Författararkiv: Mikael Kahrle

Subkult (Trollhättan, Sweden) is the latest festival to cancel and point the visitors to 2021 instead – they announced this today. The majority of all summer festivals are cancelled due to the corona pandemic but some, like Leipzig’s huge Wave Gotik Treffen apparently hasn’t given up yet.

We have updated our Spotify playlist with new tracks from Youth Code, synthpop pioneers White Door, Squarepusher, Kelly Lee Owens, Die Krupps/Jyrki 69 covering Neon Judgement’s ”Chinese Black”, Porn remixed by Combichrist and the post-punk band Jupe Jupe.

The past few weeks we have reviewed The White Door, Pouppée Fabrikk, Squarepusher (EP), The Orb, Octolab, The Birthday Massacre and Roya. Head over to Music reviews.

Karin Dreijer (The Knife, Fever Ray) has been inducted into the Swedish Music Hall of Fame.

We have updated our Spotify playlist.

Judging from the comments about ”Ten Grand Goldie”, Einstürzende Neubauten have hit the right spot with their ”comeback” single. This rhythmic and fascinating avant-garde pop track is the first taste from the Germans’ first proper studio album in 12 years.

In February, we wrote about Black Nail Cabaret and the ambitious ”synth noir” duo’s signing to Dependent Records. Now, all is set for their new album: ”Gods Verging on Sanity”.

We have updated our Spotify playlist.

Oscar Holter (from Swedish industrial duo Necro Facility) has landed his first no. 1 on Billboard Hot 100, the top spot in USA.

Rammstein’s Till Lindemann, 57, has been moved from intensive care in Berlin. Several German media outlets reported that he had tested positive for the corona virus, but now the Rammstein management has issued a different statement.