11 July 2025
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Artist: ST VINCENT
Alias of NYC born songstress
Anne Erin Clark.
Track: FLEA
Highlight from her 7th album
All Born Screaming, released
last year.
Trippy, classy, sexy performance
at this year’s Glastonbury Festival.
Daily noise that works faster than a stream of caffeine
30 March 2025
Almost one year ago glamorous New York songstress ST. VINCENT, born
Anne Erin Clark, 42 years ago, released her 7th LP All Born Screaming,
quickly followed by a full Spanish version (fact).
Her first 2025 music is a track named DOA .
She wrote/recorded it for the A24 film
Death Of A Unicorn.
It’s a ricocheting disco bombshell to
wake you up early, on this Sunday.
ALL TOGETHER
TRACK BY TRACK
– 1 –
Band: HINDS
Who: Sizzling Spanish
ecstatic pop fury.
Track: Superstar
Piece from their 4th LP,
titled Viva Hinds
TUTV: Perfect 24 Carat power pop tune with a rhapsodic impact
on your ears. Sonic euphoria that causes a prompt outburst of
dazzling delight.
Fantástico!
Instagram – Linktree
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Band: KINGS OF LEON
Track: Mustang
The Nashville family launched their 9th album
named Cand We Please Have Fun’ last May.
TUTV: A roasting steamroller that turns up the heat even
more when the cooking chorus kicks in and blows the roof off.
Red-hot-blooded belter.
Bad-ass.
Instagram – Spotify
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Band: FONTAINES D.C.
Track: Starbuster
Unquestionable standout from the Irish indie
stars’ much applauded 4th LP Romance.
TUTV: Intense jam, rollin’ on with a bone-chilling flow and
frontman Grian Chatten raps all over it with his characteristic
uptight parlando and grasping for his breath every time the
refrain comes on.
Breath-taking.
Instagram – Spotify
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Band: GUSTAF
Who: Swirling 5-piece from Brooklyn led by charismatic frontwoman
Lydia Gammil released their 2nd album Package Pt. 2 last April.
Track: Starting And Staring
TUTV: Funkier than the B-52’s in their heyday, and Gustaf spin around
with more dash and class than Bodega and Parquet Courts. Fact!
Knockout.
Instagram – Spotify
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Band: STRAND
Who: Power pop quartet
from Dublin, Ireland.
Track: Progress
Part of their upcoming 5-track EP
that’ll land early next year.
“Progress is a song about changing places, people and times.”
TUTV: Epic. Grandiose. Staggering. Amplified guitar-pop at its mind-blowing best.
One of those not-everyday puissant killer tracks overwhelms your emotions
from the first spin.
Superb.
.
Linktree – Spotify
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Artist: GAVIN FRIDAY
Who: The former flamboyant spearhead of Irish
new art wave act Virgin Prunes (1977-1986).
Track: The Church Of Love
From his new album
Ecce Homo.
TUTV: Glistening electro-pop splendor. Uplifting, jaunty and
brisk. Trust me, you’ll want to join Friday‘s church afterward.
Believe.
Here.
Now.
.
Instagram – Spotify
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Press photo by Zac Bayly
Band: AMYL AND THE SNIFFERS
Track: You Should Not Be Doing that
Stand-alone single released after they dropped their
3rd full-length Cartoon Darkness last October.
TUTV: A searing left/right uppercut. Amyl is sniffin’ again
as we are used to by now, but I never get tired of her
kickass briskness.
Wowzers.
Instagram – Spotify
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Band: DITZ
Who: Earthquake-causing
hit team from Brighton, UK.
Track: Taximan
Piece from their forthcoming second longplayer, baptized
Never Exhale. It’ll hit the streets on 25 January 2025.
TUTV: Taximan does your head in the way we, brainbangers, like it.
Bam Bang Boom. No mercy for the wicked. Manic mayhem as usual.
You’d better check out if Robert ‘Travis’ De Niro is behind the wheel
before taking a cab.
Helter-skelter.
.
Linktree – Bandcamp
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Band: THE RATS
Who: 5 ambitious rascals
from Ghent, Belgium.
Track: OLD FLAMES
Cut from their excellent
debut EP Disco To Disco.
The song is about rediscovering old lovers after a night out from disco(theque) to disco(theque), with references to The Pogues’ Shane MacGowan and his excessive
drinking, and a legendary Belgian crooner.
TUTV: Full steam ahead from the get-go. All engines on. Decibels up, amps up.
The breakneck speed and the relentless synth/percussion riff make your head
spin 360°. I dare you to catch up with this missile all the way.
Hit! Hit! Hit!
.
Instagram – Bandcamp
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Band: LAMBRINI GIRLS
Who: A two-motor punk bulldozer from Brighton, UK who have built
a notorious reputation over the past 2 years, on record and on stage.
Track: Love
Cut from the duo’s upcoming debut LP
Who Let The Dogs Out. Out next year, on
January 10.
TUTV: Without a shadow of a loud doubt, one of the grrrlz’s best stormers so far.
An amazeballs wall-of-nasty-guitar/bass hullabaloo, a ruthless octopus drummer
and Phoebe‘s best vocals. Hell-tastic.
‘True love is nothing more than the wrong hill to die on”.
Dynamite.
Instagram – Spotify
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Band: THE MYSTERINES
Who: Impassioned powerhouse pop indies from
Liverpool fronted by ravishing voice Lia Metcalfe.
Track: SINK YA TEETH
Single from their 2nd LP
Afraid Of Tomorrows.
TUTV: A maddening master blaster.
Haunting electricity and Metcalfe
mystique.
Cool as fuck!
Linktree – Spotify
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Band: SPRINTS
Who: Irish post-punk sensation.
Track: TICKING
Opener of their kick-ass
debut LP Letter To Self.
TUTV: The jaw-dropping vitality these volcanic Irish beatniks develop here is off the charts. They build a near-unbearable tension and explode insanely, time after time, along the rough ride. Vocalist/songwriter Karla Chubb knows terrifically well how to double your adrenalin production.
Timebomb.
.
Instagram – Spotify
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Band: GETDOWN SERVICES
Who: Two flamboyant
weirdos from Bristol, UK.
Track: DOG DRIBBLE
From the duo’s brand new 6-track EP
Your Medal’s In The Post.
TUTV: Dog Dribble operates somewhere between Yard Act and Sleaford Mods.
Its limbs-activating groove is simply irresistible. Get up, stand up, and fight
for your right to bounce up and down like mad.
Buzzing.
Instagram – Linktree
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Band: FAT DOG
Who: South London-based gang that made thousands
and ‘true love is nothing more than the wrong hill to die on”.
thousands of ears go bonkers with their first-rate debut
longplayer Woof.
Track: All The Same
TUTV: A ballistic disco-punk whopper to end and start all (il)legal
raves with. When the huge orchestral injections blast out of your
vibrating speakers you know that these misfits are your new
favorite dogs. Hallelujah!
Barking party mayhem.
Instagram – Spotify
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Press photo by Cal McIntyre
Band: RIDE
Legendary British shoegazers.
Track: Last Frontier
Toptier one from their toptier
7th LP, named Interplay.
TUTV: A sickly sticky earworm with
an orgasmic chorus. Less shoegaze,
more pop bliss. Moonstruck stroke.
Bingo.
Instagram – Spotify
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MAYFLOWER MADAME
Who: Norwegian pysch-pop outfit.
This Norwegian band specializes in a dark and distinctive blend
of post-punk, shoegaze and psych-noir. So far they released two
albums.
Track: A Foretold Ecstasy
One of the stellar singles from their
new, third, album Insight.
TUTV: Drums and bass team up for an incessantly beat that carries
this instantaneously infectiuos trip, along with a magnetizing Cure-esque
guitar riff that gets you in a trance.
Truly hypnotizing from start to finish with velvety vocals
and darkwavish synths in the back adding a twilight tone.
Sparkling.
Instagram – Linktree
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Band: BLACK DOLDRUMS
Who: British synth-pop-Goth trio with key
members Kevin Gibbard and Sophie Landers
Track: Summer Breeze
From their second LP,
named In Limerence.
TUTV: No, this is not a New Order song but it could easily be one, actually a stellar one. Summer Breeze sparkles from the very start to finish with scintillating guitar riffs, zealous percussion, shiny synths and Gibbard‘s eager vocals. It’s a pure pop pearl for all seasons.
Paramount.
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Artist: ST. VINCENT
Who: Glamorous songstress
Annie Carke from NYC.
Track: Big Time Nothing
Cut from her 7th LP
All Born Screaming.
TUTV: Sexy crowded nightclub stomper.
Dancefloor filler. Orgastic titillation.
Sigh!
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Artists: ARROWS OF ATHENA (Boston, MA)
Who: A pandemic project that found its two main players – multi-instrumentalist and producer Scott Lerner and vocalist and lyricist Jac-Lyn Gibson – reuniting after the latter spent some time away from music, Arrows of Athena are crafting a distinct sound on
their own terms, bridging usually disparate ends of the pop and rock spectrum for an illuminated sound of big dance beats, heavy riffs, and melodic intensity.
New single: Reckless Heart
Piece from their debut
album The Ghost
On this song the duo explores the mental and emotional work required
for a successful marriage, and how we’re often careless with love.
TUTV: I’m quite sure that Arrows Of Athena are huge fans of former Swedish glam and glitter pop duo Roxette. The bliss and blitz at play on Reckless Heart is sonically similar. Sizzling guitars, battering drums/bass grooves, sensuous vocals and a peppy chorus combine here for a power pop pearl that flames lustrously. Orchestral melodiousness, fiery 90s spirit, and musical. An invigorating joyride.
And eye-catching animated video clip.
WATCH/LISTEN
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Band: VIRGINS
Who: Young up-and-coming
Belfast-based shoegazers .
Track: s o f t e r
Single from their fascinating debut LP
nothing hurt and anything
was beautiful
TUTV: This is a psychedelic shoegaze stunner, a multi-layered symphony
propelled by about a thousand guitars, a mindboggling bass riff, and combative
drums, while Rebecca Dow‘s ghostly vocals come from another galaxy.
Heavenly.
Instagram – Linktree
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Band: LEG PUPPY 2.0
Who: Madcap techno act from London.
Track: Welcome To Your New Future
Piece from their best album, so far, baptized Humanity 2.0.
TUTV: What’s in store for humankind. Nuclear war or peace and free love?
Or will we be just another brick in the wall? Whatever happens, never stop
pirouetting yourself dizzy to Leg Puppy.
We don’t need your education
We don’t need no your thought control
Move those legs.
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Art by Jeffrey Boyle
Band: THE DARTS
Who: Unwearying garage
rock turbo from Phoenix, Arizona.
Track: Ppur Another
From this year’s fabulous
new LP Boomerang.
TUTV: The most energetic, exciting, pizzazy band around. Cooking on record and on stage. Sultry garage rock for party animals. This is my absolute favorite of this years Boomerang LP. Chipper tune.
Have a drink, folks.
Linktree – Spotify
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Band: RAPTUROUS
Who: British hip-rock-hop squad.
Track: Repeat After Me
TUTV: Think Cypress Hill fronted by Zack de la Rocha, rattling like
a rapid-fire riot-gun. An avid anthem that celebrates freedom and
invites you to shout along while pumping your fists in the air.
Repeat after them.
Instagram – Linktree
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Band: BAD MOVES
Who: Fervent guitar-pop
quartet from Washington.
Track: Hallelujah
Piece from their 3rd LP,
titled Wearing Out The Refrain.
TUTV: Hallelujah rages against the anti-LGBTQ
haters with knives between their teeth and an
unstoppable drive.
“To express oneself, now expressly forbidden/ That’s a spiritual hell, that’s
a new prohibition/ And they’ll boil you down to reproductive function/ When
they see you as a vessel and not as a person!”
Bang-on.
Instagram – Linktree
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Band: CANYONS AND LOCUSTS
Who: Boston‘s hefty garage blues-rock duo.
Track: Anna Save A Life
.
TUTV: A manic motherrocker from a duo who sound as a 4-motor hit-and-run team. Riff-o-rama all the way while bashing drums do your head in. Garage punk ‘n’ roll at its filthy best. Call your own Anna and challenge the anti-decibels police.
Pretty sick.
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Band: DUMB POSH HIPPIES (hilarious name!)
Who: Psych-influenced, three-piece punk band from
Dublin/Derry with a love for big riffs and pace.
Track: Scrunched Up Fist
TUTV: Wham bloody wham bam. Expect a sharp-splitting punk rock juggernaut. Amps up and full steam ahead. No rest for the wicked with this razor-blade cutting, head over heels bombshell spiced with sneering vocals. Wham bloody wah-wah guitars bam. Scrunched Up Fist hits your face really hard. Hurry-scurry stroke.
Hells bells.
.
Instagram – Spotify
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Band: SOFT SKIES INC
Who: Philadelphia-based identical-twin duo and longtime musical confidants
Ryan and Martin Rex, their shared sonic compass draws a straight line from the
classic alternative of their youth to the modern alternative and dream-pop of
today.
Track: Sooner Or Later
A song of hope, riding those tender waves of nostalgia, understanding that a loss of innocence comes with age but that we emerge from the other side with newfound perspective and awareness.
Melodic guitar pop at its Sebadoh best. Uptempo shoe-slacker-gaze
spiced with scintalling synths and ethereal vocals. Start dreaming in
overdrive.
Enrapturing.
.
Linktree
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Photo credit: Thandiwe Zivengwa
Artist: SPIELMANN
Who:Eager singer-songwriter from Leeds, UK.
Track: Just Like Everybode Else
From this year’s EP, titled Fifteen Minutes With Spielmann.
TUTV: Just Like Everybody Else is a glorious, full-orchestrated pop gem, that transfers you in an eye/ear blink to a sonic dreamland with its affecting melodiousness, riveting chorus and warm-hearted vocals. Three highly-entertaining minutes and twenty seconds with Spielmann
Instagram – Linktree
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Artist: KIM DEAL
Track: Crystal Breath
Single from Deal’s solo debut full lenght
Nobody Loves You More.
TUTV: Quite special and different from anything
Deal has been done before. EBM bass dynamics,
trip-hop quivering and a spiky guitar riff.
Instagram – Linktree
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Artist: LAUREN MAYBERRY
Who: Synth-pop band CHVRCHES‘
Scottish voice/face.
Track: Something In The Air
Superb song from her solo debut LP
Vicious Creature.
TUTV: A sky-scraping tune, a stunning slice of elevating music
with a multi-storey chorus and Mayberry‘s crystal voice going
airborne.
Spectacular vocals.
Instagram – Spotify
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Artist: MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP
Track: Mother Mary
The German guitar hero Michael Schenker and his group just released
an album titled My Years With UFO which celebrates his years with the
legendary band.
It features several guests, among them that other guitar icon Slash who joins MSG
on a reworked version of this 1975 track. Lots of guitar solos, what else, of course?
Artist: JAKE BUGG
Track: I Wrote The Book
4th shared single from the British songsmith’s upcoming
6th full length, A Modern Day Distraction.
A both reflective and upbeat song (just like the
other 3 tracks) song. Bugg is becoming a rocker.
Band: THE BEACHES
Track: Jocelyn
Following the success of last year’s LP Blame My Ex
the commoving Canadian 4-piece already dropped
4 new singles and here’s #5.
“We wanted to write about the experience of feeling undeserving of all the reverence that was being thrown away after “Blame My Ex” did so well. We kind of wrote the song about this brilliant fan and young woman, and about the experience we were going through, feeling uncomfortable and undeserving of Jocelyn’s adulation.”
It’s a mid-tempo indie pop tune that sticks swiftly.
Band: BIG MOUNTAIN COUNTY
Who: Group formed in Rome in 2013. The members were instantly
bonded over a mutual love for The Stooges, MC5, The Velvet Underground,
and Joe Spencer.
Track: Going Down
Written in a single breath during a lightning-fast session, in those rare moments when creativity flows effortlessly and authenticity reigns, “Going Down” delivers a jolt of high- kicking thrills.
BMC: “We wanted to thrust the listener deep into the metropolitan nightscape, where a relentless and frenetic rhythm takes over, enveloping everything in a synthetic, alienating texture. The night itself is the hysterical protagonist of the song. It is a landscape of fear, neon flickers and speeding cars tearing through the streets. It is a tale of shattered promises, empty pockets and failures, where the only release is a howl into the high- octane blur of the abyss.”
Don’t forget to flush, folks.
Artist: ST. VINCENT
Track: Hombre Roto
Last April New York’s songstress Annie Clarke aka St. Vincent
her formidable 7th longplayer All Born Screaming.
Inspired by the warm reception that she’s gotten when playing to Spanish-speaking crowds, she decided to re-issue the LP with the songs’ lyrics translated into Spanish by
her friend Alan Del Rio Ortiz.
Here’s the first taster. The Spanish version of top-tier tune Broken Man.
Already 6 months behind us this year.
Time to look/listen back. These 25
tracks made TUTV’s ears go bonkers.
ALL TOGETHER
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TRACK-BY-TRACK
1. ‘Starting And Staring’ by GUSTAF (NYC)
The swirling 5-piece from Brooklyn led by charismatic frontwoman
Lydia Gammil released their 2nd album Package Pt. 2 last April.
Lead single Starting and Staring is a knockout.
Funkier than the B-52’s in their heyday, and they spin around
with more dash and class than Bodega and Parquet Courts.
Let’s roll.
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2. ‘Mustang’ by KINGS OF LEON (Nashville, US)
The Nashville family launched their 9th album
named Cand We Please Have Fun’ last May.
Peak piece Mustang is a roasting steamroller that
turns up the heat even more when the cooking chorus
kicks in.
KOL.
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3. Ticking by SPRINTS (Ireland)
The flabbergasting energy these ear-splitting loud Irish beatniks develop on their ace debut LP Letter To Self is off the charts. The opener Ticking is what these 4 Irish indies
do on repeat. Building a near-unbearable tension and exploding insanely along the rough ride.
Holy smoke.
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4. ‘U Should Not Be Doing That’ by AMYL AND THE SNIFFERS (Australia)
Press photo by Zac Bayly
Since this Australian punk tornado released their 2nd
longplayer Comfort To Me back in 2021 they’re on an
endless tour around the globe.
Yet, in between all gig mayhem they found some time to write/record/release
two new searing sucker-punches with U Should Be Doing This as my favourite.
Amyl: ‘This song makes me laugh, but it’s also in a way poking fun at the shock that
people still feel at a little bit of skimpy clothing, and the bitchy high school way that
the music community still is.’
Sassy striking stroke.
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5. ‘Hallelujah’ by BAD MOVES (Washington D.C.)
Washington‘s flamboyant guitar pop quartet release
their 3rd LP, baptized Wearing Out The Refrain next
September.
On Hallelujah they rage against the anti-LGBTQ
machine with knives between their teeth and an
unstoppable drive.
“To express oneself, now expressly forbidden/ That’s a spiritual hell, that’s
a new prohibition/ And they’ll boil you down to reproductive function/ When
they see you as a vessel and not as a person!”
Punktastic.
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6. ‘Sink Ya Teeth’ by THE MYSTERINES (UK)
Sink Ya Teeth from their 2nd LP, named Afraid Of Tomorrows
which came out last month, is a a maddening master blaster.
Cool as fuck!
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7. ‘Body Of Mine’ by LAMBRINI GIRLS (Brighton, UK)
Photo by TUTV
The feminist-punk duo went nuclear the past year following their
amazeballs 6-track EP You’re Welcome and this year’s bulldozing
and gender-themed missile Body Of Mine.
Speedball stunner.
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8. ‘Starburster’ by FONTAINES D.C. (Ireland)
Promo photo
Irish indie stars FONTAINES D.C. will share their 4th LP,
named ROMANCE with the world on August 23rd.
The lead single Starburster is a feverish corker
with a bone-chilling gush and frontman Grian
Chatten rapping all over it with his characteristic
uptight parlando.
New look, new vibe, new feat.
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9. Danzig With Myself’ by THE DANDY WARHOLS (Portland)
Last March the Dandys came up with their 12th album, named Rockmaker.
Lead single Danzing With Myself features Pixies‘ general Frank Black and
is a gloomy and doomy groover. With its poignant progression, this piece
creeps under your skin in an eye/ear blink.
Danz here.
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10. ‘Aeroplane’ by THE LIVING PINS (Austin, TX)
These two electrifying Amazons hit the bullseye with this
jagged jackhammer from their rawk-ing EP Let It Be So.
Imagine 60s British glam rock legends T. Rex and
American trash duo Royal Trux jamming together.
Fly along here.
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11. ‘Repeat After Me’ by RAPTUROUS (Kent, UK)
UK’s rock/hip-hop team Rapturous invite us to scream
our lungs out on their avid anthem that celebrates freedom.
“The song was inspired by the old blues style of call & response, we wanted to create something that could be easily sung back to us by the crowd. The song is about being free from anything that is getting you down, be it your job, finances, the world, or the weekend’s football scores. Freedom from misery, that’s the idea.”
Think Cypress Hill fronted by Zack de la Rocha,
rattling like a rapid-fire riot-gun.
Repeat after them.
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12. ‘All The Same’ by FAT DOG (South London)
Press promo
Fat Dog are coming up faster than an out-of-control comet.
These bloodhounds are working on their debut LP.
One of the shared tracks (so far) is this disco-punk
axe.
Bingo!
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13. ‘Oh Shit’ by THE LIBERTINES (UK)
Promo pic
British infamous mavericks dropped their 4th album
called All Quiet On The Eastern Esplanade last April.
Oh Shit was one of the singles. A shit-along crackerjack sung by
Carl Barât and joined on the chirpy chorus by his buddy Doherty.
Oh fun.
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14. ‘A Foretold Ecstasy’ by MAYFLOWER MADAME (Norway)
This Norwegian band specializes in a dark and distinctive blend
of post-punk, shoegaze and psych-noir. So far they released two
albums.
On this new, superb single drums and bass team up for an
incessantly beat that carries this instantaneously sticking ride,
along with a magnetizing Cure-esque guitar riff that gets you in
a trance.
Truly hypnotizing from start to finish with velvety vocals
and darkwavish synths in the back adding a twilight tone.
Top-tier tune.
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15. ‘Lights Down Low’ by DIE SEXUAL (Los Angeles)
This hepped-up EBM duo conjure their influences of EBM, techno and electropop,
their sound is an intoxicating mix of analog synthetics and seductive vocals, touching
on themes of desire and despair, domination and submission.
They have a new 3-track EP, titled Inservio out, with opener Lights Down Low
as my favorite. An electro booster with a mindblowing techno beat à la The Prodigy
that rotates irresistibly, non-stop.
Bang-on.
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16. ‘Big Time Nothing’ by ST. VINCENT (Oklahoma)
Album artwork
Glamorous songstress St. Vincent delivered
her 7th LP All Born Screaming last April.
High-spot cut Big Time Nothing is a 24-carat
pumping dancefloor knockout.
Party time.
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17. ‘S o f t e r by VIRGINS (Ireland)
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This Belfast-based shoegaze team made an impact on my ears
last April, with their notable debut LP nothing hurt and anything
was beautiful
Lead single Softer is a psychedelic shoegaze stunner, a multi-layered symphony
propelled by about a thousand guitars, a mindboggling bass riff, and combative
drums, while Rebecca Dow‘s ghostly vocals scrape the sky. A titanic thrill.
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18. ‘Peace Sign’ by RIDE (UK)
Press photo by Cal McIntyre
The shoegaze veterans scored an excellent
opus with their 7th LP, named Interplay
The album’s first single Peace Sign
is a sickly sticky pop earworm with
an orgasmic chorus.
Bingo.
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19. ‘I Don’t Understand What Any Of You Are Doing’ by DEAD ANYWAY (UK)
This British duo combine the dark lyricism of Kate Arnold
against the music and soundscapes of Marc Symonds.
They caught my attention with last February‘s top album
Partially Eaten By Animals.
Highlight ‘I Don’t Understand What Any Of You Are Doing’ dives into trip-hop-pop territory with Arnold‘s crystal clear voice floating all over shiny synth dynamics. Catchy as hell.
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20. ‘Welcome Tou Your New Future’ by LEG PUPPY 2.0 (London, UK)
This madcap techno act scored their best (so far)
album with Humanity 2.0 which came out last May.
You can shake your (p)elvis to single Welcome To Your New
Future while getting nervous about the unknown tomorrow.
What’s in store for humankind. Nuclear war or peace and free love?
Or will we be just another brick in the wall? Whatever happens,
never stop pirouetting yourself dizzy to manic music .
We don’t need your education
We don’t need no your thought control
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21. ‘Just Like Everybody Else’ by SPIELMANN (Leeds, UK)
Photo credit: Thandiwe Zivengwa
This cut features on Spielmann‘s new, splendid
EP, titled Fifteen Minutes With Spielmann
Just Like Everybody Else is a glorious, full-orchestrated pop gem, that transfers you in an eye/ear blink to a sonic dreamland with its affecting melodiousness, riveting chorus and warm-hearted vocals. Three highly-entertaining minutes and twenty seconds with Spielmann
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22. ‘Just Another Rainbow’ by LIAM GALLAGHER & JOHN SQUIRE (UK)
New star tandem Gallagher-Squire produced/released their debut LP last March.
The lead-single Just Another Rainbow is partly Oasis, partly Stone Roses.
Liam sings like Liam (who else?) and Squire does his psychedelic 6-string
Stone Roses thing.
Infectious lads rock.
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23. ‘Close Enough’ by STRESS DOLLS (Buffalo, NY)
📸 Peter Heuer Photography
Stress Dolls is the musical moniker of songstress Chelsea O’Donnell.
Last May she released her enchanting debut album Queen Of No.
Close Enough is one of my favorite tracks. A captivating pop song.
Tantalizing tunefulness, glistening guitar sparks, and gratifying vocals
combine for a top tune.
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24. ‘Red’ by YOKOPHONO (Finland)
Promo picture by Jan Trygg
This is how British blues rock titans Royal Blood would sound if their
producer is a fanatic post-punk fan. Red is a riff-rough stormer.
The crude combination of hammering drums, stoner rock electricity,
and firm vocals create a shocking effect. Yokophono is a RED-hot 2-piece.
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Nick Cave and his Bad Seeds have canned album number 18.
It’s baptized Wild God and will show up on August 30.
The title track is a sublime composition. The first part is crooner Cave as we know him,
but quickly the vocal passion and goosebumps intensity go up and from halfway on, this diamond turns into an orchestral masterpiece, with a zealous hallelujah choir and an opera-like majesty.
Best piece they wrote in years. Breathtaking.
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Check the 10 new rad cuts just
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TRACK BY TRACK
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Band: BROADSHEETS (UK)
Who: Bristol-based unit conceived in 2022. They combine the starkness and
emotional intensity of Slowcore bands like Duster and Movietone with the seductive soundscapes and nocturnal moods of vintage Trip-hop acts Portishead and Massive
Attack.
Track: CHEVRON
TUTV: Epic psychedelic jam. Ominous howls, spine-chilling agitation,
freaky saxophone. There’s always a dark light at the end of the tunnel.
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Band:NIHILOCEROS
Who: Noizzz three-piece
from Brooklyn, NY
Track: PINGUIN WINGS
Piece from their upcoming LP Dark Ice Balloons,
out tomorrow, May 3. More info here
TUTV: Rousing missile powered by psychotic guitars, hefty bass/drum
mayhem and neurotic vocals, peaking with a mental chorus. Hüsker Dü
in overdrive.
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Band: slab feat. The Sewer Cats
Who: Rowdy indies from Manchester
who claim that 2+1=0
Track: Holy smoke. Hide, here comes a volcanic punk eruption fueled
by quick-tempered guitars, hammering percussion and exorcistic vocals.
Helter skelter.
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Band: DEEP PURPLE (UK)
Who: Heavy rock icons
Track: PORTABLE DOOR
First single from their upcoming 23rd LP, weirdly
named ‘=1′ on July 19.
TUTV: The Purple still sound like they did in the 60s/70s. As hard as concrete,
as ebullient as if they were still in their 20s and Ian Gillan still has iron pipes.
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Band: MANTAROCHEN
Who: Electrifying trio from Leipzig, Germany
They released their debut album S/T last year
Track: REFLECTION
Piece from their upcoming
6-track EP In The Bagers Cave
TUTV: Expect a post-pysch-punk projectile causing dizziness
in your head. Think Siouxsie and the Banshees on speed.
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Band: STRANGE ENCOUNTERS
Who: Psych/power pop duo
from Berlin, Germany
Track: RECOGNIZE
Piece from their brand
new LP All In The Mind
TUTV: Tremendously catchy, jangly and vibey pop earworm, balancing between
Scottish heroes Teenage Fanclub and 60s harmony legends The Byrds. Frolicsome
and frisky. Makes your day on the spot.
Band: PET SHOP BOYS (UK)
Who: Seasoned electro-pop heroes
Track: AM I DANCING?
From their brand-new LP Nonetheless
TUTV: PSB do what they do best. Writing/creating hum/whistle/sway
along tunes. Join them on the dance floor, because they feel alone
a bit in the disco on this one.
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Artist: ST. VINCENT (New York)
Who: Famous songstress from the Big Apple
Track: SO MANY PLANETS
Song from her excellent new longplayer All Born Screaming
TUTV: You’ll love this. An easy-going, feel-good humdinger with
a buoyant and hip-shaking reggae spin. Puts a smile on my face.
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Artist: CUSTIE
Who: Emerging alternative pop artist hailing from London, Ontario. His distinct sound explores pop music as it intersects with singer-songwriter, R&B and alternative music.
Track: ON E AND EVERYTHING BETWEEN
“‘E’ is an attempt to stylize and leave much of the song up to listener interpretation. By giving things concrete names, it makes everything very topical. I always like to find a way to have my listeners move with me by presenting a song with a certain kind of allure in mystery. Hence the ‘E’ – it stands for anything you’d like. ”
TUTV: A smooth, mid-tempo, richly orchestrated, sonically
and vocally, pop reverie. Close your eyes, and dream away.
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Artist: ERIC SCHROEDER
Who: Singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and pop-rock polymath from San Diego, combining contrast and contradiction.
Track: THE KIND OF WOUND THAT NEVER HEALS
Piece from his brand-new album Turned On The Stereo
TUTV: Electrical mid-tempo blues reflection. Weeping guitars,
perfervid vocals, and ab intense resonance.
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TRACK BY TRACK
1. ‘Light In A Quiet Room’ by RIDE (UK)
Superb track from Ride‘s new superb album Interplay
It starts with Mark Gardner‘s starry-eyed vocals glistering over a poppy mid-tempo soundscape. At the 3-minute mark, the song fades out with subtle piano touches but restarts for a psychedelic, multi-layered wall-of-orgastic sound finale.
Wowzers.
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2. ‘Big Time Nothing’ by ST. VINCENT (New York)
Absolute top-tier track from her new LP All Born Screaming.
It’s an irristible 24 Carat old skool disco stomper to fill dance
floors with.
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3. ‘Sink Ya Teeth’ by THE MYSTERINES (UK)
New high-powered rockin’ banger from the British post-punks’
second LP, titled Afraid Of Tomorrows, that’ll see the day of light
on June 7.
Cool as fuck!
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4. ‘Enrage Engage’ by SELF HELP (UK)
These British indie upstarts take you on a bouncy ride with
this jagged juggernaut from their upcoming debut LP.
Enrage Engage is a roaring roller coaster ride, going forth and back, left and right,
circling around a pulsating Yard Act like groove that gets under your skin without
asking, while the song derails in different surprising, up and down directions, now
and then.
Don’t miss these young bloodthirsty dogs, they’re going places.
Buy
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5. ’99’ by METZ (Canada)
Cooking highlight from the Canadian noizz trio’s
new mind-blowing longplayer ‘Up On Gravity Hill’.
99,99 score.
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6. ‘Body Of Mine’ by LAMBRINI GIRLS (Brighton, UK)
Lille, France 2024 – Photo by Turn Up The Volume
Another supersonic gender sucker-punch from Brighton‘s riotous feminist punk duo fury.
They slash, trash, and smash with unbridled vigour and biting zing. Not your typical girls.
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7. ‘Something To Fight For’ by TYPHOID ROSIE (Brooklyn, NY)
Photo: Janier De Jesus, via Typhoid Rosie
It’s the first single off their, forthcoming 5th LP, called
Last Words. It lands on June 21. More info here.
As we experienced before Typhoid Rosie always storm full steam ahead from
the kick-off until the very last rollicking riff. This punked-up, harmonious chant
with its sickly sticky refrain triggers your best zigzagging moves.
Expect 122 seconds of afire party fuel peppered with Rosie Rebel‘s
combative rawk’ n roll vocality and vociferous pizzaz.
Fight here.
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8. ‘Reckless Heart‘ by ARROWS OF ATHENA (Boston, MA)
Single from the duo’s swirling debut LP The Ghost Archives
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I’m quite sure that AOA are huge fans of former Swedish glam and glitter pop duo Roxette. The bliss and blitz at play on Reckless Heart is sonically similar. Sizzling guitars, battering drums/bass grooves, sensuous vocals and a peppy chorus combine here for a power pop pearl that flames lustrously. Orchestral melodiousness, fiery 90s spirit, and musical.
An invigorating joyride.
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9. ‘Life’s A Fucking Miracle’ by JAMES (Manchester, UK)
Standout, life-celebrating, pop bliss from Manchester‘s
imperishable, power pop veterans’ brand new LP Yummy.
Ecstatic.
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10. ‘Just Like Everybody Else’ by SPIELMANN (Leeds, UK)
Photo credit: Thandiwe Zivengwa
This song will feature on his debut EP, titled
‘Fifteen Minutes With Spielmann’, and landing
on 31 May.
This is glorious, full-orchestrated pop, that transfers you in an eye/ear blink to a sonic dreamland with its affecting melodiousness, riveting chorus and warm-hearted vocals. Three minutes and twenty seconds with Spielmann sounding not like everybody else.
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11. ‘Body Bags’ by OWLS (Ireland)
“The song and video have been largely informed by the unfolding events in Gaza. Body Bags looks at humanity turning in on itself. For all the beauty & harmony in the world, we are chaotic by nature – violent and cruel to our own. It explores the human condition and our ability to inflict pain and suffering upon the most vulnerable.”
Producer Owls shares his thoughts about the dramatic Gaza fiasco with
a disturbing techno twister that sounds like an ultimate alarm alert.
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12. ‘Going Out’ by JENNIFER TEFFT AND THE STRANGE (Boston, US)
Get up, stand up, and fight for your right to go out, and do it with
these Boston beatniks. They make your pelvis shake and swing with
some riff-infused rock ‘n’ roll while Avril Lavigne‘s chick alter ego,
named Jennifer Tefft, as your vocal guide.
Badass stroke.
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13. ‘Mercy’ by ALAN VEGA (US)
A previously unreleased album, named Insurrection by the late
Brooklyn born master of minimalism ALAN VEGA (1938-2016), half
of proto-punk duo Suicide, comes out on May 31st.
Ahead of the release comes this taster, called Mercy.
Uncanny percussion, ghostly vocals, and other-worldly
vibes.
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14. ‘Stuck In Place’ by LONELY LITTLE KITSH (Canada)
Expect a captivating bluesy and moony slice of music that grows slowly but
surely in ardency and fervency along its Springsteen-esque strumming way. Wistful
and impassioned alternating/duet vocals flow upfront and lead us, beat by beat,
into a glowing and electrical finale.
Lonely Little Kitsch do it their own Fleetwood grunge way.
Start spreading rumours about this enthralling duo and
this new notable score.
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15. ‘Burning In Our Name’ by MAX BLANSJAAR
Following last month’s frolicsome song Anna Madonna,
Blansjaar entertains our ears again with this topnotch tune.
It’s a folky, sickly sticking, jangly earworm with Blansjaar
laid-back vocals rollin’ all over it.
“My face looks like I spent the night with Freddie Krueger”.
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16. ‘Missing’ by pMAD (Galway, Ireland)
Standout bass riff-driven, frenzied guitar-fueled, drum-beating,
darkwavish, melodic piece from pMad‘s new full-length I In Power.
‘Missing’ is about not valuing people enough when they
are with us and only realising the loss to us when they
are gone.
Don’t miss this.
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17. ‘Unlucky Love’ by JENNY DON’T AND THE SPURS (Portland, Oregon)
From the band’s new forthcoming longplayer, titled
Broken Hearted Blue, out on June 14. Pre-order info here.
Country Americana at its romantic and heavy-hearted best. Heart-and-soul vocals and easy-going, lovey-dovey vibes for the midnight hours. Wurlitzer jukeboxes were invited
to play this kind of lullaby in bars where the lonely gather for some companion.
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18. ‘Close Enough’ by STRESS DOLLS (Buffalo, NY)
📸 Peter Heuer Photography
The moniker of songstress Chelsea O’Donnell.
Another captivating guitar-pop song from Chelsea O’Donnell aka Stress Dolls.
Tantalizing tunefulness, glistening guitar sparks, and gratifying vocals.
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19. ‘Forget’ by MOONPOOLS (Switzerland)
Photo credit: Mischa Nüesc
The opening piece from this Swiss poppy shoegazers
brand new 5-track EP, titled Hide And Seek.
Crystalline vocals, soothing resonance with warm synths and glimmering guitar play.
A sWeet little, soft-hearted ballad. Think The Sundays fronted by the wonderful Harriet Wheeler
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20. ‘Tied To A Mast’ by SEADOG (Brigton, UK)
📷 Tom Chadd
Shoegazy dream pop musing from Seadog‘s upcoming LP Internal Noise, out 15 May.
Harmonious vocals, fanciful sonority, bedazzling guitar solo, and a head-in-the-clouds chorus combine for a top effort.
Daily noise that works than faster any stimulant
25 April 2024
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Glamorous songstress ST. VINCENT (born Anne Clarke, 41 years ago in
Oklahoma) delivers her 7th LP, called All Born Screaming tomorrow
Friday, on April 26.
Clarke: “If you’re born screaming, that’s a great sign. Because it means you’re
breathing. You’re alive. My god. It’s joyous. And then it’s also a protest. We’re all
born in protest in a certain way. It’s terrifying to be alive, it’s ecstatic to be alive.
It’s everything.”
Ahead of the LP release St. Vincent hurries to drop the third
new single off it. BIG TIME NOTHING is a 24 Carat dazzling
dancefloor killer. Party time again.
Wake up people,
move and groove
to the sultry beat.
All 3 singles
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TRACK-BY-TRACK
1. ‘Mustang’ by KINGS OF LEON (Nashville, US)
The Nashville family band return to the scene with their 9th LP.
It’s named CAN WE PLEASE HAVE FUN and will see the day
of light on May 10.
Lead-single Mustang is a roasting steamroller
that turns up the fervent fever when the cooking
chorus kicks in.
Holy smoke
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2. ‘Oh Shit’ by THE LIBERTINES (UK)
Promo pic
British infamous mavericks come up with their 4th full-length,
called All Quiet On The Eastern Esplanade, on April 5.
One of the singles called Oh Shit is an inflamed crackerjack sung by
Carl Barât and joined on the chirpy chorus by his buddy Doherty.
Great shit
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3. ‘Wave Out Sunkiss’ by CANYONS AND LOCUSTS (Boston, US)
Boston‘s hefty garage blues-rock act released their new EP The Red Angel.
Six barbed wire bursts is what you get. To give you a loud and clear idea
here’s the closing crusher Wave Out Sunkiss.
Filthy stuff
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4. ‘S o f t e r’ by VIRGINS (Belfast, Ireland)
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S o f t e r is a psychedelic shoegaze stunner, a multi-layered symphony propelled
by about a thousand guitars, a mind-boggling bass riff, and combative drums, while Rebecca Dow‘s ghostly vocals scrape the sky. What a titanic thrill.
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5. ‘High Value Male’ by PAPA JUPE’S T.C. (Cardiff, Wales)
This disco-punk sucker-punch is just perfect to start and end all (il)legal
club nights with. High Value Man is a jiving bass-insane jackhammer that
doubles your adrenaline production on the spot and triggers your hottest
body contortions.
The orgastic ‘dance with me’ chorus revs up the sultry temperature and invites you to go mental, like a kangaroo on E. London‘s boiling dancefloor wackadoos Warmduscher should take these Welshmen/woman on the road with them. Frisky fun guaranteed. Machos not allowed.
Go nuts
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6. ‘Running’ by PEARL JAM (Seattle, US)
Press photo
Seattle‘s rock giants led by towering voice Eddie Vedder are back in business.
They canned their 12th longplayer, called it Dark Matter and they will share
it with the world on April 19.
Single Running sounds like if Vedder & Co
found their young razor-blade rock legs again.
Alive again
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7. ‘Lights Down Low’ by DIE SEXUAL (Los Angeles)
This dazzling electronic duo conjure their influences of EBM, techno and electropop,
their sound is an intoxicating mix of analog synthetics and seductive vocals, touching
on themes of desire and despair, domination and submission.
They have a new 3-track, titled Inservio out, with opener Lights Down Low
as my favorite. An electro booster with a tantalizing techno beat à la The Prodigy
that rotates irresistibly, non-stop.
Bang-on
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8. ‘Broken Man’ by ST. VINCENT (NYC)
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The entrancing Oklahoma songstress (real name: Anne Erin Clark) launches
her 7th album, titled All Born Screaming, with the world on April 26.
Lead single Broken Man is a superb Prince-like stomper.
Sexy, sassy and badass.
Score
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9. ‘Stage Fright’ by ROYAL CASTLES (Ontario, CA)
Spring is in the air, titillating tunes are in the air, like this frisky one
that circles around a disco beat in overdrive, and has an instantaneous,
activating impact on your eager limbs.
Lively vocals and a jumpy synth chorus augment the briskness at play here.
Get up, stand up, take your blue suede shoes out of the closet and show us
your best hip moves. Shake your dancefloor fright off with this rad
head-over-heels twister.
Press play
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10. ‘The Book’ by NIXER (Dublin/London)
The Book is a pithy piece from their upcoming EP, called
‘I Hit The Town And The Town Hit Me Back’ out on May 17.
The song’s theme was inspired by 1999 fictional love novel
Sputnik Sweatheart by Japanese writer Haruki Murakami.
Expect a synth-adrenalizing thrill, a head-spinning belter,
infused with whirlwind vocals and UK garage dynamics. Imagine
The Streets on acid or Yard Act pressing the accelerator.
Listen up
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11. ‘Diana’ by AUTOGRAMM (Seattle/Chicago/Vancouver)
Photo by Dave Paterson
Diana comes out of the gates like a speed train and never looks back.
Dynamizing synths start the rapid trip, the powerhouse drum/bass
engine pushes the rotating rhythm with vivid vigour, and zippy vocals
complete the accelerating sonic picture.
Touchdown
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12. ‘Oceanos Sangrientos’ by EL KINTANO Y LA VENEREA (Spain)
Great rock music has no boundaries.
No, I don’t speak/understand Spanish, but hey, there are a lot of English/American hardcore/punk bands that scream and shout in such a cacophonous way, that I have no clue whatsoever what they’re on about. Who of you understand, except the people from Iceland, what world-famous orchestral pop outfit Sigur Rós, are singing about? It’s always about the music first.
Oceans Sangrientos is a titanic psychedelic blast. Be ready for a wall-of-fuzzing-and-buzzing guitar attack. Think The Brian Jonestown Massacre turning up their amps to the max and coming up with layers of mind-blowing electricity. Blimey.
Sube el volumen
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13. ‘Op-Operator’ by THE SHANG HI-LOS (Boston, US)
Photo Credit: Joan Hathaway
These Boston rockers let the good times roll. Op-Operator is a dynamite
power pop tune that gets you out of your bed, after a night on the town
and triggers your limbs to start partying all over again.
Op-op-op-op-op-operator
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14. ‘Trying’ by YOKOPHONO (Finland)
Promo picture by Jan Trygg
This is how British blues rock titans Royal Blood would sound if their producer
is a fanatic post-punk fan. Trying is a riff-rough roller coaster going forth and back.
The crude combination of hammering drums, stoner rock electricity, and yearning vocals create a shocking effect that bangs on and on. Yokophono not only try, they succeed with bold brio.
Check-in
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15. ‘Ist Ist’ by EINSTÜRZNEDE NEUBATEN (Germany)
The German capricious bohemians, fronted by bad seed Blixa Bargeld unleash their album number 13, a double one, baptized Rampen ( Amp: Alien Pop Music) on April 5.
First single Ist Ist is a jittery piece of intoxicating
music, motorized by a Sturm und Drang bass riff.
Faszinierend.
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16. ‘Wild God’ by NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS (Australia)
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Nick Cave and his iconic bad seeds band have bagged album #18.
It’s called Wild God and will hit the streets on August 30.
The title track is a sublime composition. The first part is crooner Cave as we know
him, but quickly the vocal passion and goosebumps intensity goes up and from halfway on, the song turns into an orchestral masterpiece, with a zealous hallelujah choir and an opera-like majesty. Best piece they wrote in years.
Breathtaking
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17. ‘Anna Madonna’ by MAX BLANSJAAR
Blansjaar is an up-and-coming 21-year-old singer-songwriter
born in Amsterdam, raised in Oxford, now based in Brooklyn.
Anna Madonna echoes Ezra Koenig and Vampire Weekend. It’s a frolicsome tune that flutterers around in your head like a happy-go-lucky butterfly. A sweet little pop gem.
Play
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18. ‘Back To The Beginning’ by WORLDCLUB (Wales)
Worldcub are a group from North Wales piloted by brothers Cynyr (guitar & vocals) and Dion Hamer (drums & vocals). They produce material from their home studio on the hills of Eryri, splicing together elements of surf guitar music, kraut-rock grooves and hypnotic psych tinged Cymru vocal harmonies.
They have their new album ‘Back to the Beginning’ out 17th of May.
The title track gets under your skin from the kick-off with its
bass-pulsating groove, its breezy guitar sparks, and its layered,
affecting harmonies.
Bingo
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19. ‘This Is Nowhere’ by THE BLACK KEYS
The blues-rock tandem have their 12th LP,
titled Ohio Players ready for release on April 5th.
Single This Is Nowhere is a surprising, mid-tempo, power
pop ballad, far away from their rough trademark sound.
Catchy
Captivating
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20. ‘Waiting Forn You’ by T BONE BURNETT (US)
The 76-year-old singer-songwriter/producer has recorded his 15th solo
full-length, his first in 18 (!) years. The Other Side comes out on April 19.
First single ‘Waiting For You’ is a vintage romantic, longing, bittersweet, sentimental and good old ballad. I’m a sucker for lullabies like this (certainly after a day with lots of noisy music) that calm me down and touch my heart and soul. Burnett‘s warm voice and crystal guitar play turn this song into a wonderful, timeless, and charming musing. A universal love song.
Wonderful
Daily noise that works faster than any stimulant
29 March 2024
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Entrancing songstress ST. VINCENT (born Anne Clarke, 41 years ago in
Oklahoma) has her 7th LP, called All Born Screaming out on April 26.
Clarke: “If you’re born screaming, that’s a great sign. Because it means you’re
breathing. You’re alive. My god. It’s joyous. And then it’s also a protest. We’re all
born in protest in a certain way. It’s terrifying to be alive, it’s ecstatic to be alive.
It’s everything.”
A couple of weeks ago we could dance to the disco doozie named Broken Man.
On the second taster, titled FLEA, foo fighter Dave Grohl hits the drums.
Here we go.
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