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Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds | The Firstborn is Dead

On June 3rd 1985, Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds released their second studio album The Firstborn Is Dead. Many veteran post-punk artists have dabbled with Americana with disastrous results,…

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Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds | New album ‘Skeleton Tree’ and concert film ‘One More Time With Feeling’ due this fall

[dropcap]It[/dropcap] has been 3 years since 2013’s Push The Sky Away, and we have only had one audio release from Nick Cave since then, the airline inspired Sick Bag Song…

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Marlene Marder of LiliPUT/Kleenex has passed away

[dropcap]Marlene[/dropcap] Marder, guitarist for the Swiss all-female post-punk group LiLiPUT (originally calling themselves Kleenex) has passed away. Her death was announced by her American label, Kill Rock Stars, who has…

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Siouxsie and the Banshees | Tinderbox

On April 21st, 1986, Tinderbox—the seventh studio album by Siouxsie and the Banshees was released. It was the first full recording with new guitarist John Valentine Carruthers who had previously…

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The Cure | Wish

“We look before and after, / and pine for what is not: / our sincerest laughter / with some pain is fraught; / our sweetest songs are those that tell…

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Echo and the Bunnymen announce 2016 U.S. tour

[dropcap]Echo[/dropcap] and The Bunnymen are embarking on a US tour this fall. Ian McCulloch and Co are playing 25 Cities through September and October. Tickets are already on sale. Full…

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Still on the hunt | An interview with And Also The Trees

[dropcap]They’ve[/dropcap] always been sort of an enigma. Pigeonholing them has, up to this very day, never worked out. But their discography speaks for itself: Formed in 1979 in Inkberrow, Worcestershire,…

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Depeche Mode | Black Celebration

By March 17th, 1986, it has been more than two years since Depeche Mode had gone to Berlin, ironically stopped trying to be marketable teen idols— exploring territory that was…

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New Order perform “Singularity” on Late Night with Stephen Colbert

[dropcap]After[/dropcap] performing a phenomenal show at Radio City Music Hall, New Order took to performing on Late Night with Stephen Colbert during the North American leg of their Music Complete…

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Morrissey | Viva Hate

On March 14th 1988, former The Smiths frontman Morrissey released his first solo album Viva Hate, only six months after The Smiths’ terminal album Strangeways, Here We Come. Mozz’ debut…

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