Exclusive Skold interview on new ‘The Undoing’ album: ‘At some point you have to let go, and laugh at it, what are you gonna do?’
If it were up to Tim Sköld, you would have seen his new Skold album "The Undoing" released a while...
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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.
Listen to the 2 new The Cure tracks debuted in New Orleans
The Cure have debuted two new tracks during their concert in New Orleans last Tuesday. The concert in New Orleans...
A UK postman delivered a vinyl record through a letterbox… by folding it in half!
Digital strategy consultant Sharon O’Dea has had a rather 'record-breaking' experience with the Royal Mail. When she came home from...
First 3 Psyche albums re-released with lots of extra rare material – we talked with Darrin Huss
The fine label Artoffact Records has announced the authorised reissues of the three 1980s albums that introduced the Canadian electropop...
Khost / Godflesh unite for ‘Needles in the ground’ – out on vinyl and CD
Out in a few weeks is the "Needles Into the Ground" vinyl/CD which contains material by the Birmingham based experimental...
Mexican electro noise act Circuito Cerrado delivers ‘8 Bit Bitch’ EP for immediate download ahead of upcoming ‘Arrhythmia’ 2CD
Out of the blue we get a fresh EP from the Mexican electro noise act Circuito Cerrado. The EP, "8...
Excellent debut album for Greece’s Gioumourtzina – listen here
The Greek duo Gioumourtzina has just released their debut album "Blakk Metall" via Inner Ear Records and it sounds good,...
And the award for lamest stunt to promote a (mediocre) song goes to US act Yacht – a fake sex video (with no sex)
(By Joanna Hobart) Yacht, an American dance-pop band from Portland, Oregon, currently based in Los Angeles, California, is going to...
Atrium Carceri’s ‘Cellblock’ album (originally released in 2003) finally available again on CD
Atrium Carceri's "Cellblock" album (originally released in 2003) is finally available again on CD. This cult classic, which spawned a...
Rexx Arkana (Bruderschaft, FGFC820) diagnosed with cancer – let’s help him to battle it and pay the bills!
Bruderschaft's very own Rexx Arkana has now himself been diagnosed with cancer, the disease of which his father died of and...
Sopor Aeternus & the Ensemble of Shadows’ “Dead Lovers’ Sarabande” (Face One + Face Two) re-released as a VERY limited 2x 2LP vinyl set – get your copy now
Out in the next few days are the re-releases on vinyl of the 1999 releases "Dead Lovers' Sarabande" (Face One)...
Popular Avarice In Audio track with Mondträume singer on vocals gets the EP treatment: ‘Crystal Tears’ – listen / download now
The latest Avarice In Audio album "Apollo & Dionysus", their second so far and available as download and on CD,...
Track-per-track comment for the brand new Mildreda album ‘Coward Philosophy’
(Photo by Romuald Ishoothorizon Swieconek) In 2009, after launching a one-night show again with his Mildreda gang for a birthday...
Watch trailer new Die Krupps live DVD & Blu-ray (incl. 2CD) ‘Live Im Schatten Der Ringe’ – out this Friday
Out on Friday in Europe and early next month in the USA will be the Die Krupps DVD & Blu-ray (both including...
Sinead O’Connor tells Arsenio Hall to fuck off basically in Prince related lawsuit
Speech is silver, but silence is golden. In Sinead O'Connor's case that 'speech' part could result in a $5 Million...
Norway’s electro rock act Essence Of Mind strikes back with the 8-track download EP ‘After The Break Up’ – listen/download now and watch the video
A week ago we already hinted that a new Essence Of Mind was in the making. The full details have...
John Fryer launches excellent dark electro pop track ‘Sold My Soul’ for his Muricidae project – listen here
Here's a track which all dark electropop fanatics should have heard. It's "Sold My Soul" by Muricidae, a project by...
Electro Spectre get 2CD set distributed in North America too + exclusive Side-Line give away !
Available right here for ordering for the North American market is the 2CD set "Essentials " by Electro Spectre. For...
Resistors presenting new ‘Dunkelheit’ album at Indica Fest with Peter Murphy (Bauhaus)
Some months ago we had the chance to be part of a gig organised by the independent label Bat Crew...
Final days for ArtOfFact vinyl sales action – here’s the link!
The fine label ArtOfFact has launched a sales action for their vinyl releases slashing prices with 20 to 50% releases...
X-Marks The Pedwalk’s Sevren Ni-Arb starts own electronic music label: Meshwork Music
Sevren Ni-Arb, who you will know as brain behind X-Marks The Pedwalk, has started an own electronic music label, Meshwork...
John Foxx and Gary Numan collaborate on ’21st Century: a Man, a Woman and a City’ album – out in 2 physical versions
John Foxx and Gary Numan collaborate for the very first time on the new 17 track John Foxx compilation album,...
Special a-ha ‘Afterglow’ show will be broadcasted on YouTube (in a joined Void / Hydro collaboration)
If you already enjoyed our 'a-ha’s farewell concert weekend in Oslo' article, then you will surely be pleased to hear...
a-ha’s farewell concert weekend in Oslo (Norway) – an impression
When a-ha announced (yet another) farewell tour, it was my guess that the best place to see them live would be...
New Order’s ‘Blue Monday’ covered by Orkestra Obsolete using only instruments available in the 1930s
New Order's "Blue Monday" was released on 7 March 1983, and its cutting-edge electronic groove changed pop music forever. Back...
Essence Of Mind release teaser for what looks like a new single or album
(By Johannes Gordan) A year ago the Norwegian electro-rock-dance act Essence Of Mind released the album "The Break Up!" (check...
Elektroklänge debuts on Alfa Matrix with ‘Approach To Tokyo’ track – Kraftwerk fans rejoice!
A few days ago we announced that Alfa Matrix had started to distribute its free "Sounds Of The Matrix 017"...
The Ukrainians re-release their cover of Kraftwerk’s ‘Radioactivity’
Out today, exactly 30 years after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, the Ukrainian record label Aby Sho Music releases The Ukrainians’...
RIP Former drummer punk act Die Toten Hosen member Wolfgang ‘Wölli’ Rohde
Wolfgang 'Wölli' Rohde is no more, he died 66 years old as the result of cancer so the band announced....
Helalyn Flowers track-by-track new ‘Sonic Foundation’ album – listen along with the band’s comments
We got in touch with N0emi Aurora and maXX from the Italian electro-goth-metal act Helalyn Flowers to hear some more...
Nine Inch Nails’ ‘snuff movie’ for ‘Broken’ ends up on Archives
In 1993 Nine Inch Nails released the 20 minutes short film "Broken" (often referred to as "The Broken Movie") featuring...
Brooklyn based Synth/Post Punk trio Bootblacks offers excellent label debut album ‘Veins’ on vinyl
It's safe to say that the people at Manic Depression might have struck gold with their newest signing, the Brooklyn...
Növö returns with 5th album: ‘The Shortwaves’ – recommended to Metroland, Kraftwerk, Duet Emmo and The Normal fans – listen to first tracks
Here's something which will please many Metroland, Kraftwerk and even Duet Emmo and The Normal fans. Veteran electronic music artist...