Month: March 2019

HISTORY – 27 March 2000 – IAN DURY Passed Away…

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27 March 2019

Nineteen years ago today, on 27 March 2000, the brilliant
singer-songwriter and actor IAN DURY died of cancer, only 57.

It was in 1977, after his former band Kilburn and The High Roads split, that Ian Dury
formed and fronted The Blockheads and became an idiosyncratic star. It was the era of punk, but Dury had his own musical vision (a mix of jazz, funk, rock, disco and music-hall) and his own particular way of poetic story-telling. He became a sort of singing stand-up comedian as his lyrics were full of wordplay, clever humour, sharp impressions of daily
life in good old Britain and weird characters wrapped in splendid tunes. To remember
this wayward and one-of-a-kind artist and performer Turn Up The Volume! picked these
three timeless crackers…

– HIT ME WITH YOUR RHYTHM STICK –

– SEX & DRUGS & ROCK & ROLL –

– SWEET GENE VINCENT –

IAN DURY: Biography – Facebook Page

(photo on top: AP Press / FB Ian Dury)

Power Punks SLAVES Share Video Clip For Album Track ‘BUGS’ To Support PUBS…

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

26 March 2019

Long Live The Local is a British campaign that organises actions to keep local pubs alive in the UK because: “Pubs have long been the home of live music. They are a breeding ground for talent – past, present & future, a place where bands meet their first fans. However, with three pubs a day closing their doors for good, live music is under threat.”

Dynamite punk duo SLAVES support the campaign and made a video clip for ‘BUGS‘ – a ferocious sledgehammer from their latest LP Acts Of Fear And Love – in partnership with Long Live The Local as the band knows how important pubs are: “Without pubs we would have had nowhere to start our career. Pubs are so important to the careers of musicians. They are pillars of communities and need saving.”

Here’s the ‘Bugs‘ for ‘Pubs‘ clip…

SLAVES: Website – Facebook –  Twitter

(photo on top: TUTV!)

London’s Experimental BLACK MIDI Drops New Perplexing Track ‘CROW’S PERCH’…

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Brand new sonic impulses…

26 March 2019

Only 5 days ago Turn Up The Volume! named London’s young foursome BLACK MIDI the first real sensation of 2019 (read here why) and they’re already back again with new track CROW’S PERCH. Another experimental build up/break down sound exploit that grabs your sonic attention from the nervously funky start to the crazed and clamorous finish. They create a kind of neurotic tension that is both perplexing and absorbing. ‘Crows Perch‘ is a sort of jazzy post-punk outpouring with singer Geordie Greep‘s menacing vocals giving you the creeps. Challenging and confounding. Here’s the accompanying razzle-dazzle clip…

BLACK MIDI: Facebook 

(Live pics by TUTV!)

THE MIGHTY ORCHID KING In An Emotional Whirlpool On Brand New Single ‘SHIFTING SANDS’…

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Daily fuel to load your sonic batteries…

26 March 2019

Band: THE MIGHTY ORCHID KING

Who: Power pop collective out of St.Albans, Hertfordshire, England
centred around singer/songwriter Jonny Bennett

Track: SHIFTING SANDS – brand new single

Score: ‘Shifting Sands‘ is a mixed emotions song about good times, bad times and embracing impermanence. It sounds and feels like a restless whirlpool of clashing sentiments and excitements. Both euphoric and confusing. Both rhapsodic and bewildering. A swirling sonic carousel going fast forward without a moment of
repose as if the protagonist tries to get in control again. This is a multi-layered,
jittery pop discharge that will leave you behind out of breath. Here’s why…

FILTHY FRIENDS Drop Another Crushing Cut From Upcoming Album – Here’s ‘NOVEMBER MAN’…

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Brand new sonic impulses…

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Sharp striking supergroup FILTHY FRIENDS formed two years ago by R.E.M.‘s Peter Buck
BUCK and Sleater-Kinney‘s Corin Tucker will release the follow-up to their raw 2017 debut longplayer Invitation in May. After the energy outburst of their lead single Last Chance County last month the band drops another red-hot-blooded rocker. NOVEMBER MAN is clearly about that idiot in The White House. “Long skinny tie/ And hair of gold/ You made the deal/ Our future sold” Tucker sings while fearless guitars rage like a buzz saw around her ready to bring down any border wall. Catch the feverish flare-up right here…

FILTHY FRIENDS: Facebook

Legend PETER PERRETT Returns With New Obsessive Lover Fixation Single ‘I WANT YOUR DREAMS’…

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Daily fuel to load your sonic batteries…

25 March 2019

After his triumphant return in 2017 with excellent solo LP ‘How The West Was Won’ the London Only Ones legend PETER PERETT returns with the lead single of his new upcoming LP. ‘I WANT YOUR DREAMS‘ is, without a shadow of a doubt one, of the most arousing songs Perrett wrote in years. It sounds and feels like an obsessive love song starting with a short smooth intro but turning real fast into a compulsive eruption of fanatic fixation for a lover emphasized by an arresting drum beat, glimmering guitars, sensual female backing vocals and Perrett, backed by impetuous electricity, heading hauntingly towards a sudden climax. Wow! A buzzing knockout! Listen/watch right here…

PETER PERRETT: Facebook


New album HUMANWORLD out 7th June – all info here 

(photo on top: Peter Perrett)

‘Typical Girls’ By Punk Reggae Legends THE SLITS (1979)…

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Sonic knockouts from the past…

25 March 2019

‘Typical Girls‘ by THE SLITS

Released on 21 September 1979 with their rad cover of Motown classic 
I Heard It To The Grapevine as the B-side. It was Budgie, once married
to Sioux Sioux, and member of Siouxsie and The Banshees (1979–1996) who
played the drums on ‘Typical Girls‘. The single was also featured on their
acclaimed debut LP CUT.

Let’s dance in memory of frontgirl Ari Up (1962-2010)…

THE SLITS: Biography

JOSEPHINE WIGGS (The Breeders) Surprises With Solo Piano Track ‘TIME DOES NOT BRING RELIEF’…

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Relaxing vibes for the laziest day of the week…

JOSEPHINE WIGGS is a founding member of cannonball rockers The Breeders. She was born 56 years ago and raised in England where she played with the Velvets-inspired art rock band The Perfect Disaster. Over the years, she has also collaborated with drummer Jon Mattock (from Spacemen3/Spiritualized). With Vivian Trimble, formerly of Luscious Jackson, she released an homage album to classic film soundtracks and collaborated
on other, various projects with different musicians aswell.

Wiggs will release her almost entirely instrumental album WE FALL in May. The record “could be the soundtrack to what can’t be captured in a single photo—the growth and decay
of miraculous creatures that a less astute and sensitive eye might overlook entirely.”

Here’s the first track ‘TIME DOES NOT BRING RELIEF‘. An intimate, tender and cinematic
piano piece that will make your thoughts drift away. Capture the pensive mood here…

JOSEPHINE WIGGS: Website


Album WE FALL out 17 May – All info and pre-order facilities here