Friday Flash(back) - Kylie Minogue - Tension & Tension II {Mardi Gras special}

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Tension is the sixteenth studio album by Australian singer Kylie Minogue, Tension II, a sequel album, was released on 18 October 2024.

Tension was released on 22 September 2023, following her More Than Just a Residency concert residency in Las Vegas, Kylie is now bringing the Tension down under.

Tension was inspired by the 1980s music and culture, she abandoned the idea and decided to make a record that emphasised each song's individuality rather than a central theme. Tension features various electronic dance genres and sounds such as pop, dance-pop, disco, electronic, and synth-pop. The lyrics to the album address themes such as love, lust, fun, and empowerment, all of which have appeared in Minogue's previous works.

It's Mardi Gras week, our first Australian Friday Flash(back) for the 2025 first season. So why not go out in a glittery bang!

Tomorrow, get ready for her Sydney shows and stream both records. Today, the pop princess has done it all. So let's get ready for Tension live! Where she takes on tour from feature album star, Mallrat! What a combo! Kylie x Mallrat! Love it!

Quickly back to Tension. The record received critical acclaim from most music critics, many of whom praised its production quality, fun nature, Minogue’s input, and overall sound. Many critics regarded it as one of Minogue's best releases, with publications naming it one of their top picks of 2023. 

Commercially, it reached number one in Australia, Belgium, Scotland, and the United Kingdom, as well as on component charts in Ireland and the United States. It was certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) in the United Kingdom and has sold over half a million units worldwide, generating half a billion streams.

Padam Padam was a viral smash hit. Maybe Kylie's first Tik Tok moment! Tension & Hold on to Now were released as singles, while 10 Out of 10 served as a promotional recording. 

So get ready for the Tension!

So Close to What - Guests

Album of the Week - Offical Music Videos

Album of the Week - TATE MCRAE - {So Close to What}

Friday Flash(back) - The Wombats - Oh! The Ocean

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The Wombats are an English indie rock band formed in Liverpool in 2003, consisting of Matthew Murphy (lead vocals, guitar, keyboards), Tord Øverland Knudsen (bass, backing vocals, keyboards), & Dan Haggis (drums, backing vocals, keyboards). 

The Wombats have sold over 1 million albums worldwide.

The Wombats released several EPs before working on their first full-length album Girls, Boys and Marsupials (2006), which was released only in Japan and featured some tracks that would reappear on their major-label debut studio album A Guide to Love, Loss & Desperation (2007). 

After releasing a self-titled EP in 2008 and touring for three years, they released the studio albums This Modern Glitch (2011), Glitterbug (2015), and Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life (2018), all of which received mostly positive reviews. Their fifth album Fix Yourself, Not the World (2022) became their first No. 1 album, topping the UK Albums Chart within a week of release.

On September 27, 2024, The Wombats teased a new single, Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want To Come. It was released as the first single to their upcoming sixth studio album, Oh! The Ocean, which was released last Friday.

Let's get into some new and old ahead of the Friday Flash(back) tomorrow. Back for a limited for season for 2025.

Light Hit My Face Like a Straight Right - Guests

Album of the Week - Offical Music Videos

Album of the Week - MALLRAT - {Light Hit My Face Like a Straight Right}

Friday Flash(back) - Manic Street Preachers - Critical Thinking

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Manic Street Preachers, are a Welsh rock band formed in Blackwood, Caerphilly, in 1986. 

The band consists of Nicky Wire (bass guitar, lyrics) and cousins James Dean Bradfield (lead vocals, lead guitar) and Sean Moore (drums, percussion, soundscapes). 

Following the release of their debut single Suicide Alley in 1988, Manic Street Preachers became a quartet with the addition of Richey Edwards as co-lyricist and rhythm guitarist. 

The band's early releases were in a punk vein, eventually broadening to a wider alternative rock sound.

Their early combination of androgynous glam imagery and lyrics about, culture, alienation, boredom and despair gained them a loyal following.

Manic Street Preachers' first charting single was Motown Junk in 1991, followed by their debut album, Generation Terrorists, in February 1992. 

The band's next two albums were Gold Against the Soul in 1993 and The Holy Bible in 1994, the latter being the last album with Edwards, who disappeared in February 1995 and was legally presumed dead in 2008.

The band continued as a trio with Wire as primary lyricist, and achieved commercial success with the albums Everything Must Go (1996) and This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours (1998).

The Manic Street Preachers have headlined festivals including Glastonbury, T in the Park, V Festival and Reading, winning eleven NME Awards, eight Q Awards and four BRIT Awards.

They were nominated for the Mercury Prize in 1996 and 1999, and have had one nomination for the MTV Europe Music Awards. 

The band has sold more than ten million albums worldwide.

The Manic Street Preachers have had two number one singles in the UK charts: If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next (1998) & The Masses Against the Classes (2000), as well as two number one albums: This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours and The Ultra Vivid Lament (2021).

From 1991 to 2010, they had 33 consecutive top 40 singles in the UK.

Album of the Week - Offical Music Videos

Album of the Week - WAFIA - {Promised Land}

Friday Flash(back) - Franz Ferdinand - The Human Touch

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Franz Ferdinand, the Scottish rock band formed in Glasgow in 2002. The band's sixth studio album, The Human Fear, was released last month, reaching number three on the UK Albums Chart.

Their original line-up was composed of Alex Kapranos (lead vocals, lead guitar, keyboards), Nick McCarthy (rhythm guitar, keyboards, vocals), Bob Hardy (bass guitar, percussion) and Paul Thomson (drums, percussion, backing vocals). 

Julian Corrie (keyboards, lead guitar, backing vocals) and Dino Bardot (rhythm guitar, backing vocals) joined the band in 2017 after McCarthy left during the previous year, and Audrey Tait (drums, percussion) joined the band after Thomson left in 2021. 

Franz Ferdinand have been nominated for several Grammy Awards and have received two Brit Awards, winning one for Best British Group, as well as one NME Award.

The band's first single, Darts of Pleasure, just missed out on the Top 40 of the UK Singles Chart, peaking at number 44. 

Their second single, Take Me Out, proved their big commercial breakthrough, peaking at number three. Take Me Out charted in several other countries and earned a Grammy nomination for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal; it became the band's signature song. 

Their debut album Franz Ferdinand won the 2004 Mercury Prize and earned a Grammy nomination for Best Alternative Album.

In 2005, the band released their second studio album, You Could Have It So Much Better, produced by Rich Costey. It peaked within the top-ten in multiple countries and earned Grammy-nominations for Best Alternative Album and for one of the singles, Do You Want To. 

The band's third studio album, Tonight: Franz Ferdinand, was released in January 2009; by then the band had shifted from a post-punk-focused sound to a more dance-oriented sound. A remix album of Tonight, titled Blood, was released in July 2009.

Four years after the release of Tonight, the band released their fourth studio album, Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action, in August 2013. 

In 2015, Franz Ferdinand and American rock band Sparks formed the supergroup FFS and released a one-off album, FFS, in June 2015. The band underwent multiple lineup changes following FFS, beginning with McCarthy's departure in 2016. 

After acquiring Corrie and Bardot, the band released their fifth studio album Always Ascending in February 2018. Thomson departed in 2021 and was replaced by Tait. 

 

 

   

Hurry Up Tomorrow - Guests

Album of the Week - Offical Music Videos

Album of the Week - THE WEEKND - {Hurry Up Tomorrow}

Nostalgia Albums of 2024 - Summer Music Lists Special - Part Four

1. The Weeknd - The Highlights
2. Taylor Swift - 1989 (Taylor's Version)
3. SZA - SOS
4. Taylor Swift - Lover
5. Olivia Rodrigo - GUTS
6. Taylor Swift - Midnights
7. Taylor Swift - Folklore
8. Post Malone - The Diamond Collection
9. Olivia Rodrigo - SOUR 
10. Chappell Roan - The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess
11. Taylor Swift - Reputation
12. Travis Scott - Utopia
13. Eminem - Curtain Call: The Hits
14. Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
15. The Weeknd - Starboy
16. Taylor Swift - Evermore
17. Taylor Swift - Red (Taylor's Version)
18. Kanye West - Graduation
19. Foo Fighters - The Essential
20. Billie Eilish - When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?