10 September 2022
A musical drama film written and directed by Todd Haynes,
set in Britain during the glam rock days of the early 1970s.
It tells the story of a fictional pop star, Brian Slade.
With Ewan McGregor, Christian Bale, Jonathan
Rhys Meyers and Toni Collette.
Released in 1998.
TRAILER
British rockers PLACEBO were in it too, performing a
kick-ass cover of T. Rex‘s glam slam 20th Century Boy…
Turn Up The Volume picks 10 gems of favorite artists/bands
28 August 2022
From their supreme 1996 debut LP on Turn Up The Volume became a devoted,
and seeing them play a glam-tastic show for the first time in London, at the sold-out Astoria a year later I knew Brian Molko and Stefan Olsdal would be big, but honestly
not as mega big as I thought. WOW! Never let them go.
Newest LP
TUTV’S 10 PLACEBO GEMS
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TOP 3 – VIDEOS
– SLAVE TO THE WAGE –
– PURE MORNING –
– 20TH CENTURY BOY –
(Smoking T. Rex cover)
America, here they come.
And on 8 November in my home country of Belgium
Spotted at W-Fest in Ostend, Belgium last Thursday
Frontman Brian Molko why they picked Placebo as their band name…
(image on top: cover of British Select magazine)
PLACEBO released their 8th album NEVER LET ME GO last week.
Part of the promotion are of course, interviews like this one with
Kerrang!.
KERRANG!: “For almost three decades, Brian Molko and Stefan Olsdal
have been masters of their own destiny, steering Placebo into whichever
creative waters they so choose. Now, after nine years lost at sea, the duo
have returned with Never Let Me Go, and prescient tales of loss, surveillance
and climate change.”
Read the full interview HERE
Photo by Mads Perch
New album ‘NEVER LET ME GO’ on Spotify…
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PLACEBO: Facebook
25 March 2022
Band: PLACEBO (London)
Active: 1994-present / 8 studio LPs
New album: NEVER LET ME GO
First since 2013 LP Loud Like Love
Release: 25 March 2022 – Pre-order info here.
NME says: “The result is Placebo’s best and most consistent album since 2006’s dark, intoxicated ‘Meds’ – and might prove their most rejuvenating since 2003’s arena-filling
‘Sleeping With Ghosts’… ‘Never Let Me Go’ is a true renaissance record. It’s no ‘Metal
Machine Music’ or ‘Yeezus’, but a record that finds Placebo inspired and ready for a
new era, reinventing the rock veterans for the modern age.”
Full review here. Score 4/5.
Turn Up The Volume: Another Placebo record, another too familiar one,
another mediocre one. But as the cliché goes: another masterpiece for all
devoted fans, until the next one. I was a devoted fan… years ago.
Singles/clips: Surrounded By Spies / Try Better Next Time / Beautiful James
– SURROUNDED BY SPIES –
– TRY BETTER NEXT TIME –
– BEAUTIFUL JAMES –
Full album on Spotify…
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PLACEBO: Facebook
5 new firecrackers to boost your weekend
Artist: JACK WHITE (Detroit)
Albums: Fear Of The Dawn (out 8 April 2022)
and Entering Heaven Alive (out 22 July 2022)
New single: HI-DE-HO feat. rapper Q-Tip
Eastern blues-rock groove followed by
a sticky hip-hop-pop chorus and back.
Wholly cool…
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Band: RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS (Los Angeles)
New album: Unlimited Love – 12th LP
Out: 1 April 2022
New single: POSTER CHILD
The chili veterans still know how to
funk and how to get your lazy ass out
of your couch.
Shake your hips in a sensual way…
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Artist: KEVIN MORBY (Texas)
New album: This Is A Photograph
Out: 13 May 2022
Lead single: THIS IS A PHOTOGRAPH
Rolling jam with an orgastic finish.
Turn up the heat…
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Band: POND (Australia)
Album: 9 – Deluxe edition of their 2021
album with 4 brand tracks as a bonus
New track: LIGHTS OF LEEMING
Brisk psych-pop tune
with 60s back harmonies.
You’ll love this…
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Band: PLACEBO (London)
New album: Never Let Me Go
First since 2013 LP Loud Like Love
Release: 25 March 2022
New single: HAPPY BIRTHDAY IN THE SKY
The familiar melancholic
side of Placebo, with
a dark twist.
Nice…
See/hear you next week, music junkies
The right motivation…
Tour Europe/UK 2022
New striking strokes
10 November 2021
Band: PLACEBO (London)
Active: 1994-present / 8 studio LPs
New album: NEVER LET ME GO
First since 2013 LP Loud Like Love
Release: 25 March 2022
New single: SURROUNDED BY SPIES
Second taster following lead single Beautiful James.
An equally darksome jam, 100% Placebo.
Press play…
PLACEBO: Facebook
Every week Turn Up The Volume‘s selects 7 new
firecrackers that burned his greedy ears the past 7 days…
1. ‘Hertz’ by AMYL AND THE SNIFFERS (Australia)
Last week punkette Amyl and her Sniffers dropped their second smashing
album Comfort To Me on Planet Earth with ‘Hertz‘ as one of the razzle-dazzle jackhammers.
Time for some kangaroo pogo, all you punks out there…
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2. ‘Beautiful James’ by PLACEBO (UK)
Placebo‘s first single in 5 years.
Brian Molko (frontman): “If the song serves to irritate the squares and the
uptight, so gleefully be it. But it remains imperative for me that each listener
discovers their own personal story within it – I really don’t want to tell you
how to feel.”
Come in, James…
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3. ‘Valentine’ by SNAIL MAIL
Lindsey Jordan aka Snail Mail throws her 2nd album,
titled Valentine at the world on 5th November.
Jordan: “I wanted to take as much time as possible with this record to
make sure I was happy with every detail before unleashing it unto y’all.
Referring to the process as the deepest level of catharsis and therapy I
have ever experienced would be a huge understatement. Valentine is
my child!”
Here comes Jordan‘s macabre side. Only for cannibals
(go directly to YT via the link below)…
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4. ‘Haven’t Been Doing So Well’ by FRANK TURNER
Another rockin’ taster from Turner‘s upcoming
full-length FTHC, out 22 February 2022.
Turner: “It’s been a difficult time for a lot of people and their
mental health, myself included, and discussing that openly is
important to me, so this is a song about anxiety and the
struggles that come with that.”
Sick and tired…
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5. ‘DiE4u’ by BRING ME THE HORIZON (UK)
The metalcore junks with another bomb,
part of their Post Human EP series.
Dance along with the creeps…
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6. ‘Playing The Part’ by A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS (New York)
The band’s new EP titled ‘Hologram: Destroyed & Disassembled’ will
see the light of day on the next Record Store Day, 26th November.
The first track ‘Playing The Part’ is a rather surprisingly
smooth cut for New York’s psych-o-delic gravediggers.
Feel the vibe here…
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7. Body/Dilloway/Head by Body/Dilloway/Head (USA)
This side project of former Sonic Youth queen Kim Gordon and
avant-garde guitarist Bill Nace will release its second LP in November.
The duo teamed up with Aaron Dilloway for this one.
Here’s the title track.
Instrumental, otherwordly, and spellbinding…
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See/hear you next week, music junkies…
30 January 2021
Austrian post-black-metal bulldozer HARAKIRI FOR THE SKY
is getting ready for their new album MÆRE which hits the
streets on 16th February.
The closing track of the LP is a cover of Placebo‘s 2006
track Song To Say Goodbye from their Meds longplayer.
Harakiri‘s take is a sky-touching, staggering thunder and lighting
haymaker starting off with some classical piano touches before
exploding like a furious volcano with blazing aaarrrggghhh vocals.
Alert your neighbors before you press play…
The Placebo original…
HARAKIRI FOR THE SKY: Facebook
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