With almost 52.000 views from 154 countries around the globe Turn Up The Volume! had a record-breaking 2018. Thanks to all you out there, you wonderful music junkies! I’m totally ready to shake things up even more in 2019 and let’s hope this new year will finally be a good one without any fear and tons of razzle-dazzle musicality…
Concert poster for Manics’ Millenium gig in Cardiff, 31 December 1998
From Love Is Noise by THE VERVE
Relaxing vibes for the laziest day of the week…
30 December 2018
2018 is almost over, but there’s still time enough to be a hero for just one day this year. This outstanding groovy live version of DAVID BOWIE‘s immortal classic HEROES in Berlin in 2002, growing in sound and power after a tender and gentle start, will get you definitely into that once in a lifetime, special heroic feel…
DAVID BOWIE: Facebook
The best of the past…
Every week Turn Up The Volume! jumps into the past! Relive 25 Killer Crackers
and 3 Top Albums per year/per week. Let’s go back this week to: 1985.
The 25 Killer Crackers
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The 3 Top Albums…
– Rum Sodomy & The Lash by THE POGUES –
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– Low-Life by NEW ORDER –
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– Little Creatures‘ by TALKING HEADS
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Turn Up The Volume!…
Here’s that awesome Black Rebel Motorcycle Club ripper in full…
Turn Up The Volume saw about 150 acts playing live this past year. Here are the 15 Knockout Performances that made his body temperature going way up, made his adrenalin stream faster and had a lasting impact on his greedy ears & impressed eyes.
1. THE FLAMING LIPS – Melkweg, Amsterdam – 11 November – Review here
2. SLOWDIVE – Cactus Brugge Festival – 15 July – Review here
3. IDLES – De Zwerver, Leffinge, Belgium – 2 November – Review here
4. JOHNNY MARR – Trix Club, Antwerp – 7 December – Review here
5. FONTAINES D.C. – Botanique, Brussels – 4 May – Review here
6. NOEL GALLAGHER – Vorst National, Brussels – 6 April
7. THE GLÜCKS – Ghent Fest – 19 July – Review here
8. RUMOURS – Cosa Nostra, Aalst – 21 April – Review here
9. JUJU – Kinky Star, Ghent – 18 February – Review here
10. PEUK – De Kleine Kunst, Ghent – 8 September – Review here
11. AUTOBAHN – Kinky Star, Ghent – 11 February – Review here
12. FALLING MAN – Ghent Fest – 14 July – Interview here
13. PERE UBU – 4 AD, Diksmuide – 1 June – Review here
14. TUBELIGHT – Charlatan, Ghent – 23 March – Review here
15. PINK ROOM – Kinky Star, Ghent – 3 March – Review here
(all pictures by Turn Up The Volume!)
Jake Bugg, Belgium, 2016
(pic by Turn Up The Volume!)
Going back in sonic history looking for memorable albums…
Here come Five Impressive Albums, selected
by Turn Up The Volume turning 30 next year!
– ‘1. The Stone Roses‘ by THE STONE ROSES –
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– ‘2. Doolittle‘ by PIXIES
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– 3. ‘New York‘ by LOU REED –
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– ‘4. Paul’s Boutique‘ by BEASTIE BOYS –
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– ‘5. Oh Mercy‘ by BOB DYLAN –
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