VIDEO THRWBCK: Depeche Mode - Policy of Truth (1990)
With everyone going crazy over this Jeppe from Junior Senoir Fine Young Cannibals cover (rightfully so, it's kind of awesome), we kind of got grooving to some old school Depeche Mode earlier this afternoon. "Policy of Truth" has always been on of our favorite Depeche songs: smooth, killer, dark and beautiful. Amazing.
DOWNLOAD: Castanets - Sway
Asthmatic Kitty's evil folk scientists Castanets just deliver and deliver and deliver. Ray Raposa's keening croon, sinister time signatures and industrial undertones make his music unmistakable and all his own. Ancient super modern new gothic antique folk. And he's really growing into that prophet beard. "Sway" is a lowdown haunter. "Strong Animal" is a Bjorky remix and a total reinvention. Have them both.
FEATURED: Harmonic 313 at the Warp RCRD LBL blog
Warp artist Mark Pritchard, a.k.a. Harmonic 33, is releasing his new Harmonic 313 project this year: a robo-techno, Speak-‘n’-Spell-narrated mix entitled EP1. The guys at the Warp RCRD LBL blog are streaming for your listening pleasure. The track is a total mélange of distortion and crazy metallic beats. Check it out…
Harmonic 313 at the Warp RCRD LBL blog
VIDEO: XX Teens - How To Reduce the Chances of Being a Terror Victim
XX Teens used to be called Xerox Teens (what up copyright infringement!) and were part of the East London scene that birthed bands like the Horrors and Neil's Children. Now they're signed to Mute Irregulars, a new offshoot of Mute Records, and are releasing their new, totally spooky single, "How To Reduce the Chances of Being a Terror Victim".
FEATURED: Nitzer Ebb
If when you hear the word “Industrial”, you think guyliner and primal screams, then you’re only getting a minute detail of the full picture. Yeah, it’s kind of a “heavy” word in most music circles, but there was a time when “industrial” meant music that sounded like it was made by really angry robots and was totally off the wall. Nitzer Ebb are one of those bands. If you really want to get down to the nitty gritty, Nitzer could be referred to as EBM, or “Electronic body music”, a slightly more conventional off-shoot of bands like DAF and Cabaret Voltaire—we guess all you really need to remember is that it is hard, fast, shout-y, mean, and seriously amazing. Popdose wrote a nice long piece about Nitzer today, so check it out and digest it. Mmmm, scary.
Trivia: Bon Harris from Nitzer also composes music for Project Runway… we know.
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