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World Goth Day: Going Dark
May 22nd, 2013
World Goth Day is an annual worldwide event that celebrates goth music, fashion and art on May 22nd.
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World Goth Day: Going Dark
Pet Shop Boys release Boys Noize remix ‘Axis’
May 22nd, 2013
UK synth pop outfit have released the Boys Noize remix of their latest single "Axis" just like we announced it. The new album "Electric", produced by Stuart Price, will be release on July 15 via the band's very own label x2 (through Kobalt Label Services).
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We noticed it already on our Side-Line page in the past, there is something odd going on with the likes pages get these last few months. Likes from countries like Indonesia, India, the Philippines, Malaysia and so on are coming in daily, and not just one, but thousands per month. ...
Dragons seen in the modern world.
May 22nd, 2013
The dragon falls into that weird group along with Faeries and such that people even those who believe in things like demonic possession and the Jersey Devil don't believe in and wont ever take seriously (even when simular things like sea serpents, lake monsters, and river monsters are taken seriously ...
Concert Review: Doo-wop classics recall the Golden Oldies
May 22nd, 2013
Poodle skirts, beehive hairdos, pompadours, and ducktails were back in style Saturday, May 18 as the Golden Oldies of the 1950s and early 1960s filled the F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts.
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Concert Review: Doo-wop classics recall the Golden Oldies
Hurts goes ‘Blind’ on new single
May 21st, 2013
Out today is "Blind", the new single from Hurts. The single includes remixes from Frankie Knuckles, Jan Driver, and a cover of Oasis' "Wonderwall"; and is by far one of the most boring releases we have received from the band (yep, it's not a masterpiece). Watch the official video for ...
New free single for Distorted Memory
May 21st, 2013
Formerly signed to Noitekk/BlackRain, Distorted Memory has now created their own label Disciples of the Watch on which they'll release their upcoming full length album "The Eternal Return" on June 28th. The new album will debut at Terminus Festival in Calgary AB.
In support of this upcoming album a free single ...
The Swedish band Selected Area's new digital release "Need You" is out today. You can listen to it below.
Selected Area is a three piece band from Gothenburg, Sweden that started already in 1983. The band's influences include Pink Floyd, Depeche Mode, Talk Talk, Human League, Billy Idol etc.. Band members ...
Electronic Saviors donates 10K to charity and announces 3rd volume charity compilation
May 21st, 2013
Jim Semonik, brain behind the "Electronic Saviors : Industrial Music To Cure Cancer" compilation series, announces that the project will be donating 10K to the charities Gilda's Club of Western PA and Bone Marrow Foundation. Jim, who is cancer-free since 5 years now, also announced that he is opening submissions ...
Dirk Ivens collaborates with Jenn Vix for 2-track single
May 21st, 2013
Out on May 23 is the double track single "Fuck, Rinse, Repeat" / "Burn" which is a collaboration between electronic rock artist, Jenn Vix, and Dirk Ivens (Absolute Body Control, The Klinik, and Dive). The tracks were mastered by Eric Van Wonterghem and were recorded in March and April 2013. ...
Out on June 18, 2013 is the newest album from the charming dark synthpop act Miss FD. On her third studio album "Comfort for the Desolate", Miss FD handles the acceptance and the dangers lurking behind the concept of hope. The release will hold 7 new tracks and will be ...
Sonik Foundry remix contest – join in now
May 21st, 2013
Sonik Foundry has a new remix contest and digital EP called "Twisted Remixes" in preparation for their upcoming CD release "Chaos". For the occasion they launched a remix competition which will be run from April 19th 2013 to June 31st 2013. You can find all the rules right here.
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The Doors’ keyboard player Ray Manzarek dead at 74
May 21st, 2013
Ray Manzarek, keyboard player and founding member of The Doors, has died after a long battle with bile duct cancer. He was 74 and died yesterday afternoon in Rosenheim, Germany. Manzarek formed The Doors in 1965 after meeting Jim Morrison on Venice Beach. The Doors became one of the most ...
Chris Kiefer who used to be a member of Swarf, has launched a new experimental dance music solo project: Luuma. The project has just released an EP on UK label ChordPunch, "The Tessera E.P.". You can preview all 3 tracks below.
The EP's 3 tracks shift in styles between IDM, techno, ...
80sObscurities presents: Ruins – ‘Fire’
May 21st, 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 ...
An intriguing look at media’s first great mogul
May 21st, 2013
William Randolph Hearst, newspaper and magazine publisher, movie producer and one of the most influential men in America prior to World War II, is shown in a scene from 'Citizen Hearst.' William Randolph Hearst has intrigued me ever since I learned that Orson Welles' "Citizen Kane" was based partly on ...
Dead Can Dance, Dead Can Dance In Concert – Album Review
May 20th, 2013
Dead Can Dance have been 'dancing' on and off now for over thirty years and over the past twelve months have played to more people in more places than ever before.
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Dead Can Dance, Dead Can Dance In Concert - Album Review
Ancient gods are dragons?
May 20th, 2013
Lets begin with this, the hypothesis is that the ancient gods, those physical, immortal, immensly powerful, shapeshifting gods who liked to mate with mortals (among other things), are actually just really old dragons.
So lets begin with some dragon lore to make the connection.
dragons were said as they got ...
Last night A-ha's Morten Harket performed "Take on me" as heavily used on "Feel This Moment" with Pitbull and Christina Aguilera at the 2013 Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas. The performance of Harket kinda showed that A-ha's original tune was so much better than what the teen pop stars ...
Available now is the free track "Red Trackers (The 1000 Milestone Edit)" by the Brazilian electro act Aesthetische (featuring the Aghast View crew). The free track comes as a present from the band for reaching 1000 followers on Facebook. You can get the track for free right here (or give ...
Sunday Times features house Alan Wilder (ex-Depeche Mode) as ‘Celebrity Home of the Week’
May 19th, 2013
Today the UK newspaper Sunday Times features the 4 millon UK pound house of Alan Wilder (ex-Depeche Mode) as 'Celebrity Home of the Week'. Here's the text that accompanies the above picture: "Owned by Alan Wilder, formerly of Depeche Mode, Storries, near Horsham, is an art-deco house with all the ...
We Get Mail: Can You Build The Perfect Cover Song?
May 16th, 2013
We get a lot of mail at NPR Music, and amid the CDs in which the Vitamin String Quartet plays the songs of 30 Seconds to Mars is a slew of smart questions about how music fits into our lives - and, this week, the dos and don'ts of covering ...
Nine Inch Nails bassist Eric Avery quits band
May 16th, 2013
In a post on Facebook Nine Inch Nails bassist (founding member of Jane's Addiction) Eric Avery has announced that he won't be touring with Nine Inch Nails. Says Avery: "its with very mixed emotions I tell you all that I'm pulling out of NIN. I know. its been a tough ...
For the first time in 15 years, electronica pioneering act Leftfield is recording new material that will be heard for the first time when Leftfield will appear at The Playground Festival the 7th June at Brixton Academy. Says Neil Barnes: "A lot of people were bugging us to make a ...
Bauhaus frontman Peter Murphy has just started the Mr. Moonlight Tour, celebrating 35 years of Bauhaus as we reported earlier.
Murphy, who has started working with producer Youth (Killing Joke, The Verve) on the follow up to his 2011 solo effort, "Ninth" (Nettwerk), will spend 3 months touring North America and ...
