The Leather Nun – Just Like a Dream
Back in the 80s, The Leather Nun played ABBA covers with a homoerotic undertone and hung out with Throbbing Gristle and the Industrial Records set. They were much more in…
Back in the 80s, The Leather Nun played ABBA covers with a homoerotic undertone and hung out with Throbbing Gristle and the Industrial Records set. They were much more in…
Oliver Jack and Tom Lenton are Delmer Darion. Their home-brewed project takes its name from a character in the movie, Magnolia, but the simmering bird-song, pads, horns and piano of…
Influenced by Italo disco and lethal live, Vision Talk were one of Sweden’s best-loved poptronica acts. Richard Flow, the singer, moved on to be the keyboardist in Machinista, while Krister…
Melina Merkouri was the popular Minister for Culture in a series of Greek governments after the restoration of democracy. Her credentials for the post included her work as an actress…
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It’s been so long since Depeche Mode’s peak hour that it’s a joy to hear another artist pick up the stylistic touches that made them pre-eminent for so long. In…
As one-half of the Gothenburg-based, Yazoo-influenced duo, Alison, Karin Bolin Derne is known for having a vocal presence that can fill clubs and conquer dancefloors. Now, she’s effectively adapted the…
I believe in Father Christmas. I believe in music being coded into holes punched on scrolls, which are wound through hand-cranked music boxes. I believe in divine vocal accompaniments, distortion…
Kord is a firm favourite at CWNL. Sweden’s Johan Sturesson occupies the space between dance and experimental music like few others. In this new release, part of a sonic Advent…
We are all, as Moby pointed out, made of stars; the scattered debris of dead suns, spread across the universe. Aurora Aksnes’ latest track is about the distance between the…