Month: August 2019

Belgian Noiseniks PEUK Share Clip For ‘ENDLESS SPARK’…

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

26 August 2019

Three things you need to know about awesome Belgian noise trio PEUK. One: they made one of the best albums I heard all year. Two: they are one of the best live bands I’ve seen all year. Three: they have a new clip out for ENDLESS SPARK, one of the highlights of their LP. A Sonic Youth-esque quit/Loud/quit eruption that will make the hair on the back of your neck stand up. Here we go…

PEUK: Facebook


From their self-titled debut LP – stream/purchase on Bandcamp

FIVE INFLAMMABLE SUMMER BANGERS – Part 13…

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Weekly series of five rolling ripsnorters to go bananas to this summer…

Summer is almost over, but not yet! Here are five noise killers to mess up your head…

1. ‘Blue Eyed Hexe‘ by PIXIES (Boston, Ma, US)
(Album: Indie Cindy – 2014)

2. ‘Acetate’ by METZ (Canada)
(Album: II  – 2015)

3. ‘Wie Sharf Ist Dein Messer?’ by ELEFANT (Belgium)
(Album: Konark Und Bonark – 2018)

4. ‘Lately’ by TERRA PINES (Australia)
(Album: Terra Pines – 2018)

5. ‘???’ by PINK ROOM (Belgium)
(Album: Zum Kotzen – 2019)

All 65 Summer Bangers so far
collected on Spotify…

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See/hear you next week for the last episode of ‘Summer Bangers’…

HAPPY 65 To Outstanding Singer/Songwriter Legend ELVIS COSTELLO…

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25 August 2019

Declan Patrick MacManus aka ELVIS COSTELLO was born in Paddington, Londen
65 years ago today, on 25 August 1954. A brilliant singer/songwriter, storyteller, producer and an overall multifaceted artist with an incomparable career and an incredibly imposing oeuvre.

It all started with his 1977 debut album My Aim Is True and from there on he made music almost 24/7/365. He worked with a whole range of high profile musicians, old and young, and explored many fields of the immense musical spectrum, past and modern. A living legend! It’s impossible to choose only 5 Costello Classics to celebrate the phenomenon’s 65th birthday but I did it anyway, knowing of course that his toppers list is nearly endless.

Here we go…

– ALISON –

– WATCHING THE DETECTIVES –

– PUMP IT UP –

– SHIPBUILDING –

– BRILLIANT MISTAKE –

ELVIS COSTELLO: Biography – Discography – Website – Facebook

Canadian Garage Rockers SCRATCH BUFFALO Heat Up On New Firm Single ‘SHOOT ME WITH YOUR KAMERA’…

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Daily fuel to load your sonic batteries…

25 August 2019

Band: SCRATCH BUFFALO

Who: A hard-hittin’ Canadian garage duo from Calgary, Alberta. They released
their eponymous debut LP last year. You can stream it on Spotify

Pick: SHOOT ME WITH YOUR KAMERA – brand new single

Score: No special effects, no arty-farty baloney, no useless multi-layered production. No, this ear-shattering tandem is about the essence of DIY garage rock, about turning up the heat with raw riffage, firm drum drones, and jagged vocals. This is rowdy basic hullabaloo to go ballistic too. Get your portion of punchy flare this way…

SCRATCH BUFFALO: Facebook

Affecting Singer-Songwriter FREDDIE DICKSON Shares Two Intimate Pearls From His Upcoming LP…

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Relaxing reveries for the laziest day of the week…

Turn Up The Volume has a soft spot for London-based singer/songwriter FREDDIE DICKSON who showed his high-quality talent for writing endearing songs for heart
and soul several times before. A few weeks ago he shared two most gripping musings from his upcoming album called BLOOD STREET. Two sensitive love songs with Dickson getting winsome vocal assistance of two great female voices respectively Oh Sister and Amber Lane-McIvor. Discover the two emphatic and vulnerable pearls right here…

– SLIP OF THE HEART featuring Oh Sister –


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– WHEN I NEEDED HER THE MOST featuring Amber Lane-McIvor –

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FREDDIE DICKSON: Facebook

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN – Steamy Breakthrough Single ‘BORN TO RUN’ Released 34 Years Ago Today…

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Knockouts from the past…

25 August 2019

Artist: Bruce Springsteen
Song: Born To Run – released as a single 25 August 1975, 44 years ago today
Story: The song is a love letter to a girl named Wendy, for whom the hot rod
riding protagonist seems to possess the passion to love, just not the patience
Album: Born To Run – released the same day as the title track/single
Success: Although it stranded at #23 on the US Singles Chart it was The Boss‘ huge breakthrough moment also because it was the steamy wall-of-sound highlight at
his live firework shows

Here’s a boiling 80s live version…

And here the LP’s version with lyrics…

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN: Facebook

ELEPHANT HEART – Vivid Los Angeles Electro Outfit Electrifies With New Striking Single ‘THE DIGITAL’…

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Brand new sonic impulses…

24 August 2019

Officially formed in 2016, ELEPHANT HEART is a world electronic collective started by married couple Jason and Victoria Evigan. They already made some sonic impression with a couple of stirring singles last year and are now gearing up to unleash their debut album.

Ahead of it they just released sickly sticky single ‘THE DIGITAL‘. An irresistible synth stomper that will make your whole body go totally bananas. Its jungle feel, its exuberant and stimulating vocals and its exhilarated chorus will put a giant smile on your face while activating all your limbs. ‘The Digital‘ should be a global hit! Press play and shake your hips right here…

ELEPHANT HEART: Facebook


THE DIGITAL available/streamable here