ROCKMAKER by THE DANDY WARHOLS

Portland‘s groove junks fabricated their 10th LP with Rockmaker.

“The hitmakers celebrate their 30th year together with a sprinkle of glitter on their grime. Accompanied by guests Debbie Harry, Slash, and Pixies’ Frank Black, The Dandy Warhols wrangle paranoia, untangle anxious discontent, and lust after life while the dance grooves go deeper, heady drones get weirder, and riffage fit for bong rips hammers. Rockmaker is the Dandy‘s clearest statement yet, at no sacrifice to their outré leanings. This is the sound of outsider alt-psych fixtures looking in as the walls come down.”

Courtney Taylor-Taylor (frontman): Overall, Rockmaker is the manifestation
of our desire to hear a record of heavy raw punk and metal guitar riffs, but it has
its own alley.”

Stellar single Danzig With Myself

TUTV: As a long-time fan I like the smell of a new Warhols album all day long.
Rockmaker has, overall, a dark psychedelic timbre and a twilight tone with
industrial rock drones all over it. The distortion mixer and eerie stories take
them to a pretty obscure territory where the sun isn’t invited.

Mind you, Portland‘s trailblazers still are, first and foremost, a mean riff-loaded groove machine with an instant impact on your hips, sounding as if it was recorded in a batcave, with Trent Reznor taking care of the production, rather than in a conventional studio with
a sane engineer.

As we know, heroin is so passé, but it looks like the band will have a feel-good summer
of hate-filled with alcohol, marijuana, (lou) weed, cocaine, nicotine, LSD, and mushrooms.
All summer’s (il)legal raves will start and end with Rockmaker. Welcome to the Dandy Warhols‘ psychedelic Terrordome. Be ready for a wild ride.

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GOLD CONTROL by JEEN (Toronto, CA)

“Hazy, heady, hedonistic and hopeful – Gold Control is Jeen’s fourth album this decade.
The luminous ten tracker glides along the same trajectory as its predecessors while maintaining its own identity. Grunge. Garage. Psych-rock. Punk. Tinges of Shoegaze.
Her influences continue to shine as she crafts them into her own vehicle with ease. Jeen joined creative forces once again with long-time collaborator Canadian indie musician and producer Ian Blurton who has taken the role of co-producer on her last five albums.”

Masterstroke single Just Shadows

TUTV: The three main elements that make this album special are Jeen’s remarkable
voice, her high-quality songwriting expertise, and the heart-and-soul passion that streams throughout the record. Whether Jeen rocks out, muses, or swings moods, she always holds your aural attention.

The cliché is accurate here, ‘no fillers, all killers’. 10 intoxicating, 10 solid gold songs.
This first-rate longplayer should get at least the same attention as Sheryl Crow‘s
new one.

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‘Liam Gallagher – John Squire’ by LIAM GALLAGHER / JOHN SQUIRE

Daft album artwork designed by John Squire

Super Manchester duo and long-time friends Liam Gallagher and The Stone Roses‘
guitar hero JOHN SQUIRE got together and canned this collaborative longplayer.

Liam: “I think John’s a top songwriter. Everyone always bangs on about him as a guitarist,
but he’s a top songwriter too, man, no two ways about it as far as I’m concerned. There’s not enough of his music out there, whether it’s with the Roses or himself. It’s good to see him back writing songs and fucking good ones. The melodies are mega and then the guitars are a given. But I think even when you take all the fucking guitars off, you can play the songs all on acoustic and they’ll all still blow your mind.”

TUTV: This is a lazy psych-blues album made by two lazy rock stars that sounds as if they made it about 30 years ago. Most tunes could be leftovers from The Stone Roses‘ 2nd and final 1994 LP Second Coming, the one on which Squire played his guitar exactly the way Jimmy Page did in Led Zeppelin for years. And Liam is Liam. Arms together on his back and letting his pipes do the talking. The two Manchester heroes just did what they wanted to do, making an album together, no more, no less. But I can’t stop playing it.

Top single Just Another Rainbow

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APOCALYPSE IS GOD’S SPOILER by JUJU (Italy)

JuJu is the brainchild of Sicilian multi-instrumentalist and producer Gioele Valenti.

“With ‘Apocalypse Is God’s Spolier‘, JuJu once again redefines the game. This album not only signifies an evolution from their established sound but also marks a return to their roots and a more pronounced embrace of “Western” imagery. The new LP embraces that blend of western Post Punk, Shoegaze, Darkwave, Industrial, Synth-pop and then anchors it to the Tribal and Occult Psych elements of JuJu‘s origins.”

Photo by Turn Up The Volume

Standout single Cosmic Fall

TUTV: Valenti is a jam champ and a groove master creating electrifying, trance-like vibrations that transfer you to the dark side of your mind where you can freely fantasize and explore your own psyche. Circling Krautrock-like psychedelia is all over this new record. Choir chants and spacey percussion cause a tribal atmosphere à la The Brian Jonestown Massacre and The Dandy Warhols. Mind-bending, dream-triggering, and soul-stirring as always. Another top mission accomplished.

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TRANSFORMATIONS by AVES (Finland)

“Helsinki-based outfit Aves (Eino, Juntti, and Antti) release their immersive new album, Transformations. This record has been a long time coming and the band sees it as the amalgamation of the members’ personal journeys. Dealing with mental health and addiction as well as inner healing and transformation, the album offers a profound yet joyous expression of freedom and change. The new album features collaborations with Icelandic artist JFDR and Danish singer Lydmor, known for her powerful performances.”

Splendid single Germ Of The Ocean

TUTV: If you’re an ardent Tama Impala fan and you can’t wait for their new album (last
one, The Slow Rush, dates from 2020) you really need to disover this ear-gratifying record packed with synth-infused, silver-lined and shimmering musings, all served with starry-eyed harmonies and magnific orchestrations. The mixed-emotions songs float in the air and are there for you to grab, embrace and enjoy. Dream-pop bliss at its magnetic best. No need to hurry, mister Kevin Parker, we have Aves.

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