After her 2017 LP ‘His Spun‘ the first music from gloomy troubadour CHELSEA WOLFE
was a Roky Ericskon cover to pay tribute to the psychedelic rocker who recently passed away. A few weeks ago she announced her new longplayer ‘Birth Of Violence‘ and shared moony lead single ‘The Mother Road’ and today she launched a second track. ‘AMERICAN DARKNESS’ is a mystifying and puzzling pop noir ballad. Capture the twilight vibe here…
BRITANNY HOWARD who released two albums as former frontwoman of Alabama Shakes (Boys & Girls in 2012 and Sound & Color in 2015) and made also an album with
her side project Thunderbitch, will release her solo debut LP JAIME named after her
sister who died of cancer when they were teenager, on 20 September.
A few weeks ago she revealed groovy lead single ‘History Repeats’ and now she just shared another new one. ‘STAY HIGH‘ is a levitating and soulful song about and for her dad. The video clip features former football player and actor Terry Crows but as usual
the star is Howard’s masterful voice. Tune in and find out right here…
After releasing their firm Taste Of Life EP early this year Toronto’s vigorous rockers FADE AWAAYS return with fresh single called ‘AS THEY DO‘. A song “about being in a mass social situation – the buzz of being in a huge group of people whether it’s at a gig seeing your favourite band or watching your beloved football team score.”
It’s a racy rocker with glowing guitars and a high-spirited scream all together chorus. Check the heated beat out right here…
30 years ago today Madchester legends THE STONE ROSES released astounding song SHE BANGS THE DRUMS from their classic self-titled debut longplayer as the second single. One of the many highlights of their troubled career. Here’s that stellar corker…
Turn Up The Volume spotted the one and only right message to make this world work at Dour Festival in Belgium this past weekend. Unfortunately the police issued reports of cases of sexual abuse at the festival. Damn damn damn!…
IT IT ANITA – DOUR Festival Belgium – 14 July 2019
Belgium’s premier noiseniks IT IT ANITA did what they do best again yesterday at Dour Festival in Belgium: causing a deafening whirlwind of mindboggling noise on repeat, firing up the whole crowd with their immensely passionate electricity while messing up
the euphoric spectators’ minds the way they like it, breaking down the drums and building it up somewhere in the middle of the marquee for an astonishing intermezzo, leaving tons of sweat on the floor and remembering us all that they made one of last year’s albums with their ace LAURENT LP. Hail hail IIAA!
FAT WHITE FAMILY – Dour festival Belgium – Sunday 14 July 2019
Dedicated followers know that Turn Up The Volume has his eye and ears on wayward motherrockers FAT WHITE FAMILY from their early days on. So far this gang made 3 albums, 2 half great ones and one near-brilliant (their newest: Serfs Up!) and blew my hungry mind every time I saw them take a stage. Yesterday night at Dour festival in Belgium it happened once more again despite the fact that Saul Adamczewski and his astonishing live guitar psych play was nowhere to be seen or heard. He was replaced (partially) by a sultry saxophone player. Guess what? It worked damn well. Hell yeah!
Needless to say that hyperkinetic frontman Lias Saudi led the trippy troops again with a red-hot-blooded intensity and a raging persuasiveness. One day his head will explode on the podium. He’s the madman in the middle every single second. Yes, Lias, we know you wanna be the best. You know, you’re actually the best fucking ringleader on the planet right now of the only band that matters right now and that ended a steamy performance with the terrifically frenetic closer ‘Bomb Disneyland‘ leaving an ecstatic crowd behind begging for more. I’m still bloody tired after a long day/night writing this stuff this very moment so I’ll leave you with some visual impressions of the Fat Whites Bombing Dour…
