THERE’S ONLY ONE WAY TO DO IT A CONVERSATION WITH PRODUCER DANNY SABER INXS’s legendary frontman, Michael Hutchence, passed tragically in 1997. Two of his formerly unreleased singles, “One Way” and “Save My Life”, were released last August [...]
HEROIN FOR THE DAMNED A CONVERSATION WITH RAYMOND WATTS OF PIG Having recently released Red Room, and having re-released and re-mastered Sinsation, Raymond Watts, a personal representative of our favorite side (served with eggs and toast), [...]
FRONT 242 TWO IN ONE ALFA MATRIX The rerelease of Front 242’s Two In One on 12-in clear transparent vinyl (originally released in 1981 and 1982), put out on Alfa Matrix just ahead of the Belgian EBM pioneers’ final tour, delivers four tracks [...]
VISCERAL, INTRIGUING, ENIGMATIC AND POPPY A CONVERSATION WITH BEN CHRISTO (THE SISTERS OF MERCY) Ahead of their first US tour in 15 years, Ben Christo, guitarist and backing vocalist of The Sisters of Mercy, shared his thoughts on the band’s [...]
7Seconds Walk Together, Rock Together (Deluxe Reissue) Trust Records Punk rock, at its early stage, had two extremes: f.s.u. and straight edge, and they were not necessarily mutually exclusive. 7Seconds is one example of a band whose positive [...]
PAUL MORLEY – FROM MANCHESTER WITH LOVE: THE LIFE AND OPINIONS OF TONY WILSON FABER BOOKS BOOK REVIEW BY KATHY NICHOLS Tony Wilson was the co-creator of Factory Records, who are best known for releasing Joy Division, New Order, and Happy [...]
Deine Lakaien Dual+ Prophecy Productions German darkwave project Deine Lakaien’s 11th studio album, Dual+, follows the duo’s style from the preceding release Dual. Peppered with covers, including three from contemporaries, and one traditional [...]
PUNK THE CAPITAL: BUILDING A SOUND MOVEMENT PASSION RIVER FILMS JUNE 29, 2021 Punk the Capital: Building A Sound Movement, was released on DVD in conjunction with 2021’s Record Store Day in June. The documentary explores the history of the [...]
DUALITY A CONVERSATION WITH ALEXANDER VELJANOV OF DEINE LAKAIEN Dual, the most recent effort from Germany’s dark wave project Deine Lakaien, which was released on Prophecy Productions, breaks new ground for the duo. The double-disc album [...]
Deine Lakaien Dual Prophecy Productions Germany’s avant-garde darkwave duo Deine Lakaien has released its 10th full-length studio album, Dual. The double-length collection consists of one disc of cover versions the pair, made up of singer [...]
VOYNA The Cinvat Bridge Icy Cold Records The Cinvat Bridge from VOYNA, the first solo effort from Peer Lebrecht of Berlin’s goth outfit Golden Apes, is scheduled for release on France’s independent label Icy Cold Records this spring. Overall, [...]
cEvin Key And The Subconscious Electronic Orchestra Resonance Artoffact cEvin Key’s fifth solo album, Resonance (formerly X̱wáýx̱way), is released on Toronto’s Artoffact Records. The album consists of 12 electronic tracks, some instrumental and [...]
INSTANT EXORCISM A CONVERSATION WITH CURSE MACKEY Curse Mackey, known for his contributions to Pigface and My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult as well as his time as the frontman for Evil Mothers, releases his first solo album, Instant Exorcism on [...]
INTO THE BLACK A CONVERSATION WITH DANIEL GRAVES OF AESTHETIC PERFECTION Into the Black, Aesthetic Perfection’s 5th full-length studio album (the first one in 5 years!), saw the light of day last month via Close to Human Music, the independent [...]
WONDERS & MONSTERS AN INTERVIEW WITH JEAN-LUC DE MEYER OF UNDERVIEWER Everybody has to start somewhere. Front 242’s Jean-Luc De Meyer and Patrick Codenys started in 1978 in a music project called Underviewer, the debut album of which, [...]
THE BLINDING DARK AN INTERVIEW WITH JOAKIM MONTELIUS OF COVENANT Covenant’s ninth album, The Blinding Dark, which came out on November 4, follows the band’s original guiding principle that change must be their only constant. Released on [...]
Duran Duran Paper Gods Warner Bros. Paper Gods does not disappoint. Released Sept. 11, Duran Duran’s 14th studio album since 1981 stays true to the band’s legacy while injecting a fresh flavour. The Fab Five, as they were known when they ruled [...]
Cocksure Corporate Sting Metropolis Records Corporate Sting is a collaboration between Chris Connelly (of, among numerous others, Revolting Cocks fame, which I’m guessing was the impetus for the band name) and Jason Novak, perhaps best known for [...]
The Gothsicles Squid Icarus Negative Gain Records The Gothsicles’ fourth album Squid Icarus, released in December of last year by Negative Gain Productions, lives up to the standards of humor and cleverness we’ve come to expect from the ‘sicles. [...]
The Birthday Massacre Superstition Metropolis Records Superstition, The Birthday Massacre’s sixth and most recent studio album, showcases the band’s talent in a range of music presented in tracks ranging from industrialized dance to gothy, [...]
Various Artists A Strange Play (An Alfa Matrix Tribute To The Cure) Alfa Matrix A Strange Play is a double-disc set containing 31 (33 if you get the Bandcamp version) covers of The Cure songs by almost as many electro, industrial, goth, and EBM [...]
