Month: July 2019

BEASTIE BOYS Released Second Ace Album ‘PAUL’S BOUTIQUE’ 30 Years Ago…

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24 July 2019

On 25 July 1989, yep, already 30 years ago, legendary hip-hop rap punks BEASTIE BOYS released their second, ace longplayer ‘PAUL’S BOUTIQUE‘ Maybe not their best known album, but certainly one of their very best. Rowdy, clamorous, mental, inventive & totally cuckoo!

Rolling Stone wrote: ” ‘Paul’s Boutique’ named after a Brooklyn store whose radio ad is tossed in the mix and whose picture graces the cover, surprises from the get-go. Each track brims with ideas and references too numerous to catalog, veering in new directions at every verse. The songs are buoyed by the deft interplay of the three voices and a poetic tornado of imagery. The Boys’ rap references range from Magilla Gorilla to Dickens, their musical samples are equally far-flung, including Johnny Cash, Hendrix and Jean Knight’s ‘Mr. Big Stuff.’ The Boys are just being themselves, thrashing about in a reality ignored by too many mainstream white-rock acts.” – Score: 4/5 – Full review here

Top Single: Hey Ladies…

Album in full…

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BEASTIE BOYS: Facebook

Canadian Harpist SARAH PAGÉ Enthralls With New Gracious Single ‘STASIS’…

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Brand new sonic impulses…

Artist: SARAH PAGÉ

Who: A Montreal based harpist “unfurling untold possibilities from within the 5000-year-old instrument. Moving through free-form tonal caverns, catching gently-bent melodic breezes and expanding out to the ambient aethers.”

Track: STASIS – new single from her upcoming LP ‘Dose Curves‘. The fresh track is about “finding a gentle way to settle in to immobility when you have no other choice. I was inspired by a great slide guitar player I’d played with named Freddy Koella (who worked for years with Bob Dylan) whose music is always so tender and nostalgic in a strangely hopeful way.” says Pagé.

Score: To be honest I never featured music by a harpist, but when I heard this endearing, crystal clear one-instrument symphony I was truly touched by its sheer beauty and aural magnificence. I became completely silent and was thrilled by its gracious splendor. Its magical resonance is an enthralling experience. Capture the sonic elegance right here…

SARAH PAGÉ: Facebook


New album DOSE CURVES out 11th October

Philadelphia’s Psych Rockers ECSTATIC VISION Drop New Blockbuster Track ‘SHUT UP AND DRIVE’…

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Brand new sonic impulses…

24 July 2019

Philadelphia‘s shattering psych-o-delic cosmic rockers ECSTATIC VISION hit the scene back in 2015 and left an immediate hair-splitting mark with their mind-smashing Hawkwindian debut LP Sonic Praise. Four years and a couple of more albums later this far-out quartet is ready to smack you to the wall with new LP, called ‘FOR THE MASSES’, in September.

Ahead of it the band just dropped fresh cut ‘SHUT UP AND DRIVE‘. An ongoing crushing sledgehammer, a non-stop slashing groover fueled by a diabolical gang of psycho-neurotic guitar freaks who take over midway and trash their mind-blowing way towards the chill-out finale. Take a very deep breath before pressing the play button right here…


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ECSTATIC VISION: Facebook


New album FOR THE MASSES – out 20 September – more info here

Facebook Boycotted New Fascinating Single/Video Clip ‘EMOTIONAL OUTLAW’ By London Artist BRUDINI …

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Daily fuel to load your sonic batteries…

24 July 2019

Artist: BRUDINI

Who: London-based artist whose “musical universe is that of syncopated jazz drums, creaky old pianos, jagged guitars and analogue synths playing off one another; evoking elements from classical impressionism to folk, jazz, crooners, post-punk and Krautrock. The result is a sound which is uniquely his own; which weaves a poetic tale through strange, evolving soundscapes”

Pick: EMOTIONAL OUTLAW – new single from his upcoming debut LP ‘From Darkness Light‘.
“The song is about suppressing aspects of your own identity, for the fear of what happens
should you bring them out in the open. But when you finally embrace them, something magical happens. From there on it dances on that knife-edge where creativity and destruction violently.
co-exist.»

Score: In ‘Emotional Outlaw‘ pop-noir, jazz, storytelling chanson, classical piano, rock guitars and baroque motifs come together organically and turn this sensitive and introspective composition into a kaleidoscopic, aural triumph. It’s a poignant story with which many emotionally confused souls and humanly alienated outsiders will connect. This is an imposing piece of enticing music reflecting this truly troubled times we live in, where the self-evident freedom of being who and what you are is attacked and spat at by narrow-minded conservatives, a group of egoistic status-quo traditionalists that, scarily, seems to get bigger and bigger since vicious, sexist and racist politicians such as Donald Trump got in charge and stimulated intolerance and inequality again.

Here’s the compelling video clip featuring
queer model Didi Fredrika …

NOTE: I received the following message from Brudini‘s pr-agent: “On the lead up to his album and as we started to lineup the social media on Facebook they classically blocked any ad boosting until his identity was approved as his video his pro-diversity message was considered political.” One word: U-N-B-E-L-I-E-V-A-B-L-E. The almighty Big Evil Brother strikes again.

BRUDINI: Facebook

‘I FEEL LOVE’ By DONNA SUMMER – No 1 Single In The UK 42 Years Ago…

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Knockouts from the past…

24 July 2019

This day 42 years ago, on 24 July 1977, the late soul queen of disco DONNA SUMMER landed on the spot of the UK Singles Chart with ‘I FEEL LOVE’ produced by genius Giorgio Moroder and his partner Pete Bellotte. In the US this immortal gem peaked at #6. It was one of the earliest EBM dance floor killers ever that influenced electronic dance music from then on and still does (check newest Chemical Brothers album).

Vibrate right here…

DONNA SUMMER: Facebook

OH SEES Rage Ballistically On New Red-Hot-Blooded Single ‘HEARTWORM’…

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Brand new sonic impulses…

Californian thrashy noise junk JOHN DWYER and his chainsaw band OH SEES will unleash new (double) album FACE STABBER on 16 August via Castle Face Records. After sharing the far-out 21-minute escapade Henchlock  and the freakishly funky Poisoned Stones here’s another smack from the upcoming LP.

‘HEARTWORM’ is an exploding molotov cocktail. A red-hot-blooded eruption. This song’s line says it all… “The world’s so fucked up/ We’ve got worms swimming in our guts.” Hell, oh, hell! Release the bats…

(photo on top: FB Thee Oh Sees)

Canadian Foursome ANOTHER CRUSH Impresses With New Sensory Single ‘HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY’…

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Daily fuel to load your sonic batteries…

23 July 2019

Band: ANOTHER CRUSH

Who: A passionate four-piece based in Ontario that never should have seen
the day of light, but parallel personal tragedies brought the group together

Pick: HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY – second single from their upcoming debut EP, out in October. A song about “a wish for the people you have loved, a prayer that they stay true to themselves and a nod to the truth that we’re often our own worst enemies. It’s a wish both for them and for yourself, even though it may not be clear what that means at the time .”

Score: A slow-burning electrical torch, both seductive and powerful. A zealous groove
that creeps slowly but surely under your skin with its blistering progression and the sensory voice of charismatic frontwoman Heather Valley. Feverish piece! Rad cut!

Check the ardent vibe here…

ANOTHER CRUSH: Facebook

Dream Pop Duo UMMAGMA Dropped Another Track From New LP – Here’s ‘HIGH DAY’

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Brand new sonic impulses…

23 July 2019

Artist: UMMAGMA

Who: The duo of Canada born Shauna McLarnon and Alexander Kretov from Ukraine started their musical project back 16 years ago in Moscow. Now based in Peterborough, Ontario, the duo released two LPs so far and their third full length, after a 7-year gap, called ‘Compass‘ is ready to hit the streets in a couple of days.

Track: HIGH DAY – newest track from upcoming LP

Score: If there’s a studio somewhere in heaven I’m sure this track was recorded there. ‘High Day‘ sounds heavenly, harmonious and angelic with its multi-layered harmonies and its tender-hearted melody. It’s a short musing but it transfers you to phantasy land for a couple of minutes. Tune in and feel free as a bird right here…

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UMMAGMA: Facebook –  Twitter


New album COMPASS out 26 July – all info right here

‘HONKY TONK WOMEN’ By THE ROLLING STONES Hit Top Spot Of The UK Singles Chart 50 Years Ago Today…

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Knockouts from the past…

23 July 2019

Today 50 years ago, on 23 July 1969, rock icons THE ROLLING STONES hit the top
spot of the UK Singles Chart with piquant jackhammer ‘HONKY TONK WOMEN’. A single
only release, although a honky-tonk version entitled ‘Country Honk‘ with some different lyrics appeared later in the year on their Let It Bleed LP, that also went to number one
in the States. The boiling live rendition at the legendary Hyde Park Concert in London a couple of weeks before is still my favorite performance of the song.

Here comes Mick & Co…

THE ROLLING STONES: Facebook