The next album from Erasure will be the Christmas-themed “Snow Globe”, with seasonal classics and original compositions. The album will hit the shelves on November 11 but first we can expect the single “Gaudete”, Erasure’s take on the famous Medieval Latin carol. [more...]
This week, the 10-track debut album “The Gloomy and the Goony” of Swedish dreamwave / atmospheric synth artist Not Lars is released after 2,5 years in the making.
The impressive debut album “The Bones of What You Believe” (September 23/24) from Scotish synthpop trio Chvrches is now streaming for free (click here).
Industrial veterans Tolchock from Northern Sweden have released another single called “Selfextractor” from their forthcoming, delayed album “Elements of Rage”. This time Red Mecca have made remixes. Listen below. [more...]
The first DVD from German industrial and dark pop act In Strict Confidence is out now. “Panorama” holds 14 clips including “Morpheus”, “Tiefer”, “Engelstaub”, “Forbidden Fruit” and unreleased videos. Visual imagery and videos have always been a priority for the band. Watch the video trailer below. [more...]
Sonar just announced that Stockholm will be added to its list of festival cities. The venue will be Münchenbryggeriet, previously home of EBM festival Tinitus where Front 242, Klinik, And One and many more have performed. The dates are February 14-15.
Electronic Summer took place August 29-31 in Gothenburg with bands like DAF, Tyske Ludder, Apoptygma Berzerk, S.P.O.C.K and Spark! on stage. Most bands exceeded the expectations and the festival as a whole a great success. As a media partner for Electronic Summer, we asked co-organiser Sebastian Hess a few questions afterwards. We also give you some live pics from our photographers. [more...]
VNV Nation has just published a Soundcloud “Transnational” preview (link below), after giving away the song “Retaliate” the other day (also below). The release date is October 4 in Europe. A US release date has yet to be announced. Review in progress. [more...]
New York label Minimal Wave will reissue “Irene & Mavis” on November 5. This is the 1980 debut EP from UK veterans Blancmange, recorded in 1979. The EP is remastered and will come as a limited edition 10″.