On August 21st Superior Viaduct will be reissuing all three Liquid Liquid albums on vinyl. The bundle includes Liquid Liquid‘s three classic records (self-titled, Successive Reflexes, and Optimo) in their original 12-inch format as well as an archival LP of rare recordings by the pre-LL bands, Liquid Idiot and Idiot Orchestra. Superior Viaduct writes, “Liquid Liquid emerged from New York City’s… Read more →
The New Order line-up of Bernard Sumner, Gillian Gilbert, Stephen Morris, Tom Chapman and Phil Cunningham have announced the release of their new album, Music Complete, out on September 25th, 2015. This is to be the first New Order album without original bassist Peter Hook. The long awaited album will be New Order’s first full studio release since 2005’s Waiting For The… Read more →
The third album from Then Comes Silence is titled Nyctophilian and it brings darkness and romantic death via music and sounds performed on guitars at deafening volume. The four piece band on Novoton formed in 2012 in Stockholm, Sweden bring a stylish sound that recalls the gothic rock sounds of Christian Death and Bauhaus as well as the angst of… Read more →
The second album from German gothic rock band Xmal Deutschland (active from 1980-1990) released in 1984 provides a glimpse into the early years of the emerging genre. At a time when the Cure and Siouxsie and the Banshees lead club playlists, Xmal Deutschland were also busy creating dark tracks. Already having debuted in 1983 with the LP Fetisch, the band… Read more →
