Top singles from the past…
30 May 2020
Band: Pavement (Stockton, California)
Single/EP: Rattled By The Rush
B-sides: Brink Of The Clouds / False Skorpion
and Easily Fooled
Released: March 1995 – 25 years ago
Album: Wowee Zowee – the band’s third LP
Happy 44 Stephen Malkmus…
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Daily electricity to load your sonic batteries…
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30 May 2020
What can I say? British flamboyant group THE MIGHTY ORCHID KING have a new single out and it’s as their previous pieces a glorious score. SWIRLING is a solid gold glam banger with T.Rex echoes. A sixties influenced psych-rock gem. A spot-on shake and sway corker! Expect a king-sized beat, bright harmonies, towering guitars and a punchy drive. Huzzah!
Get it on, here come the 21st Century boys…
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Also on Spotify…
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Great album covers from the past…
‘Pirates’ by RICKIE LEE JONES
Released: 15 July 1981 – Second LP
Stream here…
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30 May 2020
Band: INTERNET FRIENDS (Sweden)
Who: Formed in 2018, Internet Friends is “is in a constant underdog position,
keep proving to suits with vague competence that modern-day pop can be both
bold and ticklish at the same time.”
Sound: “If The Strokes, Lily Allen and ABBA had an orgy. The offspring would
go on to form Internet Friends.”
Track: Kids I Used To Know
Score: You want to hear a sickly sticky tune, a vitalizing jingle, an invigorating
stroke with a ‘we gonna rule the world soon‘ attitude? Look no further, Internet
Friends is the band you need to check out. ‘Kids I Used To Know‘ is a no-nonsense
pop cut you will play in your car radio, on your headphones, and under your
shower. This promising outfit guys hijacked Britpop and gave it a Knowing Me,
Knowing You’ twist. Yes, the kids are alright.
Here we go…
INTERNET FRIENDS: Facebook
Great concert posters from the past…
THE CLASH
Montego Bay, Jamaica
27 November 1982
Happy 65 TOPPER HEADON!
29 May 2020
Band: DEERHOOF (San Francisco)
Album: FUTURE TEENAGE CAVE ARTISTS – the band’s fifteen LP
Released: 29 May 2020
Keywords: Classical indie music, wayward and broken melodies, break up/break down galvanism, alt prog rock
Key tracks: Future Teenage Cave Artists / Sympathy For The Baby Boo / Oh Ye Saddle Babies / “Farewell Symphony /
NME says: “Experimental rock veterans dig deep to cement legacy. The racket merchants have carved a niche for over two decades, and there’s much to excavate here, from psych-rock to jazzy minimalism.”
The singles…
– FUTURE TEENAGE CAVE ARTISTS –
– “FAREWELL” SYMPHONY –
– THE LOVED ONE –
Full album…
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DEERHOOF: Facebook
Great concert posters from the past…
BLACK FLAG
Lawndale, CA
3 October 1980
29 May 2020
Artist: TEENAGE FANCLUB (Scotland)
Album: GRAND PRIX – their fifth LP
Date of release: 29 May 1995 – 25 years ago today
About the cover: The now-defunct ‘Formula One’ racing team
‘Simtek‘ provided the car that appears on the front cover!
‘The Independent’ wrote: “Breathtakingly superb album with finely
honed dynamics, nagging harmonies, and deceptively simple lyrics”
Highlights: Mellow Doubt / About You / Sparky’s Dream / Don’t Look Back /
Verisimilitude / Neil Jung / Say No / I’ll Make it Clear
Top single…
The winner in full…
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TEENAGE FANCLUB: Website – Facebook
This past month’s best…
A maddening cocktail of roaring rippers and sassy strokes.
Fifteen jackhammers that heated up my isolation days!
Here’s Turn Up The Volume‘s Knockout May Team!
‘Skimmington Ride’ by SEX SWING (UK)
Apocalyptic and intimidating barnstormer matching these science-fiction-like times.
Contender-of-the-year single from their contender-of-the-year album TYPE II. Yeah!
‘Behajung’ by ELEFANT (Belgium)
Exotic designed title track of Belgian’s Krautsludge and sound-exploring crusaders from their new Sturm und Drang longplayer. Shake your belly and pirouette yourself dizzy. Fab!
‘Mr. Motivator’ by IDLES (UK)
Punk rebels hit again with riff crazy corker made to start crowded moshpits at gigs. Bingo!
‘Control’ by AMYL AND THE SNIFFERS (Australia)
Watch frontwoman Amyl Taylor‘s head almost explode. From live EP Live At The Croxton.
‘Crossbow’ by TAMAR APHEX (Israel)
A shattering juggernaut, dynamized by a rattling machine-gun drum and a mind-blowing bass vibrancy. A 24 Karat score you’ll have on repeat for quite a while. Flabbergasting!
‘IW2BWU4EVR’ by FANTASY NON FICTION (New Orleans, US)
Resplendent roaring ‘n’ roll jingle having a vertiginous effect on your limbs. From
the band’s multifaceted, rad self-titled debut album. Advice: play this very loud!
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‘Celebration’ by RHYS BLOODJOY (Manchester, UK)
Electro-industrial madness mixed with psycho wave lunacy. Bloodcurdling synths whipped up by a bone-chilling cadence. From stunning debut album Human.Pattern.Repeat.
‘I’m Not Getting Excited’ by THE BETHS (New-Zealand)
A boiling ripsnorter pushed by rattling riffs, heated hooks, and lively licks. Supersonic!
‘Suck My Mind’ by CHEMTRAILS (UK)
High-voltage roller fueled by ruthless percussion, guitar extravaganza, 60s organs and ecstatic vocals. From their fresh must-hear album The Peculiar Smell of the Inevitable.
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‘Just Friends’ by SMALLTOWN TIGERS (Italy)
The Stooges fronted by Joan Jett with the Ramones sniffin’ glue in the producer’s room. Riot girls firework from Italy. Check their mad debut longplayer Five Things. 1-2-3-4!
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‘Seed Of Evil’ by BLACK NEEDLE NOISE (Norway)
A colossal, diabolic electronic drone thumping mercilessly as a brain-fucking hammer causing thunder and lighting electricity. Be ready, Armageddon is just around the corner.
‘Black Love’ by UNRULY GIRLS (Italy)
Head-twisting sledgehammer as dark as the night. Jaw-dropping industrial killer from their new, storming Epidemic album. A decibels-loaded beast of a record! Sonic nightmare!
‘Fresh Air’ by GREAT HARE (Sweden)
Electric-powered slacker swagger, glimmering guitars, glowing vocals, and a tenacious chorus. Impossible to resist. Probably the best piece of this Swedish quartet. Top stuff!
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‘POS’ by THE BUNDY BUNCH (Norway)
Furious. Red-hot-angry. Discombobulated. Pulverizing and disordered. You can burn
your poor ears by listening to this crashing bang. Let that be a loud and clear warning!
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‘It Ain’t Water’ by ALISON MOSSHART (US)
When the lady sings the blues. Second striking solo single from The Kill’s wonderful singer.
All together on Spotify…
See/hear you next month, music junkies…
Great album covers from the past…
‘Garlands’ by COCTEAU TWINS
Released: 1 September 1982
Debut LP
Two highlights: But I’m Not / Hollow Men
– BUT I’M NOT – gothic reverb sparks…
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– HOLLOW MEN – haunting and gloaming…
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Full album…
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COCTEAU TWINS: Facebook
