Bill Orcutt (left) and Mabe Fratti. Composite: PR Image/Melissa Luna
Artists: BILL ORCUTT &MABE FRATTI Who: Miami-based veteran guitarist and the
praised, young Guatemalan cellist and vocalist.
The Guardian (English newspaper) says: “The Guatemalan newcomer
and US veteran find striking common ground on an intimate collaboration
full of agitation, complexity and uncanny chemistry.”
Another batch of 5 new, stellar tracks have
been added to Turn Up The Volume’s Jukebox.
Turn it up.
ALL TOGETHER
. TRACK BY TRACK
Artist: LIDO PIMIENTA Who: Columbia-born songstress based in Toronto, Canada.
As much as she is an iconoclast, Pimienta is a healer who
has expanded sonically since 2010.
Track: TOXICA
Piece from her forthcoming 4th LP,
titled Caribenya. Out on July 17th.
More info here.
Album artwork
TUTV: Hurray! Summer is here (almost). This is the kind of titillating tunes that boost
your state of mind. Tóxica‘s hip-swinging swagger, triggered by exotic African beats, and her high-spirited voice create a beach party atmosphere, although lyrically the song is
less positive, drawing attention to toxic relationships.
Artists: LUNAR TWIN Who: A dark, cinematic dream-wave duo, based between Hawai, Los Angeles
and Salt Lake City, blending dreamy soundscapes with soulful, nostalgic energy.
“It’s a story as old as the earth and it’s also a story of this very moment.
It’s about searching alone through the darkness, crossing a desert of
the soul.”
TUTV: Expect a synth ear-massage incited by trance-like
trip-hop vibes and dream-stimulating impulses.
Track: THE ENDLESS BORDER
First single from their sophomore LP,
out later in the year.
TUTV: Moody music for glowing sunsets, heartened by a steady-going rhythm section and mellow vocals, while glistening guitar sparks enliven this dreamy pop tune with its Western feel.
Press info: “As most of us go through life’s formative stages, there are often
two lanes of maturity and fulfillment that casually intertwine, with each helping
inform and propel the other.
One is establishing who we are as a person, while discovering a sense of identity
and comfort as our true selves; and the other is finding our community along the
way, seeking refuge and safety in those that exist, and persist, closest to us.
Those lanes converge and come to the forefront of Jesus The Dinosaur’s introspective
debut album, Nothing To The Branches, a record that acts as a portal into a different
kind of emotive headspace.”
Tommy Ng (frontman) “The statement that we are making with this album is that we’re here! The songs cover a range of things from complex relationship dynamics to gender identity to anxiety attacks. But at our core, the music we make is really more about being involved in an intimate collaborative creation process together and finding our own expressions within it.”
“Our chemistry is everything! We’ve been friends for a long time. They are my closest friends.
It allows for the process of music writing to be very intimate and vulnerable and expansive. There’s space for everyone to have their expressions, and we all want to work together and
feel seen.”
TUTV: On this debut, the band explore gender identity, relationship dynamics, anxiety,
and escapism. Musically, they embed these life-important issues in gentle, charming, candid and acoustic-euphonious reveries. Luring indie folk that triggers self-analysing daydreaming.
The ruminative balladry of Bon Iver and Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy comes to mind. Nothing To The Branches embraces a similar heart-and-soul stirring melancholia, wrapped in introvertive reveries such as Lifetime, Not Yr Boy, I Miss My Friend and fervent tunes (Agender, Empty Space, Sweet Nothing and Looking For A Way Out). Great vocals too from Ng and guitarist Hannah Foxman on Can’t Say.
I’m sure many young people out there can relate to the covered
topics on this brave and frank debut. Kudos to Jesus The Dinosaur.
A haunting, dark, and ominous masterstroke with Indian,
Middle Eastern, and Eastern European influences and lyrics
about grief and loss. The Stones at their mystical best.
It also hit the top spot in the US
and in several countries in Europe.
I see a red door and I want it painted black
No colors anymore I want them to turn black
I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes
In 2012, the band abruptly finished their journey following
the untimely death of co-vocalist and bassist Adam MCA Yauch
due to cancer.
As previously reported, now 14 years later, co-vocalist/songwriter MIKE D (né Michael Louis Diamond, 60 years ago in NYC) returns solo.
A couple of weeks ago, we got his dazzling debut single Switch Up
and here is a 2nd jiving jumper withWHAT WE GOT.
Mike D on a rappin’ roll again.
Do not sabotage him.
Dazed says: “This album is dense, with Bladee pastiching disparate references
to Lord of the Rings, Dragon Ball Z, Mary Poppins, Christian mysticism and more
into the postmodern artwork that is his singular musical universe, a world in which
good and evil, nihilism and hope, and, ultimately, fantasy and reality intertwine.”
I looked at the cover from different angles. I must
say that Bladee doesn’t look like a surfer at all.
After the imperial success of Hounds Of Love, visionary legend Kate Bush travelled
into bolder, stranger territory, where she began to reimagine not just her music but
her life, a journey that would bring both creative freedom and personal upheaval.
“My desire wasn’t to be famous, it was to do something interesting from a music point of view.”
Also in this new edition: Cream, The Specials, R.E.M., Robert Fripp,
Peter Hamill, Elvis Costello, Jim O’Rourke, album reviews and more.
You can purchase a copy and let it be sent to your home. Info HERE.
This month’s Free CD, titled Frippertronics features collaborations
and rarities from Robert Fripp‘s archive, compiled by the man himself.
