Dead Can Dance | The Serpent’s Egg
On October 24th, 1988, 4AD records’ post-punk, ethereal, and world music act Dead Can Dance released their fourth studio album The Serpent’s Egg. The album’s art features a serpentine river…
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Nine Inch Nails | Pretty Hate Machine
On October 20th, 1989 Nine Inch Nails released their iconic debut LP Pretty Hate Machine. The album’s demo was a labor of love produced and recorded in between shifts while…
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Bauhaus | The Sky’s Gone Out
On October 19th, 1982, the godfathers of goth Bauhaus released their third studio album The Sky’s Gone Out. The album was named after the passage in the final track of…
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Cocteau Twins | Four-Calendar Cafe
On October 18th, 1993, Cocteau Twins released their seventh studio album Four-Calendar Cafe, an album which was named after William Least Heat-Moon‘s book Blue Highways, where the author rates the quality…
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Pieter Nooten and Michael Brook | Sleeps With the Fishes
On October 12th, 1987, Pieter Nooten and Michael Brook released the sublime Sleeps With the Fishes on 4AD. Perhaps the most underrated record in the classic 4AD oeuvre, Sleeps With the Fishes…
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XTC | 3D – EP
On October 7, 1977 XTC released their debut titled the 3D -EP, which was the 12 inch version of the Science Friction single—this included the b-side She’s So Square, along with…
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Einstürzende Neubauten | Kollaps
On October 5th, 1981 West Berlin’s pioneers of Industrial Music Einstürzende Neubauten (Collapsing New Buildings) released their first official studio album Kollaps. Prior to Kollaps, the band had released the live to…
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Bauhaus | Mask
On October 16th, 1981 the ‘Godfathers of Goth’ Bauhaus released their second studio album Mask. The record contained the singles “Kick in The Eye” and “The Passion of Lovers”, which expanded…
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David J Haskins and Peter Murphy are reuniting to perform Bauhaus songs together for the first time in over a decade
Half of Bauhaus are to reunite! David J Haskins is joining Peter Murphy on bass for the final three Mr. Moonlight shows during the ex-Bauhaus vocalist’s expanded 16-night residency in San…
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The Cure’s “The Head On The Door”
On August 26th, 1985 The Cure released their 6th studio album The Head On The Door, an album that takes its title from a line from the single “Close to Me”.…
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