Singer-songwriter ROBERT WYATT(real name Robert Wyatt-Ellidge) was born
on 28 January 1945. Happy 80 to the man who formed Soft Machine (1966)
and Matching Mole (1971). He became paraplegic following an accidental fall
from a window in 1973.
He started a long and much-acclaimed solo career which ended in 2014 when
he retired with this message: “Here is a pride in stopping, I don’t want the music
to go off.”
Clive Langer composed the music and Elvis Costello
wrote the lyrics as Wyatt wasn’t happy about his own
words. Released as a single in 1982, re-released a year
later.
Daily noise that works faster than a stream of caffeine
28 January 2025
Press photo by Nedda Afsari
Danish metal screamos DEAFHEAVEN have been to hell to record their 6th LP,
named it Lonely People With Power and will launch it with demonic force on
28th March.
New album artwork
First preview fireball is a crude speed-projectile named MAGNOLIA that will burn a big hole in your stereo.
Wake up people, welcome to
Satan’s slam dunk of the month.
Hell bloody hell bells.
Press info: “Further on the album explores themes of unnecessary hatred and
division, Space/Smile and It smells like something died in here, aging, Senor Siniestro
and the separation of the physical from reality, The Body As A Structure. It’s political,
but ultimately personal. More Genet or Kafka than Orwell or Huxley.
Sonically the album has its roots in the usual DITZ influences, classic noise rock such
as The Jesus Lizard or Shellac, or the obtuse post punk of The Fall, but also brings in fresh influences. The closing track Britney, could be compared to Radiohead or Mogwai. Overall
the album is a clear development from their first effort. A sign of things to come.”
Album artwork
DIY Magazine says: “A robust, tense and thrilling ten songs atop which
the Brighton five-piece overlay some relentlessly anxious and sometimes
hostile atmospherics. Overall the album is a clear development from their
first effort. A sign of things to come.”
Score: 4/5.
TUTV‘ ears verdict:
Without a shadow of a doubt, the perfect soundtrack for Doomsday.
Sledgehammer after sledgehammer, drone after drone, brainfucker
after brainfucker. Always danger in the air.
Any track would work in a zombie horror movie. And we know all
about horror, right? Just take a look outside the window and you
see a lot of it. For free.
Cal Francis‘s spoken word performances are bone-chilling. His primal screams
send shivers down the spine. Lyrically, he operates in a space where reality and
surreality meet. No room for birds and bees.
Cal Francis – Belgium 2024 – Photo by TUTV
Sonically they fabricate a volcanic and bombastic wall-of-helter-skelter havoc.
Blood-curdling emo-punk exorcism. Chainsaw chaos. Flabbergasting and
jaw-dropping are the keywords.
Never Exhale is an other-worldly Götterdämmerung experience.
It smells like something is alive and kicking here. Just like that, the
first tour de force of the new year. No regression, only progression.
Canadian noizz bulldozers Metz are on a long hiatus. Ditz will fill the gap. 2025 is theirs. Inhale them. 5/5.
In order to not miss a beat TURN UP THE VOLUME scans the musical
horizon daily, for 10 years now, to pick ace tracks and add 5 new
ones twice per week, to the one and only JUKEBOX that matters.
For a couple of years now TUTV added 10 new tracks every 7 days.
This year we’ll put 5 new ones in the Jukebox twice a week
ALL TOGETHER
.
The 5 fresh ones. TRACK BY TRACK
Band: sssSURE Who: 3 seasoned musicians
from Bornem, Belgium.
“No AI, lots of EQ and love!
That’s shhSure for sure!”
Track: DAMN RIGHT IT IS
Title piece of their brand-new
debut EP. Stream it here.
For those about to rock sssSure salute you with this
riff-roasting rocker. A hit? Sure thing. Damn right.
Band: SNAPPED ANKLES Who:London-based synth mavericks, incorporating
elements of performance art and art rock. Masked
and dressed up as threes on stage.
Track: RAOUL
Piece from their new upcoming album Hard Times Furious Dancing. Out on
28 March
New album artwork
Snapped Ankles never let you down
when you love to sway yourself gaga
to electro dancefloor uplifters.
Artist: ARK OF IDENTITY andDOUBLE WISH Who: Ark Identity is the dream pop solo project
of Toronto’s Noah Mroueh and Double Wish is the
moniker for singer-songwriter Philippe Andre.
Track: AEROPLANE
From the upcoming EP, named Deeper Ecstasy and out Feb 28th.
It’s a deeply introspective song that explores the tension between holding onto the past and the desire to break free. The song’s evocative soundscape and lyrical depth invites listeners to reflect on their own experiences of being suspended in that space between departure and arrival, both physically and emotionally.
Laid-back moments of Band of Horses come to mind.
Great harmonies, infectious melodiousness, frolicsome
flow. Mixed emotions? Get on the aeroplane.
“I’ll be sure to think of the day
Nostalgic tides washing away
It’s so calm to know
That I’m letting go”
Artist: ADULT MATTERS Who: The solo project of Luigi Bussotti. 90’s guitars,
honest and brutal lyrics. Their music is a secret
diary of a non-binary queer person.
Alex Moore (frontman/lyricist): “I wanted to break away from my usual style, which tends to be more introspective and fictional. Lately, people seem to have really been embracing their true selves more, with a sense of pride and confidence. So, I wanted to create a feel-good song that captures that energy, something empowering that people can sing along to and feel unstoppable. Like they’re owning who they are.”
Wake up people, jump out of your bed
and get adrenalized by this blazing hot
firecracker. One of this month’s best.
With THE FALL the Irishmen deliver the third taster.
James McGovern (frontman): “’I can’t be told, I can’t be dressed,
I can’t be held, I can’t be fed, I can’t be whipped’. The Fall is coming.
The Fall is inevitable. The Fall is one finger over the self destruct
button, while the other holds its pose in meditation.”
The psychotic guitars at work here cut like a serrated knife. McGovern‘s eerie vocals augment the menacing Mark E. Smith
mystique of the song. Ill-omened goosebumps.
