Jocke Söderqvist rejoins his old band Twice a Man for 2014 club and festival gigs. The concerts will cover the years 1983-1986 and releases like “From a Northern Shore”, “Slow Swirl” and “The Sound of a Goat in a Room”.
After the departure of Fräulein Plastique, the remaining 3 members of retro synthpop band Welle:Erdball have been looking for a replacement. After going through about 100 applications, 7 have been nominated and now it’s time for the fans and listeners to vote. [more...]
Check out our latest CD reviews (if you haven’t already). We have reviewed VNV Nation, Moby, Ohm, The Mission and Syrian.
Tomorrow, industrial veterans Die Krupps finally return with their new (excellent) album “The Machinists of Joy”, and on February 15 the new tour kicks off. “The Machinists of Joy Tour” will take them on a 12-date trip through Germany, Switzerland, Hungary and Austria. Album review close to completion.
Updated: Oct. 24.
Norwegian dark electro trio Pride and Fall are back in the spotlight with their latest CD “Of Lust and Desire”. Album sleeper hit “Turn the Lights on” is in need of a club version so Pride and Fall invites everyone to a 6 week remix contest.
It’s 4 days left to Bodyfest at the legendary Stockholm venue Nalen on Saturday. Das Ich, The Neon Judgement, Pankow, Spark, Container 90 and Pouppée Fabrikk make up the line-up for the annual one-day event. [more...]
Updated: Oct. 23.
Belgian veterans Vomito Negro have announced that Pieter David will replace member Sam Devos. [more...]
November 8 marks the release of the new Mesh single “Adjust Your Set”, taken from the album “Automation Baby”. It’s a 5 track affair from Dependent Records with 4 versions of the title track and the B-side “Walk of Shame”. [more...]
Covenant has been around for a long while and has also been through a couple of member changes. After the last album “Modern Ruin” the recent member Daniel Myer jumped ship to focus on his own projects such as Haujobb and Architect among others. For the new album “Leaving Babylon” founding member Joakim Montelius decided to only be involved in the studio, not on tour, and 2 new members joined, in the form of Daniel Jonasson and Andreas Catjar. We interviewed Joakim to find out who the new members are, what’s on the horizon, and we also got a very personal response as to why he’s not playing live anymore.
Read extensive track-by-track comments on “Leaving Babylon” by Joakim Montelius, Eskil Simonsson and Daniel Jonasson. It’s a unique closer look at an album from the artist’s perspective. [more...]