27 April 2025
After the release of their 2nd blockbuster LP What’s The Story (Morning Glory)
back in 1995, OASIS stormed towards world fame faster than a supersonic jet.
Two king-sized concerts – 26 & 27 April 1996 – that stood out of the tour that followed were the ones at the football stadium named Maine Road in Moss Side, Manchester where their beloved Manchester City played.
And back again.
Daily noise that works faster than a stream of caffeine
27 April 2025
SLEEP TOKEN, the mysterious industrial post-metal phenomenon from London who
claim to be united in their worship of an ancient deity identified by them as ‘Sleep‘,
who appeared to the band’s ominous lead singer Vessel and wear masks, are hotter
than ever.
A couple of weeks ago details of their 4th LP came in.
It’s titled Even In Arcadia and slated for release on
May 9th.
New album artwork
With DAMOCLES they offer taster #4. em>Sleep Token do not surprise any more.
It’s, another power pop ballad turning into a huge metal ballad. Their countless fans
will love it and sing along word by word.
26 April 2025
British shoegaze legends RIDE were one of the greatest and most popular bands
of the genre between 1988-1996, scoring 4 successful albums. Afterward, each
member pursued his own musical path.
But in 2014 they got back together for a new chapter, with (so far) 3 full lengths, of
which last year’s Interplay is not only their most recent one, but also a pop masterpiece according to TUTV‘s aural verdict. I still have the album on my earphones, on a regular basis.
All songs are sublimely orchestrated and bathe in a psychedelic jacuzzi,
while vocalist Mark Gardner‘s velvet vocals match the radiant atmosphere
exquisitely.
Mark Gardner
So, I was totally blissed-out, hearing 6 (Monaco, Last Night, Peace Sign, Last Frontier, I Came To See The Wreck, and the brilliant Light In A Quiet Room) out of the 12 LP’s gems getting the Ride live treatment last Wednesday in Lille, France.
The 4-piece build an awesome wall-of-psychedelic-guitar hysteria throughout the concert. Yet, vocalists Mark Gardener and Andy Bell managed somehow to get them heard, despite the titanic hurricane, fueled with long, gobsmacking outros.
All burners and all cylinders on, decibels up, amps up, temperature up, ecstasy up.
Andy Bell
Obviously, golden oldies such as Leave Them All Behind, Seagull, Twisterella, Black Nite Crash and Future Love were greeted with euphoric delight. No, not one dull moment. One small remark. Now and then, the sound volume was that high that you couldn’t hear yourself think.
It was a wild ride, one to remember for a long time.
INTERPLAY
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SETLIST
1. Monaco
2. Last Night I Went Somewhere to Dream
3. Dreams Burn Down
4. Future Love
5. Last Frontier
6. I Came to See the Wreck
7. Unfamiliar
8. Lannoy Point
9. Peace Sign
10. Black Nite Crash
11. Cool Your Boots
12. Sennen
13. Vapour Trail
14. Seagull
Encores:
15. Light in a Quiet Room
16. Leave Them All Behind
17. Chelsea Girl
Live photos by Turn Up The Volume
25 April 2025
Sorry, I can’t hear you, Kevin.
MBV play their first shows in 7 years.
All dates here.
New longplayers
26 April 2025
Photo by Satoru Eguch
Band: DEERHOOF
Who: Hard-working indie punk-rockers from
San Francsico who “keep it boxy and harsh since
1994”.
New Album: NOBLE AND GODLIKE IN RUIN
Their 19th one.
Press info: “For a band that seems to thrive on collapse, it’s simply amazing that
this US/Japanese quartet is now celebrating their 31st year. The inventive quartet
release new albums on the schedule of a young band still hungry for its first break.
As ‘Noble and Godlike in Ruin‘ reaffirms, each one discovers some previously unknown combination of candy-coated hard-rock riffs and free-jazz percussive freakouts, sideways
J-pop hooks and fearsome dissonance, trenchant social commentary and surrealist humor.
This music is joyful and foreboding, cybernetic and deeply human, carrying an implicit
note of defiant optimism in their refusal to bow to convention or received wisdom. Fronting it all is Satomi Matsuzaki’s inimitable alto, whose plainspoken calm can seem strangely outside of the band’s maelstrom. Deerhoof is defined by such paradoxes.”
New album artwork – That guy looks like Thom Yorke?
Pitchfork: “Noble and Godlike in Ruin is cluttered and dense, sometimes overwhelmingly so. Everything feels stitched together, almost surgical—like, well, a Frankenstein monster. When
the approach works, it’s exciting.”
TUTV: Sounds like some sort of prog-dance pop-rock party for mainstream disco and
R&B haters. Enigmatic tunes, jumping from left to right, forth and back. Sometimes trippy, sometimes ambient, but melodically, upside down most of the time. Satomi Matsuzaki‘s peculiar voice draws a lot of attention, as usual. You need a couple of spins to get into their puzzling bleep bleep bleep universe, well I did, and I’m still puzzled.
ALBUM
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Tour 2025
26 April 2025
Legendary music weekly NME was founded in 1952 (!!), and is still going strong,
online and twice a year on paper, after all these years. From 1959 on they organized
the NME Poll Winners’ Concerts. An awards event that featured artists voted as most popular by the paper’s readers.
The biggest winners in 1963 were (again) The Beatles and The Rolling Stones.
They played at the ‘New Musical Express All Star Concert’ in Wembley, London the
following year, on 26 April.
Some historic footage of the event, below.
26 April 2025
40 years ago, jingle jangle stars R.E.M. travelled to London to record their third LP
Fables Of The Reconstruction. A cryptic record, it arrived in difficult circumstances,
yet played a critical role in the band’s transformation.
UNCUT had exclusive interviews with Michael Stipe, Peter Buck, and Mike Mills who shine a new light on their early years. “By the time we got to Fables, we were all crazy, to one degree or another.”
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Also articles about The Doors, Bon Iver, Shack, Prince, Dire Straits, Clem Burke, and many more. New album reviews by Stereolab, Martin Carthy, Robert Forster, Suzi Be Ungerleider, The Doobie Brothers, Mark Pritchard & Thom Yorke, Ganavya and others.
This month’s Free CD is one by The Doors featuring rarities, demos, and live tracks.
You can purchase a copy of this issue and have it sent to your home. Info HERE.
Daily electricity to load your batteries
26 April 2025
Band: THE ALL-AMERICAN REJECTS
Who: Oklahoma‘s rock oldtimers.
New single: SANDBOX
The first one from their 5th and first LP in 13 years. Details TBA.
TUTV: These rejects are not the most productive band in history. Every 5 years, they return from whatever they do, to the studio to nail an album. But they seem never to lose their lauded force of riff-roasting rock.
SINGLE
