Wire – Live at Bloomsbury Theatre (1985)
A live Wire performance is always an exciting prospect. In this video, taken in London in 1985, the band is in one of its transitional phases; recreating itself on stage…
A live Wire performance is always an exciting prospect. In this video, taken in London in 1985, the band is in one of its transitional phases; recreating itself on stage…
LAIBACH 02 SHEPHERD’S BUSH EMPIRE LONDON, 1 MARCH 2019 Laibach might seem bonkers. They might even be bonkers. But there is a lot of method behind their staging of The…
Nash the Slash was an original. Wrapped in bandages, like a mummified prog guitarist, Nash toured with Gary Numan and Iggy Pop and played along to silent films. With a…
Colin Newman describes himself as the spotty boy at school, who had trouble with the local Wiltshire bullies. His escapes were listening to Todd Rundgren’s “A Wizard, a True Star”…
Born in the suburb of South Woodford and raised in Basildon, Vince Clarke could have ended up as a cab driver or worked at Ford’s Essex plant, but instead he…
Daniel Miller is best known as the owner of Mute Artists (formerly Mute Records, but the original name didn’t come with the sale by EMI) and as The Normal, the…
Gothic industrial duo DEATH BY LOVE has officially released their latest single, “Królowa Świata” (translated as “Queen of the World”), accompanied by a new music video. This release marks the…
PIG to Release New EP ‘Dirt Box’ on Metropolis Records Raymond Watts, operating under his industrial project name PIG, has announced the release of a new EP titled Dirt Box.…
Ten covers of the classic synth punk track, “Warm Leatherette,” as selected by our editorial team.
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Dave “The Keys” Baker returns with another track from his lonelyklown project. “It’s just another love song,” intones the vocodered voice, but when Baker creates one it doesn’t just end…
Portion Control emerged from a South London catering college armed with synthesisers, drum machines, and shocking visuals, instead of spatulas, scales, and whisks. Rather than riffs on French sauces, they…
Steve Hillage has made a career finding the spaces within beats and turning rhythms into textures that envelop the listener. As a member of Gong, he was key to the…
“Too Much” opens on a tight, mechanical bassline that immediately sets a brisk tempo. Crisp drum sequencing drives the rhythm forward, framed by cold synth textures and sharp electronic accents.…