Industrial
See: Einstürzende Neubauten – Alles in Allem
In anticipation of their forthcoming album, ‘Alles in Allem’ (All in All) on 15 May 2020, legendary Berlin industrial band Enstürzende Neubauten have released an imperial and highly elegant video for the title track. Featuring the eminently theatrical and enigmatic front person Blixa Bargeld with spectacular eye make-up on organ, and black and white vignettes, …
News: Laibach announce Revisited – Deluxe Vinyl and CD Box Set plus Digital Release
Laibach formed 40 years ago in the then-Yugoslavian industrial town of Trbovlje. Founded in the year that the country’s founding father Tito died, the band rose to fame as Yugoslavia steered itself towards self-destruction to become one of the most internationally acclaimed bands to have come out of the former Communist countries of Eastern and Central Europe. With roots in performance art, theatre and the avant-garde, the …
Track: Einstürzende Neubauten – Ten Grand Goldie
The legendary Einstürzende Neubauten have just released a new track ‘Ten Grand Goldie’ in anticipation of a new album ‘Alles in Allem’ due out on 15 May 2020. And what a song. It is a typically sonic adventure filled with singer Blixa Bargeld’s indie cabaret insouciance style vocals, squeaking, growling, thundering along over the band’s …
ALBUM REVIEW: ONO – RED SUMMER
Before Saul Williams graced us with his imprints of experimental hip hop, Chicago’s ONO were creating divergent works that drew from both industrial music and gospel. The comparisons between the two are very much conscientious – both pushed the envelope for their respective genres, discussing themes about race and what it means to be a …
Track: Flogging a Dead One Horse Town – Flogging a Dead One Horse Town (EP)
I’ll be upfront: Flogging a Dead One Horse Town (FADOHT) are not the dreamy melodic popsters that often typify the kind of band I review. This eponymous EP is muscular, brutal, industrial noise, but filled with highly satisfying aural chemistry. The track titles alone endear me to the band – indicating a duo who don’t …
MATT HART – INTERVIEW
Matt Hart is somewhat of a new face in the London industrial scene. Despite having a fair few releases under his belt things are starting to pick up momentum now with bigger live shows and more music on the way. We caugh up with Matt for a little insider info and to see what’s going …
News: Cubanate set to release Kolosuss EP
Following on from the release of remastered collection ‘Brutalism’ in 2017 , industrial noise mongers Cubanate are set to drop their first new material in a long time, how long you might be thinking? Around 20 years. After gathering quite a following with their mash up of guitar riffs and techno stylised beats in the …
Track: God is 7 – 7 INC (Creeping Death Version)
Hull-based minimal electronic music producer Dom Sith is the master of immersion. His latest release ‘7 INC (Creeping Death Version)’ is a bold step in a new sonic direction cloaked beneath the guise of God is 7. It’s inky and insidious, casting a shadow which looms all the larger for its unmistakable grime influences. “I …
Say Psych: Album Review: Throw Down Bones – Two
Italy’s Throw Down Bones are something of an enigma in the experimental underground. Since the release of their highly-praised 2015 self-titled album, they’ve picked up a notorious reputation on the European live circuit for their pulverising, constantly-mutating live shows. In a review of the debut album listeners were told to “make no mistake, this is …
Say Psych: Premiere: Throw Down Bones – Two
Italy’s Throw Down Bones are something of an enigma in the experimental underground – but we hope to change that by bringing you the premiere of their second LP released tomorrow, appropriately titled Two. Since the release of their highly-praised 2015 self-titled album, they’ve picked up a notorious reputation on the European live circuit for …