Month: January 2021

We All Breathe The Same Air – AFTER THE SEASON With Major Electroscape ‘WHEN WE WERE FREE’

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25 January 2021

AFTER THE SEASON is a synth-wave project from Split, Croatia
that started in the middle of 2019. The debut EP is waiting in
the pipeline now.

One of the tracks is WHEN WE WERE FREE.

“A journey to the time when we were free and happy, and also
a warning that we are all responsible for ourselves and for the
times that are coming.”

It’s a cinematic synth symphony combining echoes of Europe’s
Final Countdown anthem and Vangelis‘ Chariots Of Fire atmospherics,
but also including two fragments of John F. Kennedy (1917 – 1963)
speeches. The peace-seeking, charismatic, best-ever USA president,
killed by his own country. We need the hope he spread, again

Breathe here…


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AFTER THE SEASON: Facebook

THE FLAMING LIPS’ First SPACE BUBBLE SHOW

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25 January 2021

Eccentric mavericks THE FLAMING LIPS finally did what was planned for months.

They played their first space bubble concert. A COVID-safe live show with everyone,
band and spectators, in their own bubble. It happened at the Criterion in the group’s Oklahoma City hometown yesterday and is followed by a second show today.

Can’t wait for the video clips that will arrive soon.

5 Outstanding NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS Albums

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Turn Up The Volume’s 5 most played NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS albums.

1. LET LOVE IN – 8th LP – 1994

Pitchfork: “Cave’s love songs could easily turn into death songs, it was inevitable
that he’d devote an entire album to exploring that symbiotic relationship.”
Score: 8.5/10

Stream here…

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2. HENRY’S DREAM – 7th album – 1992

NME: “Primarily bloodied, fiercely energetic, vituperative music.
Henry’s Dream’digs deep into the ancient lore of the blues.”
Score: 8/10

Stream here

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3. THE BOATMAN’S CALL – 10th LP – 1997

AllMusic: “This is a stunning and captivating piece of work. Beautiful
album of faith, hope, hopelessness, frustration and despair.”
Score: 9/10

Stream here…

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4. DIG LAZARUS DIG!!! – 14th LP – 2008

Tiny Mix Tapes: “Rock, country, blues, and post-punk rhythms meld with Cave’s lyrics on
sex, death, God, and America to create what could be one of his most perfect albums yet.”
Score: 9/10

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5. PUSHING THE SKY AWAY – 15th LP – 2013

The Guardian: “Funeral-paced songs and stripped-down music that
calls to mind Leonard Cohen fronting James Blake minimalism.”
Score: 8/10

Stream here…

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NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS: Facebook – All Albums

Made To Love Magic – Dublin Singer/Songwriter A. SMYTH Enchants With New Single ‘WHEN IT CALLS’

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Reveries for the laziest day of the week…

24th January 2021

A. SMITH is an up and coming singer/songwriter from Dublin. He mixes the bucolic dreaminess of Nick Drake with the folk-rock of Elliott Smith, with driven verses and
hooky choruses. He releases his debut LP Last Animals on 19th February.

But first new single WHEN IT CALLS. A melancholic pearl about “trying to
use life experience to help the ones you love through difficult periods .”

This is starry-eyed music for the twilight hours. Meditative, brooding, and making
you hum along from start to finish. Midway, a weeping Neil Young guitar fragment electrifies the mood briefly before Smyth‘s voice takes over again with its calming
timbre. All you need to let your thoughts float around your head.

Made to love magic.

I feel the river in your heart
I know the thunder cos I feel it too

A. SMYTH: Facebook

Debut LP LAST ANIMALS out 19th February. More info here.

(photo via Hannah Gould PR)

Coming Soon… New ARAB STRAP Album ‘AS DAYS GET DARK’

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24 January 2021

Band: ARAB STRAP (Scotland)

Album: AS DAYS GET DARK – 7th LP
The first in 15 years.

Out: 5 March 2021 – all info here.

Arab Strap says: “It’s about hopelessness
and darkness. But in a fun way”

Singles…

– COMPERSION PT. 1 –

– THE TURNING OF OUR BONES –

ARAB STRAP: Facebook

GOSSIP Released Debut Single ‘STANDING IN THE WAY OF CONTROL’ 15 Years Ago

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24 January 2021

Band: GOSSIP
Who: Indie trio out of Searcy, Arkansas led by
the charismatic diva Beth Ditto
Active: 1999-2016, 2019-present

Single: STANDING IN THE WAY OF CONTROL – debut 7″
Released: 24 January 2006 – 15 years ago today
Score: #7 in the UK

Album: Standing In The Way Of Control

Standing in the way of control
You live your life
Survive the only way that you know

Go for it, Beth…

GOSSIP: Facebook

THE WHITE STRIPES LIVE!

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23 January 2021

THE WHITE STRIPES – Meg & Jack – released
a Greatest Hits compilation last December.

And now they revealed a never before seen live video with them
performing their 2003 smash hit Seven Nation Army at Tennessee
festival Bonnaroo in 2007.

Roll on sis & bro…

Studio version…

THE WHITE STRIPES: Facebook

Five Firecrackers To STAY ON TRACK IN THE WEEKEND!

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23/25 January 2021

Turn Up The Volume likes the smell of rock ‘n’ roll in the weekend!
Here come 5 new firecrackers to bang-up your favorite 48 hours…

– Sweet Sin – (Lockdown Mix) by A SLICE OF LIFE (Belgium)
Sounds like Sisters of Mercy remixed by the Chemical Brothers. Get your disco ball out of
the closet, move your furniture & pretend you’re the star in Saturday Night Lockdown Fever.

– Song Of The Night Gator – SAFETY (Brooklyn, NY)
Razor-sharp-edged post-punk indie raging full steam ahead pushed by a drummer on
a droning mission. Only 1.45 minutes, but enough time to blow up your speakers. From the Brooklyn trio’s upcoming 6-track Greetings from the Sunshine State, out 19th March.


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– A HERO’S DEATH – FONTAINES D.C. remixed by SOULWAX
Irish rockers Fontaines D.C. sounding vibey and funky? Absolutely. Well, after the Belgian dance brothers Dewaele aka Soulwax put their hands on the title track of the Irish band.

– Oh So Real – by HONEY LUNG (UK)
Grungy shoegaze roller coaster with a metallic resonance. Rowdy, turbulent, multi-layered but also pretty sticky when the chorus kicks in. Buzzing stroke to boost your adrenalin.

– Business Casual – TOMAHAWK feat. Mike Patton (USA)
The supergroup, led by Faith No More‘s loud mouth Mike Patton is back after nearly eight years. This fierce jackhammer is the first taster of new LP, titled Tonic Immobility, out in March.

Back To The Future With New Single ‘OUT WITH THE OLD’ By MONOWHALES

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23 January 2021


(Credit: Francesca Ludikar)

Toronto‘s firework trio MONOWHALES will lighten up
the world with their new album Daytona Bleach in March.

Ahead of it comes the new single – the third off the LP – called OUT WITH OLD.

“An anthem for the disenfranchised, centering on the loss of innocence and entitlement
which we’ve all experienced over the past year. This song is the feeling of being made to
choose where there’s no choice at all, but taking a vicious grip on hope in spite of everything going on in our lives.”

Out With The Old is an inspirational wake-up call to get together, rock together, have
fun together, and most of all to live together. It’s the perfect peaceful dance riot tune
to celebrate a new year, a new start, and a new future. Utterly charismatic Amazon
Sally Shaar leads the troops with flaming flair, vivacious verve, and bodacious bravado.
Hail hail Monowhales!

Time to get up, stand up and fight for your right to unify again…

MONOWHALES: Facebook

New album DAYTONA BLEACH out March 5. Pre-order info here.

(photo on top revecived via band)

GENERATION X Released Final LP ‘KISS ME DEADLY’ 40 Years Ago Today

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23 January 2021

Band: GENERATION X (London UK)
Active: 1976–1981, 1993

Album: KISS ME DEADLY
Released: 23 January 1981 – 40 years ago today

AllMusic said: “Billy Idol and bassist Tony James rehearsing
for their post-Gen X careers, respectively as a solo artist and
as the leader of Sigue Sigue Sputnik.” Score: 3/5.

Billy Idol: “The biggest misconception people
have about me is that I’m stupid.”

Key single: Dancing With Myself

Billy Idol solo…

Full album…

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GENERATION X: Bio