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NOW PLAYING! Debut Album By Electronic Artist KA FU – ‘ENCODING: MASTER’…

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26 October 2019

Artist: KA FU
Who: “Physically residing in Milan, Ka Fu’s true home is his music – a place of constant innovation and freedom. As a result of being born and raised in the previously closed Russian military city of Severodvinsk, Ka Fu is a self-confessed global nomad. Addicted to perpetual change, his one constant is the desire to create, using the endless possibilities of sound to communicate his message to the universe.”
Album: ENCODING: MASTER – his debut LP
Released: 18 October 2019
Sound: A varied and multifaceted, atmospheric mix of techno, dance, trip-hop, electronic waves and cinematic soundscapes. Mind massage music that creates a feeling of delightful relaxation. Think Massive Attack, Leftfield, Orbital, Depeche Mode and sound expert Brian Eno

Enjoy here…

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KA FU: Facebook

NOW PLAYING! Sixth Fervid LP By Aussie Duo ROYAL CHANT – Listen Here To ‘MINOR CRUSH’…

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22 October 2019

Band: Royal Chant
Who: A 2-piece garage band from the sleepy
coastal town of Port Macquarie in Australia
Album: Minor Crush – the duo’s sixth LP
Released: 16 October 2019
Sound: A varied mix of fuzzy and fervid guitar rock injected with infectious melodiousness. From slacker Dinosaur JR melancholy to jangly Lemonheads poppiness and slices of grunge, shoegaze and diversified peppery electricity in between. So many emotions to discover, so much avidity to experience. Do it right here…


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ROYAL CHANT: Facebook

NOW PLAYING! Barbed Debut LP By US Punk Gang DUMP HIM – Here’s ‘DYKES TO WATCH OUT FOR’…

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17 October 2019

Band: DUMP HIM
Who: Kinda good queercore band then, queercore now, and
queercore forever from Northampton & Boston, MA, US
Album: DYKES TO WATCH OUT FOR 
Released: 30 August 2019
Sound: A band that cares about all the oppressed ones, the mistaken ones, the confused ones, the lost ones, the queer ones and about all sorts of human inequality. And the music I hear you ask? A boiling mix of punk extravaganza and razor-sharp rockers spiced with an avalanche of jittery riffs, straight-out ranting vocals and an overall uproarious edginess.

Stream/purchase the biting agitations right here…


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DUMP HIM: Facebook

NOW PLAYING! 4th LP By Brooklyn Dreamers BIG THIEF – Here’s ‘TWO HANDS’…

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16 October 2019

Band: Big Thief
Who: Indie folk influenced four-piece out of Brooklyn, NY, US
Album: Two Hands – the band’s fourth LP
Released: 11th October 2019
Sound: The star of this album is singer Adrianne Lenker‘s affecting voice feeling both
warm and soulful, but also vulnerable & fragile. She lifts all the humanistic meditations and delicate musings on this record to a level of connectedness with the listener. She
has the magic capability to make you feel involved in her stories and her experiences.
The Guardian verdict: 4/5 – review here

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BIG THIEF: Facebook

NOW PLAYING! Listen To The 2nd Hefty LP By Young And Brisk Los Angeles Rockers STARCRAWLER – Here’s ‘DEVOUR YOU’…

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14 October 2019

Band: Starcrawler (Los Angeles)
Album: Defour You – their second LP
Released: 11 October 2019
Sound: So much edgier than their debut LP. More dynamite, more fire, more ruckus. American rock ‘n’ roll history from start to finish delivered in different colors, different sentiments and different paces with a dominant let’s have fun factor and tons of influences from Chuck Berry to The Stooges, from The Runaways to Hole. Fuel for youngsters who love the past and for their hip parents who experienced the past.
Highlights: Lizzy / Bet My Brains / Toy Teenager / Born Asleep / Tank Top

Stream here…

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Starcrawler last year live in Brussels (photos by Turn Up The Volume!)

STARCRAWLER: Facebook

Brand New Hair-Rising 4-Track EP By Leeds’ Noise Combo THANK Out Now – Discover ‘PLEASE’ Here…

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11 October 2019

Band: Thank
Who: Deafening combo of trash noise punks out of Leeds featuring Theo Gowans,
well-known in his own right on the UK’s harsh noise scene for his hyper-prolific
output under the pseudonym Territorial Gobbing.
EP: A 4-track one called ‘PLEASE‘, their second EP
Sound: Expect exorcist madness à la Irish trashers Girl Band, clamorous explosibility
that will make your speakers tremble in utter fear, electro crankiness you can dance
to in very mysterious ways, bass injected rashness to scare your neighbors with, four merciless jackhammers that will activate your horrific Mr Hyde side. MENTAL stuff!

Smash your head right here…


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THANK: Facebook – Label: Buzzhowl Records

NOW PLAYING – New Hellish Album By Merciless Punks THE CONTROL FREAKS – Here’s ‘SHE’S THE BOMB’…

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7 October 2019

Band: The Control Freaks
Who: Deranged San Francisco punk gang
who wants to put the P. and the U. back
into Punk Rock. Raw as fresh roadkill!
Album: She’s The Bomb
Released: 6 September 2019
Sound: Expect merciless kamikaze riffage,
thunder and lighting percussion, non-stop spitting
and sneering vocals, tons of rabid punkorama chants,
vicious hullabaloo and earsplitting turmoil. Aaarghh!

Press play and go bonkers…


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THE CONTROL FREAKS: Facebook

(photo: FB The Contol Freaks)

NOW PLAYING! New Album By Brooklyn’s Shoegazers DIIV – Here’s ‘DECEIVER’…

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6 October 2019

Band: DIIV (Brooklyn, New York)

Album: Deceiver

Released: 4 October 2019

Quote: The band’s singer/songwriter and mastermind Cole Smith says: “I’ve known everyone in the band for ten years plus separately and together as DIIV for at least the past five years. On ‘Deceiver’, I’m talking about working for the relationships in my life, repairing them, and accepting responsibility for the places I’ve failed them. I had to re-approach the band. It wasn’t restarting from a clean slate, but it was a new beginning. It took time—as it did with everybody else in my life—but we all grew together and learned how to communicate and collaborate.”

Sound: A absorbing collection of profound and electrical meditations. From melancholic reveries to fully charged flare-ups. A varied melodious palette with tons of guitar layers reminding me at times of legendary noiseniks My Bloody Valentine, and a fully charged emotional shoegaze intensity at its gripping best.

Listen here…


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DIIV: Facebook

NOW PLAYING! Sparkling Debut EP ‘SOMETHING IN THE WATER’ by London Outfit ‘DEEP DEEP WATER’…

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5 October 2019

Band: Deep Deep Water

Who: “A blissfully atmospheric London-based four-piece focusing on the depth and
haunting unknown of what lies beneath. Beneath ourselves, our friendships and society
as a whole. It’s an experiment in exploration of self and our surroundings. And like the
ocean the band use their brand of dub-inflected pop in a way that is both beautiful in its elegance and foreboding in its intensity.”

EP: A 4-track one called ‘Something In The Water‘

Sound: Sparkling mix of electro-pop affectivity with multi-layered and changing moods. From ambient wistfulness to vibrant tonality, coloured with wonderful vocals, subtle harmonies, glimmering guitars and scintillating synths sonancy. So much going on here,
so much to discover. Striking debut indeed!

Listen here…

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DEEP DEEP WATER: Facebook – Bandcamp

(Photo from FB Deep Deep Water)

NOW PLAYING! The Long Awaited New CHROMATICS Album Is Out Now – Here’s ‘CLOSER TO GREY’…

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2 October 2019

Portland‘s electro collective CHROMATICS announced their new album to be released already at the end of 2014 but so far, until last night, no new longplayer. But, suddenly,
a few weeks ago the band shared a cover of the late folk singer-songwriter Jackson C. Frank’s song ‘I WANT TO BE ALONE (DIALOGUE)’ and confirmed to play the Pitchfork Music Festival in Paris on 1 November.

And now, suddenly out of the blue here’s, finally, the brand new Chromatics‘ LP, titled CLOSER TO GREY (after a track issued several years ago) instead of the early chosen title ‘Dear Tommy‘. The record contains covers of Simon and Garfunkel and The Jesus & Mary Chain translated into the band’s dreamy textures. After just one spin the feeling is that there’s so much to experience. Let’s just do this together right here…

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CHROMATICS: Facebook