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Reviews: Mehdi-T, Mlale (2017).

31 January, 2017 Dance, Indie, Record 1

The accessible and the inaccessible.

John Cale: Music For A New Society/M:FANS (1982, 2016).

28 January, 201712 April, 2017 Record, Rock 0

Music For A New Society was written and recorded over a few weeks in 1982. Cale basically pulled out handfuls of his guts and shoved them into the piano and the vocal mic as hard as he could. It’s a perfectly captured moment, and one of the best things Cale ever did.

The 2016 rerecording is … completely different.

Synthpop reviews: Cloud Spell, Cavendish Laboratory, Seaofsin (2017).

25 January, 201725 January, 2017 Goth, Indie, Industrial, Pop, Record 0

Minimal synth dreampop, extended instrumental noodling and EBM dancefloor.

Martin Rev: Clouds of Glory (1985).

23 January, 201724 January, 2017 Industrial, Punk, Record 0

Unambiguously rock’n’roll for every practical purpose, without involving any of guitars, basses or drums.

Reviews: Gnu Reunion, Treasureseason, Shijo X (2017).

19 January, 2017 Dance, Pop, R'n'B, Record, Rock 0

A cheering selection, from old and new bands.

Synthpop reviews: Ida, Missing In STARS, Metrophona (2017).

17 January, 201717 January, 2017 Industrial, Pop, Record 0

Remarkable debuts in the synthetic arts.

Cabaret Voltaire: Doublevision Present (1983).

16 January, 20179 May, 2018 Industrial, Record, Television 0

The Audio And Visual Quality Of This Programme May Be Of A Slightly Lower Standard Than Is Usual Today.

Reviews: Carrousel, Neuroticfish, Epileptics (2016, 2017).

14 January, 2017 Industrial, Pop, Record 0

There’s electronics and there’s electronics. Sonic landscape pop, EBM and glitchy electropunk.

Synthpop: Black Nail Cabaret, LisaWars, Lux for the Monsters (2016).

12 January, 201712 January, 2017 Pop, Post-Punk, Record 0

A dash of precision decadence in these dark times.

Reviews: The Pineapple Thief, Trance To The Sun, Scandinavia (2016).

8 January, 201729 March, 2017 Goth, Indie, Pop, Prog, Punk, Record 0

Let’s get the guitars out again.

The Voices: Oneiric Anthem (2016).

6 January, 201729 March, 2017 Esoterica, Metal, Prog, Record 1

Today’s “what the hell even is that”: a capella experimental prog.

Industrial reviews: Purple Fog Side, Mari Kattman, Amorphous (2016, 2017).

3 January, 201729 March, 2017 Industrial, Prog, Record 0

Recent releases from the bleep side and the noise side.

Mogwai: Central Belters (2015).

31 December, 201629 March, 2017 Prog, Record 0

As the year comes to an end there is the realisation that a half-complete text file has been languishing for a triple compilation released in October 2015. What a difference a day makes to being “somewhat late” to being “so old it’s a retrospective”.

Reviews: Rose and the Diamond Hand, Venus Hum, Hand In Waves (2016).

28 December, 201628 December, 2016 Goth, Pop, Record 0

Goth rock, electronic pop and witch house.

The Celibate Rifles: Merry Xmas Blues (1983).

24 December, 201625 December, 2016 Indie, Record, Rock 0

Then give ’em all the turkey and tell ’em to get stuffed.

Electronic reviews: Epileptics, VvvV, Shiny Darkness (2016).

16 December, 201629 March, 2017 Industrial, Pop, Prog, Record 0

Electroclash witch house, electric prog and industrial synthpop.

Reviews: Soviet Soviet, Fossey, Nórdika (2016).

11 December, 201611 December, 2016 Indie, Industrial, Pop, Post-Punk, Record 0

Shoegazy post-punk, synth pop and futurepop.

Wire: On The Box: Live on Rockpalast (1979, 2004); KEXP, 2013.

9 December, 201610 December, 2016 Live, Punk, Record 0

Two Wire live performances, because they’re good for you.

Reviews: Pass-Ages, Embrace The Crisis, Tombaugh Regio (2016).

7 December, 20167 December, 2016 Indie, Pop, Record 0

Synth-based indie pop, with some stomping jangle too.

Ganser: relentlessness by guitar.

5 December, 2016 Indie, Post-Punk, Record, Rock 0

Taut indie guitar rock, sparse but weighty; machine music by a guitar band with the proper relentlessness.

Reviews: Tetrolugosi, Makoto Kino, A.D. Mana, Foretaste (2016).

4 December, 20164 December, 2016 Goth, Industrial, Pop, Post-Punk, Record 0

sp00py theremin and keyboard, found sound loop atmospheric pop and some industrial bleep.

Synthpop: Aidan Casserly, Kriistal Ann, Dress Your Headphones (2015, 2016).

2 December, 2016 Industrial, Pop, Record 1

A start on the accumulated backlog. Today is synthpop day!

The Pop Group: Y (1979), For How Much Longer Do We Tolerate Mass Murder? (1980).

1 December, 20165 December, 2016 Post-Punk, Record 0

The Pop Group are a singularity of post-punk awesomeness. Here, have their first two albums.

Lou Reed: Metal Machine Music (1975).

30 November, 20165 May, 2017 Esoterica, Industrial, Record 2

“It’s all folk music, anyway.” — Lester Bangs

The Danse Society: goth rock roads not quite taken.

27 November, 2016 Goth, Record 0

There’s still the sound of roads not taken since; something tantalisingly not quite right about it. (Your mileage may vary.)

Flying Nun revival and reissues, Roger Shepherd autobio.

24 November, 201626 November, 2016 Indie, Record 0

Roger Shepherd, founder of Flying Nun Records, is now embarking upon a reissue programme. And has written an autobiography.

A selection of early ’80s mopey post-punk aesthetic.

23 November, 20161 April, 2017 Post-Punk, Record 0

Selections from the early post-punk record collection. A Certain Ratio, C Cat Trance, Crispy Ambulance, Magazine, Section 25, Cabaret Voltaire. The aesthetic.

Reviews: Karlo, Moon Mask, Aseasita (2016).

21 November, 201622 November, 2016 Indie, Industrial, Pop, Record 0

Today, some pop and some electroclash.

Reviews: Diversant:13, La Vogue vol. 1, Ambrasive, DrawnSword (2016).

20 November, 201621 November, 2016 Dance, Industrial, Record, Rock 0

’90s style industrial, early ’70s style songwriting, two dance non-reviews.

Gary Clail’s Tackhead Sound System: Tackhead Tape Time (1987).

18 November, 201614 May, 2018 Live, Post-Punk, R'n'B, Record 5

“Hard Left” remains chilling and apposite. The fascists and quasi-fascists haven’t changed in thirty years.