You Love Her Coz She’s Dead member launches new synthwave project Def Mod – listen to the 1st single ‘Wish’
UK artist Jay 'Rocky Dead', also known for his project You Love Her Coz She's Dead, launched a new project...
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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.
Nitzer Ebb / Depeche Mode / Skinny Puppy personnel powered Black Line to open for Depeche Mode’s forthcoming winter European Global Spirit Tour
Black Line are opening for Depeche Mode for their forthcoming winter European Global Spirit Tour dates passing through Poland, Belarus,...
Sum Of R lands ‘Orga’ on CD, 2LP and digital – available now via Cyclic Law
Switzerland’s dark ambient act Sum Of R (led by Reto Mäder and accompanied by Fabio Costa) sees its new "Orga"...
Machinista launches new single feat. Dirk Scheuber (Project Pitchfork) on guest-vocals
The Swedish act Machinista are working hard on the final tracks for their upcoming album "Anthropocene". But you won't have...
Mesh prepare orchestral live album: ‘Live At Neues Gewandhaus Leipzig’
In late 2015, the UK synthpop outfit Mesh played a live set together with an orchestra of 65 musicians at...
Funker Vogt to land new EP in November: ‘Musik Ist Krieg’
Funker Vogt strike back, barely five months after the release of the album "Code of Conduct". Their new EP "Musik...
for all the emptiness launch video of ‘Hearts against minds’ + behind-the-scenes footage
Toronto-based industrial/synthpop band for all the emptiness has been releasing one video each day on Facebook during the past week...
Depeche Mode release Anton Corbijn directed ‘Cover Me’ videoclip – view it now
Out now is a brand new videoclip by Depeche Mode, this time for "Cover Me" taken from the band's latest...
R.I.P. Hüsker Dü founder Grant Hart, 56 years old
We keep on getting bad news from the older generation of musicians. News has now leaked out that Hüsker Dü...
Legendary Coil album ‘The Plastic Spider Thing’ gets reissue on transparent vinyl and as a CD+DVD set
Out in a few weeks from now is the re-release of the legendary Coil album "The Plastic Spider Thing", originally...
Vaughn Belak (The Beautiful Destruction / Allegory) releases handbook – the details
Here's an interesting Kickstarter we have been informed about, namely a hardcover book holding a series of beautiful paintings by...
Depeche Mode chased by Hurricane Irma – forced to cancel gig
Hurricane Irma is after the Depeche Mode fans that live in the Tampa, Florida area so it seems. Depeche Mode...
Implant newest video ‘The Phone Call’ shot in an existing ghost town – watch it here!
A few weeks ago we announced the release of a brand new extended single by Belgium's longstanding electronic act Implant....
The Weathermen’s 8-track tape that was lost never to be found again…
Jean-Marc Lederman posted a rather funny story on his Facebook profile relating some of the early story of his band...
Robots With Rayguns prep vinyl release new album – help them releasing it!
Phoenix, Arizona based Synthpop/Synthwave artist Robots With Rayguns (RWR) will be releasing their new album "Slow Jams" on 2LP vinyl...
R.I.P. Can co-founder Holger Czukay
Can musician Holger Czukay is no more. The Cologne musician and co-founder of the band Can died at the age...
Opera Multi Steel plans picture vinyl in December, ‘Réminiscences’, feat. revisited classics
"Reminiscences" is the title of a brand new studio album by the French coldwave band Opera Multi Steel (OMS). Brand...
Somatic Responses choose for ‘Pattern Seeking’
John & Paul Healy aka Somatic Responses return with a brand new album, one year after releasing "Folding Space". Their...
Schwarzblut announce new album for 2018, the first details have leaked!
The Dutch dark wave teutonic combo Schwarzblut is finally back with some fresh news! The band are close to finish...
Analog Pussy release a psytrance video for DAF’s ‘Der Mussolini’ – view it here
Analog Pussy, a Psy Trance act from Berlin, has created a psytrance video for "Der Mussolini" originally released by Deutsch...
Mortiis offers free charity 3-track single via Side-Line (feat. En Esch remix) – get it here
In collaboration with Side-Line Magazine, the Norwegian musician Håvard Ellefsen aka Mortiis releases the free 3-track charity single "Too Little...
Morrissey & David Bowie fans, attention: ‘Beside Bowie: The Mick Ronson Story’ coming to theaters September 1st and home video on October 27th
The documentary "Beside Bowie: The Mick Ronson Story" featuring exclusive voice-over contributions from David Bowie, is coming to theaters September...
Throbbing Gristle announce catalog reissue series on the 40th anniversary of their debut album release
Throbbing Gristle and Mute have just announced a series of reissues, set to start on the 40th anniversary of their...
Slow but hard electro, that’s what Avarice In Audio offers on their brand new single ‘Lie to me’ – listen here
Launceston (Australia) based hard electro/industrial act Avarice In Audio have debuted the first single from their forthcoming 3rd album on...
Wumpscut is no more – R.I.P. : ‘I am finished with making music for (more or less) nothing’
Rudy Ratzinger aka Wumpscut has informed us a few minutes ago during a chat session that his Wumpscut project is...
Debut by Portuguese dark ambient / industrial act Iurta out now via Cyclic Law label – preview the album
The joint project of Portuguese J. A. (Wolfskin, Karnnos) and A. Coelho (Sektor 304), aka Iurta, has readied its debut...
Belgium’s industrial act Implant returns with 8-track single after 4 years of absolute studio silence – listen here
Four years after “The Productive Citizen” album, Implant returns with a brand new single, "The phone call", which is a...
Dark Synthwave artist 20SIX Hundred reaches vinyl release pre-order goal – still available for a limited time
Vancouver, British Columbia based Industrial / Dark Synthwave artist 20SIX Hundred and California-based record label Sofa King Vinyl have successfully...
Side-Line introduces Unity One – listen now to ‘Tomorrow’ (Face The Beat profile series)
The 85th track on our free download compilation "Face The Beat: Session 4" (featuring 92 tracks) is by the Russian...
Swedish oldschool EBM sensation ELM hits back hard with excellent ‘Wapenrustning’ EP – check the tracks
"Wapenrustning" is the title of a brand new - super strong - 5-track download single/EP by the Swedish oldschool EBM...
Controlled Bleeding gets 2 vinyl versions for November re-release of ‘Headcrack’ – these are the details
Out via Artoffact Records in November is the re-release of Controlled Bleeding's "Headcrack", which was originally released as a vinyl-only...
Launch Netflix original film ‘Death Note’ also offers fresh music by Nine Inch Nails collaborator Atticus Ross
"Death Note" is an American supernatural horror-thriller film directed by Adam Wingard, based on the (excellent!) manga series of the...
Icelandic act Katla debut ‘Móðurástin’ out on CD, 2xLP vinyl and as a 2CD hardcover artbook
Katla is an Icelandic band featuring the ex-Sólstafir drummer and visual artist Guðmundur Óli Pálmason plus the singer/multi-instrumentalist Einar Thorberg...