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April 20 is DM-day January 15, 2009 | By: Johan Carlsson (Stockholm, Sweden)
"Sounds of the Universe" is the title of the new Depeche Mode album, which hits the shops on April 20 via EMI/Mute (April 21 in USA). Making use of Martin Gore's new obsession for analogue gear (apparently he's gone wild on Ebay lately) it's supposedly a varied and diverse album, and features thirteen tracks. They're back with producer Ben Hillier who they worked with on "Playing the Angel", and Martin Gore has written all tracks except three, written by Dave Gahan. Anton Corbijn is confirmed for doing the artwork once again, and the first single is "Wrong". "Yes", a new Pet Shop Boys album January 14, 2009 | By: Mikael Kahrle (Gothenburg, Sweden) March 23 is set as the release date for the new Pet Shop Boys album "Yes". The first single off the album is "Love etc" (March 18). - It's a post-lifestyle anthem which sounds like nothing we've done before, the Boys say (whatever that means). Two B-sides have been recorded. Xenomania and Brian Higgins have produced the album and Xenomania has co-written three of the eleven new songs. Johnny Marr (ex-The Smiths and Electronic) picks up the guitar on several tracks. New album at last from Fading Colours January 10, 2009 | By: Peter Marks (Portland, Oregon USA)
Over ten years after their last album, 1998's "I'm Scared of...", Poland's Fading Colours have announced the release of a new double album entitled simply "Come" (Big Blue Records) on March 16. There are two previews one can look into located at the band's website. More news as we get it. Lycia have returned to the stage January 10, 2009 | By: Peter Marks (Portland, Oregon USA) For the first time in a decade, Lycia have performed live on stage. Club Mardi Gras in Scottsdale, Arizona on January 3 was the site of this event with a forty five minute set played by the band. News surrounding Lycia's future activities is, naturally, shrouded in secrecy. Last heard from in 2002 on album, Lycia's founder and mainstay Mike van Portfleet has since put out a solo album entitled "Beyond the Horizon Line" two years ago on Silber Records. Lycia alumni David Galas floored Release in 2006 with his own solo debut titled "The Cataclysm". John Fair, an early member of the band continues to record under the name Paper Gods who last year bit into the public consciousness with their own debut album "Red Blossom Eyesore". Van Portfleet's wife and presumed other half of Lycia, Tara van Flower has also done a pair of solo records and collaborates with many of Silber Records other artists. In addition to all of this, David Galas had announced on his Myspace page the issuance of three singles to herald his second solo outing and also has made mention of his noisier side-project The Petting Zoo. Galas bills this facet of his work as a more experimental outlet. Florian Schneider leaves Kraftwerk January 6, 2009 | By: Mikael Kahrle (Gothenburg, Sweden) Kraftwerk member Florian Schneider has left the group and ended his 40 year partnership with Ralf Hütter. Kraftwerk's tour of Central and South America in the Spring, with Radiohead, is still on. New Nitzer Ebb track featured in NCIS January 6, 2009 | By: Mikael Kahrle (Gothenburg, Sweden)
CBS Records has put together a soundtrack for the television series NCIS, to be released on February 10. The two disc affair offers brand new song "Promises" by Nitzer Ebb, as well as contributions from Skold vs KMFDM, Collide, Perry Farrell, Ministry, Android Lust and many more. All tracks are set for prominent placements in new NCIS episodes; for instance Collide are featured in today's episode. Disc two features music from Abby's Lab. Abby (pic), played by Pauley Perette, is a goth working in the forensics lab while listening to music rarely heard in US TV shows. NCIS has hit 20 million US viewers in its sixth year. This site has info and music samples. Big photo book with 500 pictures January 2, 2009 | By: Mikael Kahrle (Gothenburg, Sweden)
In a 200+ page book called "Photographic Pictures", Swede Fredrik "Schlatta" Svensson compiles 500 pictures from ten years of alternative music concerts and festivals. Big names like Depeche Mode and Kraftwerk are documented alongside smaller newcomers. Svensson has taken pictures for Release and the book is published by Man av Skugga Förlag, run by Release writer Tobias Eliasson. Svensson's father died in cancer in June and the profits are donated to cancer research. |
