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. [more...]

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

Eddie Bengtsson (Page, SMPJ, ex-S.P.O.C.K) invited colleagues like Joakim Montelius (Covenant, pic above), Diskodiktator and Compute to record electronic versions of 70:s songs by artists like Sweet, Hawkwind, Deep Purple, Neil Young and Sly & The Family Stone. [more...]

Progress Productions has signed a trio that stands out as a bit different in the Progress family: Vanligt Folk (means common people). [more...]

Watch Australian pop duo Parralox’s new video “Sharper Than a Knife”. [more...]

Röyksopp and Norwegian star Susanne Sundfør just performed a cover of Depeche Mode’s “Ice Machine” at the final Lydverket show on Norwegian TV (NRK). [more...]

The Prodigy will re-release their seminal album “Fat of the Land”, through XL Recordings this December. [more...]

Coilhouse.net has posted an interesting piece on industrial music.

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December 6 will see Pet Shop Boys perform with the BBC2 Philharmonic Orchestra. The duo will be joined by Johnny Marr on guitar and Sven Helbig who orchestrated “The Most Incredible Thing” ballet. [more...]