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ON REPEAT – Here’s TURN UP THE VOLUME’s Knockout Team For May 2018!…

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Killer tracks on repeat this past month

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ELEVEN KNOCKOUTS I played on repeat in MAY!
A dazzling cocktail of red-hot rippers & crazed grooves
activating all my senses and itchy limbs this past month!
TURN UP THE VOLUME! Here’s the May knockout team!

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1/ ‘City Looks Pretty’ by COURTNEY BARNETT (Melbourne, Australia)
Barnett rolls, rattles and rumbles, again with this swirling cracker…
Album: Tell Me How You Really Feel

2/ ‘Mine’ by BELLY (Boston, US)
Its groovy mid-tempo beat and seducing rhythm sticks instantly…
Album: Dove


3/ ‘Strange’ by AY WING
Gracious voice, gloriously affecting pop stroke, magnificent score…
EP: Ice Cream Dream

4/ ‘Lately’ by TERRA PINES (Brisbane, Australia)
Firework guitar electricity. Speedy bolide going totally nuts…
Album: new self-titled LP on Bandcamp

5/ ‘Jack In Titanic’ by BODEGA (New York, NY, US)
One day these Parquet Courts‘ proteges will outplay their patrons, definitely! Cracking cut!…
Album: Endless Scroll – out 18 July

6/ ‘Feels’ by DEEPER (Chicago, IL, US)
An irresistible 2-minute jingle jangle guitar drone with a feverish drive…
Album: self-titled debut out now – stream here

7/ ‘Feel Your Love’ by THE MAGIC LOTUS (London, UK)
A tempestuous garage slam with a highly addictive, scream along chorus…

8/ ‘Discover’ by OSKAR BRAVES (Dunfermline, Scotland)
Wall-of-towering-sound anthem with a monumental chorus and king-sized vocals…

9/ ‘Poets’ by THE TOWN HEROES (Inverness, Mabou, Canada)
A first-rate pop pearl, a melodic beauty, a momentous highlight…

10/ ‘A Good Guy With A Gun’ by THE BANKROBBER (Italy)
Mysterious and mystifying, another classy pop symphony from Italy…
Album: Missing

11/ ‘Baby’ by BASEMENT REVOLVER
A gripping ballad to cry your heart out to, a sad beauty for the twilight hours…

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See/hear you next week, music junkies…

ICEAGE Launched Dusky And Intense Rollercoaster LP ‘BEYONDLESS’ Today – Stream It Here…

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Now playing…

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4 May 2018

Four years after ‘Plowing Into The Field Of Love’ vivacious Danish rockers ICEAGE released new, fourth longplayer BEYONDLESS today. A truly intriguing and emotional roller coaster record that catches your sonic attention from the first spin on. A darksome melting pot of inflamed emotions energized with frenzied guitar-scapes. Up and down, slow-burning at both ends. Join me for a couple of more spins to fully discover Iceage‘s new riveting opus…

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See you this Sunday – 6 May in Brussels

Here’s TURN UP THE VOLUME’s Knockout Team For April 2018!…

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Killer tracks on repeat this past month

ELEVEN KNOCKOUTS on repeat in APRIL!
A red-hot cocktail of stupendous rippers
and vivid grooves energizing body & soul!
Go berserk with TURN UP THE VOLUME‘s
smoking April knockout team! Hell yeah!

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1/ ‘Broken Algorithms’ by MANIC STREET PREACHERS (Wales)
A vintage Manics rocker / “Remember the mission to own your dreams”…
Album: ‘Resistance Is Futile’ – listen here

2/ ‘Odessey’ by MIEN (Texas, US)
Killer track from this experienced, mind-expanding supergroup’s debut LP…
Album: self-titled debut out now – stream here

3/ ‘Biker Song’ by ALCABEAN (Copenhagen, Denmark)
Amplified Danish firework thundering mercilessly from start to finish….
From New EP ‘Head Down‘ – stream here

4/ ‘Better With Age’ by NIGHT OWLS (Leeds, UK)
Razor-sharp electro uppercut pushed by manic drums and jigsaw guitars…

5/ ‘3AM Lullaby’ by HOTEL MIRA ((Vancouver, Canada)
This passionate cracker resonates like an intense Dinosaur JR roller coaster…

6/ ‘Under The Moon’ by REBECCA LOU (Danmark)
A dazzling guitar firecracker that will make your blood stream faster – titanic score…

7/ ‘Spree’ by ALTAR FLOWERS (Manchester, UK)
Irresistible electro groove with a goth twist and tempting male/female vocals…
EP: stream 5-track ‘Performance’ EP right here

8/ ‘Pink Harlot’ by Skiska Skooper (Belgium)
When Black Sabbath jam with Sonic Youth you get schizophrenic racket…
Album: debut ‘Universal Space Shifter’ out now – stream/buy right here

9/ ‘Waxmage’ by SCHOOL DISCO (Tulsa, Oklahoma)
Psych-o-delic and insane jam with a paranoid Suicide touch…
EP: new 4-track titled ‘Look To The Sky‘ out now – stream/buy on Bandcamp

10/ ‘In The Street’ by RICH GIRLS (New York, NY, US)
Gripping mixed emotions pop with a darksome twist…
Album: debut ‘Black City‘ out now – stream/purchase on Bandcamp

11/ ‘Lost In The Light’ by NIGHT HAZE (Athens, Greece)
Haunting, obscure, mysterious and catchy as bloody hell…

See/hear you next month, music junkies…

MANIC STREET PREACHERS Never Get Tired – Brand New LP ‘RESISTANCE IS FUTILE’ Out Now!…

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Music that touches you in a way you’ll play it…

13 April 2018

What you need to know about the
new Manic Street Preachers LP…

Manic Street Preachers never get tired
Manic Street Preachers never get old
Manic Street Preachers never get forgotten
Manic Street Preachers never get sold
Manic Street Preachers never break down
Manic Street Preachers never give in
Manic Street Preachers always move on
Manic Street Preachers never get cold
Manic Street Preachers always stay strong
Manic Street Preachers always get happy
Manic Street Preachers never cave inwards
Manic Street Preachers never lose trust
Manic Street Preachers always can cope

Listen up people…
Don’t break down
Move on
Stay strong
Don’t break down
Move on
Don’t break down
Stay

People never get tired of the Manics

Turn Up The Volume plays new LP on
repeat because resistance is futile
Find out why right here, right now…

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Album available right here

MANIC STREET PREACHERS: Website – Facebook – Twitter


In eternity…

Here’s TURN UP THE VOLUME’s Knockout Team For March 2018!…

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Killer tracks on repeat this past month

ELEVEN KNOCKOUTS I played on repeat in MARCH!
An explosive cocktail of mighty rippers & heated grooves
activating all my senses and itchy limbs this past month!
TURN UP THE VOLUME! Here’s the March knockout team!

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1/ ‘Human For’ by SUNFLOWER BEAN (Brooklyn, New York)
Perfect pop pearl from staggering new, second full length…
Album: ‘Twentytwo In Blue’ – stream here

2/ ‘Isolation’ by TUBELIGHT (Belgium)
Thrashy garage killer track from thrashy garage killer LP…
Album: ‘Expert By Virtue, Thereof’ – stream here

3/ ‘Mermaids’ by MADONNATRON (London, UK)
Get yourself ready for a groovy voodoo trance!…


4/ ‘Lucky You’ by DRANG (London, UK)
An irresistible, glamorous firework bolide with a dazzling chorus…

Single available here on Bandcamp

5/ ‘All That I Need’ by THE ASSIST (Walsall, West Midlands, England)
Stirring crackerjack to scream along on the top of your lungs…

6/ ‘Higher’ by LEISURE TANK (London, UK)
Fetching, irresistible and wayward jingle jangle spur…

7/ ‘War Paint’ by FRANKIE SIMONE (Portland, Oregon, US)
Simone’s explicit voice & her sensual explosiveness will make your body shake…
LOVE/WARRIOR = debut EP out 1 June – all info here

8/ ‘Connected By Love’ by JACK WHITE (Detroit, US)
Blues passion at its very Jack White‘s best…
Album: ‘Boarding House Reach’ – stream here

9/ ‘Wayne’ by RICH GIRLS (New York, NY, US)
Rich Girls’ sound is timelessly human. It has heart and it has soul…
Album: ‘Black City’ – out April via Tricyle Records

10/ ‘We Almost Failed, Brian (Epilogue II) by CUBS REFRAIN (Toronto, Canada)
Towering electro dynamics, overwhelming duet vocals and a sky-high melody…
Album: ‘Tell Me You Love Me‘ – out April

11/ ‘You & I’ by RUMOURS (Belgium)
Electronic twilight vibration colored with a divine voice…
Album: Debut LP ‘Megamix’ – out now – available on iTunes

See/hear you next month, music junkies…

Here’s TURN UP THE VOLUME’s Knockout Team For February 2018!…

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Striking vibrations that good we play it on…

TWELVE KNOCKOUTS I played on repeat in FEBRUARY!
An ace cocktail of addictive bangers & smoking grooves
activating all my senses and itchy limbs this past month!
TURN UP THE VOLUME! Here are twelve stellar kicks…

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1/ ‘Distant Colours’ by MANIC STREET PREACHERS (Wales)
I’m a sucker for anthemic melancholia and the Manics are experts on the matter…
Album: Resistance Is Futile – out 6 April via Columbia Records

2/ ‘Shiny One’ by BELLY (Boston, US)
Boston’s guitar popsmiths return with sultry groove energized with a glorious chorus…
Album: ‘Dove’ out 4 May – all info right here

3/ ‘Dig’ by SEAZOO (Wales)
Irresistible earworm with rich harmonies and a sticky chorus going under your skin…
Album: Trunks – out now – stream/purchase via Bandcamp

4/ ‘New Values’ by SHOPPING (London/Glasgow)
Electro weirdness and glimmering guitars. Highly feverish beat, snappy as bloody hell…
Album: The Official Body – out now – stream/purchase via Bandcamp

5/ ‘And Play A Game’ by JUJU (Italy)
Intoxicating psychedelia with a multi-layered, mind-boggling and trippy flow! Ace!…
Album: Our Mother Was A Plant – stream/purchase on Bandcamp

6/ ‘Sleep / Paralysis by PLATTENBAU (base: Berlin,Germany)
Electro paranoia with tribal drums pushing the startling Krautrock beat continuously…

7/ ‘Perfect Routine’ by TUBELIGHT (Belgium)
The Fall is dead! Long live Tubelight! Belgian top band scores big time…
Album: Expert By Virtue, Thereof out now – available on iTunes

8/ ‘Temper’ by SUSS CUNTS (Melbourne, Australia)
Amplified jingle jangle riffage from down under. Witty and punky. Strapping score!

9/ ‘Greenman’ by SCHOOL DISCO ((Plymouth, United Kingdom)
Surf injected psychedelia with a rockabilly Cramps edge. A spacey firecracker all the way…

10/ ‘Stop’ by HOUSEHATS (Norway/Australia)
Unstoppable bolide fueled by relentless, repetitive riffs. Infectious & head-spinning stuff…

11/ ‘Suck The Blood From My Wound’ by EZRA FURMAN (Evanston, IL, US)
Mixed emotions passion and a heartfelt intensity that gives you goosebumps…
Album: Transangelic Exodus – out now – on iTunes

12/ ‘Stargazer’ by THE CROWLEYS (Hamilton, Canada)
Spellbinding psych escapade driven by endless, sparkling riffs that will enchant you…
EP: new one called COLOURS CHANGE THEIR TONE – discover/stream/purchase here

See/hear you next month, music junkies

On-Repeat-In-January-2018… FOURTEEN KNOCKOUTS!

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Striking vibrations that good we play it on…

FOURTEEN KNOCKOUTS I played on repeat in JANUARY!
A versatile mix of electric eruptions and firework strokes
that energized all my senses and limbs this past month!
TURN UP THE VOLUME! Here’s plenty of sonic dope…

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1/ ‘Fol De Rol’ by THE FALL (Manchester, UK)
From the troubled genius’ final 2017 album – rest in peace…
Album: New Facts Emerge

2/ ‘Black Habit’ by MIEN (US, UK, Canada)
Supergroup hits it big psych time with debut single…
Debut album: out 8 April – info here

3/ ‘Love’ by ANTEROS (London, UK)
Striking pop pearl, as catchy as flaming hell…

5/ ‘Current Affair’ by SEXTILE feat SIENNA (Los Angeles)
Hyperkinetic electro whirlwind to go totally apeshit to…
Album: Albeit Living

6/ ‘The Gift’ by THE LIMIÑANAS feat. PETER HOOK (France/UK)
Sensual psychedelia with a sultry touch and legend Peter Hook on bass…
New album: Shadow People – just out now

7/ ‘Jukebox Babe’ by MOON DUO (Portland, US)
Portland’s mind-expanding pair covers Alan Vega in swinging style…

8/ ‘The Great Chain Of Being’ by KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD
Another heavy eruption by the Aussie psych junkies…
Album: Gumboot Soup

8/ ‘Bubbilicious’ by TOKYO TABOO (London, UK)
Pschodelic glam punk, hot as an exploding volcano…
Album: 6TH Street Psychosis / Interview with TUTV!

9/ ‘Skin Spilling’ by BONNE APARTE (The Netherlands)
Weird and eccentric paranoia post punks…
Album: Scalps  – out 2 February – info here 

10/ ‘Ballad’ by NO FRIENDZ (London, UK)
Funky scream along indie kick for all useless people on this planet…
Album: split LP with Chupa Cabra – all info here

11/ ‘Luxury Animals’ by MUSH (Leeds, UK)
Jingle jangle noiseniks fronted by Lou Reed‘s ghost…

12/ ‘Black Smoke’ by BLACK FUN SURGERY (London, UK)
Glimmering disco ball electronics with a spell-binding edge…
New album: PATCHES – to be released soon

13/ ‘Serpent Speak’ by AURAL AIR (Dublin, Ireland)
Poetic guitar euphony and Laura Rai‘s remarkable voice…
EP: The Torpor OF Minds

14/ ‘I Didn’t Belong’ by HIGHLAND KITES (California, US)
Tremendous voice to solace your troubled heart and hurt soul in times of love sickness…
Debut EP: to be released this year

See/hear you next month, music junkies…

THE LIMIÑANAS Score Big Time With Their New ‘No Fillers All Killers’ Album… SHADOW PEOPLE

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When you can’t resist new sonic vibrations, play them on…

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(artwork new album)

Mind-expanding French duo THE LIMIÑANAS just released their new longplayer – and to my hungry ears, without a shadow of a doubt, their best so far – SHADOW PEOPLE. No fillers, all killers. All their well-known sonic key strengths meet in harmony just brilliantly on this new LP with Marie‘s irresistible, repetitive, tribal kicks and Lionel‘s sensual guitar grooves as the non-stop throbbing heartbeat from the very ouverture to the melancholic finish. The mesmeric collaborations are spot on as usual (with New Order/Joy Division bass legend Peter Hook, psychedelia junkie Anton Newcombe / French singer/author Bertrand Belin and French actress/musician Emmanuelle Seigner) and fit the whole story perfectly.

The overall hypnotic and gloomy swagger transfer you to the cinematic glamour and twilight glitter of a film noir. Spellbinding jams infiltrate all pitch-black corners of the
dark side of your satisfied mind. This is the first truly striking record of the new year.
Dim the lights, relax, have yourself a drink, alert all of your senses and experience an avalanche of sensory trips on repeat, like me…

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And to satisfy your greedy eyes too here are two visualized tracks off the album…

* SHADOW PEOPLE (title track feat. the wonderful Emmanuelle Seigner)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWdeZ4l6xtI

* ISTANBUL IS SLEEPY (featuring The Brian Jonestown Massacre‘s mastermind)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUBw9vskBIs

THE LIMIÑANAS  Facebook – Website – Twitter

(photo by TUTVi)

British Punk Force CROSS WIRES Release Sturdy ‘LIVING IN A RADIO CITY’ Album…

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When we can’t get enough of it…

‘Living In a Radio City’ by CROSS WIRES

This 4-headed 70s punk-inspired unit CROSS WIRES has produced some hefty uppercuts, over the past few years, sounding like they were written back in the glory days of legends The Clash, The Jam and Buzzcocks but performed with a grim intensity and a barbed wire fury that is totally 2017! Yes, the year in which intolerance, racism, sexism and inequality reared its ugly heads… again. The year in which the far-right orientated political leaders of the so-called civilized Western world fucked up badly. Therefore bands like this, driven by passion, anger and honesty are very welcome. The band describes their first full length modestly as a ‘mini-album’. To my ears it’s actually a ‘best-of-so-far’ including the agitated AA-side single ‘I Want Radio/Pink Dogs’. This time the cliché ‘Punk’s Not Dead‘ is damn true. Here we go, 1-2-3-4!…


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CROSS WIRES: Facebook –  Twitter


The band will invest all proceeds from this one in recording their proper debut LP next year...

NOEL GALLAGHER’S HIGH FLYING BIRDS – Third Album ‘WHO BUILT THE MOON?’ Out Now And It’s Awesome!…

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When we can’t get enough of it…

24 November 2017

Although I’m not religious I’m quite sure now that there’s, somewhere, somehow, a God and he’s obviously an obsessed music devotee! First, back in the early 90s, he gave us OASIS, one of the most exhilarating ‘sex, drugs and rock and roll bands in sonic history. After two top-grade albums (unfortunately, they never matched those two diamonds, simply because ‘Definitely, Maybe‘ and ‘(What’s The Story) Morning Glory?’ were/are outstanding longplayers) Satan took over and made the Gallagher brothers fight like two 7-year old loudmouthed bullies resulting in the group AND the family splitting up back in 2009. But today God is back in charge and he used one of the devil’s classic tricks himself. The holy man nourished the fraternal rivalry again, but with a completely different goal.
No more verbal abuse, no more hostile insults, no God presented them a most tempting challenge, one really worthwhile to battle for: ‘who will make the best solo album? Brilliant idea!! Why I here you ask. Well, both bros accepted the seducing dare and they pushed each other to spectacular sonic levels. Liam‘s first ‘As You Were’ is light years better than
I ever thought it would be. Highly entertaining retro rock and quality songwriting: 8/10. Today it’s Noel turn to prove that he can grow older while sounding younger than he
ever did in a long time. Back to his firework roots, back to massive tunes and scream
along choruses, back to utterly cool motherrockin’ knockout crackers: 9/10. Yes Noel
wins, but hey, he was born a singer/songwriter, while Liam needed to learn the craft
along the rowdy way and succeeded amazingly. So, who still needs Oasis (I don’t, I saw them 27 times)? Within less than 2 months, 2 Gallaghers gave us 2 big albums. That’s way more than another mediocre Oasis record. Thank you, God ! It’s party time, folks…

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NOEL GALLAGHER: Website – Facebook – Twitter


Gold for Noel…

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Silver for Liam, not bad at all…

LIAM GALLAGHER: Website – Facebook – Instagram