Gareth Sager & The Hungry Ghosts

SUMMER PARTY PLAYLIST Part 6 – 15 Hip-Shaking Top Thrills

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29 July 2023

Turn up the heat and feel your heart beat.

It’s PART 6 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.

TRACK BY TRACK

1. ‘James Brown’ by SINEAD O’CONNOR (2014)


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2. ‘Milk’ by BLACK GRAPE (2023)


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3. ‘This World Is Ugly’ by CAMLANN feat. VIC RIPPA (2023)


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4. ‘Los Angeles’ by LOL TOLHURST x BUDGIE x JACKNIFE LEE feat. James Murphy


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5. ‘And Play A Game’ by JUJU (2017)


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6. ‘Kiss’ by PIG (2023)


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7. ‘I Wanna Be Software’ by GRIMES (2023)


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8. ‘Bells & Circles’ by IGGY POP & UNDERWORLD (2018)


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9. ‘Transcendent’ by MONTA (2023)


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10. ‘Fate’ by TENDERLASH , remixed by MECHANIMAL (2022)


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11. ‘The Imajinary, Nameless Everybody In The World’ by ELEPHANT STONE (2023)


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12. ‘Pete Le Beat’ by GARETH SAGER & THE HUNGRY GHOSTS (2018)


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13. ‘Diving’ by BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB feat. HOLLY HUMBERSTONE (2013)


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14. ‘Good To Be Free’ by SUPER 8 (2023)


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15. ‘Tongue Of Kalima’ by EYEMOUTH (2023)


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ALL TOGETHER


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See/hear you next week

GARETH SAGER & THE HUNGRY GHOSTS Released 3-Track ‘ST.JOCK’ EP…

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New sonic impulses…

30 August 2019

Edinburgh born artist GARETH SAGER‘s CV is quite impressive: multi-instrumentalist, singer/songwriter, classical music composer, a founding member of funky post-punk
junks The Pop Group, jazzy avant-garde combo Rip Rig + Panic, Bristol rockers Head
and countless collaborations. After his gracious 2017 classical piano LP 88 Tuned Dreams he gathered a kooky gang called THE HUNGRY GHOSTS and released the gloriously wacky album Juicy Rivers last year.

A couple of weeks ago one of the albums’ most accessible, sensible and gripping tracks
ST. JOCK was released as a single plus two bonus tracks. It’s a both poignant and charming contemplation about the late Scottish poet Jock Scott.

Sager explains: “St. Jock isn’t directly a homage to Jock Scot though does try to express his
spirit in the sense that he was very honest about his failings, which appeared to occur much more than his successes; like most of us! Though there is a reference to a girlfriend of his whose favourite past time was to tile! Apart from that the song contains the most difficult first line to sing ever: “She wears a white, red wine stained smock”.

Listen /watch here…

You can stream/purchase the 3-track EP in full here…


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GARETH SAGER: Twitter 

FIVE INFLAMMABLE SUMMER BANGERS – Part 7…

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Weekly series of five rolling ripsnorters to go completely bananas to this summer…

Another week! Another hit team of five heated jackhammers! Let’s rock…

1. ‘Made With Hate’ by PROPHETS OF RAGE
(Single 2019)

2. ‘The Way In’ by THE DREAM SYNDICATE
(Album: These Times – 2019)

3. ‘Date With The Night’ by YEAH YEAH YEAHS
(Album: Fever To Tell – 2003)

4. ‘Black Hanz’ by THE MOONLANDINGZ
(Album: Interplanetary Class Classics – 2017)

5. ‘Disco Sofa’ by GARETH SAGER & THE HUNGRY GHOSTS
(Album: Juicy Rivers – 2018)

All Summer Bangers so far
collected here on Spotify…

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See/hear you next week, music junkies…

TURN UP THE VOLUME’S Knockout OCTOBER Team – Eleven Killer Tracks…

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Eleven killer tracks on repeat this past month…

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Eleven killer tracks we played on repeat in October!
An eclectic mix of poppy vibrations and steamy grooves
energizing all of our senses and our limbs this past month!
Here’s Turn Up The Volume‘s Knockout October Team!

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1. ‘Faith & Science’ by MODERATE REBELS (London, UK)
With Moderate Rebels it’s all about intoxicating mantra-like psych grooves. Like a mind-expanding mix of Velvet Underground, The Dandy Warhols and Spacemen 3. Far-out stuff!
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MODERATE REBELS: Twitter

2. I Don’t Care Anymore by BIG TIME KILL (Boston, US)
This raging electro-duo produces inflammable firework to go berserk to on the dance floor. This cutting cracker comes from debut LP ‘Shock And Awe‘. Read all about it here.

BIG TIME KILL: Facebook

3. ‘Bar Stool Warriors’ by GARETH SAGER & THE HUNGRY GHOSTS (Scotland)
This is what happened when longtime post-punk chameleon Gareth Sager invited the ghosts of Captain Beefheart & Frank Zappa for a cup of tea and a rad jam. Full result here.

4. ‘Turn The Knife’ by PALM GHOSTS (Nashville, US)
A feverish mixed emotions pop pearl build around a stellar melody with layers of sparkling guitars and elevated by the enrapturing effect of duet vocals. Both dazzling and haunting.

5. ‘Money Money’ by RICHARD ASHCROFT (England)
Closing track of the legend’s brand new album. Hottest, hookiest and rockiest cut of all.

RICHARD ASHCROFT: Facebook

6. ‘The Witness’ by HERSELF (Italy)
Most upbeat, most funky and most vibey stroke on new LP by singer/songwriter Gioele Valenti aka Herself. Find out more about the whole album ‘Rigel Playground‘ right here.

7. ‘Pastel Blues’ by THE ATTICS (Melbourne, Australia)
You’ll feel groovy, you’ll look groovy and your swaying hips will make other people go groovy when you’re walking the streets with this earworm on your headphones. Ace!

THE ATTICS: Facebook

8. ‘Beacon’ by THE MIGHTY ORCHID KING (St Albans, UK)
Expect kooky guitars, a pulsating rhythmic tandem, an overall buzzing resonance, echoing vocals and karma-like 60s harmonies. Yesterday is the new today! Time to chill out! Yeah!

THE MIGHTY ORCHID KING: Facebook

9. ‘Secret’ by VAUREEN (Brooklyn, NY, US)
As much decibels as My Bloody Valentine, as dark as Killing Joke and with Lydia Lunch‘s enigmatic spirit on vocals. Outcome? Like a pitch-black Neil Young hurricane. Puzzling!

10. ‘Victoria Park’ by RED TELEPHONE (Cardiff, Wales)
Melancholic melody, starry-eyed vocals and an overall gratifying warmth that makes you long for happy-go-lucky childhood days. Reminds me of romantic popsters Scritti Politti.

RED TELEPHONE: Facebook

11. ‘Dream Apartment’ by OH FOR (Finland)
This humdinger’s jazzy bass warmth, its twinkling orchestration and its intimate vocals will make your thoughts drift away to the room in your mind where you can freely fantasize.

OH FOR: Facebook

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See/hear you next month for another knockout team…

GARETH SAGER & THE HUNGRY GHOSTS – New Explosive Party Album ‘JUICY RIVERS’ Out Now…

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13 October 2018

Edinburgh born artist GARETH SAGER‘s CV is quite impressive: multi-instrumentalist, singer/songwriter, classical music composer, a founding member of funky post-punk
junks The Pop Group, jazzy avant-garde combo Rip Rig + Panic, Bristol rockers Head
and countless collaborations here, there and everywhere. After releasing his gracious classical piano LP 88 Tuned Dreams last year Sager is back with a totally different beast. Assisted by his gang THE HUNGRY GHOSTS he just dropped new album JUICY RIVERS.

It’s party time for all the outcasts, all the misfits and all the bohemians out there. Imagine the genial Mothers Of Invention fronted by the eccentric Captain Beafheart instead of the equally eccentric icon Frank Zappa. That’s my overall exciting feeling after a couple of ‘Juicy Rivers‘ spins. You get all the sonic pandemonium your greedy ears and your fucked up mind need. From elevating glam weirdness (Disco Sofa) to bluesy funkness (Pete Le Beat), from demonic rock (Bar Stool Warrior Chant) to deranged post-punk grimness (Pitbull Watusi) and lots of far-out stuff in between. Throw your straitjacket through the window and shake your lazy hips on repeat right now, right here…


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GARETH SAGER & THE HUNGRY GHOSTS Eager To Start A Glammy Party With New Single ‘DISCO SOFA’…

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Daily fuel to load your sonic batteries…

17 August 2018

Edinburgh born artist GARETH SAGER‘s CV is quite impressive: multi-instrumentalist, singer/songwriter, classical music composer, a founding member of funky post-punk
junks The Pop Group, jazzy avant-garde combo Rip Rig + Panic and Bristol rockers Head. After releasing his gracious classical piano LP 88 Tuned Dreams last year Sager is already back with a new project and this time it seems like he wants to have some freakish fun. With his accomplices, named THE HUNGRY GHOSTS he just launched pumping single DISCO SOFA. A glamorous crackerjack sounding as if legendary misfits Frank Zappa
and Captain Beefheart felt bored, down there in Abaddon, and got their doped heads together to start a frantic far-out party in hell. The stomping impact of ‘Disco Sofa‘ will affect all of your senses and make you move in mysterious ways. Resistance is futile.
Time to get our lazy butts out of the couch and go berserk. Right here, right now…

GARETH SAGER: Twitter – Spotify – Bandcamp

GARETH SAGER & THE HUNGRY GHOSTS
New album JUICY RIVERS out 14 September
All info and pre-order facilities here