Blixa Bargeld from Einstürzende Neubauten cooking Risotto on German TV? Yes, it’s caught on tape!
An older video is currently being shared like mad on the industrial internet, it's a video of Blixa Bargeld from...
Bernard - Side-Line Staff
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.
Freakangel on Estonian TV – check a first video from the 2-track live session
On October 28., Freakangel visited the studios of the Estonian TV channel ETV+ and recorded two songs live. A first...
Subscription-label Cut announces super-limited edition vinyl-style 4xCD release
Cut is one of those smaller electronic music labels which we have been following for some time now, they are...
Cryo Chamber halloween sale – 50% off selected digital titles (of a dark and ominous character)
The leading dark ambient label Cryo Chamber has a special offer up on its Bandcamp website, namely a 50% off...
Babylonia returns with long awaited ‘Multidimensional’ album – out now via iTunes!
One of Italy’s most popular electronic music acts is back with a new album: Babylonia. "Multidimensional " is the follow-up...
Imagine a map featuring the history of electronic music… it exists!
(All pictures by Dorothy) A map featuring the history of electronic music (albeit without dates), who could ever have imagined...
Nitro/Noise hits back with ‘Censorsh!t – The Remixes’ as download and vinyl
Out now via DWA's Bandcamp page is an 8-track digital EP by Canada's Nitro/Noise featuring remixes from Zardonic, Dope Stars...
Storming The Base launches Halloween sales in 3, 2, 1…. go! + Artoffact is now shipping from the EU too – cheaper for EU residents!
The Canadian online mail-orderStorming The Base has launched its Halloween sales on all Artefact releases (in a tongue-in-cheek way if you...
Kraftwerk’s ‘Die Roboter’ covered by a bunch of dressed up kids – absolutely adorable!
Here is a rather amusing video shot at the Lemmchen Grundschule in Mainz, Germany. Lars Reimers, the music teacher of...
CAN founding member Irmin Schmidt releases retrospective box set ‘Electro Violet’ holding 12 CDs + listen to a previously unreleased track
Out on November 20th is "Electro Violet", a 12 CD strong career spanning retrospective box set by Can founding member...
Front Line Assembly to play Mexico City for the first time ever
Canada's Front Line Assembly will be playing Mexico City for the first time ever on November 6th at the Plaza...
The Awakening to release new ‘The Carriage’ single with members of The Mission and Coal Chamber on Halloween
The Awakening, South Africa's best known gothic metal export product, is set to release a new single, "The Carriage", this...
Front 242 opens office on Tsū – the social network which Facebook doesn’t want you to know about
Yesterday Side-Line joined up with the social network Tsū, today we noticed that also Front 242 has started a page...
Side-Line is now also available on Tsū – the social network that makes Facebook very nervous/afraid (make your choice)
Since Yesterday Side-Line has joined up with the social network Tsū, an online social networking service headquartered in New York...
Close Circuit Connection II gathers rare/unreleased material from Die Krupps, Numb, …
Available now on vinyl is a selection of rare and unreleased material by such famous 80s electro bands as Click...
Diane Charlemagne, singer new project Smith’s member Andy Rourke looses battle with cancer
Bad news arrives from the UK dance scene. Diane Charlemagne passed away this afternoon surrounded by her family after losing...
Club forces opening bands to stay and watch others playing that night
The UK music scene is in a bit of an uproar as the Snooty Fox in the English city of...
Plans to release Mesh / Covenant concert at Gothic Meets Classic Festival in Leipzig
Last Sunday Mesh and Covenant (and Anne Clark) played with a classical orchestra at the Gothic Meets Classic Festival in...
Do you know these Depeche Mode demos?
Despite having sold millions of albums over the years, only a small fraction of Depeche Mode fans seem to be...
New (not so good) study says spending on digital formats and services will overtake physical formats this year
A new study on the future of music sales has been released via Ovum, a technology research and advisory firm....
Swedish cult act Twice a Man returns with ‘Presence’ on vinyl & CD – order your copy now, limited edition only
Legendary Swedish electronic pioneers Twice a Man return with their first pop album since "Icicles" (2010), featuring for the first...
Vinyl release for Flint Glass & Collapsar album ‘Deus Irae’
Out by mid-November on vinyl is the Flint Glass & Collapsar album "Deus Irae", you can order it right here....
First ever Kraftwerk gig from 1970 lands on YouTube
(Source/Credits) In 1970 Kraftwerk played for the very first time live, and that was at Berlin’s techno club Tresor in...
Early version a-ha’s ‘This Alone Is Love’ hides a ‘Scoundrel Days’ in-the-making + a-ha to perform at Nobel Peace Prize Concert
On the re-released version of the Stay On These Roads (Deluxe Edition) album you can find a demo version of...
Rhesus Factor joined by Leaether Strip for new album ‘Mann der Albeit’ – order one of 500 copies
Out by early December is "Mann der Albeit", a collaboration 16-track album between the Croatian-German project Rhesus Factor and Claus...
US electronic/industrial rock act Mojave Phone Booth signs with Fangoria Musick
The US electronic/industrial rock act Mojave Phone Booth have signed with Fangoria Musick. A new record is in the making....
2nd album Randal Collier-Ford, ‘Remnants’, out now on Cryo Chamber
Out now is Randal Collier-Ford's 2nd album on the Cryo Chamber label, "Remnants" (available here), the follow-up to "The Architects"...
Evestus launches ‘Watch You Leave’ video as teaser for upcoming ‘All Goes Black’ album – watch now
Estonia has a string of good industrial bands on offer. One of the best known surely is Freakangel, but Estonian...
Also Suicide Commando named in Trollhättan attack by Anton Lundin-Pettersson
As expected, also the YouTube account of Anton Lundin-Pettersson has been discovered by the mainstream media and as a result...
German psychobilly act takes the piss out of Depeche Mode’s ‘Enjoy the Silence’ video
The German psychobilly act Thee Flanders feat. Achim Mentzel have made their own version of Depeche Mode's "Enjoy the Silence"...
Rammstein fan goes nuts in Sweden’s Trollhättan killing 2 people, injuring 2
Two people were killed by a masked attacker, said to be 21-year old Anton Lundin-Pettersson, a Trollhättan based Rammstein fan,...
Split vinyl album for The Happy Hunting Ground & Phantom Limb (CD included) – limited edition of 500 copies
Available now is the split vinyl (+CD) album for The Happy Hunting Ground & Phantom Limb. All tracks included from...
The Raven lands ‘Self Destruct’ download/sreaming single
Out now is "Self Destruct", the new electro tainted single from The Raven, aka Davey Strehler. The project originally started...
