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DEC 28, 2008 MUSICFOLIO CHARTS:
Musicfolio has compiled the Top 20 Albums of the year 2008. The versatile Sven
Friedrich tops the charts with his solo project
Solar Fake's
'Broken Grid', followed closely by the equally talented and polyglot
Rome with their
magnificent third studio album 'Masse Mensch Material'. Lebanese electro duo
Lumi round up the
top 3 with their debut 'Two Tears in Water'. Fourth and fifth positions are
held respectively by the legendary goth band
Bauhaus who
re-united for one final album 'Go Away White', and the Swedish synthpop act
Elegant
Machinery with their first new album in 12 years. Visit the link below to
check the full Top 20 album listing.Link: Musicfolio's Top 20 albums of 2008 
Dec 26, 2008  THEATRE OF TRAGEDY:
2008 has mainly been spent writing and rehearsing the new material for the
upcoming 7th Theatre of
Tragedy album. So far 12 songs are done and 10 of those will make it to the
album. The drums have been recorded with Alexander Nyhus. Recordings are
planned for February and March 2009 so a release date should be in either June
or August depending on AFM Records. Erik Ljunggren will be handling the
production side of things. He knows the band very well and is a wizard when it
comes to sound. He has turned the knobs for The Kovenant,
A-Ha, Seigmen,
Zeromancer, and Satyricon. and was the mastermind of the legendary industrial
metal band Vampire State Building.
Theatre of Tragedy
played support for VSB in their beginnings in 1995. Link theatreoftragedy.com
 MARLOW:
Marlow's brand new album 'InsideOutside', is due for release on the 23rd of
February 2009. The album contains ten tracks and three remixes. The title track
InsideOutside was arranged and produced by Vince Clarke (Erasure), who also
provided a remix of the track Home. Also contains a full colour booklet
which includes the lyrics from all the tracks. All pre-orders via the
ErasureShop will benefit from the following exclusive bonuses: * CD's will be
signed by Robert Marlow and Gary Durant * An InsideOutside postcard * A free
MP3 download of 'Home (Moonlight Starkey Mix)'. Vince Clarke produced also the
promotional video for InsideOutside (see video link below).Tracklisting: 1. InsideOutside (3:50) 2. The Strip (3:39) 3. My Teenage Dream (4:51) 4. Stars (3:46) 5. Dogs (3:37) 6. Feels So Good (4:04) 7. Home (4:41) 8. Deco Twins (3:44) 9. End Of Story (3:38) 10. Tortured Artist (4:09) 11. Home (Vince Clarke's Starstruck Mix) (3:40) 12. Feels So Good (Electric Flat Mix) (4:08) 13. Stars (Moonlight Starkey Mix) (4:04) . Video Stream: InsideOutside, Order: InsideOutside
Dec 24, 2008  PROJECT
PITCHFORK: Project Pitchfork' new MCD 'Feel!' will be out on the 23rd of
January 2009 including remixes from [:SITD:], Noisuf-X, Axxl E., Mr. Petersen,
Die Krupps and The
Retrosic, with a total running time of 51:42 min. The new album 'Dream,
Tiresias!' will be out on the 27th of February 2009, and it will include 10 new
tracks for a total runnig time of 60:20 min. The opening track If I
Could can be fully streamed on
Project
Pitchfork's MySpace page, as well as snippets of three other new songs.
Cover art and tracklisting have been revealed.Tracklisting (album): 1. - If I Could 2. - Nasty Habit 3. - The Tide 4. - Promises 5. - An End 6. - Your God 7. - Feel! 8. - Full Of Life 9. - Darkness 10. - Passion. Tracklisting (single): 1. Feel! - Album Version 2. Feel! - [:SITD:] Remix 3. Feel! - Remixed by Noisuf-X 4. Feel! - Axxl E. Mix 5. Feel! - Mr. Petersen RMX 6. Feel! - Die Krupps Remix 7. Feel! - Black-Mix by Axxl E. 8. Feel! - A different feeling - Remixed by The Retrosic 9. Feel! - Victorian-Mix by Jürgen Jansen. Link: myspace/projectpitchfork
 AGUA DE
ANNIQUE: With Anneke van Giersbergen's (ex-The Gathering)
new acoustic record in the final phases of mixing, Anneke decided to add a
cover song, her acoustic version of Frankie Goes to Hollywood's Power of
Love. The track is now made available for streaming on
Agua de
Annique's Myspace page. Anneke's new album will be titled 'PureAir', and
will consist of acoustic versions of songs from her
Agua de
Annique debut album 'Air', and will also contain collaborations with Sharon
den Adel (singing
Within
Temptation's Somewhere), Niels Geusebroek (Silkstone), Marike Jager,
Danny Cavanagh (Anathema), John
Wetton (King Crimson, Asia) and Arjen Lucassen (Ayreon).Link: myspace/aguadeannique
 U2: U2's upcoming
album, 'No Line on the Horizon,' will be available in five different
incarnations, the glitziest of which carries a $96 list price on Amazon.com.
The set is due March 2 internationally and the following day in North America.
Beyond the standard CD and double vinyl packages, 'Horizon' will be offered in
three additional limited editions. The digi-pack version, has the CD in a
cardboard folded sleeve with a 36-page booklet, a fold-out poster and "a
new film from Anton Corbijn featuring the music of U2," the latter of
which is available as a download. The magazine version, finds the CD housed in
"a special 60-page soft cover magazine-style book," and also includes
the downloadable Corbijn film. Lastly, the box set version comes, naturally, in
a box with a 60-page hardcover book, a second poster and the Corbijn film on
DVD. Although the track list for 'No Line on the Horizon' has yet to be
announced, Q Magazine reports it will feature songs such as Magnificent,
Stand Up, Winter, Breathe, Every Breaking Wave and Crazy Tonight.
Other songs confirmed to be featured on the album include The Cedars of
Lebanon, Get Your Boots On, Moment of Surrender, and the title track No
Line on the Horizon.Link: billboard.com
Dec 21, 2008  DEPECHE MODE: As
announced last week Depeche Mode are
in the final phases of mixing their new yet untitled album with Ben Hillier,
Daniel Miller and Tony Hoffer and are nearly finished. Filming of the video for
the first single 'Wrong' has been completed in New York this week with Award
winning director Patrick Daughters (Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Feist, Beck,
Interpol,
...): "It’s an exciting and innovative video and we look forward
to releasing it in the New Year". February of next year will be
dedicated to making the press rounds across the universe and starting
production rehearsals in both New York City and Santa
Barbara.In related news, Martin L. Gore is contributing to a duet with french project Nouvelle Vague, known for their fresh takes on New Wave classics. Nouvelle Vague had already covered Depeche Mode's Just Can't Get Enough on their debut album. Finally, FrYars' track Visitors which features Dave Gahan on backing vocals, is now made available for free download by FrYars. Link: depechemode.com, Download: frYars - Visitors  LACUNA COIL:
Italian gothic metal band
Lacuna Coil,
which offers the dual vocals of male singer Andrea Ferro and female vocalist
Cristina Scabbia, has set 'Shallow Life' as the title of its new album, due in
the spring (April 01, 2009) via Century Media Records. The CD was recorded
earlier this fall at a studio in Los Angeles with producer Don Gilmore, who has
previously worked with Linkin Park, Good Charlotte, Pearl Jam, and
Duran Duran
amongst others. Lacuna Coil's
first-ever DVD, 'Visual Karma (Body, Mind and Soul)', which is a celebration of
all things from the band's 'Karmacode' album and subsequent touring cycle, has
sold 2,800 copies in the United States in its first two weeks of release (Nov
08).Link: myspace/lacunacoil  THE RETROSIC /
PROJECT
PITCHFORK: A new
Retrosic album
is in the pipeline. As a first herald the new song Feeding Time is
featured on the new issue of the venerable compilation 'Advanced Electronics'.
The Retrosic
also finished a remix for their heroes
Project
Pitchfork, where Peter Spilles and Cyrus will appear together on vocals, to
be released on Pitchfork‘s new single "Feel!" in January 09.
Project
Pitchfork will return with a massive strike-back with their new album
'Dream, Tiresias!' to be released on Prussia Records on February 27, 2009. The
band will go on a European Tour to support the new album starting in Leipzig on
March 20.Link: myspace/projectpitchfork, myspace/retrosic Dec 20, 2008  THE GATHERING:
The Gathering announce the release of their 9th studio album in April 2009. The
album will be called 'The West Pole'. The band has found a new female vocalist,
and will have two other female guest singers on 'The West Pole'. The album is
produced by René Rutten, it will contain 9 tracks and will be released
on The
Gathering's own imprint Psychonaut Records. According to Hans Rutten
"it will be a very extravert, rock orientated, alive album. Typically the
Gathering, but with many new elements. This time it's absolutely
guitardriven." 'The West Pole' will be available via
The
Gathering's own webshop one month before the actual release date.
Link: gathering.nl Dec 13, 2008  BETTIE PAGE: Bettie Page, the brunet cult pinup queen with a
shoulder-length pageboy hairdo and kitschy bangs whose saucy 1950's photos
helped usher in the sexual revolution of the 1960s, has died Thursday night at
Kindred Hospital in Los Angeles, where she had been on life support since
suffering a heart attack Dec 2. She was 85. "Bettie Page was one of
Playboy magazine's early Playmates, and she became an iconic figure,
influencing notions of beauty and fashion" said Playboy magazine founder
Hugh Hefner. Some pictures of her showing bondage and spanking generated
controversy and attracted a congressional subpoena. She became the subject of
songs, biographies, Web sites, comic books, movies and documentaries. A new
generation of fans bought thousands of copies of her photos, and some feminists
hailed her as a pioneer of women's liberation.Link: bettiepage.com Dec 12, 2008 DEPECHE MODE:
"We’ve completed the record,"
Depeche
Mode’s frontman,
Dave Gahan,
told Pop & Hiss on Thursday via phone from New York. "There might be a
couple of bits and pieces we’ve got to clean up, but I feel really good
about the fact that we’re finished," he continued. "I think
we’ve made a great record." Gahan said the as-yet-untitled album,
slated for release this coming spring, will have about 12 tracks.
"We’ve been spoiled for choice with this one because we recorded more
songs for this record than we ever had for any [other] record," he said.
"Maybe I’m old school or whatever but once you start going over 12
songs, I think it becomes a little weird."
Gahan
confirmed the 2009 disc, will contain the tracks Wrong and Peace,
snippets of which have been circulating the Web. Gahan, however, clarified that
the actual title of Peace is Peace Will Come to Me. Additionally,
he unveiled the titles of three more new tracks -- Hole to Feed,
Comebackand In Chains, all co-written by Gahan -- that are likely
set for inclusion on the album.
Gahan added
that the recording sessions, which took place over the last several months in
New York and Santa Barbara, were productive and that he and the act's principal
songwriter, Martin Gore,
are working well together. "We have about 18 songs," he said, even
hinting that the band will release a special EP or online-only add-on with the
extra material next year. But
Gahan
stressed that the EMI release will be just that — a proper record that
doesn’t run too long. And though the band is increasingly fond of using
guitars, the new disc may see a return to the
Depeche Mode's
original analog synth roots -- at least on a few tracks. "Martin’s
got this new fetish which is basically buying gear on EBay," Gahan said.
"He must have bought up half of the analog equipment around the world.
We’ve got all these old drum machines from the 1970s, and even some of the
stuff that we used in the '80s as well, like old Moogs and Arps." As an
example, Gahan noted that
one of the new album's stars is a piece of gear dubbed "The Colonel"
- a vintage 1970s-era Steiner Parker synthesizer. It's an instrument, said
Gahan, "that makes crazy noises. We found it really inspiring and used it
in a lot of things [on the new record]."Link: Pop & Hiss, The L.A Times music blog  ZEROMANCER:
On their long-awaited new album ‘Sinners International’, Zeromancer
combine rousing guitar chords, hammering beats, unbelievably catchy hooklines
and seductively striking vocals to form a compendium of potential hits that
no-one will be able to pass by. With their hit, It Sounds Like Love (But it
Looks Like Sex) Zeromancer bring back that which gothic, electro and metal
have been missing for years. Sex and rock ‘n’ roll, packed with
energy, whose dark and yet energetic anthems will stir not just the
underground. ‘Sinners International’: ‘filth noir’ with
which Zeromancer will once more take not only the festival stages and
dancefloors by storm but also the hearts of their fans. Released on Trisol and
available February 13th, 2009.Tracklisting: 01 Sinners International 02 Doppelgänger I Love You 03 My Little Tragedy 04 It sounds like Love (but it looks like Sex) 05 Filth Noir 06 Fictional 07 I'm Yours to lose 08 Two Skulls 09 Imaginary Friends 10 Ammonite . Link: STB  PORTISHEAD: Thirteen independent cinemas in the UK will be
screening the new Portishead short film made by John Minton and Portishead to
accompany their forthcoming single 'Magic Doors'. The screenings will take
place over a four week period starting the weekend of December 12th. The 3rd
single from 'Third', Magic Doors is released December 15th 2008. The one
side etched 12" is available exclusively from the
band's
website. The video for the new single Magic Doors is now also
available. See link below.List of movie theatres showing the Portishead short film in the UK: London Curzon Soho, Edinburgh Cameo, Birmingham Electric, Southampton Harbour Lights, Sheffield Showroom, Cambridge Picturehouse, Manchester Cornerhouse, Bristol Watershed, Derby Quad, Nottingham Broadway, Hull Screen, Leicester Phoenix, Darlington Barn. Video Stream: Magic Doors Dec 06, 2008  SEABOUND: On
February 3, 2009 Metropolis Records will release a compilation of
Seabound
rareties: 'When Black Beats Blue', limited to 2500 copies. When Black Beats
Blue is a line from the Seabound song Breathe off of the album
'Double-Crosser'. Seabound chose it
as the album title because the idea of compiling an album of rare and
unreleased tracks was in part sparked by two amazing but yet unreleased
Breathe remixes. Metaphorically, "When Black Beats Blue"
refers to the single moment when a drowning person can still be saved. With
rare material from 2001 to 2008 and top notch remixers from the electronic
genre, this release contains collaborations with HECQ, Forma Tadre, Haujobb,
Mindless Faith, and more. The Domination remix by Die Form is
particularly worth mentioning because
Seabound are
the only band Die Form has ever remixed throughout its musical career.
Watching Over You (Live SF) is now professionally mastered on CD for the
first time and features Reagan Jones of
Iris, recorded
during the bands’ joint US tour in 2008. Tracklisting: 01. Breathe (HECQ) 02. The Promise (Club) 03. Domination vs. Bound (Mindless Faith) 04. The Attic 05. Scorch The Ground (Forma Tadre) 06. Torch (Monozelle) 07. Breathe (Acretongue) 08. Hooked (Radical Alt. Vocal) 09. Soul Diver (Remix) 10. Contact (Haujobb) 11. Domination (Die Form) 12. Watching Over You (Live SF). Link: metropolis-records.com  IKON: Australian
post-punk/goth act IKON announce the
release of a new EP 'Amongst The Runes'. The new EP can now be ordered via
their official website, and will ship on December 15, 2008. The CD features the
title track Amongst the Runes, the second single from their forthcoming
album 'Love, Hate and Sorrow', packaged in a digipack, plus four more tracks
from the album sessions: Set the Controls to the Heart of the Sun (long
version and remix version), War of Love, Nowhere to Turn, and Stalag
13.Link: ikondomain.com  SOPHYA: Ethereal
act Sophya are
busy with recording and mixing their 4th full-length studio album to be
released in early 2009 and are preparing for the release of their new single
'Desire', in digital format to be available for download through iTunes and all
the major download shops. The band are currently playing their Autumn European
tour, started earlier in October '08. In related news, the release of the
Charles de Goal tribute album next month will include 2 tributes tracks from
SOPHYA (one
featuring Dirk Polak of Mecano on vocals); the tracks will also be released by
Sophya in the near future.Link: myspace/sophyamusic Dec 05, 2008  APOPTYGMA
BERZERK: The new
Apoptygma
Berzerk single 'Apollo (Live on Your TV)' will feature a remix from
Rotersand.
The new single will be out on January 9, 2009. The new album 'Rocket Science'
will feature several guest appearances, including Good Charlotte's Benji Madden
on the first two tracks and
The Dresden
Dolls' Amanda Palmer. 'Rocket Science' will be released on January 23, 2009
in a normal edition and a limited edition featuring four bonus tracks, a cover
version and a DVD. Samples of the first two tracks can now be streamed on
Apoptygma's
MySpace page.Tracklisting: 01 - Weight Of The World (Guest appearance by Benji Madden) 02 - Apollo (Live On Your TV) (Guest appearance by Benji Madden) 03 - Asleep Or Awake? 04 - Incompatible 05 - Green Queen 06 - US of C 07 - Shadow 08 - Butterfly Defect 09 - Shit End Of The Deal (State Of Your Heart) 10 - Rocket Calculator 11 - TBA (Guest appearance by Emil Nikolaisen) 12 - Pitch Black / Heat Death 13 - Black Versus White (Guest appearance by Amanda Palmer). Link: myspace/apoptygmaberzerk  AND ONE: And
One’s fans are in for a special treat: 'Paddy Is My DJ' a 7” single
in stylish orange vinyl, limited to 500 copies. The A-side of this exclusive
goodie Paddy Is My DJ is a brand new hit tune from Steve’s sonic
laboratory and another chapter in his quest for the perfect Electro-Pop-tune
and the total Naghavigation of the entire world. The B-side is a sparkling and
exclusive live cover version of
Project
Pitchfork's Timekiller, featuring
And One’s
glorious SuperDuperCoverLoverMegasound. This track perfectly captures the
searing live atmosphere of last year’s tour. It also hints at the
possibility that the release of 'Bodypop 1 ½' may be right around the
corner.Tracklisting: Side A: Paddy Is My DJ - Side B Timekiller (Live in Hamburg). Link: outofline.de  MORRISSEY: Cover
art and tracklisting of the new
Morrissey
album 'Years of Refusal' is revealed. The baby pictured with
Morrissey on
the cover of 'Years of Refusal' is Sebastien Pesel-Browne, son of Charlie
Browne, who has been
Morrissey's
assistant tour manager for many years. As announced earlier, the new album to
be released on Feb 23, 2009 will be preceded by I'm Throwing My Arms Around
Paris as a single release in two MCD versions on Feb 9, '09 in the UK. The
singles CD1 and CD2 will be supported by two new songs Because of my Poor
Education and Shame is the Name. Both songs were recorded with Jerry
Finn as part of the refusal sessions, and Shame is the Name features
additional vocals by Chrissie Hynde (The Pretenders). Tracklisting: 1. Something Is Squeezing My Skull 2. Mama Lay Softly On The Riverbed 3. Black Cloud 4. I’m Throwing My Arms Around Paris 5. All You Need Is Me 6. When I Last Spoke To Carol 7. That’s How People Grow Up 8. One Day Goodbye Will Be Farewell 9. It’s Not Your Birthday Anymore 10. You Were Good In Your Time 11. Sorry Doesn’t Help 12. I’m OK By Myself. Video Stream: Something Is Squeezing My Skull Nov 30, 2008  VIOLET TEARS: Italian gothic-ethereal act Violet
Tears announce that their forthcoming third studio album is almost ready and is
scheduled for recording during the first months of the new year. Title is yet
to be determined, but the new work will be composed of 9 new songs: Goodbye,
Outside your Door, The Garden of Souls, Babble, Somewhere under the Sea, In
Whisper, Against the Light, Ever Dead new Water, Angeli in Fiamme. The new
record is conceptually related to the thematics of their last album 'Breeze of
Solitude'. Violet Tears were formed in Bari, Italy in 1998, and have since
released one MCD, 'Fragments of Broken Dreams' in 2001, followed by their debut
album 'Cold Memories and Remains' in 2006, then 'Breeze of Solitude' in
2007.Link: violettears.com Nov 28, 2008  GIVE.LISTEN.HELP: Urban Outfitters and Filter
Magazine have teamed up to curate the fifth installment of the Give.Listen.Help
compilation series. A large percentage of the proceeds (92%) from the sale of
each disc will be donated to the PABLOVE Foundation, a group formed by Jeff
Castelaz, LA-based cofounder of Dangerbird Records, to help the Children's
Hospital of Los Angeles. This exclusive 2-disc mix features 1 disc packed with
unreleased and remixed versions of songs from an impressive list of artists
including Radiohead,
The Faint,
Bloc Party,
Ladytron, CSS,
Garbage, Oasis, The Decemberists and Of Montreal, as well as an entire disc of
Dangerbird Records artists.Order: urbanoutfitters.com  RUPESH
CARTEL: The first single from Swedish electro-pop act Rupesh Cartel's upcoming
third studio album is now available. The track is called 'Oh No Oh No!'. The
single comes with remixes by synthpop heavyweight
Iris, hard hitting
electro poppers Code 64 and the rising techno act Pulce. A very original video
was shot for Oh No Oh No! by producer Leo Josefsson. The full length
album, 'Anchor Baby', will be out early 2009.Tracklisting: 1. Oh No Oh No! (Radio) 2. Oh No Oh No! (Iris Remix) 3. Oh No Oh No! (Code 64 Remix) 4. Oh No Oh No! (Pulse remix) 5. Chronometer. Listen: myspace/rupeshcartel, Video Stream: Oh No Oh No! Nov 27, 2008  SIRENIA: The brand
new single, 'The Path To Decay' taken from
Sirenia's new
album 'The 13th Floor' will be released as an exclusive download only on
December 26th and will be available through all established download shops.
The Path To Decay is now streaming on
Sirenia's
Myspace page. As announced earlier, the full-length album, 'The 13th Floor'
will be released on the 23rd of January, 2009, via Nuclear
Blast.Tracklisting: 01. The Path To Decay (radio mix) 02. The Path To Decay (album version) 03. Winterborn 77 (instrumental). Listen: myspace/sirenia Nov 26, 2008  FRANZ
FERDINAND: 'Tonight: Franz Ferdinand' is
Franz
Ferdinand's upcoming third album. It is scheduled for release through
Domino Records on January 26, 2009 in the UK, and the following day in North
America. The opening track 'Ulysses' will be released as the first single on
January 19, 2009, and is available for streaming on the band's MySpace page.
The album has been reportedly inspired by the "heavy dub sound of Jamaican
reggae stars", Alex Kapranos also stated the album has a "...streak
of electronica...". In August 2008,
Franz
Ferdinand released the song Lucid Dreams through iTunes and made it
available for listenning on their official website. It is also featured on the
Madden NFL 09 soundtrack.Tracklisting: 1. Ulysses 2. Turn It On 3.No You Girls Never Know 4.Twilight Omens 5.Send Him Away 6.Live Alone 7.Bite Hard 8.What She Came For 9.Can't Stop Feeling 10.Lucid Dreams 11.Dream Again 12.Katherine Kiss Me. Order: Tonight: Franz Ferdinand, Listen: myspace/franzferdinand Nov 23, 2008  DELAIN: February
9th will see the release of 'April Rain', the eagerly awaited new album from
Dutch gothic metal band
Delain. 'April
Rain' follows the successful 2006 debut 'Lucidity', which sky-rocketed the
career of the band in their home country of The Netherlands. Delain has been
Martijn Westerholt’s project from the start and the debut Lucidity was
recorded with a star studded cast of musical friends. Westerholt: “The
album was never meant to be played live, but the demand was strong, so we
eventually got a live band together. That’s the band we’ve recorded
'April Rain' with. Compared to Lucidity, I’d say that this album musically
is more coherent and consistent because of the fact that it was recorded all
the way through by the same musicians. Production wise this album has more of a
metal feel to it, as opposed to the more ‘poppy’ production of
Lucidity....Another difference is that there are almost no guest appearances on
this album. There’s only
Nightwish
vocalist Marco Hietala, whom we also worked with on 'Lucidity', providing guest
vocals on the song Control The Storm.”Link: delain.nl  THE CURE: On
Sunday December 14th,
The Cure will
headline KROQ's Almost Acoustic Christmas in Los Angeles at the Gibson
Ampitheatre. Other artist performing on Sunday include
The Killers,
Death Cab for Cutie, Paramore,
Franz
Ferdinand, Scott Weiland, Snow Patrol, and Vampire Weekend.
The Cure will
also have the following upcoming TV appearances: The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
– December 11th – NBC @ 11:35pm, Jimmy Kimmel Live – December
16th - ABC 12:05 am (midnight), and Last Call With Carson Daly – December
18th NBC 1:35am. In related news, the Cure documentary DVD 'Strange Museum' wast just released. It looks back at the band's infancy, when a teenaged Robert Smith set about gathering classmates for his melancholy rock group, and chronicles their rise through the ranks of the alternative music scene. It is a documentary film which charts the entire story of The Cure from their humble beginnings, through their years of global success and onto their current status as the elder statesman of alternative music. This intimate documentary features interviews with Robert Smith and other band members, as well as his many collaborators and close friends, and offers rare footage of The Cure in performance. Link: thecure.com, Order: Strange Museum APOPTYGMA BERZERK: Next week Stephan Groth & Co. will be shooting the video for the first single from Apoptygma Berzerk's new album, 'Rocket Science', scheduled for release in the beginning of 2009. The new single to be released on Januray 9, 2009 will be 'Apollo (Live On Your TV)'. Link: apoptygmaberzerk.de Nov 22, 2008  MY DYING BRIDE:
Pre-production for My Dying Bride's tenth studio album, entitled 'For Lies I
Sire', has begun, to be released sometime in 2009. The band has entered the
Futureworks studio in Manchester, and Andrew Craighan has stated that the feel
of the album is, in his words, "heading for empty and bleak with flashes
of rage". Due to Sarah Stanton's pregnancy she has been replaced on
keyboards by Katie Stone, announced on June 27 as an official member of the
band. Stone is also a trained violinist and will play the parts Martin Powell
used to play in live performances. It has been confirmed that she will perform
violin on the upcoming album as well. The tracklisting of 'For Lies I Sire' has
also been revealed.Tracklisting: 1. Fall With Me 2. My Body, A Funeral 3. The Lies I Sire 4. Bring Me Victory 5. Echoes From A Hollow Soul 6. ShadowHaunt 7. Santuario Di Sangue 8. A Chapter in Loathing 9. Death Triumphant . Link: mydyingbride.org  CAMOUFLAGE:
Released on Synthetic Symphony and available January 23rd, 2009 is the new live
CD/DVD from Camouflage,
'Live in Dresden'. Almost 6 hours of material on 2DVDs and 1CD! 'Live In
Dresden' goes beyond the scope of the usual live documentary many times over:
Receptive fans as well as interested newcomers to the
Camouflage
fold will gain insights into the fascinating world of Camouflage on two DVDs
and one audio CD. The audio CD and first DVD contain a live recording of a
concert which the band performed at Dresden’s Reithalle. It’s
characteristic of the band that this concert didn’t turn into a pure
“greatest hits” event, but contains, along with their most popular
hits, selected highlights from 25 years of band history, such as You
Turn or The Perfect Key, which stylishly complement the overall
picture and impressively document that
Camouflage
don’t just tell their story but continue to live intensely. The second DVD
contains not only all the band’s video clips in chronological order, but
also rare unplugged clips and a number of TV appearances which show quite
plainly the changes the band has gone through during the past two decades. A
one-hour documentary about their Russian tour in 2006 rounds off the picture
and allows their fans a glimpse behind the curtains, giving impressions of life
on the road and allowing insights into their lives. See link below for full
tracklisting.Order: stormingthebase.com  SILENTIUM: Finnish Gothic
metallers Silentium have set their forthcoming album on prelisten in Myspace.
'Amortean' will be released on December 3rd on Dynamic Arts Records in Finland
and later in January 2009 internationally. All 9 songs are available for
pre-listening now.Tracklisting: 1 Leave The Fallen Behind 2 The Messenger 3 A Knife In The Back 4 The Fallen Ones With You Tonight 5 My Broken Angel 6 The Cradle Of Nameless 7 Storm Sight Solicitude 8 Embrace The Storm 9 La Fin du Monde. Link: myspace/silentium  NEW MODEL
ARMY: New Model Army just released their first live album in almost ten
years 'Fuck Texas, Sing For Us'. Following in the quality and style of 1999's
double live '...& Nobody Else' the tracks on 'Fuck Texas, Sing For Us' were
recorded at a number of shows throughout Europe and the USA during the HIGH
tour of 2007/2008. The band selected the best versions of the songs, and mixed
and spun them together to form a seamless live concert. Mixed by Justin,
Michael and Dean in the band's Bradford studio, the album has been mastered by
Jon Astley, whose recent projects have included the re-remastering of The Who's
back catalogue, and Joolz' new album Spirit Stories. Leaning heavily on
material from HIGH, it also includes live recording of classics such as
Poison Street, Family and 225 which have never been released on
an official live album before. The version of Vagabondsis as re-worked
by Marshall, substituting a Les Paul Custom for a violin.Tracklisting: 1 225 2 Nothing Dies Easy 3 Island 4 Into The Wind 5 Breathing 6 Rivers 7 One Of The Chosen 8 Bloodsports 9 Lust For Power 10 No Mirror, No Shadow 11 High 12 Family 13 Vagabonds 14 Wired 15 Bad Old World 16 Masterrace 17 Poison Street . Link: myspace/newmodelarmy Nov 18, 2008  COMBICHRIST:
After spending much of the past two years touring the world,
Combichrist
unleashes his new album 'Today We Are All Demons' upon its eager fans.
Combichrist mastermind Andy LaPlegua has once again expanded on the beat
driven, hook-laden evil electro found on 'What The Fuck Is Wrong With You
People?'. In the summer of 2008
Combichrist
gave us a taste of what was to come with 'The Frost EP: Sent To Destroy',
instantly dominating dance floors. That was only a warning shot… with
'Today We Are All Demons', Combichrist aims right for the f**king head. From
the opening notes of the driving All Pain is Gone and the sleazy, punk
grooves of Kickstart The Fight (featuring Gen from The Genetorturers) to
the Techno Body Music tinged beats of Get Out Of My Head and the darkly
introspective title track, 'Today We Are All Demons' proves that
Combichrist
is a force to be reckoned with. Release date: Jan 20, 2009.Tracklisting: 01. No Afterparty 02. All Pain is Gone 03. Kickstart The Fight 04. I Want Your Blood 05. Can't Change The Beat 06. Sent To Deastroy 07. Spit 08. New Form Of Silence 09. Scarred 10. The Kill V.2 11. Get Out of My Head 12. Today We Are All Demons 13. At The End Of It All. Link: metropolis-mailorder.com  ULTRAVOX: Warren
Cann, Chris Cross, Billy Currie and
Midge Ure -
all four members of the 1980s
Ultravox
lineup - are coming together for the first time since performing at Live Aid in
1985, for a UK Ultravox reunion
tour in 2009. Tickets will go on general sale from 9am GMT on Wednesday 12th
November. The tour starts on April 10th in Edinburgh, Scotland and ends on
April 28, 2009 in Portsmouth, Hampshire. See link below for
details.Link: ultravox.org.uk Nov 15, 2008  ANTONY &
THE JOHNSONS: 'The Crying Light' is
Antony
& the Johnsons' third studio album. The album will be released on
January 21, 2009. The album is the follow-up to 2005’s Mercury
Prize-winning ‘I Am A Bird Now’, and features symphonic arrangements
by avant-classical composer Nico Muhly. 'The Crying Light' was preceded by lead
single, Another World, as part of the 'Another World' EP, released
through Secretly Canadian in October. Tracklisting: 1. Her Eyes Are Underneath the Ground 2. Epilepsy Is Dancing 3. One Dove 4. Kiss My Name 5. The Crying Light 6. Another World 7. Daylight and the Sun 8. Aeon 9. Dust and Water 10. Everglade. Link: antonyandthejohnsons.com  EGO LIKENESS:
Ego
Likeness announce the release of their new EP 'West' as part of the Compass
EPs series. It includes the new song Sirens and Sattelites, and 4 other
remixed tracks. The EP will be limited to 300 copies all signed and numbered.
Cover photo by Kyle Cassidy. The EP can be ordered now and will be shipped by
mid-December.Tracklisting: 1. Sirens and Satellites 2. I Live on What's Left 2008 3. Burn Witch Burn, Hypofixx Remix (His last remix no less) 4. The Egg of the Mother (Recorded in 2002, this is the drastically different original version of "Save your Serpent") 5. Severine, Sidhe Mix, by Hopeful Machines. Order: ego-likeness.livejournal.com  BELLA LUNE: Arizona based electro
gothic band, Bella Lune, will debut their music video for 'Neverwhere' on the
big screen and perform for a live audience this Saturday, November 15th at The
Ruby Room in Phoenix. The video was filmed by Light Pulse Studios in the summer
of 2008, and will be available online at: youtube.com/bellalunemusic, after the
show on Saturday. In other news, the debut album 'Abstracted Visions' was
re-released on Aetheria Music in October on CD and MP3 download. Bella Lune's
leading lady, Fuchsia, had a photo shoot with Fender Guitars. The live trio
opened for The
Cruxshadows, Ayria, and I:Scintilla on the 'Immortal Tour' in Tempe,
Arizona. They were booked to open for
Shiny Toy
Guns in Scottsdale, AZ, but plans fell through at the last minute. Bella
Lune has also shared the stage with The Strand, Reliquary, Vertigo Venus,
Acidica, Brian Botkiller, and The Captives. Bella Lune can be heard on regular
rotation at Auralgasms.com. Video Stream: youtube.com/bellalunemusic Nov 08, 2008  Q AWARDS:
Coldplay pulled off a double at the 2008 Q Awards earlier this week: the
quartet won best album for 'Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends' and then
were honoured with the prize of Best Act In The World. Guitarist and solo star
David Gilmour of Pink Floyd was honoured with the Outstanding Contribution
title at the 2008 Q Awards, then he dedicated it to late Pink Floyd bandmate
Rick Wright. Trip-hop pioneers Massive Attack were honoured with the Q
Innovation In Sound title. While ethereal-indie act
Cocteau
Twinslanded the Q Inspiration title. Kaiser Chiefs were awarded as Best
Live Act. Finally Adam Ant, was named Q Icon. Visit the link below for a full
listing of awards.Link: qawards.co.uk PET SHOP BOYS: The Pet Shop Boys are to be honoured for their Outstanding Contribution to Music at next year's Brit Awards. Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe will collect their award and close the show when the event takes place at Earl’s Court on February 18, 2009. Link: q4music.com  MORRISSEY:
Morrissey's new album 'Years of Refusal' has now a release date of February
23rd, 2009, which will also see the start of a lengthy US tour. New Zealand and
Australia will now follow the US dates. The new album is preceded by I'm
Throwing My Arms Around Paris as a single release. The singles CD1 and CD2
will be supported by two new songs Because of my Poor Educationand
Shame is the Name. Both songs were recorded with Jerry Finn as part of
the refusal sessions, and Shame is the Name features additional vocals
by Chrissie Hynde. In related news, BMG will issue a redesigned and re-mastered
'Southpaw Grammar', and Universal will issue a redesigned and re-mastered
'Maladjusted' one week after 'Years of Refusal'.Link: true-to-you.net Nov 02, 2008  CINDERGARDEN:
Los Angeles based electro-goth act
Cindergarden,
centered around Jaymie Valentine, makes its sophomore release 'The Clandestine
Experiment' available for FREE download for a limited time only. 14 new tracks
written, performed and produced by Jaymie Valentine to follow-up the acclaimed
debut 'Underground Light Machine'. Clint Carney of System Syn contributes
backing vocals to the track Mire. The new track Litmus Red can
also be streamed on
Cindergarden's
Myspace page.Tracklisting: 1. Intro 2. Genesis 3.Alibi 4. Sacrament 5. Litmus Red 6. The Clandestine Experiment 7. As Above So Below 8. Mire 9. Things That Never Die 10. The Visitor 11. Something to Kill For 12. Digging Up the Bones 13. Nothing Revealed 14. Transformed. Download: myspace.com/cindergarden Nov 01, 2008  CLIENT: British
Synthpop act Client announce
that their forthcoming album is complete and will be released in March 2009.
Client A spent most of the year shaping the album. The band worked with Youth
in a tiny studio off the Golbourne road in London producing 5 tracks. Youth was
on top form as he came straight off his sell-out
Killing
Joke tour to play amazing bass lines fresh from his shows. His 5 tracks are
Your Love is Like Petrol, Can You Feel, Blackheart, Ghost and a surprise
Northern Soul cover done as if Kylie went on a road trip with Daft Punk in a
Berlin alley! The other 5 or 6 tracks were produced by Client and Joe Wilson of
Sneaker Pimps and were mixed by Alan Mcgee and Tipler in Bermondsy in 2 days!
They have a dirty, current, fresh electro feel about them and such titles are
Son of A Gun and Satisfaction. Tasters wil be uploaded on
Client's Myspace
page in November.Link: client-online.eu, Video Stream: 6 in the Morning  IAMX: A new
IAMX single,
titled 'Think Of England', will be available for free download on Nov 7, 2008.
IAMX are also
releasing a live album 'IAMX - Live in Warsaw' on Nov 14, a live performance
from Polish Radio Three in Warsaw. Originally scheduled to be released in
Poland. The album is available for the rest of the world only through
Nineteen95.Tracklisting: 01. The Alternative 02. Bring Me Back A Dog 03. The Negative Sex 04. Mercy 05. Lulled by Numbers 06. Song Of Imaginary Beings 07. Spit It Out 08. Kiss And Swallow 09. President 10. Missile 11. Your Joy Is My Low . Link: IAMX - Live in Warsaw  THE CURE: The
infamous ShockWaves NME Awards are back and bigger than ever. 2009 will see the
iconic music venue Brixton Academy host THE rock and roll party of the year on
25th February; and to kick start the celebrations NME can proudly announce that
the recipients of ShockWaves NME Awards Godlike Genius 2009 will be awarded to
post-punk icons The
Cure. The Godlike Genius award forms the pinnacle of the ShockWaves NME
Awards. Chosen by the NME, it honours those artists who have shaped the musical
landscape over the years with previous winners including John Peel, The Clash,
Ozzy Osbourne, Primal Scream and the Manic Street Preachers who scooped the
accolade in 2008. NME editor Conor McNicholas: "For 30 years
The Cure have
been both uncompromising and hugely successful. They are the beating heart of
indie music, having penned some of the darkest albums and most sparkling
British pop of their era."Link: nme.com, Listen: The Cure - 4:13 Dream  THE KILLERS:
'Day & Age', the third LP from the Vegas rockers, is due November 25 from
Island Records. Recorded in Las Vegas and London and produced by Stuart Price
of Les Rythmes Digitales, the disc is their follow-up to 2006's Sam's Town, and
is preceded by first single Human, which includes the b-side A
Crippling Blow. The band is reportedly releasing a third Christmas single
in 2008, entitled, Joseph, Better You Than Me. The single, due to be
released in December, is a duet with Elton John and is not featured on 'Day
& Age'.Tracklisting: 1. Losing Touch 2. Human 3. Spaceman 4. Joy Ride 5. A Dustland Fairytale 6. This Is Your Life 7. I Can't Stay 8. Neon Tiger 9. The World We Live In 10. Goodnight, Travel Well . Order: Day & Age, Video Stream: Human  BJORK:
Nattura is the title of a song by the Icelandic musician
Bjork. The song
was written to help raise money and awareness for the Nattura Campaign, which
aims to create sustainable green workplaces for Icelanders. Radiohead's Thom
Yorke guests on backing vocals and while Brian Chippendale, Matthew Herbert and
Mark Bell of the band Lighting Bolt add bass, drums and electronic beats. The
single was released via iTunes on October 20, 2008. All proceeds from
"Náttúra" will go to the Náttúra
Campaign, the Icelandic environmental movement co-founded by
Björk.
Náttúra seeks to stop the construction of foreign-backed aluminum
factories in Iceland and promote the local economy.Video Stream: Náttúra |
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