Wire’s Psychedelic Interlude
Wire‘s residency in Islington last year, as headliners for the DRILL:Lexington festival, showed off the songs sculpted into their eponymous, fourteenth studio album. Hewn from sonic granite, Wire was a…
Wire‘s residency in Islington last year, as headliners for the DRILL:Lexington festival, showed off the songs sculpted into their eponymous, fourteenth studio album. Hewn from sonic granite, Wire was a…
LUST FOR YOUTH FIRST HATE Moth Club, London 22 April 2016 The front of the stage at Hackney’s Moth Club is the flame drawing in London’s bright young things. There…
When Gary Numan first toured Canada in 1980, he stumbled across an eccentric and remarkable performer called Nash the Slash. Numan promptly ditched the support act booked for his tour…
Urban planning is a tricky business. The development of places for people to live is much more complicated than arranging roads to channel traffic and locating schools near residential areas.…
Spiritual Friendship is the self-titled debut from the duo of Gareth Jones and Nick Hook. Jones needs no introduction to readers of Cold War Night Life, having played key studio…
Black Needle Noise, the latest project from John Fryer, has put out a selection of tracks for downloading on Bandcamp. Featuring guest vocalists Jarboe, Antic Clay, Andreas Elvenes, Ledfoot, Attasalina…
ME THE TIGER VILE ELECTRODES Stockholm, 26 March 2016 The end of winter doesn’t bring every Swede out of hibernation, but those who gathered at Stockholm’s Nalen club on Saturday…
In the 70s, everyone was a winner (babe, yeah it’s true). In the 80s, everybody wanted to rule the world. Fast forward to the 20-teens and everybody is a DJ.…
Here comes Duke of York, the new album from Hox. Comprised of Europe’s Northern-most art refugee, Edvard Graham Lewis (Wire/Dome/Duet Emmo/He Said/He Said Omala/Ocsid), and his sometime collaborator, the graphic…
You can dance to the echoes of Nero’s fiddle, but you can’t pretend that the empire isn’t burning. From jihadi mercenaries to rain forest arsonists, blithe drone operators to sinister…