Top singles from the past
24 August 2024
New electro wave celeb GARY NUMAN released his hit single CARS
40 years ago today, on 24 August 1984. It appeared on his first solo LP
(after 2 albums with Tubeway Army) The Pleasure Principle. It went to
the top of the UK Singles Chart.
Drive safe, Gary.
GN: Instagram
Top singles from the past
23 July 2024
American band THE CARS (1976–1988, 2000-2010, 2011-2018) released their
big hit DRIVE on 23 July 1984, today 40 years ago. It peaked at #3 in the US.
Drive is associated with the massive charity concerts of Live Aid 1985 to raise funds for the deadly Ethiopian famine drama, both in the UK and the USA, where it was performed by Benjamin Orr during the Philadelphia concert.
The song was previously used as the background music to a montage
of clips showing the awful outcome of the devastating famine crisis
in Ethopia during the London event, which was introduced by David
Bowie.
Click ‘Watch on YouTube’ below,
to see the heartbreaking video.
Every week 10 new rad tracks added
In order to not miss a beat Turn Up The Volume scans the musical
horizon daily (doing it for years now, actually) to stay in touch with
all new things sonically great and shares the results on a weekly
basis.
Check the 10 new rad cuts just
added to this rad 2023 playlist.
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TRACK-BY-TRACK
1. Ice Cream (Pay Phone) by BLACK PUMAS (Austin, Texas)
📸 Jody Domingue Studios
The soul pumas have their brand new album Chronicles Of A Diamond
out, with this funky ripper as one of the highs off the record.
Watch/listen.
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2. ‘All The Times’ by GAE VINCI remixed by THE KVB
Sicilian musician/producer Gae Vinci released his top-notch debut album
Lonely Ballads last May, mixing electronica, psychedelia and electric shoegaze
layers.
To keep the momentum going, renowned British darkwave duo The KVB remixed
All The Times, one of the album’s highlights. Their atmospheric approach adds a heart-warming Depeche Mode-esque vibe.
The accompanying, eye-catching video was an idea of Gae Vinci, who
chose and edited clips, transposing into visual The KVB‘s sound.
Watch/listen
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3. ‘Swan’ by KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD (Australia)
Last Friday these ridiculously productive psych-prog rockers from down under unleashed their 25th album in 13 years. Hallelujah. On The Silver Cord they swapped guitars for electronica.
Swan is a great example of it. Yes, the Aussies go disco.
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4. ‘Cars’ by DARKPLACE (Stockholm, Sweden)
Darkplace is a mysterious new Swedish dark dream pop/post-punk group who
released their intriguing debut album About The End Of The World last Friday.
Watch the album saga in motion right here.
One of the 4 singles on the LP is this Cars banger.
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5. ‘The Tower’ by FUTURE ISLANDS (Baltimore, US)
(Photo by Turn Up The Volume)
Baltimore‘s synth-pop act FUTURE ISLANDS present their 7th album,
baptized People Who Aren’t There Anymore next year, on January 26.
The newest single off the album is this pure synth-pop pearl.
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6. ‘Ghostwriter’ by STRESS DOLLS (Buffalo, NY)
Stress Dolls is the moniker of American alt/pop/rock artist Chelsea O’Donnell.
Ghostwriter is the 2nd single off her upcoming debut album.
“There are many times where I don’t really know what a song is about until long after
I write it, and “Ghostwriter” was no exception. I came to recognize it as a metaphor about my relationship to anxiety: I want to be the narrator of my own story, but there are lots of times where I feel like my anxious feelings take the reins, even if I don’t want them to. I take the credit, or blame, for my own actions, but the metaphor of anxiety as a ‘ghostwriter’ felt fitting to me.”
Ghostwriter is a speedy, shivering and steamrollin’ indie pop tune with
some surprisingly exciting violin play embedded in an guitar-driven flair.
Listen.
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7. ‘It Goes On’ by WAASH
“I find myself writing about moving on and freeing yourself from bad vibes quite often. I guess it’s just the theme of my life, and these songs are my way of meditating on these relationships and finding peace with it.”
It Goes On is a jangly psych-pop dream propelled by glowing
guitars and has a galvanic chorus that sticks instantly.
Press play.
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8. ‘You Be Good’ by ARIH SK (Ontario, Canada)
(Credit: Amber Lee Williams)
Arih SK is an artist living and working in St. Catharines, Ontario. He’s known for writing short, slightly upbeat songs with simple melodies about loss, nostalgia, family, and relationships.
“This song is inspired by Alex The Parrot, who was part of the avian learning experiment. He could tell between different colours and shapes, could count, and he was the first non-human animal to have ever asked a question (what colour am I?). Sadly, the experiment was abruptly ended by Alex’s untimely death. The chorus of the song borrows Alex’s last words, which were the same words he said at the end of every day’s session: “You be good. I love you. See you tomorrow. My daughter Olive sings on this track with me.
‘You Be Good’ is a sweet, tender and catchy father/daughter lullaby. Lovely!
Sing along.
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9. ‘The End Of Apathy’ by TEJON STREET CORNER THIEVES (US)
This US outlaw alt-folk group have come a long way since their humble beginnings when they used to busk for loose change, actually taking their name from a time when they were accused of stealing a corner on Tejon Street in their home city of Colorado Springs during a turf war between rival buskers.
Last week they released their brand new
full length, baptized Juxtaposition.
The End Of Apathy is one of the stand out tracks on the record.
A punky folk chant fueled with manic mandolin riffage.
Top.
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10. ‘Autumn’ by THE GASLIGHT ANTHEM (New Jersey, US)
New Jersey‘s Americana rockers launched their new,
6th LP, titled History Books. It’s simply one of their best.
This melancholic power ballad is one of the notable scores
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Time flies. We already have six months of 2023 behind us.
Six months of listening every day to music, bad/good, very good and 24 Carat Gold.
It was hard to make a selection of the 25 most impressive pieces. But we did it.
Turn Up The Volume’s 25 Best Tracks Of 2023… So Far
Right here, right now.
ALL TOGETHER
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TRACK BY TRACK
1. ‘Lads Lads Lads’ by LAMBRINI GIRLS (UK)
These Brighton punk feminists are MENTAL and AWESOME.
They released Turn Up The Volume‘s best EP of 2023 (so far), named You’re Welcome
a couple of weeks ago. And one of the 6 Molotov cocktails on it is this in your-macho-face sucker-punch. The Lambrini girls race faster than a Ferrari bolide. Best band in the world!
Halle-fucking-lujah
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2. ‘This Just Ain’t My Year’ by 32 TENS
A vigorous young trio from the UK. On this turbulent ripsnorter, it’s full tilt ahead
from the get-go. No brakes, no breaks, no mistakes. A whirlwind of scorching guitars,
pounding drumming, a revolving bass line somewhere in the middle, go-getting vocals
and a dynamite refrain. This is gonna be the year for 32 TENS.
Here’s why.
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3. ‘Gorilla Guerilla’ by MANTRA OF THE COSMOS (UK)
This brand-new supergroup features Shaun Ryder & Bez (Happy Mondays/Black Grape), Andy Bell (Ride/Oasis) and drummer Zak Starkey, yes Ringo’s son, who played with Oasis and The Who among others and who actually came up with this project’s idea and describes it as “a fantastic psychedelic groove from a band of misfits, outsiders and innovators.”
Whatever, this first single is a Booming Blast!
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4. ‘Right Wing Beast’ by SLEAFORD MODS (UK)
Hip-shaking-hop highlight from the waterfall-punk-rap duo’s 12th LP UK GRIM.
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5. ‘Freedom’ by CHIC CHOC (NYC)
It’s an incredible shame that women still have to fight for so many fundamental rights.
It’s bloody 2023 and so much female injustice is still a reality. So, it’s great that female artists get up, stand up and fight for their right to tackle this human disease.
Chic Choc do it right away on their fantastic debut single. An electronic-booming EBM knockout to fill dance floors with. Boosting beats, catching chorus, sensuous vocals and
a protesting choir, lead to a sassy stunner. Bang-on. Le freak, c’est chic choc.
Freedom for every woman on the planet. NOW!
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6.’Beefcake Doctrine’ by CHUM (London, UK)
This 4-piece post-punk from London launched their
kick-ass debut LP Metaphysical earlier this year.
Beefcake Doctrine is driven by repetitive Krautrock dynamics.
Its trance-inducing beats create a hypnotic and puzzling razzmatazz
you can’t and you won’t escape from.
Touchdown!
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7. ‘Riverstone’ by DITZ (Brighton, UK)
After scoring the best debut LP – to TUTV’s ears – of 2023
The Great Regression, followed by a live album, they just
dropped this brain-frying hammer blow.
An electric chair experience.
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8. ‘Lose My Mind’ by THE MANIC BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB (Canada)
It’s a liberating, drum-backed anthem that allows the band to break free from any stress
or obligations in pursuit of a good night. Good times or bad times, it’s always (in)sane to lose your marbles while diving into a hot let’s have a ball night, now and then. And ‘Lose Your Mind‘ is the matching master blaster to double your adrenalin production.
Sheer euphoria.
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9. ‘Bullet Man’ by PARIS TEXAS (Los Angeles)
On this slam hip-hop dunk the duo condemn the US’s mass shootings of late in a cynical loud-and-clear way The rip-roaring rappers pretend to be murderous shooters firing at everyone and everything. Bulletman is a devastating drill, a boiling burst that cuts like a first-class Swiss knife.
Shoot.
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10. ‘Set Yourself On Fire’ by ULTRA SUNN (Brussels, Belgium)
Once again this cold/darkwave duo – Sam Huge and Gaelle Souflet – shine in the darkness. The rapturous chorus hits you from the first spin. Resounding beats, entranced synths, and echoing vocals combine for another triumph.
Shake your booty.
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11. ‘Your Death Is My Glory’ by CAMLANN (Indonesia)
A human-caring dark-disco duo Ony Godfrey and Fauzan Pratama from Indonesia.
Their newest single is a catchy-as-hell injection that accelerates your bloodstream.
An irresistible stomper to jump up and down like crazy while giving the middle
finger to all power-greedy politicians.
Score!
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12. ‘Lipstick’ by GHOST FETISH (Seattle)
What a way to debut! Expect a glorious nightclub gem with a synth-tantalizing vibe reminiscent of the starry-eyed sparks of British electro-pop heroes New Order. Lipstick
is both a sensuous and affectional tune with gripping vocals up front and melancholic
ones in the back.
Top!
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13. ‘Prophecy Of The Dragon’ by THE VOIDZ (NYC)
Julian Casablancas, the voice/face of The Strokes returns with his hobby band.
Their new single is a flabbergasting metallic corker. It goes forth and back, left and
right, slow and fast as if Casablancas and his misfits put several snippets of several
songs together and puzzled them into one stupendous stroke of a track.
Blimey.
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14. ‘What If?’ by QUIZ SHOW (Montclair, NJ)
This noizzzz jackhammer from their self-titled debut LP rocks and rolls with panache. Expect ablaze guitars buzzing in a slow/fast mode and turning up the volume, especially
on the yell-along refrain. Legends Hüsker Dü come to mind. Say no more.
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15. ‘Heart On‘ by 2LIBRAS (Seattle)
It’s the second single off of the upcoming debut album World’s End of this cyber-synth duo.
Heart On is an arousing mid-tempo groover. Both spicy and funky, shadowy and seductive, lustful and provocative with hypnotizing vocals. Its slow-mo synth-bass beat crawls under your skin from the kick-off and progresses steadily towards your restlessly pounding heart.
Groovy.
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16. ‘Night Time’ by BROKEN RECORDS (Scotland)
The first single from their new, 5th full-length,
named The Dreamless Sleep Of The 1990s.
Night Time is an ecstatic, awe-inspiring, and anthemic thrill. It has that engrossing and
afire rock swagger of Bruce Springsteen‘s melancholic Americana exploits, it’s infused with
The Edge-like guitar sparks and frontman Sutherland‘s ardent signing is a perfect match for this soul-stirring pearl.
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17. ‘Spellbinding’ by THE SMASHING PUMPKINS (US)
Billy Corgan and his combo released a rock
opera opus titled Atum: In Three Acts.
A total of 33 tracks which I reduced to a great 12-song album.
One of those 12 cuts is this flaming synth-induced haymaker.
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18. ‘Cars’ by Artists: LUNAR TWIN (Hawai/Salt Lake City)
This electro-pop duo scored an excellent album with Aurora last April.
A 30-minute sonic trip, an ambient fantasy with trancy vibrations, ataractic
effects, and near-whispering vocals.
Cars is my favorite piece. Electrifying dream pop
at its mesmerizing best with sparkling guitar play.
Home run.
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19. HRT by Band: I, DORIS (London)
This colorful collective criticize the disastrous state of health care, with the government ignoring the life-risking problems, in England with a sickly sticky riot grrrl pop tune that activates your limbs instantly.
Think Debbie Harry and Blondie playing around on their debut LP. Vibey and briskly. Frolicsome 60s organ touches, lively guitars here and there, and avid vocals.
Applause.
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20. ‘From The Start’ by LOST IN JAPAN (Canada)
The band’s new punchy stroke jumps up and down in your head and elevates your mood from the start. It’s a contagious foot-stamper with a poppy chorus vibe inviting you to play air guitar and sing along with all the force your lungs can come up with.
Wowzers!
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21. ‘Los Angeles: City Of Death’ by SWANS (NYC)
Capricious mastermind Michael Gira and his combo around for
a long time now, actually since 1982. But they still deliver impressive
goods.
New LP The Beggar is a mind-fucking feat.
And this grand jam is an ongoing, repetitive psych drone, with
saw-edged guitars Gira‘s poignant vocals adding a creepy
touch.
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22. ‘Sinatra Drive Breakdown’ by YO LA TENGO (Hoboken, NJ)
A notable psychedelic trip by the lauded indie veterans who released
one of their best longplayers (17 in total) with This Stupid World.
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23. ‘Dead And Over’ by DOWN THE LEES (Canada)
The first new music in three years from the post-punk-rock project of singer-songwriter-guitarist Laura Lee Schultz. The composition captures the raw emotions of sadness, frustration, and anxiety that permeated throughout the years since the pandemic began.
The track’s ominous mid-tempo progression and swelling structure advancing over
an ongoing hypnotic guitar riff send shivers down your spine. Second by second, like
a nervously ticking clock, the sonic poignancy and heartfelt fervidness grow with exuberance and magnitude until Schutlz’s monumental vocals go through the roof.
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24. ‘Why Did You Go?’ by CHVRLI BLVCK (London)
This is an emotive post-break-up pearl. Heartfelt reflections embedded in
a goosebump musing that resonates like a bittersweet symphony. This British
singer-songwriter’s highly passionate vox reminds me of Antony Hegarty‘s sensitive ardency. The whole-souled tristesse and mixed emotions at play here make you
silent.
Tune in.
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25. ‘A Little Bit’ by MILES FROM NOWHERE (Hamilton, Ontario)
This is the artistic moniker of Canadian songsmith Miles Evans-Branagh. He signed for
one of this year’s best albums, so far, with Slow Down. Eight musings. Eight engrossing compositions with one and the same message: get high on life with love. Craftily written, subtly arranged, and graciously orchestrated with intimate, soulful charm and stylish elegance that moves and touches.
Opener A Little Bit is one of those 8 affecting reveries.
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ALL TOGETHER
on Spotify.
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TRACK BY TRACK
1. Beefcake Doctrine by CHUM (London, UK)
Chum are a pretty kooky combo that got my ears trembling with joy with their
grooves-filled debut LP a few weeks ago. Its lead single Beefake Doctrine is a
manic mind-twister with its trancy beats creating a mesmeric and puzzling
razzmatazz you can’t and you won’t run from.
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3. ‘LADS LADS LADS’ by LAMBRINI GIRLS (Brighton, UK)
(Press photo © Bridie Florence)
Who? Three don’t mess with us punk feminists from Brighton
with glam and utterly cool duo Phoebe and Lily in the middle.
They’re fiery Riot grrls wearing their feminist hearts on their sleeves.
Expect primal screams and unbridled in-your-face punk turmoil.
All male machos better hide ’cause this clamorous
uppercut will kick their asses painfully.
Hell yeah.
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3. ‘1.18’ by OPUS KINK (London)
(Photo by Turn Up the Volume)
With 1:18 these post-punk-rock misfits dropped a neurotic caterwaul that goes forth and back with burning pzazz. Monomaniacal vocalist Angus Rogers gets worked up to an almost hysterical level and sounds like a tormented and obsessed soul and the band’s horn duo blow their lungs out with nerve-racking urgency. Blimey!
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4. ‘My Illusion’ by ELECTRIC CIRCUS (Newcastle, UK)
My Illusion is a head-banging and riff-crushing jackhammer that makes
your fists pump in the air, makes your legs shake, and triggers you to check out
your vocal cords’ potential. Ignore your illusions, just get real and get out to party.
For those about to rock Electric Circus salute you.
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5. ‘Dead And Over‘ by DOWN THE LEES (Canada)
DTL’s mastermind LL Schultz‘s expresses her frustration and stressful state of mind
caused by those two claustrophobic pandemic years with this high-strung cry out. Its ominous mid-tempo progression, its swelling intensity advancing over an ongoing
hypnotic guitar riff and her sky-scraping send shivers down your spine.
Lockdown threw Schultz to the mat, but it couldn’t
knock her out and she’s back stronger than ever.
Alive and kicking!
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6. ‘The Snitching Hour’ by DEADLETTER (London)
(Promo photo)
London‘s up-and-coming young dogs DEADLETTER rattle on repeat
on this rad ripper spiced with relentless vocality, a sensuous saxophone,
a pumping bass and a sickly sticky chorus. 5-star punk funk.
Tune in.
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7. ‘Sub’ by DEEPER (Chicago)
With Sub these Chicago dudes sound like a cross between legends Gang Of Four and Parquet Courts. It’s a riff motherrocker making your head spin uncontrollably. On top of it comes the singer’s highly tense vocal performance. Don’t miss this holy smoke cracker.
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8. ‘Complain!’ by HYPOTHETICS (Bristol)
Photo credit: Holly Whittaker
These noisy indies from Bristol, UK Post-punk at its sharp-cutting best. Neurotic guitars and frenetic drums alternated with freaked-out vocals, rhythm changes that drive you nuts, an instrumental Devo-esque intermezzo and a mind-boggling climax. I have nothing whatsoever to complain about.
Listen/watch.
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9. ‘Your Death Is My Glory’ by CAMLANN
Who? A socially caring dark disco duo featuring
Ony Godfrey and Fauzan Pratama from Indonesia.
Your Death Is My Glory is about political hypocrisy
that suppresses the common people for their own
benefit.
It’s a steamed-up disco corker. A catchy-as-hell boomer that
accelerates your bloodstream. An irresistible tune to jump up
and down to like mad while giving the middle finger to all
power-greedy politicians.
The video is a DIY rapid-eye-movement tour de force.
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10. ‘All Of A Sudden’ by THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS (Manchester, UK)
All Of A Sudden is a B-side that easily could be an A-side. It features on the 12″ of
the previous single No Reason It’s a rotating beats-banger to start and end all
(il)legal raves with. It’ll make your adrenalin production go through the roof.
Dance, dance, dance.
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11. ‘Cars’ by LUNAR TWIN (US)
Lunar Twin‘s new full-length opus Aurora is an ideal
companion to relax with when the twilight sets.
One of the highlights and my favorite track Cars is a trippy dreamwave
with tingling guitars, scintillating synths, and near-whispering voice
combining for a top-notch vibration.
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12. ‘Juicy Lips ‘ by FIESTA ALBA (Rome, Italy)
This masked Italian dance act describe themselves as “losers on a planet
where nobody really wins. He who has nothing to lose cannot lose anything.”
They recently released a must-hear 5-track EP with Juicy Lips as one of the 5 highlights.
A capricious crackerjack for nightclubs where misfits, dropouts, eccentrics and other related outsiders have a ball. Wicked music for wicked people by wicked madcaps.
Feel the beat.
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13. ‘High Life’ by BLOC PARTY (UK)
Last year British post-punk combo BLOC PARTY returned with
their sixth longplayer Alpha Games, their first in six years.
They returned now with new track High Life.
A guitar-funky discotheque upper.
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14. ‘I’m Hurt’ by A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS(NY)
Last year Brooklyn’s notorious noiseniks A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS,
fronted by mastermind Oliver Ackermann unleashed their manic-maddening
album See Through You, their 6th one.
They decided to invite an impressive cast of musical friends to remix songs
from that album. The collection is named See Trough You: Rerealized. You
can buy it here. The digital version will be available from June 2.
Andy Bell of legendary shoegaze band Ride operating under the moniker
of GLOK is one of the remixes. He picked the psych-mind-bending piece
I’m Hurt and turned it into an ambient techno stunner with Kraut-rock-like
synth rhythms and chainsaw guitar fragments. Score!
Move and Groove.
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15. ‘Gallows’ by VAZUM (Detroit)
Deathgaze duo Zach Pliska and Emily Sturm launched
their 5th album, titled V- a couple of weeks ago.
It’s a greatest hits album consisting of
re-recorded songs from 2020-2022.
One of TUTV’s fav cuts is Gallows resonating like a slowed-down
Siouxsie and The Banshees musing. Enigmatic and haunting.
Watch/listen.
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16. ‘Nine Times Nine’ by THE CRYSTAL TEARDROP (UK)
Who? A British quartet inspired by a mutual passion for the sights,
sounds and creative experimentation of the mid to late 1960s with
its unique blend of garage rock, psychedelia and acid folk.
A 60s colored psych-pop gem that could be written by Californian legends
The Mamas & Papas. Layered vocals, jangly guitars (playing backward at
one point. Remember The Beatles‘ Tomorrow Never Knows song?), and an
infectious chorus. Play it 81 times.
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17. ‘What I Lost’ by COWBOY JUNKIES (Canada)
The twang country veterans Tornyo announced
the upcoming release of their 16th LP, baptized
Such Ferocious Beauty
First single WHAT I LOST is a bittersweet sparkler of a song.
Sorrowful and heavy-hearted with Margo Timmins‘s mourning
voice as entrancing as ever.
Enchanting.
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18. A Child’s Question, August’ by PJ HARVEY (UK)
Artwork new album
PJ messaged via her socials her 10th album,
baptized I Inside The Old Year Dying. It lands
on 7 July.
First single A Child’s Question, August sounds like
a stripped track from her ‘Let England Shake‘ LP.
Ominous, somber but also quite magnetic.
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19. ‘Scotch’ by TIRED KID (Canada)
Photo by Laura-Lynn Petrick
“A song inspired by my walks to coffee shops, my friends,
the band TOPS, and the scotch I like to drink!”
Easy-going tunes you can hum and whistle like this one are always welcome on my headphones after having too much noizz buzzing in my ears. Scotch is a laid-back, jaunty, and happy-go-lucky melody enriched with sunlit guitar play. Perfect for a walk in the city on a lazy Spring day. Kelly‘s mellow voice sounds like it was meant to sing devil-may-care songs like this one. Canadacana at its strolling best. Bottoms up!
Watch/listen.
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20. ‘Monkey Gone To Heaven GmBt LIFE (France)
To celebrate the first anniversary of their debut album
10 Minutes GmbtLife decided to cover a Pixies classic.
They picked one of their best-known songs, Monkey Gone To Heaven from 1989. Their take is pretty special and surprising. They decelerated it and added subtle piano play, distorted guitars, and low-pitched vocals.