What does it sound like? Remember Ozzy Osbourne telling
his mates about movies that scare people and his idea of
making music that scares people. That’s exactly how A Place
To Bury Strangers sounds, even scarier than Black Sabbath if
you ask me.
New work: 5-track EP titled Hologram, out 16 July. Order info: hero.
New single: I MIGHT HAVE – 2nd shared track from upcoming EP Hologram.
Score: Donald Trump. Coronavirus. Black lives don’t seem to matter. The poor
(still) getting poorer, the rich (still) getting richer. The hypocrite entertainment
world full of sexist macho scum. The far-right rules (again). Conspiracy maniacs everywhere. Drugs are illegal/weapons are legal. Humankind is busy fucking-up
climate, nature, and in the end the whole of Planet Earth.
Well, it’s certainly not a ‘what a wonderful Louis Armstrong world‘ we live in. But as
maestro Ackermann points out: “Life sucks, we may as well have a good time.’ Let’s start
today, folks, with this thunder and (no) lighting wall-breaker rushing with the speed of
a hot rod on the run and pretend that it is Doomsday… every single day. Party time!
Turn Up The Volume‘s 15 Knockout Tracks for April 2021!
A fervid fusion of rhapsodic rippers and clashing crackerjacks.
‘Nike Soldier’ by ALAN VEGA (US)
Alan Vega is dead! Long live! This spine-chilling slo-mo groove
comes from his lost album Mutator released last week.
‘End Of The Night’ by A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS (US)
Sounding like Nine Inch Nails going punk, Spacemen 3 returning from the dead
and The Brian Jonestown Massacre freaking out on acid, all at the same time. This
is what happens when lockdown blues leads to schizophrenia.
‘Boilermaker’ byROYAL BLOOD (UK)
The blues-rock tandem is back with this motherfucker of a slam dunk
from their brand new album Typhoons. Wham bloody hell bam!
‘Deeper Than Holy’ by PASTEL(UK)
Imagine the bittersweet symphony swagger of Richard Ashcroft and The Verve
and the natural-born coolness of Liam ‘tonight I’m a rock ‘n’ roll star’ Gallagher.
Supersonic, right? You better you bet.
‘Wake Up’ by LOBSTERBOMB (Berlin, Germany)
A screaming triumph. This up-and-coming Berlin trio on the stereo this hit and run trio combines Bikini Kill‘s rough outcries, L7‘s detonating gusto, and B-52‘s peppery liveliness. Bingo!
‘The Gimp’s Gimp‘ by BODY HORROR (UK)
A chainsaw intro followed by manic drum thwacks and a frenetic bass force, and a
bit later a nightmarish voice joining the freaked-out get-together. All this brain-breaking
stuff happens in under a minute. Hallelujah!…
. ‘Nobody Everyone’ by WEEKEND DEBT (Scotland)
Highly energetic and sharp-riffing indie rock at its youthful best. Smells like teen spirit. Big guitars, big drums/bass, big tune, and big post-breakup vocals. What do you need more to boost your bloodstream?
‘Pilot‘ by MODEL CHILD (Los Angeles)
2 minutes of rage, anger and endless humanitarian struggle.
Fuck the greedy rich! Fuck the military industry! FUCK WAR!
‘The Men Who Rule The World’ by GARBAGE (US/Scotland)
A surprisingly funky disco banger that triggers your head’s up-and-down movement the very moment the money drops into the corrupt politicians’ pockets. I still love you, Shirley!
‘Your Fandango’ by TODD RUNDGEN & SPARKS (US)
Old friends Sparks and Todd Rundgen team up again, after so many years, for a mini pop opera. The legends still deliver and it seems this town is big enough for the both of them.
‘Moshi Moshi’ by COMMON FLAWS (Italy)
Mostly instrumental, except for a hazy voice in the distance, this electro earworm
gets under your skin from the clap along intro and goes on like forever. Imagine Aphex Twin going synth-pop for a change. The power of repetition!
‘Be There’ by MIHI NIHIL (Los Angeles, US)
Shadowy, starry-eyed and emotive pearl. Twinkling guitars, gripping vocals and
captivating melodiousness. Magnificent beauty from their new self-titled LP.
‘Streetlights’ by LOSSLINE (Manchester, UK)
Genuine, heart & soul lockdown blues. Melodramatic musing for twilight moments and nightly wanderings. From the duo’s excellent, midnight hours album Fading Affect Bias. Don’t miss this.
‘Amsterdam’ by MOONLIGHT PARADE (UK)
Magical and red-colored ballad, combining the melodic melancholia of Teenage Fanclub and The Coral. A sweet little gem about a wonderful city I’m in love with for a long time now. Press play and let your thoughts drift away on a cloud.
‘Trust’ by MASHMELLOW (Moscow, Russia)
Dream pop for lonely nights with echoes from The Sundays and Mazzy Star. Yes, that bewitchingly good. One of the highlights from their new 6-tack EP titled Pole Pole.
5 new firecrackers to boost your favorite 48 hours…
Band: A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS Who: Infamous psych-noiseniks from Brooklyn, NY
led by founder/mastermindOliver Ackermann Track: END OF THE NIGHT TUTV says: A razzle-dazzle and spine-and-mind-chilling thriller sounding
like Nine Inch Nails going punk, Spacemen 3 returning from the dead and The Brian Jonestown Massacre freaking out on acid, all at the same time.
This is what happens when lockdown blues leads to schizophrenia.
Step into the darkness…
Band: FIGHTMILK Who: Swirling indie rockers from London Track: HEY ANNABELLE – new track from the band’s
upcoming, second LP – out 14 May. Order-info: here. TUTV says: If a band introduces a new piece as follows “Putting the ‘angry’
in ‘Shangri-La’s’, this is arguably our pettiest song“, you just want to press play
and go gaga. Punked-up energy, in-your-face vocals, amplified top pop shot.
Let’s roll…
. Artists: DAVE GROHL and daughter VIOLET Track: NAUSEA – a cover of a 1980 cracker
by L.A. Punk legends X TUTV says: Violet should form her own band
and rock Foo Fighters into oblivion.
Press play for some ass-kicking rawk ‘n’ roll…
Band: NIGHTJACKET Who: Dream-pop quartet from Los Angeles Track: BURN THROUGH THE ATMOSPHERE TUTV says: Close your eyes and you’ll hear the starry-eyed voice of Harriet Wheeler, front lady of former daydreamers The Sundays. You’ll also hear romantic pop sparks floating somewhere up there in the blue sky. Summer is in the air.
Enjoy the trip…
. Artist: LUKE SWEENEY Who: Singer/songwriter from San-Francisco Track: TIE MAO TO MINED “This song has traveled a long ways and continues to morph in a variety
of ways, but the theme remains: it’s a mind you can trick into confinement,
consignment, or alignment,” says the author. TUTV says: Back to the 60s, back to the psychdelic flower power era,
back to never-never land, while the restless mind continues its endless
quest for freedom.
Oliver Ackermann: “It’s the first track written in collaboration with either of
the new band members. It sort of came about as a strange stream of consciousness
and unknowingly became about the end of the former band and the beginning of
the new one.”
Score: If anyone knows a lot about the real secrets of the night it’s A Place To Bury
Strangers. I always thought/think that they only function when the darkness sets in.
Their new nightmarish psych thriller finds Ackermann‘s restless shadow looking back
and forward.
The razzle-dazzle result is spine-and-mind-chilling like Nine Inch Nails going punk, Spacemen 3 returning from the dead and The Brian Jonestown Massacre freaking out
on acid, all at the same time. This is what happens when lockdown blues leads to schizophrenia, I guess.
Get out of your straight jacket and dive into the night…
Brooklyn‘s rambunctious noise generator A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS“have
been dealing in pure sonic destruction. Famously lauded as the loudest band in NYC,
their thunderous noise-rock has seen them pick up a cult following and shatter many unsuspecting eardrums across the globe. With no release or live show similar to the last,
APTBS have continually twisted their malevolent sonic assault into something not of this
world. Following 2018s Pinned LP (Dead Oceans) the trio are back once again – this time
with a live session LP on London-based imprint Fuzz Club.”
On 15th February an exclusive 6-track vinyl EP of that live session will see the day of
light alongside a collection of videos from those performances. And here’s the first
clip with a piercing rendition of PUNCH BACK. A thunderous killer ripper from the Brainwashing Machine Edition of the band’s 2018 Pinned album. Singer/drummer Lia Braswell hammers and roars like a madwoman and diabolic guitars rage at the speed
of a supersonic starfighter. Breathtaking and ear-splitting. Dynamite stuff! Turn it up
right here and lose yourself completely…
New York’s haunting noiseniks A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS will follow their 2015 LP ‘Transfixiation’ with brand new studio album PINNED, their first with new drummer Lia Simone Braswell. The band just launched lead single NEVER COMING BACK . “That song is
a big concept,” says guitarist/singer Oliver Ackermann in a press statement. “You make these decisions in your life … you’re contemplating whether or not this will be the end. You think of your mortality, those moments you could die and what that means. You’re thinking about that edge of the end, deciding whether or not it’s over. When you’re close to that edge, you could teeter over.” The video is directed by Ackermann and Ebru Yildiz.
‘Never Coming Back‘ thunders like an all-crushing avalanche. Unstoppable and unavoidable. A haunting mind-fucker that will turn around madly inside your messed up head. Are you alive? Are you dead? Maybe you will find an answer when following the paranoid path of the girl here in the clip…
