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Julia Mason aka The Decibel Decoder

@thedecibeldecoder.bsky.social

Music Reviewer for Clash Magazine, God Is In The TV Zine, The Decibel Decoder and Blowtorch Records. Punky, Funky, Dancey Vibes

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NEWS: Left of the Dial opens its 2026 account with first wave of artists announced - The Decibel Decoder Rotterdam’s Left of the Dial Festival today announces the first 41 artists for its 2026 edition taking place 22, 23 and 24 October across multiple venues in the city. The festival for emerging artists...

@lotdrotterdam.bsky.social announces first wave of artists for its 2026 edition. 41 from 11 countries, what a start!!

22, 23 and 24 October

20.02.2026 11:00 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Bruise Control - Bruise Control - God Is In The TV Anyone who knows Manchester's Bruise Control might be slightly concerned on listening to the opening 10 seconds of their new self-titled EP (released on

Manchesters #bruisecontrol release self-titled EP 💥💥

Reviewed for @godisinthetvzine.bsky.social

20.02.2026 09:24 — 👍 0    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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NEWS: Naked Lungs return with new single 'Glitter' - The Decibel Decoder Today, enigmatic Irish four-piece noise-rock band Naked Lungs return with the announcement of their incendiary new single ‘Glitter’, their first new material since their widely praised 2023 debut albu...
19.02.2026 10:35 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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NEWS: Real Farmer announce second album with new single 'Heart Out' - The Decibel Decoder Groningen, Netherlands-based four-piece Real Farmer have today unveiled ‘Heart Out’, a new single that’s a thrilling mix of 60s beat and proto punk. Hollering vocals and swashbuckling guitars conjure ...

@realfarmerband.bsky.social announce second album 'Two Wrongs Don't Make A Right' set for release on 1 May via #straporiginals

Blistering new single 'Heart Out' released today.

Extensive UK + EU tour details in article.

18.02.2026 11:24 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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NEWS: A Place To Bury Strangers announce rarities album, Rare and Deadly, + share new single - The Decibel Decoder New-York based band A Place To Bury Strangers announce their rarities album, Rare And Deadly, out 3 April via Dedstrange, and release the lead single, ‘Everyone’s The Same’. Following 2024’s Synthesiz...

@aptbs.bsky.social announce rarities album, Rare and Deadly

Full European Tour details in article.

#dedstrangerecords

18.02.2026 10:31 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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NEWS: La Sécurité announce 2nd album Bingo! and release title track - The Decibel Decoder Art punk collective La Sécurité announce second album, scheduled for 12 June via Bella Union (World) and Mothland (Canada/United States). The Montréal collective release title track ‘Bingo’ with a mus...

La Sécurité announce second album Bingo! and release title track as new single.

@bellaunion.bsky.social @mothland.bsky.social

17.02.2026 11:24 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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PREVIEW: God Is In The TV Zine At The New Colossus Festival, New York - Runner - God Is In The TV We are delighted to welcome Irish band Runner to open the God Is In The TV Zine showcase at New Colossus Festival in New York on 5 March at Parkside Lounge.

@godisinthetvzine.bsky.social at #newcolossusfestival in New York

16.02.2026 18:42 — 👍 1    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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NEWS: LIFE announce 4th album ABSRACT/NATURAL and release new single 'The Dollywagon' - The Decibel Decoder Today, Hull alternative four piece LIFE return with the announcement of their fourth studio album, ABSTRACT / NATURAL, set for release on 19 June via Launchpad+ in partnership with EMI North. The news...
16.02.2026 17:13 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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NEWS: Australian punks Mini Skirt announce UK/EU tour for May and release new single 'Mud' - The Decibel Decoder Hailing from Byron Bay in the Far North Coast of New South Wales, the four boys in Mini Skirt produce a timeless sound that’s rough as guts and truly ensconced in the essence of pub rock that captures...
16.02.2026 14:38 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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NEWS: Chalk release new single 'Tongue' ahead of debut album - The Decibel Decoder Belfast post-punk/electronic maestros Chalk share ferocious new single ‘Tongue’ marking the final release from the group’s forthcoming debut album Crystalpunk set for release 13 March via ALTER Music....
16.02.2026 08:11 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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NEWS: Glasgow's Houseguest Fest completes its line-up for 3rd edition - The Decibel Decoder Glasgow’s Houseguest Fest takes place across three venues in the heart of the city’s music centre. Nice N’ Sleazy, 1990 and The Art School will host 29 artists on the 4 April. It now confirms its line...
16.02.2026 07:38 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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NEWS: Only Here For You Records announces its first release, a compilation including The Amazing Snakeheads, The KVB and King Hannah - The Decibel Decoder Only Here For You is a tattoo studio / record label / events promoter & clothing brand based in Hackney Wick, East London. OHFY001 is the first release for Only Here For You Records and is a compilati...
12.02.2026 08:59 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

#lipcritic announce their 2nd album to be released via @partisanrecords.bsky.social

Theft World is set for release on 1 May.

@godisinthetvzine.bsky.social

11.02.2026 13:56 — 👍 0    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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NEWS: Inaugural Bulletproof Festival announces line-up including headliners Maruja, Sprints and Pussy Riot - The Decibel Decoder Bulletproof is new multi-venue music and arts festival founded by the Peace & Justice Project as part of its Music For The Many campaign to protect Britain’s independent music venues and serves as a g...

Inaugural #bulletprooffestival announces line-up including headliners #maruja #sprints @pussyriot.bsky.social

11.02.2026 10:22 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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NEWS: Madams Last Discovery release new single 'The Message' from forthcoming debut EP - The Decibel Decoder Madams Last Discovery, or Madams as their fans have affectionately nicknamed them, are a psychedelic post punk band carrying an explosive unapologetic sound. Based in Belfast the band has been togethe...
11.02.2026 09:30 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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NEWS: Dead Pioneers release new single 'Nazi Teeth' ahead of UK and EU dates - The Decibel Decoder Dead Pioneers, the Indigenous fronted band from Denver, thump back into action this week with one of their most enraged, powerful and important pieces of work yet. As the upsurge of the far right and ...
11.02.2026 08:24 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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NEWS: Dead Pioneers release new single 'Nazi Teeth' ahead of UK and EU dates - The Decibel Decoder Dead Pioneers, the Indigenous fronted band from Denver, thump back into action this week with one of their most enraged, powerful and important pieces of work yet. As the upsurge of the far right and ...
11.02.2026 08:23 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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NEWS: Prostitute share visualizer for 'Judge Fast' ahead of album's vinyl + CD release plus new London headliner announced for 26 August - The Decibel Decoder At the tail end of last year, Dearborn, Michigan’s Prostitute announced details of their signing to Mute and the first worldwide release of their debut album, Attempted Martyr.  Further international ...
11.02.2026 07:42 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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MEET from Scotland: Bratakus - The Decibel Decoder Formed in 2015 by two Scottish sisters Brèagha Cuinn (Guitar and vocals) and Onnagh Cuinn (Bass and vocals), Bratakus release their second album Hagridden via Venn Records on 13 February. It follows t...
06.02.2026 07:25 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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NEWS: Grade 2 announce new album and release lead single 'Standing In The Downpour' - The Decibel Decoder British punks Grade 2 wrestle with a whirlwind coming-of-age on their rollercoaster fourth album Talk About It, set for release on 3 April via Hellcat Records.  Frontman Sid Ryan, guitarist Jack Chatf...
06.02.2026 06:20 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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NEWS: Venice Beach hardcore punks XCOMM release new single 'Fake ID' - The Decibel Decoder XCOMM are a ferocious hardcore punk band from Venice Beach, fusing old-school intensity with a modern sense of chaos and clarity. Formed in 2023, the band features frontman Michael Gatto, guitarist Ja...
05.02.2026 15:47 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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NEWS: Punchbag announce second EP, I Am Obsessed, and release title track as new single - The Decibel Decoder South London sibling duo PUNCHBAG (Clara and Anders Bach) announce new EP, I Am Obsessed, out 10 April via Mute, alongside the release of its lead single and title track. The EP will also mark the ban...
05.02.2026 15:15 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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NEWS: The Great Escape announces Peaches to headline a Spotlight Show plus confirms another 130+ artists - The Decibel Decoder The Great Escape, the festival for new music, announces genre-defying icon Peaches will headline a Spotlight Show at Brighton Dome Concert Hall on 15 May 2026.  A trailblazer of electroclash and femin...
03.02.2026 10:47 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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NEWS: Softcult release debut album When A Flower Doesn't Grow - The Decibel Decoder Fast-rising Ontario-based modern grunge sibling duo Softcult have today released their debut full-length album When A Flower Doesn’t Grow, via Easy Life Records.  To coincide with the album release th...
30.01.2026 14:43 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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NEWS: C Douglas Releases Debut EP 75019 Via Golden Lion Sounds - God Is In The TV C Douglas releases his debut EP 75019 on Golden Lion Sounds. James Douglas Clarke, aka C Douglas, former singer and guitarist in Burnley indie-rock five-piece
30.01.2026 12:15 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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NEWS: Christine and the Queens and Thee Diane release new single 'Ah Ya' - The Decibel Decoder Longtime friends and collaborators Christine and the Queens and Thee Diane release new song ‘Ah Ya’. Co-written, co-produced and co-mixed by both artists, it blends club energy and afro-inspired rhyth...
30.01.2026 08:01 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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NEWS: New York's New Colossus Festival Announces Third Wave Of Artists - God Is In The TV Returning to New York City’s vibrant Lower East Side and expanding to six days, the New Colossus Festival begins on Tuesday 3 March and runs through

#newcolossusfestival announces 3rd wave of artists for 7th edition.

@godisinthetvzine.bsky.social

30.01.2026 07:16 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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NEWS: Nation of Language share 'Inept Apollo (Tom Sharkett Remix)' plus announces headline and festival dates - The Decibel Decoder Nation of Language shares a new rework of Dance Called Memory’s lead single ‘Inept Apollo’ by Tom Sharkett of the band W.H. Lung. This rework takes the song’s new wave origins, ups the BPM and the fun...

@nationoflanguage.bsky.social share remix of 'Inept Apollo' by Tom Sharkett of #w.h.lung

Also announce extensive headline and festival dates plus support for @deathcabforcutie.bsky.social

Full details in article.

29.01.2026 11:14 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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NEWS: Tooth release debut single 'The Age of Innocence' - The Decibel Decoder London four-piece Tooth share their debut single ‘The Age of Innocence’, available now via tastemaker imprint Soil To The Sun Recordings (Cliffords, Hex Girlfriend). Over the past few years, the quart...
28.01.2026 12:56 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Madra Salach - It's A Hell Of An Age - God Is In The TV Now and again a band comes along who shakes the very foundations of what has gone before. Madra Salach are already beloved in their home country Ireland.
27.01.2026 17:39 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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