Daily noise that works faster than a stream of caffeine
25 November 2024
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Belgian wailing noise force BRUTUS came a long way since their birth in 2013, playing
pubs and cafés. So far, they have 3 albums on their shelves, toured relentlessly, and
have become a European top band.
“We wrote ‘Paradise’ for the (Belgian) Streamz Original drama series ‘Putain’, created
by Frederik Daem and Gorik van Oudheusden (aka Belgian artist Zwangere Guy). As fans
and friends of ZG, we were honored when Gorik reached out and shared his ideas. We had
a great time together and we’re thrilled to have contributed to his project.”
45 years ago, on 23 November 1979, PUBLIC IMAGE LTDbetter known as PiLreleased their second album titled METAL BOX. One of the most inventive, bold and middle-finger-to-the-musicbiz album of the so-called post-punk era. A masterpiece in many ways, even
in its way of packaging, as it came out as 3 x 12″ 45rpm records in a tin film canister.
The core’s band consisting of former Sex Pistol John Lydon, ace guitarist Keith Levene and equally ace bassist Jah Wobble didn’t give a flying fuck about what sort of music was hip or not, popular or not at the time. On the contrary, it was like they tried really hard to make a record that was unsalable. Respect!
No Sex Pistols Mark II (although later Lydon turned into Rotten again in order to cash in with the original Pistols. Well, aren’t they all the same?). Levene‘s metallic and wayward guitar sound was essential to Pil‘s far out and radical sonority, but it was Wobble‘s mighty wall-of-dub-bass resonance and Lydon‘s mostly wailing vocals and his dark stories/lyrics that made this whole unorthodox and outlandish noise enterprise freakishly perfect.
SINGLES: Death Disco / Memories
AllMusic wrote: “PiL managed to avoid boundaries for the first four years of their existence, and Metal Box is undoubtedly the apex. It’s a hallmark of uncompromising, challenging post-punk, hardly sounding like anything of the past, present, or future.” Full review here.
Liverpool‘s versatile pop duo released their 2nd
acclaimed full-length Big Swimmer last May.
As the Yule festivities are getting closer Xmas covers are coming in.
And King Hanna join the long queue too with their version of Elvis
Presley‘s sugary 1957 ballad BLUE CHRISTMAS
KH: “We’ve been singing Blue Christmas together for the past couple of years, and so
it felt right to celebrate our favourite time of year in the only way that we know how; singing and harmonising together. Traditionally a love song about spending Christmas alone and longing for lost loved ones, we hope that our simple arrangement of just two vocals and one 60’s Gibson acoustic guitar enhances the romance and peacefulness that this time of year brings on cold, silent winter nights.”
Irish superstars U2 celebrate the 20th anniversary of their 11th LP How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb, which was released on 22 November 2004 and features their smashing hit singleVertigo, with an anniversary reissue simply named How To Re-Assemble An Atomic Bomb.
It features a couple of previously unreleased tracks.
One of them is a genuine banger, called HAPPINESS.
American singer-sonwgriter Joshua Michael Tillman (43) aka FATHER JOHN MISTY
was a member of dream pop ensembleFleet Foxes as their drummer from 2008
until 2012.
In between, he released solo work as J.Tilman with no less than 8 LPs between 2003
and 2010. Afterward, he changed his artistic name to the one all of his fans know.
Now he has released his 6th LP, called MASHASHMASHANA as Father John Misty.
Uncut says: “This is another set of brilliant, beautiful, occasionally
frustrating songs themed around ideas of ending and death.”
The album artwork was designed by artist Joe Roberts. Its title refers to the Sanskrit word Mahāśmaśāna (महाश्मशान), meaning ‘great cremation ground‘.
FJM: “It’s an experiment in seeing what happens when I erase myself from
my work and Mahashmashana is definitely work about erasing myself”
He’s a crooner at heart,
an emotive romantic,
an inspiring poet
a great songwriter.
Band: SKLOSS Who: Austin based duo that started their journey as a husband-and-wife duo between American drummer/vocalist Karen Skloss and Scottish guitarist/vocalist Sandy Carson during the COVID lockdown. Surrounded by drums and amps and the need to play loud, the sonic sound of SKLOSS became a response to the crazy world just outside their window. Jams became songs, while the noise level, experimentation and distortion went up to a volume much louder than you’d expect from a duo.
“Living next to the woods has something to do with it. We started to use music
as an outlet, like most everyone during that time, we were so cooped up.”
Track: THE PATTERN SPEAKS
Piece from their upcoming debut LP, entitled The Pattern Speaks, out in March 2025.
More info here
Press info: “The Pattern Speaks is a message in a bottle, a cosmic plea for assistance
from the stars, space aliens, or non-human intelligence. It also hints at a way out of our self-made cycles of drudgery and inhumanity. Across these eight equally pulverising and ethereal tracks, the result is a powerful, atmospheric wall of ‘spacegaze’ that indulges SKLOSS’ heaviest and gentlest sonic impulses all at once. The title track offers a preview
of what’s in store.”
TUTV: Expect the power-driven buzz and fuzz of Black Rebel Motorcycle Club mixed with
stoner rock dynamics, Black Sabbath-like drones and eerie voices out of the darkness. It feels like some kind of imminent danger is in the air on this never-ending, motorik roller roaster. I wonder how this duo, like the White Stripes did and the Black Keys do, produce more decibels than a full-on rock band.
Pink Floyd, one of the biggest bands in musical history, released their
single ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL (Part 2), on 23 November 1979,
today 45 years ago. It was written by Roger Waters and part of their
concept LP of the same name.
A protest song against corporal punishment and rigid and abusive schooling.
At the suggestion of the producer, Bob Ezrin, Pink Floyd added elements of
disco.
It was the band’s first single since Point Me At The Sky from 1968.
At the suggestion of the producer, Bob Ezrin, Pink Floyd added elements
of disco.
It was #1 in the UK, the US, Canada, South-Africa,
New Zealand and several European countries.
“We don’t need no education
We don’t need no thought control”
