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 SHINTO RECORDS: Shinto Records
announce new releases from electro/experimental project JasonAlacrity, and
industrial/experimental project Phantoms Of The SS. The first album in a trilogy by Phantoms Of The SS is titled '' *: Schwarz'. The music featured is an execution of experimental noise, layers of droning rhythmic ambience accompanied by gritty Germanic samples. The debut album from JasonAlacrity, 'the Times of Light & Iron', is a study in the degeneration of the human form. The video of the track 'My Apologies' is complete and now available for streaming. Tracklisting: 01.my apologies 02.black cat 03.poison test 04._ages 05.stainless 06.divisadero 07.targets 08.red country 09.scorpion 10.pillborn 11.my apologies_Alacrity mix . Link: Shinto Records, Video: JasonAlacrity - My Apologies MAY 03, 2008  SHE WANTS
REVENGE: The new EP from She Wants Revenge titled 'Save Your Soul' has been
completed along with its artwork (seen to the left) and will be available for
download on iTunes on May 13th, 2008. Copies of the CD-EP will also be
available for purchase on the upcoming US tour of SWR starting on May 8th, 2008
in Anaheim, California.
She Wants
Revenge had freed themselves earlier this year from their record label deal
with Geffen/Interscope Records and are now free to release their new material
as soon as it is ready, directly to their fan base, on their own independent
record company Perfect Kiss Records. Two songs from the new EP (Save Your
Soul and Sleep) can now be streamed on
She Wants
Revenge's Myspace page . Tracklisting: 1. Save Your Soul 2. A Hundred Kisses 3. Sugar 4. Sleep. Listen: myspace/shewantsrevenge  XANDRIA: Lisa
Middelhauve is not the singer of
Xandria
anymore. After almost eight years of successful work together she decided to
leave the band due to personal reasons. For some time now Lisa didn´t feel
comfortable with her role as Xandria´s front woman anymore and wants to
step aside to make it possible for the band to find someone who can stand
behind Xandria
completely. The split was reportedly amicable and the band thanks Lisa for her
memorable contribution to Xandria and wishes her all the best in future
endeavors. Xandria as a band
will continue to exist, and the remaining band members are now actively looking
for a new female singer. To conincide with the end of the first chapter of
Xandria a Best Of compilation will be release on June 06, 2008. The CD/DVD
includes all highlights of the band, a few rarities, the Summerbreeze 2007
concert plus interviews and videoclips on DVD.Tracklisting: 01.Now & Forever 02.Ravenheart 03.Kill The Sun 04.In Love With The Darkness 05.Eversleeping 06.Only For The Stars In Your Eyes 07.The End Of Every Story 08.The Lioness 09.India 10.Save My Life 11.Ginger 12.Firestorm 13.Some Like It Cold 14.Black Flame 15.Like A Rose On The Grave Of Love 16.Sisters Of The Light 17.Mermaids (Child Of The Blue) 18.Drown In Me 19.One Word 20.Lullaby Order: Xandria - The Best of MAY 02, 2008  THE CURE: The Cure
have unveiled their plans to release four A & B side singles, one each
month starting May 13th, leading up to the release of their thirteenth studio
album, as yet untitled, which will be out on Suretone/Geffen Records September
13th. It will be the band's first album of new music since 2004’s self
titled album 'The Cure'. Physical and digital singles will be available for
purchase in store and on all digital partners. Why the 13th of each month? The
forthcoming album is
The Cure’s
thirteenth studio album... A lucky number indeed! First single 'The Only One'
(released May 13th) includes the b-side NY Trip; second single
'Freakshow' (released June 13th) includes the b-side All Kinds Of Stuff;
neither b-side will appear on the album. Both tracks were produced by Robert
Smith and Keith Uddin. July 13th and August 13th singles will be announced
shortly... The band is currently gearing up for a U.S. tour, kicking off May
9th at the Patriot Center in Washington DC. 65daysofstatic will open on all
dates.Listen: thecure.com, Tour Dates: myspace.com/thecure APR 27, 2008  LADYTRON: All
songs from Ladytron's new
full-length album 'Velocifero' are available for streaming on their myspace
page for a week. 'Velocifero' is scheduled for a release date of June 3rd,
2008. Listen: myspace.com/ladytron TIAMAT: All songs from Tiamat's new full-length album 'Amanathes' are available for streaming on their myspace page until the release date of May 2nd, 2008. Listen: myspace.com/tiamat MOONSPELL: Moonspell's entire new studio album 'Night Eternal', is made available for streaming on a widget on SPV's website. In addition to all songs, a "Making Of the Scorpion Flower" video (feat. Anneke van Giersbergen) and a blog from Moonspell singer Fernando Ribiero are also streamed. Listen: spv.de/moonspell NINE INCH NAILS: A new single from NIN titled 'Discipline' is made available for free download along with its multitrack files (for remixing) on nin.com. A promo was released on April 22, 2008 to radio stations across the United States, and most of them played it between 2:30 and 2:45pm Eastern Time. 'Discipline' was mastered by Alan Moulder less than 24 hours prior to release. Download: nin.com, Video: Discipline SEABOUND: An exclusive download is now available for a limited time to commemorate the joint Seabound / Iris Alliance Tour 2008. On select nights, Reagan Jones (Iris) and Frank Spinach performed Watching Over You together as an encore to the Seabound set. This recording was made at the DNA Lounge, San Francisco (29 Mar 2008). Download: Watching Over You (feat. Reagan Jones) FUNKER VOGT: Funker Vogt have a demo version of the new song White Trash available for streaming on their myspace page. The track will be included on the 'WARZONE-K17' - Live-DVD/CD. Listen: White Trash APR 26, 2008  MISS CONSTRUCTION: Chris Pohl, mastermind of
Blutengel and
Terminal Choice, teamed up with fellow Terminal-Choice collaborator Gordon M.
to create yet another electro project (after retiring his Tumor side-project).
The new entity is Miss Construction and it is purely electronic and conceived
for the dance floor, somewhat similar to early Terminal Choice. The debut album
‘Kunstprodukt‘ is scheduled for April 25, 2008 and it includes 13 new
club assaults, a couple of remixes and a rework of the Terminal-Choice classic
Totes Fleisch. Tracklisting: 01. Intro 02. Miss Construction Theme 03. Kunstprodukt 04. Eins und Zwei 05. Headshot 06. F**k Me, too 07. Hass und Liebe 08. Lunatic 09. I Luv U 10. Totes Fleisch 11. Slaughterhouse 12. F**k U bitch 13. Pornostar 14. Electro Beast 15. Kunstprodukt - remixed by GINTRONIC 16. Electro Beast - remixed by DOLLS OF PAIN Listen: myspace.com/missconstruction  NEBULA-H: Belgian electro commando NEBULA-H finally returns with
the 3rd and final chapter of their “H” trilogy titled 'rH'. Half way
between the 'H' debut album’s EBM darkness and the 'H20' album’s
heavy danceable feel, this new album reveals a harsher tone and a straighter
attitude. The album also holds the first new material from the band's new main
songwriter Noa, known from that other Belgian EBM formation Propulsion. Mika
Goedrijk (This Morn' Omina) from his side focused his expertise on the
production aspect of the album this time. Fans can also order the limited 2CD
carton box holding a bonus disc with exclusive tracks and special additional
collaborations with other Belgian bands like Trimtrick, Psy'Aviah and Ex.es
(the brand-new side-project of Noa and Deranged Psyche). Released on Alfa
Matrix and available May 23rd 2008.Tracklisting: 1. 69 2. Train 2PD 3. Prince of Darkness 4. Freaks 5. Hitch 6. Birds 7. Masks 8. H. T-L. (feat. Propulsion) 9. Art Brut 10. Head Off 11. Art or Pornography (feat. Foochow) Listen: myspace.com/nebulah  THE MISSION UK:
The Mission
release their Farewell Tour - CD set. Four CDs, each capturing the performance
of one night and one album + a few extras. Recorded over four days at the
Shepherds Bush Empire in London in early 2008, "Live at the Shepherds Bush
Empire" shows the band playing out in a blaze of glory as they play
through their back catalogue of songs from the first four albums, 'The First
Chapter', 'Gods Own Medicine', 'Children' and 'Carved in Sand', plus a few
other favourites. Follow the link below for details of tracklisting and
ordering. In related news, Wayne Hussey has confirmed that he will headline the
Whitby Goth Weekend Festival on Saturday November 1st. Link: themissionuk.com APR 19, 2008  REGENERATION TOUR: '80s-Themed
Regeneration Tour Set For Summer Run.
The Human
League, Belinda Carlisle, ABC, Dead Or Alive,
A Flock of
Seagulls and Naked Eyes will tour this summer as part of the inaugural
'80s-themed Regeneration Tour, scheduled to begin August 1st at the Dodge
Theater in Phoenix. Ticket prices for the month-long U.S. trek, which wraps
August 29 at the Chastain Park Amphitheater in Atlanta, range between $20 and
$75. Tickets have already gone on sale in Atlanta, Los Angeles and San Diego,
with the remaining on-sale dates to roll out in the next four weeks. Dead or
Alive will perform on the jaunt through Aug. 11, and
A Flock of
Seagulls will join the tour on Aug. 13.Link: regenerationtour.com  PETER MURPHY /
LOVE AND ROCKETS:
Peter
Murphy is embarking on a US tour this summer which kicks-off on May 30 in
Seattle. Titled "Retrospective Tour 2008" the live dates are not in
support of a new album, although the
Bauhaus singer
has mentioned that he is working on a new album. In an interview with
rockline.it Peter had
mentioned that now that Bauhaus are no more, he will start incorporating
Bauhaus tunes
into his solo concerts. The three other
Bauhaus members
who had disbanded Love and Rockets back in 1999, reformed in late 2007, and
will be playing the Coachella Music Festival in Indio, California on April 27,
2008. The Coachella music festival will feature also amongst others Prince,
Portishead, Roger Waters, Kraftwerk, The Verve, and Aphex Twins. Love and
Rockets will also play at the Lollapalooza Festival this year, which is
scheduled to occur between August 1-3, 2008 in Chicago, and will feature also
Nine Inch Nails,
Rage Against the Machines, Radiohead and others. Love and Rockets are
reportedly working on a new album also.Links: Peter Murphy Tour dates, Coachella Festival, Lollapalooza  MORRISSEY:
Morrissey has confirmed that he’ll be releasing ‘All You Need Is
Me’ on May 19th. The single will be the second the musician has released
this year. It follows in the footsteps of ‘That’s How People Grow
Up’ which was released as a single earlier this year. Both tracks appeared
on the 'Greatest Hits' collection released in the UK on Feb 11, 2008. The
single comes in three delectable formats (CD, and two 7" versions). The
B-side track Drive-in Saturday is a cover version of David Bowie's
classic track, recorded live on May 11th, 2007, while Children In
Pieces, and My Dearest Love are studio versions of two previously
unreleased tracks.Tracklisting: CD 1. All You Need Is Me 2. Children In Pieces - 7-inch #1 Side A 1. All You Need Is Me Side B 1. Drive-in Saturday - 7-inch #2 Side A 1. All You Need Is Me Side B 1. My Dearest Love Link: true-to-you.net  NEUROTICFISH:
Sascha Mario Klein who had announced earlier this year the cessation of
activity of his band
Neuroticfish
in 2008, and had scheduled his last farewell gig on this year's Wave Gotik
Treffen on May 11th, announces the final release of
Neuroticfish.
It is called "A Greater Good - Neuroticfish 1998-2008" and is a
compilation of 16 milestones in the history of Neuroticfish. This release also
features two completely new songs and a remix of 'M.F.A.P.L'. It will hit the
stores in Germany on May the 16th 2008. The U.S. dates will be revealed later
by Dancing Ferret. Excerpts from the new songs can be streamed on his MySpace
page.Tracklisting: 01. Can't stop a riot (New Song) 02. A greater good (New Song!) 03. M.F.A.P.L. 2008 (New Remix) 04. Prostitute 05. Skin 06. The bomb 07. Velocity 08. Need 09. Close 10. I don't need the city 11. It's not me 12. Care 13. Suffocating right 14. Wake me up 15. Black again 16. Waste Link: myspace.com/neuroticfish >> Apr 12, 2008 - MY DYING BRIDE: new live DVD/CD 'An Ode to Woe' >> Apr 06, 2008 - JESUS ON EXTASY: new album 'Beloved Enemy' >> Apr 06, 2008 - MINDLESS SELF INDULGENCE: new album 'If' >> Apr 05, 2008 - CASHMORE / ALMOND: new EP 'Gabriel and the Lunatic Lover' >> Apr 05, 2008 - LEAETHER STRIP: new digital EP 'When Blood Runs Dark' >> Apr 05, 2008 - THE DRESDEN DOLLS: new compilation 'No, Virginia...' including new tracks >> Mar 29, 2008 - DEPECHE MODE: work starts on new album >> Mar 29, 2008 - ESSENCE OF MIND: new album 'Insurrection' >> Mar 29, 2008 - GLIS: new remix album 'A Shot and a Bassline' >> Mar 23, 2008 - KINETIK FESTIVAL: 2CD compilation Vol 1 for Montreal's Industrial-Noise festival >> Mar 23, 2008 - MOONSPELL: new album 'Night Eternal' >> Mar 23, 2008 - MINDLESS SELF INDULGENCE: new MCD 'Never Wanted To Dance: The Remixes' >> Mar 22, 2008 - THE BIRTHDAY MASSACRE: new EP 'Looking Glass' >> Mar 08, 2008 - MUSICNONSTOP: online shop is no more >> Mar 08, 2008 - YAZOO: new US dates added to the tour >> Mar 08, 2008 - DEVOTCHKA: new album 'A Mad and Faithful Telling' >> Mar 08, 2008 - NINE INCH NAILS: new instrumental collection 'Ghosts I-IV' >> Mar 02, 2008 - DRACONIAN: new album 'Turning Season Within' >> Mar 01, 2008 - SHE WANTS REVENGE: free from label contract >> Feb 24, 2008 - ALAN WILDER: open letter >> Feb 24, 2008 - ANATHEMA: in the studio working on new material >> Feb 17, 2008 - GARDEN OF DELIGHT: compilation album 'In Memoriam' >> Feb 17, 2008 - PORTISHEAD: new album 'Third' >> Feb 16, 2008 - TIAMAT: new album 'Amanethes' >> Feb 10, 2008 - LADYTRON: new album 'Velocifero' |
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