This day 52 years ago – 20 December 1969 – THE STONES topped
the UK album charts with their 10th LP LET IT BLEED . Their first
with guitarist Mick Taylor who replaced the late Brian Jones.
Front cover
Back cover
Today 47 years ago, on 23 November 1974, rock icons THE ROLLING STONES scored their 5th No 1 album in the USA with IT’S ONLY ROCK ‘N’ ROLL (the last LP with guitarist Mick Taylor / album peaked at No 2 in the UK).
We all know it..
Roger Daltrey, one of the most mediocre frontmen ever (and definitely not the smartest one) of a band that had far more misses than hits and tried to be a rock opera act (and badly failed), ridicules The Stones…
Read the full Roger Daltry feature in NME right here
(image: cover of his ‘Under A Raging Moon’ solo LP)
Final 2021 issue of British music monthly MOJO
“We join the Charlie-less Stones on tour in the US, and ask what’s next for Mick, Keith & Co?
We run down the 75 BEST NEW ALBUMS OF 2021, best reissues, films and books, with pauses
to interview The Beach Boys, St. Vincent, Warren Ellis, Questlove, The Weather Station and more. Also in the issue: the magic of Laura Nyro; the madness of Zappa’s 200 Motels; Lennon Vs The Mob; Will Oldham Vs Bill Callahan; Spiritualized’s Jason Pierce; Neil Young’s new album. “
You can have a copy sent to your home. Info here.
Every week Turn Up The Volume picks 7 new
firecrackers that burned his ears the past 7 days
‘Truck Songs’ by ANGEL DU$T (Baltimore)
Hardcore noiseniks Angel Du$t mellowed their sound a bit lately,
but still kick-ass, like here with the title track of upcoming album
A Collection Of Truck Songs, out 29th October.
Tripp(songwriter): “This is one of my favorite recordings of a song that
I’ve written. Plus, all my best homies got all up in this track’s ass and sent
it home. Was listening to Tom Petty a grip. If you don’t know who that is
check him out, I guess.”
Start the fire…
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‘Blood Moon’ by CONVERGE and CHELSEA WOLFE (USA)
The hardcore legends announced a new LP
featuring Goth heroine Chelsea Wolfe.
Lead-single Blood Moon sounds like an astonishing harbinger for
what is to come. It’s a disturbing, confusing, and flabbergasting
slam dunk.
Turn it up here…
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‘The Beachland Ballroom’ by IDLES (Bristol, UK)
New album Crawler, out 12th November.
Expect the slower side of Idles with hefty eruptions now
and then and frontman Joe Talbot‘s blood cooking…
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‘7000 HOURS’ by THE CHELSEA CURVE (Boston)
With the snarl of the punk scene and the swagger of the mods,
The Chelsea Curve often earn comparisons to The Pretenders and
Husker Du (personal favorites of the trio). On their new single, the
band shows a deeper emotional side, setting a lovely mood of
autumnal longing.
Expect a twinkling tune that gets under your skin without asking.
Repeat buttons were invented for catchy corkers like these.
Start feeling good here…
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‘Text The Dead’ by ACTIVITY
The New York-based rockers’ new single is about broken-heartedness,
mournfulness and sadness following the passing of one of the most
beloved and closest person we all have, our mother.
Travis Johnson (the band’s songwriter) about the song: “My mom passed
away in February. I still can’t process it honestly… I was going through old stuff
and found it and started singing the verse melody. Then we all added our parts
and subtracted others, etc. It’s not a very ‘live’ song but we all came together
on it still.”
Text The Dead is a disturbing, confusing, strangely
infectious, and fascinating grief processing song…
Listen/watch here…
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‘Write A List of Things To Look Forward To’ by COURTNEY BARNETT
The wonderful singer/songwriter Courtney Barnett from down under,
unleashes her new longplayer Things Take Time, Take Time
Barnett: “It’s a song about darkness but also about friendship. I found
a deeper communication with people in my life — deeper conversations.
And a new level of gratitude for friendships that had been there for so
long that I had maybe taken for granted.”
Listen up…
COURTNEY BARNET: Facebook
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‘Blackouted’ by THE MANIC BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB
Besides having a great band name these siblings from Toronto score big time with their new steaming single. A song “about what hides behind the smiles for social media. It can be described as a cry for help, disguised as an upbeat dance floor banger.”
Pithy, swirling, and as sticky as first-class glue. Add glamorous vocals and a glittering, full-on wall-of-electrical sound and the final result is an instant hit.
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‘Troubles A’ Comin’ by THE ROLLING STONES
The imperishable Stones have shared a previously unreleased cover of ‘Troubles A’ Comin’, a golden oldie hit of American soul legends The Chi-Lites. The song will feature on the upcoming 40th-anniversary reissue of their Tattoo You LP.
Here we go…
See/hear you next week, music junkies…
Every week Turn Up The Volume picks 7 new
firecrackers that burned his ears the past 7 days
1. Let’s Get The Party Started by TOM MORELLO feat. Bring Me The Horizon
From the RAGTM guitarist’s upcoming album titled The Atlas Underground Fire
with a series of big name guests. This is the clamorous belter featuring British noise
freaks Bring Me The Horizon
Deafening storm…
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2. ‘Black Widow Spider’ by PARQUET COURTS (New York City)
The jangly rockers drop album 7 Sympathy For Life on 21st October.
This is the third single. A rattling and rolling ripper.
Tune in…
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3. Hard Skool by GUNS N’ ROSES
The second new track of the year from the macho Roses. Old Skool would
be a more appropriate song title. As usual Slash has sex with his guitar and
Axl Rose‘s vocal cords are still alive and kicking.
Enter paradise city here…
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4. ‘A Toxic Life’ by IMPERIAL ASHES (Toronto, CA)
A metal uppercut serving as an urgent call-to-action to address injustices
and atrocities that have plagued Indigenous communities for centuries.
Anger, rage and fury is what you get when awfully greedy governments
do what so many political sharks did in the past, taking the freedom, hope,
and future away of whole populations. Horrible.
We are connected, we’re feeling infected (a toxic life)
The treaty’s neglected, your laws are rejected (give up your fight)
Our colonial apathy, making the rivers bleed (things aren’t alright)
Your violations, stealing from nations (eating us inside)
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5. ‘Living in the Heart of Love’ by THE ROLLING STONES
A few weeks ago the imperishable Stones announced a deluxe edition for
one of their last great albums Tattoo You celebrating its 40th-anniversary.
It will feature several previously unreleased tracks from those recording
sessions.
R.I.P. Charlie Watts…
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6. ‘Bonnie’ by CUFFED UP (Los Angeles)
The band says that this new crackerjack is “an anti-love anthem about the grief and
pitfalls of a serious relationship crumbling due to lies and deceit. This is explored through
the eyes of Bonnie (of Bonnie & Clyde fame), in an alternative universe where Clyde selfishly leaves Bonnie for dead.” Bonnie takes revenge because of the end of their romantic,
albeit toxic relationship.
Famous Bonnie (movie) quote (addressing Clyde): “What would you do if some miracle happened and we could walk out of here tomorrow morning and start all over again clean?
No record and nobody after us?”
Electrifying and fuming.
Here comes Bonnie (with mustache)…
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7. ‘Before You Gotta Go’ by COURTNEY BARNETT (Australia)
One of the catchiest tunes I’ve heard all year, proving that sticky simplicity works tremendously well when you can sing along, hum along, or whistle along.
I Love you, Courtney.
Can’t resist this…
See/hear you next week, music junkies…
THE ROLLING STONES go ahead with their planned US tour,
despite the passing of (coolest drummer ever) Charlie Watts.
They played a warm-up show last Monday. The concert was organized by
New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft and took place at Gillette Stadium
in Foxboro, MA. It marked drummer Steve Jordan‘s debut, replacing Charlie.
At the show, Mick Jagger said at one point: “This is the first show of our 2021
tour, so this is it, this is the tryout. I must say though, at this point it’s a bit of a
poignant night for us because it’s our first tour in 59 years that we have done
without our lovely Charlie Watts. “We all miss Charlie so much. We miss him as
a band, we miss him as friends, on and off the stage.”
Coming dates…
13 September 2021
Four number ones in the UK
on this day in 1964 – 1965 – 1968 – 1972
Band: The Kinks
Song: You Really Got Me
No 1 on 13 September 1964
THE KINKS: Discography
Band: The Rolling Stones
Song: (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction
No 1 on 13 September 1965
THE ROLLING STONES: Discography
Band: THE BEATLES
Single: HEY JUDE
No 1 on 13 September 1968
THE BEATLES: Discography
Band: SLADE
Single: MAMA WEER ALL CRAZEE NOW
No 1 on 13 September 1972
SLADE: Discography
25 August 2021
Band: The Rolling Stones
Album: Get Your Ya-Ya’s Out!
Released: 4 September 1970
50 years ago last year
One of the best ever live albums.
The record’s live spirit…
Full album…
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Message from yesterday by Watt’s spokesperson…
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