London’s electronic duo FERAL FIVE pay
homage to the late great glam rock icon MARC BOLAN and T.REX with their new
cover of the classic GET IT ON.
FF: “Featuring both Ferals on vocals, this stomping version saw a fans-only sneak
peek to celebrate finishing their album. They soon had requests for a full release,
which the band dutifully obliged. Talk about ‘Bang A Gong’, this track has dirty synths,
floating fuzz guitar, heavy bass and beats (including cymbals and gongs of course).
Crank up the generator and set your speakers to overload, this song is more than
electric, it’s a mesmeric fully Feralised electronic smash!”
The duo’s version is a repetitive banging gong going on and on.
Glam and glitter electro for the dancefloor lit by a rotating, shiny
disco ball.
Let’s dance, take a chance, understand me
You’re dirty, sweet and you’re my girl…
Band: GRAMPFATHER Who: An eclectic rock band based out of Kingston NY,
whose material traverses a variety of rock genres, such
as indie, garage, punk, psych, chill, and thrash.
James Kwapisz (guitar and vocals): “I wrote ‘Murder Hornets’ as a follow-up to our 2020 album ‘Magnum Grampus,’ our thrash album. What with the pandemic and all the blaring social injustices that came to define 2020, the news of incoming murder hornets just seemed like such a cartoonish cherry on top of all the misery and dread. Although the album starts off where ‘Magnum Grampus’ ends, the new album, ‘Gramppappies’ does get more hopeful as it progresses.”
Turn Up The Volume: It all starts with a raucous jangly groove and a bluesy harmonica
in the back. But after 60 seconds the fever rises, the speed goes up, and raving mad guitars cause fireworks all over the place. All burners on! High-strung vocals amplify this belter’s nervousness while working its way to a 60s psychedelia-charged finale. You’ll be
out of breath in the end. Striking stroke! Holy cow!
Libertine Peter Doherty is clean for 2 years now and has just been married.
The happy man lives in Normandy, France for a while now and is busy with
his other addiction: writing songs…
He recently teamed up with French musician Frédéric Lo.
The result is the album The Fantasy Life Of Poetry & Crime,
out in March.
Beatle GEORGE HARRISON organized a pair of benefit concerts on the same day,
1 August 1971, in Madison Square (New York City) to raise attention and money for the people and families of victims of the genocide during the Bangladesh Liberation Warin March 1971.
He invited several of his famous friends. Ravi Shankar, Bob Dylan, Ringo
Starr, Billy Preston, Eric Clapton, Ravi Shankar,, Leon Russell, and more.
The following year a triple album THE CONCERT FOR BANGLADESH
was released and topped the UK’s albums chart on 29 January 1972, 50 years ago today.
After 28 years Skin and her henchmen still make your blood cook.
This new sizzling stroke calls out all incompetent governments,
specifically UK’s short-sighted Brexit statesmen. It’s a metallic bomb
with a volcanic Skin chorus.
When grunge has a date with metal, when Nirvana hooks up with Korn, an earthquake is in the making. These Belgian bulldozing
rockers know all about it and make it happen with this explosive
detonation. Hell bloody hell yeah!
Two years ago, director Matt Yoka’s documentary Whirlybird
premiered. It shows the adventures of two video journalists,
soaring above the chaotic spectacle of ’80s and ’90s Los Angeles,
including the OJ Simpson chase in 1994.
A re-release accompanied by a new soundtrack will be issued soon.
One of the participators is musical centipede Ty Segall drumming his
tail off on this dynamizing instrumental
Libertine Peter Doherty is clean for 2 years now and has just been married.
The happy man lives in Normandy, France and teamed up with French musician Frédéric Lo. The result is the album The Fantasy Life Of Poetry & Crime,
coming out on 22 March.
Turn Up The Volume: This badass blast is one to crush your hangover with,
one to headbang yourself unconscious to, one to go totally bananas to. Imagine
Royal Blood joining forces with Weezer. The big bang result is loud, very loud. Lots
of illegal decibels, lots of high-energy guitars, lots of full-powered drones, lots of
harmonious vocals gliding all over it. A towering triumph.
“It’s about being a champion to oneself and for others.
We are all in this together, life is too short not to strive
for excellence in all that we do.”
Band: NIRVANA Artwork: Cover of compilation album Incesticide
featuring non-album singles, B-sides, demos, outtakes,
cover versions, and radio broadcast recordings. Released
30 years ago this year (December 14).
The cover art was painted by the late great Cobain himself
who is credited as Kurdt Kobain in the liner notes.
