Month: November 2017

NOEL GALLAGHER’S HIGH FLYING BIRDS – Third Album ‘WHO BUILT THE MOON?’ Out Now And It’s Awesome!…

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When we can’t get enough of it…

24 November 2017

Although I’m not religious I’m quite sure now that there’s, somewhere, somehow, a God and he’s obviously an obsessed music devotee! First, back in the early 90s, he gave us OASIS, one of the most exhilarating ‘sex, drugs and rock and roll bands in sonic history. After two top-grade albums (unfortunately, they never matched those two diamonds, simply because ‘Definitely, Maybe‘ and ‘(What’s The Story) Morning Glory?’ were/are outstanding longplayers) Satan took over and made the Gallagher brothers fight like two 7-year old loudmouthed bullies resulting in the group AND the family splitting up back in 2009. But today God is back in charge and he used one of the devil’s classic tricks himself. The holy man nourished the fraternal rivalry again, but with a completely different goal.
No more verbal abuse, no more hostile insults, no God presented them a most tempting challenge, one really worthwhile to battle for: ‘who will make the best solo album? Brilliant idea!! Why I here you ask. Well, both bros accepted the seducing dare and they pushed each other to spectacular sonic levels. Liam‘s first ‘As You Were’ is light years better than
I ever thought it would be. Highly entertaining retro rock and quality songwriting: 8/10. Today it’s Noel turn to prove that he can grow older while sounding younger than he
ever did in a long time. Back to his firework roots, back to massive tunes and scream
along choruses, back to utterly cool motherrockin’ knockout crackers: 9/10. Yes Noel
wins, but hey, he was born a singer/songwriter, while Liam needed to learn the craft
along the rowdy way and succeeded amazingly. So, who still needs Oasis (I don’t, I saw them 27 times)? Within less than 2 months, 2 Gallaghers gave us 2 big albums. That’s way more than another mediocre Oasis record. Thank you, God ! It’s party time, folks…

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NOEL GALLAGHER: Website – Facebook – Twitter


Gold for Noel…

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Silver for Liam, not bad at all…

LIAM GALLAGHER: Website – Facebook – Instagram

BLACK REBEL MOTORYCLE CLUB – Classic ‘WHATEVER HAPPENED TO MY ROCK N ROLL’ Live In Austin, Texas…

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Memorable live performances…

23 November 2017


(photo: Turn Up The Volume! Brussels – 2014)

Last Tuesday one of the most genuine, most honest and most flamboyant rock gangs on
this troubled planet played Belgium again. Yes, BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB came
to play new album ‘Wrong Creatures’ and more in Antwerp. I had my ticket from the day
the concert was announced. But due to an endless, massive traffic jam – a truck lost his dangerous freight on the highway – I didn’t even arrived in Antwerp. From the moment
I realized I couldn’t be in time at all for the show I returned utterly disappointed back home. As I’ve seen B.R.M.C several times before I knew what I missed. Bloody bad luck,
for me and many other fans who experienced the same shit. To comfort us all here’s
their first ever big knockout from 2001 performed live in Austin, Texas in 2013…

BRMC: Website – Facebook – Tour Dates

ALBUM
New album WRONG CREATURES out 12 January 2018 – all info here.

NOEL GALLAGHER AND HIS HIGH FLYING BIRDS – New Album ‘WHO BUILT THE MOON?’ Out This Friday…

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Brand new sonic impulses…

new-stuff

NOEL GALLAGHER and his HIGH FLYING BIRDS release their third longplayer
this Friday – 24 November. Here’s British weekly NME‘s raving review….

NOEL G’s BEST WORK SINCE ‘(WHAT’S THE STORY) MORNING GLORY
by Mark Beaumont/NME

What a difference two decades make. In the 90s we nailed our colours to Blur or Oasis, now we’re forced to choose between Oasis Oasis and Blur Oasis. Team Liam prefer things as they were – one massive, lairy love-in. Team Noel, meanwhile, are embracing a more experimental mindset and thereby, by some immense twist of cosmic irony, finally starting to live up to all those frigging Beatles comparisons at last.

It’s hardly Oneohtrix Point Never but, for Noel, NGHFB’s third album ‘Who Built The Moon?’ marks a grand sonic expansion. First single ‘Holy Mountain’ set the retro-revisionist tone – the sound of glam-era Bowie, The Vaccines, Showaddywaddy and Ricky Martin all marching to Jona Lewie’s tin whistle – and its excitable, life-loving spirit infects Noel’s best album since ‘…Morning Glory’.

Enshrouded in a kind of sepia rock dream-haze and one big lyrical air-punch, ‘…Moon’ beams with surprises. Opener ‘Fort Knox’ is a far more exotic ‘Fucking In The Bushes’ full of afrobeat choirs, a fire alarm and backing vocals like Florence Welsh atop a minaret. ‘Keep On Reaching’ is pounding space gospel while ‘It’s A Beautiful World’ could be early Spiritualized or Elbow remixed by Underworld, and includes a middle-eight in French that surprisingly reveals a greater grasp of the Gallic tongue than “je m’appelle Noël, cinq bières s’il vous plaît.”

NOEL GALLAGHER: Website – Facebook – Twitter

Canadian Alt Rockers ‘1971’ Say Goodbye To Their Lost Friend And Founding Member ‘Cameron Glen Cranston’…

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Sonic musings for the twilight hours…

Last February Cameron Glen Cranston, bassist and founding member of Canadian indie rockers 1971 passed away suddenly, only 25 years old. The band decided to not continue without their lost soul brother, instead, they chose to say goodbye with the release of their last existing recordings with Cameron. Two unreleased demos actually. The first one called ‘Anxiety (In the Depths of Northwestern Ontario)’. Here’s the gripping heartbreaker…

The band will release this one as well as two other songs on cassette
and 7” vinyl via Art Of The Uncarved Block on 1 December.

“We really hope this release properly puts this band to rest and we hope it touches
some people who might have experienced something similar to what we went through. Cameron was a great musician and an inspiration to a lot of people he knew. He deserves
to be heard and remembered.”

1971: Facebook – Instagram

IGGY POP And His Disciples On Stage In Paris For A ‘SHAKE APPEAL’…

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Memorable live performances…

Who: IGGY POP
Track: ‘Shake Appeal’
Where: Casino De Paris, Paris, France
When: 25 September 2012
What: Iggy Pop’s lust for life is endless! The motherfucker of all punkfathers!


SHAKE APPEAL – Track from The Stooges‘ classic RAW POWER

ROME IS NOT A TOWN – It Is A Turbulent Indie Guitar Rock Quartet With One Of The Best Longplayers Of The Year …

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When we can’t get enough of it…

Two years ago this Swedish noise turbo blew me away with an intense, ebullient and rowdy performance when playing my hometown Ghent, Belgium (see review here). And the past few weeks they did/do it again and again and again with their debut album IT’S A DARE
on rumbustious repeat on my tortured headphones. It’s a mighty crackerjack of a record. A robust stream of loud and clear eruptions, a non-stop flow of wholehearted reflections on mixed emotions, on daily life, on being young, on being human, on now and here. An avalanche of cracking riffs, sharp hooks, brawny licks and flurried vocals. Electrifying passion from start to finish. Indie guitar rock at its poignant best with echoes from yesterday’s heroes Sonic Youth to today’s Canadian powerhouse Metz . Yes, folks, that roistering good. One of the best albums of 2017. FACT! Do not hesitate, have a listen
for yourself and you’ll understand exactly why I’m acting pretty excited. Here we go…

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ROME IS NOT A TOWN: Facebook / Label: Startracks


IT’S A DARE out now – available here on Bandcamp.

Happy 70 To JOE WALSH – Singer/Songwriter And Virtuosic Guitar Legend…

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Seventy years ago today – 20 November 1947 – Joseph Fidler Walsh, better know as
JOE WALSH was born in Wichita, Kansas, US. A brilliant guitarist and singer-songwriter
who played with bands such as James Gang, Barnstorm and The Party Boys while releasing solo albums in between. But he became globally famous when he joined legendary L.A. rockers the EAGLES in 1975 for their masterpiece LP HOTEL CALIFORNIA. To celebrate
the man’s 70th birthday here are three classic Walsh performances…

* ROCKY MOUNTAIN WAY (his most famous knockout – 1973)

* HOTEL CALIFORNIA (superb guitar play with the Eagles – live 1977)

* LIFE IN THE FAST LANE (from the Eagles ‘Hotel California LP based on a Walsh riff and here played with Ringo Starr’s All Star band)

JOE WALSH: Bio – Website – Facebook – Twitter

NOEL GALLAGHER Shares Romantic New Track From Upcoming Album – Here’s ‘IT’S A BEAUTIFUL WORLD’…

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New sonic impulses…

new-stuff

17 November 2017

NOEL GALLAGHER and his HIGH FLYING BIRDS share another new track from the forthcoming album, premiered live last week on BBC TV’s show ‘Later With Jools Holland’. It’s a dreamy, romantic song about this beautiful world (must be vintage Noel Gallagher sarcasm) with a French spoken sequence (not Noel) somewhere in the middle. Enjoy…

NOEL GALLAGHER: Website – Facebook – Twitter


‘WHO BUILT THE MOON?’ – out 24 November – all info here

SLAVES – Spit It Out With Battering Force On BBC TV…

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17 November 2017


(photo: Turn Up The Volume – Belgium 2016)

Who: SLAVES
Track: ‘Spit It Out’
Where: BBC TV – ‘Later With Jools Holland’ show
When: 27 September 2016
What: LOUD / FIERCE / HIGH-VOLTAGE / BADASS / PUNKTASTIC

SLAVES: Website – Facebook –  Twitter


From their 2nd album TAKE CONTROL – on Apple Music