Brand new sonic impulses…
Washington band DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE will launch new, ninth album THANK YOU FOR TODAY next August. Ahead of it here’s first track GOLD RUSH. A vintage DCFC pop song. Twinkling, dreamy and colored with rainbow harmonies. Here’s the accompanying video…
DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE: Website – Facebook – Twitter
New album THANK YOU FOR TODAY out August 19 – all info here
Daily fuel to load your sonic batteries…
13 June 2018
Band: KANE INCOGNITO
Who: ‘A deep, spine-chilling blend of folk and rock is delivered
from the magnetic four-piece out of Edmonton AB, Canada.’
Track: DIAGNOSE ME
Score: This is just one of the best songs I heard all year long. FACT! Diagnose Me
is an impressive, vocal heartbreaker. An outstanding folk injected symphony with
singer Eric Kane Cherrington‘s soul-stirring vox in the middle of this harmonious
pearl. The touching impact of this enrapturing mixed emotions composition moves
you to tears. The orchestration is magnificent and the arrangements crystal clear.
Capture the astounding and affecting performance right here…
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So diagnose me, cut me apart. Follow my veins straight back to my heart.
Staring out at an empty field, as the moonlight moves in for the kill.
I ask myself am I doing alright?
Starlight star bright I stare at the sky almost every night,
and I tell myself everything’s going to be alright.
Oh oh ohhh, oh-oh ohhh…
So diagnose me, cut me apart, follow my veins straight back to my heart.
Tear me down and build me up again. Tell me what do you see is it love
or hate my friend?
Oh oh ohhh, oh-oh ohhh…
Open flame soothes my soul. Get rid of all the pain that I know (x2)
Oh oh ohhh, oh-oh ohhh…
So diagnose me and cut me apart, follow my veins straight back to my heart.
Tear me down and build me up again, tell me what do you see, is it love or hate, my friend?
So diagnose me and cut me apart, oh, follow my veins straight back to my heart.
Oh and tear me down and build me up again, tell me what do you see, is it love
Tell me what do you feel, is it love…
Tell me what do you want, is it love or hate my friend?
Oh oh ohhh, oh-oh ohhh
KANE INCOGNITO: The band’s story – Website – Facebook
DIAGNOSE ME available on Apple Music and iTunes
Remarkable albums from the past…
‘Black And White’ by THE STRANGLERS
Released: 12 May 1978
40 years ago
BBC MUSIC wrote: “After two albums – the great ‘Rattus Norvegicus’ and its weaker sister,
‘No More Heroes’ and some extraordinary singles, The Stranglers were one of the most successful punk-era bands, hitting the top 10 regularly and being controversial (even for
1977) with their sexist lyrics and macho attitude. With an aptly stark cover and a division
into “black” and “white” sides, Black and White was immediately notable for its tougher
sound and attitude, and a merciful lack of songs about how awful women were.”
Full review here.
TOP TRACK: ‘Nice ‘N’ Sleazy’ – here live on Top Of The Pops in 1978…
Album in full…
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THE STRANGLERS: Facebook – All Albums
Brand new sonic impulses…
12 June 2018
British punk knockouts SLAVES dropped the first single, entitled CUT AND RUN
from their upcoming, third album. Its sound is less raw, less raging, less angry and
less tempestuous than before. But as catchy and contagious, and as hooky and sticky
as their previous singles. The accompanying clip features the pair dressed in shorts, wearing sweat bands while working out as if they were about to join a Spice Girls
reunion. Hilarious stuff. Catch it here…
SLAVES: Website – Facebook – Twitter
Going back in sonic history looking for memorable albums…
12 June 2018
Band: MANIC STREET PREACHERS
Album: GOLD AGAINST THE SOUL
Released: 14 June 1993 – 25 years ago
NME wrote: “‘Gold Against The Soul’ may not be Manic Street Preachers’ finest hour – while I like this album I’ll leave it to the real fans to decide what that is, but as an adrenalin-pumping rock album that also gives you plenty to think about, it is neither weak, confused nor a black sheep.” Full review here.
TURN UP THE VOLUME says: This LP was the band’s first step towards anthemic Manics melancholia and epic pop/rock for heart and soul…
THREE TOP TRACKS: La Tristesse Durera / Roses In The Hospital / From Despair To Where…
* LA TRISTESSE DURERA
* ROSES IN THE HOSPITAL
* FROM DESPAIR TO WHERE
Album in full..
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MANIC STREET PREACHERS: Website – Facebook – Twitter
Daily fuel to load your sonic batteries…
12 June 2018
Belgian artist BOBBY C aka Bob Caussyn is, described by his entourage, as “an anti-singer/songwriter inspired by Britpop, surrounded by some friends when he hits the stage.”
The man just released his brand new 4-track EP ‘Smoke And Mirrors‘ with closer LADY FORTUNE as my favorite track. An amplified, droning mid-tempo ballad fueled with
layers of galvanizing guitar parts. Melodic, feverish and ardent, all at the same time.
Definitely no Britpop at all to Turn Up The Volume‘s ears. This extended groove reminded me immediately of the first line-up of slacker rock legends Dinosaur Jr. led by J Mascis and Lou Barlow combining fuzzy noise, poppy hooks and grunge-y ferocity in a bizarrely sticky way. Flamboyant indeed. Check it out for yourself, folks, right here…
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I knew you would come back for more of this turbulent stuff.
Listen to the 4-track ‘SMOKE AND MIRRORS’ EP in full here.
BOBBY C: Facebook
Brand new sonic impulses…
11 June 2018
JASON PIERCE‘s musical alias SPIRITUALIZED will release its first longplayer in six years, entitled ‘AND NOTHING HURT‘ on September 7. Here’s the first new track I’M YOUR MAN.
A love ballad with some elevating moments when horns are added and midway when a solo guitar sequence injects this new cut with sparkling vitality. Listen/watch here with SPACEMAN Pierce behind the wheel…
SPIRITUALIZED: Facebook – Website
11 June 2018
Wow! It’s almost two years since L.A.’s burning turbo DEAP VALLY released their second album Femejism. A blazing powerhouse, yet more varied than pure explosive dynamite debut Sistrionix. But, after a most surprising and appealing acoustic intermezzo, the cracking tandem of Lindsey Troy and Julie Edwards, now returns with a totally fresh smack. On GET GONE the ladies roar, roll, rumble and rattle like never before. There’s definitely a new whirling sonic edge. Like if the turbulent ladies mixed some sultry surf sequences with a dose of nasty The Cramps psychobilly, and injected the rowdy result with wicked garage energy and boiling blues rawness to pump it all up into a demonic uppercut that hits all
of your senses, directly. This clamorous crackerjack sounds ace. Hundred seconds of blistering hullabaloo. A tremendous bang-up. Press the button and check out the heat
for yourself right here, right now…
DEAP VALLY: Website – Facebook – Twitter
(pic on top: FB Deap Vally)
Smashing live performances of smashing knockouts…
‘Disco 2000’ by PULP
Munich, Germany – 1996
Jarvis Cocker & Pulp at their peak! German fans agreed and jumped like common people…
From their bestseller LP DIFFERENT CLASS (1996)
A brand new SEVEN IN THE MIX for a brand new week!
Seven fervent strokes I played on repeat these past days
Seven towering tracks to feed body & soul all week long
Turn up the volume! Music is the dope! Here’s the stuff!
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1/ ‘Red Horizon’ by PALM GHOSTS (Nashville, US)
This irresistible stroke will activate your bloodstream instantly. Ongoing addictive riffage, pulsating beats and touchy duet vocals. Cold waves causing warm sentiments. A prime cut from the band’s brand new, excellent LP ‘Architecture‘. Discover it here on Bandcamp.
PALM GHOSTS: Facebook
2/ ‘Peaches’ by ANIMAL HOUSE (Based in Brighton, UK)
This red-hot garage rock ripper will make your head spin 360° and will make your feet tap uncontrollably. Deranged stuff, with a Kings Of Leon twist, to go completely bananas to!
ANIMAL HOUSE: Facebook
3/ ‘Coming Down’ by GENA ROSE BRUCE (Melbourne, Australia)
The song is “a happy-go-lucky look into self-destruction and total upheaval. Complete with ironic cheerfulness and introspective criticism” says this charismatic Aussie artist. With her hypnotizing voice and striking songwriting potential she’s on her way to something special.
GENA ROSE BRUCE: Facebook
4/ ‘Without You’ by FABRIC BEAR (Edinburgh, Scotland)
Energetic three-headed guitar driven generator creates elevating exhilaration. Their combination of catchy poppiness and electrical tunefulness works perfectly! Bingo!
FABRIC BEAR: Facebook
5/ ‘To Be Without You’ by MOON LOVES HONEY (Danmark)
Multi-layered synths, floating harmonies and a meditative sensibility. Dreamy vibrations feeling and sounding like an electronic symphony. This wholehearted reverie is on the band’s fresh debut LP, titled ‘You Drift Away From Me – explore the album on Bandcamp.
MOON LOVES HONEY: Facebook
6/ ‘Entropy’ by MERCY FLIGHT (Canada)
Pop music at its entertaining best. Melodic splendor, colorful arrangements, gracious chorus and an appealing voice. Endearing sonic allurement with a soulful smile. Lovely!
MERCY FLIGHT: Facebook
7/ ‘I Made It Up’ by ELECTRIC FLOOR (Italy)
This ambient and spacey electro humdinger transfers your mind to dreamland from the very start. Delectable synths and relentless drum beats cause romantic euphony. Ace!
ELECTRIC FLOOR: Facebook
See/hear you next week, music junkies…