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Brand New Video For MOTÖRHEAD’s 1998 Cover Of METALLICA Classic ‘ENTER THE SANDMAN’

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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

Belgium’s Fiery Groovers RUN SOFA Shared Kooky Video For Stunner ‘WHO CARES¿’ From Their New Rad EP

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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

Garage Rock Snakes THE DARTS Shared Video For Their Slo Mo Psych Jam ‘BRING IT BACK’ Off The New LP

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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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The Ones That Impressed TURN UP THE VOLUME’s Eyes The Most -10 BEST VIDEO’S OF 2022

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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.

Song: ZICK ZACK
Album: Zeit

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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.

Song: ATOPOS
Album: Fossora

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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

PSYCHEDELIC FURS With ‘PRETTY IN PINK’ 1981

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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…

PF: Bio – Discography

CLASSIC CLIPS – Controversial Single ‘ADOLESCENT SEX’ By JAPAN (1978)

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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

BEAVIS And BUTT-HEAD Are Back And Who Of The Two Is A Fan Of South-Korean Boys Band BTS?

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4 August 2022

BEAVIS and BUTT-HEAD, the dumb-ass hard rock fanatics return
on Paramount+ in a new episodic series from 4 August on (tonight).

To prepare us for their lunatic adventures, Paramount dropped a 2-minute
video clip with a very surprising question. Is Beavis a fan of South-Korean
boys band BTS?

Series creator Mike Judge tells us ‘why BTS’? : “BTS is a guilty pleasure — but maybe not even that guilty: I like them. I have pretty mainstream tastes. I think because I used to be a musician, people think I’m going to be a music snob. I’m not at all. I like a lot of very sugary pop music. We did that a little bit with Bon Jovi in the ’90s, Beavis liking them more than he should.”

Really, Beavis?

I’m on Butt-Head‘s side…

More info about the new series here.

VIOLET NOX – Boston’s Space Cowboys Shared Psychedelic Pink Floyd-esque Video For ‘MAGNETAR’

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30 July 2022

Act: VIOLET NOX
Who: Experimental electro duo, Dez DeCarlo and
Andrew Abrahamson, from Boston who collaborates
frequently with other artists.

Last April the Boston space cowboys released their notable
5- track EP ERIS WAKES. It was named ‘EP Of The Week’ here
on Turn Up The Volume. You can read the here.

To keep the momentum going the synth tandem has a new
video out for the EP piece Magnetar. Think of British trip-hop
explorers Portishead and Massive Attack.

The video reminds me of a Pink Floyd documentary showing the legends
in their early days playing with eye-puzzling psychedelic LSD inspired
visuals on a big screen behind their backs.

Discover the bright side of the moon here…

VIOLET NOX: Facebook