It catapulted them immediately into indie rock stardom.
That was long before frontman/songwriter/guitarist Alex Turner came up with
his posh Elvis persona and became a crooner, and obviously wants to be the next Nick Cave.
The album’s title was taken from a line in the novel Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, written by Alan Sillitoe. The name was chosen after Turner recognised similarities between the two works and the appropriateness of the title.
Turner: “It’s good because the book is called Saturday Night and Sunday Morning and
that’s kind of what the album is, so there’s a link there. And also, there’s a lot of people
saying a lot of things about us and you don’t have control over it.”
The album’s cover is a black-and-white photograph of Chris McClure – a close friend
of the band who was the lead singer for The Violet May and the brother of Reverend
and The Makers lead singer Jon McClure, which was taken in the early hours of a morning
at the Korova bar in Liverpool. The band had given him, his cousin, and his best friend £70 to spend on a night out.
NME said: “Our Generation’s Most Important Band. Alex Turner’s lyrics and depiction of Sheffield, and the night lives of teenagers in particular, make him a master of observation.”
Press info: With the track, MaveriX tune into a world of fake smiles, static scenes, and plastic poses—and answer with a raw, high‑voltage anthem built for sweat‑drenched nights and unfiltered rebellion.
TUTV: Sounds like if psychobilly Dick Dale is on guitar, like if this striking stroke
gets electrocuted when the sing-along chorus kicks in. Add a fiery finale and we
know we have a riff-roasting winner.
Artist: MARC VALENTINE Who: Seasoned rocker from New York
with 2 albums on his résumé.
Track: NY UAP
New single taken from the forthcoming
album Uncommon Side Effects.
Valentine: “‘NY UAP’ is basically an allegory for life on the road. The inspiration for the song came while touring the US east coast, which happened to coincide with the infamous New Jersey UAP (unidentified aerial phenomena) sightings. I was wondering if they had an equivalent to rock’n’roll in their existence… and maybe they were on the ultimate inter-dimensional tour.”
TUTV: Don’t hesitate a second to jump on Valentine‘s new buzzy speed-train,
motorized by about 100 guitars generating about 100 riffs, or you’ll miss the
ride. Rawk ‘n’ roll in manic motion.
Band: DEREK SMITH & THE COSMIC VULTURES Who: Captivating pop/rock outfit from Boston with
5 LPs under their belt. Check them out on Spotify
right here
Track: HOLLOW CHOIR
This is Smith‘s 80th song
release over the past eight years.
Smith: “This song sums up the feelings I have had towards my music career for the last few years. I am always being told what I should do or what I should write. The voices have turned into an empty choir for me, or a ‘Hollow Choir’, if you will. The most important thing I have discovered is that I have to be me.”
TUTV: Smith drags you into his delirious universe. Hollow Chair has
a 60s psychedelic vibe, and Mark Knopfler’s guitar echoes add some
sparkling scintillation.
Their first new music since 2022 album The Car. Written and recorded for the upcoming Warchild benefit album ‘Help (2)’, featuring several other artists. It comes out on March 6th.
TUTV: Another smooth musing that easily could have been on that Car LP, with its tranquil groove and Turner‘s crooner vocals. Looks, again, as if the Monkeys are tired of rockin’ out.
British rock prodigies ARCTIC MONKEYS started their career in style when they hit
the top spot on the UK Singles Charts 20 years ago today ( yes, time is merciless), on
23 October 2005 with their debutI BET YOU LOOK GOOD ON THE DANCEFLOOR
from their first album Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not.
That was long before frontman/songwriter/guitarist Alex Turner came up with his posh Elvis persona.
The song’s line “Your name isn’t Rio, but I don’t care for sand” is a reference
to Duran Duran‘s hit ‘Rio’, the song also has references to Romeo and Juliet.
The girl on the single’s cover is named Jessie May Cuffe. She was discovered at a bar
by a Liverpool design company. Cuffe, 16 years old at the time, was chosen for the shoot, which took place at a SPAR retail store star shop in Liverpool. She wore a fake uniform, being mistaken for a store worker by customers.
America’s legendary music magazine ROLLING STONE revealed their list of 50 Genuinely Horrible Albums by Brilliant Artists featuring artists/bands
such as The Clash, Kiss, Kanye West, R.E.M., Metallica and Neil Young.
I never was a DP fan. Their cheap 80s disco retro resonance, their
stupidly distorted voices, no thank you. And this one was their worst.
Stream/don’t stream
. 2. The Great Rock And Roll Swindle bySEX PISTOLS
The Sex Pistols only made one album ‘Never Mind the Bollocks‘. Still the best punk rock LP
in my book. But this money-grabbing collection presented as the soundtrack to an awful (never-finished) movie was the late manager Malcolm Mclaren‘s pure cash-in act. Of course, anybody knew it, he in the first place (thumbs up for the title), but talking about flogging a dead horse.
No surprise but I like the idea: a big-fuck-you music industry record. I like the artwork.
I like Lou Reed a lot (actually one of my all-time fav artists) and I actually like the guts
of the person who gave his fiat to release this horrible noise LP.
AM (read Alex Turner) evolved from inventive indie pop-punk revelation
to a lousy version of crooner bands like The National and the Bad Seeds.
A reeaallyy boring album.
Why bad? It was such a disappointment (after having high expectations) when
I first heard it. It was a quick and cheap way to promote the reunion of one of the best
proto-punk bands ever. Take the money and run. As much as I love Iggy Pop, this was a (rare) low (mind you, still better than everything Blink-1982 and similar fake punk bands ever produced).
ARCTIC MONKEYS are everywhere on the Internet for a couple of weeks now in attendance of their 7th longplayer that finaly arrived 2 days ago. It’s baptized THE CAR, received as another masterpiece by most of the (British) press. Just like on the previous album Alex Turner goes again in crooner mode. It doesn’t work for me, simply because his voice hasn’t the genuine crooner timbre of the real big ones, such as Nick Cave, Leonard Cohen, Tom Waits, Bob Dylan, Matt Berninger, Father John Misty, and many more.
Content #349: An exclusive Arctic Monkeys lift up the bonnet of The Car, and talk the
past, present and future of the band: “It’s not just four people playing indie music any more.” Also inside: Bob Dylan, Tom Waits’s 21st Century revival, Paul Weller on tattoos and triple albums, Bill Callahan, ELO, Pharoah Sanders, Joan Armatrading, Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel and more.
This month’s covermount CD is Heavy Nuggets Vol. 6, the latest installment in
MOJO’s acclaimed series of psych, hard, and head rock bangers. Starring: Twink, Blossom Toes, Groundhogs, The Deviants, Humble Pie, Hawkwind, Mighty Baby, and
more.
Purchase a copy and let it be sent to your home. Info HERE.
