Eye-catching album artwork
Cover of the highly praised masterpiece album by J Mascis and Dinosaur Jr.,
titled You’re Living All Over Me. Released 35 years ago this year (December 1987).
The illustration is by Maura Jasper who designed the artwork
for several Dinosour Jr albums. Check them all out here.
Single: Little Fury Things
Full album
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DINOSAUR JR: Facebook
New striking strokes
23 February 2022
Band: NIXER
Who: Energizing indie duo from Dublin, Ireland. It began as
a conversation online between two friends at the beginning
of the global pandemic. What seemed like an ordinary catch-up
back in April 2020, turned into something very exciting.
Debut EP: PEOPLE FEEL
Out: May 2022 through Blowtorch Records
New track: OUTSIDER
Second release from the upcoming EP
“‘Outsider welcomes, or unwelcomes, two characters to the narrative.
The song deals with isolation and the feeling of being unwanted but
from the perspective of the empathetic observer. The track opens with
discrete chatter about these ‘other’ people, but as the track develops we
learn that the song is about worry and concern for others, rather than
the exclusion of them.”
Turn Up The Volume: It’s pretty crowdy at the start of this instant
knockout and pretty awesome when a recklessly rotating riff blasts
out of your quavering stereo and races like a supersonic bolide towards
the glowing guitar outro. Synths infiltrate here and there to augment the
dance vibration of this Krautlike flare-up to an irresistible level. Warning:
your head will spin 360° like Linda Blair‘s in The Excorcist.
Now, get together all you in/out-siders
and start to jump around, united.
People are so hard to read
People are so hard to read
Outsider sympathiser
People are so hard to read
People are so hard to read
Outsider sympathiser
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Also on Spotify…
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NIXER: Facebook
Artwork tattooed by Alanis Kerr
Artwork photographed by Nicholas O’Donnell
London, December 2021
Peter Hook (Joy Divison/New Order) about the unfortunate
Mark Lanegan who passed away yesterday, only 57.
R.I.P.
(photo Peter Hook by Turn Up The Volume)
Daily electricity to load your batteries
23 February 2022
The by now legendary passion rockers THE AFGHAN WHIGS from Cincinnati, Ohio
with mastermind GREG DULLI in the middle are back from never been away, although
it’s 5 years since last album In Spades made my ears shake.
New single I’ll MAKE YOU SEE GOD is a striking steamroller, a red-hot-heated ripsnorter, an unstoppable cannonball going everywhere fast. Manic blitzkrieg guitars working their way to an explosive finish, ruthless drum/bass attack with merciless force, and Greg Dulli‘s avid vox add a rush of blood vocality. This slam dunk will feature in the upcoming PlayStation game Gran Turismo 7.
Dulli: “That’s one of the hardest rock songs we’ve ever done.
It was written and performed on sheer adrenalin.”
See God here…
On the road…
THE AFGHAN WHIGS: Facebook
(photo Afghan Whigs received via PR AW)
New striking strokes
23 February 2022
Band: GANG OF YOUTHS
Who: Indie star rockers from Sydney, AUS led
by singer/songwriter/guitarist David Le’aupepe
Active: Since 2011 / 3rd LP coming up
New album: ANGEL IN REALTIME
Release: 25 February 2022 – order info here
Info: “The album is about the life and legacy of Dave’s father, indigenous identity, death,
grief and God. And also the Angel, Islington. Although the album is eclectic – influences range from American minimalism and contemporary classical, to drawing upon the legacy of Britain’s alternative/indie scenes, from drum ‘n’ bass to the most transcendent moments of Britpop .” (Rough Trade)
New track: SPIRIT BOY
4th track from the forthcoming album
I thought at first it was a Bright Eyes song as frontman David Le’aupepe’s voice
resembles Conor Oberst‘s one wondrously well here. Also, Spirit Boy has that same
emotive intensity as Bright Eyes ballads. Mesmeric magnificence in motion.
A heartwhole humdinger.
Enjoy here…
GANG OF YOUTHS: Facebook
Just 15 minutes ago I read this horrible news
about MARK LANEGAN passing away.
Here’s the full statement on his Twitter account…
“Our beloved friend Mark Lanegan passed away this morning at his home in Killarney,
Ireland. A beloved singer, songwriter, author and musician he was 57 and is survived
by his wife Shelley. No other information is available at this time. We ask Please respect
the family privacy.”
(photo by Turn Up The Volume)
22 February 2022
Kate Bush is on the cover of Uncut, on sale now. The issue
also comes with a 15-track CD of new folk visionaries. There’s
also Nick Drake, Ronnie Spector, Fontaines D.C., Television, Shane
MacGowan, Radiohead and plenty more.
Have a copy sent to your home. Info here.
22 February 2022
Artist: ALICE GLASS
Who: Canadian singer/songwriter who was electro
act Chrystal Castles‘ voice for 8 years. She left in
2014 to start her solo trip.
Debut album: PREY///IV
Released: 18 February 2022 – Order info here
NME: “The unbreakable artist has reemerged from the wreckage of her former band,
Crystal Castles, with a lazer-focused, brutally honest solo debut… As well as functioning
as a pun, the title of Alice Glass’ debut solo album ‘PREY//IV’ is a strong statement.
Continuing with the Roman numeral naming-scheme used on the three albums she released with former electroclash band Crystal Castles, it’s a clear middle finger in the direction of her ex-collaborator Ethan Kath, whom she accused of abuse and manipulation (which he denies)… An astoundingly honest, and at times brutal, listen, ‘PREY//IV’ still ends on a note of hope.” Score: 4/5.
Alice Glass (in an interview with NME): “If I could take a pill and erase all my memories, I would. I didn’t think I would be here – I thought I’d be dead for sure. I was very suicidal as a teenager and young person… There’s so much suffering in the world, and I bring [up my difficult experiences] now because, in a weird way, every time I open up about this, somebody writes me or sends a really nice message where they can relate to what I’m saying. It’s been really helpful for me psychologically to put things out. That’s what this record is like for me: I’m going to put my pain out into the world and then I don’t own it anymore.”
TURN UP THE VOLUME: Black electro-pop. Industrial hits and drones.
Excorcistic escapes. Alice in horrorland. Transfixing and nerve-racking.
Singles/clips: Fair Game / Baby Teeth / Love Is Violence
– FAIR GAME –
– BABY TEETH –
– LOVE IS VIOLENCE-
Stream/buy full album here on Bandcamp…
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ALICE GLASS: Facebook – PREY///IV on Spotify
(Image on top: cover of album / Other image: cover of ‘Baby Teeth’ singlle)
Eye-catching album cover artwork
Artist: NEIL YOUNG
Artwork: Cover of his 8th LP AMERICAN STARS ‘N BARS,
released 45 years ago this year (May 1977).
The artwork was designed by actor and friend Dean Stockwell (who passed away last year, he was 85), It features Connie Moskos, then the girlfriend of producer David Briggs, with a bottle of Canadian whisky in her hand and an intoxicated Young with his face pressed against the glass floor.
Key track: Like A Hurricane
NEIL YOUNG: All Albums
Daily electricity to load your batteries
22 February 2022
Band: PORRIDGE RADIO
Who: Indie sensation out of Brighton UK, led
by charismatic songwriter Dana Marglin
New album: WATERSLIDE, DIVING BOARD, LADDER TO THE SKY – 3rd LP
Out: 20 May 2022 – Order info here
Lead single: BACK TO THE RADIO
Danna Margolin: “Back To The Radio” feels like a huge introductory hello or
a big ceremonial goodbye. I wrote it at the end of 2019 when we were gearing
up for the release of Every Bad and I felt like a lot of things were coming that I
wasn’t sure I knew how to handle.
The song grew out of a feeling of intense loneliness and being unprepared for
what everybody was promising me was about to happen – and a strong desire
to escape without knowing what I wanted to escape to. To me there’s a huge
feeling of catharsis in this song, of letting go and letting it sweep you away.”
Turn Up The Volume: This is one of those songs that hypnotise from
the get-go to the eager finale. A feverish chant, one long chorus with
Marglin‘s delirious voice causing goosebumps. Stupendous piece!
Turn on the radio here…
PORRIDGE RADIO: Facebook – Instagram
See you soon in Brussels