Top singles from the past…
25 May 2020
Band: Dire Straits
(Newcastle, UK)
Active: 1977 – 1995
Single: So Far Away
B-side: Walk Of Life
Released: May 1985
Album: Brothers In Arms
Released on 25 May 1985 – 35 years ago today
Score: #19 in the UK / #3 in the US when it was
re-released a year later
Altogether now…
DIRE STRAITS: Facebook
25 May 2020
rOZZ is a fascinating and wayward Belgian artist who follows only one musical path…
her own. An incredibly productive composer. Ten albums in 4 years (take notes, Radiohead!) with a compelling variety of singer-songwriting expeditions.
She describes herself as follows: “Hi! I’m Julie. but you can also call me rOZZ. I live in
Belgium. Music and Astronomy are my life. I am a forum moderator at Seti@Home (Search
for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) I would like to have been a professional astronomer but I’m
not that good at math and fyzix, I’m more of a philosopher. Philosophy forms a good base
to write the best lyrics! I like to paint, sing, write poetry and above all play as many music instruments as possible! I also like to listen to the music of Nick Cave, and read his books,
he’s my big example.
She just released her 11th album entitled ELECTROMANIA. A surprising work of eclectic electronic extravaganza. A multifaceted journey into the wondrous world of eletrco music. Almost impossible to tag this record as it goes from synths designed lullabies to cinematic soundscapes and otherworldly EDM tunes for misfits in between.
A 2020: A Space Odyssey with multiple sound-exploring trips.
Petrifying, unorthodox and highly inventive.
Enter the rOZZ galaxy here…
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roZZ: Website
Great concert posters from the past…
FRANK ZAPPA
ALICE COOPER
Fullerton, California
8 November 1972
Daily electricity to load your sonic batteries…
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25 May 2020
Brighton‘s fierce noiseniks DITZ have a new sledgehammer single out called ‘ROLE MODEL‘. Prepare your aural antenna for an ear-splitting assault of an illegal dose of
crushing decibels. Manic droning doing your head in. Merciless pounding disorienting
your blood-pressure. Madcap battering speeding up your pulse. Mental blazing messing up your mind. Mad vocals scaring the shit out of you. Sounds like metallic fun, isn’t it! You betcha!
Two minutes of thumping havoc with a rousing impact ringing in your ears long after you played this buffeting jackhammer for the umpteenth time. ‘Role Model’ is a contender for trash ‘n’ crash drone of the year. Absobloodylutely.
Turn up the heat right here, right now…
DITZ: Facebook
(photo: Facebook Ditz)
24 May 2020
Band: WOODS (Warwick / Brooklyn, NY) led by singer-songwriter Jeremy Pearl
Album: STRANGE TO EXPLAIN – eleventh studio longplayer
Press-statement: “Dreaming doesn’t come easy these shadowed days, which is why
‘Strange To Explain’ by Woods is such a welcome turning of new colors. It presents an
extended moment of sweet reflection for the 15-year-old band, bouncing back to earth
as something hopeful and weird and resolute. The album not only catches and holds and shares the light in yet another new way, but recognizes that there’s still light to be caught.”
Released: 24 May 2020
Keywords: Hopeful and realistic, reflective and romantic, charming
and gracious, elegant and entertaining, melodious and easy-listening
Key tracks: Where Do You Go When You Dream? / Can’t Get Out /
Strange To Explain / Be There Still
Video clip for single Where Do You Go When You Dream?
Full album…
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WOODS: Facebook
(photo: Facebook Woods)
Top singles from the past…
24 May 2020
Band: The Wedding Present (Leeds, UK)
Active: 1985–1997, 2004–present
Single: Kennedy
B-side: Unfaithful
Released: 25 Sep 1989
Score: First top 40 single in the UK peaking at #33
Album: Bizzaro – second LP – an indie classic
Press play…
THE WEDDING PRESENT: Facebook
Norway’s pop sensation Aurora is a fan of her own kind…
AURORA‘s most recent,
triumphant LP…
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(photo on top: cover ‘A Different Kind of Human (Step 2)’ album)
Daily electricity to load your sonic batteries…
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24 May 2020
Band: FLEKS (Vienna, Austria)
Who: Metallic punk trio
Pick: MEXICAN STANDOFF – fifth single – “the song’s plot is set in a western movie scene
with quotes from spaghetti western movies. “Mexican Standoff” convinces the listener with a catchy chorus and it’s varied and unorthodox approach on songwriting.”
Score: This is a superheated haymaker bulldozes its robustious way from the very glowing start. A hell-raising punk hammer taking you on a rumbustious ride without looking back. Its speedy cadence and thunderous force will make the police racing to your house after they were warned by your neighbors. A storming puissance in your face. Loud and proud!
I don’t feel like dying
But gunshots keep firing
In my head
In my head
Open the gates…
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FLEKS: Facebook
