When Michael Jackson released his Thriller video in December 1983 it was a year zero for presenting pop music – a 14-minute short film directed by John Landis, with higher production values than most horror […]
The Man From Tomorrow is playing tonight
In recent years, Detroit techno pioneer Jeff Mills has indulged his more experimental avant-garde side, with conceptual pieces on space science, Egyptology, jazz and Afrobeat – as well as holding a residency at the Louvre […]
Helena Hauff: Everybody keep Qualm
Hamburg DJ Helena Hauff has released one of the electronic albums of the year in Qualm, a visceral slab of analogue electro with a punk edge, and hands-dirty track titles like Fag Butts in the […]
Kirkis channels Bowie and MJ, but mostly the fear on Dead Nightclub
Here’s a new brain-wrong video from Melbourne artist Kirkis, who’s got plenty more weirdness where that come from. Dead Nightclub is the first track from his second album Kirkis 2 and follows his debut Vide […]
Echo & the Bunnymen: too many strings attached
You’re never much more than a year away from an Echo and the Bunnymen gig in Ireland, but this time they’ve probably got a lot more to prove as they hit Dublin tonight. Their last […]
Real metal machine music: Author & Punisher – Beastland
The term industrial music evokes plenty of gut reactions, from the avant-garde nihilism of Throbbing Gristle to the crossover thrash headbutts of Psalm 69-era Ministry. But in the wrong hands it’s vaguely goth metal with […]
Interview: Author Nick Soulsby on his oral history of Swans – Sacrifice and Transcendence
For a band that inspires so much devotion and cult hyperbole, a book about Swans was always set to be a colossal task. Since the early 80s, the name Swans has been used as a […]
