Month: February 2024

‘MEET THE BEATLES!’ – First No 1 Album In The US For The Fab Four 60 Years Ago Today

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15 February 2024

The Fab Four scored their first No 1 album in the US with
MEET THE BEATLES! 60 years ago today, on 15 Feb 1964.

It stayed on the top of the charts for 11 weeks until
The Beatles’ Second Album took over.

The cover featured the iconic portrait by photographer/art designer
Robert Freeman, the same one used for the UK’s LP version
‘With The Beatles’.

SIDE ONE

1. I Want to Hold Your Hand
2. I Saw Her Standing There
3. This Boy
4. It Won’t Be Long
5. All I’ve Got to Do
6. All My Loving

SIDE TWO

1. Don’t Bother Me
2. Little Child
3. Till There Was You
4. Hold Me Tight
5. I Wanna Be Your Man
6. Not a Second Time

NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE – New Album ‘FU##IN’ UP’ In April And North American Tour

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15 February 2024


Photo by Joey Martinez / Warner Music

NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE announced a new LP, named ‘FU##IN’ UP’.
I’ll be out on Record Store Day, April 20, with a limited edition color vinyl
pressing, and a wider release on April 26. More details here.

The longplayer will contain nine songs, different
takes of old ones, from their long collaboration.

Young: “In the spirit it’s offered…made this for the Horse lovers. I can’t stop it.
The horse is runnin’. What a ride we have. I don’t want to mess with the vibe.
I am so happy to have this to share.”

Tracklist and album sleeve follow shortly.

Young and his horses will also take the road for a string of North
American shows in April and May. It’s baptized Love Earth Tour.

Apr 24 – San Diego, CA – Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre
Apr 25 – San Diego, CA – Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre
Apr 27 – Phoenix, AZ – Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre
May 01 – Austin, TX – Germania Insurance Amphitheater
May 02 – Dallas, TX – Dos Equis Pavilion
May 05 – Huntsville, AL – Orion Amphitheater
May 07 – Atlanta, GA – Ameris Bank Amphitheatre
May 08 – Franklin, TN – FirstBank Amphitheater
May 11 – Bristow, VA – Jiffy Lube Live
May 12 – Camden, NJ – Freedom Mortgage Pavilion
May 14 – Queens, NY – Forest Hills Stadium
May 17 – Mansfield, MA – Xfinity Center
May 18 – Bridgeport, CT – Hartford Healthcare Amphitheater
May 20 – Toronto, ON – Budweiser Stage
May 22 – Clarkston, MI – Pine Knob Music Theatre
May 23 – Chicago, IL – Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island

SPRINTS – Mean Irish Punk ‘N’ Roll Machine Without A Shadow Of A Doubt One Of The Sensations Of This Young Year

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Daily noise that works faster than any stimulant

15 February 2024

High-voltage punk turbo SPRINTS released their cooking debut album
LETTER TO SELF last month and confirmed their big-talk-of-the-indie-town
status.

To promote their longplayer they are now in the middle of a European tour.
Last night they landed in Bruges, one of the most beautiful, historic cities in
Belgium.


Brugge, Belgium

I was there. And? OMG. The flabbergasting energy these ear-splitting loud Irish
beatniks developed was off the charts. Almost all the time they built up a near
unbearable tension as the haunting harbinger of a thundering explosion of insane
punk rage with frontwoman/guitarist’ Karla Chubb HUGE VOICE as the driving force,
that titanic loud that her monitors went down after only one song. Cool, right?
You betcha.

Wake-up world, Sprints is without a shadow of a
doubt one of the sensations of this young year.

Here’s an idea of their bulldozing live frenzy

(Thx to Nestor Lambrecht)

LETTER TO SELF


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Picture this


Passion


Riffs


Full house

SPRINTS: Facebook – Instagram

Live photos by Turn Up The Volume

‘LOVE GOES DOWN THE DRAIN’ On Valentine’s Day With Boston’s Duo Turbo CANYONS AND LOCUSTS

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New striking strokes

14 February 2024

Band: CANYONS AND LOCUSTS
Who: Two-piece act, Justin Keane (vocals, guitar) and Amy Young (drums, backing vocals), from Boston, MA. Fueled by the current chaos of the world and an urgent need to be part of the conversation, the two took the indie rock foundation they built in previous bands and upped the ante by adding new levels of noise via pervasive, edgy guitar sounds, low and thundery drumbeats, and emotional vocals.

New single: LOVE GOES DOWN THE DRAIN

TUTV: Looks like C & L do not like Valentine’s Day, maybe because of all the commercial BS hanging all over it, or maybe they do but only their way with some roasting punk ‘n’ roll draining fake love down the drain. Anyway, this duo turbo hit again like they’re used to.

Think Dinosaur Jr turning up the amps for a blistering roller coaster full steam ahead while harsh vocals crank up the whole shebang. No, don’t expect the vibe of The Beatles’
All You Need Is Love’, rather their Helter Skelter fury.

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CL: Facebook –

LENNY KRAVITZ Scored His First No 1 Hit In The UK With ‘FLY AWAY’ This Day 25 Years Ago

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Top singles from the past

14 February 2024

Flamboyant rock star LENNY KRAVITZ (aged 59 now) bagged his first #1 hit single
in the UK with FLY AWAY (almost 250 million streams on Spotify) this day 25 years ago,
on Feb 14, 1999.

The track featured on his 5 album, was used in a Peugeot TV commercial
and won a Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Performance that year.

Fly here.

LK: Instagram

SEAN O’HAGAN And His HIGH LLAMAS Return With New Album ‘HEY PANDA’ In March – Hear The 2 Singles Here

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14 February 2024

Irish celebrated songsmith SEAN O’HAGAN returns with HIGH LLAMAS,
the band he founded back in 1992, for album #11. It’s named HEY PANDA,
the first in 8 years, following Here Come The Rattling Trees and will land
on March 29.

PRE-ORDER info here.

PRESS INFO: “Opened up by the delirious alchemy of contemporary pop music,
Sean O’Hagan leaps back into life with High Llamas, with a set of killer tunes reflecting on dimensional levels how definitions change over time. Arranged by Sean and produced with mix collaborator Fryars to engage the eardrums in non-stop new possibilities, Hey Panda radiates optimism inspired by the joys and sorrows felt in former lifetimes and the diverse conundrums of today alike.


Photo by Steve Brummell

A modern pop music / deep listening experience that could only issue forth
from their personal quadrant of the galaxy. Hey Panda projects soulfully through an enervating abstract of today’s popular music; the sound of the Llamas’ stately melodies and expressive ditties laid open – blissfully shattered – with drums and vocals hitting different, burning sounds and contemporary production twists pulling the ear at every turn.”

Singles shared so far.

– HEY PANDA –

– TORIAFAN –

HIGH LLAMAS: All Albums – Instagram – Drag City Records

SOME REMAIN – Four Hefty Irish Indies Take You On A Tempestuous Burst With Blazing Blast ‘DEAD SOUND’

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Daily electricity to load your batteries

14 February 2024

Band: SOME REMAIN
Who: 4 hefty indies from Siglo, Ireland

New single: DEAD SOUND

TUTV: Just like their countrymen Gilla Band, these four young Irish dogs look like 4 regular guys from around the block. But when they open the gates for their new blazing burst they become 4 not-regular guys heading towards a rough ride. A bumpy bass riff takes Dead Sound on his back throughout the full course of its tempestuous rush.

The vocalist spits and sneers like Mark E Smith did his whole jarring career. The clamourus chorus is one that’ll start mospiths and when a psychotic guitar works its way to the front we get pandemonium. It’s also a loud and clear harbinger of an out-of-your-fucking head finale. Blazing blast. Bingo master’s breakout.

Bang your head.


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The 7″ inch version comes with the equally heavy bolide Knuckle Sandwich. You can purchase a copy HERE.