Month: January 2023

Waking Up With Newcastle Slashers… PIGS PIGS PIGS PIGS PIGS PIGS PIGS

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Works faster and harder than caffeine

30 January 2023


UK/Europe dates

Newcastle‘s furious slash and smash punks PIGS PIGS PIGS PIGS PIGS PIGS PIGS
share a new longplayer – their 5th one – with the world, named Land Of Sleeper
on 17 February 2023. Pre-order details here.

To keep the inpatient fans happy the PIGS (x7) unleash another outburst off the LP.
It’s called ULTIMATE HAMMER. A psychotic chainsaw blow-up that goes and forth
and back, keeping you wide awake.

Release the pigs.

North-America dates

PIGS (x7): Website – Instagram

Post-Punk At Its Disturbed Best – Here’s Belgian Outfit RONKER With Their Intense Cry-Out ‘SHAME’

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Daily electricity to load your batteries

29 January 2023

Band: RONKER
Who: Poignant 4-piece
from Belgium.

Pick: SHAME Their newest single.
Part of an upcoming EP, out in April.

TUTV: The distress of English outfit The Murder Capital and the anger
of American hardcore bulldozer Fucked Up. Oh yes, intense, indeed.

Shame is a sharp-cutting razor blade. A severe cry-out that you expect to erupt
any second. The vocalist’s pipes sound creepy and desperate. Flipped-out guitars,
a manic drum/bass tandem, and an ominous sonic progression grab you by the
throat from the first spin on. Post-punk at its disturbed best.

Impressive piece.
Impressive video.

RONKER: Facebook

Quote Of The Day – ROD STEWART About The Tories In New Interview

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Sir Rod Stewart called into a Sky News live phone-in offering to donate money for patient scans after hearing stories from callers about their issues trying to access treatment in the NHS. The musician said it was “ridiculous” people were waiting so long for treatment and said he would like to donate money to pay for “10 or 20 scans” for those who called in.

He wants the Tories to quit.

Full feature here.

(Image on top: Cover of his ‘Tears Of Hercules’ album)

Soulful Sunday With GIRL WITH A HAWK And Her Heart-And-Soul Touching Story ‘SAME STARS’

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Reveries for the laziest day of the week

29 January 2023


(Photo by Kelly Davidson).

Band: GIRL WITH A HAWK
Who: Singer/songwriter Linda Viens‘collective of
Boston rock legends producing gorgeously emotive
indie rock with Americana, garage, and punk roots.

New single: SAME STARS
Their first for Red On Red Records .

Info: In 1998 Linda Vien’s brother was arrested for armed robbery. A long-time
heroin addict, he had used a toy gun wrapped in a bandanna to rob a convenience
store. He was sentenced to 11 years in a Federal Prison, and had to leave his wife and his two young children behind. He was released in 2010. During his time in prison Linda drove from Boston monthly to visit him During those visits, Linda witnessed the devastation of her brother’s separation from his young family and witnessed firsthand the damage and pain caused by long term, and in some cases, unjust incarceration.

Same Stars was written from her brother’s point of view; from a sister’s vantage point of empathy and sorrow in identification with his daily suffering, shame, regret and grief. In the end of the song, as in the end of the story, he is released into the world a free man who has paid his debt to society, and who must find his family again and begin the long journey of reconciliation and healing.

Same Stars is a heart-and-soul touching story, a longing ballad,
a bittersweet siblings love-inspired reverie with Linda Viens‘s moving
voice sending shivers down your spine. Stirring.

But you see the same stars as me
And someday your daddy will be free
And we’ll ride through the night,
And everything will be alright,
you’ll see, you’ll see

Stream buy here.

R.I.P. – TELEVISION Mastermind/Guitarist/Singer TOM VERLAINE Dead At 73

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29 January 2023

TOM VERLAINE, born Thomas Miller in Denville, New Jersey
73 years ago died yesterday following a brief illness.

He began studying piano at an early age but switched to saxophone in middle school after hearing a record by Stan Getz. Verlaine initially was unimpressed with the role of the guitar in both rock music and jazz but was inspired to take up the instrument after hearing the Rolling Stones’ “19th Nervous Breakdown” during his adolescence.

In 1973 he went to New York and formed groundbreaking new-punk-wave
TELEVISION with Richard Hell as a one-time member. Verlaine‘s guitar play
was astounding and defined the band’s electrical sound.

They only recorded/released 2 LPs. Their innovative 1977 debut Marquee Moon
 and follow-up Adventure a year later. They split up shortly after but reunited later,
1991–1993 / 2001–present.

Verlaine had a successful solo career too with several
albums and collaborated with numerous other artists.

R.I.P.

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TOM VERLAINE: Bio – Discography

Waking Up With MANESKIN & TOM MORELLO On TV

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Works faster and harder than caffeine

Celebrated Italian pop/rock team MANESKIN went on the Tonight Show
with Jimmy Fallon to perform their newest single GOSSIP (already 14 million
streams in only two weeks) feat. Rage Against The Machine’s explosive guitarist
Tom Morello. Looks like they all had great fun doing it.

Roll the tape.

MANESKIN: Facebook – Instagram

Shake Your Booty To Darkwavers MONTA And Their Sexy Dance Groove ‘EVERYBODY’S BABY’

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New striking strokes

28 January 2023

Band: MONTA
Who: A post-punk electronic collective from
Kansas City that ventures into dark synthpop
and psychedelia.

New single: EVERYBODY’S BABY

TUTV: I dare you to try not to move all of your limbs to this irresistible,
shadowy synth groove. You just can’t resist this sickly sticky dancefloor
knockout. It’s funky, it’s vibey and it’s sexy, spiced with Mikal Shapiro‘s
sensual vocality and some glistening guitar lines.

Addictive earworms like this make you smile and speeds up
your adrenalin flow while you shake your booty. Touchdown!

STREAM

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BUY


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MONTA: Facebook