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When Depeche Mode were a Minimal Synth Group Called Composition of Sound | Listen to the Unreleased Demo Tapes

The road to stardom begun from within the dark basements in Basildon was difficult and took very interesting turns that included opening for acts like Mute Records legacy act Fad Gadget, whose…

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U2 | Boy

Remember when Bono wasn’t an arena rock god? It’s hard to believe that there was the time when U2 were a small Irish band emerging from the Post-Punk scene—back when…

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The Cure’s Robert Smith has remixed the “Vapour Trail” to celebrate Ride’s 25th Anniversary of their album “Nowhere”

[dropcap]This[/dropcap] November 6, Ride are releasing a 25th anniversary edition of their debut shoegaze masterpiece, Nowhere. The CD/DVD release includes the expanded fifteen-track album (including the Fall and Today Forever EPs), a DVD recording of…

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Bauhaus “In the Flat Field” | Watch the Album’s 1980 Halloween Release Concert

Bauhaus’ debut LP “In The Flat Field” came out on November 3rd, 1980. Prior to the album’s release, the Boys of Bau had issued their debut single “Bela Lugosi’s Dead“, and three more…

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Killing Joke are going on a US Tour with The Soft Moon

[dropcap]Post-Punk[/dropcap] legends Killing Joke are embarking on a US tour in early 2016, returning stateside for the first time in three years, enlisting support from the Neo-Post-Punk brainchild The Soft Moon…

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Watch the New Order mini documentary “Play at Home”

The films 24 Hour Party People and Control are “flipsides of a coin”, stated Bernard Sumner in a recent interview. While Control works perfectly fine as a very accurate Ian…

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Shoegaze legends Lush reform! | 4AD releasing new boxset “Chorus” to celebrate the band

[dropcap]The[/dropcap] Shoegaze revival is in full effect (thanks Slowdive!), as Lush have announced details of their first live show in nearly twenty years, with their last show performed in Tokyo…

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Suede share Gothic Rock infused song ‘Outsiders’ from upcoming album ‘Night Thoughts’

[dropcap]Suede[/dropcap] have revealed a new gothic rock laden guitar anthem called ‘Outsiders’, which is the second track their next LP, the follow up to 2013’s “Bloodsports”. The band will release…

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The Naked and the Dead | 1985 NYC Goth and Post-Punk photo gallery from the archives of Greg Fasolino

In continuing our series of photo-galleries from the archives of The Harrow’s guitarist, Greg Fasolino, we must give special attention to 1985, when Greg started his band The Naked and…

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Remember the time that Coil’s John Balance interviewed Eyeless in Gaza?

[dropcap]Before[/dropcap] joining with his partner Peter “Sleazy” Christopherson in Psychic TV and Coil, noted composer of psychedelic dreamscrapes, John Balance, worked under several other several other nom du guerres, including Stabmental,…

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