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Mondlicht in Manhattan — Xmal Deutschland’s Anja Huwe Opens Her First North American Tour in Forty Years

Anja Huwe walked onto the stage at Le Poisson Rouge on Bleecker Street in Manhattan looking like she had just stepped out of some glamourous midnight ambush: fluffy black jacket,…

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Bettina Köster of Mania D. and Malaria! Has Passed Away at 66

Bettina Köster, formidable and trailblazing vocalist, songwriter, saxophonist, actress, and producer, has passed away on March 16th at age 66. Köster began her music career in 1978, playing saxophone for…

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A Long Intermission — Lost ’80s Post-Punk Band Entracte Unearthed for “Imbalance” Full-Length

History has a way of arriving late, wearing a better coat than expected, speaking more clearly than it ever did the first time around. Post-punk had to persist through an…

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Midge Ure Weighs the Cost of Empty Rhetoric on “Just Words” — Announces First Album in 12 Years “A Man of Two Worlds”

There are musicians who spend half a lifetime turning themselves into their own wax museum, shuffling out the old glories in decent lighting and hoping the crowd still wants the…

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Kim Gordon Is Surveilled in a Shopping Mall in Video for “PLAY ME”

Rich popular girl Villain mode Jazz in the background Chillin’ after work Kim Gordon has spent so many decades sounding cooler than the rest of us ever will that by…

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“History Repeats. Who Hears?” — Chicago’s Anomaly Report Chronicles Collapse on “Beautiful Terrible Things”

‘Twas the night ’fore tomorrow, world leaders convened, Each vying for patents on powers unseen. With treaties half-written and handshakes half-shook, They plotted dominion over resources untook. Anomaly Report have…

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The Bolshoi Brothers and Theatre of Hate to Embark on West Coast Tour this Spring

This spring, Trevor Tanner and Paul Clark — longtime collaborators and principal members of The Bolshoi — reunite onstage as The Bolshoi Brothers for a run of West Coast dates.…

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4AD to Release Xmal Deutschland’s Complete Peel Sessions on Silver Vinyl for Record Store Day

In celebration of Record Store Day 2026, 4AD focuses on an archival release that brings a crucial chapter of its history into full view. Available exclusively in-store on Saturday, April…

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Marc Skah and David White’s MATO Release Cover of Death Cult’s “C.O.T.A.”

The words of a godless manIs anybody listening?While vultures tear it all apartThe bones are bleached and glistening Marc Skah and David White’s MATO re-emerge with their cover of C.O.T.A., conjuring a raw,…

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The Cure to Release 1986 Version of “Boys Don’t Cry” as a Single for 40th Anniversary

Over four decades later, “Boys Don’t Cry” remains one of The Cure’s most immediately recognizable songs. Rooted as much in early-’60s pop songwriting as in the emerging punk and post-punk…

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