Miles: “Slow Down offers a clear message: it’s not about where you’ve been,
where you are, or where you’re going, what matters is who you’re with.”
TUTV: Eight songs. Eight musings. Eight engrossing compositions with one and
the same message: get high on life with love. Craftily written, subtly arranged, and graciously orchestrated with intimate, soulful charm and stylish elegance that moves
and touches.
I’ll give you some hints. The ghostly atmospherics of Sparklehorse (Garden / Museum / Passenger), the great late genius Prince in funky slo-mo (What Am I To Do?), and the romanticism of Father John Misty (Last Forever / Get Up, Get Dressed). No, I’m not just throwing around some big names for no reason. Slow Down is a marvelous feat that
excels at uncomplicated, yet oh-so-affecting singer-songwriting finesse.
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Miles: “Slow Down offers a clear message: it’s not about where you’ve been,
where you are, or where you’re going, what matters is who you’re with.”
TUTV: Eight songs. Eight musings. Eight engrossing compositions with one and
the same message: get high on life with love. Craftily written, subtly arranged, and graciously orchestrated with intimate, soulful charm and stylish elegance that moves
and touches.
I’ll give you some hints. The ghostly atmospherics of Sparklehorse (Garden / Museum / Passenger), the great late genius Prince in funky slo-mo (What Am I To Do?) and the romanticism of Father John Misty (Last Forever / Get Up, Get Dressed). No, I’m not just throwing around some big names for no reason. Slow Down is a marvelous feat that
excells at uncomplicated, yet oh-so affecting singer-songwriting finesse. Discover it.
After 10 years the sisters in arms want to inject their bond with new musical challenges
to keep their marriage alive and kicking (they’ll be always alive and kicking anyway).
Their new LP called, yes, Marriage and lands on 12 November.
The first taster is a slo-mo synth-vaccinated groove with Lindsey Troy‘s fully charged
guitars all over it and Julie Edwards, as usual taking care of the solid backbone drum
beat. Troy‘s vocals and Edwards echoing voice in the back give the song an extra thrill.
Expect a slash and trash jackhammer, an angry
spit and sneer storm, a Sturm und Drang uppercut.
143 seconds of furious frustration is what you get. Retro organs
clatter like if a nightmare is just around the corner, but Domestic
thunders like he’s a determined survivor who will not go down
just like that.
I listened to the title track of this London-based singer/songwriter’s new album
about 50 times, so far. It’s a guitar-driven riff-hook-and-lick standout that cuts like
a new Swiss knife with feverish and heartfelt vocals amplifying the dumbfounded
chorus. Holy smoke.
The rock ‘n roll swagger of Eddie Cochran, the surf guitar electricity
of Link Wray, and the fervent fire of Bo Diddley. Get the punchy
picture? This rollin’ razzle-dazzle riffage will boost your mood.
London’s funk-punk gang is gearing up
for their big breakthrough album.
This first taster is a trippy bass-driven disco groove you can sway
your hips to in the morning while waking up, in the evening while
getting drunk, and during the day when you’re getting bored.
When surreality becomes reality cry outs like these pop up to translate
alienated feelings that dominate your daily life. This club of two decided
to embed their frustration into a swirling dance stunner for our doomed
generation.
Pithy, peppery, and a blacked-out chorus that sticks as primo glue.
Add glamorous vocals and a glittering full-on wall-of-sound and the
final result is a supersonic stunner.
‘It’s Critical’ by SAVING JACKIE (San Antonio, Texas)
The heated rap-rock gang from San Antonio launched
a video for the title track of their debut album.
The clip is a clear-cut message regarding life-threatening diseases.
Flamboyant frontwoman Jenny 4C Ramirez emphasizes the fight
for your life bravery while making your blood stream faster through
your veins.
These young gunslingers rushed to indie stardom with their ace jazz and prog-rock influenced debut LP For The First Time.
Isaac Wood (frontman) about this brand new song: “it’s the best song we’ve ever
written. We threw in every idea anyone had with that song. So the making of it was
a really fast, whimsical approach – like throwing all the shit at the wall and just
letting everything stick.”
A blazing rock slam about the desperate need for stable emotional stimulation.
Blustering guitars, flurried synths, hot-blooded vocals, a discharging chorus, and somewhere in the middle a thunder and lighting guitar solo to electrocute all your
mind-destroying demons. Every time you take this medicine, you’ll get a kick out of it.
If you like British turbo Royal Blood
you’ll go berserk to this cracker too.
Instantly effective pop tunes like these make me smile
from left to right and back. Shiny guitars with shoegazy
sparks, a dizzy-making rhythm, happy-go-lucky sentiments,
and seducing vocals. A song that would turn Taylor Swift
into an indie star.
A crystal-clear structured protest against greedy political sharks and
megalomaniac charlatans oppressing people for their own devastating
agendas. Again Manimal and Samara show how to fuse poignant poetry
and versatile metal genres.
The fab goth-metal gang made an album with goth heroine Chelsea Wolfe
and Cave In‘s Stephen Brodsky. The LP, titled Bloodmoon: I will soundtrack
our nightmares from November 19 on.
Here comes the first piece Blood Moon. A classic mix of deafening bombast,
theatrical doom and gloom, barking voices (except for Chelsea of course), and
hardcore torment. A perfect Halloween monster.
White continues her sound-exploring search. Here she fuses
symphonic instrumentation with deep-bass-resonating synth
turbulence. Trippy, dissonant, and even claustrophobic when
short fragments of White‘s restless breathing emerge somewhere
in there.
The ongoing pizzicato violin play adds both an airy and eerie timbre.
I have no idea what the totally silent outro with some echoes of (what
seems to be) firecrackers in the very end, is about. What I do know is
that the first thought that crossed my mind when hearing this, was: Aphex Twin is back, in disguise.
Pretty quick into the song the early days of electronic
British legends Human League and Baxter Dury‘s synth
pop sensuality (especially the female voices) popped up
on my stereo in my head.
It sounds as if this Boston tandem warns us of Big Brother’s ambition to brainwash humankind with mind-altering chemicals with this darksome, yet instantly striking
electro jam. Haunting, feverish, and gloomy are the keywords here. Best played at
night while being dazed and confused by the surreal times we experience the past
18 months.
It’s been a while since I heard an epic belter that evokes
an image on the screen in my head of a massive stadium
filled with a sea of people holding their phones up with
shining lights and scream at the top of their lungs.
This powerful love ballad will
trigger your romantic side…
Band: MOONWOOD Who: Sydney-based band made of five friends
from Australia, the United States and Canada Influences:The National, The 1975 and Kings of
Leon, with elements of Bruce Springsteen and
U2’s enrapturing storytelling
New single: SLOW DOWN
Great piece from their upcoming EP
“The song narrates a struggling relationship, the tension surrounding conflict and striving
for repair. Touching on the differences of two individuals, the song speaks of love, patience
and tolerance, sonically building throughout and reflecting the tension in the relationship.
The relatable track navigates the need to resolve and repair the miscommunication between two lovers, which is a result of their unspoken issues and individual contrasts.”
Turn Up The Volume: It’s been a while since I heard an epic belter that evokes
an image on the screen in my head of a massive stadium filled with a sea of people holding their phones up with shining lights and scream at the top of their lungs.
This powerful love ballad starts tenderly with piano and acoustic guitar and affective vocals but slowly but surely the passion, the fervor and the overall orchestration grows towards an orgiastic peak with glowing guitar ardency and a vocally pumped-up
chorus before closing with a hushed outro.
To those who perceive this bittersweet symphony as too soft: get real and show your emotions, it won’t hurt. Coldplay‘s maestro Chris Martin will envy the anthemic force of
this sonic standout. One message to Moonwod: when you play Slow Down live make it
last for at least 10 minutes.