Band: BLEARY EYED Who: Shoegazers from Philadelphia. Two years ago
they entered the scene with debut EP Triple Split.
Track: HEAVEN YEAR
The 3rd single, following last year’s songs Shimmer Away and 2 True.
All three part of their upcoming debut album Easy, out on July 25th.
Album artwork
Vintage shoegaze radiance.
Layers of glistening guitars.
Chrystalline vocals.
Info on the album’s cover: The original 1973 vinyl release was enclosed in a sleeve depicting a Zippo lighter. The sleeve functioned like a real Zippo lighter case, opening
at a side hinge to reveal the record within. Only the original pressing of 20,000 had the Zippo cover; because each cover had to be hand-riveted, which was not cost-effective.
Subsequent pressings had an alternative cover featuring an Esther Anderson portrait of Marley smoking a spliff. with the album now credited to Bob Marley and the Wailers.
Rolling Stone: “‘Concrete Jungle’ and ‘Slave Driver’ crackle with streetwise immediacy, while ‘Kinky Reggae’ and ‘Stir It Up’ revel in the music’s vast capacity for good-time skanking. ‘Stop That Train’ and ‘400 Years,’ both written by Peter Tosh, indicate the original Wailers weren’t strictly a one-man show”.
Pitchfork said: “A ruminative collection of songs full of natural imagery and
acoustic strums—the sound of a man left alone with his memories and a guitar.
Soulful performance.”
NME: “A record that grapples with his own identity as much as it does the twists and turns of life. Though some fans feared this might well be an epilogue to the Bon Iver project, it comes across as more of a rebirth.”
Wayward as usual, with Vernon communicating with
the outside world from his own beloved bubble.
After more than 30 years rock celebs GARBAGE still operate with their original line-up of vocalist Shirley Manson, bassist Duke Erikson, guitarist Steve Marker and drummer Butch Vig (for those who didn’t know, Vig produced Nirvana‘s bestseller Nevermind).
Manson:“Going into making this record, I was determined to find a more hopeful, uplifting world to immerse myself in. The title of the album, Let All That We Imagine Be the Light, is the perfect descriptor for this new record as a whole. When things feel dark it feels imperative to seek out forces that are light, positive and beautiful in the world. It almost feels like a matter
of life and death. A strategy for survival.”
Hear lead single THERE’S NO FUTURE IN OPTIMISM.
It’s Garbage by amplified pop numbers, doing what they
do best. Entertain with amplified pop tunes.
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 playlist that matters.
ALL TOGETHER
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The 5 fresh ones TRACK BY TRACK
Press photo by Madison Carroll
Band: THE WANTS Who: Voltaic post-punk indie outfit from
NYC. They released their debut album Container in 2020.
Track: 87 GAS Newest single from their sophomore album,
named Bastard. It’ll land on June 13th.
Expect a spellbinding, forth and back groove
that gets under your skin, slowly but surely.
Band: GHOST Who: The Swedish theatrical pop-metal band GHOST
fronted singer-songwriter, actor, filmmaker and metal
Pope Tobies Jens Forge aka Papa Emeritus.
Track: LACHRYMA
Piece from their forthcoming, 6th LP,
baptized Skeletá. Out April 25th.
When JOHN CALE left, The Velvet Underground, one of the most
influential bands ever, it was mostly because of his tense relationship
with the late great stubborn legend LOU REED
But in 1990 they teamed up again to honour their inspirator ANDY
WARHOL with the masterly opus SONGS FOR DRELLA , released 35 years ago, on 11 April 1990.
Warhol died three years before, in 1987. Drella was his nickname, a contraction
of Dracula and Cinderella. He never liked it himself. This memorable record shows,
once again, how brilliant these two splendiferous artists were.
AllMusic wrote: “Neither Reed nor Cale wanted the music to distract from their story, and
here they paint a portrait of Warhol that has far more depth and poignancy than his public image would have led one to expect. It’s a moving and deeply felt tribute to a misunderstood man, and it’s a pleasure to hear these two comrades-in-arms working together again, even if their renewed collaboration was destined to be short-lived.” Full review here. Score: 4.5/5.
Top Tracks: Open House / Style It Takes / Small Town
Daily noise that streams faster than a stream of caffeine
12 April 2025
New album artwork
Sheffield‘s guitar-pop heroes PULP released between 1983 and 2002, seven
good-to-superb albums, with the breakthrough one Different Class, turning
30 next October, as their magnum opus. It spawned their two biggest hits with Common People and Disco 2000.
Afterward the band went on a long hiatus, used by
charismatic vocalist/songwriter Jarvis Cocker to start
some solo projects.
They reunited for 2 years (2011-2013), to play some huge
big money concerts, went away again and are doing the
reunion game again since 2022.
And now the surprising news. Pulp have canned their first LP
in 24 years. It’s named MORE and will be shared with the world
on June 6th.
Along with the unexpected announcement comes lead single SPIKE ISLAND. A vintage, mid-tempo, pop thrill with a grandiose
chorus.
After writing 2 years for former American indie blog 53rd & 3rd (named
after a Ramones song) I (Jean-Luc) started my own blog (never been a good
team player), and named it TURN UP THE VOLUME.
As a (Belgian) music junkie for the whole of my life (I’m much older than Justin Bieber and much younger than Keith Richards) I wanted and still want to write about my never-ending passion, in my own way.
No pedantic journalistic analyses. Just writing about music from the heart, the soul, the belly and the ears about all noizz – old and new – that made/makes my hair in my neck stand up, on record and live.
Over the years more and more daily followers/visitors, artists, PR agencies
and record labels found their way to TUTV which motivated me to write
more and more and, eventually, spending (still do) almost all of my free
time on the blog.
The blog views kept on growing and growing. 2024 was an absolute record year with 128.449 views (41% from America, 30% from the UK, 8,50´% from Canada, 3.60% from Germany, 3.50% from France, 3.30% from Australia, 2.40% from Italy, 2.30% from Ireland, 2.25% from Belgium and 3.15% rest of the world).
Big thank-you-very-much to big league artists, such as Johnny Marr, Kristin Hersh and
Throwing Muses, The Dandy Warhols, Manic Street Preachers, Therapy, Mercury Rev, Blur‘s guitarist Graham Coxon, The Waterboys, Afghan Whigs, Fontaines D.C., and the late great Mark Lanegan, whose social media interaction over the years with TUTV, to come this far. Most important thing: the huge attention that stars attracted/attract to the blog, benefited/benefits the exposure for the indie underdogs I love the most to write about.
Oops, I almost forgot to thank my fantastic family who always supported me throughout and didn’t/don’t mind that I had/have my earphones on, and hit my PC keyboard for about 4/5 hours a day and dived/dive into the night to see live action. Love, all my love.
Below, my very first post, 10 years ago today.
A live review of Philly‘s indie rockers The Districts
(Jeez, what an awful section banner that was).
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11 April 2015
THE DISTRICTS – Botanique Club, Brussels – April 9, 2015
Ladies and gentlemen, from Philadelphia… The Districts. That was exactly the feeling I had after the show: ‘hello world, listen to this awesome teenage four-piece’. After hearing the euphoric (awesome bass intro) single ‘4th And Roebling’ I searched the internet for these four American youngsters en learned about their thrilling 2012 debut EP which they recorded while still at school. Last February they released their debut album ‘A Flourish And A Spoil‘.
An impressive big bang. The first three tracks (the aforementioned single, ‘Peaches’ and ‘Chlorine‘) are outstanding. Epic, melodic power rock, grunge punches, passionate vocals and towering choruses. Mind you, the album is an overall debut success but if you never heard about this gang check 1-2-3 first. Last Thursday in our city of Brussels The Districts’ huge compositions became exploding fireworks. Sublime!
The club was packed with ‘we already know this band and we love them‘ audience.
Several people even sang along word by word. An emotional frontman Rob Grote was charmingly moved by the big reception, furthermore that this was their first date of their first European tour. They will grow and will be huge. Trust me. Therefore the good news for me is that I will see them again in two weeks in Amsterdam (The Netherlands). Hell yeah ! In the meantime let’s enjoy thisemotional & soulful live rendition of ‘Chlorine’ on Seattle radio.
