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Month: April 2019
When A CERTAIN RATIO Covers TALKING HEADS…
3 April 2019
To celebrate their 40th birthday Greater Manchester‘s post-punk dance legends
A CERTAIN RATIO will release ACR:BOX, an extensive compilation featuring more
than 20 unreleased songs among its total of 54 tracks, on 3 May. More info here.
One of those previous unreleased cuts is ACR‘s rework of Talking Heads‘ stellar
cracker HOUSES IN MOTION from their great, fourth LP Remain In Light (1980).
Here’s the funky cover…
A CERTAIN RATIO: Facebook
HISTORY – 3 April 1964
3 April 2019
On 3 April 1964, 55 years ago living legend BOB DYLAN entered the UK singles chart for the very first time with his timeless classic THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN’ the title track of his third, breakthrough album. It peaked at #9. The song was covered by countless artists, from Nina Simone to Bruce Springsteen and is as relevant today as it was back then as you can hear here…
New York’s DANIELIA COTTON Loud And Clear On New Single ‘SHE TOO’…
Daily fuel to load your sonic batteries…
2 April 2019
Artist: DANIELIA COTTON
Who: “A Jersey-born singer-songwriter who grew up inspired by the angst of rock and roll
music. Carrying this angst through her songwriting, Cotton is currently inspired by recent
issues of racial tension and female equality and has always turned to music to express her feelings about being a black woman in the music industry, specifically in the rock genre. She already has released five albums.”
Track: SHE TOO – new single in which Cotton “channels the rage that women feel and carry on their backs, giving a voice to the fight for equality and provides an unapologetic commentary on the current political climate stemming from movements such as #MeToo, the fight for equal pay, and the recognition of women of color.”
Score: Wow! Cracking stuff, musically as well as lyrically. ‘She Too‘ is a high-powered hard-rocking blues uppercut with its towering guitar riffs, rumbling drums/bass ferociousness and upfront Cotton‘s determined and forceful vox. A loud and clear message to all sexists and racists on this troubled planet. “Women are equal and empowered. Hear us roar” is one of Cotton‘s feminist mantras! Damn right! And she walks it like she talks it! Tune in and feel the unyielding determination right here…
‘Smash It Up’ by THE DAMNED (1979)…
Knockouts from the past…
3 April 2019
‘Smash It Up‘ by THE DAMNED
‘Smash It Up‘ was released as a single on 28 September 1979. A track from their Machine Gun Etiquette LP of the same year, listed weirdly as ‘Smash It Up (Part II)‘. B-side: Burglar. The Damned wanted to smash the hippie culture. If you feel the irresistible urge to smash something too, than now is the time, folks…
THE DAMNED: Biography – Facebook
Quote Of The Day – IDLES Frontman JOE TALBOT…
Idles frontman Joe Talbot reacts to Sleaford Mods‘ Jason
Williamson who accused Idles of class appropriation…
Full NME feature here
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Saturday Nightmare Fever With MADONNATRON’s New Single ‘GOODNIGHT LITTLE EMPIRE’…
Brand new sonic impulses…
2 April 2019
London‘s voodoo inspired rockers MADONNATRON announced their second full-length, entitled ‘MUSICA ALLA PUTTANESCA’ last February. Musica what? Well, if my research is right it should mean something like this: “Music prostitutes listen to when making a tomato sauce called ‘puttanesca’, which can be cooked quickly, between clients’ visits.” If this is wrong, then I guess the new LP’s title means something else. Man oh man, life can be so simple.
Whatever, after sharing the first spooky single Sucker Punch some weeks ago here’s another new one called GOODNIGHT LITTLE EMPIRE. ‘Apocalyptic gloom for the discerning disco goer!’ says the band. Oh yes, this vibey humdinger resonates actually like the perfect soundtrack to dance to on Great-Britain‘s funeral, the day Brexit is a reality. It’s a seducingly sensual, satiric and salacious score with a sexy sax. Here’s your Saturday Nightmare Fever with Madonnatron…
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MADONNATRON: Facebook
MUSICA ALLA PUTTANESCA – new album out 24th May – pre-order facilities here
PETER DOHERTY & THE PUDA MADRES Share New Cut From Upcoming Album…
Brand new sonic impulses…
2 April 2019
PETER DOHERTY and his new band THE PUTA MADRES released the first single ‘WHO’S BEEN HAVING YOU OVER’, a snappy garage cracker, off their debut LP last January. And today Doherty‘s new project shared another new one. ‘PARADISE IS UNDER YOUR NOSE’ is a romantic, polyphonic ballad about polar bears, glaciers & fountains, about being able to see beauty if you really want to. Here’s the audio clip…
PETER DOHERTY & THE PUTA MADRES: Facebook
Self-titled debut LP out 26th April – all info here
Aussie Garage Rockers LOS TONES Drop New Electrified Ripper ‘MANIPULATION’…
Daily fuel to load your sonic batteries…
2 April 2019
Sydney‘s infamous garage rock turbine LOS TONES just released their new single MANIPULATION. A full surf guitars-charged ripper that gets you in a feverish state
of uncontrollable excitement instantly. Its contagiously droning progression and sticky scream-along chorus will help you to get all your frustration out of your system. Press
the button and go bananas right here, right now…
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LOS TONES: Facebook – Bandcamp
MANIPULATION also available on iTunes