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Nick Cave Brings his “Conversations” Tour Back to North America in 2027

NNick Cave is bringing a piano—and an open floor for audience questions—back to North America. The Bad Seeds frontman has announced 25 dates across the U.S. and Canada for *Conversations With Nick…

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The Cure’s Robert Smith Promises 2027 Concerts “Bursting With New Songs”

Robert Smith is looking ahead to another year of Cure concerts, with new material expected to feature prominently in the setlists. His latest update follows a busy 2026 of European…

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The Mission Turn the Other Cheek With “Kindness Is A Weapon” — New album “Songs For Kith And Kin” Announced!

When someone tries to smite you Turn the other cheek and walk away And if they’re spreading lies to spite you Don’t listen to a word they have to say……

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Martin Gore, His Daughter Johnnie Lee, and Cliff Damavandi Commune With the Departed on “Cross Whisper”

A bird at the window can become a peculiar kind of correspondent after someone you love has died, its arrival gathering a meaning no sensible explanation can quite dispel. Grief…

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New Wave Tarot Deals a Final Hand with Siouxsie Sioux, Dave Gahan, Robert Smith, and More!

Collage artist Amanda Lee Stilwell of LastCraft Designs and Rosebud Tarot has been reading tarot for over two decades, which is probably long enough to start wondering why the major…

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Erasure Share New Single “Wings of Love” — New Album “Radio!! Radio!!” Announced!

Erasure have spent forty years demonstrating how much emotional information can be smuggled into an immaculate pop song. Synth legend Vince Clarke builds structures with the discipline of an engineer;…

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The Church Rides Again With Their Latest Single “Western” — New Album “Lacuna” Announced!

At sundown, even a familiar landscape can begin to feel strange, its ordinary landmarks suggesting places you might once have visited in a dream. On Western, The Church gives that…

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Catherine Ringer, the Extraordinary Voice of Les Rita Mitsouko, Has Passed Away at 68

Catherine Ringer, vocalist, songwriter, and co-founder of French new wave duo Les Rita Mitsouko, has died at age 68. Her children announced her death in a statement to AFP, confirming that she…

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Celebrating 30 Years of mital-U — Exploring the Swiss Label’s Catalogue Through Grauzone, mittageisen, The Vyllies, and More!

The history of mital-U begins well before there was a label to put on a record. In July 1979, Bruno Waser met members of the Lucerne band CRAZY at a…

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Soft Cell Shares Moving Synthpop Ballad “The Rainbow Room”

There is something almost indecent about hearing Soft Cell look backward with this much grace. For a band that once made sleaze, synthetic dread, cheap rooms, lust, humiliation, and metropolitan…

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