Daily fuel to load your sonic batteries…
Band: SCHLOMI BAGDADI
Base: New York
Who: Jordan Richardson and Laura Hajek
Social link: Facebook
Track: CHILD COUGH
Score: Dissonant, intriguing and tribal weirdness
to wake up your lazy brain in the morning…
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Energizing renditions of mesmeric classics…
Portland’s swirling psych-rockers MOON DUO released two related longplayers last year with yin-and-yang albums ‘Occult Architecture Vol. 1‘ and ‘Vol. 2‘. And their productive flow
is still streaming. Shortly, the far-out pair will launch a 12″ single with their interpretation of two memorable crackers: ‘No Fun’ by The Stooges and ‘JUKEBOX BABE‘, the kooky 1980 rockabilly stroke by ALAN VEGA, the former and late frontman of experimental dance duo Suicide. Here’s the latter. An extended tribute version with an ongoing intergalactic electro beat to dance to beyond the midnight hour…
MOON DUO: Website – Facebook – Twitter
Here’s the original…
Going back in sonic history…
1988 was a year of versatile vibes and kicks
Here are TURN UP THE VOLUME’S ten picks…
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1/ ‘Fiesta’ by THE POGUES
Ultimate party cracker…
Album: ‘If I Should Fall From Grace With God’
2/ ‘Wrote For Luck’ by HAPPY MONDAYS
Eight miles high…
Album: ‘Bummed’
3/ ‘Sidewalking’ by THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN
Psych pop pearl…
Album: ‘Barbed Wire Kisses’
4/ ‘People Have The Power’ by PATTI SMITH
Sing it loud, maybe it’ll help…
Album: ‘Dream Of Life’
5/ ‘Gigantic’ by PIXIES
Kim Deal on a roll…
Album: ‘Surfer Rosa’
6/ ‘Hit The North’ by THE FALL
You can dance to The Fall…
Album: ‘The Frenz Experiment’
7/ ‘Don’t Believe The Hype’ by PUBLIC ENEMY
Just believe Public Enemy…
Album: ‘It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back’
8/ ‘Sweet Child O’Mine’ by GUNS N’ ROSES
Massive rock and roll riffs…
Album: ‘Appetite For Destruction’
9/ ‘Orange Crush’ by R.E.M.
R.E.M. becoming a big alt act…
Album: ‘Green’
10/ ‘Christine’ by THE HOUSE OF LOVE
Pure pop melancholia…
Album: ‘The House Of Love’
New sonic impulses to activate your senses…
As already told several times here before DIY garage rock misfits THE MEDICINE DOLLS are a perplexing three-piece. They sound like early The Cramps fronted by Nick Cave when he was going totally mental with The Birthday Party and they look exactly like the runaway grandchildren of that legendary New York Dolls gang. They are natural born outsiders doing what they do best: creating DIY kamikaze punk mayhem drenched with agitated passion and barbed wire tantrums. Producing raw primal rock and bloody roll shouting is what their confused raison d’être is all about. Their brand new 6-track EP titled ‘LOST LOVE LULLABIES‘ is filled with ardent paroxysms (Kiss Kiss Kill Me / Take The Bitter With The Better) and scream along eruptions (Best Dress / If I Had Your Daddy’s Money ) while the pitch black, depressive closer ‘Lost Love Lullaby‘, sung by Robert Smith‘s ghost, is a tormented emo burst for damaged hearts and carved souls. Haunting stuff! Hello 2018…
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Daily fuel to load your sonic batteries…
Band: MUSH
Base: Leeds, UK
Who: magnetic unit producing guitar-heavy alternative, experimental rock tunes inspired by supreme squads such as: Sonic Youth, Pavement, The Fall, Pixies, Can and Beefheart…
Track: LUXURY ANIMALS
Score: Imagine jingle jangle noiseniks Parquet Courts with Lou Reed‘s ghost as guest singer, while producing some mind-boggling guitar electricity together, growing nastier along their electrical path towards a mighty firework finale! Experience the kick-ass trip here…
MUSH: Facebook – Twitter
Daily fuel to load your sonic batteries…
Band: BLACK FUN SURGERY (London, UK)
Who: Electronic producer Slight V and vocal artist Didi Delaroux, inspired the synthetic sound of bands like Crystal Castles, Nero, The Birthday Massacre, Chvrches, Purity Ring …
Track: BLACK SMOKE
Score: Glimmering disco ball electronics with a spell-binding edge that will get under your
skin without asking. Snappy synths, multi-layered vocals and dangerously bewitching…
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BLACK FUN SURGERY: Website – Facebook – Twitter
BLACK SMOKE is the tandem’s 2nd single off their upcoming album PATCHES.
Going back in sonic history…
1978 was one of the highlight years
for stand out punk/new wave singles
Really tough to choose only ten!
Here are TURN UP THE VOLUME’S
top picks (some great sleeves too)
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1/ ‘Hong Kong Garden’ by SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES
Oriental riffs and Siouxsie‘s pitch black voice…
Released: 18 August 1978 – debut single
2/ ‘(White Man) In Hammersmith Palais’ by THE CLASH
Barbed wire reggae à la The Clash…
Released: 16 June 1978
3/ ‘Public Image’ by PUBLIC IMAGE LTD
Goodbye Pistols, hello PIL…
Released: 13 October 1978 – debut single
4/ ‘Damaged Goods’ by GANG OF FOUR
The band’s smashing debut 45…
Released: 13 October 1978
5/ ‘Where Were You’ by THE MEKONS
Explosive like a molotov cocktail…
6/ ‘Pump It Up’ by ELVIS COSTELLO
Costello‘s sex song…
Released: 28 April 1978
7/ ‘Shot By Both Sides’ by MAGAZINE
Howard Devoto‘s glorious paranoia stroke…
Released: 20 January 1978
8/ ‘Down In The Tube Station At Midnight’ by THE JAM
Molestation in the London Underground…
Released: 13 October 1978
9/ ‘Ambition’ by SUBWAY SECT
Founder Vic Godard was a underrated genius…
10/ ‘Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone You Shouldn’t’ve) by BUZZC0CKS
One of their many speedy pop punk crackers…
Daily fuel to load your sonic batteries…
Artist: RACHEL KIEL
Base: Carrboro, North Carolina
Who: singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist “combining strong pop sensibility
with a sustained interest in experimentation and creative risk-taking.”
Track: SHOT FROM A CANNON
Score: powerful and melodic drive reminding me of the finest moments of Liz Phair …
RACHEL KIEL: Website – Facebook – Twitter
SHOT FROM A CANON is the opener of her third same-titled LP – here on Bandcamp
Daily fuel for your sonic engine…
Band: ANTEROS
Base: London, UK
Track: LOVE
Score: smashing stormer pushed by robust guitars and electrified with a dynamite chorus while singer Laura Hayden‘s utterly cool voice rolls all over it. Striking score! Hello 2018…
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ANTEROS: Website – Facebook – Twitter
Available on iTunes