19 January 2020
Band: Pulp
Song: A Little Soul
B-sides: Cocaine Socialism and Like A Friend
Released: 8 June 1998
Album: This Is Hardcore – the band’s sixth LP
Score: The single reached #22 on the UK chart
Here’s the original clip…
PULP: Bio
Daily fuel to load your sonic batteries…
18 January 2020
Band: SHADE
Who: “Hailing from Hamilton, ON the band takes the most vital parts of the music they
grew up on. Brit rock’s ambitious sneer, neo-psychedelia’s mind-melting hooks, and grunge’s punk-infused heaviness—and turbocharges them, building an assault of sound that can shake the foundations of a stadium just as readily as it razes a grimy dive bar.”
Pick: BRAIN SUCK – newest single – “a self-reflective anthem for those who wind up spending most of their time reflecting on the past, their mistakes, what could’ve been, what should’ve been.”
Score: ‘Brain Suck‘ is a turbulent crackerjack that rushes and storms from the first chord on. This is an ace punk ‘n’ roll sledgehammer with a buzzing commotion, a sassy swagger, gloriously pumping verses and a bursting chorus. You will get dragged in the band’s fulminating force and swirling stream in a flash. Shade is here to rock and boost your confidence! Hell yeah!
Catch the band’s fiery drift here…
SHADE: Facebook
New sonic impulses…
18 January 2020
(pic: Kate Dockeray Photography)
Band: MUTE CHOIR – Toronto, Canada
Who: “Producer/songwriter Sam Arion founded Mute Choir as a response to an identity crisis. He is joined by fellow musical polymaths Milan Sarkadi and Iris Waters. Loosely defining their style as “Organized Chaos”, Mute Choir is as much the sound of a cluttered downtown as it is the lonesome ambience of insomnia. The group seeks to make sense of the noise around them, searching for a middle ground between conflicting forces.”
Track: SHADOWBOXING – a song about the fact “you can never know for sure if life will
turn out the way you hope when you go with your gut instinct. There is always a possibility for failure, and fear of failure can be overwhelming enough to drive you to the wrong kinds of compromises.”
Score: Despite the song’s mixed emotions this high-spirited humdinger swings from start to finish with a funky twist and gets completely exuberant when the zippy and stimulant sing-along chorus kicks in. This vocally sonorous and trippy tune sounds like an invitation to dance your sorrows away. An invitation to never look back with regret and anger. The band’s motto is “It’s better to fail doing what you love than to know you never tried.“. Think about it while ‘Shadowboxing‘ pops out of your speakers.
Tune in and feel the lively vibe…
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MUTE CHOIR: Facebook
18 January 2020
Band: Interpol
Song: Slow Hands
Released: 16 Augustus 2004
Album: Antics – their second LP
Score: The single reached #15 in the US and #36 in the UK
Here’s the original video clip…
INTERPOL: Facebook
Old and new albums to make your day…
18 January 2020
Band: Holy Fuck
Who: Canadian electronica wizards since 2004
Album: Deleter – the band’s fifth LP
Released: 17 January 2020
Sound: From deep dark electro grooves to fervent dance escapades
The singles: Luxe / Free Gloss / Deleters
– LUXE –
– FREE GLOSS –
– DELETERS –
Album in full…
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HOLY FUCK: Facebook
(photo: FB Holy Fuck)
Great magazine covers from the past…
ELVIS COSTELLO
March 1986
Musician Magazine
Daily fuel to load your sonic batteries…
17 January 2020
Don’t mess with Los Angeles’ furious psychobily turbo THE FLYTRAPS as vociferous
bassist and frontwoman Kristin Cooper warns all men that her gender is ‘more deadly
than the male’ on the mean machine’s new crushing ripsnorter ‘FEMALE OF SPECIES‘.
Cooper spits, sneers and yells straight in your face to be sure that her message reaches
you crystal clear. Meanwhile, the band turns up the heat and your body temperature. Nasty bass, vehement percussion, sultry organ, and a blazing guitar solo that will make your walls tremble. This tempestuous L.A. fury is what you need when you want to go bonkers and get rid of your evil demons. THE FLYTRAPS are trashy, blood-curdling and totally hot-tempered. They will trample you if you’re getting in their way. Remember? They’re deadly!
Press play and explode…
THE FLYTRAPS: Facebook
Debut album WILD CARD out 20 March. More info here.
(photo on top: FB The Flytraps)
New sonic impulses…
17 January 2020
Los Angeles‘ invigorating pop duo BEST COAST will release their fourth album ‘ALWAYS TOMORROW‘ next month. The first proper LP (they made a kids record in between) since their 2015 longplayer ‘California Nights‘.
Last November they shared the feel good lead single ‘The First Time’ (video below). And here’s another new piece called ‘EVERYTHING HAS CHANGED’. A dynamic and amplified power-pop knockout about learning to get past self-doubt and criticism. Only Bethany Cosentino‘ enraptured voice is already enough to get you in an elated mood. And she’s obviously exhilarated too as she sings in the chorus: “Everything has changed/ I like it this way/ Everything has changed/ I’d like for it to stay.”
Catch the euphoric vibe right here…
And here’s the video for lead-single ‘The First Time‘…
BEST COAST: Facebook
Artwork new LP ‘ALWAYS TOMORROW’ – out 21 February
New sonic impulses…
17 January 2020
Just like with his 2018 album ‘Kamikaze’ legendary rapper EMINEM released out of
the blue, without any prior notice, a new longplayer called ‘MUSIC TO BE MURDERED BY’, inspired by a 1958 (mostly spoken) album with the same title by Alfred Hitchcock, The Master Of Suspense. The LP contains 20 songs and many guest appearances such as Ed Sheeran, the late Juice WRLD, Black Thought, Q-Tip, Anderson Paak, Young M.A. & Royce Da 5’9.
You can stream the album below…
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Here’s EMINEM‘s inspiration…
You can hear Hitchcock‘s album here
17 January 2020
Band: Ash (Northern Ireland)
Song: Girl From Mars
B-sides: Astral Conversations with Toulouse-Lautrec and Cantina Band
Released: 31 July 1995
Album: 1977 – the band’s second album released in 1996
Score The single reached #11 in the UK
Here comes the boisterous blast…
ASH: Facebook
