Wire – Live at Bloomsbury Theatre (1985)
A live Wire performance is always an exciting prospect. In this video, taken in London in 1985, the band is in one of its transitional phases; recreating itself on stage…
A live Wire performance is always an exciting prospect. In this video, taken in London in 1985, the band is in one of its transitional phases; recreating itself on stage…
LAIBACH 02 SHEPHERD’S BUSH EMPIRE LONDON, 1 MARCH 2019 Laibach might seem bonkers. They might even be bonkers. But there is a lot of method behind their staging of The…
Nash the Slash was an original. Wrapped in bandages, like a mummified prog guitarist, Nash toured with Gary Numan and Iggy Pop and played along to silent films. With a…
Colin Newman describes himself as the spotty boy at school, who had trouble with the local Wiltshire bullies. His escapes were listening to Todd Rundgren’s “A Wizard, a True Star”…
Born in the suburb of South Woodford and raised in Basildon, Vince Clarke could have ended up as a cab driver or worked at Ford’s Essex plant, but instead he…
Daniel Miller is best known as the owner of Mute Artists (formerly Mute Records, but the original name didn’t come with the sale by EMI) and as The Normal, the…
Cold War Night Life contributor, Marija Buljeta, has announced a London showcase of her concert photography. Music in Frames, an exhibition of artists captured by Buljeta over a decade of…
There were many good reads in 2024. These are the books that we chose to end the year with. Electronic Body Music by Yuma Hampejs and Marcel Schulze EBM needs…
In Christian mythology, God’s work is perfect, so it cannot be bettered. Tell that to Laibach, who have had another go at their classic album, Opus Dei. The first part…
The Swedish duo, Ankomst, debuted this track at their recent London show. It throbs with melancholic tension.
Word reaches us that Sweden’s poptronica pioneers, Page, are heading back to the studio to record new songs. The duo of Eddie Bengtsson and Marina Schiptjenko topped our year-end charts…
Front 242 are saying goodbye to their European audiences. After a career that spanned four decades, which saw them topping bills on stages around the world, the Belgian band is…
Throbbing Gristle have released their final single and a unique box set as TG Berlin. (Via Mute) The new lavish Throbbing Gristle box set chronicling unreleased work recorded around a…