Band: LDV
Short for La Dolce Vita Who: Post-punk 4-piee born in early 80s,
around the indie scene in Udine, Italy
New single: TOO MANY VOICES
“The perfect representation of a big moment of confusions, in a society where we are strictly connected one by one but probably less emphatic and connected in the deep. In this growing confusion and disillusion, too many are the voices spinning in our head and sometimes we just need a moment of silence and an outstretched hand, but not always it comes as we wish.”
TUTV: Too Many Voices is an eerie ride into a darkwavish night. Haunting synths and ghostly vocals get you in a spine-chilling mood from the kick-off. Eldritch guitars add gloominess now and then to the overall inky atmosphere of the shadowy journey.
Drums and bass are the backbone here, dictating the tempo and battering like
restless heartbeats. Spooky stuff.
Band: TRASH FIASCO Who: 3 noise junks from Chicago
New single: ONE BIRD
A piece from their upcoming 2nd album, titled
Exist As Instructed and out on 20 March 2024.
TUTV: This rowdy 3-motor engine challenge your poor speakers for 70 seconds, enough
to trash them. One Bird is a riff-charged wall-breaker spiced with guitar frenzy, paranoid drumming and raw vocals. It’s a flamethrower to set your Christmas tree on fire. Fun, right? Definitely. Play it to the max and kick Santa‘s butt. For those about to rock, Trash Fiasco salute you.
No movie moment
No redemption scene
No business calling
Better heard not seen
I think therefore I can
Cuz I’m the fucking man
One bird that’s in the hand
Is more than I had planned
Even the winners
Feel like defeat
Born loser, baby
Beck had me beat
I think therefore I can
Cuz I’m the fucking man
One bird that’s in the hand
Is more than I had planned
Don’t need the spotlight
Or the acceptance speech
Just give me money
For my poetry
About the video: It was directed by Clive Richardson and shot in West Berlin. Richardson had previously directed the video for their classic hit Just Can’t Get Enough two years earlier. In this video, frontman Dave Gahan appeared for the first time blonde-haired, hiding his natural black colour of hair.
Daily electricity that works faster than any stimulant
20 December 2023
Scottish garage rockers ELYSIAN PARIAH released their
raw and rough debut LP titled Starlight last September.
Stream it here.
And now they just released a fitting tearjerker for this festive time of the year.
It’s simply titled XMAS and draws attention to the people who are alone during
these family holidays. Many more than we think, in these worrying times.
William Moir (Rhythm Guitar and Vocals): “It’s about being stuck away
from those you love and finally after a lot of time being able to see them
again!”
No arty-farty jingle bells nor fancy overdubs for these Scots. They play
and sing from the heart. Gripping vocals/harmonies, weeping guitars, a
ittle drummer boy and an all together sing-along refrain work together for
our aural pleasure. This is an endearing carol for all the lonely out there.
Let’s hope with them that a heart-warming miracle comes their way.
THE WHITE STRIPES was/is one of the greatest bands of the 21st Century. Meg and Jack were a mean blues-rock machine who released 6 albums
between 1999 and 2007.
One of their best LPs, without a shadow of a doubt, is their
breakthrough oneElephant released 20 years ago (April 2003).
The opening track and also the album’s first single SEVEN NATION ARMY
(more than 1 billion streams so far on Spotify – 1, 475 465 471 to be exact)
made them famous around the globe. It was at #1 on the UK indie charts
and #1 on the US Alternative Charts.
The accompanying video (more than 612 million views on YouTube, so far)
was a cool rock ‘n’ roll one with, of course, Meg and Jack, as the charismatic
stars in the middle.
TUTV: Indie guitar rock dead? C’mon, as long as young upstarts like these 4 Brits
get up, stand up and fight for their right to be heard, there will always be fireworks to go nuts too. Check this impressive list of post-Brexshit bands that started to turn up their amps the past few years: Ditz, LIFE, Crows Opus Kink, DEADLETTER, Lice, 32 Tens, Lambrini Girls, Heartworms, English Teacher and so many more.
The Ritz only formed last March, 6 months ago and are already ready to join that list. Give Me A Sign is their second single. A riff-ripper that races and rushes from the get-go with brisk bravado and unbridled energy. Anxious vocals, oh-oh-oh harmonies and an edgy chorus complete the sonic razzmatazz at work here. Electrical indie music is alive and kicking!
