Top singles from the past…
25 March 2020
Band: Kid Creole And The Cononuts
led by the legendary August Darnell
Active: 1980-present
Single: Stool Pigeon
B-side: The Love We Have in the US
and In The Jungle in the UK
Released: 9 July 1982
Album: Tropical Gangsters
Score: The single peaked at #9 in the UK and #25 in the US
Shake your booty right here…
KID CREOLE AND THE COCONUTS: Facebook
Great magazine covers from the past…
BLUR
August 1995
MELODY MAKER
24 March 2020
With the ongoing corona pandemic, many artists stream music to entertain all of us
during these vital and massive quarantine days. Green Day‘s BILLIE JOE AMSTRONG
is one of them. He recorded a fitting version of sixties band Tommy James & the Shondells hit ‘I THINK WE’RE ALONE NOW’.
Amstrong said: ““While we’ve all been in quarantine I’ve been reflecting on the things that matter the most in my life. Family, friends and of course music. I figure if we have to spend
this time in isolation at least we can be alone together.”
Here we go…
The original recording…
(photo on top: Facebook Green Day)
Daily electricity to load your batteries…
24 March 2020
Band: KING BULL
Who: “Thirteen years down the road, some minor tweaks to the name and lineup
and KING BULL is operating smoother than ever with its oldest member still less
than a quarter of a century old.”
Pick: PAY ATTENTION – brand new single
Score: Wow! Hells Bells! Here’s a barbed banger, a crushing firecracker, a staggering sledgehammer. Expect octopus drumsImagine Green Day fronted by madman Iggy Pop playing Kick Out The Jams by MC5. An avalanche of smoking guitars, hammering drums and spitting vocals explode in your ears. Expect tons of decibels from start to finish. Hot stuff!
Press play and go nuts…
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KING BULL: Facebook
BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB
‘Whatever Happened To My Rock ‘N’ Roll (Punk Song)
Pinkpop Festival Holland – 2002
I saw them for the very first time a couple of months before this festival, in a small club in Brussels. It was their first gig in Belgium. They nailed it big time and had a chat with some of us, at the bar, afterward, to find out if we liked it. THEY WERE BLOODY BRILLIANT!
‘Whatever happened…’ was the first single from their 2001 debut album…
BRMC: Website – Facebook – Twitter
24 March 2020
A band’s press statement says: Thrashing it out on the dancefloor, ‘Suck This Tangerine’ deals with the difficulties of a society in never ending crisis (‘Funny Money’) to the highs and lows in relationships (‘He’s Who’, ‘Let You Go’) and there’s a guest appearance from ex-Kellie Julia Worley on ‘Close Talker’. Recorded at home in Buenos Aires, the chemistry of the duo’s formative years remains as does their febrile new wave post-punk sound soaked in fiery dance beats and dub-pop.
After their splendid 2016 album Friends And Lovers the dazzling Argentinian punky
pop duo LAS KELLIES return with their sixth longplayer. An overall dynamizing record
that combines trippy, infectious pop tunes with electrifying early 80s instrumentation. Throughout the rousing album the influence of experimental post-punk outfit Public Image Ltd‘s second album Metal Box is obvious. Especially Jah Wobble‘s pumping bass and Keith Levene’s stunning metallic guitar play. And it works brilliantly. You will also
hear echoes of Gang Of Four‘s staccato funk. Welcome back Las Kellies!
Stream/purchase here…
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The singles…
– CLOSER –
– CLOSE TALKER –
LAS KELLIES: Facebook
(photo by Turn Up The Volume – Ghent, Belgium)
Top singles from the past…
24 March 2020
Band: Therapy? (Northern Ireland)
Active: 1989 – present
Single: Teethgrinder
B-sides: Summer Of Hate, Human Mechanism and
Sky High Mckay(e) on CD and Summer Of Hate on 7″
Released: 19 October 1992
Note: the song featured in PlayStation and
Sega Saturn versions of video game Road Rash
Album: Nurse – the band’s third LP
Here’s the original clip…
THERAPY?: Facebook
Great magazine covers from the past…
SMASHING PUMPKINS
November 1995
ROLLING STONE
Watch a young, crazed PATTI SMITH and her band playing a steamy version of ‘ROCK ‘N ROLL NIGGER’, including a raw Jimi Hendrix guitar solo by Lenny Kaye in Germany 1979.
Here’s the studio version…
PATTI SMITH: Facebook
New sonic impulses…
23 March 2020
After top comeback album Alone the wonderful CHRISSIE HYNDE and
THE PRETENDERS return with new LP HATE FOR SALE, out 1st of May.
Pre-order facilities here.
And here’s lead-single ‘THE BUZZ’. A mid-tempo vintage The Pretenders
love song with Chrissie Hynde‘s glowing vox sounding as sensual as ever.
Definitely growing older in style and with catching, crystal clear tunes.
Press play here…
Also on Spotify…
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THE PRETENDERS: Facebook
