With 23 albums in 12 years, Aussies psych-prog rockers King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard must be labeled the most productive band in the book of Guinness World Records, closely followed by Ohio rockers GUIDED BY VOICES who canned 36 longplayers in 39 years. And #37 called LA LA LAND sees the day of light on 20 January 2023. Pre-order here.
The two singles/clips: Queen Of Spaces / Instinct Dwelling
The opus titled AMBIENT 23 is a 2 hour and a half voyage in space. Relaxing,
dreamy, laid-back. Well, I’m actually only halfway through, but I already feel
the tranquilizing impact on my hangover. Hope it works for you too.
Band: JO-JO & THE TEETH (London, UK) Who: A glam art-rock squad with a dark & moody,
driving sound rooted in old fashion guitar Rock’N’Roll.
About JO-JO: The Big Bad Bitch with The Microphone. The Conjurer. The Loudest Witch In The East & The West. Hailing from Lacombe Alberta, Canada. Eventually, she found herself on an Island in the south of England, where she collected some English boys & convinced them to join her band.
“ I don’t remember a time when I wasn’t humming or singing under my breath. I’m still the obnoxious asshole behind you at the supermarket singing along to Celine Dion on the radio (and nailing it).
Turn Up The Volume: JO-JO is the flamboyant Amazon in the middle. She sings the
blues with the vigorous vitality of eternal legend Janis Joplin (We’re Just Animals / Moon Child), she rocks her multi-colored tail off with the gusto of Grace Slick on a roll (My Babe / No More Good News / Don’t Get Too Heavy), she has the groovy guts and the glamorous looks of eccentric punkette Nina Hagen and to close the show she affects with a gripping candlelight reverie for the midnight hours (Oh Brother).
Mind you, she’s not alone. Her bang-on band The Teeth know all the 60s/80s/80s
rock ‘n’ blues ‘n’ glam ‘n’ punk ‘n’ roll classics. They back Jo-Jo with a mood-and-cadence fitting firework of Jimmy Page riffs, John Lee Hooker hooks and Slash licks. Retro injected electricity with a varied pallette of tremendous retro songwriting. Timeless stuff.
Singles/video: No More Good News / Don’t Get Too Heavy / My Babe
– NO MORE GOOD NEWS –
– DON’T GET TOO HEAVY –
– MY BABE –
Goodbye 2022, hello 2023.
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Next year, on 23 April, they’ll launch a new longplayer, named ATUM: A Rock Opera In Three Acts with no less than 33 songs,
which will be revealed one at a time chronologically via a new
podcast called Thirty-ThreeWithBilly Corgan leading up to the
album’s distribution.
The lead single is a piece named BEGUILED.
A mid-tempo banger with a rotating heavy metal riff.
Album: BLUSH– their debut Released: 14 October 2022 – order info here
DIY magazine: “A collection of wonderful and curious songs perfect
for soundtracking that 3am dancefloor feeling – or maybe just your
nightmares.” Score: 4/5.
TUTV: Old skool dance/techno, but it works.
Open the old skool discos again!
Juliette Jackson (voice/songwriter) about the album: “So much of the album I wrote
while I was pregnant and basically just wondering what the hell this was going to be like.
When I listen to it now, I can hear myself saying all these things and having all these anxieties. Those songs are a bit more floaty and just thinking about things and the songs I wrote after are more like the reality of extreme highs and extreme lows and the whole hormonal madness.”
NME: “Lead singer Juliette Jackson’s pregnancy – and the band’s “recommitment” to each other – make the songwriting on album three immensely personal… From their pen through to their sound, ‘Here Is Everything’ is emotive and glossy; one that gives space to breathe in this busy world… Their deepest, most emotional album yet.” Score: 4/5.
Key single/slcip: Wide Eyes
TUTV: Their 3rd, their absolute best.
A blissful pop achievement.
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Looks like the cover artwork was designed in the 60s for the Summer Of Love
The new one is baptized RETURN OF THE DREAM CANTEEN and sounds
like the previous one, and the previsous one and the previsious one.
As the cliché goes it’s ‘a fan album’.
Rolling Stone Magazine: “At 75 minutes is even longer than its predecessor,
is essentially “Unlimited Love II.” it’s a bit of a stop-gap, but also a nice coda.”
Score: 3.5/5.
TUTV: I just made a compilation of the best 12 tunes of both
double albums. Guess what? It’s one of the best RHC albums
I ever heard.
NME: “At 73 years old and battling with his health, you might not expect Osbourne to keep
that bar particularly high. But, for the most part, ‘Patient Number 9’ does just that, it’s a fizzing piece of hard-rock magic. The superstitious metal frontman might have revealed in a recent Independent interview that he tries to “avoid looking at” the number 13, but we’re lucky to
have his magnificent 13th solo album.” Full review here. Score: 4/5.
TUTV: I’m not a devoted heavy metal fan, but to me, OZZY is the genre’s kaiser. Not only for his multiple easy-to-swallow drones but also because he’s a funny – at times hilarious – character and doesn’t really give a shit about what people think of him. He’s an all-round fab entertainer.
What about the new record? Well, it’s 100% Ozzy, howling at the moon on several sticking tunes as usual, but for my liking, he invited too many guitarists (Tommy Iommi, Jeff Beck, Clapton, Mike McCready, Zack Wilde). They all want to prove they are the best, resulting in the Oh, no fact that half of the record is filled with endless guitar solos. Still, OZZY RULES!
Singles/clips: Degradation Rules / Nothing Feels Right / Patient Number 9
– DEGRADATION RULES –
– NOTHING FEELS RIGHT –
– PATIENT NUMBER 9 –
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. OZZY underwent complex neck surgery last June.
Just a couple of days ago he did his first interview
about it, along with Sharon, his wife of 40 years.
Artist: TESS PARKS Who: Toronto born, London based singer-songwriter Active: Since 2013. One solo album and two collaborative
ones with Anton Newcombe, the mastermind of psych squad The Brian Jonestown Massacre.
The title refers to a quote by philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche: “And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by
those who could not hear the music.”
Tess Parks: “In my mind, this album is like hopscotch. These songs were pieced together over time in London, Toronto and Los Angeles with friends and family between August 2019 and March 2021. So many other versions of these songs exist. The recording and final completion of this album took over two years and wow – the lesson I have learned the most is that words are spells. If I didn’t know it before, I know it now for sure. I only want to put good out into the universe.”
TUTV wrote: Turn Up The Volume: Parks embedds her mood-swings in sedate-moving, symphonious musings (Suzy & Sally’s eternal Return / We Are The Music Makers / Brexit At Tiffany’s / I See Angels) with Parks‘ voice echoing like the twin one of Kristin Hersh (Throwing Muses), in both gloomy and sultry psych grooves (WOW / Happy Birthday Forever / Brexit At Tiffany’s) and in one rollicking piano-boogie ripper.
Even after a couple of spins and checking out the songs’ lyrics Parks‘ world still is an enigmatic one (for me) but also teasing and defiant. I just love her mysterious side, far more challenging than an open book. In the end, on Saint Michel, it feels like she’s
grateful she can share new music after 9 years. So are we.
The album is available now on an exclusive Canadian 🇨🇦 Hand Drawn Dracula
pressing on Sky Blue Vinyl w/ Obi Strip & Signed Art Card. here
Notable American singer-songwriter BILL CAHALLAN started his career under his alias ofSmog. From 2008 on he operates under his Christian name. Overall he made 19 albums and number 20 is on its way. It’s named YTI⅃AƎЯ.
Callahan: “I wanted to make a record that addressed or reflected the current climate. It felt like it was necessary to rouse people — rouse their love, their kindness, their anger, rouse anything in them. Get their senses working again. I guess there was already plenty of anger! But we needed a better anger. To get out of this hypnagogic state. Hypnagogic rage. Disassociated rage that destroys the community and leaves only the individual eating themselves alive instead of feeding others. We were born to feed others. We have milk, breasts. We have language, tongues. We have music, ears. All to feed.”
YTI⅃AƎЯ is out 10/14/22 digitally and 2/24/23 physically. Pre-order info here.
New Zealand‘s frisky guitar-pop outfitTHE BETHS, led by fizzy
frontwoman Elizabeth Stokes have their 3rd album, baptized EXPERT IN A DYING FIELD out on 16th September.
