It catapulted them immediately into indie rock stardom.
That was long before frontman/songwriter/guitarist Alex Turner came up with
his posh Elvis persona and became a crooner, and obviously wants to be the next Nick Cave.
The album’s title was taken from a line in the novel Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, written by Alan Sillitoe. The name was chosen after Turner recognised similarities between the two works and the appropriateness of the title.
Turner: “It’s good because the book is called Saturday Night and Sunday Morning and
that’s kind of what the album is, so there’s a link there. And also, there’s a lot of people
saying a lot of things about us and you don’t have control over it.”
The album’s cover is a black-and-white photograph of Chris McClure – a close friend
of the band who was the lead singer for The Violet May and the brother of Reverend
and The Makers lead singer Jon McClure, which was taken in the early hours of a morning
at the Korova bar in Liverpool. The band had given him, his cousin, and his best friend £70 to spend on a night out.
NME said: “Our Generation’s Most Important Band. Alex Turner’s lyrics and depiction of Sheffield, and the night lives of teenagers in particular, make him a master of observation.”
Press info: With the track, MaveriX tune into a world of fake smiles, static scenes, and plastic poses—and answer with a raw, high‑voltage anthem built for sweat‑drenched nights and unfiltered rebellion.
TUTV: Sounds like if psychobilly Dick Dale is on guitar, like if this striking stroke
gets electrocuted when the sing-along chorus kicks in. Add a fiery finale and we
know we have a riff-roasting winner.
Artist: MARC VALENTINE Who: Seasoned rocker from New York
with 2 albums on his résumé.
Track: NY UAP
New single taken from the forthcoming
album Uncommon Side Effects.
Valentine: “‘NY UAP’ is basically an allegory for life on the road. The inspiration for the song came while touring the US east coast, which happened to coincide with the infamous New Jersey UAP (unidentified aerial phenomena) sightings. I was wondering if they had an equivalent to rock’n’roll in their existence… and maybe they were on the ultimate inter-dimensional tour.”
TUTV: Don’t hesitate a second to jump on Valentine‘s new buzzy speed-train,
motorized by about 100 guitars generating about 100 riffs, or you’ll miss the
ride. Rawk ‘n’ roll in manic motion.
Band: DEREK SMITH & THE COSMIC VULTURES Who: Captivating pop/rock outfit from Boston with
5 LPs under their belt. Check them out on Spotify
right here
Track: HOLLOW CHOIR
This is Smith‘s 80th song
release over the past eight years.
Smith: “This song sums up the feelings I have had towards my music career for the last few years. I am always being told what I should do or what I should write. The voices have turned into an empty choir for me, or a ‘Hollow Choir’, if you will. The most important thing I have discovered is that I have to be me.”
TUTV: Smith drags you into his delirious universe. Hollow Chair has
a 60s psychedelic vibe, and Mark Knopfler’s guitar echoes add some
sparkling scintillation.
Their first new music since 2022 album The Car. Written and recorded for the upcoming Warchild benefit album ‘Help (2)’, featuring several other artists. It comes out on March 6th.
TUTV: Another smooth musing that easily could have been on that Car LP, with its tranquil groove and Turner‘s crooner vocals. Looks, again, as if the Monkeys are tired of rockin’ out.
Californian thrash metalheads MEGADETH are one of those musical institutions that
have been around for ages. In their case, since 1983, and they’re ready now to finish
their impressive career with their Final Eponymous LP, released today.
Dave Mustaine (co-founder, frontman and primary songwriter): “There’s so many
musicians that have come to the end of their career, whether accidental or intentional.
Most of them don’t get to go out on their own terms on top, and that’s where I’m at in my
life right now. I have traveled the world and have made millions upon millions of fans and
the hardest part of all of this is saying goodbye to them.”
We’ve made a lot of friends over the years and I hope to see all of you on our global farewell tour. Don’t be mad, don’t be sad, be happy for us all, come celebrate with me these next few years. We have done something together that’s truly wonderful and will probably never happen again. We started a musical style, we started a revolution, we changed the guitar world and how it’s played, and we changed the world. The bands I played in have influenced the world. I love you all for it. Thank you for everything.”
The Guardian (British newspaper): “Conspiracy theories and combustible fingers on thrash metallers’ curtain call. Dave Mustaine has rarely needed much prompting to pick at the subject of being ousted from Metallica over the intervening 40-plus years. If nothing else, bringing it up one last time is very on brand, as is the rest of Megadeth, good and bad.”
TUTV: First things first, I’m not a trash metal fan. On the other hand when I hear it,
like with this one, I always wonder how many fingers the guitarists have. 15? 20? The resonance of their nuclear speed riffs sound at times mindbogglingly inhuman. Anyway, respect for a pioneering group of the genre, that entertained millions of fans for 40 years.
The thin white duke DAVID BOWIE (1947 – 2016) released his 10th LP STATION TO STATION on 23 January 1976, today 50 years ago.
It peaked at #5 in the UK, and #3 in the USA.
During the sessions, Bowie was suffering from various drug addictions, most
prominently cocaine, and subsequently stated that he recalled almost nothing
of the production.
Bowie in 1987: “I was so blocked, so stoned. It’s quite a casualty case, isn’t it.
I’m amazed I came out of that period, honest. When I see that now I cannot
believe I survived it. I was so close to really throwing myself away physically,
completely.”
Rolling Stone wrote in retrospect: “An album that was both musically
accessible and lyrically elliptical, a transition between the plastic soul of
Young Americans and the chilly electronic hum of the Berlin trilogy that
followed.”
The cover art featured a still from the film The Man Who Fell To Earth, in which Bowie
had the main role.
Band: COWBOY HUNTERS Who: Glasgow‘s punk dropouts Megan Pollock and Desmond Johnston.
They have steadily built a reputation as one of the UK’s most unpredictable and confrontational live acts. Sharing duties across drums, bass and vocals, the duo
operate with a deliberately stripped-back setup that amplifies the physical impact
of their shows, drawing equally from the raw intensity of punk and the communal
release of rave culture
Track: HAVE A PINT
New single from their upcoming 5-track EP,
titled EPeepee. It’ll hit the streets on March 20th.
TUTV: Oh bloody hell yeah. This is it. Raw and rough punk hysteria at its sharp-cutting best. These two mental hunters take you on a wham-bam rollercoaster ride, up and down, left and right. Have A Pint sounds like it was recorded in their local pub’s toilet, generating some barbed wire shit, juiced with obstreperous duet vocals that drive you nuts in the end. This roistering Scottish duo will join Sleaford Mods on their upcoming tour.
Last year Bob Mould revitalized his old band SUGAR (1992-1995) after
almost 30 years, with a new track named House Of Dead Memories
and played a couple of low-key gigs.
Mould: “Sugar was dormant for decades and sounds and styles are always changing.
Nothing is certain and we had no idea there would be such a positive reaction to the
first song. We were heartened to see the excitement for the NYC and London shows.
It’s been wonderful to hear people talking so fondly about how much the band meant to them — the strength of the songs, the energy of the shows (and the decibel levels of them!). It was a super special time for all of us. Now that we’re back in business, we’re laser-focused on getting in shape for an exciting year of loud rock shows around the world!”
And we get more now.
New single and world tour.
The new cut LONG LIVE LOVE is a rough guitar-manic rocker. Sugar is definitely back!
“I wrote ‘Long Live Love’ in 2007 while living in Washington DC. It was the George W. Bush era,
I was deep in my DJ world with Blowoff, yet still writing pop songs on guitars. Garbage 2.0 is one of my desert island albums, so it’s not surprising that ‘Long Live Love’ reminds me of a long lost Garbage song!”
