For your eyes
1 June 2022
Trash metal freaks GWAR released their 15th album THE NEW DARK AGES
a couple of days ago. The vile Virginia veterans still slash and smash as
the best after 38 years.
Here’s the horrific video clip for the guitar-wicked single Berserker Mode
Release the bats…
For your eyes
30 May 2022
Band: THE CHRONICLES OF MANIMAL AND SAMARA
Who: London-based duo – Daphne Ang (Singapore) and
Andrea Papi (Italy) – that fills a gap in music by bringing
literature, art, and history together into a space where
rock and metal meet electronica.
New album: TRUST NO LEADERS
Out: 1st July 2022
Pre-order: here
Last week Samara and Manimal released a new piece from their forthcoming LP.
“Shaman’ narrates a journey of self-discovery into the depths of one’s psyche. Guided
by Jungian psychoanalytic theory, the song captures a personal confrontation with the unconscious in which one experiences the infinite and the energy of the universe. The song introduces the idea of attaining wholeness by uniting our inner and outer worlds.”
Turn Up The Volume wrote: Shaman progresses like a vicious viper working its way to a grandiose finale. Determined, but always wary of sudden danger. Shaman dumbfounds and flummoxes while the song’s tension intensifies and sends shivers down your spine.
They just launched a spectacularly animated video clip. As I said before
the duo has an ingenious vision when it comes to visualizing their hellraisers.
Roll the tape and get dazzled…
For your eyes
The coolest sisters in rock – KIM and KELLEY DEAL – also played in one
and the same band, outside of the other groups they were involved in.
I guess THE BREEDERS are best known for their Last Splash album (1993)
with that boiling Cannonball on. But the following album (nine years later)
Title TK wasn’t bad either and celebrated its 20th anniversary this weekend.
A good reason to have another look at the drop-dead-cool twins
and their video clip for the album’s steamy single HUFFER
THE BREEDERS: Discography
For your eyes
14 May 2022
(Serge Pizzorno – photo by Turn Up The Volume)
Two years ago flamboyant frontman Tom Meighan left KASABIAN following personal problems. The announcement came via this statement from the band: “Tom Meighan is stepping down from Kasabian by mutual consent. Tom has struggled with personal issues that have affected his behaviour for quite some time and now wants to concentrate all his energies on getting his life back on track.”
After a break of 2 years, the Leicester 4-piece is back now with songwriter
Serge Pizzorno on vocals. He sang occasionally Kasabian songs in the past.
A new album, named The Alchemist’s Euphoria
will see the day of light on 5th August. More info here.
Here’s the new trippy single SCRIPTVRE, obviously inspired
by the Beastie Boys vibe, and its flashy video clip…
KASABIAN: Facebook
Artwork of the new, upcoming album The Alchemist’s Euphoria
For your eyes
13 May 2022
Hip-hop expert and popular producer Brian Joseph Burton
aka DANGER MOUSE has a new album, called Cheat Codes
coming in August. He wrote/recorded it with his rapper buddy
BLACK THOUGHT.
The first single NO GOLD TEETH is vintage DM. Funky shit.
And the accompanying clip can cause rapid eye movement, folks.
Watch it here…
DANGER MOUSE: Discography
For your eyes
10 May 2022
Last weekend Canadian orchestra ARCADE FIRE released their
monumental 6th album WE. Their best since the awesome
2004 debut LP Funeral.
And now a video clip is dropped to visualize the sublime
single UNCONDITIONAL (LOOK OUT KID). Epictastic stuff.
Watch out, there’s a strong wind coming…
ARCADE FIRE: Website – WE on Spotify
For your eyes
7 May 2022
In celebration of 60 years of BOB DYLAN recording for Columbia Records,
the legendary video for Subterranean Homesick Blues has been reimagined
by a wide range of musicians, film makers, graphic designers and street artists.
Roll the tape…
That was cool, but I rather watch the original any day of the week…
BOB DYLAN: Website
Eye-catching videos
Drop-dead gorgeous Aussie punkette AMY TAYLOR and her SNIFFERS
have two blistering punk rock albums out, so far. Their self-titled boiling
debut LP (2019) and the red-hot follow-up Comfort To Me (2021).
A week ago the Aussie fury and her desperadoes caught
fire in front of the cameras of The Late Night Show with
a volcanic version of Hertz, one of the many highlights on
the new longplayer. And of course, all eyes are on Amyl.
Don’t drool too much, folks
AMYL AND THE SNIFFERS: Spotify – Facebook
Stream the newest album Comfort To Me via Spotify
For your eyes (and your ears too)
28 April 2022
Artist: RYAN THOMAS SMELLE
Who: A singer/songwriter from the Niagara Region playing for
over 20 years now. His music crosses many genres and includes
acoustic, folk, pop, rock, country and adult contemporary.
Newest single: EASIER SAID THAN DONE
Smelle: “Every day we plan to get things done and there is always a list
of things we put off ‘til tomorrow. I penned this tune 20 plus years ago
and when I was picking songs for my new album In The Homestretch,
I dived into my back catalogue and revamped this tune.
Now having my own studio, I was able to record all the parts myself and
the bass line totally drives this song. There is a definite laid-back vibe to this
one and it seems to be the track that resonates with a lot of my listeners.”
TUTV: This is melancholia at its moody best. A gentle and tender ballad
that starts playing around in your head after only one spin. Don’t wait ’til
tomorrow, listen to this folky reflection now.
Everyone has vice or two like you
But we all know what we should do
Instead we stay the same not change
Is there really someone else to blame
I could get a move on or improve on myself
But there’s no way
I waking up to find me say
That today is not the day
Here’s the video clip. A stylish animated beauty…
Eye-catching clips
25 April 2022
Last week after playing a show at the music venue Casino de Paris the Mael
brothers, better known as spicy pop legends SPARKS, played a short version
of their big 1974 hit This Town Ain’t Big Enough For The Both Of Us at/on
a public piano at the historic Gare du Nord station in Paris.
A passing fan went bananas when she saw the Bros.
Pretty fun to watch…
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The original version back in 1974…
SPARKS: Facebook