Month: January 2021
Coming Soon… New TINDERSTICKS Album ‘DISTRACTIONS’
22 January 2021
Band: TINDERSTICKS (Nottingham, K)
Active: Since 1992
Album: DISTRACTIONS – 13th LP
Out: 11 February
Info: Tindersticks sounds fresh again. ‘Distractions’ is an album of subtle realignments
and connections from a restless, intuitive band. Rich in texture and atmosphere, it lives between its open spaces and details, always finding new ways to connect with a song.
The LP isn’t untouched by the lockdown, but it’s not a lockdown record.
Stuart A. Staples (frontman): “I think the confinement provided an opportunity
for something that was already happening. It is definitely a part of the album, but
not a reaction to it.”
– MAN ALONE (CAN’T STOP THE FADIN’) –
Trippy & spacey, brill bass, pretty surprising!!
– YOU’LL HAVE TO SCREAM LOUDER –
Funky score! You can dance to Tindersticks now!!
TINDERSTICKS: Website
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CANCELLED!
Glastonbury Festival in the UK canceled for the second year in a row.
“With great regret, we must announce that this year’s Glastonbury Festival will not take place, and that this will be another enforced fallow year for us. In spite of our efforts to move Heaven & Earth, it has become clear that we simply will not be able to make the Festival happen this year. We are so sorry to let you all down.
As with last year, we would like to offer all those who secured a ticket in October 2019 the opportunity to roll their £50 deposit over to next year, and guarantee the chance to buy a ticket for Glastonbury 2022. We are very appreciative of the faith and trust placed in us by those of you with deposits, and we are very confident we can deliver something really special for us all
in 2022!
We thank you for your incredible continued support
and let’s look forward to better times ahead.”
With love,
Michael & Emily
Organizers
What A ‘WONDERFUL WORLD’ This Would Be – Happy B. To SAM COOKE
22 January 2021
Artist: SAM COOKE (Clarksdale, Mississippi, U.S.)
Known as the King Of Soul. He was
born on 22nd January 1931. Happy 90!
He passed away on 11 December 1964, only 33.
Single: WONDERFUL WORLD
Written by Lou Adler, Herb Alpert, and Sam Cooke
Released: 14 April 1960
Score: No 2 in the USA
What a wonderful world this would and could be…
SAM COOKE: Bio
MAGAZINE THIS!
DUA LIPA
Rolling Stone Magazine
February 2021
Photograph by David LaChapelle. Produced by Coleen Haynes at Maavven. Executive production by Creative Exchange Agency. Hair by Chris Appleton. Makeup by Samantha Lau. Styling by Lorenzo Posocco. Bodysuit, gloves, and tights by Rui Zhou.
Her highly acclaimed 2020
album FUTURE NOSTALGIA…
.
Interview with Rolling Stone right here.
George Orwell Is Back – Discover Brand New Single ‘FALL OF THE BIG SCREEN’ By DEADLETTER
22 January 2021
(photo by Alessandro Raimondo)
Band: DEADLETTER
Who: Hailing from Yorkshire, now South London rooted, this band channels
the droll fury of The Fall and the lopsided rhythm of Gang of Four into a strain
of vehement post-punk, exploring the darker side of existence through
a lens of narrative-driven levity.
Pick: FALL OF THE BIG SCREEN
Zac Lawrence (frontman): “We are being sold free choice at the click of a button
when in reality our options are shrinking as monopolistic corporations haunt every
item of consumption, as we are algorithmically given a narrow margin of preference
which blinds us to any true alternative. The Fall of the Big Screen is imminent, and
this is our cry of understanding.”
Score: Imagine George Orwell fronting The Fall back in Nineteen Eighty-Four
scaring the world with a grim, futuristic vision of humankind about to collapse
in 2021 due to a deadly virus. Would we have believed those post-punk visionaries?
I don’t think so. But here we are today, with Deadletter confirming the science-fiction
like predictions coming true with a somber psych drone that moves and grooves like
Big Brother on a destructive mission.
It’s 1984 all over again…
Also on Spotify…
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DEADLETTER: Facebook
TOMAHAWK Feat. MIKE PATTON Drop New Slam ‘BUSINESS CASUAL’
22 January 2021
Faith No More frontman Mike Patton teamed up again, after almost 8 years, in the studio with Mr. Bungle’s Trevor Dunn, the Jesus Lizard’s Duane Denison, and John Stanier of Helmet and Battles. Under the name TOMAHAWK they love to produce tons of illegal decibels.
A new album, titled Tonic Immobility will be unleashed on 26 March.
“Tonic Immobility could just be something in the air we’re feeling. It’s been a rough year between the pandemic and everything else. A lot of people feel somewhat powerless and stuck as they’re not able to make a move without second-guessing themselves or worrying about the outcomes. For as much as the record possibly reflects that, it’s also an escape from the realities of the world. We’re not wallowing in negativity or getting political.” says the band in a statement.
Here comes lead-single Business Casual.
A fierce hammer blow. “A mocking look at the life of work in America.”
Yeaaahhhh…
TOMAHAWK: Facebook
TONIC IMMOBILITY out 26 March – via Ipeac recordings
Start A Mosh Pith In Your Kitchen With TRAUMA LANES And Their New Beastly Single ‘KING OF THIEVES’
Smashing tunes to shout out about…
22 January 2021
Band: TRAUMA LANES
Who: 24-hour party animals from Ontario, Canada
References: Alexisonfire, Cancer Bats, Every Time I Die,
The Holly Springs Disaster, Refused
Track: KING OF THIEVES – new single – from upcoming EP Nosferatu,
a collection of vicious tracks that feature prominent members of the
local hardcore scene.
“Ever moshed by yourself in your kitchen while cooking?
That’s what we want our fans to be doing” says the band.
Score: Trauma Lanes‘ earsplitting racket sounds as if punk, hardcore, and metal crash
into each other with the crushing force of two high-speed trains coming from opposite directions. I heard that this is the demoniac and deafening noise Satan himself plays
when he throws a flaming party in hell. Yes, mephistophelian helter-skelter is what’s coming at you here. This deranged bluster is what you need when you want to start
a mini mosh pit in your kitchen (before you start making spaghetti).
Time to move the table and the chairs and
trash your lockdown demons…
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TRAUMA LANES: Facebook
(photo via Presstown PR)
ROCK ‘N’ ROLL ANIMAL
Five of Turn Up the Volume‘s favorite LOU REED albums.
– NEW YORK – 1989
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– CONEY ISLAND BABY – 1975
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– TRANSFORMER – 1972
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– ROCK ‘N’ ROLL ANIMAL – 1974
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– STREET HASSLE – 1978
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LOU REED: Website – Facebook – Biographies – Infamous 1973 Lester Bangs Interview
Country & Western Waltz – THE UNDERGROUNG YOUTH With New Single ‘FOR YOU ARE THE ONE’
21 January 2021
(pic by Turn Up The Volume)
British psych-rockers THE UNDERGROUND YOUTH formed by ringleader
Craig Dyer have been around for a while. Between 2006 and today they
produced nine albums with last year’s Montage Images Of Lust & Fear
as one of their most arresting performances.
And the band already has another LP called THE FALLING
canned and hitting the streets on March 12.
Last December we got lead-single A Sorrowful Race, a moving and gripping
ballad and here comes another new one titled FOR YOU ARE THE ONE.
Dyer about the song: “I wanted this bouncing, drunken, upbeat track for the record,
something unlike anything I’d written before. The addition of the violin to the album
really enhanced each and every track, but for me this one stands out as the song most
affected by this change in sound.”
The band sounds like an electrical country & western combo playing a ballroom
waltz with a cracking violin-driven swagger. Gloriously surprising, but absolutely
great. I love it and I’m sure you will too.
Dance Here…
Lead-single A Sorrowful Race…
THE UNDERGROUND YOUTH: Facebook
THE FALLING out 12 March via Fuzz Club Records