Daily fuel to load your sonic batteries…
23 September 2018
JOHNNY MARR launched his third, stupendous solo album Call The Comet
last June. He just started a North American tour and simultaneously shared
new shaking track JEOPARDY. Formerly available only as the vinyl B-side to
the album’s lead single Hi Hallo and it actually sounds more like a truly bona
fide A-side. Here’s the thumping crackerjack…
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JOHNNY MARR: Website
The best longplayers of 2018, so far…
‘Expert By Virtue, Thereof’ by TUBELIGHT (Belgium)
Belgium‘s trash gang nails it with their 2nd LP. Imagine The Fall having a crazed session with The Velvet Underground, while consuming speed & booze instead of fucking heroin.
Stream here…
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‘Dove’ by BELLY (Boston, US)
Comeback album by Boston‘s guitar pop legends, emotionally driven by the passionate, colorful and glamorous voice of Tanya Donelly, is an endearing and lustrous diamond!
Stream here…
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‘Mien’ by MIEN (UK, US, Canada)
Contrary to countless other side-projects these four compelling musicians didn’t
get together just to kill time. Their magical collaboration is nothing less than amazing.
A five-star psych pop rainbow with starry-eyed waves and moony vibrations. Stellar!
Stream here…
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‘Call The Comet’ by JOHNNY MARR (Manchester, UK)
True to his ‘never do things the same twice‘ motto Marr went for a new, venturesome
sound. A gloomy modern-day glam rock stomp while dealing with the troubled times
we live in, yet having a hopeful vision for the near future. He’s a natural born starr!
Stream here…
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‘MEGAMIX’ by RUMOURS (Belgium)
This atmospheric, soulful and dancey debut LP is a multi-colored adventure. A magnificent and magnetizing work of transcendent soundscapes, ranging from grand symphonies to mighty bass-loaded-synths drones with a trance-like vox in the middle. A major revelation!
Stream here…
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‘Black City’ by RICH GIRLS (New York, US)
Frontwoman Luisa Black‘s voice feels genuinely real, touched by life and its up and downs. Combined with the band’s midnight hour guitar poetry you get a magic pop noir triumph!
Stream here…
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‘Terra Pines’ by TERRA PINES (Brisbane, Australia)
Dreamy melodies drenched in an overwhelming wall-of-towering-guitar-dynamics
by this self-declared grungegaze and sludgepop trio from down under. High-powered
and multi-layered reverberations with a heavy My Bloody Valentine touch. Bingo!
Stream here…
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‘Frogressive Punk’ by DETIETI (Moscow, Russia)
This experimental and stirring Russian outfit mixes post-punk, prog rock, funk, art pop & more into an exciting Frank Zappa-like cocktail that will please all of your sinful senses.
Stream here…
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17 June 2018
Living legend JOHNNY MARR just released his third solo album, entitled
CALL THE COMET. His best accomplishment so far to Turn Up The Volume‘s
ears. True to his ‘never do things the same twice‘ motto Marr went for a new,
more venturesome sound. A gloomy modern-day glam rock stomp (especially:
Rise / Tracers / Bug and My Eternal) yet, despite the troubled times we live in,
with a hopeful look into the future.
Absorbing electricity with some contemplative reflections in-between (Hi Hello /
Spiral Cities / A Different Gun). Arresting richness on many levels. I’ll have Johnny
Marr‘s multi-layered ingeniousness, sonically and lyrically, on repeat many days
to come…
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CALL THE COMET available on iTunes
11 May 2018
JOHNNY MARR just released the first single off his third solo album, out next month.
HI HELLO is a dreamy pop song with a sunlit jingle jangle timbre and some harmonious The Byrds echoes. Affecting, enthralling and sticky. Here’s the clip directed by Marr himself and collaborator Mat Bancroft. It was filmed in a park on a cozy Spring day. Capture the luminous feel right here…
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New album CALL THE COMET out 15 June – All info & pre-order facilities right here