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A new Boytronic release album Nov 13 2006 | By: Niklas Forsberg (Kungälv, Sweden)
Legendary synthpop act Boytronic will unleash their new album "Dependence" in less than two weeks (November 24), on Major Records. As reported before, Holger Wobker will not be joined by Hayo Panarinfo on this album (he did on the last Boytronic album "Autotunes", but now runs the Major Records label), but has recruited two new band members. Four full tracks off the new album can be sampled here.
Industrial act cover ZZ Top Nov 13 2006 | By: Johan Carlsson (Los Angeles, USA) Three lads from Milwaukee, USA, have joined forces and formed Ghost in the Machine. They make heavy industrial rock with an electronic flavour, and they have just released their new album “One Within”. Included are lots of hard music, as well as a cover of ZZ Top’s “Sharp Dressed Man”. Check out www.gitm.net for more info.
25 years In the Nursery Nov 13 2006 | By: Mattias Huss (Uppsala, Sweden)
The two tracks currently available for press use sound like business as usual; atmospheric and orchestral electronica with a touch of snare drums and Dolores Marguerite C. manning the microphone. Also doing vocal duties is singer/songwriter Sarah Jay Hawley, who appeared on Massive Attack's "Mezzanine". The album marks the 25 year anniversary of the Humberstone brothers' band and is released on January 15, 2007. New album due from Batcave legends Nov 13 2006 | By: Peter Marks (Portland, Oregon, USA) For all Release readers who never get surprised, here's one which will do the trick. 1980:s Soho phenoms Specimen are due to release a new album in 2007. Details of this new work, the first since the band's farewell debut EP "Specimen" in 1983 are being kept under wraps. Specimen, along with Alien Sex Fiend, created in 1982 a club of singular vision in London's Soho district called The Batcave. Indeed, ASF's first show ever was played upon the club's somewhat dimunitive stage. Sire Records, of all labels, put out Specimen's only EP which contained classic songs like "The Beauty of Poison", "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" and perhaps their finest title "Returning from a Journey". The band spent their final two years sporadically releasing compilation tracks before simply vanishing in 1985. Rumours of a re-united Specimen have been the stuff of, literally, legend. We will post more news as it becomes available. New EP with Front Line Assembly Nov 9 2006 | By: Johan Carlsson (Stockholm, Sweden) Front Line Assembly’s drummer Adrian White recently posted on his myspace about working on a new song for a new FLA EP. Not much is known about it, except that it will also include remixes by Rhys Fulber and some other names we might know. FLA have just finished a successful tour of Europe where they played sold out venues. The band is now working out the “make up” tour of US, since the last attempt to play there was foiled by a tour bus company. More details as we get it. Nick Cave grinds one out Nov 9 2006 | By: Peter Marks (Portland, Oregon, USA) Ever-prolific musician/writer/madman Nick Cave has recently formed a new band with fellow Bad Seeds Warren Ellis, Martyn Casey and Jim Sclavunous called Grinderman. Their sound is billed as, get this, "garage" and they are slated to release their debut album on Mute although no release date has as of yet been announced. Currently, Grinderman have one song, "No Pussy Blues" up for the public to get wind of on their myspace. VNV Nation: new album and tour Nov 3 2006 | By: Johan Carlsson (Stockholm, Sweden) and Mikael Kahrle (Gothenburg, Sweden)
VNV Nation are working on their upcoming full length “Judgement”, which is slated to come out in April 2007. A digital single will be out in February, and already in March the band goes on tour. So far the only announced dates are in Germany, and this first leg of the 2007 tour starts in Frankfurt on March 21 and ends in Hamburg on April 1. North and South American dates will follow, in two parts. The first one (East Coast and Midwest) starts close to the end of the European leg and run throughout April. The second American part (Westcoast and South) starts after the first week of June and ends in mid-July. Depeche Mode best group at MTV EMA Nov 3 2006 | By: Mikael Kahrle (Gothenburg, Sweden) Depeche Mode won the group and Muse the alternative category at this year’s MTV Europe Music Awards in Copenhagen. Controversial Nephilim set out now Nov 3 2006 | By: Peter Marks (Portland, Oregon, USA) "Genesis & Revelation" (Jungle) is now out and in response to Carl McCoy, the label has issued the following statement: "We wouldn't normally comment, but - someone ('where facts are real') has announced that the entire band won't benefit from this release. As that's not true, we are forced to refute it! Band-members that have taken advances against royalties (in this case Carl & Tony) will earn when those advances have been recouped. Those that haven't (Nod & Paul for example) will earn from it immediately. All the band members will earn from publishing royalties. And we're sure that the release will also benefit the band by stirring up fond memories and re-emphasising what a great band they were." This three disc release contains several rarities and features perhaps the only evidence to emerge from the ill-fated original line-up's reunion in 1997: a track named "Deeper Deepest Dub". Another disc is filled with the band's last live performance at the Roskilde Festival in 2000, and topping it off, the third piece, a DVD no less, contains various live footage of the band throughout the years and an interview with Carl McCoy and Tony Pettit which dates from 1998. Two weeks ago we published another News piece on Fields of the Nephilim. PJ Harvey records with Flood Nov 2 2006 | By: Peter Marks (Portland, Oregon, USA) English chart-dodger PJ Harvey has recently had a selection of her live studio sessions for the legendary John Peel put out by Island Records. Released on October 23, this album contains some of her classic tunes such as "Sheela-Na-Gig" and "Naked Cousin" alongside more obscure cuts like "This Wicked Tongue", "Snake", "Oh My Lover" and "Water". In other news, Ms. Harvey is back in the studio with "a piano, John Parish and Flood". |
The new studio album by In the Nursery will be called "Era" and reportedly deals with architecture, urban decay and regeneration.