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The Fall return to the US after an 11 year absence

Mark E Smith and his current incarnation of The Fall are returning to America, um er, this fall, after an 11 year absence. The Manchester Punk/Post-Punk band has just announced it’s…

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The Sisters of Mercy announce 2017 European Tourdates

The Sisters of Mercy have announced their 2017 European tourdates—headline gigs following up August appearances at Rock Oz’Arènes in Avenches, Switzerland, and Beautiful Days Festival in Devon in the UK. Two weeks…

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Poptone—Featuring the music of Bauhaus, Love and Rockets, and Tones on Tail—announce East Coast dates

Former Bauhaus, Love and Rockets, and Tones on Tail bandmates Daniel Ash and Kevin Haskins have finally announced East Coast dates for their Tones on Tail heavy musical project The new band,…

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Psyche’s ‘Unveiling the Secret’ 30 Year Anniversary – Interview + North American Tour Dates

Psyche, one of Canada’s very first electronic bands, began in Edmonton, Alberta in 1982. With Darrin Huss on vocals, his brother Stephen and Dwayne Goettel [who left the band shortly after…

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zoviet*france | A lateral interview from post-industrialists

From certain artists, you must discard all expectations from the normative constructs of performance. Such is the case with industrial and ambient pioneers zoviet*france:. Ahead of their performance at Berghain this Thursday…

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Peter Murphy reschedules 15 night San Francisco residency citing “vocal problems”

Citing vocal chord problems (demonstrated in the video above) Peter Murphy has made a statement that he must postpone and reschedule his 15-night residency at The Chapel in San Francisco until…

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Jonathan Demme director of The Silence of the Lambs has passed away

Jonathan Demme, the Oscar-winning director of The Silence of the Lambs and director of 1984’s Talking Heads movie Stop Making Sense(above), “died Wednesday morning from complications due to heart disease and…

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After 5 year absence, The Psychedelic Furs are set to return to the U.K. for a ‘Singles Tour’

After a 5 year absence from their home country, The Psychedelic Furs are set to return to the U.K. to perform a tour that is being billed as “celebrating the many…

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KMFDM are touring with ohGr of Skinny Puppy and set to release new EP

After the Cold Waves Festival in Chicago, KMFDM and ohGr of Skinny Puppy (fresh off the Down the Sociopath Tour) are set to embark on KMFDM’s HELL YEAH 2017 tour. The tour…

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Smiths Record Store Day single has “Trump Will Kill America” engraving

Smiths fans have been reporting a surprise in their copies of the new 7-inch of The Boy With The Thorn In His Side from The Smiths—the thorn being a political message inscribed in the…

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