Month: April 2021

Up And Coming Duo LIGHT BY THE SEA Debuts With Grand Pop Single ‘ELEANOR’

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Daily electricity to load your batteries…

29 April 2021



Band: LIGHT BY THE SEA
Who: The project is the lovechild of Eszter Anna Baumann
and Davy Knobel based in The Netherlands. Their music
consists of rock, avant-garde, and folk music elements with
a catchy pop vibe.

Influences: Dead Can Dance, U2, The Brian Jonestown Massacre,
Phil Collins, Clannad, Fleetwood Mac and The Dandy Warhols.

Single: ELEANOR – debut single
About: “A ghost story of a forgotten woman telling her story in a forgotten sound.
Eleanor is the first single of Anna and Davy, and now they proudly present her to the
world. Their music captures a sacred process of inspiration and creativity, the true love
towards each other and towards music itself. They are ready to dive deep into their artistic realm to raise a pearl up to the surface: the metaphor of pure, unconditional love for music with untold stories of the ever lived icons.”

Score: This is grand pop splendor, greatly orchestrated and richly layered, with Eszter
Anna Baumann‘s imposing vox elevating this remarkable piece to a majestic level. Think
of the powerful vocal range of Florence Welch and the adventuresome spirit of icon Kate Bush. Style, class and rapture. A victorious debut!

Press play right here…

LIGHT BY THE SEA: Facebook

GARBAGE Drop Another Blistering Track From Their Upcoming LP – Here’s ‘NO GODS NO MASTERS’

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29 April 2021

Band: GARBAGE
New album: NO GODS NO MASTERS.
Their 7th LP, out 11th June. Order info: here

New single: NO GODS NO MASTERS – title track

After smoking lead-single The Men Who Turn The World
charismatic Amazon Shirley Manson and her band dropped
another blistering cut.

“This song is about re-imagining our society for the future, for our
children and not making the same mistakes over and over again and
allowing greed to corrupt our thinking,” says Manson.

No Gods No Masters rattles and rolls with dash and panache…

GARBAGE: Facebook

Berlin Based Songstress ANIKA Returns With Hypnotic Groove ‘FINGER PIES’

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New sonic impulses…

28 April 2021

Artist: ANIKA
Who: The musical alias of Berlin-based artist, Annika Henderson. She released her compelling self-titled solo debut LP back in 2010. She also made two most impressive longplayers with Exploded View. You can stream Obey (2018) and Exploded View (2016) here.

New single: FINGER PIES

About: “A song that never had a name, like an artist that never had a face. Caught
between roles, a jack of all trades, she slips between your fingers like a moment that
never was, or was it? So many faces tailored to a myriad of occasions. Walls built between ourselves and the outside world. For protection. Passes grant access to another level. So
where are you at? Those with all the keys, please remember, access comes with responsibility. Yet responsibility has been lost, like tissue paper in the rain, a battle without rules, to save face, exploit weakness, to save getting slayed, by the faceless generation. Welcome to the world of “Finger Pies.”

Electro earworm Finger Pies moves and grooves from the kick-off driven by a rolling
bass riff. Strangely catchy, mysteriously designed with a hypnotic effect. Like a female
Scott Walker, wandering in her fascinating imagination while speaking/singing with a spellbinding voice triggering the listener’s curiosity all the way.

Catch the engrossing vibe here…

You can buy
the single here…


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ANIKA: Facebook

(photo by Turn Up The Volume!)

DEUTSCHE AMERIKANISCHE FREUNDSCHAFT Aka D.A.F. Danced DER MUSSOLINI 40 Years Ago

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Top singles from the past…

28 April 2021

Band: DEUTSCHE AMERIKANISCHE FREUNDSCHAFT aka D.A.F.
Home: Düsseldorf, Germany
Active: 1978–2020 / 7 albums

Single: DER MUSSOLINI
D.A.F: “We just wanted to provoke, instead of doing
what everybody was doing and it worked perfectly.”
Released: 28 April 1981 – 40 years ago

Album: Alles Ist Gut

Studio version…

Live version…

D.A.F: All Albums

Live in Belgium (2016 – pic by Turn Up The Volume!)

British Indie Rock Trio THE PALE WHITE Scores With Multi-Faceted Debut Album ‘INFINITIVE PLEASURE’

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28 April 2021

Band: THE PALE WHITE
Who: Emotive indie rock trio from Newcastle, UK

Album: INFINITIVE PLEASURE – debut LP
Released: 23 April 2021 – order/stream info here.

The band: “No one knows more than us that this album is way overdue, but there are
twists and turns in every journey that lead you to the right place and time. As a band, that
time is now. As humans, well… we can all agree that the world isn’t exactly ‘normal’ right now – but we refuse to wait any longer! Blood, sweat & tears have went into the past 5 years to get
to this point. We’ve poured our whole lives into it.”

Turn Up The Volume: From pumped-up guitar pop (Take Your Time / Confession Box)
to rollicking stoner rock with Black Sabbath drones in the back (Medicine / Sonder). From turbulent blues stompers à la The Black Keys (Glue / That Dress), to heart & soul balladry (Anechoic Chamber Blues / Still No Taste / Frank Sinatra). This debut is an instant triumph!
Don’t miss it!

Singles: That Dress / Glue / Take Your Time

– GLUE –

– TAKE YOUR TIME –

Full album…

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THE PALE WHITE: Facebook

New Single New Album – Join THE SUBWAYS And Their FIGHT Against Racism

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28 April 2021

Band: THE SUBWAYS (Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, UK)
Who: Rockin’ lovers duo Billy Lunn & Charlotte Cooper
Active: Since 2000 / 5 albums (so far) / Latest: The Subways (2015)

New single: FIGHT – lead single from new, upcoming LP.
Single out on 7″ this Friday, order info here.

About: “Fight is a letter in two parts: a gesture of solidarity with the Black
community and communities of color, as they face their daily oppression
at the hands of systemic racism; and it’s a wake-up call to the white community
that such oppressions do in fact exist, and that we must acknowledge these
oppressions and fight alongside marginalized communities as allies,”
says Billy Lunn.

The Subways rage and blaze again. Firm, intense and rowdy, in solidarity with
our black brothers and sisters who still – it’s 2021 for Christ’s sake – suffer
from racism around the globe. Thanks to charlatan Trump white supremacists
left their caves in the US and police brutality against black people re-inflamed,
once again. Damn you, fools, we can only survive when we live together with
respect for one another. Let’s join  The Subways‘ loud and clear protest!

Fight against racism right here, right now…

THE SUBWAYS: Facebook


(Photo Credit: Sarah Louise Bennett)

THE FLAMING LIPS Played The Club Where They Started Back In 1983

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27 April 2021

Fairy tale pop/rock surrealists THE FLAMING LIPS
impressed lately with some spectacular space bubble
shows.

And last night they played the Blue Note club, in their hometown of
Oklahoma City, where the band performed live for the first time, back
in 1983. The performance aired on the American TV show Jimmy Kimmel
Live.

They played gripping ballad Will You Return / When You Come Down
from their formidable 2020 album American Head.

Micah Nelson (who played with his own band on tour with The Lips before),
the youngest son of his world-famous father Willie joined on vocals and guitar.

Here we go…

THE FLAMING LIPS: Facebook