Swedish darkwave project Sjöblom covers Alphaville on new EP ‘A victory of love’
Out now on the German label Reptile Music is the brand new EP by the Swedish darkwave project Sjöblom. The...
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Chief editor of Side-Line - I take care of the avalanche of news and press releases that reaches us each day via labels, artists, DJs, correspondents, etc. I also make sure that it gets 'filtered' which means: removing promo blabla, double checking facts, deciding which news gets published and which news not.
Project Pitchfork continues reissue series with 2 more sets
After the first two Project Pitchfork 2LP+2CD editions ("Dream, Tiresias" and "Continuum Ride") Project Pitchfork will be re-releasing 2 more...
French Cult Artist Desireless Publishes New Book, ‘Jardin Secret’
Claudie Fritsch-Mentrop, much better known by her stage name Desireless, has written a brand new book, "Jardin Secret" (French for...
The Best Electro-Industrial Band Tracks of the 80s
For a lot of people, the 80s music scene was about poodle rock, heavy rock ballads and over the top...
The Legendary Pink Dots offer double 30th anniversary vinyl edition of ‘The Crushed Velvet Apocalypse’ – only 250 copies!
This 30th anniversary edition of “The Crushed Velvet Apocalypse” includes the complete album as well as the tracks from the...
Black Tape for a Blue Girl announces crowdfunding campaign for 30th Anniversary reissue of ‘Ashes in the brittle air’
Sam Rosenthal of Projekt Records / Black Tape for a Blue Girl has announced a Kickstarter Campaign to fund the...
a-ha to play the USA for the first time in 10 years
a-ha's 'Hunting High And Low Live' tour will be extended into the fall of 2020. First a-ha will return to...
Agonoize returns with ‘Blutgruppe Jesus (-) / Schmerzpervers 2.0’ EP and video – watch it here
After almost five years the hellektro crew of Agonoize return with a brand new EP and official video-clip. The EP...
New Blutengel mini-album to be released in 3 formats
Blutengel is to release a brand new album, a mini one, called "Damokles", on November 1st. Besides the simple 7-track...
Mexican darkwave/post-punk act Acid Fader releases live video for ‘Innocence’ – watch it here
Acid Fader, a darkwave/post-punk band from Monterrey (Mexico) has released a live video for the track "Innocence", taken from one...
Technolorgy hits back with ‘Inevitably Versatile’ 2CD set (the first 200 copies that is)
Digital World Audio will be releasing 2 new albums on October 25 from Cygnosic and Technolorgy. From Technolorgy you can...
Cygnosic to launch ‘Epiphany’ LP in October and goes on tour with Nachtmahr and labelmates C-lekktor
Digital World Audio will be releasing 2 new albums on October 25 from Cygnosic and Technolorgy. From Cygnosic we get...
Die Krupps return with a new album in November: ‘Vision 2020 Vision’ – order your vinyl edition already
Out on 15 November is the brand new Die Krupps album "Vision 2020 Vision". Engler and Dörper delivered a concept...
5 Tips On How To Become A Songwriter
Songwriting is a career that is becoming increasingly lucrative. It gives you a chance to make a fortune while supporting...
French electropop stars Celluloide return with brand new single ‘Quelque Chose S’Efface’ on 7 inch and video
Released as a limited edition 7" white vinyl, "Quelque Chose S'Efface" is the brand new Celluloide single. The release furthermore...
Like Listening to Background Music? Here’s Why…
Many people listen to music while carrying out a task -- do laundry, homework, and even playing online poker. Many...
SYZYGYX premieres ‘Dangerous Creature’ exclusively on Side-Line
"Dangerous Creature" is a brand new video taken off SYZYGYX's new album "Fading Bodies" which will be out October 11th...
The Awakening release live footage from tour with Wayne Hussey
To mark the halfway point of the 36 date European tour, Ashton Nyte from The Awakening has released live video...
Music in Slot Games: Charming the Competition
The global video game market has been booming in the last few years because of developers’ tireless innovation. Titles, hardware,...
Brand new Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds to be released next week: ‘Ghosteen’
Out of the blue, well not entirely as we knew Cave had been working on this album for a while,...
KL Dark Records launches brand new Neustrohm EP: ‘Red alert’
Elementary, brute, experimental, industrial… That's how KL Dark Records describes Neustrohm on their newest EP "Red alert" which will hit...
Gyakusatsu and Misa Tridente (plus I. Enrich) united on ‘Split’ cassette release
Out now on the Spanish label Marbre Negre is the "Split" cassette release uniting two projects. On side A you'll...
Nine Inch Nails On Gears of War 5 Trailor
Gears of War 5 is the new Xbox Console and One game being released in September 2019. The 5thaddition to...
Video games paved the way for electro in the mainstream
Video games are undoubtedly an important part of 21stcentury human society. The number of video gamers numbers in the billions...
Skotofobin release industrial / metal debut EP ‘Stadt’
(Photo by Daniel Appel) The Hanover (Germany) based industrial rock/metal act Skotofobin has just released its first EP "Stadt". The...
Depeche Mode documentary film ‘Spirits in the Forest’ to be shown in theatres for one night only on November 21
A new documentary on the cultural impact of Depeche Mode is to be screened in cinemas worldwide for one night...
Exclusive premiere 6th Circle video ‘Taking Us Down’ on Side-Line
Industrial/EBM artist 6th Circle will be releasing his new album "The Third Estate" on Sentient Ruin Laboratories on October 4th....
Synth-/electropop act Gimme Shelter announces new album with ‘Friedensfahrt’ video
Gimme Shelter, Shooting, Theresienwiese, München Gimme Shelter is a German synthpop/electropop act founded by the duo-act Robert Grolms and Niko...
Side-Line opens channel on Telegram – join and don’t miss our updates which Facebook hides for you
Tired of following our Side-Line Facebook page and not seeing the news in your newsfeed? We have the sollution for...
SPK 1986 album ‘Zamia Lehmanni’ reissued and also available on vinyl for the very first time
Originally released by Side Effects in 1986, "Zamia Lehmanni (Songs of Byzantine Flowers)" was the third (and final) core SPK...
Artefacts of the early days of Factory Records put on exhibition in London
(Photos and text by our UK correspondent Simon Helm) Original posters from The Factory club, along with the first steps...
The Cassandra Complex release debut album ‘Grenade’ in a 2019 remastered version
(Picture by Xavier Marquis) The classic The Cassandra Complex album "Grenade" from 1986 is once again available. Over 30 years...
Tribute to Legendary Pink Dots/Tear Garden coming out via Coitus Interruptus Productions: ‘Love Notes to a Velvet Apocalypse’
Coitus Interruptus Productions in association with Auricle Media are currently working on a very special non-for-profit tribute album for the...