Month: October 2018

JESUS & THE GROUPIES Boogie-Woogie With ‘HOT CHICKS AND BAD DJS’…

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Vibes that make us scream…

22 October 2018

Band: JESUS & THE GROUPIES

Who: Wacko duo – Marco Butcher (vocals, guitars & drums) and Luis Tissot (guitars, drums & loops) – from Brazil creating ‘Hot Ass Boogie Blues Scuzz Fried Rock and Roll’ from some time now. They’ve already released three boiling longplayers and their next one will come soon via Killing Moon Presents…

Track: HOT CHICKS AND BAD DJS – new single from upcoming LP

Score: I never heard of this off-centre motherrockers before. It was their hilariously cool name that made me curious when I saw their new single passing by on my Soundcloud page. Expect some steamy boogie-woogie you can go totally apeshit to. Electrical, sultry and madcap riffage that will energize your bloodstream and pump up your adrenalin.
Give your brain a day-off and shake your lazy limbs right here…

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JESUS THE GROUPIES: More on Bandcamp – Facebook

Denmark’s BOUNDARIES Impress With Atmospheric Single ‘INTO THE WALLS’…

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Daily fuel to load your sonic batteries…

22 October 2018

Band: BOUNDARIES

Who: New wave/post-punk inspired collective from Copenhagen, Denmark

Pick: INTO THE WALLS – track from upcoming EP, out 26 October

Score: ‘Into The Walls‘ combines post-punk atmospherics and new wave electronics
with astounding effect. After the Joy Division-like intro, with a palpitating bass creating
a menacing tone, scintillating synths gradually pushes the song to a haunting level. The overall obscure tension and captivating vocals impact your sonic attention all the way and an orchestral finale ends this thrilling goosebumps experience. Catch the magnetic tour de force right here…


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BOUNDARIES: Facebook

MODERN ADVENTURES – Melancholic Romanticism On New Single ‘CATCH ME’…

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Sensitive moments for the laziest day of the week…

21 October 2018


(photo: Nick Heikkila)

From Battle Creek/Kalamazoo, Michigan here are four best friends calling themselves MODERN ADVENTURES. On new single CATCH ME they create that melancholic and romantic feeling everybody experienced at least once in his/her life. Tender guitars, soothing vocals and the overall laid-back pace turn this amorous muse into a sweet
drift away reverie with a Kurt Vile touch. Capture the radiant mood here…

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MODERN ADVENTURES: Facebook

RICHARD ASHCROFT – His New Fervent LP ‘NATURAL REBEL’ Shows A Gripping Singer/Songwriter Growing Older… In Grand Style

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21 October 2018

Yesterday RICHARD ASHCROFT released his fifth solo longplayer entitled NATURAL REBEL . Some intellectual critics expected a sort of rowdy Idles punk record (which
Idles actually made! Big monstrous LP! I love it) by Richard Ashcroft because of ‘Rebel‘
in the title and other related nonsense. I expected glowing songs for heart & soul by
a great singer/songwriter growing older in grand style. Fuck the critics. I got what I
wanted. Here’s a heartfelt collection of gripping songs.on repeat right now..

https://open.spotify.com/album/2qGmBYeysAtucSTTOb4lbQ?si=dz1bIhP0Tbq7adouqpPFlg
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RICHARD ASHCROFT: Facebook – Website

(photo by TUTV!)

THE MIGHTY ORCHID KING – Back With Mind-Expanding Psych Trip ‘BEACON’…

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Daily fuel to load your sonic batteries…

20 October 2018

British psych-rock squad called THE MIGHTY ORCHID KING just returned with its sonic time machine from the mind-expanding sixties with a new transcendent track. BEACON
has that otherworldly, where-are-we-now feel so many out-of-their-head-bands created since the day hallucinogens find their way into their brains and their instruments. Expect far-out guitars, a pulsating rhythmic tandem, an overall buzzing resonance, echoing vocals and karma-like harmonies. Close your eyes, relax and float into space…

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THE MIGHTY ORCHID KING: Facebook

YESTERDAY’S CRACKERS – This Week: 25 Killer Tracks And 3 Top LP’s From 1976 …

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The best of the past…

Every week Turn Up The Volume jumps into the past! Relive 25 Crackers and
3 Top Albums per year/per week. Here’s the first year punk showed up: 1976.

Here’s the 25 KILLER TRACKS selection…

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Here are 3 TOP ALBUMS…

– Self-titled RAMONES debut LP –

Stream here…

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– Self-titled BLONDIE debut LP –

Stream here…

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– ‘Stupidity‘ – Live LP by DR. FEELGOOD –

Stream here…

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Female Duo STRANGE RELATIONS Enchants With New Track ‘SIDELINE KID’ From Upcoming EP…

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Daily fuel to load your sonic batteries…

19 October 2018

Band: STRANGE RELATIONS

Who: Female Minneapolis diary rock duo, featuring Casey Sowa (drums/vocals) and girlfriend Maro Helgeson (bass/synth), “don’t fit the typical mold of a pop group. Building tracks around a propulsive rhythm section, the pair feed off their long-term relationship to capture an energy and intimacy that cannot be forced or faked”. They released their 2nd album Editorial You last year.

Pick: SIDELINE KID – title track from upcoming EP

Score: ‘Sideline Kid‘ is both a puzzling and attractive song. Rather an extended groovy jam actually starting with a short, intriguing a-capella intro followed by a relaxing vibe with a mystifying tone that grows slowly but surely into an intense emo-experience dominated
by Casey Sowa‘s crystal clear vox before its fade-out finale. Trust me, a couple of spins and you’ll be hooked. Capture the spirited and vivid sentiments right here…


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STRANGE RELATIONS: Facebook – Instagram


Three-track EP SIDELINE KID out 23 October – all info & pre-order facilities here

One Of The Loudest Kick-Ass Engines On The Planet – Here’s PINK ROOM…

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PINK ROOM – De Centrale – Ghent, Belgium – 17 October 2018

You want it loud, deafeningly loud. I mean DEAFENINGLY & EAR-SPLITTINGLY LOUD!
Than clamorous motherrockers PINK ROOM are the merciless canons that can fulfill
all of your deranged wishes. I wrote about these mind-crashing outcasts before and I
will do so in the future. The key man of this volcanic trio is that devilish frontman and bassist BART COQUYT. A loudmouthed primal screamer producing the blustering sound of a supersonic starfighter on its way to crash. His far-out demonic vox is beyond normal and I’m sure one day his head will literally explode on stage. Compared to this madman’s decibels level the late, great Kurt Cobain sounds like a smooth folk singer. Maestro Coquyt is assisted by a thunderous drummer and a rip-roaring guitarist turning this three-headed noise beast into a giant force able to blow all fucking Trumps of this troubled world into space… forever. Hallelujah. Hail hail Pink Room!

Here’s an idea of this desperadoes’ live power…

And here are their two latest singles…

LOVE

FITNESS

Shots from the heated show last Wednesday …


Arghhh…


Noise sets you free…


Play that funky bass, loud boy…


Meet and greet and scream with the fans…


Hellish combo…

PINK ROOM: Facebook

(All pics by Turn Up The Volume!)