Month: April 2025

BEIRUT – Stream New Album ‘A STUDY OF LOSSES’

Posted on by JL

20 April 2025

American singer-songwriter Zach Condon‘s musical project BEIRUT
just released his 7th longplayer, named A STUDY OF LOSSES .

Press info: “The album originated in spring 2023, when Viktoria Dalborg, director at the Swedish circus Kompani Giraff, reached out to Condon, asking if he would be interested
to provide the music for their next project, a show based on an adaptation of a novel by German author Judith Schalansky.

The main themes in Schalansky‘s book and in the adaptation for the circus show deal with the concept of loss and the impermanence of everything known to us: from extinct animal species, lost architectural and literary treasures to more abstract concepts of loss through the process of aging.

A Study Of Losses, turned into a rather unexpected piece of music-at 18 songs and nearly an hour long, it is by far the largest album Beirut has ever done, and amongst some of their most beautiful work to date.”

Pitchfork: “For Zach Condon to write music for a troupe of acrobats might seem a little too on the nose, given his roots. But the results are the most effortless and surprising Beirut album in ages… A Study of Losses is an example of the peculiar magic that can happen under seemingly absurd circumstances.”

SINGLE

ALBUM


.
Instagram – All Albums

20 April 1968 – First DEEP PURPLE Gig Today 57 Years Ago

Posted on by JL

20 April 2025

This day, 57 years ago British hard rock legends DEEP PURPLE
played their very first gig. They did it in Tastrup, Denmark.

On their way to the gig they changed their original band name from Roundabout
to Deep Purple, which was the title of guitarist Richie Blackmore grandmothers’
favorite song at the time.

Later in the year, they scored their first hit with a cover of Billy Joe Royal song Hush.

Not done yet.


Original members, singer Ian Gillan, drummer Ian
Paice and bassist Roger Glover still in the line-up.

Story – All Albums

PULP Performed Their Comeback Single From Their Comeback Album On TV

Posted on by JL

20 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.

Along with that unexpected announcement came lead single
Spike Island. A vintage, mid-tempo, pop thrill with a grandiose
chorus.

They performed it recently on The Jonathan Ross Show.

Instagram – Linktree

SEXTILE – Los Angeles’ Techno Thunderstormers Go Mental On New Uppercut ‘KIDS’

Posted on by JL

Daily electricity to load your batteries

19 April 2025


Photo by Turn Up The Volume

Band: SEXTILE
Who: House-punk trio from Los Angeles, led by key members Brady Keehn and
Melissa Scaduto. Since emerging in 2015, they have been a party-provoking force
on the LA underground, capable of kicking up a riot with the raw-edged squall
of a synth or the sharp-elbowed jerk of a guitar.

Track: KIDS
3rd single from their forthcoming 3rd album
Yes, Please. It’ll hit your stereos on May 2nd.
More info here.

Kids is an electronic thunderstorm.
Time to pirouette yourself dizzy.

All 3 singles


.
Instagram – Facebook

JUKEBOX 2025 – Week 16 – Five New Rad Tracks Added Twice A Week

Posted on by JL

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


.
The 5 fresh ones
TRACK BY TRACK

Band: VANDOLIERS
Who: Texan country
pop-rock indies.

Track: LIFE BEHIND BARS
Title track from 5th longplayer.
Will be shared with the world on
June 27.

Singer Jenni (Gin-ee) Rose came out recently as a trans woman.
The album explores her journey with gender dysphoria.

This new single is vintage country rock.
Americana bliss juiced with cathartic lyrics,
and a sickly sticky chorus.

Instagram – Linktree
——————————————————————————————————————————-

Artist: ELIJAH JOHNSTON
Who: Georgia-based singer-songwriter.

Track: IDEAS
First single from his forthcoming 7th LP in only 8 years,
titled Stupid Soul. Out on June 20. More info here

A powerful and revved-up pop tune.
Infectious with backing Beach Boys
harmonies.

Instagram – Facebook
——————————————————————————————————————————-

Artist: SAMWOY
Who: Gloomy singer-songwriter
from Montreal.

Track: DIAMOND EYES
Newest single from his upcoming 3rd album
Even Sad Boys Like To Have Fun, out on
May 30th.

Saxy film-noir nightmare, visualized
with a horrifying video clip.

Instagram – Facebook
——————————————————————————————————————————-

Band: SOMERSET THROWER
Who: Flamethrowers from
Long Island, NY

Track: NEVER GOING THERAPY
Piece from their forthcoming 3rd LP, baptized
Take Only What You Need To Survive. It’ll land
on July 11th.

These gasping grungers turn up the
heat with about a million guitars.
Consult your shrink before you
press play.

Instagram – Twitter
——————————————————————————————————————————-

Band: THE DIRTY NIL
Who: Canadian rock force, busy
since 2006, but only 4 LPs so far.

Track: GALLOP OF THE HOUNDS
Cut from their 5th LP, named The Lash,
out July 25th.

Schizo and clamorous racket.
Noizzzz juggernaut. Dirty score.

Instagram – Website
———————————–

TURN UP THE VOLUME
Blog
Instagram
Facebook
Twitter
BlueSky

Belgian Turbulent Turbo ‘WIJF.’ Produce Hysterical Havoc On Stage

Posted on by JL

19 April 2025


📸 Wittekop

Band: WIJF.
Who: Noizz hit team from Belgium
coming up faster than a comet.

Last December, this fresh Belgian turbo released their smashing debut single
Hysterical. Along with a series of jaw-dropping gigs they became the talk
of the town, as displayed last Thursday in their own Ghent.

WIJF. grab you by the throat from the kick-off and never lose their grip.
Their Herculean metallic stoner rock hullabaloo is MASSIVE. Think Deftones,
Queens Of Stone Of The Age, Wolfmother and Rage Against The Machine all
rolled into one. LOUD! VERY LOUD!

Vivacious singer Marie De Graeve is the vocal and visual magnet in the middle.

Her sky-scraping voice is just overwhelming, as strong and tall as the Eiffel Tower.
Her blistering and explosive stage presence showed us that she’s a natural-born performer.

And when you’re backed by a trashing & slashing powerhouse band that produce
an illegal amount of decibels, and you have the titanic tunes to get your audience
to go bonkers, you know that this WIJF. engine is coming up as fast as a supersonic jet.

This was a small, sauna-like, club concert. Soon they’ll need bigger venues to welcome their unstoppably growing fan base. Next step is an EP and more live helter-skelter.

For those about to rock hard WIJF. salute you!

HYSTERICAL


.
Instagram – Facebook

(Live photos by Turn Up The Volume)

PUBLIC ENEMY’s Rap Loudmouth CHUCK D. Back Solo With His ‘NEW GENS’

Posted on by JL

Daily noise that works faster than a stream of caffeine

19 April 2025

With Public Enemy‘s rap loudmouth CHUCK D. (now 64) has recorded/released
15 albums, with What You Gonna Do When The Grind Goes Down? from 2020,
as the most recent one.

Now, he’s ready again for a solo ride. His 5th LP
named Armageddon Radio. It hit the streets on
16th May.

NEW GENS featuring Daddy-O
is the lead single.

Jazzy rock rap.
Turn up the radio.

Instagram – Linktree