Independent international alternative music web magazine based in Gothenburg, Sweden
Two releases into their career, Stockholm’s post-punk and darkwave outfit A Projection have provided listeners with a widely-varying palette from which to draw. After being signed by Hamburg based Tapete Records even before there was a full band setup, A Projection have seen a massive increase in popularity and already played the major festivals on …
Fortsätt läsa ”Post-punk and darkwave for a new age – A Projection interviewed”
1981 was a remarkable synthpop year with releases like Depeche Mode’s ”Speak and Spell”, Soft Cell’s “Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret” and The Human League’s “Dare”. And then we have Midge Ure’s Ultravox, with the classic single ”Vienna” (taken from the 1980 album with the same name) and the album ”Rage in Eden”. Release’s Fredrik ”Schlatta” Wik …
Fortsätt läsa ”How to make a career last for half a century – Midge Ure interviewed”
Only a year and a half year after their critically acclaimed album ”Nyctophilian”, Stcokholm post-punk/goth rock four-piece Then Comes Silence released their fourth album ”Blood”. It came out in October 2017 on Nuclear Blast, thus they changed label from Gotland based Novoton. Extending the ”Blood” tour into 2018, Then Comes Silence returned to Hamburg supporting …
Fortsätt läsa ”Where post-punk meets goth rock: Then Comes Silence interviewed”
Disappointing main acts but great shows by up-and-coming bands, lovely interviews with bands as Mogwai, jam sessions, sore feet, sauna-hot weather, amazing Roskilde volunteers, and dust, lots of D.U.S.T. – that’s what my 27th Roskilde Festival was about. The profile has changed over the years. In the nineties you could see Release bands like Front 242, …
Ex-Sneaker Pimps singer Chris Corner’s alter-ego IAMX is back with his dark electronic fusion of music genres. After releasing his eighth album “Alive in a New Light”, Chris is hopeful after some dark years and his personal battle against clinical depression and chronic insomnia. Release met up with the brainchild of IAMX before his show in …
Fortsätt läsa ”IAMX interview – breakdowns and breakthroughs”
The last ten years have seen a revival and revitalization of the postpunk scene with loads of new acts raised on Joy Division and Talking Heads. A whole new generation of bands have entered the scene, bands that together have produced countless great albums released in the 21st century. One of the latest additions that have caused …
Fortsätt läsa ”Dressed in black – Release met Vancouver’s Actors in Hamburg”
The stream of darkwave, gothic, synthpop and futurepop bands from Germany seems endless. And they all struggle to stand out in the crowd. Alphamay was one of those bands, but they grab more and more time in the spotlight. They’ve already been awarded twice for best electropop act and best gothic/new wave act at Deutscher Rock & Pop …
Fortsätt läsa ”Exploring the synthpop / darkwave border – Alphamay interviewed”
Qntal, pioneers of mixing medieval folk music with impressive electronics, released their eighth album ”VIII: Nachtblume” in the beginning of March 2018. We realised we have only interviewed (related band) Deine Lakaien, but never Qntal. So our Hamburg-based writer Jimi Nilsson had a chat with a cheerful Michael Popp, founder of Qntal, an interview entailing …
Fortsätt läsa ”A soundtrack to the history: Qntal’s Michael Popp interviewed”
Never heard of the audiovisual, electronic Splice Festival in East London? Well to be honest, until about a year ago, neither had I. But seeing that acts as established as Coldcut, Mira Calix and DJ Food played at the last one, including the legend that is Mixmaster Morris DJ:ing – well, how could I resist …
Fortsätt läsa ”Splice Festival – Rich Mix – London – May 10-13 2018 – live report”
Catching up with the current incarnation of former dark goth rockers Klimt 1918 from Italy almost 20 years after their formation was going to be an affair focused to the changing sound, the Italian underground scene and the connection between music and art. The also talk about mixing in Sweden and their love for 80:s …
Fortsätt läsa ”Impenetrable dense guitar distortion: Klimt 1918 interviewed”