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Fourth TAME IMPALA Album Finally Out Today – Stream ‘THE SLOW RUSH’ Here…

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Brand new releases…

14 February 2020

Finally after five years since Currents came out TAME IMPALA released their fourth album titled ‘THE SLOW RUSH’. A lush synth pop collection with a lot of danceable
dream tunes.

This record will make Kevin Parker, who wrote all the sings, a bigger cuddly bear than
he already is. NME said “As far as follow-ups to an earth-shattering run of albums go, though this is much more than just a solid return. It is, overall, an exhilarating listen. Tame Impala are unlikely to lose any fans by embracing Parker’s pop sensibilities – genres are history, man – but you have to admire their wilful desire to push into new directions. This band aren’t rock music’s saviours; they’re so much more than that.”

Stream full album here…

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The singles…

– BORDERLINE –

– IT MIGHT BE TIME –

– LOST IN YESTERDAY –

– POSTHUMOUS FORGIVENESS –

TAME IMPALA: Facebook

OUT TODAY! 14th Album By Musical Octopus BECK – Here’s ‘HYPERSPACE’…

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Just released…

22 November 2019

Artist: Beck

Album: HYPERSPACE – his 14th LP

Note: About twenty (!) years ago Beck and Pharrell Williams met
and agreed to work together sometime. Well, it took 20 years, but
finally the duo teamed up with this new Beck LP as the result

Beck about Pharrell Williams: “I really tried to be less ambitious
on the production on these songs, like to let them be simple and let
them breathe. Pharrell is a master minimalist. On production I’m a bit
of a maximalist. I’ve really tried to reform myself to let it become more
simple.”

Sound: Atmospheric musings, ambient dreams, and airy arrangements.
One of his moodiest works ever

NME verdict: 4/5 – review here

Stream album here…

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BECK: Facebook

OUT TODAY! Electric-Powered Debut LP By New York Duo RUSSIAN BATHS – Here’s ‘DEEPFAKE’…

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Just released…

8 November 2019

Band: Russian Baths
Who: New York based duo that “fuses the abrasive sounds of New York in the eighties,
the angular outbursts of DC hardcore, shoegaze’s torrents of noise and the suffocating
anxiety of the Information Age. One part horror movie soundtrack, and one part personal confession, the band’s music is at once imposing and intimate.”
Album: Deepfake – debut album
Sound: Overall this stupefying noise record is a striking non-stop wall-of-grunge-meet-shoegaze-and-hardcore experience that puzzles your senses, perplexes your aural radar, and penetrates your defenseless mind with an irresistible force that will leave a lasting mark. For all of us out there who love to be messed up by hair-rising turbulence.

Stream album here…

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RUSSIAN BATHS: Facebook – Instagram
Album available via Bandcamp, iTunes and Good Eye Records

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OUT TODAY! Sharp Cutting Debut Album By British Post Punks CROSS WIRES – Here’s ‘A LIFE EXTINCT’…

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Just released!…

1 November 2019

Band: Cross Wires

Who: Committed 4-piece post punk force from Bethnal Green/Romford, UK

Album: A Life Extinct – the band’s debut LP

Released: 1 November 2019

Sound: This is a band that tackles the grim times we experience with a biting potency
that triggers every tense nerve in your body and awakes your troubled mind with their nervous, fanatical and burning dynamic that cuts like a brand new Swiss knife. This is a band that cares, a band that roars about what they care, a band that matters, a band on the top of its hot-tempered game. This is a record about 2019. This is non-stop edginess! This is a bang on debut! Without a shadow of a doubt one of the best of the year!

Stream album here…

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CROSS WIRES: Facebook

A LIFE EXTINCT available on Bandcamp and iTunes 

(band promo photo via Cross Wires)

OUT TODAY! Second LP By London’s Battling Noise Rock Tandem DEUX FURIEUSES – Here’s ‘MY WAR IS YOUR WAR’…

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Just released!…

18 October 2019

Band: deux furieuses
Album: My War Is Your War – the duo’s second LP
Released: 18 October 2019
Sound: Since their raging, anti-injustice debut album ‘Tracks Of Wire‘ back in 2016
the world is, unfortunately, in an even worse state than back then. Sexism, racism,
egoism, intolerance, inequality on many levels and repression are back stronger than
ever, thanks mostly to a new breed of narcissistic and nationalistic politicians ruling our so-called civilized world. deux furieuses‘s second full length tackles all those human-destroying issues with cutting statements packed in highly emotive and vehement songs expressing all their frustration and fury with the underlying vital message that life is too valuable to mess it up by hating each other for all the wrong reasons. For me, personally, ‘My War Is Your War‘ is a beseeching and vociferous call-up for solidarity, unity, universal respect and mutual understanding. A call-up to survive together with the one and only
way possible: side by side. A call-up to save this terribly divided planet which is its way to self-destruction if the current ‘My, myself and I‘ status quo remains.

Stream the album in full here…

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Singles/clips…

– LET THEM BURN –


– MY WAR IS YOUR WAR –

– CIVILIANS –

deux furiesues: Website – Facebook – Instagram

You can stream/buy MY WAR IS YOUR WAR right here

OUT TODAY! Fourth Longplayer By Californian Daydreamers ALLAH-LAS – Here’s ‘LAHS’…

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Just released…

11 October 2019

Band: Allah-Las
Album: Lhas
Released: 11 October 2019
Sound: Both sunlit and starry-eyed, mind and ear-pleasing, relaxing, colorfully
harmonious with a surfy beach smell, but also some moony campfire tunes

Stream album here…

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Singles/clips…

– PRAZER EM TE CONHECER –

– IN THE AIR –

– POLAR ONION –

ALLAH-LAS: Facebook

OUT TODAY! Eight LP By Gloomy Popsters ELBOW – Here’s ‘GIANTS OF ALL SEIZES’…

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Just released…

11 October 2019

Band: Elbow
Album: Giants Of All Sizes – their eight LP
Released: 11 October 2019
Sound: Theatrical, grand, symphonic, gloomy,
soul-stirring, high-strung and emotional
The Guardian verdict: 4/5 – Review here

Stream album here…

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Singles/ lyrics clips…

– WHITE HEAT WHITE NOISE –

– DEXTER & SINISTER –

– EMPIRES –

OUT TODAY! New Bone-Crushing Chainsaw Album By GIRL BAND – Here’s ‘THE TALKIES’…

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Brand new longplayers…

27 September 2019

Band: Girl Band (Ireland)
Album: The Talkies
Sound: Diabolical, bone-cruhsing, exorcistic, hellish,
mental and mind-smashing. Two words: HELL YEAH!
Review NME: read their 4-star verdict here

Stream full album here…

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Singles/clips –

– SHOULDERBLADES –

– GOING NORWAY –

– SALMON OF KNOWLEDGE –

GIRL BAND: Facebook


Contender for album of the year…

OUT TODAY! Third LP By British Psych Popsters TEMPLES – Here’s ‘HOT MOTION’…

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Brand new longplayers…

27 September 2019

Band: Temples (UK)
Album: Hot Motion
Sound: Harmonious psychedelic guitar pop,
bouncy and jumpy, but also fresh and light as The Beach Boys…
Review Clash Magazine: read their 8/10 verdict here

Stream full album here…

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Singles/clips…

– HOT MOTION –

– CONTEXT –

TEMPLES: Facebook

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(pic by Turn Up The Volume!)

Out Today! RIDE Launches Second Top Reunion Album – Stream ‘THIS IS NOT A SAFE PLACE’ Here…

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Just released…

16 August 2019

Band: RIDE
Album: THIS IS NOT A SAFE PLACE
Sound: The band’s second reunion longplayer is
less about shoegaze, but more about pop and rock,
a mix of dreamy musings & cracking electricity. Top stuff!
Review: 4-star NME verdict here

Stream here…

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Singles…

– CLOUDS OF SAINTE MARIE –

– REPETITION –

– FUTURE LOVE –

RIDE: Facebook