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PJ Harvey and John Parish Walk on By March 27, 2009 | By: Peter Marks (Portland, Oregon USA)
Collaborating again for the first time since 1996, PJ Harvey and John Parish will issue a new full length album entitled "A Woman a Man Walked By" (Island) on March 30. Curiously, a single for the album "Black Hearted Love" will follow on April 13. Select live dates are being announced by the pair with the single already in heavy rotation on Youtube and oddly Radio 2 in the UK. A double album coming soon from Helium Vola March 27, 2009 | By: Peter Marks (Portland, Oregon USA) "Fur Euch, Die Ihr Liebt" (Chrom) is out on March 27. This is a massive new compendium of work, the first since 2004, from Germany's Helium Vola. This project is the baby of Deine Lakaien founder and musico extraordinare Ernst Horn and has put out two full length albums previous to this as well as two singles and an EP. Helium Vola came into existence not long after Horn's departure from another esoteric outfit, Qntal. UK's Infest cancelled March 27, 2009 | By: Mikael Kahrle (Gothenburg, Sweden)
Infest 2009 in Bradford, UK, which should have been headlined by Front 242 and And One, has been cancelled. The organizers were on the hunt for a replacement venue, due to a one year refurbishment, but failed to find one in time. Remix album from Left Spine Down March 24, 2009 | By: Johan Carlsson (Stockholm, Sweden)
After the debut full length "Fighting for Voltage", the angry lads in Left Spine Down bring us "Voltage 2.3 - Remixed and Revisited". It's a remix album, filled to the brim - 20 tracks - with remixes by some interesting names from the industrial scene. For example, we have KMFDM, The Birthday Massacre, Chris Peterson from FLA (who also produced the debut album), Tim Skold, Combichrist, Revolting Cocks, Sebastian Komor and more. In addition, one new song and two covers are included - Nirvana's "Territorial Pissings" and Joy Division's "She's Lost Control". Further details of THD's return emerge March 24, 2009 | By: Peter Marks (Portland, Oregon USA) 23db Records will digitally release the new Total Harmonic Distortion record "Evolution of Our Decay" on April 28. This is the first album the band have done since 1999's "Under a Statik Sky" (Pendragon). THD state that this work carries on from their last release and also inform us that an entirely free digital EP called "Subconscious Drip" with ten tracks of entirely different work from the album will be made available the same day. Lassigue Bendthaus and Cabaret Voltaire have been listed as comparable sonic territory by THD for their return but they also state there will be plenty of retro-futuristic, heavy analog sounds. Motor supports Depeche Mode March 23, 2009 | By: Mikael Kahrle (Gothenburg, Sweden)
American/French electronic duo Motor have been hired as support act for 20 of the upcoming Depeche Mode shows in Europe. Their remix of "Precious" was highly appreciated by Martin Gore and a Motor song was part of the pre-concert music during the last Depeche Mode tour. - Well this time, instead of one track on a mixtape, we're getting the real deal!, Motor's Bryan Black says to Release. Berlin label Shitkatapult will deliver the third Motor album late this summer, preceded by single "Death Rave". Remixes for Acidkids and Kanye West are also to be expected. Browse the On Record archives for our reviews of the first two Motor albums. Ladytron are going to support Depeche Mode in Belgrad, Bukarest, Sofia und Zagreb. Boytronic back to the roots March 23, 2009 | By: Mikael Kahrle (Gothenburg, Sweden) Synthpop veterans Boytronic announce a new album for September on Major Records, which will be "back to the roots and danceable". New Paradise Lost CD recorded in Sweden March 19, 2009 | By: Mikael Kahrle (Gothenburg, Sweden) British goth rock band Paradise Lost is recording a new album as we speak, in Örebro, Sweden, with producer Jens Bogren (Katatonia, Amon Amarth). A new drummer has joined the band: Adrian Erlandsson. - Unfortunately it was too short notice to play on the new album but everything we do from now on will have Adrian involved, guitarist Greg Mackintosh says. - We knew immediately that he was the man for the job. Playing the songs with him felt very natural. He is the same age as us and from a similar musical background. Adrian will join Paradise Lost on stage; they will play a number of live shows in April and June. Combichrist saw blade EP includes two live videos March 18, 2009 | By: Mikael Kahrle (Gothenburg, Sweden)
May 1 sees the release of Combichrist's next club EP, "Heat EP - All Pain Is Beat". The track list contains six remixes from VNV Nation, Assemblage 23, Aesthetic Perfection and others of the songs "All Pain Is Gone" and "Can't Change the Beat", as well as two live videos. It's a limted edition product in 1 000 hand-numbered copies with a saw blade-shaped CD. There will also bea three track 12" on a red buzz saw shaped vinyl. Susperia vocalist undergoes triple by-pass March 16, 2009 | By: Mikael Kahrle (Gothenburg, Sweden) Pål Mathieson of Norweigian alternative rock band Susperia suffered from a heart attack last week and undergoes a triple heart by-pass operation. - I always wanted to hit the headlines - but not in this way! Thanks for all your messages of support, he says from his sickbed. |
