A heartfelt tribute to real love, written with
his wife and creative partner, Frances.
TUTV: Winsome love songs like this one are so welcome in these intolerant times,
so we won’t forget there are also great things happening every day when love is
involved. Feet On The Ground has an irresistible funky bass groove and is juiced with
a soulful orchestration.
Add Thomaz‘s warmhearted voice, and the inspiring, sonic
picture is complete. Mesmeric tune, frolicsome vibe, feel-good
sentiments.
Last year Los Angeles alt rockers JANE’S ADDICTION fronted by frontman Perry
Farrell, who conceived and created musical festival Lollapaloozaas the band’s
farewell tour in 1991 (since then the formula started spreading worldwide every
year) broke up after Farrell started a fight with guitarist David Navarro. The final
eruption after many rows.
Farrell – cover of his 1999 solo LP
Back to the past. JA released their 2nd, critically acclaimed and commercially successful album RITUAL DE LA HABITUAL on 21 August 1990, today 35 years ago. A year later
they split up for the first time..
The LP’s artwork, a papier-mâché sculpture co-created by artist Casey Niccoli and Farrell, visually referenced the African diaspora religion known asSantería. It shows male and female nudity.
The record featured two of their biggest hit singles.
Daily noise that works faster than a stream of caffeine
21 August 2025
Band: SPIRITUAL CRAMP Who: Bullish punk rockers from San Francisco,
active since 2017. They released their self-titled
debut LP in 2023.
Track: YOUNG OFFENDERS
2nd taster from their upcoming 2nd album,
entitled Rude, available from October 24th on.
“A love letter to the greatest city on planet earth.”
Spiritual Cramp have a huge appetite for big chorus chants which cause
moshpiths within 30 seconds. Young Offenders will make you start one
in your bedroom in the morning.
British pop act FLORENCE + THE MACHINE are back in town. In a press statement,
they revealed the artwork for their 6th LP, titled Everybody Scream, which will show
up at Halloween.
And that’s it. No first preview track, no tracklist, or other related info. Looks like Florence Welch is still relaxing, after finishing the recordings of the new full-length.
Scottish dream pop connoisseurs BELLE & SEBASTIAN, fronted by their songwriter Stuart Murdoch, sing like nightingales since 1994. They have just announced 30th anniversary concerts for their first 2 albums, Tigermilk and If You’re Feeling Sinister, both released in the same year, in 1996.
Scottish heavyweight rockers BIFFO CLYRO played ScottishTRNSMT Festival
last month and got the crowd euphoric with their all-consuming power ballad Many Of Horror (more than 109 million streams on Spotify) from 2009 album Only Revolutions.
Delirious!
The band release their 10th longplayer named Futique on September 26th.
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.
Newest preview piece from their 3rd full-length.
It’s named No Hard Feelings, and shows up on
August 29th.
Leandra Earl (keyboards, guitar, backing vocals): “It’s about the shame I felt coming
out later in life and the pressure of trying to live up to ‘Lesbian of the Year,’ a title given
to me by my sweet fans. I feel regret for not knowing myself sooner, but this song is also
about the journey of self discovery & sexual identity and accepting that everyone is on
their own timeline and we’ll get there when we get there.”
Lava: “Even if you feel hopeless about the state of the world, use that
energy to genuinely double down on radically exuding compassion
and community action.”
Summer isn’t over yet; still plenty of time to dance.
Add this funky hip-activating gem to your party playlist.
The new Uncut Magazine issue contains a lot of Bowie, with several posters,
and a Map Of David Bowie’s America, that puts out the New York-set cover story
into the wider context of Bowie’s lengthy relationship with his adopted home
country.
Also stories about Ozzy Osbourne, Evan Dando, Ethel Cain,
Joan Shelley, Alabama Shakes, and multiple album reviews.
This month’s Free CD, dubbed ‘Sounds Of The New West Vol. 7′
features 15 tracks with artists such as Wednesday, Case Oats,
Eeve Adams, Slow Motion Cowboys, Friendship, and more.
You can purchase a copy and have it
sent to your home address. InfoHERE.
Second single of the year, following pumped-up jam Cowbella.
The new tune is accompanied by details of their 5th album.
It’s baptized Some Like It Up and will show up on Oct 17th.
Wake-up people
and raise some money
to buy the new album.
