Pioneering electronic act 808 State remixes Trance Wax’s ‘Eve’
Trance Wax is an alias of Belfast-born producer Garry McCartney, also known as Ejeca. His Trance Wax project began as...
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BlakLight – Unknown Love / The Remixes (EP – BlakLight)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: The American duo Brian Belknap – Adam Collier last year released the debut album...
’30 Years Of Journalism – Celebration Interview’ with Ben Watkins aka Juno Reactor
Back in 1991 I started writing my first reviews for Side-Line magazine. I would have never thought to go on...
Strict Machine: ‘Chrome’ – new and refreshing Norwegian darkwave with tribute to JG Ballard
(By our Norwegian correspondent Jan Ronald Stange)For those missing the dark voice of Andrew Eldritch (The Sisters of Mercy), the...
Side-Line premieres newest album by synth pop act The Mystic Underground
Brooklyn synthpop outfit The Mystic Underground returns with a brand new album: "Wrapped In Riddles". Influenced by classic alternative bands...
The Cure Are Definitely Releasing An Album This Year
Deciding how and when to end a successful band and leave the stage is never easy for performers. Go too...
First Aid 4 Souls pays tribute to legendary subculture community LD50.hu on new album ‘Fire’ incl. string of collaborations
(Photo by Brigi Major) Veteran Hungarian artist István Gazdag joined the Alfa Matrix label in 2019 for the release of...
Mokroïé – Machines & Soul (Album – Mokroïé)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, trip-hop. Format: Digital. Background/Info: This project has been set up by Francesco Virgilio. After having worked with a...
The 10 Best Posthumous Albums By Great Artists
It’s always a terrible tragedy when a talented artist dies. Whether they’re in the prime of life or enjoying a...
The Young Gods offer double vinyl version of 2007 album ‘Super Ready/Fragmenté’
(Picture by Mehdi Benkler / Analog Photography) In 2007 The Young Gods released the album "Super Ready/Fragmenté". "Super Ready/Fragmenté" was...
Will AI Be The Next Big Thing In The Music Industry?
The music industry is an ever-evolving sector, but with the advent of the 21st century, a new era of change...
‘Click Interview’ with The Ritualists: ‘Music For Me Was So Sacred, The Practicing Of It, Became A Type Of Ritual’
The Ritualists is a New-York (USA) based combo and one of the latest signings on Out Of Line. “Painted People”...
Side-Line exclusive: new videoclip of Black Plastic
Chicago-based electronic/darkwave act Black Plastic premieres its newest videoclip 'Halcyon' today. Black Plastic is the musical project of visual artist...
New EP from Beranek: “Oscillator Orkester” – a refreshing mix of orchestral electronics and Bowie tributes
(By our Norwegian correspondent Jan Ronald Stange. Foto: Jarle Nyttingnes) The multi talented Norwegian musician (also actor, comedian ++) Espen...
The Ritualists – Painted People (CD Album – Out Of Line)
Genre/Influences: Pop-rock Background/Info: The Ritualists is a New-York (USA) based combo and one of the latest signings on Out Of...
Peter Murphy announces NYC Residency in August running through each of his solo records
(Photo credit: Gabriel Edvy) After a sold out residency in San Francisco this past March, Peter Murphy has announced a...
Interview with Erasure ‘s Vince Clarke, Mark Saunders and Gareth Jones on re-release ‘Wild!’ LP
(Interview © Janos Janurik) 2019 is a year full of anniversaries and anniversary releases and tours, just think of bands...
Plas – Messenger (CD Album – LWD Records)
Genre/Influences: Indie-pop, pop-rock. Background/Info: Plas hails from the North-West of England. Influences are wide ranging, including Gary Numan, David Bowie,...
King of Electro Music: Best of David Guetta
David Guetta is a six times Grammy nominee and two of them he won. For more than 10 years he...
The Young Gods return with ‘Data Mirage Tangram’ on double vinyl (CD included)
(Picture by Mehdi Benkler) Out on February 22 is the newest The Young Gods album "Data Mirage Tangram" via the...
ACTORS – Reanimated (Digipak EP – Self Released)
Genre/Influences: Dark wave, post-punk Background/Info: This limited edition digipak EP (300 copies) contains 7 remastered tracks that were already earlier...
‘Click Interview’ with Henric De La Cour: ‘Death Is No Longer My Close Confidant’
Five years after the last album, Swedish electro-veteran Henric De La Cour, unleashed the third full length of his sonic...
A quick history of smoking in music
Smoking and music go way back. From smoke seductively coiling around the singer in a jazz club to rebellious teenage...
ACTORS – It Will Come To You (CD Album – Artoffact Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark wave, post-punk. Background/Info: Debut full-length cd of this Vancouver (Canada) based quartet which already released their first single...
‘Click Interview’ with Egoprisme: ‘My Goal Isn’t To Become Famous, But To Share Feelings Through Music’
As a journalist I think it’s not my goal to only speak about ‘famous’ and/or ‘established’ artists, but still to...
David Bowie demo ‘Let’s Dance’ released – listen here
Today, on what would have been the 71st birthday of David Bowie, a previously unheard demo version of his 1983...
After The Rain – The Other Side Of The Crown + Kings Without A Crown (DCD Album – Scentair Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: After The Rain is a Spanish electro-pop trio hailing from Madrid. I discovered the band by the...
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...
Rome – Hansa Studios Session (CD Album – Trisol)
Genre/Influences: Dark-rock, folk, chanson, ballad. Background/Info: When Rome finished their last tour in Berlin they got the opportunity to visit...
Simon Raymonde (Cocteau Twins, Bella Union label) presents debut album ‘Ojalá’ by Lost Horizons
To be released 3rd November on Bella Union is the debut album "Ojalá" by Lost Horizons. Lost Horizons is the...
Am Tierpark – April Fool’s (Digital EP – Læbel)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Am Tierpark is back on track with a surprising EP, which has been released on the brand-new...
Rotersand – Capitalism TM (CD Album – Trisol)
Genre/Influences: EBM, body-pop, future-pop, trance-body-music. Background/Info: “Capitalism TM” is the fifth full length album of Rotersand, but also their first...
Peter Murphy (Bauhaus) to launch live album ‘Bare-Boned and Sacred’ in March – pre-orders available here
"Bare-Boned and Sacred" is a brand new live album by Bauhaus frontman Peter Murphy. The recordings offer stripped down versions...
