1 March 2023
Artwork of 2022 LP ‘Fear Of The Dawn’
JACK WHITE was cooking last weekend when he played on
a Woody Harrelson-hosted episode of Saturday Night Live.
He played an untamed, hot blues medley of ‘Taking Me Back’ and ‘Fear of the Dawn‘.
The opening two tracks from Fear Of The Dawn, one of his 2 LPs released last year.
Turn it up, Jack.
JACK WHITE: Instagram
25 February 2023
Dark-synth-pop-wave giants DEPECHE MODE are back in the spotlight
after the passing of their co-band-founder and keyboardist Andy Fletcher
who passed away last year in May following an aortic dissection, only 60.
Next month – 24 March – the duo share their new, 15th longplayer
named MEMENTO MORI and will embark on a massive world tour.
So it’s promotion time now. Last Thursday DM were on The Late Show
with Stephen Colbert for a special edition in the Ed Sullivan Theatre on
Broadway. They performed new single Ghosts Again and imperishable
1990 golden oldie Personal Jesus.
David Gahan‘s performance was highly passionate and
intense and caused a standing ovation by the audience.
Listen/watch.
– GHOST AGAIN –
– PERSONAL JESUS –
TOUR 2023
DEPECHE MODE: Facebook – Instagram – All Albums
9 February 2023
This day in 1964, THE BEATLES made their first of several appearances
on The Ed Sullivan Show, one of the most-watched TV variety shows ever
in America.
The immortal Liverpool heroes played 5 songs, including
their then No.1 hit I WANNA HOLD YOUR HAND.
The show received over 50,000 applications for the 728 studio seats.
Richard Nixon’s daughters and Olympic gold medalist Terry McDermott
were among the lucky ones to see The Beatles so closely.
A record-breaking 73 million people saw the live performance.
It was Sullivan‘s top rating for the first time in seven years.
THE BEATLES: Bio – Discography – Website
28 January 2023
Band: THE HUMAN LEAGUE (Mark 2)
Song: Don’t You Want Me
Their biggest hit. No 1 in the UK, the US,
Canada and several European countries.
When/where: German TV – 1982
The Human League: Facebook – Instagram
Last Friday, the ultimate Caesar of Punk IGGY POP unleashed
his 19th solo LP, named EVERY LOSER. A hold/cold affair for
Turn Up The Volume‘s ears (review here).
To give his new record a kick up the ass Pop does some promo.
Yesterday, he set the Jimmy Kimmel Live show on fire with the most
FRENZY-ied track on the longplayer.
Jimmy Kimmel announced his musical guests as Iggy Pop and The Losers.
Famous losers that is: Guns N’ Roses bassist Duff McKagan, Red Hot Chili Peppers
drummer Chad Smith, former RHCP’s guitarist Josh Klinghoffer and Andrew Watt.
At 75 the Stoogefather is still full of frenzy.
The audience agreed and went bonkers.
Watch.
EVERY LOSER
.
IGGY POP: Instagram – Facebook
It’s already 2 years since Bristol punks and, yes, first-time Grammy nominees IDLES unleashed their 4th swell album CRAWLER followed by a long post-lockdown tour.
And their promo work for the LP isn’t done yet. Yesterday they set The Tonight Show Starring Jim Fallon on fire with a steamed-up rendition of cannonball CRAWL from that longplayer.
Watch pitbull Joe Talbot – with mustache now – go mental.
IDLES: Facebook – Instagram
James Murphy and his musical vehicle
LCD SOUNDSYTEM is still alive and kicking.
As part of the soundtrack of the movie White Noise based on the 1985
novel by American author Don DeLillo he has a new track out called
NEW BODY RHUMBA.
It’s pure LCDSoundsytem. A familiar, hypnotic and speed-up steamer propelled
by a steady bass riff, guitars popping up now and then and Murphy singing
with his characteristic, nervous voice.
Watch their swirling performance on the Late Show…
LCD SOUNDSYSTEM: Facebook – Instagram
7 November 2022
U2‘s voice and face BONO has a new memoir out,
baptized SURRENDER: 40 Songs, One Story.
He travels around now to promote it.
Underway he stopped by The Late Show With Jimmy Colbert
a couple of days ago. He sang a gripping version of that stellar
U2 hit With Or Without You, starting with spoken-word verses
from his new book.
I will follow, Bono…
Reveries for the laziest day of the week
The angel that sings gorgeous, sounds gorgeous, and looks gorgeous
released her new, heart-and-soul-and-mind chilling LP Big Time last June.
Yesterday night she went on The Tonight Show where she played, with her
big time band, that sublime country tearjerker ALL THE GOOD TIMES (best
ballad of the year so far, to my ears).
And Olsen also surprised when she thanked, midway during the song, the audience
and host Jimmy Fallon, and she wished co-host Demi Lovato a happy birthday. Lovely.
Dim the lights, lit a candle,
and enjoy this gorgeous angel.
ANGEL OLSEN: Facebook – Instagram
Australian songstress COURTNEY BARNETT released her,
critically acclaimed, third LP Things Take Time, Take Time
last year.
One of the tracks is a simple ditty, titled BEFORE YOU GOTTA GO
It’s so sickly sticky that I played it about a hundred times so far.
This week she played it live on the American TV Show ‘CBS Saturday Sessions’
Sing along, whistle along, hum along…
“Before you gotta go, I wanted you
to know, you’re always on my mind.”
COURTNEY BARNETT: Facebook
TURN UP THE VOLUME 