Month: May 2022

Happy 55 To The Chief NOEL GALLAGHER

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29 May 2022


(Photo by Turn Up The Volume)

Noel Thomas David Gallagher was born in Manchester on 29 May 1967.

Happy 55 to the superlative songwriter who wrote a series of unforgettable
world hits with Oasis (1991–2009), one of my all-time favorite bands (on record
and on stage). He went solo – with his High Flying Birds – 13 years ago, after the
umpteenth fight with his brother Liam.

3 big Noel moments…

– DON’T LOOK BACK IN ANGER –
(Live)

– THE MASTERPLAN –
(Live 1996)

– HOLY MOUNTAIN –
(From his third solo album)

NOEL GALLAGHER: Facebook

 

Mega Rapper Star EMINEM Released His Fourth Album ‘THE EMINEM SHOW’ 20 Years Ago

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Back in time

29 May 2022

Mega rapper star EMINEM released his fourth LP THE EMINEM SHOW on 26 May 2002, twenty years ago. I’m not a big full Eminem fan but this is a great record. Hip-hop-pop at
its catching best.

AllMusic said: “Perhaps the album runs a little too long at 20 songs and 80 minutes and would have flowed better if trimmed by 25 minutes, but that’s a typical complaint about modern hip-hop records. Fact is, it still delivers more great music than most of its peers in rock or rap, and is further proof that Eminem is an artist of considerable range and dimension.” Score: 4/5.

Singles/clips: Without Me / Cleanin’ Out My Closet / Superman

– WITHOUT ME –

– CLEANIN’ OUT MY CLOSET –

– SUPERMAN –

Stream the full show on Spotify

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EMINEM: Bio – All Albums

Ambient Electro Groove – CHROME DAPHNE Shares New Single ‘ENOUGH’

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Daily electricity to load your batteries

29 May 2022

Artists: CHROME DAPHNE
Who: A Toronto-based duo comprised of producers
and multi-instrumentalists Chris da Silva and Jay Cherr.

New single: ENOUGH

Jay Cherr: “The tune was inspired by attachment issues. It approaches the question
of commitment in a relationship with a wishful, dreamy apprehension — wondering
what something could be. It marks a bit of a stylistic departure from our other material.
It’s written in 6/4 which is not something you often hear in dance music, and bringing
in horn players was definitely an experiment for us.”

Turn Up The Volume: This chill-out dance sparkler has an immediate impact on
your hips. It’s a feel-good, relaxing, ambient tune with a soulful feel. Smooth synths,
some trumpet moments here and there, and floating vocals come together in a playful way and invite you to shake your booty. You won’t get enough

Here’s why…


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Also streaming on Spotify
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DAPHNE CHROME: Instagram

Singer-Songwriter FOX FAGAN Activates Your Limbs With New Funky Single ‘LET’S GET LOST’

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New striking strokes

28 May 2022

Artist: FOX FAGAN
Who: Fagan, originally from Portsmouth, UK, is a multi-instrumentalist
singer-songwriter who lived in Melbourne, Australia before moving to
Los Angeles.

New single: LET’S GET LOST

“I remember going and picking up this strat my bandmate Pelle Hillstrom had left behind,” Fox says. “I had some pedals set up and went straight into the amp that was already miced up. I just hit this chord and this rhythm and it just felt so satisfying and kind of meditative in a way. So I thought I’d better record it. Then I just didn’t stop.”

Turn Up The Volume: Funky, groovy, and fancy are the keywords here. It has that, yes,
frisky Prince vibe. A sultry bass, Chic guitars, and spunky synths team up to intensify the tune while Fagan‘s high-pitched voice adds a tantalizing resonance. Touchdown.

Let’s get la la la la la la la.

Right here, right now…


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Also streaming on Spotify

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FOX FAGAN: Facebook

ROXY MUSIC Released Final Album ‘AVALON’ 40 Years Ago Today

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Back in time

28 May 20222

Band: ROXY MUSIC
Active: 1970–1976, 1978–1983, 2001–2011
Albums: 8 – Check them here</a>

Anniversary album: AVALON
Released: 28 May 1982 – 40 years ago today

Rolling Stone said: “Roxy Music’s Avalon takes a long time to kick in, but it finally does,
and it’s a good one. Bryan Ferry stars as a remarkably expressive keyboard player and singer whose familiar mannerisms are subsumed in a rich, benevolent self-assurance. And reed man Andy Mackay shines in a series of cameos (his oboe meditation on Ferry’s “Tara” is particularly lovely). The sound is softer, dreamier and less determinedly dramatic now. Ferry’s songwriting, however, has seldom seemed stronger. Score: 4/5.

Turn Up The Volume: A bit to glossy for my liking. The challenging Bryan Ferry rockstar became a mellow Bryan Ferry gentleman in the end. Mind you, this is a fine pop record,
but without the swagger of the early LPs.

Singles/clips: More Than This / Avalon

– MORE THAN THIS –

– AVALON –

Full album on Spotify

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ROXY MUSIC: Story

New MOJO Magazine Issue

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Read all about it

Celebrating the 50th anniversary (released 16 June 1972) of The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars, Angie Bowie, Ken Scott, Woody Woodmansey, Mike Garson and more shed new light on the album that changed David Bowie’s life and revolutionised rock and pop.

Also this month: unheard roots of the Velvet Underground; Stevie Wonder goes synth-funk
in 1972; Roxy Music – reunion tour lowdown; Robert Fripp – his kookiest ever interview.

Plus: The Clash; Drive-By Truckers; Joan Shelley; Hüsker Dü; The Rolling Stones; Wilco;
The Smile; Angel Olsen; C86; Darlene Love; Rock Star Weed and all back to Clare Grogan’s!

You can purchase a copy and let it send to your home. Info here.

NEIL YOUNG Releases Unreleased Album From 2001 – ‘TOAST’ Lands On 8 July

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28 May 2022

Living legend NEIL YOUNG has a new, old album out in July ,
titled TOAST. It was recorded in 2001. Pre-order info here.

Young about the album: “Toast is an album that stands on its own in my collection.
Unlike any other, Toast was so sad that I couldn’t put it out. I just skipped it and went
on to do another album in its place. I couldn’t handle it at that time. 2001.

John Coltrane, one of my heroes, made some music at ‘Toast’ studio back in the day. It may have been called ‘Coast’ then, but maybe not. The name changed a few times back and forth. It was on Mission in SF. The back door opened onto an alley. It was so stuffy in there that we left the door open until one day we saw rats coming in and out. After that, we just went outside for a smoke.

The music of Toast is about a relationship. There is a time in many relationships that go bad, a time long before the break up, where it dawns on one of the people, maybe both, that it’s over. This was that time.”

Ahead of the release, we get one track.

Standing In The Light Of Love is a vintage Young cracker.

Keep on rockin’ in the free world, Neil…

NEIL YOUNG: Website