Författararkiv: Johan Carlsson

Swedish band Vogon Poetry are obviously quite inspired by the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy series of books, and the new album title further proves it.

Canadian cyber industrial band Headscan released their last album in 2005, and has been quiet ever since. Now something is stirring in their camp again, and a bunch of re-releases are coming.

Swedish dark electronic / post-punk outfit Agent Side Grinder’s last album was a critically acclaimed collection of songs. Now it’s been remixed by a whole load of different artists.

German electro artist Anthony Rother will soon be back with another full length album.

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 …

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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.

Electronic music pioneering band Cabaret Voltaire returns with the first album in 20 years.

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”.

Front Line Assembly and Left Spine Down member Jeremy Inkel’s solo album ”Hijacker” will be released soon. He finished the album tracks just before he passed away in 2018.