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I was thinking of a series of dreams
Where nothing comes up to the top.
Everything stays down where it’s wounded
And comes to a permanent stop.
The song was planned to be on his 1989 praised album Oh Mercy, but the wayward
mister Zimmerman dropped it, before the release, for unknown reasons. Eventually,
this diamond ended up on The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3.
BOB DYLAN: Facebook
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Piping-hot Aussie punkette AMY TAYLOR and her SNIFFERS have two
blistering punk rock albums out, so far. Their self-titled cooking debut LP
(2019) and the holy smoke follow-up Comfort To Me (2021).
Amyl loses control and almost her head on this fucktastic live
version of the headbanger called CONTROL (from that debut CD).
Do try this at home…
AMYL AND THE SNIFFERS: Facebook
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Female pop-duo WET LEG is definitely the British pop hype/sensation of 2022.
Their much-anticipated self-titled debut longplayer comes out this Friday.
But first, they seduce us, once again, with another new piece (the 6th one)
off the album. Here comes the funny clip for UR MUM…
WET LEG: Facebook
All tour dates (UK/Canada/US/Europe) here
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British funky rockers FOALS launch their
7th LP LIFE IS YOURS on 17th June.
And here’s a new taster off that album.
Yannis Philippakis (frontman/songwriter)about LOOKING HIGH: “This is looking back to a more hedonistic time in my life, and a more innocent time in society in general, pre-pandemic and before the existential threat of climate change,” Yannis Philippakis says. “It takes place in an alley in Oxford with two clubs – The Cellar and The Wheatsheaf – that all the city’s nightlife gravitated towards. It was before clubs started to close down and our cities started to change into more corporate, arid places. There’s an element of being haunted by nightlife that’s no longer there.”
Funk it up, folks…
FOALS: Facebook
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3 April 2022
Welsh indie trio HOLY COVES led by singer-songwriter Scott Marsden released their notable new single THE HURT WITHIN last month through Yr Wyddfa Records (one
of Turn Up the Volume‘s 20 best Knockouts of March 2022).
Turn Up The Volume wrote: “This impassioned hard-luck story grows slowly but surely
into a soul-stirring and mesmerising heartbreaker with an epic finale. Glowing guitars, a
steady drumbeat, and mixed emotions vocals all come together for a poignant performance. ‘Love Is Cruel / The Hurt Within’. You can feel it.”
To visualise the song Holy Coves engaged acclaimed Ukrainian animator and filmmaker Taras Merenkov. He really pulled off an animated tour de force. A visual masterstroke.
Eye-boggling…
HOLY COVES: Facebook
30 March 2022
Techno titans THE PRODIGY scored a No 1 hit
on the UK singles chart, this day in 1996, with
scorching sledgehammer FIRESTARTER .
R.I.P. Keith Flint…
THE PRODIGY: Facebook
27 March 2022
Irish heroes U2 went on a roof in LA to perform WHERE THE STREETS HAVE NO NAME (from their blockbuster LP The Joshua Three) this day in 1987, probably inspired by the legendary roof showing of the Fab Fourin 1969.
Thousands of people danced in the nameless streets and traffic was blocked. The police got scared of this situation and stopped the spectacle a few minutes after Bono turned up the heat in the City of Angels.
C’mon, Bono…
U2: Facebook
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18 March 2022
Last week acclaimed American singer-songwriter FATHER JOHN MISTY
(real name: Joshua Michael Tillman) dropped a beautific ballad from his
new, fifth album, entitled Chloë And The Next 20th Century . The LP
lands on 8 April via Sub Pop
GOODBYE MR. BLUE sounds like
the ghosts of Harry Nilsson and
Bobby Goldsboro joined Misty in
the studio.
Now there’s a video for the song, shot in Bulgaria last September.
I still can’t figure out what the story is about. Can you?
FATHER JOHN MISTY: Facebook
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3 Mach 2022
As announced before LIAM GALLAGHER unleashes his 3rd solo album C’MON YOU KNOW on 27 May. He premiered lead single EVERYTHING’S ELECTRIC about a month
ago and now we get to see the video clip.
In black and white…
LIAM GALLAGHER: Facebook
For your ears and eyes
11 January 2022
Band: THE BANKROBBER
Who: Italian alt-pop band led by
siblings Giacomo and Maddalena Oberti‘
The tandem revealed their newest single LEASH DIED (SHOULDN’T CRY)
last month. A first taster from their forthcoming, second, album titled
Lighters and Lovers
Turn Up The Volume wrote: The Italian band follows their intimate and tender
ballad Carry Me On with this new emotive reflection. But this shadowy dream is
more upbeat and lively although with a dark twist when a distorted ghost-like
voice takes over on the chorus. I’m pretty sure Tame Impala will like this.
As usual The Bankrobber visualize their songs with eye-catching videos.
Here’s the colors-filled clip for the new one, starring a young enigmatic
beauty. Eurythmics‘s Annie Lennox would sing ‘Who’s That Girl?‘.
Have a look, ladies and gents…
THE BANKROBBER: Facebook