Month: April 2021

Five Firecrackers To STAY ON TRACK IN THE WEEKEND!

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5 new firecrackers to boost your favorite 48 hours…

‘Death Mask Mussolini’ by SEX GANG CHILDREN (London)
Remember these barbed wire Goth outlaw rockers? The London hit team still
resonate, rant and roar like angry young men going after fascists and similar
scumbags. New album Oligarch arrives on 23rd April. More info here.

Fanculo Mussolini here…

‘Reset’ by HYMNS (London)
These ambitious newcomers enter the music scene with pithy panache and captivating catchiness. This splendid debut is “a protest song inspired by the sounds of Black Sabbath and Ennio Morricone’s spaghetti western soundtracks.” Sounds tempting, right? You bet.
First EP Reset lands on 30 April. Pre-save here.

‘Boilerbreaker’ by ROYAL BLOOD UK)
A motherfucker of a slam dunk produced by Josh Homme. A pumped-up hammer
from the fierce tandem’s upcoming album Typhoons, out 30 April.

‘Nausea‘ by FAMILIAR ACTION (London)
Listen up, folks. The new Sparks are here. Just like the imperishable Mael bros this kooky London duo turns pop upside down. Nausea is funny and vivacious, with a hokey-pokey touch. I hope this town is big enough for both Sparks and Familiar Action.

Press play here…

‘In The Valley‘ by RAISED ON TV (Los Angeles)
I’m sure these Los Angeles brothers own a sort of music machine that produces sunlit
pop songs that stick the moment they leave that magic machine. Check their new jackpot cracker out here…


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Weird Trio Sounds Magical – MOBY + MARK LANEGAN + KRIS KRISTOFFERSON

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New sonic impulses…

17 April 2021

Dance-pop-and-soul star MOBY releases REPRISE. An album of orchestral reimaginings
of a selection of songs he wrote in the past inspired by a classical performance of his music that took place in 2018.

After sharing Porcelain with My Morning Jacket‘s Jim James signing, comes a magical
version of his 2013 song The Lonely Night with two splendiferous crooners on vocals, Kris Kristofferson Mark Lanegan. Goosebumps all the way.

Listen here…

MOBY: Facebook

TURN UP THE VOLUME Listens Back To The Year Of The Meaning Of Life – 25 Ace Tracks From 1983

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Back in time…

1983 – The year Monty Python‘s nutcases hit the cinema screen again
with The Meaning Of Life. The Chicago Times nailed it with their verdict:
“A barbed, uncompromising attack on generally observed community standards.”

And here Turn Up The Volume‘s jumbo
playlist of 25 ace tracks from 1983.

With New Order, Talking Heads, Violent Femmes,
The Cure, Echo & The Bunnymen, The Police,
Costello, Tom Waits, and more…

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1983 – Also the year Bowie told us to dance, to put on our red shoes and sing the blues…

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NME‘s #1 album of 1983
PUNCH THE CLOCK by ELVIS COSTELLO
Full list here.

Rolling Stone‘s #1 album of 1983.
MURMUR by R.E.M.
Full list here.

LEG PUPPY Is The New Dope And Social Media Is The New Coke…

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17 April 2021

London’s techno sensation LEG PUPPY strikes again.

This time he has an irresistible offer for all you social media
junkies out there. His proposition: “I am a social media expert.
Grow your profile with 2k followers for 20 US dollars.”

Attractive, right? You can contact the Puppy expert right here.
Good luck, I hope you all become online celebrities.

Anyway, Leg Puppy, while getting scandalously rich, has another sonic
smokescreen for his identity out called, yes indeed, YOUR PROFILE IS DOPE.
It’s technotastic, like a synth-manic-Kraut-dance-snorter going on like forever
and ever. Think Chemical Brothers remixing Kraftwerk.

Now here’s my proposition: just forget about all that shitty followers crap.
Buy this dope track. Make Leg Puppy rich for his real expertise. Trust me,
he’s worth every penny.

Social media is the new coke, Leg Puppy is the new dope.

Hey boys, hey girls, listen up…

Buy the track here…


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And don’t forget to follow Leg Puppy on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram

DESMOND DEKKER – Timeless Hit ‘ISRAELITES’ Topped UK Charts This Day In 1968

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Top singles from the past…

16 April 2021

Artist: DESMOND DEKKER (born Desmond Adolphus Dacres in Kingston, Jamaica
16 July 1941 / passed away in Surrey, England, 25 May 2006 – he was 64)

Single: ISRAELITES
The single was credited to Dekker and his band The Aces.
Written: by Dekker and Leslie Kong
Dekker about the song: “I was walking in the park, eating popcorn. I heard
a couple arguing about money. She was saying she needs money and he was
saying the work he was doing was not giving him enough. I related to those
things and began to sing a little song: ‘You get up in the morning and you’re
slaving for bread.’ By the time I got home, it was complete.”

About the song’s title: The title has been the source of speculation but most
settle on the Rastafarian Movement‘s association with the Twelve Tribes of Israel.
In the 1960s, Jamaican Rastafarians were largely marginalized as “cultish” and
ostracized from the larger society, including by the more conservative Christian
church in Kingston. Destitute (“slaving for bread“) and unkempt (“Shirt them a-tear
up, trousers is gone”), some Rastafarians were tempted to a life of crime (“I don’t
want to end up like Bonnie and Clyde”). The song is a lament of this condition.
(Wikipedia)

Score: #1 in the UK 16 April 1968 – 53 years ago today

DESMOND DEKKER: Discography

Rowdy Irish Team M(H)AOL Explodes In Your Face When You’re ‘ASKING FOR IT’

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Daily electricity to fuel your batteries…

16 April 2021

Band: M(H)AOL (Dublin, Ireland)
Who: Well, their keywords are crystal clear…
“Feminism. Animal welfare. Chipper chips.”

Pick: ASKING FOR IT – newest single

TUTV says: Brilliant score! Two middle fingers for all sexist bullies out there who assault women. Watch your balls, macho’s, ’cause M(h)aol’s riot grrls are gonna fry them if you’re trying to do what they didn’t ask for, while they burn your deaf ears with their hellish-razor-blade-and-punk-cutting clamor. Capiche?

When I screamed in the night
I wasn’t screaming for you
I was afraid of the things
That you’d do
I was asking for it
Was I asking for it?
Did I ask for this?

Check your speakers first…


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M(H)AOL: Facebook

riot pop ‘girl in red’ warns a ‘stupid bitch’

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16 april 2021

ardent norwegian popster marie ulven, better known as girl in red – i MAKE
SOngs and im not a band 😉 world in red  – unleashes her debut album  if i could
make it go quiet, out 30 april. order info here .

but first a don’t mess with me rant called you stupid bitch.

as she explains in a statement: “there’s this line from this movie i love, The Perks of Being a Wallflower that goes ‘we accept the love we think we deserve.’ it’s a very heartbreaking line, but it’s really what I was experiencing in this situation, where i was always there for this person who would get their heart broken, and i would just come running. that person would never see me as anything else than just a friend. the core essence of this track is like, I’m obviously here for you, and i want to be with you, but you keep messing around with other people, and you keep getting broken. it’s this really direct, straightforward track.”

watch out for this bitch in red, she’ll go mental when she
doesn’t get what she wants. well, that’s what I sense here.

what about you?

girl in red: Facebook

debut album if i could
make it go quiet, out out 30 april