27 November 2024
Band: NEW ORDER
Album: POWER CORRUPTION AND LIES (1983)
Their second one. Released in 1983. Along
with Low-Life my favourite NO LP.
Track: YOUR SILENT FACE
The melodramatic synths, Bernard Sumner‘s dreamy vocals
and melodic melodica, Hooky‘s atmospheric bass moments.
All ingredients for a single are present here in this glistening
pearl of a tune.
NO: Linktree – All Albums
22 November 2024
Artist: BABYBIRD
Who: Moniker of Sheffield (UK)
singer-songwriter Stephen Jones.
Album: UGLY BEAUTIFUL .
6th one, released in 1996.
The one with big hit
You’re Gorgeous on.
Track: DEAD BIRDS SINGS
Goosebumps.
Back in time
12 November 2024
(Photo by Turn Up The Volume, Brussels 2014)
Band: BLACK REBEL MOTORCYLE CLUB
Who: San Francisco‘s leather jackets who wondered once
upon a time what happened to their rock ‘n’ roll punk song.
So far they made 8 albums, of which Wrong Creatures is
their most recent (2018).
Album: B.M.R.C.
Their debut longplayer
from 2001.
Track: AWAKE
The LP spawned no less than 6 singles, except for
this epic piece that should have been one too.
6 November 2024
Band: MANIC STREET PREACHERS
Who: Welsh heroes who will have their 15th LP
‘Critical Thinking’ out 31 January 2025.
(Photo by Turn Up The Volume)
Album: POSTCARDS FROM A YOUNG MAN
Their 10th LP, released in 2010.
Track: A BILLION BALCONIES FACING THE SUN
Top-notch tune.
1 November 2024
Artist: SHARON VAN ETTEN
Who: The amazing New Jersey songstress.
Her 7th LP is out next year in February.
(Photo by Turn Up The Volume – Antwerp, 2022)
Album: TRAMP
Her 3rd LP, released in 2012.
Track: ALL I CAN
Hypnotic. Magnetic. Epic.
29 October 2024
Band: ARCTIC MONKEYS
One of the greatest British bands ever. They
went from unknown indies to superstars.
Album: SUCK IT AND SEE
Their 4th LP, released in 2011.
Track: THAT’S WHERE YOU’RE WRONG.
The album’s closer.
A solid gold guitar-pop pearl.
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27 October 2024
Band: GRINDERMAN
Who: Side-project of Nick Cave allowing him
to go mental again like in the Birthday Party days.
The group featured Warren Ellis, Martyn P. Casey
and Jim Sclavunos.
Album: GRINDERMAN
Their self-titled debut (2007). The follow-up
and final one Grinderman 2 came out in 2010.
Track: HONEY BEE (LET’S FLY TO MARS)
Nasty rocker.
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Band: RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE
Album: THE BATTLE OF LOS ANGELES
Their 3rd one, released 25 years ago,
on 2 November 1999. No. 1 in the US.
3 singles: Guerilla Radio, Sleep Now In
The Fire and Testify.
Track: BORN AS GHOSTS
The hills find peace, locked armed guard posts
Safe from the screams of the children born as ghosts
Gates guns and alarms, shape the calm of the dawn
Peering down into the basin where death lives on
When young run foaming at the mouth with hate
When burning batons beat the freezing who shake
Under the toxic sunsets they dine and toast
Of walls deny the terror faced
By the children born as ghosts
Born as ghosts
A warning, you sufferers, begin to speak our word
Born as ghosts
A warning, you sufferers, begin to speak our word
Born as ghosts
(Image: cover of their ‘Best Ever’ LP)
23 October 2024
Band: PLACEBO
London‘s internationally lauded veteran post-punk-pop act – glamorous
singer/guitarist Brian Molko and bassist Stefan Olsdal – who celebrate
their 20th anniversary this year.
Album: PLACEBO
Self-titled debut,
released in 1996.
Track: BIONIC
The record label put out 5 singles: Come Home, 36 Degrees, Teenage Angst,
Nancy Boy and Bruise Pristine. Nancy Boy was by far the best of the pack. But
to my ears Bionic deserved the silver single medal, because of the ripper’s
spellbinding guitar hooks.
Placebo: Instagram – All Albums
21 October 2024
Band: THE VERVE
(1989–1992, 1995–1999, 2007–2009)
Album: URBAN HYMNS
Their 3rd and most successful one.
Track: VELVET MORNING
Magnificent power pop ballad.
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