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Miss FD launches 3rd studio album ‘Comfort for the Desolate’
June 18th, 2013
Miss FD's 3rd studio album "Comfort for the Desolate" is out now through Quantum Release Records. "Comfort for the Desolate" is available in CD format (a 6-page digipak) through the official Miss FD website and Amazon US, plus as digital release via Amazon UK, Amazon DE, Amazon US, iTunes and ...
Psy’Aviah takes you behind the song ‘Our Common Future’ feat. Kyoko Baertsoen (ex-Hooverphonic, Lunascape)
June 18th, 2013
In their "Behind The Song"-series the belgian act Psy'Aviah posted about the writing process, the technical side, the ideas behind the lyrics, and much more of the track "Our Common Future" which features vocalist Kyoko Baertsoen (known from her work with Hooverphonic, Lunascape and more recently Buscemi). The track is ...
Mute announce a series of Cabaret Voltaire releases
June 18th, 2013
Mute announce a series of Cabaret Voltaire releases, starting with the vinyl issue of Cabaret Voltaire's 1981 album "Red Mecca" out on 22 July 2013. Remastered and available here on vinyl for the first time since Mute's reissue in 1990, Red Mecca features the line up of Richard H Kirk, ...
80sObscurities presents: Shatoo – ‘Overload’
June 18th, 2013
This 80sObscurities was founded by DJ Rexx Arkana to showcase old, often unknown or forgotten acts and tracks from the decade when electronic music was truly the new wave. Rexx Arkana has been a club/radio DJ and promoter since the mid-80s and headlined festivals on several continents and currently holds ...
Watch Russell Brand reprimand TV presenters for ‘bad…
June 18th, 2013
Russell Brand hijacked an American talk show earlier today, cheekily chiding the hosts of MSNBC's 'Morning Joe' for a lack of manners.
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Watch Russell Brand reprimand TV presenters for 'bad...
Luminato’s Courtyard Revue: a wooly and sweaty salon
June 18th, 2013
Speaking to The Globe and Mail about the Luminato musical theatre piece The Life and Death of Marina Abramovic , the English singer and songwriter Antony Hegarty characterized the relationship between the piece's fellow creators Robert Wilson and the New York-based Serbian performance artist Abramovic as a "collision of aesthetics," ...
Essence Of Mind sees new single ‘Escape’ + complete back catalogue made available on Bandcamp
June 17th, 2013
(By Elise Din) - The belgian electronic music label Alfa Matrix label has made available the complete Essence Of Mind back catalogue on Bandcamp earlier this morning. Also included in the batch is the pre-order for the band's newest single "Escape" which comes with an immediate download of 1 track ...
Out now is "The Voyage Vol. 02", Sebastian Komor's second volume of instrumental music for Film/TV/Video Games. The 10 tracks on this album span industrial rock/dance, breakbeat and Trip Hop.
You can order the release now from iTunes, Amazon USA, Amazon UK and Amazon DE.
You can stream it below.
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Armor, the new dark synth project from Rexx Arkana (FGFC820/Bruderschaft) and Brendin Ross (Frontal Boundary)
June 17th, 2013
"Love hurts. It's a common and simple truth of which few are unaware and to which few are immune. The melancholic electronic moods of Armor - the new musical collaboration between Rexx Arkana (FGFC820, Bruderschaft) and Brendin Ross (Frontal Boundary) - give voice to the isolation of the aftermath of ...
Distorted World delivers ‘Personal Necropolis’ single
June 17th, 2013
The first album by Distorted World "Between the Strophes" was released in December 2012. Now Distorted World is set to release a new single "Personal Necropolis", a precursor for the featured second full-length CD. The single has 6 tracks: the title track and 5 remixes. The single will be released ...
Former Sting and The Police manager Miles Copeland speaks out on Syria policy United States
June 17th, 2013
(By our US correspondent John Durot & Bernard Van Isacker) - It doesn't happen too often that musicians who speak out on politics have an analysis that is interesting enough to share to a broader audience. No offence meant, but let's face it, politics are not really the core business ...
Editors release ‘The weight’ video
June 17th, 2013
Editors have released a video for their new track "The Weight" (you can see it below). The video was shot in Nashville during recording of the band's forthcoming album, "The Weight Of Your Love", by James Lockey, brother of guitarist Justin, with whom he collaborates as Hand Held Cine Club.
"The ...
Taffy – Lixiviate
June 17th, 2013
Built around the impossibly sweet vocals of lead singer Iris , this is an act that should easily appeal to fans of early Blur, The Cure and The Breeders.
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Taffy - Lixiviate
Oslo, Norway plays home to one of 2013a 2s breakout bands; Gothminister , though they are certainly not new.
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Gothminister interview: Vocalist torn between two realities of 'Utopia'
For the past 22 years they have been recreating the sound and look of The Cure, one of the most influential bands of the Eighties.
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IT'S not every day you can see a rock band with some stand-up comedy thrown in.
Jepsen tune released in time for ‘Mermaid’ film
June 15th, 2013
Disney is calling upon Canadian singer Carly Rae Jepsen to refresh one of its signature hits from 'The Little Mermaid.'
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Jepsen tune released in time for 'Mermaid' film
We are the Shoggoths
June 14th, 2013
Based a dream I had last night in which a humanoid cosmic being unleashes a swarm of superhumans on a world populated by these bug like creatures (going to write a story about this dream in detail)
but the end of the dream got me thinking when this humanoid cosmic ...
80sObscurities presents: Midnight Passion – ‘I Need Your Love’
June 14th, 2013
This 80sObscurities was founded by DJ Rexx Arkana to showcase old, often unknown or forgotten acts and tracks from the decade when electronic music was truly the new wave. Rexx Arkana has been a club/radio DJ and promoter since the mid-80s and headlined festivals on several continents and currently holds ...
Vinyl reissue of classic Hector Zazou album ‘La Perversita’
June 14th, 2013
Out now via Scopa Invisible is the vinyl reissue of the classic Hector Zazou album "La Perversita" (1979). The black vinyl LP comes as an exact replica of the record including 2 double-sided black & white large poster. The sleeve and the two posters (replicated here) were made by Kiki ...
Kim Deal leaves the Pixies
June 14th, 2013
The Pixies have announced on their Facebook page (not really the most effective way these days to announce anything considering the limited page reach) that bassist and backup vocalist Kim Deal has officially left the band. Here's what the post says: "We are sad to say that Kim Deal has ...
Sisters of Mercy honored at gala
June 14th, 2013
The gala took place at Shelburne Farms, and generous donors made sure the sisters were able to attend the event.
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Sisters of Mercy honored at gala
Ask songwriter Antony Hegarty what it was like to collaborate with Robert Wilson and Marina Abramovic on The Life and Death of Marina Abramovic , and he'll gently suggest that "collaborate" isn't quite the right word.
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Musical director Antony Hegarty on The Life and Death of Marina Abramovic
It has always been a good way of getting the attention of dance acts that are ranked a lot higher than your own project: remix those better known acts for a bootleg/white vinyl, or in this case a download. French newbees Montmartre (the duo Hugo & Alex) just released a ...
Caroline Jago (Seventh Harmonic, Sol Invictus) has just released a free download album, " Spectral Adumbrations", on the Finnish electronica netlabel Kahvi. Having also recently collaborated/played live with Monica Richards, S o R I A H, Narsilion, and Peter Bjärgö; this 7-track album is a new sonic exploration into dark ...
#366: A Life Lived release ‘Demo 2013′ demo
June 13th, 2013
In February we reported how members from swedish acts Slug and Headtrip Inc. were behind the #366 A Life Lived project . The band has now released their new self-produced demo, titled "Demo 2013". The demo is currently being shopped to various record labels. "Demo 2013" is a 18 min, ...
