Aug 2018 30

The upcoming vinyl Yazoo box set will also be available on CD, as a 3CD box. [more...]

The new video from body-techno duo Empirion
Aug 2018 28

We, Release Magazine, hosted the worldwide premiere of the new Empirion music video “I Am Electronic”. Watch it below now. [more...]

Post-punk and darkwave for a new age – A Projection interviewed
Aug 2018 23

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 the scene.

We caught up with the band in Cologne, to discuss how they have evolved since their debut album, the difference between synth and post-punk and what they have in store for their increasing pool of fans in the future. [more...]

A new Swedish comic book about the synth community is here
Aug 2018 23

As a synth fan growing up in Stockholm in the 80:s and 90:s, there’s a lot of relatable stuff in the new comic book “Synthare” by Tomas Zackarias Westberg. [more...]

Aug 2018 22

Before Skinny Puppy even existed, Cevin Key had an idea. This collection called “Brap and Forth vol. 8″ is gathering pieces from that period, featuring outtakes and demos.

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De la Cour’s new personal album set for September 14
Aug 2018 21

The new Henric de la Cour album “Gimme Daggers” is now set for a September 14 release on Progress Productions. We have a promo and a review is in progress. Listen to the new single ”Kowalski Was Here” below. [more...]

More Nitzer Ebb dates
Aug 2018 17

In July, we told you about Nitzer Ebb’s comeback and their Amphi show next year. Now, three more dates have been added (and more will follow). [more...]

How to make a career last for half a century – Midge Ure interviewed
Aug 2018 15

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 focused on the Ultravox album ”Brilliant” and its tour in his 2012 Midge Ure interview. Now, Midge sat down with Release again, at the Amphi Festival in Cologne, for an interesting chat about his overall career and how working as a musician, songwriter and singer has changed since the 80:s.
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Alice in Videoland call it quits
Aug 2018 14

Swedish electro-punk band Alice in Videoland call it quits. Before the members move on to other projects, they will say farewell on one “Last Tour”.

Where post-punk meets goth rock: Then Comes Silence interviewed
Aug 2018 13

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 ChameleonsVox  (formerly The Chameleons). Release met up the band members just after their arrival at the venue to have a chat about the return of the post-punk/goth scene and why it’s easier to play in Germany than on home turf in Sweden. [more...]

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