Month: October 2017

BAUHAUS – The Goth Legends Released Third Album ‘THE SKY’S GONE OUT’ 35 Years Ago…

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Going back in sonic history…

Band: BAUHAUS

Album: THE SKY’S GONE OUT

Released: 19 October 1982 – 35 years ago

All Music wrote: “Old, pre-recording-career songs like the strong but dated ‘In the Night’ were revived and balanced against experiments and attempts to further develop the band’s sound, ultimately making ‘The Sky’s Gone Out’ feel more like a compilation than anything else. Piece by piece, though, the songs still often showed Bauhaus in excelsis. Ash’s elegant, haunting acoustic guitar work received two great showcases, ‘Silent Hedges’, adding a more familiar electric explosion to a fine Murphy performance detailing a desperate mental collapse, and ‘All We
Ever Wanted Was Everything’, a sympathetic, nostalgic reflection on dreams of the past, again matched by a perfectly balanced Murphy vocal. Other standouts include the brooding lope of “Swing the Heartache,” with a skeletal rhythm matched against some of Ash’s best guitar work, and “Spirit,” a live standout inspired by the performance vibe the band received from its fans.”

Turn Up The Volume! says: After all these years this record is still a compelling substantiation of Bauhaus‘ enthralling impact, sonically and lyrically…

Three Top Tracks (hard choice): Spirit / All We Ever Wanted Was Everything / Third Uncle

* SPIRIT – glorious tribute to their loyal fans…

* ALL WE EVER WANTED WAS EVERYTHING (lyrics clip) haunting & gloomy beauty…

* THIRD UNCLE (live version – 1992 – Manchester) – cutting Brian Eno cover…

Full album…
(original tracklist: #1- #10)

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BAUHAUS: Facebook – Discography
PETER MURPHY: Website – Facebook

Badass And Outspoken – Here Are The Rad PINS Serving The Rich…

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17 October 2017

Next Monday – 23 October, Antwerp, Belgium – I will see the awesome THE BREEDERS finally again. But I’m at least equally excited to see, support act, the stellar Manchester
gang PINS too… again. They soundtrack their rage against injustice, intolerance and all sorts of inequality in our society with gloriously amplified knockout pop punk rock gems. Check their two flaming albums GIRLS LIKE US (2013) and WILD NIGHTS (2015) and this year’s excellent 5-track Bad Thing EP, including a collaboration with the one and only punkfather IGGY POP. A few weeks ago, ahead of a series of headline dates & the support slots with The Breeders across Europe the band launched stand out single SERVE THE RICH. Produced by JAMIE HINCE of ‘The Kills‘ it’s a ‘loud and clear’ cracker “about how sometimes we feel like we only exist to make money for other people, it’s a swizz. We are promised things by saviours, these people who have come to rescue us, but it’s not true. ‘Serve The Rich’ was my opportunity to assert myself. I’m saying that we as PINS, musicians, women, Labour voters, and feminists, are here to save the kids, we’re here to save each other, we’re here to save ourselves. ”

Press the button and be saved…

PINS: Website – Facebook – Twitter

You can order SERVE THE RICH single on 7″ pink vinyl here


Anti-Austerity March Manchester – 1 October 2017


Pinned down in Brussels – 2015 (photo: JL/TurnUpTheVolume!)

Punk Rockers THE DOLLYROTS Cover Legend TOM PETTY For A Great Cause…

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Californian punk rockers THE DOLLYROTS just released their tribute to the late, great
Tom Petty who passed away too soon, only 66, last Sunday. Their cover of the legend’s classic AMERICAN GIRL is offered as a pay-what-you-want download on Bandcamp. Details here. All proceeds will go to The Midnight Mission, an organization founded in 1914 that offers paths to self-sufficiency to men, women and children who have lost direction. More info on the organization’s actions and services here. Discover the steamy way The Dollyrots honour the swirling artist Petty was, right here…


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Great tribute to a great artist for a great organization…

THE DOLLYROTS: Website – Facebook