THE MIRACULOUS LOVE KIDS are a musical group of Afghan girls who along with their families, escaped Kabul, Afghanistan
and fled to Islamabad, Pakistan when the Taliban took over the
country again.
The group was founded by American
musician and activist Lanny Cordola.
To mark the second anniversary of the tragic turnaround, they recorded
covers of two songs with Beth Gibson, the arresting vocalist/lyricist of British trip-hop act.
Turn Up The Volume will give you 5 reasons why it would be a fucking shame not to know/enjoy the a.w.e.s.o.m.e. LAMBRINI GIRLS. Three punk-crazy Amazons from Brighton, UK with vox/guitarist Phoebe Lunny and bassist Lilly Macieira upfront, recently named by imperishable legend Iggy Pop as his new favorite band. Actually, that alone should be enough to realise how fucking good they are.
Here we go.
1. Their trash-and-crash havoc makes you want to start a one-man/woman moshpit from the moment it erupts from your stereo. So far they released 3 stunning uppercuts that grab you by the throat without asking. Check them on Spotify.
2. They get in the ugly faces, with sharp-teethed panache, of male machos,
LGBT-phobics, and all other intolerant scumbags. Watch your back LADS.
. 3. Sonically they combine the sassy spirit of riot grrls Bikini Kill, the biting bitchiness of Courtney Love, the primal screams of X-Ray Spex‘s late genial vox Poly Sterene , and the unbridled DIY mentality of The Slits.
4. Live, as I witnessed, last Saturday in my hometown of Ghent (Belgium) LG are explosive punkettes with loudmouthed Phoebe Lunny more off than on stage interacting with the audience. These girls’ kick-ass bravado went (almost) through the roof. Their spunky swagger and their intrepid presence was flabergasting the whole set through.
5. As I experienced before and after the gig Lambrini Girls are for real, they’re big fun, they are totally open-minded, they’re great human beings and they like Belgian beer. Hail Hail!
Utterly cool female rock duo DEAP VALLY out of Los Angeles
released their 3rd album, named MARRIAGE in November 2021.
It was a top-10 LP of that year on Turn Up The Volume‘s list.
Deap Vally said: “Being in a band is like being in a marriage: sometimes it’s magical,
sometimes it’s unbearably challenging. To reinvigorate that marriage we’ve made
album three a genre-bending experiment with new collaborators and instrumentation
that push the limits of what has previously defined us. Marriage’ is our musical Rumspringa,
if you will. We’re breaking free of the rigid creative constraints within which we previously existed (two members, two instruments, two voices). Writing with the calibre of musicians
that we did on this record was an unforgettable experience, and we’re so happy to have
the result of our creative rebirth eternalised in ‘Marriage’.”
The album featured a number of collaborations including
songs with Peaches, KT Tunstall, and Warpaint‘s Jenny Lee.
Paradiso Club, Amsterdam – photo by Turn Up The Volume
Turn Up The Volume wrote: The message of Marriage is loud and clear: Lindsey
Troy and Julie Edwards are here to stay. Their musical bond is tighter than ever. Looking
to the future they broadened their musical horizons impressively. Mind you, don’t expect
a free jazz record. Deap Vally are still about rocking and rolling while tackling their demons with an intimidating vocal bravado, but in a far more varied way than before.
I hear eruptive echoes of Death From Above (Perfuction / Billions / I’m The Master), The Black Keys (Where Do We Go / Better Run), and early Deap Vally with a full-sound injection (Tsunami / Magic Medicine). And with Give Me A Sign (bringing Sparklehorse to mind) and the soul-stirring beauty of Look Away the couple shows their softer sonic side.
After 10 years and 3 LPS (and one together
with The Flaming Lips) their matrimony is alive and kicking.
Singles/clips: Tsunami / Magic Medicine / Perfuction
American/British former kickboxer, infamous misogynist, and
far-right wanker Andrew Tate challenged Swedish environmental
activist Greta Thunberg with this message on Twitter:
“Hello I have 33 cars. My Bugatti has a W16 [eight-litre] quad turbo [engine].
My TWO Ferrari 812 Competizione have [6.5-litre] V12s. This is just the start.
Please provide your email address so I can send a complete list of my car
collection and their respective enormous emissions.”
Thunberg’s reaction was just brilliant.
yes, please do enlighten me. email me at smalldickenergy@getalife.com https://t.co/V8geeVvEvg
Always underrated and underpaid (not only in the UK), despite
the healing and humanitarian/talking therapy work and the unlikely
amount of labour during the Covid-19 period, NHS workers in the UK
are ignored by the unworldly Tories who spend their time with me, myself,
and I rhetoric. They do not care! They force the NHS to strike to get
attention for their unrewarded work.
Pat Cullen, the union’s general secretary: “Hundreds of thousands
of hard-working, decent people should not be cast aside as ‘unreasonable’
for expecting better for themselves, their families and their patients.”
Claire Murdoch (NHS mental health director) Over a million people already
use NHS talking therapies every year, but we know we can help just by telling
them it’s there for them.
Several British musicians, such as Weller, Primal Scream and Billy Bragg,
do care and expressed their support on their social media.
Gorgeous day for a nurses’ strike outside Great Ormond St Hospital. So grateful for their unmatched care & skill. Now let’s get them the fucking pay rise they deserve & that the nation can *easily* afford. Austerity is a choice so change your mind or get in the bin!✊🏼❤️@theRCNpic.twitter.com/LHCotX0soN
BEAN: “My close friend Nicole is dying of primary immunodeficiency disease and cancer and has up to five years to live. I just reconnected with her a little over a year ago and we have been chatting and meeting almost every day. She is such a strong person who takes on each day with such positivity and strength.”
This tribute is a tender and emotive electro-pop tune, with warm 60s organ fragments, other synth dynamics and Beam‘s amiable voice. Dedicated to his friend Nicole, who suffers from her battle with cancer. Unfortunately, countless people are fighting against that awful disease, they’re all wonderful too.
British rawking ‘n rollin’ AmazonTHE KUT released her electrifying
second album GRIT last July. It topped the Official UK Rock Albums Chart.
Now to tie in with the FIFA World Cup 2022 tournament she just shared a new single,
named FUN WHEN YOU’RE WINNING. A steadfast Joan Jett-esque rocker fueled by mad
as a hatter guitars, a hard-hitting rhythm section and resolute vocals.
We all should support The Kut and make her win the World Cup for all suppressed women in the world.
The video features Diana Bartmann (drums) and Daisy Pepper (bass), and is directed by Mike Gripz.
Would you let your daughter go out with them? (photo by Broes Vanmullem)
Until last Saturday – when they crashed into my hometown of Ghent (Belgium) I never heard of Belgian turbine BARNO KOEVOET AND THE DUIJMSCHPIJKERS. Now my still vibrating ears can testify about these freaked-out misfits. The man in the middle Barno Koevoet (Barno Crowbar) is a manic motherfucker with 4 lungs. Just insane. He screams as if his tattoo body is pierced with sharp-cutting thumbtacks (Duijmschpijkers). No idea what demons they’re fighting, but I put my money on Barno and his deafening gang.
This is what shouting out is all about
Here’s an idea of their live frenzy
(First band on this video)
And on their brand new single they attack FAT SCUM.
