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Weekend Film Agenda: August 15

August 19th, 2008

Northwest Film Forum continues its Orson Welles series with The Immortal Story .
Attention: due to limited internet access (read, our residence in France is cut off of all lines since a huge storm), the news will only resume on August 22nd. Thanks for the understanding. Enjoy the sun whenever you might see it.Chinese Theatre have together with...
When it opened in 1934, the Bay Meadows racetrack marked eastern San Mateo County's evolution from a quiet outpost of San Francisco into a busy corridor of the metropolitan Bay Area.

A Contemporary Classical Gas

August 15th, 2008

A Classical Gas Wednesday, Aug 13, 2008 3:08AM Looking for something a little off the beaten path? Contemporary classical composer Nico Muhly is taking his work outside the concert hall this week as he embarks ...
The Cure?s new studio album, their 13th, is scheduled for release on 13th October via Suretone/Geffen. The news was confirmed on the official The Cure website at www.thecure.com . The Cure's new single "Hypnagogic States EP",...
The title of our newspiece on August 12 spoke about a live album, which was an error from our side. You may expect a new solo album from Deine Lakaien's frontman Alexander Veljanov. The news was revealed on Veljanov's MySpace page on July 31st. Veljanov's 3rd solo...
Available now as free downloads are the Depeche Mode tribute albums "MODEified by 7" and "MODEified by 7 Again". Powered by fans worldwide these tribute albums have offered more than one pearl per release...
Taking you back to the medieval days of swords and armors, the Archbishop Computer is designed to invoke the nostalgic past that we never saw firsthand.
Numerous media outlets are citing Morgan Freeman's car accident as just the latest result of the Dark Knight Curse , which also claimed the life of Heath Ledger earlier this year, killed a stuntman during ...
When their debut-Mcd "Straftanz" was released on Dependent in 2006, the band Straftanz (Rotersand side project) was tipped to be a potential hit machine. With Dependent going out of business,...
After the limited release of the single "Roots" Stefano Rossello, Filippo Corradin and Justin Bennett aka Bahntier return with the full-length album "Venal". "Venal" includes guest performances by...
U2 are releasing their first concert video "Live At Red Rocks" on DVD on September 29th, along with reissuing the accompanying live album, "Under A Blood Red Sky". The show at Red Rocks Amphitheatre...
James D. Stark has another release out. "Moonstruck" is the latest release from Romantic Synthpop Artist James D. Stark, containing remixes of songs from "Music of the Night" by Beborn Beton, Iris,...
Out on September 5th is Rotersand's newest MCD "I Cry". "I Cry" contains six remixed songs and two completely new ones: "Mission" (feat. Jay Smith from Deviant UK) and "Call Me Stupid". The first...
With their debut-Mcd “Straftanz” released on Dependent in 2006 Straftanz revealed to have a real strong potential in powerful EBM. After the lost of Dependent the Straftanz collective...
To simply say that Love Meets Lust is in line with other modern day electro throwbacks like The Killers or the Bravery would be unjust.
From Obsc(y)re member Roy Bergelt comes the news that the Frankfurt based act Obsc(y)re will stop all activities with its current line-up in order to restart with a new singer. In a message to...

Small world tour for Snog

August 10th, 2008

Australian electro legends Snog are set to embark on a exclusive 4 date world tour with dates set in Holland, Hungary, UK's Infest and Canada's EBMfest events. Fresh off the heals of receiving a...
The new Soko Friedhof CD "Wer hat Angst vor..." (who's afraid of...) will be out on October, 2nd, 2008 via German Horror rec. Soko Friedhof is the Berlin based project for the Untoten member David A....
Belgian artist Wim Delvoye combines X-ray imaging and traditional stained glass techniques to create art we can get excited about.
Submitted by SHNS on Fri, 08/08/2008 - 17:34. "ALIVE," Sa Dingding The carefully designed mystery of Sa Dingding's "Alive" is literally impenetrable in spots.

Brides like the date 8.8.08

August 8th, 2008

Karen Wontor started whipping up cakes at midnight Wednesday and was still applying rosettes, Swiss dots and frosty beads at 11:30 Thursday morning.
As further confirmation of their well-past-cult status, Perfect As Cats: A Tribute To The Cure will be released on October 28 via Manimal Vinyl.

CD Baby sold to Disc Makers

August 6th, 2008

Here's some news from the music industry which will interest more than one scene band out there. Disc Makers, a CD and DVD manufacturer, announced the acquisition of CD Baby following a 7-year...
The new Morrissey album release has been postponed. Originally expected to be released in September, "Years Of Refusal" will now be released in early 2009. There is no explanation issued on why the...