Band: THE DIRTY THREE (Australia) Who: Australian experimental, instrumental band
from Australia, featuring bad seed and close Nick
Cave collaborator Warren Ellis.
Artists: ARROWS OF ATHENA (Boston, MA) Who: Boston-based duo – multi-instrumentalist/producer Scott Lerner and vocalist/lyricist Jac-Lyn Gibson – who craft a distinct sound on their own terms, bridging usually disparate ends of the pop and rock spectrum for an illuminated sound of big dance beats, heavy riffs, and melodic intensity.
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.
This week’s 10 new rad additions.
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Band: IDLES Who: Bristol‘s punk heroes with
5 first-rate albums under their belt. Track: MOOD SWINGS
It’s a cover of a recent hit by English hip-hop rapper Little Simz
Band: GREEN CROW COLLECTIVE Who: New unit from Belgium led by seasoned
singer-songwriter Roeland Vandemoortele. Track: COOLCATS
One of the double A-side debut single from
upcoming album Hard Drive Error that lands
in September.
No brakes, no breaks, no mistakes. Always full steam ahead driven by schizo guitars, steadfast drumming, and cool rock cats meowing all together. Steaming debut.
Infectious mid-tempo pop tune with an easygoing feel, making you
want to go outside and hip-hop in the streets with a smile on your
face, freed from all daily buzz and fuzz.
Everybody wants to know
Where do you stand?
But I wanna free myself
I wanna free myself
When the sail is moving slow
I dream of sand
But how do you leave yourself?
Can you leave yourself?
Artist:SOFIA GILLANI Who: Pop and soul singer/songwriter based in London.
Taking cues from ballad icons such as Sia, Adele, and Ariana Grande, she crafted a sound of her own. Track: WYN
A post-break up tune sounding funky and upbeat, as if Gillani is relieved and
wants to look forward. She’s blessed with an enthralling voice that takes you
to a starry-eyed place.
Uncut (British music magazine: “Throughout his three-decade career, E has brought
a hushed beauty to the act of staring into the abyss, and his use of space on EELS TIME!
(all caps for added irony) makes this lonely guy seem that much more lost in space.”
TUTV: Sounds like Everett was all by himself in the studio to record this album with
its 12 tenebrific songs. Despite the exclamation mark in the LP’s title and E’s kicking
image on the cover, the overall sonic atmosphere is downcast and laid-back.
Moony lullabies, meditative musings, shadowy melodies, and a couple of half-lively tunes is what we get. Everett isn’t the happiest boy on the block, as we know him, and he reminds us of it for 41 mellow minutes. Sombre reveries for lonely nights.
Singles/clips: Goldy / If I’m Gonna Go Anywhere / Time
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Artist:CEMENTO ATLANTICO Who: The electronic project of Italian producer
and DJ Alessandro “ToffoloMuzik” Zoffoli
Cemento Atlantico‘s logo is made up of the initials “C” and “A”. According to him: «The letter ‘A’ indicates the first Ocean I crossed, the Atlantic one, while the letter” C – represented by a crescent Moon, with no political or religious reference – symbolizes rebirth or the advent of a new life in many ancient and modern cultures».
TUTV: This mid-tempo techno boomer spellbinds from start to finish.
Magnetic vibrations interwoven with hip-swaying synth eurhythmics and
echoing vocals. Top!
Band: TIHONUS Who: Belgian trio, led by singer/guitarist/songwriter Ben Overlaet, that sets course
to an unknown destination since 2009, inspired by the grunge movement of the early nineties and the feedback & dissonance of noise rock.
TUTV: Expect a medium-paced rock sucker-punch fueled by roasting guitar riffage, Herculean drumming and sassy vocals. Think of Korn‘s cast iron resonance. So I’ve
Been Told will test your stereo’s resilience.
Band: SPRINTS (Ireland) Who: Irish post-punk sensation, fronted by the utterly cool Karla Chubb ,
who released their stellar debut LP Letter To Self last January.
Band: TYPHOID ROSIE Who: Robust retro rockers out of Brooklyn, New York
fronted by Rosie Rebel, producing high-energy sing-along
alt/power punk with pop hooks and indie grit.
Track: COVER IT UP
Second shared single from their, forthcoming
5th album, named Last Words, out on June 21.
“It’s a war to love yourself. So here’s an affirmation you can shout from rooftops and
on the tops of mountains, and most importantly when you’re looking in the mirror.”
TUTV: Get up, stand up and fight for your right to love
yourself, and screaming it out loud at the top of your lungs.
War, Hate, Distrust, Propaganda, Bullying and all the horrible attributes of life,
we don’t need it!! We have seen it all and it does not make us happy, let us break
the cycle and stop the unhappiness!!
TUTV: Wow! What a powerhouse debut single. Terrifically vigorous
and puissant, with a titanic guitar-blazing and drum-hammering chorus.
Band: MASCOTS Who: Outfit formed in the fall of 2014, as a dynamic passion project among five friends hailing from the outskirts of Cincinnati, Ohio, fusing infectious melodies, electrifying guitar riffs, and pop anthemic undertones.
“Vertigo” is the natural evolution and next step in finding hope, and seeing glimpses of a future beyond the instant satisfaction we so often seek. A social commentary on quick fixes that we use to tear ourselves down. It is the discovering of new possibilities and finding support to regain a sense of purpose.
TUTV: This is a towering Green Day-esque piledriver motorized by a peppered-up drum/bass tandem, haywire guitars, agitated vocals and a muscular chorus.
Artist: SOPHIE SHREDZ Who: The artistic project of New Jersey-born, Nashville-based vocalist, songwriter, and guitarist Sophie Ruggiero. She was raised listening to classic rock greats like Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, and Heart, and became an avid guitar player by the age of 7.
‘OMG’ is about living rent free in another person’s head. It’s about when someone’s hate
for you turns into an obsession. The song pokes fun at them for wanting to tear me down
when I’m thriving and living my best life. ‘OMG’ opened up a lot of new ideas for my upcoming album and influenced where the SOPHIE SHREDZ project is going creatively and sonically.”
TUTV: Booming electro hip-hop fireworks is what youe ears will hear.
A razzle-dazzle clip is what your eyes will see. If you love Alice Glass
you’ll definitely love SS.
“The overall concept for the video was creation, control and worship. We wanted to stay true
to the SOPHIE SHREDZ vibe while adding a darker twist to create a vampire chic moment.”
The release of this album follows a busy 2023 for the Los Angeles band, where they
finally hit the road for their long-awaited Lockdown Hurricane tour of Europe and North America and brought the year to a close by marking over three decades of the group
with the release of their second compilation album Eels So Good: Essential Eels, Vol.2.
Following the first single Time, a familiar-sounding Eels lullaby, we can now enjoy
the 2nd track off the upcoming LP. GOLDY is one of the songs Everett co-wrote with
All-American Rejects frontman Tyson Ritter. A bluesy groove with a comical story.
Wake up, people Everett is in love
with a goldfish.
Ain’t it funny how the only one I need in the world
Is a goldfish swimming in a bowl
(Oh Goldy)
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 2024 playlist.
Die Sexual is a Los Angeles-based dark electronic duo, that conjure their influences
of EBM, techno and electropop, their sound is an intoxicating mix of analog synthetics and seductive vocals, touching on themes of desire and despair, domination and submission.
They just released their brand new 3-track EP Inservio, with opener Lights Down Low
as my favorite. An electro booster with a tantalizing techno beat à la The Prodigy rotating non-stop.
3. ‘Horrors Of Your Hometown‘ by KISS BANG (Los Angeles)
It’s this Los Angeles duo’s – Kaya Stewart and Max Mercier – very first
track and is part of their upcoming debut EP, out on March 15.
Stewart: “From the minute we met we knew that we were musically kindred spirits. I think
we both have qualities in our own music that make us so individual and unique, and working together created a sound that neither of us had ever heard before, but felt so true to who we were.”
Mercier: “Kiss Bang is the biggest blessing for me as it allows me to create outside of the strict mental confines I set for myself when making music. Kaya’s music taste spans all genres and eras just like mine and she has an incredible ability to extract different sounds out of me. It’s super inspiring.”
‘Horrors Of Your Hometown’ is a revved-up electro-pop stomper peppered with sensuous power vocals and a sultry, catching chorus. Enough fuel to energize your limbs on the spot and get you going for the rest of the day.
Raw, real, and unapologetically reckless, Kerrigan Barry was born with a fire in her heart, stoked by rock ‘n’ roll in her bones. This Cleveland, Ohio native (now living in Nashville) found catharsis and truth in writing lyrics and melodies after watching Bruce Springsteen
& The E Street Band live as a 5-year-old kid. She began her lifelong love affair with music earlier than most. It has since proven to be the most beautifully intoxicating relationship she ever imagined experiencing.
New single Phase takes us back to the sounds of early 2000s teenage
nostalgia, giving us the modern Avril Lavinge fantasy we’ve always wanted.
It’s a bouncy, lively, rhapsodic and temperamental
forth-and-back rollin’ ripper. Inflammable stuff.
The album’s title is taken from the song ‘People’, which might well be the greatest song Hawley has written about his beloved Sheffield, the city’s proud industrial past and the enduring determination of its citizens.
Hawley: “I’ve made three albums where I had the title before I’d even begun to record,
where I had an agenda. One was Truelove’s Gutter. Another was Standing At The Sky’s Edge when I wanted to turn everything up and make the music a lot more aggressive, and then this one. I wanted it to be multi-coloured in a way focusing on the voice and what voices can do together… I deliberately only played a handful of guitar solos to keep it focused on voices,
the song and space.”
Here’s the top-notch movin’ and groovin’ taster, called Two For His Heels.
This mysterious duo release music under the anonymity of their video game avatars, Jumpin’ Johnny’ and Flyin’ Ryan. They call it “8-bit pop music”. Check out below, the funky opener ‘Just Sayin’ from their brand new debut EPSidescroller to discover what that
8-bit pop sounds like.
“The song is about overcoming the curveballs that life can throw at you; that there are many new and different things that can weigh you down, and it’s up to you to cut the cord and go with it.”
Hailing from the depths of the alternative rock scene of Toronto, musician Pete Marino, performs under the enigmatic alias The Trampoline Delay. He blends contemporary melodic, infectious, guitar-driven indie rock with the raw power and spirit of 90’s power pop/rock creating a sound that’s uniquely captivating. He released his debut album In Your Head in 2022.
And here’s brand new single Excuses Excuses. A wayward pysch
jam with some The Jesus And Mary Chain and Sonic Boom echoes.
T Bone Burnett is a seasoned, always highly praised Grammy-award winning, veteran
who as a solo artist recorded several LPs and worked as a producer with Los Lobos, Elvis Costello, Brandi Carlile, and Robert Plant & Alison Krauss and so many more. He also toured with Bob Dylan and other famous friends.
Now 18 years after his last solo LP Burnett decided to come back with his
15th full-length. It’s baptized The Other Side and shows up on April 19.
The first single Waiting For You features backing vocals by female duo Lucius.
It’s a vintage romantic, yearning, bittersweet, sentimental and good old love
ballad.
The release of this album follows a busy 2023 for the Los Angeles band, where they
finally hit the road for their long-awaited Lockdown Hurricane tour of Europe and North America and brought the year to a close by marking over three decades of the group with the release of their second compilation album Eels So Good: Essential Eels, Vol.2.
First single TIME is a familiar-sounding Eels lullaby.
It’s PART 4 of Turn Up The Volume‘s yearly hot summer playlists.
A mix of new and old tunes. A mix of adrenalin-infused punk/rock
anthems, dance fireworks, and some moony musings to end the
party when the sun comes up.
