Dave Ball of Soft Cell Passes Away At 66
Soft Cell‘s Dave Ball, technician, trail-blazer, the other half of Soft Cell, died peacefully in his sleep at his London home on October 22, aged 66. Born David James Ball in…
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Beggars Banquet Podcast Series to Launch Featuring Martin Mills, Gary Numan, Bauhaus, Love and Rockets, The Cult, The Bolshoi, and More!
States of Independence is a living excavation of the subterranean world that shaped the sound of modern independent music. Across thirteen episodes of its first season, the new podcast series…
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Beborn Beton’s Stefan Netschio and A State of Flux Debut Video for Cover of Ultravox’s “Dislocation”
The sun was going down one quiet eveningSomeone came into the room while I was half-asleepWe spoke for a while, I couldn’t see his faceLater on when he was gone,…
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Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark Celebrate 40 Years of “Crush” With Expanded Edition LP Re-Release
Celebrating four decades since their American breakthrough, Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark have unveiled an expansive reissue of their influential album, Crush, due out October 10th via UMR/Virgin. The announcement…
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Talking Heads Premiere “Psycho Killer” Video 50 Years After First Ever Show at CBGB
I can’t seem to face up to the facts I’m tense and nervous and I can’t relax I can’t sleep ’cause my bed’s on fire Don’t touch me, I’m a…
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OMD to Embark on North American Tour This Week Following Triumphant Set at Cruel World Festival
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark, those witty wizards of wistful futurism, are back on the road, bringing their blueprint of synth-pop perfection across North America this summer. Andy McCluskey and…
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DEVO Whips the Audience into a Frenzy at Sold-Out Show at Brooklyn Paramount
A victim of collision on the open sea Nobody ever said that life was free Sink, swim, go down with the ship But use your freedom of choice The sky…
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Former Siouxsie and the Banshees Guitarist John McKay Returns with New Album “Sixes and Sevens” — Listen to “The Blessed West”
John McKay -yes, that John McKay – has returned at long last with Sixes and Sevens, his first-ever solo album and a long-buried trove of unreleased studio recordings. As the groundbreaking…
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Scottish Post-Punk Artist Cindytalk to Reissue 1984 Debut Album via Dais Records — Listen to “It’s Luxury”
Cindytalk, the restless, ever-shifting vessel of trans artist Cinder, a Scottish post-post luminary that thrives on disarray, drawing chaos close and splintering it into shards of noise, balladry, catharsis, and…
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Ministry to Embark on North American Tour Performing “With Sympathy” and “Twitch” Era Material — Show at Brooklyn Paramount on May 16th Announced!
In 1983, Ministry’s debut album With Sympathy arrived in an iconic sleeve adorned with roses—a bouquet of condolences that, unbeknownst to most, marked the burial of the record itself. For…
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