Shine On: Alan Wilder
Depeche Mode’s journey from Basildon pop darlings to stadium blues-rock giants was arranged, sampled – and largely steered – by the band’s first non-Bas recruit. Alan Wilder joined the band…
Depeche Mode’s journey from Basildon pop darlings to stadium blues-rock giants was arranged, sampled – and largely steered – by the band’s first non-Bas recruit. Alan Wilder joined the band…
John Foxx dreams of moving alone through lost cities, forgotten towns, grown-over pavements, and abandoned streets. It is fitting, therefore, that he built his studio, The Garden, in the warehouse…
Plenty of engineers have a room named after them. Eric Radcliffe has an album. Yazoo called their debut Upstairs at Eric’s, in reference to the space at Blackwing where they…
Keith LeBlanc, who passed away in 2024, was an innovative drummer who developed sounds and styles that shaped hip hop and electro-industrial music.
The French bossa nova project Nouvelle Vague has announced a worldwide tour for 2027 to celebrate the release of their upcoming studio album, A Date With Depeche Mode. The announcement…
Gareth Jones, the legendary producer and engineer, has released a new album under his echoGenetic guise. Jones is well-known for his work with Erasure, Wire, Fad Gadget, and Depeche Mode.…
Cold War Night Life contributor, Marija Buljeta, has announced a London showcase of her concert photography. Music in Frames, an exhibition of artists captured by Buljeta over a decade of…
On a Gothenburg street, a tourist stopped two men and asked for help taking a picture of her. The men complied, and her photo was captured, smiling for friends, against…
There were many excellent records released in 2023, but it was also a good year for books about music. From the graphic wizardry of Brian Griffin’s MODE to the scrapbook…