Month: June 2018

BLOOD RED SHOES Launch Clip For Comeback Banger ‘GOD COMPLEX’…

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Clips that will have an impact on your eyes and your ears…

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Brighton‘s forceful 2-motor engine BLOOD RED SHOES returned with new material
last April. Comeback single ‘GOD COMPLEX’ is a vigorous punch with a doomy flare. Hypnotic and energized with a tribal The Kills vibe while Laura-Mary Carter’s vox has
both a threatening and sensual tone. Here’s the brand new video clip emphasising
the darksome feel of this slo-mo banger…

BLOOD RED SHOES: Website – Facebook – Twitter

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GOD COMPLEX – out now – available on iTunes

Start Your Summer Of 2018 Today With A Steamy Classic by Legendary Irish Pop Punks THE UNDERTONES…

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When timeless in sound and vision it’s a…

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21 June 2018

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Irish pop punks not only wrote timeless killer stroke Teenage Kicks. Oh no,
folks, THE UNDERTONES scored a big bag of catchy rippers between 1978 and
1983, releasing thirteen singles and four studio albums over that period with
original frontman Feargal Sharkey in the middle. One of their many upbeat
crackerjacks was HERE COMES THE SUMMER. An irresistible knockout, a
perfect earworm to start the summer of 2018…

THE UNDERTONES: Website – Facebook – All Albums

THE VERVE Released Mind-Blowing Debut LP ‘A STORM IN HEAVEN’ 25 Years Ago…

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Going back in sonic history looking for memorable albums…

21 June 2018

Band: THE VERVE

Album: A STORM IN HEAVEN

Released: 21 June 1993 – 25 years ago today

ALL MUSIC wrote: “The group’s 1993 full-length debut, ‘A Storm in Heaven’, was based on buoyant, extended psychedelic passages. Looking back today, it was an interesting and original musical direction, since at the time, angst-ridden Seattle bands (and their many copycats) were all the rage. A fine debut, the important connection between the Verve’s expansive early work (1992’s self-titled EP) and their later worldwide pop hits.”
Score: 4/5 – Full review here.

TURN UP THE VOLUME says: Far-out longplayer in sound and vision. Add Richard Ashcroft‘s imposing voice and his state of madness and what you got was breathtaking psychedelic paranoia.

TOP TRACKS: Slide Away / Star Sail / Blue

* SLIDE AWAY – way-out, sky-high…

* BLUE – spiritual rocker…

* STAR SAIL – insane live rendition…

The exorcism in full…

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THE VERVE Facebook – Biography – All Albums

FLASHER – Amplified Pop Trio From Washington D.C. Wonders ‘WHO’S GOT TIME?’

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Daily fuel to load your sonic batteries…

20 June 2018

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Washington D.C. popsters FLASHER launched their debut album CONSTANT IMAGE early this month. To celebrate the event the trio just issued a weird clip for one of the record’s singles. ‘WHO’S GOT TIME?‘ is a dynamic, multi-layered pop noise firecracker pushed by a wall-of-electrified-guitar buzz. Infectious and brawny. Here’s the fresh video. Bizarre and curious. Something like Chernobyl offsprings lost in the woods, looking for their identity. Press the button and enjoy the trip…

FLASHER: Facebook – Website 

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CONSTANT IMAGE – debut LP out now – available on iTunes

UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA Cover DAVID BOWIE’s Hunky Dory Oldie… ‘OH! YOU PRETTY THINGS’

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20 June 2018

New Zealand s pop collective UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA released their fourth
full length Sex & Food  last April. They’ve been touring the globe since then and recently stopped by Canadian indie rock radio  Sirius XMU to record a playful cover of David Bowie’s Hunky Dory LP classic ‘Oh! You Pretty Things’. Here’s UMO’s energetic rendition…

The masterly original…

VAN MORRISON & THE CHIEFTANS – Heartwarming Album ‘IRISH HEARBEAT’ Released 30 Years Ago…

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Going back in sonic history looking for memorable albums…

20 June 2018

Artist: VAN MORRISON & THE CHIEFTAINS

Album: IRISH HEARTBEAT

Released: 20 June 1988 – 30 years ago

ROLLING STONE wrote then: “It would be hard to imagine a more natural merger of pop
and folk than this collaboration between Van Morrison and Ireland’s preeminent oldwave traditional band, the Chieftains. Yet even those expectations don’t prepare one for the splendor and intense beauty of ‘Irish Heartbeat’, a collection of ballads that finds both acts at the top of their form. Never hokey and always affecting, Irish Heartbeat taps into the melancholy, deeply spiritual side of the Irish heritage, in which centuries-old music is more than a way of life; it is life. “ Score: 4/5 – Full review here.

TURN UP THE VOLUME says: A solid gold, Irish roots diamond.

OUTSTANDING TRACK: title song ‘Irish Heartbeat‘ is one to cry to. Overwhelming sentiments, gripping music, entrancing performance. Top!

Album in full…

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VAN MORRISON: Website – All Albums / THE CHIEFTAINS: Website – Facebook
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SEASIDE HEIGHTS – Opening Track ‘THE INVISIBLE ONE’ From New EP Is A Passionate Pearl…

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Daily fuel to load your sonic batteries…

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19 June 2018

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Band: SEASIDE HEIGHTS (Gothenburg, Sweden)

Who: “Swedish Pop/Rock with big melodies and straight forward vocals.”

Track: THE INVISIBLE ONE – from brand new EP ‘Made Up Minds And Bad News‘

Score: the opener of Seaside Heights’ new EP is a melodious triumph. Richly orchestrated and anthemically arranged. A wondrous synths injected composition with echoes from The National and Editors. Both magnified and mysterious, while carried by dusk vocals turning this mellow beauty into a passionate pearl. Momentous score!

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SEASIDE HEIGHTS: Facebook – Instagram

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New EP ‘MADE UP MINDS AND BAD NEWS‘ out now – stream on Spotify

NEW ORDER – ‘Temptation’ – Live At FINSBURY PARK In LONDON 2002

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Smashing live performances of smashing knockouts…

‘Temptation’ by NEW ORDER
Finsbury Park, LONDON – 2002

NO: at their most electrifying and bassly best when Hooky was in the line-up…

NEW ORDER: Website – Facebook

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TEMPTATION – 1982 – One of the band’s first-rate singles…

THE GHOST WOLVES Go ‘FAST’ On New Sweltering Psych-O-Matic Single…

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Daily fuel to load your sonic batteries…

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18 June 2018

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Band: THE GHOST WOLVES

Who: “The Cramps From The Crypt meet up the Ramones and
take all the cocaine Hasil Adkins left on the floor .”

Track: FAST – brand new ripper

Score:  Texan pysch-o-billy tandem returns with a tricky reverberation sounding like Bonnie & Clyde‘s foreplay to one of their bank robberies.  Tempting, ominous and totally cool.  Feel the sultry heat and catch the piquant beat right here…


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THE GHOST WOLVES: Facebook – Twitter

SLOWDIVE – ‘Star Roving’ – LONDON 2017

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Smashing live performances of smashing knockouts…

‘Star Roving’ by SLOWDIVE 
The Garage – London 29 March 2017

One of those rare reunions that blow you off your socks! Overwhelming wall-of-sound...

SLOWDIVE: Website – Facebook – All Albums

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From self-titled 2017 album –  available on iTunes