Month: January 2020

25 Years Ago Electro Dance Duo LEFTFIELD Released Debut Album ‘LEFTISM’…

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Old and new albums to make your day…

30 January 2020

Band: LEFTFIELD (Neil Barnes and Paul Daley / UK)

Album: LEFTISM – debut album

Released: 30 January 1995 – 25 years ago today

Sound: An ecstatic mix of house, dub, and trance.
One of the best albums of the techno/dance era
with some remarkable vocal guests

Score: The album sold 220.000 copies
Some highlights: Open Up / Release The Pressure / Original

– OPEN UP –
(Featuring John Lydon)

– RELEASE THE PRESSURE –
(Featuring reggae artist Earl Sixteen)

– ORIGINAL –
(Featuring Toni Hallyday, ex-Curve)

LEFTFIELD: Facebook

British Intense Foursome NEVERMAN Released Avid Track From Upcoming EP – Here’s ‘IBIZA 98’…

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Daily fuel to load your sonic batteries…

29 January 2020

Band: NEVERMAN

Who: This Portchester-based foursome was formed two years
ago by Matt McGowan (singer/guitarist) producing catchy melodies,
heartfelt lyrics and an energetic sound.

Track: IBIZA 98 – first track from their upcoming EP called ‘Not A Prison, It’s A Prism‘,
out 21 February. “The song is aimed at people who need to lose something before they
realise what they have…not once but repeatedly… like an addiction.”

Score: This ardent song’s passion is intense and hot-blooded with frontman Matt
McGowan elevating this stirring eruption to an aroused level. The profound emotions swing forth and back, so does the band’s feverish sonority. From tranquil and bluesy
sensibility to vigorous and fortissimo sequences. You’ll be out of breath in the end.

Feel the fervour right here…

NEVERMAN: Facebook

Dream Pop Act REMINGTON SUPER 60 Releases ‘NEW EP’ – Romanticism Wrapped In Six Lyrical Musings…

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New sonic impulses…

29 January 2020

REMINGTON SUPER 60 is a dream pop act hailing from Fredrikstad in Norway, founded by the group’s songwriter and bedroom producer Christoer Schou in 1998 with a few lineup changes along the way. Over the years several albums and EPS were released on various indie labels around the world. The sound has gone back and forward but was/is always been inspired by Shou’s musical heroes such as Burt Bacharach, Brian Wilson, Stereolab,
The Velvet Underground, High Llamas, Cornelius, Yo La Tengo & Eggstone.

If you want to get away from the daily rush and pressure, if you want to relax for a while and drift away from reality than NEW EP is the ideal partner. It’s romanticism, with its ups and downs, wrapped in six lyrical musings (including one charming instrumental) with the near whispering and sensual voice of vocalist Elisabeth Thorsen having a soothing effect on your mood and your spirit. The overall musical tone of the EP is tranquilizing, tender, dreamy and feels like a sort of zen experience. Soft, idyllic guitar melancholy, warm and smooth synths, a delightful and elegant resonance and subtle, bewitching arrangements.

Sit down, dim the lights, close your eyes and drift away, it’s cheaper than therapy…

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You can stream the EP also on Spotify

REMINGTON 60: Facebook

‘EMPIRE’ By KASABIAN – Second LP Released In 2006

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Old and new albums to make your day…

29 January 2020

Band: Kasabian (Leicester, UK)
Album: Kasabian – their second LP
Released: February 2006
Expect: Party stompers and sing-along belters
Singles: Shoot The Runner / Empire / Me Plus One

– SHOOT THE RUNNER –

– EMPIRE –

– ME PLUS ONE –

Album in full…

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KASABIAN: Facebook


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Best SEBADOH Single Ever – ‘FLAME’ Released In 1999…

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29 January 2020

Band: Sebadoh
Song: Flame (written by Lou Barlow)
B-sides: Flame (4 track) and
Sweet Surrender (a John Denver cover)
Released: 10 January 1999
Album: The Sebadoh – the band’s 7th LP
Chart: The single peaked at #30 in the UK

Here’s the original video clip…

SEBADOH: Facebook

ANNA CALVI Featuring COURTNEY BARNETT Drops Reworked Version Of ‘DON’T BEAT THE GIRL OUT OF MY BOY’…

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New sonic impulses…

28 January 2020

British evocative singer/songwriter ANNA CALVI released her third album
called Hunter back in 2018. Afterward she worked on various other projects.

She announced now a new album called HUNTED, with a set of relatively
stripped-down versions of the songs from Hunter. The record will include
several guests such as Courtney Barnett, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Julia Holter
and Joe Talbo, frontman of British punk band IDLES.

Here’s Hunted‘s first reworked track, an expressive and electric version of
‘DON’T BEAT THE GIRL OUT OF MY BOY’ featuring Courtney Barnett…

Here’s the original 2018 Hunter version…

ANNA CALVI: Facebook

Discover Fervent All Wave Band KORINTHIANS And Their Multi-Faceted Debut Album ‘CHAOS CONTROL’

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28 January 2020

Band: KORINTHIANS

Who: A Ghent, Belgium based foursome, a self-proclaimed post-wave
band blending 80s melancholy with 90s anger. So far they released
one EP Olympus and a single AWWW.

Album: CHAOS CONTROL – the band’s debut LP

Released: 19 December 2019

Sound: You’ll hear echoes of post-punk, new wave, darkwave, synth-pop and several other past and present alternative influences. But in the end all these sonic genres don’t mean a damn thing if you don’t have the talent to write killer tracks and catchy knockout tunes. And that’s what these four misfits exactly do. From synth and percussion-driven danceable rockers ‘Aura H671‘ and ‘Icarus Airlines’ to amplified disco stompers ‘Beat’ and ‘A Way With Words‘, from firm, moody and atmospheric introspections ‘Wave‘ and ‘You And Island‘ to an energetic cover of Joy Division‘s ‘A Means To An End’. This is a rock and synth-pop symphonic orchestra with an impressive singer and multiple crackers on their debut. If you really want to label this foursome, file them under All Wave.

Listen right here…


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Album available via iTunes and Bandcamp

And while we all here let’s watch the video for the
LP’s singles ‘Beat’ and ‘A Way With Words‘…

– BEAT –

– A WAY WITH WORDS –

KORINTHIANS: Facebook

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‘Standing There’ By THE CREATURES (Siouxsie And Budgie) – Released 1989

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28 January 2020

Band: The Creatures (Siouxsie and Budgie
who drummed for 17 years in the Banshees
and who was Siouxsie’s partner at the time)
Song: Standing There
B-sides: Divided and Solar Choir
Released: 2 October 1989
Album:  Boomerang – their second LP
Score: The single didn’t chart in the UK, while it peaked
at #4 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks in the US

Here’s the booming clip…

THE CREATURES: Bio and Discography