We have updated our Spotify playlist. You’ll find new tracks from: New Order, Rein, Priest, Yello, Ionnalee, Kite, Xenturion Prome, Twice a Man and Johan Baeckström. A new batch will be posted soon – a lot of new music is released right now.
Right on the cusp of the collapse of the legendary label Third Mind (Front Line Assembly, In the Nursery, Solar Enemy etc), a classic album was released. “The Architect” by Code contains a great mix of techno and synthpop with spacey bleeps and catchy melodies, and is largely considered a cult classic. Now, after 25 years, the band is readying their return.
German dark electronic veterans X Marks the Pedwalk are ready to release their 10th album. [more...]
Erasure has just released their new album “The Neon” (review coming soon), and is currently sitting at number 2 in the UK album charts, which is quite impressive. Now they’ve just announced The Neon Tour for next year.
On August 29, VNV Nation will live stream a full tour production show from Düsseldorf’s ISS Dome. [more...]
Electronic music pioneering band Cabaret Voltaire returns with the first album in 20 years.
The second single off Twice a Man’s “On the Other Side of the Mirror” is released this week. [more...]
30 years ago (this month), the Front Line Assembly classic “Caustic Grip” was released. I wrote a retrospective about it 5 years ago, interviewing both Bill and Rhys and their label boss at the time, Gary Levermore. Check it out!
In support of key workers dealing with the Covid-19 crisis, Wayne Hussey from The Mission is releasing a new version of “Tower of Strength”.