German electro industrial act Compulsory Skin have weighed in on the ongoing Occupy movement with their new track ‘The Rioter’. A song front woman Pia Pale describes as “music for the revolution”. Now streaming on soundcloud, ‘The Rioter’ is a slow burning eerie track at its opening and an atmospheric brooding soundtrack score set piece on the whole. Far from radio friendly stuff but stirring and evocative of the ongoing struggle[...]
This weekend former X Factor winner Leona Lewis incited the typical knee-jerk reaction of the alternative scene for covering the tragic anthem ‘Hurt’ on live British television. Whether or not you agree with the choice to cover this song at all it’s worth looking at both how people reacted to it, why and if the cover had any merit.
Yes, I did actually say that! In the interest of balanced journalism [...]
Fresh from the Rocksound Tour, Japanese Voyeurs have released details from the shoot for their latest music video “Get Hole”.
The Brechtian Punk Cabaret duo of The Dresden Dolls have announced a string of reunion concerts this Halloween to coincide with their tenth “bandiversary”.
Following the release of singer Amanda Palmer’s solo album The ‘Dolls dissolved, meaning that this will be the first time in three years that the two will have played together.
Available now from Howtodestroyangels.com, their 6 track debut EP continues Trent’s pioneering attitude to digital media with a ‘pay what you like’ price structure giving the fan increasingly more for their money as you browse through the store. The track listing of this debut release includes the tracks A Drowning and The Spaces In Between [...]
How To Destroy Angels are continuing to turn heads, finally announcing pre-orders of their 6 track debut EP. Their drip feed marketing has been almost viral from the moment the rumors Trent was involved surfaced and the distinctive sound of Nine Inch Nails shone through. With the release of ‘A Drowning’ and the video of [...]
Following the great tradition of the ‘double-dipped’ release industrial icons KMFDM return with Krieg. Krieg features remixes from last years Blitz release with artists like Combichrist and Pop Will Eat itself taking their hand to the ever consistent durm und strang stylings of Sacha, Lucia and co. Blitz saw the return of wayward KMFDM member [...]
So far my gig of the year has to have been the loud but sparse Angelspit Sunderland date. Taking place at the Independent on April 15th the Antipodean industrialists were supported by Spekulus and Novus Uk who maintained a vibe not too dissimilar to that of the Canadian songstress Ayria. Appearing first on the bill, [...]
