out on 20 Feb 2026.
TUTV: Don’t expect Peaches to write and sing songs about
the birds and the bees, and even if she did, it would be horny
stuff too.
Mirror on the wall, who’s the hottest disco queen of them all?
Peaches
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Artist: BAXTER DURY
Who: The dandy songsmith,
still wearing a suit (no tie).
Track: ALLBARONE
The title track from his
8th titillating dance LP.
TUTV: This disco knockout can fill
a dancefloor in an eye/ear blink.
Sassy
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Press photo by Cole Yearwood
Artist: FANCLUBWALLET
Who: Canadian guitar pop outfit led
by songstress Hannah Judge from
Ottawa, Canada.
Track: COTTON MOUTH
From her 2nd full-length,
called Living While Dying.
TUTV: This sickly sticky riff earworm
drives you crazy. Head-twisting stonker.
Hyperkinetic
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Band: YOGI-G AND THE FAMILY TREE
Who: Happy Mondays co-founder/drummer
Gaz Whelan and friends.
Track: THE BLIND MAN AND THE MONKEY
A highlight from their terrific debut album,
titled Show Me The Truth.
TUTV: Madchester 2025? Absolutely. Never mind the Happy
Mondays, here come Yogi-G And The Family Tree (what a name).
E-cstatic
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Press photo by Danny Clinch
Band: ARCADE FIRE
Who: The famous pop-rock
collective from Canada.
Track: YEAR OF THE SNAKE
One of the singles from their
7th LP, titled Pink Elephant.
TUTV: It’s a sublime, crystalline pop nugget, with its hypnotizing guitar riff,
the non-stop drum beat and the intertwined, spellbinding vocals of Win Butler
and his spouse, Régine Chassagne.
Sterling
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Band: KASABIAN
Who: British star rockers from Leicester. One of the best bands
of the past 25 years on record and on stage, in my book.
Track: HIPPIE SUNSHINE.
Lead single from their forthcoming
9th LP. Details TBA.
TUTV: Expect a mega vitalizing, disco-charged haymaker.
Since co-founder/songwriter/frontman Serge Pizzorno pulls
all the band’s strings, he provides dynamite tunes you can
throw 24-hour parties with.
Hip-hip hurray
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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.
Track: MEMORY OF YOU
Single from Stewart‘s solo album The Fateful Symmetry,
which was completed early 2023, not long before his passing.
TUTV: Haunting, synth-symphonic and bang-tastic,
with Mark‘s characteristically energetic voice on top.
Soul-stirring
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Band: PULP
Track: SPIKE ISLAND
Piece from their first LP in
24 years, called More.
TUTV: A vintage, mid-tempo, pop stimulant with
a grandiose chorus. More pulp for common
people.
“I was born to perform.”
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Band: HOLY COVES
Who: Welsh mavericks, fronted by singer-songwriter
Scott Marsden, with 3 albums on their résumé and
#4 is waiting in the pipeline.
Track: FALLING DOWN
First single from their forthcoming 4th full-length, their
first in 4 years, slated for release in September 2026.
TUTV: Holy Coves are back, and they don’t waste time. It’s full steam ahead from
the get-go. Eager guitars and sinewy drumming inject this sweltering steamroller with
a flaming briskness that causes a kinetic reverberation, while Marsden emotive vocals accentuate the song’s sad sentiments.
Toptier
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Artists: GANS
Who: 2-piece from Birmingham (UK) – Euan Woodman (drums/vocals) and Tom Rhodes (bass/vocals) – born in late 2023 over a shared love of noise, literature and late night shebeens. They write music about love and hate. They’re good for your soul.
New Single: I THINK I LIKE YOU
TUTV: Warning. This insanely groovy punk blast will bulldoze all over your shocked speakers. Expect a superheated funky firestorm that attacks the Richter scale with a shattering impact. A manically jagged jackhammer it is. Trust me, you’ll think you like them, VERY MUCH, while you bang your head into your fridge’s door.
Go nuts
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Band: KLÄMP
Who: A collective with members scattered across the UK and the Netherlands.
This group, now comprising seven members, has its roots in a trio that expanded
over the past four years.
New track: WET LEATHER
Piece from their sophomore
LP Total Technik.
TUTV: Kraut-rock and roll with an intoxicating force. A wall-of-guitar-pyrotechnics rollercoaster. An overpowering tempest of rambunctious riffs. Voltaic psychedelia
at its spine-chilling best, bombarding your ears the way you like it.
Mind-bending
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Artist: LIFE COACH
Who: The musical project of singer-songwriter-poet Jamie Cameron. Hailing from
the Scottish Borders, the music blends lo-fi beats, synths and guitars with spoken word lyrics in which he discusses subjects ranging from politics and premonitions to self help culture, and a modern society obsessed with economic thinking.
Track: SQUADDIES IN HAIR NETS
Highlight from his 2nd full-length
A Love Letter To Your Yearning Heart.
TUTV: This rattling rap ‘n’ punk roll crackerjack swings forth and back, left
and right and Jamie Cameron’s full of vim and vigour word-flow activates all
of your insatiable limbs before he relaxes towards the synthy end. Kinetic throb.
Hands up for the coach.
Exhilarating
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Band: SUN MAHSENE
Who: Irish psych-rock team who released their lauded
debut album A Place We’ve Never Been last year.
Track: LIFE IS JOY
TUTV: A nasty bass riff motorizes this rollicking psych jam that seems to go on
like forever, and when the powerhouse chorus kicks in, your ears are instantly
overwhelmed. Life Is Joy is one of those riff-crazy haymakers that stick after just
Exuberant
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Photo: Emma Chitty | Graphics: Mike Raymond
Band: NRVS
Who: Mysterious trio with an inimitable take on
humanity’s downward spiral into a dysfunctional
entropic existence. They unleashed their punk-groovy
debut EP Like You last year.
Track: FREE
TUTV: This arresting, melancholic song is heart-rending. Its bluesy guitar
radiance, its bass-beat-heavy cadence, and despondent vocals get under
your skin. Its melodic catchiness has irresistible written all over it.
Gripping
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Photo by Graham Noble
Band: DECLAN WELSH AND THE DECADENT WEST
Who: Post-rock-punk combo from Scotland.
So far they have recorded/released two
albums.
Track: CAREFREE
TUTV: A razzle-dazzle steamroller that gets under your skin faster
than you can say “this is bloody superb”. Its insane, mind-bending
course doubles your serotonin production on the spot.
Blimey
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Artist: NEIL YOUNG And The CHROME HEARTS
Track: LET’S ROLL AGAIN
From their LP Talkin To The Trees.
“If you’re a fascist, then get a Tesla.”
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Artist: CMAT
Track: THE JAMIE OLIVER PETROL STATION
From her 3rd album, named Euro-Country.
TUTV: A vocal tour de force that
blows me away every time I play it.
Wowzers
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Artists: ANDY BELL and DEBBIE HARRY
Track: HEART’S A LIAR
From his new album,
named Ten Crows.
Disco delight
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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.
Track: COW SONG
From their rad debut full-length
called The New Eve Rising.
Moo-tastic
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Band: SLEAFORD MODS
Track: THE GOOD LIFE
From their upcoming LP,
called The Demise Of Planet X
Rap rush
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Photo by Isabella Martinez
Band: PSYCHEDELIC PORN CRUMPETS
Track: THE REAL CONTRA BAND
Piece from their new full-length
Carpe Diem, Moonman.
TUTV: This motherrocker of a song shows no mercy whatsoever.
From the get-go, PPC go full steam ahead and never look back
Hallelujah!
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Press photo
Band: SUEDE
Track: DISINTEGRATE
A single from their LP #10.
named Antidepressants.
TUTV: Suede age in glamorous style with frontman
Brett Anderson giving it all, just like in the early days.
Astounding
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Promo photo
Band: MY FIRST TIME
Who: Fast-rising indie
rebels from Bristol, UK.
Track: SIPPY CUP
TUTV: 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.
Sucker-punch
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Band: THE BELAIR LIP BOMBS
Who: Buzzing indies
from Montreal, Canada.
Track: HEY YOU
Single from their tremendous
second album Again.
TUTV: Guitar pop at its most exultant, with the wonderful vocalist/guitarist
Maisie Everet fronting a fast-up-and-coming quartet from down under.
Delirious
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Band: WET LEG
Track: DAVINA McCALL
Highlight from their sophomore
full-length, named Moisturizer.
Groove/move.
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TURN UP THE VOLUME
16 October 2025
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Isle Of Wight (UK) pop sensation WET LEG, Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers,
attracted tons of attention with their prizewinning self-titled debut LP from
2022 and with this year’s magnolious follow-up Moisturizer, they earned star
status
To keep the momentum going and in time for Halloween, the duo just shared
a creepy video for MANGETOUT, one of the album’s uplifting highlights.
“In amidst of touring we decided to make a music video for ‘mangetout’.
We started shooting the video at home on the Isle of Wight and then
collected more shots on the road in between sound checks and stage
times.”
Looks like scary fun.
1 August 2025
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Artist: MARK STEWART
Who: One of the most adventurous/inventive/original
post-punk & dub artists/performers ever, who passed away 2 years,
aged 62. He was a founding member of genre-bending new wave
group THE POP GROUP back in 1977. They recorded/released
a total of 4 albums.
As a prolific solo artist, he scored 7 LPs, collaborated with countless
other artists, and caused poignant waves with his Mafia outfit.
New Album: THE FATEFUL SYMMETRY
Released posthumously by Mute Records,
3 weeks ago.
Mute Records: “Mute is extremely honoured to announce Mark Stewart’s new solo
album ‘The Fateful Symmetry’, a vital masterwork completed early 2023. Testifying to
his prolific, unrelenting ingenuity, and signifying one of his most intimate, empowering statements, The Fateful Symmetry is a fierce and beautiful manifesto for a better world. “
TUTV: Posthumous releases of favorite artists have two sides. One, you’re reminded
of the passing of a beloved musician, and two, you get excited as new material is released. In this case, very good new material. No archives dump, or out-takes, weird rarities, and other low-quality stuff. The Faithfull Symmetry is a splendid, final opus by a unique musical mind.
Stewart‘s 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 record with several crooning musings, This Is The Rain, Twilight Child, Crypto Religion, and the wonderful, goosebumps closer A Long Road (made me instantly think of his good friend and fan Nick Cave).
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. Thank you, Mute Records, for this posthumous treasure, one to cherish
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Band: WET LEG
Who: Isle Of Wight (UK) pop sensation, Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers, who
attracted tons of attention with their prizewinning self-titled debut LP from 2022.
New album: MOISTURIZER
The Independent (English newspaper): “Far from being burned out, or being
bullied into selling out, by the sudden wave of global fame, they’ve doubled down
on their own weird energy. Moisturizer’s uncanny electricity is off the voltmeter.”
TUTV: The girls and band fabricated the album in an isolated, remote house
in the countryside, written in a creative frenzy, diving into themes of obsession
and all-consuming love. A record mostly inspired by Teasdale falling in love, in
her first queer relationship, in 2021. Again, her lyrics are witty, sarcastic/cynical,
double-edged and at times quite absurd. There’s a lot of love and lust involved.
“I can make you sticky / Make you hot screaming for after sun.
I can make you beg / Can make you wet like an aquarium”
“Would you still love me if I was a worm?”
“You’re the rock to my roll / You’re the sand between my toes /
Sweet baby girl, we go like salsa and Doritos”.
Teasdale‘s new look: dyed hair, dyed eyebrows, and sexy lingerie outfit fit
her sultry mindset. Sonically, they sound somewhat heavier here and there,
but overall their effective formula – sticky, edgy, upbeat tunes – colors
also this 2nd effort.
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Artist: GINA BURCH
Who: Co-founder/bassist of British post-punk outfit The Raincoats (1977-1984).
One of the top indie bands in the UK back then. They released 3 LPs, then called
it a day.
In 1993, they reunited, fabricated another album (1996),
launched reissues and rarities, and gigged now and then.
Birch was/is very active as a film/videomaker, working
for big names such as The Libertines and New Order.
In 2023, she released her critically acclaimed solo debut
LP I Play My Bass. It was released through Jack White’s
Third Man Records.
New Album: TROUBLE
Her 2nd one, again released via the
former white stripe’s record label.
Birch: “It’s a bit out there, a bit off the tracks, and I always like to go there. I unofficially subtitled the album ‘Trouble I’ve Caused and Trouble I’m In’, so the songs are based around
that feeling—that dangerous place to be.”
“These songs came to me like a radio tuning, the airwaves going along, and I just plucked them out of the air. Something just clicks in the atmosphere, and I just take it. I’m not writing an opus about one thing. I’m writing an opus about being me.”
TUTV: Hey, all you people in trouble out there (the whole planet, I guess, each one in his/her own way) close your eyes and let your ears get massaged by this introspective, soul-searching record. You’ll feel like being in the middle of a gratifying dream with no intention whatsoever to wake up soon. Well, that’s what my troubled inner ego experienced.
Birch moves and grooves in dub bass motion juiced with swollen, resounded orchestrations here and there, while reggae echoes add a party feel. Most of all
Trouble entertains your confused 2025 state of mind. Its slow/fast trippy swagger
has a hip-shaking impact, and her expressive vocals match the full picture like a
glove. Stay yourself, stay in trouble, doom monger. I’m sure the late great dub
wizard Lee “Scratch” Perry would have digged this kind of sonic trouble too.
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Band: PANIC SHACK
Who: 4 pop punkettes from Wales. In 2022 they
released their 6-track debut EP Baby Shack.
Album: PANIC SHACK
Their debut.
Press info: “Across the album, the lyrics are conversational, often stemming from
in-jokes, while the subject matter spans the full range of the feminine experience.
Irresistible because of their simplicity and charming because of their familiarity,
The sonic equivalent to a coming-of-age film unfolding over a single night, Panic
Shack takes the shape of a bender, beginning by approaching a bar and ending
with an impassioned speech at sunrise about how much you love your friends.
Swerving the expected topics of sex and romance, the entire
album revolves around the ionic bond between the four girls.”
The Guardian (British newspaper): “Panic Shack’s music the same effect as
popping a bottle of Prosecco – explosive, intoxicating, and delightfully chaotic.”
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TUTV: Panic Shack are Bikini Kill 2025. Less political but straight in your face anyway, with
a similar screamy riotousness and an afire appetite for perky parties in pubs and booze bars. Their power-pop-punk blitz causes effervescent waves of lust for life, full of joy and ahoy. The loud and clear opposite of The Stooges ‘No Fun’.
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Artist: YUNGBLUD
Who: English singer-songwriter celeb born, named Dominic Richard Harrison 27 years ago.
He released his debut EP in 2018. From there on it he headed to stardom in a straight line.
New album: IDOLS
His 4th.
With #1 albums in seven countries and a reputation for defying
convention, Yungblud describes Idols as “a project with no limitations.”
Kerrang says: “It’s a go-getter of a record that pays homage to the greats whilst
still feeling brand new. Yungblud’s outlandishness makes him a hard pill to swallow
for some, but his guts, drive, and devotion to his craft cannot be denied.”
TUTV: His best. Whether he unleashes uptempo, slow tempo or mid-tempo tunes
on your speakers, Yungblud scores. Half the album contains singles and worthy tracks. Wowzers.
His passionate, dynamic and vitalized performances, juiced with some drama, bombast and lost of rhapsody lift this new record to hit status. Ladies and gents, we have a pop-ular winner.
SINGLE
ALBUM
30 July 2025
ALL TOGETHER
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TRACK BY TRACK
– 1 –
Band: MODERN GUILT
Who: Fully charged indie
trio from London.
Track: YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE
“A self-confessed ode to dishonesty.”
TUTV: Jangly indie Britrock at its arousing best. No way to not go
bonkers when this rip-roaring The Strokes-like anthem infiltrates
your ears. Trust me, one spin and you’re hooked. You know
where to find the repeat button.
Blimey.
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Band: MONITORS
Who: French-British-Bosnian post-punk outfit,
formed in 2017. So far, they have 2 EPs on
their résumé.
Track: DANSE MACABRE
First single from their upcoming debut album,
titled The Madelaine Affair out 3rd October.
TUTV: Thudding drums, edgy guitar riffs,
infectious dynamics, deranged chorus, and
agitated vocals.
Titanic thrill!
Instagram – Bandcamp
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Band: SOULWAX,
Who: Belgian brothers David and Stephen Dewaele‘ working together
for 30 years now, with diverse projects. They DJed the world around
as 2manydjs, had their own Radio Soulwax, and produced/remixed
countless other artists.
Track: RUN FREE
One of two new shared pieces from their 6th LP,
titled All Systems Are Lying and on your stereo
on October 17th.
Album artwork
“We wanted to capture the feeling of a band playing electronic instruments,
live, loud and loose. This record is the result of that experiment. It’s a rock
album made without any electric guitars.”
Trippy.
Dancey.
Vibey.
Trancy.
Instagram – Website
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Press photo
Band: SUEDE
Who: The famous glam
rock vets from London.
Track: DANCING WITH EUROPEANS
Newest single from their 10th album. It’s called
Antidepressants and will land on our speakers
on September 5th.
TUTV: Anderson stars, once again, in the middle with an overwhelming vocal performance, peaking on the epic chorus, and he’s backed by a full of vim and vigour drums/bass tandem and glimmering guitars.
Suede age backwards.
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New album artwork
Band: WET LEG
Who: The showy pop sensation, Rhian Teasdale
and Hester Chambers, from the Isle of Wight.
Track: DAVINA MCCALL
Highlight from their sophomore
full-length, named Moisturizer.
Groovy.
Smoothly.
Sexy.
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Press photo by Nik Freitas
Band: BRIGHT EYES
Who: Longtime lauded Nebraska‘s
pop/rock trio orchestrated by
Conor Oberst.
Last year, they released their exquisite
11th LP, titled Five Dice, All Threes.
Track: 1ST WORLD Brand new single.
Oberst: “It’s an homage to ska in all its waves. From Desmond Dekker
to Tim Armstrong, we’re just happy to add our track to the bin. The video
is inspired by NYC 90s hip hop, which like ska, has a long tradition of unifying
people & using celebratory music to convey subversive political themes. To be
played loud. Windows down. Summertime.”
TUTV: Sounds and feels like you are
ska-ing on a shaky merry-go-round.
Big fun. Big tune.
Instagram – Linktree
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Photo by Sandra Ebert
Artists: STILL BLANK
Who: New transatlantic guitar pop duo — Jordy is
from Kaua’i, Hawaii, while Ben is from Manchester, UK.
Track: AIN’T QUITE RIGHT
Only their 2nd single.
TUTV: An ongoing, hyperkinetic, swift drum beat drives you nuts, while
guitar sparks come and go, and humming vocals add a seductive feel.
Pretty addictive.
Instagram – Linktree
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Artist: JASON ISBELL
Who: Much lauded songsmith with 10 albums on
his résumé (6 recorded with his band the 400 Unit)
Track: SHOULD I GO MISSING
Isbell has reissued his 10-year-old album Something More Than Free
digitally. It will be available on physical media on October 3. It includes
this previously unreleased track, a B-side for one of the LP’s singles.
TUTV: Fortunately, this psychedelic, slide-guitar ripper didn’t go missing.
It resonates like a swamp blues burner spiced with good old organ play
and Isbell‘s firm voice. Totally cool.
Instagram – Spotify
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Band: MELT MOTIF
Who: An experimental band based in Bergen, Norway, and São Paulo, Brazil.
Known for their unique fusion of genres, they blend elements of metal, dark
electronic, darkwave, industrial, and more.
So far, they have released two albums and their respective remixes.
A new full-length is waiting in the pipeline to be released in September.
Track: ASPHALT
Newest single.
TUTV: It’s a nasty industrial brainfucker motorized by fierce percussion
and ominous vocals. Its haunting and bloodcurdling progression has an
instant impact on your psyche. This is sick shit. I love it.
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Instagram – Linktree
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Photo: Emma Chitty | Graphics: Mike Raymond
Band: NRVS
Who: Mysterious trio with an inimitable take on
humanity’s downward spiral into a dysfunctional
entropic existence. They unleashed their punk-groovy
debut EP Like You last year.
Track: FREE
New single from their
upcoming album.
“Just another dumb song about love found & lost within
the wreckage! It happens… what are you gonna do?”
TUTV: This arresting, melancholic song sticks after just one spin. Its bluesy guitar
radiance, its bass-beat-heavy cadence and despondent vocals get under your skin.
Its melodic catchiness has irresistible written all over it. In a normal world this should
be a bloody big hit.
Instagram – Linktree
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Band: LOBSTERBOMB
Who: Glamorous indie quartet from Berlin. They released
their pithy party debut album Look Out in 2023. You can
stream it here.
Track: NIGHTBIRD
TUTV: Full steam ahead from the get-go, motorized by bedazzling guitars,
a relentless drum beat, and peppy vocals culminating in a pungent chorus.
Lobsterbomb‘s appetite for blistering pop punk is insatiable. Don’t stop.
Instagram – Linktree
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Photo by Euan Robertson
Band: IDLEWILD
Who: Veteran Scottish
indie pop team.
Track: IT’S NOT THE FIRST TIME
Newest single from their upcoming 10th, self-titled
album, their first one in 6 years. It’ll hit the streets
on 3 October.
TUTV: Vintage Idlewild. Nostalgia and romanticism
wrapped in a sticky guitar pop melody. Welcome back.
Instagram – Linktree
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Band: GUSH
Who: Fresh and frantic Belfast 4-piece who launched their
cooking 5-track debut EP Exposure Therapy, last summer.
Track: YOUR WORLD
Their 2nd single of the year.
TUTV: Your World is a glammy, full-riff-blooded, rollicking burner.
All amps up, all decibels up, while afire guitars have an ongoing
sonic fight with a badass bass and a chorus that goes airborne
every time it pops up, powered by frisky vocals.
Get your world rocked right here.
Instagram – Linktree
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Artist: BAXTER DURY
Who: Renowned nightclubber and
chill-out singer-songwriter. Son of,
you know who.
Track: SCHADENFRAU
Newest single from his 8th LP, baptized
Allbarone and out on September 12th.
Jiving electro-disco vibes
activating all of your lazy
limbs.
Instagram – All Albums
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Band: EDITRIX
Who: Disorderly noise trio from
Easthampton, Massachusetts.
Track: FLESH DEBT
New piece from their upcoming 3rd LP,
titled The Big E. It’ll show up on July 25.
TUTV: Bass and guitar have a metallic riff contest while vocalist Wendy Eisenberg
tells us a story. A knock-down-and-drag-out finale will blow you off your socks.
Schizophrenic electricity!
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Instagram – Bandcamp
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Credit: The Irrational Library
Band: THE IRRATIONAL LIBRARY
Who: The Irrational Library is a Dutch-American rock band with its roots
firmly planted in both the regional and international counterculture.
Track: NOTES FROM THE PLAYGROUND Newest single from their
forthcoming, 5th full-length ‘The Saying Of It All‘. More details TBA.
TUTV: Wham bam. Here comes the rumbling blues train once again. Rollin’ and steamin’, always thundering to the pounding heartbeat of its fat groove, while hungry guitars and Joshua Baumgarten‘s stirring vocals inflame this rough ripper with extra fuel.
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Press Photo by Genesis Báez
Band: BIG THIEF
Who: Brooklyn‘s beloved folk-pop-rockers,
fronted by voice/face and soft songstress
Adrienne Lenker.
Track: ALL NIGHT ALL DAY
New piece from their 6th LP, entitled
Double Infinity. It comes out on
September 5.
TUTV: Another sepia-colored BT humdinger with
Lenker‘s starry-eyed voice enchants once again.
Instagram – Spotify – All Albums
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Band: NEWMOON
Who: Popular Belgian
melodic shoegazers.
Track: SAME DISTANCE
Piece that should have been on their excellent 2024 album Temporary Light ,
but it didn’t due to vinyl constraints. It was never intended as a single or B-side.
TUTV: Yes, it would have been an unquestionable highlight on the album. But on or off it, it’s great to have this phantasmagoric pearl right now. A dream-in-motion beauty for the ears, mind, and soul. Made me immediately think of Brian Eno‘s ambient atmospherics. Wonderful. Truly wonderful.
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Artist: STEPH SWEET
Who: Affecting British
indie songstress.
Track: BURN SO GOOD
From her new 4-track EP Ghost Signal.
TUTV: Trip-hop dynamics, ambient echoes and
ominous synths, and Sweet‘s haunting vocals combine
for a twilight experience in slow-mo.
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Instagram – Website
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MARK STEWART, one of the most adventurous/inventive/original
post-punk & dub artists/performers ever, passed away 2 years,
aged 62.
He was a co-founding member and frontman of British,
genre-bending new wave band The Pop Group
Track: A LONG ROAD
From his sublime, 8th solo LP The Fateful Symmetry,
released posthumously 3 weeks ago.
Goosebumps! Nothing but goosebumps!
Reminiscent of his friend, fan and piano
crooner Nick Cave‘s work.
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Facebook – Mute Records
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TURN UP THE VOLUME
12 July 2025
New album artwork
Isle Of Wight (UK) pop sensation WET LEG – Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers –
attracted tons of attention with their prizewinning self-titled debut LP from 2022.
And when I read the laudatory critics I’m pretty sure their follow-up,
released yesterday and titled MOISTURIZER will be a striking success
too.
The Independent (English newspaper): “Far from being burned out, or being
bullied into selling out, by the sudden wave of global fame, they’ve doubled down
on their own weird energy. Moisturizer’s uncanny electricity is off the voltmeter.”
TUTV: The girls and band fabricated the album in an isolated, remote house
in the countryside, written in a creative frenzy, diving into themes of obsession
and all-consuming love. A record mostly inspired by Teasdale falling in love, in
her first queer relationship, in 2021. Again her lyrics are witty, sarcastic/cynical,
double-edged and at times quite absurd. There’s a lot of love and lust involved.
“I can make you sticky / Make you hot screaming for after sun.
I can make you beg / Can make you wet like an aquarium”
“Would you still love me if I was a worm?”
“You’re the rock to my roll / You’re the sand between my toes /
Sweet baby girl, we go like salsa and Doritos”.
Teasdale‘s new look. Dyed hair, dyed eyebrows, and sexy lingerie outfit fits
her sultry mindset. Sonically they sound somewhat heavier here and there,
but overall their effective formula – sticky, edgy, upbeat tunes – colours
also this 2nd effort.
Highlights: the 3 singles, Pond Song, Pillow Talk and U And Me At Home
Singles: Davina Maccall / CPR / Catch These Fists
– DAVINA MCCALL –
– CPR –
– CATCH THESE FISTS –
ALBUM
5 July 2025
Band: WET LEG
Who: Showy guitar pop sensation from
the Isle Of Wight, featuring Rhian Teasdale
and Hester Chambers.
New album artwork
Track: DAVINA MCCALL
Newest single from their upcoming 2nd full-length,
called Moisturizer and available from July 11.
Live at Glastonbury Fest 2025.
Sexy, sultry, sensual.
New striking strokes
24 June 2025
New 2025 promo photograph
Band: WET LEG
Who: Showy pop duo featuring
Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers
Ass all fans know, the Isle Of Wight popsters launch
their 2nd LP, named Moisturizer on July 11th.
Pre-order info here.
New album artwork
Teasdale: “We focused on: ‘Is this going to be fun to play live?’
It was very natural that we would write the second record together.”
Taster number three, called DAVINA MCCALL is a bluesy musing
that circles around a magnetizing riff that slowly gets under your skin.
Groove and move here.
All 3 singles