Reviews
Babyland, “Live Execution”
A pay what you want live album from one of Our Thing’s great performance based acts serves to remind us how damn important they were and still are.
The Pitch: Snog, “Beyond the Valley of the Proles”
Alex tries to sell Bruce on one of Snog’s folkier outings.
In Conversation: Vomito Negro, “Fall Of An Empire”
We talk about what’s changed for Belgian EBM legends Vomito Negro since their last outing, and about the place that their new record Fall Of An Empire carves out for itself in 2013.
AD:Key, “Astrogator”
The new album from the neo-oldschool body music husband and wife team doesn’t buck tradition, but still has something to offer fans of the style.
Silent Servant, “Negative Fascination”
Silent Servant’s debut full-length makes the leap earlier singles had hinted at, bridging minimal techno and early, noise-clouded incarnations of industrial in an intriguing manner.
The Razor Skyline, “Dark Water Oasis”
The Razor Skyline return with a somewhat smoother, yet still distinctly darkwave sound.
End to End: Pankow, “Hogre”
We do a track by track run down of the recent remix EP from the long-time Italian body music purveyors.
Agent Side Grinder, “Hardware Comes Alive”
Sweden’s post-punk synth outfit follow-up their excellent 2012 LP with a live record that recontextualizes it’s songs.
Mentallo And The Fixer, “Music From The Eather”
Gary Dassing doubles down on his radical experimentation with Mentallo, unleashing a mammoth slab of intense, deconstructed electro-industrial.
God Destruction, “Illuminatus”
The Mexican duo trade in a powerful mixture of harsh electro and black metal on their well-regarded 2012 album.
Douglas J. McCarthy, “Kill Your Friends”
Douglas McCarthy delivers 2012’s last great surprise: a summery blast of energy from one of EBM’s greatest.
Legend, “Fearless”
The debut from the Icelandic duo skillfully plays off a variety of binaries, but none moreso than the divide between their warm, human melodies and huge, icy synths.
