And Then You Die – Electric Uterus (Album – Skithund Records)
Genre/Influences: Industrial. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Finish formation And Then You Die this year celebrates their thirtieth anniversary. The band...
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Rome – Hansa Studios Session II (Album – Trisol)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Folk, Chanson Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: Four years after the first edition of “Hansa Studios Session”, Jérôme Reuter...
Assemblage 23 – Failure / 20th Anniversary Edition (Album – Accession Records)
Genre/Influences: Future-Pop, Electro-Pop. Format: Digital, 2CD. Background/Info: Twenty years ago Assemblage 23 released the successful opus “Failure”. Today this legendary...
Mesh releases live show ‘Touring Skyward (A Tour Movie)’ in a boxset holding a 2CD and blu-ray
Out on January 28th 2022 via Dependent in a box-set is the Mesh live show release "Touring Skyward (A Tour...
Thee Hyphen – Re.Sound (Album – BOREDOMproduct)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop, Experimental-Pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: After having re-released Thee Hyphen’s debut album “Incidental Tools Of Confusion”, we now...
Stabbing Westward announces first new album in 20 years: ‘Chasing Ghosts’ – Check ‘I Am Nothing’ single
To be released March 18, 2022 via COP International Records is Stabbing Westward's first new album, in 20 years: "Chasing...
New Depeche Mode tribute album expected on NoCut label: ‘Music for Constructions’
Out via the Köthel (GER) based label NoCut on December 3rd is the 2CD Depeche Mode tribute album "Music for...
New electronic project Berlin Banter to release 5-track cover EP ‘All Too Familiar’ feat. Tracks by Yazoo, Depeche Mode, The Cure, Pet Shop Boys and Tanita Tikaram
Berlin Banter is the project of Cassis and Christian. Casis is a film music professional who had worked for director...
‘Click Interview’ with Cubic: ‘It Was Time To Pull The Plug And Leave Ebm To The ‘Jügend’’
Franky Deblomme got some recognition with his EBM-project Darkmen. After having stopped the project we didn’t hear new stuff from...
Can announce ‘Live In Brighton 1975’ to be released December 3 – listen to a first excerpt
(Photo by Spoon Records) Mute and Spoon Records have released details of the second in a series of Can live...
Depeche Mode to re-release the concert film ‘101’ in a Blu-Ray and deluxe edition – get it now
Out on December 03 is a Blu-Ray edition, as well as a double DVD and deluxe version from Depeche Mode's...
’30 Years Of Journalism – Celebration Interview’ with ‘Music Lover’ Jürgen Vanvlasselaer: ‘A Great Track Is A Great Track, Whatever Genre It Is’
2021 is a special year to me! Thirty years of journalism, which gave me the opportunity to review thousands of...
Depeche Mode frontman Dave Gahan covers Metallica’s ‘Nothing Else Matters’ for charity
Out now is Dave Gahan's cover version of Metallica's "Nothing Else Matters". Dave Gahan and a whopping 52 other artists...
New photobook: ‘Dream – Depeche Mode Photographs 1994-2002’ by Michaela Olexova
Out on November 4th via The Baoli Ltd is the brand new Depeche Mode photobook, "Dream - Depeche Mode Photographs...
OSS (Alex Paterson of The Orb and Fil Le Gonidec) share new single & video ‘Disco Bombing’
OSS have a new single/video out: "Disco Bombing". The track is taken from "Enter The Kettle", the second album by...
‘Click Interview’ with Transmission: ‘I Think That There Will Be More And More Female Electronic Underground Artists’
By the end of 2020 Transmission unleashed the debut album “Cosmos” on Wave Records. The French solo-project is driven by...
Side-Line premieres The Rain Within’s ‘Forward in Reverse’ – check it out now
Premiering now on Side-Line is The Rain Within's "Forward in Reverse", a track which is influenced by the horror films...
Thee Hyphen – Incidental Tools Of Confusion (Album – BOREDOMproduct)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: BOREDOMproduct brings us back in time, to one of the label’s first releases. Thee...
Exclusive preview upcoming remix by Adrian Sherwood of International Thief Thief’s ‘Media Song’
Out on August 17th is a remix by the English avant-dub innovator Adrian Sherwood of International Thief Thief's "Media Song"....
Marc Houle launches video for ‘Gratiot’
Last month, Canadian techno producer Marc Houle released his latest EP "Gratiot" via Sound of Berlin, between experimental house and...
Paul Kendall releases ‘Boundary Macro’ after lockdown induced creative paralysis – an interview
(By our Norwegian correspondent Jan Ronald Stange/press release penned by Mat Smith) Boundary Macro is the fifth solo album from...
Camlann – Circa 1983 (Album – Cold Transmission Music)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Wave, Cold-Wave. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: Camlann is an Indonesian trio driven by Ony Godfrey (vocals & guitar),...
Erasure’s ’The Neon’ remixed interview: ‘There’s not a lot going on at the moment… perhaps a new release in 2022?’
(By our local correspondent János Janurik) "Hey, Janos, there you go…" It's cool to be in email contact with Vince...
Gareth Jones returns with second album of electronica project Nous Alpha (together with Christopher Bono)
(Photo by Our Silent Canvas Records) Out now is "A Walk in the Woods", the second album from Nous Alpha...
Found on YouTube: Depeche Mode medley by Drum & Cellos
While the Side-Line office is closed for the next 2 weeks, we keep on posting news of course. And we...
Trentemøller second and final stand-alone single with Tricky on vocals: ‘No One Quite Like You’
(Photo by Sofie Nørregaard) The second and final stand-alone single of Trentemøller in 2021 has just been released on his...
(Former) member of Sweden’s Systema The Affliction and Cultivated Bimbo revives Behind Maschine Brennt project
We are in 1991 and the Swedish label Energy Rekords releases what becomes their biggest hit ever, the compilation "I...
Marc Houle releases his new 2-track EP ‘Gratiot’ via Sound of Berlin
Marc Houle generally releases his material on his imprint Items & Things, but for the "Gratiot " EP he is...
French post-punk band Versari gets Gareth Jones remix on new EP ‘Brûle’
(Photo by Renaud De Foville) The French post-punk band Versari are due to release a remix EP of the album...
Yann Tiersen shares video for ‘Poull Bojer’, taken from his most electronic album to date
(Photo by Richard Dumas) Electronica wizzard Yann Tiersen has shared a new video for the latest track to be taken...
Norwegian post-punk act Permafrost releases new single ‘Closed Eyes’ through Fear of Music
(Photo by Sofie Amalie Klougart) Out since today is the new single "Closed Eyes" by the Norwegian post-punk act Permafrost....
John Fryer’s Black Needle Noise announces new single ‘Machine’ featuring vocalist Attasalina & violinist Meredith Yayanos
(Courtesy Attasalina) Black Needle Noise’s first release on COP International Records is a fact. Out now is a new single...
Out now and partially sold out: ‘Depeche Mode by Anton Corbijn’, the official illustrated history of Depeche Mode by Dutch artist Anton Corbijn
(Photo by Anton Corbijn) Out now is "Depeche Mode by Anton Corbijn", a book that holds over 500 photographs from...