Månatliga arkiv: december 2012

47 year old Ministry, Rigor Mortis and RevCo guitarist Mike Scaccia passed away at a local hospital on December 23, after collapsing on stage during a concert at The Rail Club in Fort Worth in Texas.

Covenant’s Christmas Day show in Chemnitz was Daniel Myer’s last.

Nuclear power is always a hot topic for discussion. ”Atomium” is the huge iron crystal model in Brussels, erected for the World Fair of 1958. How does an iron crystal sound?, Karl Bartos asks on his new single ”Atomium”.

January 18 marks the new single release from Die Krupps. After the 2012 single ”Industriemädchen” comes ”Risikofaktor”.

The new The Knife album ”Shaking the Habitual” is finally scheduled for April and the Swedish electronica duo also promises to play some European live shows in 2013.

The legendary glitch/noise/ambient/IDM specialists Autechre from Manchester UK are soon back again. Their 11th studio album is due out on Warp next year, on March 4 to be exact.

Theo Hutchcraft and Adam Anderson are the guys behind the name Hurts, and they’re currently working on their follow-up to their excellent debut album.

OMD have just announced a 18 date tour of the UK and Germany in April and May to support their forthcoming album “English Electric”.

After leaving EMI and Mute, today we finally know for certain were Depeche Mode is going. It is now officially confirmed Columbia Records (Sony) is taking care of the band, as they gear up towards their 13th studio album to be released in March next year.

Nitzer Ebb’s early cassette release ”Basic Pain Procedure” is now remastered and available as a rerelease on vinyl via Pylon Records.