31 January 2024
Darkwave pop Goths DEPECHE MODE released their new LP – their 15th – named MEMENTO MORI last March and they toured since then around the world and they
still are.
They just shared a new video for BEFORE WE DROWN,
one of the fans’ favourite tracks off the LP.
WATCH
MEMENTO MORI
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Tour 2024
DEPECHE MODE: Instagram – Website
For your eyes
1. ‘Like A God’ by ASH (UK)
2. ‘The Bomb’ by THE HIVES (Sweden)
3. ‘Dicks In Tanks’ by MORLOCKS (Sweden)
4. ‘Six-Pack’ by SHAME (UK)
5. ‘Wireless’ by WITHIN TEMPTATION (The Netherlands)
6. ‘Fossora’ by BJÖRK (Iceland)
7. ‘Dumbest Girl Alive’ by 100 GECS (St.Louis, US)
8. ‘Now And Then’ by THE BEATLES (UK)
9. ‘Eureka!’ by THE VANITY PROJECT (Manchester, UK)
10. ‘White Van’ by LAMBRINI GIRLS (Brighton, UK)
9 May 2023
Noise titans MOTÖRHEAD and METALLICA were friends for a very long time. The latter played on Lemmy’s 50th birthday concert in 1995 all dressed up as the great man himself, under the moniker of The Lemmys. In turn, Motörhead paid homage to some of Metallica’s best known exploits, even winning a Grammy for their version of Whiplash in 2004.
Lemmy‘s gang also covered their 1991 classic ENTER THE SANDMAN in 1998.
That version was part of a compilation that didn’t reach many fans of both bands.
The Motörhead curators decided to give the iconic cover the attention it deserves
with a brand new video for it produced by Mulberry Creative. It’s an animated one,
showing a horrifying nocturnal journey through the nightmares of a child who is
haunted by the evil sandman in his dreams, and is ultimately saved by the powers
of the inimitable Motörhead ‘Warpig’.
Watch/listen.
MOTÖRHEAD: Instagram
6 May 2023
Band: run SOFA
Who: Fiery post-punk cousins from Charleroi, Belgium
References: Sleaford Mods, Show Me The Body,
Suuns, Slint and others
TUTV: Following their splendid 2019 album Face It the two
terrific post-punk groovers launched their new smashing 4-track EP
Spinning Wheel last March. Four hammering punches, four thwacking
blows, four rad rippers. Stream/buy the EP below.
To keep the momentum going the duo shared a pretty kooky video clip
for the EP’s scintillating stunner WHO CARES¿ with a mental mime artist
as the star in a rapid-eye-movement video.
Watch/listen.
SPINNING THE WHEEL
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run SOFA: Facebook – Instagram – Linktree
21 April 2023
The steamy garage ladies of Phoenix gang THE DARTS
released their 4th LP, titled SNAKE OIL last March.
You can buy it below via Bandcamp.
TUTV named it one of the 5 best albums of March 2023 and wrote:
“Holy smoke! The Darts roll faster and harder than a steamroller on full speed. Snake Oil is without a shadow of a doubt their best longplayer so far. It feels like the record is infused with all their lockdown frustration. Tons of relentless energy, a non-stop appetite for a garage rock tsunami and the decibels turned up. Centre-stage Nicole Laurenne sings her heart out as never before while her 60s-sounding organ spices things up all the way. Now and then the Phoenix turbo slow down and give us a chance to fill our oxyen tank. The Darts are unquestionably at the top of their blistering game.”
Meanwhile, the black-dressed sexy Amazons are storming through Europe (these
days setting Spain on fire) to put a spell on all rock fans with good taste over there
with the new longplayer.
And they still found the time to shoot a video clip for one of the album’s highlights,
the closing track BRING IT BACK. A slow-mo post-breakup jam moving like a snake
looking for prey.
“Bring it back
you took my earth and sky
my sun and moon
when you left
everything good in my
life left too”
THE DARTS: Facebook – Instagram
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NOVA TWINS
London’s sensational
feminist punk-rap duo.
Song: CHOOSE YOUR FIGHTER
Album: Supernova
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RAMMSTEIN
The bombast bulldozer
from Germany.
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THE CHRONICLES OF MANIMAL AND SAMARA:
International, London-based
poet-allica tandem.
Song: THE PIED PIPER
Album: Trust No Leaders
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JACK WHITE
The white stripe blues
rocker from Detroit.
Song: IF I DIE TOMORROW
Album: Entering Heaven Alive
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THE BANKROBBER
Italian synth-pop-guitar siblings.
Song: WHITE SKIN
EP: Lighters
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BLACK MIDI
Prog-Zappa-rock-punk
from London.
Song: WELCOME TO HELL
Album: HELLFIRE
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BJORK: BJÖRK
Our Icelandic fairytale artist.
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LUNAR TWIN
Dreamwave duo from Hawai/Salt Lake City.
Song: BEYOND THE SUN
Album: Aurora (Out 1 Feb 2023)
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GORILLAZ
Damon Albarn‘s comics team.
Song: CRACKER ISLAND
Album: Cracker Island (Out 23 Feb 2023)
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PRIMAL SCREAM and DEXYS
Two veteran top bands
supporting the UK workers.
Song: ENOUGH IS ENOUGH
3 December 2022
Band: THE BIRTHDAY PARTY
Who: Australian punk eccentrics led by Nick Cave
Active: 1977-1983 / 3 studio LPs
Song/video: NICK THE STRIPPER
From the band’s Prayers On Fire (1981)
Strip it, Nick
THE BIRTHDAY PARTY: Bio – Discography
Band: TALKING HEADS
1975–1991
Song: BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE
More than 95 million streams on Spotify
Album: Speaking In Tongues – 1985
TALKING HEADS: Bio – Discography
18 November 2022
Band: THE PSYCHEDELIC FURS
Who: British post-punk band fronted by Richard Butler
Active: 1977–1992, 2000–present / 8 LPs, with Made O fRain
as the most recent one, released in 2020.
Single/video: PRETTY IN PINK
Released: 1981
Score: 18# in UK, #41 in US
Butler: “The song is about a girl who sleeps around a lot and thinks that she’s popular
because of it. It makes her feel empowered somehow and popular, and in fact, the people
that she’s sleeping with are laughing about her behind her back and talking about her.”
Roll the tape…
16 November 2022
Band: JAPAN (feat. David Sylvian)
Song: ADOLESCENT SEX
Released: 3 April 1978
Album: Adolescent Sex. In some countries, the single and LP were
simply renamed as ‘Japan‘ to avoid controversy over the original title.
Video: Their performance of the song
on the legendary Dutch music show TOP POP
JAPAN: Biography
JAPAN: Bio – Discography